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Historical Events

Results 101 - 143 of 143

1974 - 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham
1974 - India's 1st one-day international (v England, Headingley)
1975 - 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record)
1975 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1976 - 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1976 - All star MVP: George Foster (Cin Reds)
1976 - Court martial begins in USSR for Valeri Sablin (Hunt for Red Oct)
1976 - Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45
1977 - NYC experiences 25 hr black-out
1978 - Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR
1978 - Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years
1978 - BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"
1978 - Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor Pres by chairman Henry Ford II
1978 - Russian dissident Ginsburg/Piatkus/Sjtsjaranki sentence to work camp
1978 - Walter Poenisch completes swim of 207 km from Cuba to Florida
1979 - Calif's Nolan Ryan & Boston's Steve Renko each lose no-hitters in 9th
1979 - George Harrison releases "Faster"
1980 - 35th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
1982 - All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cin Reds)
1982 - Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed
1984 - Eddie Van Halen joins in, in a Jacksons concert
1984 - Jeff Beck quits Rod Stewart's tour after 7 shows
1984 - Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
1985 - "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief
1985 - NY Yankees retire Roger Maris (9) & Elston Howard (32) uniforms
1987 - Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1988 - 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1988 - Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan
1988 - Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert
1991 - Bob Milacki & 3 other Balt Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0
1993 - 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore
1993 - All star MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minn Twins)
1994 - Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years for attack on Nancy Kerrigan
1994 - OJ Simpson (charged with murder) gives hair samples for testing
1995 - Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), launches
1996 - Cigar wins record 16th straight win, (ties Citation in 1940)
1997 - 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert
1997 - 52nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas
1997 - David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265
1997 - Ford Senior Players Golf Championship
1997 - Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 194 of 194

1942 - Stephen Jo Bladd, Boston Ma, rocker (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
1944 - Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler (late 60's)
1944 - Erno Rubik, Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube)
1945 - Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner (1968-80)
1945 - Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Duvelsmoer)
1946 - Cheech Marin, [Richard], comedian (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke)
1946 - Michael Shea, US, sci-fi author (Fat Face, Polyphemus)
1948 - Alf Hansen, Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976)
1948 - Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress (Frank's Place)
1948 - Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montreal, Green Bay)
1948 - Linda Ann Simon, airline capt
1948 - Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam)
1948 - Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island)
1948 - Tony Kornheiser, American sports journalist
1949 - Helena Fibingerova, Czech, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1950 - George D "Pinky" Nelson, Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)
1950 - Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China, former mayor of Taipei, former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT)
1951 - Didi Conn, [Bernstein], Bkln NY, actress (Denise-Benson, Grease)
1951 - Rob Bishop, American politician
1953 - Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman (1976-87)
1953 - Mila Mulroney, wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
1954 - David Thompson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics)
1954 - Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
1954 - Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer (1977-86)
1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer
1954 - Rick Chartraw, American ice hockey player
1956 - Mark "Animal" Mendoza, rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)
1956 - Mark Mendoza, rocker
1956 - Claude Giroux, Canadian midget wrestler
1957 - Cameron Crowe, director (Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1957 - Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera
1958 - Joy Scott, jockey
1959 - Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up)
1960 - Ian Hislop, English writer, editor of Private Eye
1961 - Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star
1961 - Lawrence Donegan, rock bassist
1961 - Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
1961 - Tim Watson, Australian rules footballer
1962 - Tom Kenny, American voice actor
1962 - Rhonda Vincent, American singer
1963 - Anthony Webb, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
1963 - Bob Carpenter, Beverly, NHL left wing (NJ Devils)
1963 - Bobby Rock, Houston Tx, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection)
1963 - Martin Meza, jockey
1963 - Spud Webb, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1964 - Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler)
1966 - Myong Hui Choe, North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980)
1966 - Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006)
1967 - Pat Rapp, Jennings LA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1967 - Tony Massenburg, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1967 - Benny Benassi, Italian disc jockey
1967 - Dean Barnett, American Conservative blogger
1968 - Kai Bjorn, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1968 - Silke Meier, Wiesbaden Germany, tennis star (1994 Futures-Bad Gogging)
1968 - Robert Gant, American actor
1968 - Christian Taylor, British screenwriter
1969 - Ewan Beaton, Winnipeg Manitoba, 60 kg judoka (Olympics-9-92, 96)
1969 - Jamie Walter, actor (Pirate Island)
1969 - Kim Braatz, Santa Ana Calif, female outfielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
1969 - Richard Roelofsen, soccer player (Vitesse/MVV)
1969 - Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
1969 - Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan politician and political scientist
1970 - Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
1971 - Scott Brodie, St Catharines Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1972 - Clint Sodowsky, Ponca City OK, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1972 - Sean Waltman, American wrestler
1973 - Gavin Hassett, Saint John New Brunswick, rower (Olympics-96)
1973 - Ariel Silvio Zárate, Argentine footballer
1974 - Jean ..., Miss Suriname 1993
1974 - Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer
1974 - Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver
1975 - Danielle Boatwright, Kansas, Miss USA (Kansas-2nd-1996)
1975 - Danni Boatwright, American model, sports caster, and Survivor contestant
1976 - Al Santos, American model and actor
1976 - Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Ashley Scott, American actress
1978 - Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player
1979 - Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
1980 - Lori Fredrickson, Aurora Ill, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
1982 - Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever)
1982 - Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
1982 - Simon Clist, English footballer
1982 - Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
1982 - Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
1983 - Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdling athlete
1983 - Kristof Beyens, Belgian athlete
1985 - Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
1988 - Steven R. McQueen, American Actor
1989 - Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1990 - Matt Weinberg, American actor
1992 - Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
1992 - Dylan Patton, American actor
1994 - Ridge Canipe, American actor
2305 - Jean Loc Picard, fictional capt on Star Trek Next Generation

Famous Deaths

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