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Historical Events

Results 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year
1st - Benelux treaty goes into effect
2nd - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
2nd - George Weiss, at 66, resigns as GM of NY Yankees
2nd - Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
2nd - Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222
3rd - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 532 perfs
3rd - Ivory Coast adopts constitution
3rd - Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award
3rd - Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown," premieres in NYC
4th - "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe
7th - KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting
8th - JFK (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for 35th US president
10th - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
11th - Largest NY Knick 49th St MSG crowd-18,499
12th - Coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails
12th - Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude
13th - Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)
13th - Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt
14th - 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
14th - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
14th - OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms
14th - Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
14th - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
15th - Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks
15th - USS G Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
16th - NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
17th - New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
18th - Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
18th - Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
19th - Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team
21st - Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
22nd - French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons
23rd - Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
23rd - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
23rd - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
24th - Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
25th - "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
25th - 1st atomic reactor for research & development, Richland Wa
25th - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
25th - The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
26th - 48th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6
26th - Minneapolis-St Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
27th - CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"
27th - Dr Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast
27th - Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
27th - Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo
27th - Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
28th - CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
28th - Mauritania gains independence from France (Natl Day)
29th - 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB)
30th - French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
30th - Tad Mosels "All the Way Home," premieres in NYC

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 76 of 76

1st - Damon Green, Pensacola FL, Nike golfer (1990 Pensacola Open-49th)
1st - Elizabeth Dennehy, actress (Guiding Light) [or Oct 1]
1st - Fernando Valenzuela, Navajua Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers, SD Padres)
1st - Said Aquita, runner (Oly-gold/bronze-1984)
2nd - Adam Lingner, NFL center (Buffalo Bills)
2nd - Bruce Baumgartner, Haledon NJ, wrestler (Oly-gold/br-84, 88, 92, 96)
2nd - Mardi Jacquet, Chateauroux Calif, playmate (October, 1980)
2nd - Robert Harold Lohr, Cincinnati OH, PGA golfer (1988 Walt Disney)
2nd - Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban S Afr, tennis star (1993 Futures-Midland MI)
2nd - Saïd Aquita, Morocco, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
2nd - Tihomir Blaškić, Croatian war criminal
3rd - James Prime, British rock keyboardist (Deacon Blue-Pay Day)
3rd - Karch Kiraly, Jackson Mich, volleyballer (Oly-2 gold-1984, 88)
3rd - Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer (Bob Color)
3rd - Sharon Monplaisir, NYC, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
3rd - [Charles] Karch Kiraly, Jackson MI, volleyballer (Oly-3 g-84, 88, 96)
4th - Kim Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
4th - Marc Awodey, American artist and writer
4th - Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle
5th - Mark West, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
5th - René Froger, Dutch singer (Everything Can Make a Man Happy)
6th - Lance Kerwin, Newport Beach Ca, (James at 15, The Loneliest Runner)
6th - Michael Cerveris, American actor
7th - Tommy Thayer, American guitarist (Kiss)
8th - Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor
8th - Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
9th - Joëlle Ursull, a Guadeloupean singer
10th - Lee Cross Rinker, Stuart FL, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milwaukee-6th)
10th - Neil Gaiman, English writer
10th - Dan Hawkins, American college football coach
11th - Lisa Welch Semler, Aberdeen Md, playmate (Sep, 1980)
11th - Peter Parros, American actor
11th - Stanley Tucci, American actor and director
12th - Bertice Berry, talk show host (Bertice)
12th - Maurane, Belgian singer
13th - Neil Flynn, American actor
14th - Tom Judson, American actor and composer
15th - Tilda Swinton, London England, actress (Orlando)
17th - Jonathan Ross, British talk show host (Tall Guy)
17th - RuPaul, drag queen/model/actor (RuPaul Show)
17th - Kirk Fogg, host of Legends of the Hidden Temple
18th - Elizabeth Perkins, Queens NY, actress (About Last Night, Big)
18th - Kim Wilde, [Smith], England, rock vocalist (You Keep Me Hanging On)
18th - Kim Wilde, British singer
19th - "Lovely" Elizabeth, Frankfurt Ky, WWF's 1st lady of wrestling
19th - Matt Sorum, US pop drummer (Guns n' Roses, Like a Suicide) [or Nov 2]
20th - Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
22nd - Eg White, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
22nd - Tommy Masters, Framingham MA, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Carolina-50th)
22nd - Léos Carax, French film director
23rd - Jayananda Warnaweera, cricketer (Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler)
23rd - Robin Roberts, American television reporter
24th - Amanda Wyss, American actress
24th - Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
25th - Amy Grant, Augusta GA, gospel/rock singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby)
25th - John F Kennedy Jr, NYC, son of JFK/lawyer/magazine publisher (George)
25th - Kasey Smith, Queens NY, heavy metal artist (Danger Danger-Screw It)
25th - Mary Ostergren, St Paul Minn, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
25th - Amy Grant, American singer
26th - Harold Reynolds, baseball player
27th - Ashley Ingram, English singer (Fizzz-Just an Illusion)
27th - Ken O'Brien, QB (NY Jets)
27th - Martin van Yellow, soccer player (Willem II)
27th - Ken O'Brien, American football player
27th - Kevin Henkes, American children's book writer/illustrator
27th - Tim Pawlenty, American politician
27th - Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian prime minister
28th - Deneice Lewis, Lynchburg Va, model
28th - Ken Howell, baseball player
29th - Cathy Moriarty, Bronx NY, actress (Raging Bull, Bless This House)
29th - Howard Johnson, American baseball player
30th - Bob Tewksbury, Concord NH, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
30th - Dan Rashovich, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
30th - Danny Briggs, Abilene TX, Nike golfer (1986 Tallahassee Open-6th)
30th - Gary Lineker, English soccer player (World Cup 1986)
30th - Rich Fields, American television personality

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 19 of 19

2nd - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64
3rd - Paul Willis, American actor (b. 1901)
5th - August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69
5th - Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33
5th - Mack Sennett, director/producer (Keystone Cops), dies
5th - Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57
6th - Erich Raeder, German grand admiral (b. 1876)
7th - Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
10th - Isadore Freed, composer, dies at 60
12th - John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies
14th - Walter Catlett, actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71
16th - Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind), dies at 59
19th - Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61
20th - Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet/writer, dies
24th - Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82
24th - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
27th - Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89
27th - Frederick Fane, cricketer (682 runs in 14 Tests for Eng 1905-10), dies
28th - Richard N Wright, US author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France