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Historical Events

Results 101 - 200 of 426

1886 - 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena Calif)
1890 - Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
1891 - French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed
1891 - King Pakketvaart sails to Neth Indies
1892 - Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
1893 - 1st US college extension courses for credit, Univ of Chicago
1893 - Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar
1894 - Denmark adopts Mid-European time
1894 - Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
1895 - Norway adopts Mid-European time
1896 - Wilhelm Roentgen announces his discovery of x-rays
1897 - 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
1897 - Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY
1898 - Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay
1898 - d'Annunzio's "Sogno d'un mattino di primavera," premieres in Rome
1899 - Cuba liberated from Spain by US (Natl Day) (US occupies till 1902)
1899 - Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
1900 - 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel)
1900 - British protectorates of Northern & Southern Nigeria established
1900 - Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect
1901 - Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies
1901 - Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
1902 - 1st Rose Bowl game (Pasadena, California) (U of Mich-49, Sanford-0)
1902 - Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
1904 - Neth Indies colony begins opium production
1905 - 9 hour work day for diamond miners
1906 - Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory
1907 - Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
1908 - 1st time, ball signifying new year dropped at Times Square
1908 - Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 & 28)
1909 - Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
1909 - Drilling begins on the Lakeview Gusher.
1910 - Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs
1911 - Belgian Mining law introduces 9½ hour work day
1911 - South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
1912 - 1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km)
1912 - Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
1912 - The Republic of China is established.
1913 - Post office begins parcel post deliveries
1914 - 1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot)
1914 - Klaas ter Laan becomes Neth's 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam)
1914 - Northern & Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
1915 - DW Griffith shows "Clansman" at a sneak preview
1915 - Jews of Laibach Austria expelled
1916 - 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown)
1916 - 1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published
1918 - Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland
1919 - Belorussian SSR established
1919 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company.
1920 - The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
1922 - Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
1923 - Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established
1923 - Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMSR.
1924 - Grossdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft/Volkische Block replaces NSDAP
1925 - Norway's capital Christiania changes name to Oslo
1926 - Flood in Rhine strikes Cologne
1927 - Communist uprising in West Java
1927 - Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat
1927 - Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).
1928 - 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio
1928 - Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Neth)
1929 - Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery
1930 - Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to 2nd lieutenant
1930 - Jurgens & Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
1932 - Jacob Cocey Sr chosen as mayor of Massillon Ohio
1932 - Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt publishes Himmler's wedding laws
1932 - The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
1934 - Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison
1934 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective
1934 - International Telecommunication Union established
1934 - Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".
1935 - 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl
1935 - Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto
1935 - Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM
1935 - Pres Mustapha Kemal Pasha names himself "Ataturk: Father of Turkey"
1936 - 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune
1937 - Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua
1937 - Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to captain
1937 - US Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio
1937 - Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in Great Britain.
1939 - Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city.
1941 - Netherlands begins taxing wages
1941 - Russian general Zhukov appointed chief of general staff
1942 - Rose Bowl played in NC due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16
1942 - US & 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
1943 - Count Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to lt-colonel
1943 - Negro League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown
1944 - 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, NYC
1944 - Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa
1944 - Gen Clark replaces Gen Patton as commander of 7th Army
1945 - France joins the UN
1945 - German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels
1946 - ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert
1946 - Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
1946 - National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic
1947 - Benelux agress to work related issues
1947 - Britain nationalizes its coal industry
1947 - WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting
1948 - 1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena Calif)]=
1948 - Bradman scores 132 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test v India

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 359

1890 - Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress (Confidence)
1890 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
1891 - Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out)
1892 - Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer
1892 - Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines
1892 - Miklos Radnai, composer
1894 - Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)
1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
1895 - J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI
1895 - Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor
1896 - Maurice Jacobson, composer
1896 - Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)
1896 - Yitzhak Edel, composer
1897 - Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
1898 - George van Derton, Belgian
1898 - George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race)
1898 - Viktor Ullmann, opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)
1899 - Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer
1899 - Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist (Po Zakonu)
1899 - Raymond Loucheur, composer
1900 - Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)
1900 - William Haines, Staunton VA, actor (Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney)
1900 - Xavier Cugat, Barcelona Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
1900 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1901 - Christine WI Wittewaall van Stoetwegen, Dutch MP (CDD)
1902 - Buster Nupen, cricketer (1-eyed South African quick, great on matting)
1902 - Dimiter Nenov, composer
1904 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
1904 - Ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1905 - Melvin Price, (Rep-D-IL, 1945- )
1905 - Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
1905 - Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985)
1906 - Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1932)
1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
1907 - Erich Schmid, composer
1908 - Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner (Oly-silver-1928)
1909 - Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Pres candidate (R) 1964)
1909 - D D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46)
1909 - Dana Andrews, Collins Miss, actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura)
1909 - Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)
1910 - Russ Bender, actor/writer (Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster)
1911 - Endre Szervanszky, composer [or Dec 27]
1911 - Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
1912 - Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole
1912 - Victor Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader
1912 - Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
1913 - Eliot Janeway, financial writer (Economics of Chaos)
1914 - Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)
1915 - Francois Bondy, writer
1915 - Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner
1916 - Earl Wrightson, Balt Md, singer (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue)
1917 - Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)
1917 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
1918 - Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, (WR 100m, 1:04.06)
1918 - Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1919 - Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader (Devil's Wheel)
1919 - Carole Landis, Fairchild WI, actress (One Million BC, Topper Returns)
1919 - J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, NYC, novelist (Catcher in the Rye)
1919 - Rocky Graziano, New York City, US boxer (Middleweight champ) and entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Miami Undercover)
1920 - Elisabeth Andersen, [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress (Yerma, Titania)
1920 - Roger Peacock, writer
1920 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
1921 - Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country (Oly-gold-1956)
1921 - Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)
1922 - Ernest F Hollings, (Sen-D-SC, 1966- )
1923 - Chalmers Goodlin, US test pilot (XS-1)
1923 - Milton Jackson, US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)
1923 - Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)
1924 - Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet
1925 - George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1925 - Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress (Kidnap Syndicate)
1925 - Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
1925 - Raymond Pellegrin, French actor
1926 - Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist
1926 - Richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
1927 - Barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)
1927 - Juliusz Luciuk, composer
1927 - Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer
1927 - Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
1927 - Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)
1927 - Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)
1927 - Pat Heywood, Scottish actress
1927 - Vernon L. Smith, American economist, winner
1928 - Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter (French Connection)
1928 - Khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)
1929 - Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure
1930 - Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)
1930 - Ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) [or Jun 1]
1930 - Werner Heiden, composer
1931 - Carel Brons, composer
1931 - Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist
1932 - Arnfried G D P, Dutch manufacturer (breadcrumbs)/drugs dealer
1932 - Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
1933 - Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer
1933 - James A Abrahamson, USAF/astronaut
1933 - Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears)
1933 - Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
1933 - Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
1933 - Norman Yemm, Australian actor
1935 - Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 167 of 167

1982 - Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans), dies at 83
1982 - Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43
1982 - Vladimir K Zworykin, Russ/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies
1984 - Alexis Korner, British blues musician (b. 1928)
1985 - Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
1986 - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
1986 - Bruce Norris, American hockey executive (Detroit Red Wings) (b. 1924)
1987 - Gustav Knuth, actor (Heidi, Rats), dies at 85
1988 - Leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
1990 - Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, dies at 82
1990 - Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (23 Tests for England, 1636 runs), dies
1990 - Suzuki Sochu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies
1991 - Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83
1991 - Yvonne Waegemans, Flemish author (Gnome Patjoepelke), dies at 81
1992 - Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies
1992 - Corky Geil, dancer, dies in Long Beach CA at 64
1992 - Ginette Leclerc, actress (Baker's Wife), dies at 79
1992 - Grace Hopper, computer scientist, dies at 85
1992 - Hette G Abma, vicar/Dutch MP (SGP), dies
1992 - Mike Frankovich, US producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies
1993 - June Clayworth, actress (Bodyguard, Criminal Court), dies of lymphoma
1993 - Phyllis Hill, actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72
1994 - Cesar Romero, US actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86
1994 - Werner Schwab, Austrian playwright (Female Presidents), dies at 35
1995 - Eugene Wigner, physicist (Nobel prize for physics-1963), dies at 92
1995 - Frederick West, Engl contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53
1995 - Jess Stacy, US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90
1995 - Ted Hawkins, US blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58
1996 - Arleigh Albert Burke, British Admiral, dies at 94
1996 - Arthur Rudolph, rocket Engineer, dies at 89
1996 - Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic, dies at 55
1997 - Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash
1997 - Joan Rice, actress (Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up), dies at 66
1997 - John Burgess, rugby administrator, dies at 71
1997 - Townes Van Zandt, musician, dies at 52
1997 - Hagood Hardy, Canadian composer and musician (b. 1937)
1998 - Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92
2000 - Colin Vaughan, Australian political journalist (b. 1931)
2001 - Ray Walston, American actor (b. 1914)
2002 - Julia Phillips, American film producer (b. 1944)
2003 - Joe Foss, American politician, fighter pilot and AFL Commissioner (b. 1915)
2003 - F. William Free, American advertising executive (b. 1928)
2003 - Cyril Shaps, English actor (b. 1923)
2005 - Shirley Chisholm, American politician (b. 1924)
2005 - Hugh Lawson, 6th Baron Burnham, British newspaperman (b. 1931)
2005 - Eugene J. Martin, American painter, artist (b. 1938)
2005 - Bob Matsui, American politician (b. 1941)
2006 - Harry Magdoff, American magazine editor (b. 1913)
2006 - Hugh McLaughlin, Irish publisher and inventor (b. 1918)
2006 - Dawn Lake, Australian TV comedienne (b. 1927)
2006 - Bryan Harvey, American musician (House of Freaks) (b. 1956)
2007 - A. I. Bezzerides, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1908)
2007 - Ernie Koy, American baseball player (b. 1909)
2007 - Tillie Olsen, American writer (b. 1912)
2007 - Leon Davidson, American scientist known for studying UFOs (b. 1922)
2007 - Julius Hegyi, American conductor (b. 1923)
2007 - Roland Levinsky, South African medical scientist (b. 1943)
2007 - Leonard Fraser, Australian serial killer (b. 1951)
2007 - Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
2007 - Del Reeves, American country singer (b. 1932)
2007 - Tad Jones, American jazz music historian (b. 1952)
2008 - Salvatore Bonanno, son of Joseph Bonnano (b. 1932)
2008 - Peter Caffrey, Irish actor (b. 1949)
2008 - Pratap Chandra Chunder, union minister of India (b. 1919)
2008 - Harold Corsini, American photographer (b. 1919)
2009 - Claiborne Pell, U.S. senator (b. 1918)
2009 - Nizar Rayan, Hamas leader (b. 1962)