This Day in History for 19th September (Part 2)

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Historical Events

Events 101 - 161 of 161

1965 - Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections
1966 - Mike Burke named Yankees pres
1967 - Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra
1968 - Denny McLain's 31st win & Mickey Mantle's 535th HR
1970 - "Mary Tyler Moore" show premieres
1971 - 1st NYC Women's Marathon won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22
1971 - 2nd NYC Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
1972 - A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
1973 - Carl XVI Gustaf, becomes King of Sweden
1973 - Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx)
1973 - NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington DC
1973 - Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) forms
1973 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 - -20] Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die
1975 - Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor
1976 - "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 49 performances
1976 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Portland Golf Classic
1979 - No Nukes Concert at Madison Square Garden includes Springsteen & Crosby, Stills & Nash
1980 - Titan II missile explosion (Damascus, AR)
Actress Mary Tyler Moore 1981 - Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park
1981 - Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
1981 - Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central Park concert
1982 - 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda & Carol Kane
1982 - New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chic Bears 10-0
1982 - Sandra Haynie/Kathy McMullen wins Portland Ping Team Golf Championship
1982 - Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
1983 - David Slowinski on 2 CRAY-1 comp's find 2^132049-1 prime #
1983 - St Kitts & Nevis declares independence from UK
1984 - Britain & China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997
1985 - 12,000 die & 40,000 injured in Mexico's earthquake (8.1)
1986 - "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres
1986 - Chic White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1
1986 - Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras
1986 - Fed health officials announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients
1987 - Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (Mich), 24, crowned 61st Miss America
1988 - Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance
1988 - US Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board
1989 - Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens
1989 - French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die
1989 - Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)
1991 - Precious Bunny wins the 46th Little Brown Jug
1991 - Ötzi the Iceman is discovered by German tourists.
1992 - Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m)
1992 - UN Security Council votes 12-0 (3 abstentions) to dump Yugoslavia
1992 - Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson & Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal seasons
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld 1993 - 45th Emmy Awards: Seinfeld, Picket Fences & Ted Danson wins
1993 - Actress Michele Phillips (Knots Landing) is robbed at gunpoint
1993 - Brandie Burton wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1993 - Kimberly Clarice Aiken, 18, Miss SC wins 67th Miss America
1993 - Parliamentary election in Poland
1993 - Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years
1994 - 3000 US militia lands on Haiti
1994 - Swedish government of Bildt resigns
1995 - Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 HRs for Rockies in 1995
1995 - Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits HRs in 3rd of 4 games
1995 - The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
1996 - "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater NYC
1997 - Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed.
2000 - Ken Griffey, Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run. The first major leaguer to reach the mark as a pinch-hitter
2006 - The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
2012 - 9 people are killed and 20 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Afghanistan

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 101 - 200 of 226

1940 - Bill Medley, Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong)
1940 - Paul Williams, Omaha NE, singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes)
1940 - Sylvia Tyson, rocker
1941 - "Mama" Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist (Mamas & The Papas)
1941 - Jim Fox, England, pentathlete (Olympics-1972)
1941 - Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
1942 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress
1943 - Chris Joyce, photographer
1943 - Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1964)
1943 - Joe Leonard Morgan, 2nd baseman (Reds)/commentator (ESPN)
1943 - Joe Morgan, baseball player
1944 - Ard Schenk, 500, 1500, 5000k speed skater (Olympics-gold-1972)
1944 - Anders Björck, Swedish politician
1944 - Jean Succar Kuri, Lebanese-born Mexican businessman
1945 - David Bromberg, Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
1945 - Freda Payne, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Band of Gold)
1945 - Jane Blalock, Portsmouth NH, LPGA golfer (1972 Colgate-Dinah Shore
1945 - Lee Dorman, St Louis Mo, rock bassist (Iron Butterfly)
1945 - Randolph Mantooth, Sacramento California, actor (Emergency, Loving)
1946 - Hans van de Berg, actor (Ciske the Rat)
1946 - John Coghlan, London, rock drummer (Status Quo)
1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver
1947 - Lol Creme, [Lawrence Creme], England, rock vocalist/guitarist (10cc)
1947 - Larry Brown, NFL runningback (3rd to rush over 4,000 yards)
1947 - Steve Bartlett, (Rep-R-TX, 1983- )
1947 - Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author (Don't Bite the Sun)
Actor Jeremy Irons (1948) 1948 - Jeremy Irons, Isle of Wight, England, actor (Reversal of Fortune, The Lion KIng)
1948 - Michael Cooper, SF California, sodomizer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1948 - Nadezhda Tkachenko, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1980)
1948 - Mihai Timofti, Director, actor, musician from Moldova-Chisinau
1949 - Twiggy Lawson, [Leslie Hornby], England, model/actress (Boyfriend, W)
1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project
1950 - Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host (Good Morning America)
1950 - Rudy Ramos, Lawton Oklahoma, actor (Wind-High Chaparral)
1951 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer
1952 - Nile Rodgers, Bronx NY, rock guitarist (Honeydrippers)
1952 - Rhys Chatham, composer
1952 - Scott Colomby, Bkln, actor (Stash-Sons & Daughters, Szysznyk)
1952 - Bernard de Dryver, Belgian racing driver
1952 - Gunnar Hökmark, Swedish politician
1955 - Richard Burmer, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
1955 - Rex Smith, American singer and actor
1956 - Rex Smith, Jacksonville Fla, actor (Solid Gold, Pirates of Penzance)
1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver
1957 - Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Mass, astronaut (STS 78, sk: 90)
1958 - Lita Ford, London England, vocalist (Kiss Me Deadly, Runaways)
1958 - Kevin Hooks, Phila, actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela)
1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
1960 - Julianna Young, Ft Campbell KY, playmate (Nov, 1993)
1960 - Loïc Bigois, French engineer
1962 - Randy Myers, Vancouver WA, pitcher (Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles)
1962 - Tonja Walker, Huntington WV, actress (Alex-One Life to Live)
1962 - Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian
1962 - Ken Rosenthal, American sportswriter
1963 - Alessandra Martines, Italian entertainer
1963 - Jarvis Cocker, English musician (Pulp)
1963 - David Seaman, English footballer
1964 - Kim Richards, LI NY, actress (Nanny & Prof, James at 15)
1964 - Trisha Yearwood, Monticello GA, country singer (Sweetest Gift)
1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright
1964 - Bob Papa, American sportscaster
1965 - Debbye Turner, Miss America (1990)
1965 - Katrina McClain, Charleston SC, basketball forward (Olympics-gold-96)
1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress
1965 - Sabine Paturel, French singer
1966 - El Samurai, [Osamu Matsuda], wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1966 - Michael Campbell, CFL defensive tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist
1966 - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal
1966 - Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese professional wrestler
1967 - Jim Abbott, Flint MI, pitcher (California Angels, NY Yankees)
1967 - Jim Abbott, baseball player
1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler
1969 - Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist (Lily Was Here)
1969 - Matthew L Perry, actor (Friends)
1969 - Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer
1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer
1970 - Antii Tormenen, Espoo FIN, NHL forward (Finland Oly-B-98, Ottawa)
1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
1970 - Victor Williams, American actor
1971 - Colleen Coyne, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
1971 - Jeremy Nunley, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
1971 - Sanaa Lathan, American actress
1972 - Amy Frazier, St Louis Mo, tennis star
1972 - David Tamburrino, Saratoga Springs NY, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Eric van de Merwe, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1972 - Fred McCrary, NFL fullback (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 - Jeremy Jordan, singer
1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer
1973 - Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver
1974 - Victoria Silverstedt, Skelleftehamn Sweden, playmate (Dec, 1996)
1974 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
1976 - La Chanda Jenkins, Miss District of Columbia USA (1996)
1976 - Alison Sweeney, American actress
1976 - Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
1976 - Jessica York, television personality
1977 - Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5)
1977 - Akash Chopra, Indian cricketer
1978 - Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel

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Famous Weddings

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 101 - 105 of 105

2006 - Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
2006 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
2009 - Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
2011 - Thomas Capano, attorney, criminal (b. 1949)
2011 - Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist (b. 1931)