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Historical Events

Results 1 - 100 of 111

1st - 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins
1st - Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as president of Finland
1st - Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
2nd - Miami begins a latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan
2nd - William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), casts his 18,401 & last consecutive vote
2nd - Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't
3rd - "Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 510 performances
3rd - "Philoktetes Variations," with Ron Vawter, premieres in Brussels
3rd - IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry
4th - 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center
4th - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit
5th - Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship
5th - Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit S Africa)
5th - PBA National Championship won by David Traber
5th - Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
6th - Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
6th - United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by 2 wickets to win ICC Trophy
6th - Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
7th - 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins
7th - Charles Taylor resigns as pres of Liberia
7th - David Platt appointed captain of English football team
7th - US Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship
7th - ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
7th - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
8th - 20th People's Choice Awards
8th - B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed
8th - Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces
8th - Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47
9th - IRA launch 1st of 3 mortar attacks on London's Heathrow Airport
10th - 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral
11th - Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile
12th - Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests
13th - 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right Freedom Party
13th - Cuba Godding Jr (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26)
13th - Donna Andrews wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship
13th - Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed)
13th - President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed
14th - Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
14th - Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov & N Thagard
14th - Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
15th - 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win
15th - Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit
16th - Moravcik forms Slovakia government
16th - Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan
17th - "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 30 performances
17th - Iran transport aircraft crashes in Azerbaijan (32 killed)
17th - It is announced there is no smoking in Cleve Indians new ballpark
18th - South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
18th - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands
18th - Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy
19th - 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Neth
19th - Lara scores 167 for WI v England at Georgetown
19th - Largest omelet (1,383sq ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan
19th - NJ Devils club record 41st win of the season
20th - "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 137 perfs
20th - "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
20th - "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 61 performances
20th - 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins
20th - Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X
20th - El Salvador's 1st pres election following 12-year-old civil war
20th - Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament
20th - Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup
20th - Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna
20th - Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa
21st - 66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks & Holly Hunter win
21st - Anne P Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of Natl History
21st - Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend
21st - Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals
22nd - Dutch Ambassador to US christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton)
22nd - Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.68 sec)
22nd - South African Govt/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland
22nd - Soyuz TM-21 lands
23rd - Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail
23rd - Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)
23rd - Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for NY governor
23rd - Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months & 9 days
23rd - Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev
23rd - Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)
23rd - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored
23rd - Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field)
24th - "Carousel" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 322 performances
24th - "Song of Jacob Zulu" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 53 performances
24th - F-16 collides with C-130 Hercules above AFB in NC, 120 die
24th - Robert F Kennedy Jr divorces Emily Black
25th - Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32)
25th - Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37)
26th - Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec)
26th - Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26)
26th - Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:22.60)
26th - Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman
26th - Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo
27th - 23rd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Andrews
27th - Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed
27th - Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk & Platov (RUS)
27th - Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS)
27th - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Yuka Sato (JPN)
27th - Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
27th - Radio personality Rush Limbaugh weds wife #3, Marta Fitzgerald
27th - The Eurofighter takes its first flight in Manching, Germany.
28th - Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed

Famous Birthdays

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16th - Sierra McClain, American actress and singer

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 76 of 76

1st - Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, dies at 74
1st - Jacob "Jimmy" Herman Huizinga, journalist/writer, dies at 75
1st - Manmohan Desai, filmmaker, dies at 57
1st - Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer Musician, dies at 51
1st - Walter Kent, US composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
2nd - Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher, dies at 80
2nd - Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker, dies at 70
3rd - Anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50
3rd - Bob Crisp, cricketer (9 Tests for S Afr, 20 wickets at 37 35), dies
3rd - Karel Kryl, folk singer, dies at 49
4th - Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79
4th - John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43
5th - Abdullah Al-Sallal, pres of Yemen (1962-67), dies
5th - Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75
5th - Paul Vincze, medallist, dies at 86
6th - Leighton Noble, singer/Bandleader, dies at 81
6th - Max Schubert, winemaker, dies at 89
6th - Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 68
6th - Moses Rascoe, blues singer, dies at 77
6th - Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR MP (Penalty), dies at 71
8th - John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55
8th - Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69
8th - Knut Haukelid, Norway/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82
9th - Charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73
9th - Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76
9th - John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48
9th - Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93
9th - Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100
9th - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77
9th - Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler manager (b. 1928)
10th - Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman, dies at 92
10th - Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73
10th - Robert Shea, author, dies of cancer
11th - Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69
12th - Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59
13th - Danny Barker, US banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St Black), dies at 85
13th - Edward James "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player
13th - Sandra Paretti, romantic novelist, dies at 59
14th - Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright, murdered
14th - Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer, dies at 57
15th - Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68
17th - Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57
17th - Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81
17th - Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68
17th - Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
19th - Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered
19th - Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at 87
20th - Lewis Grizzard, American humorist (b. 1946)
21st - Dack Rambo, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52
21st - Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89
21st - Macdonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81
22nd - Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations), dies at 42
22nd - Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32
22nd - Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89
22nd - Walter Lantz, US cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93
23rd - Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80
23rd - Giulietta Masina, wife of Federico Felini/(La Strada), dies at 74
23rd - Jim Moloney, dies of Parkinson's disease
23rd - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44
24th - Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81
24th - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician, assassinated
24th - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88
25th - David Miles Bensuan Economist-Butt, , dies at 79
25th - Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena), dies at 32
26th - Constantine Koukouchkine, Russ diplomat. murdered in Algeria at 41
26th - Jan Bor, Dutch violinist/painter, dies at 83
27th - Dennis Hartas, flier, dies at 69
28th - Albert Goldman, US biographer (Lives of John Lennon), dies at 66
28th - Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84
28th - John Logan Gorlay, journalist, dies at 74
29th - Bill Travers, actor (Trio, Gorgo, Born Free), dies at 72
29th - Paul Grimault, animator, dies at 89
29th - William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), dies at 84
30th - Albert Goldman, rock biographer (Elvis, John Lennon), dies at 66
30th - Sid Weiss, bassist, dies at 79
31st - Leon J Ramirez Reine, [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi (Rex), dies at 87