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Historical Events

Results 101 - 192 of 192

1959 - Tibet abolishes serfdom
1959 - River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana)
1961 - John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show
1961 - Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th
1961 - Ford Frick rules that if anyone breaks Babe Ruth 60 HR record, it must be done in 1st 154 games
1962 - East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall
1962 - Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)
1962 - Senate rejects medicare for aged
1962 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1963 - Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden
1964 - Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)
1964 - Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1965 - WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (ABC) begins
1966 - "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin NYC after 129 perfs
1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1966 - Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit
1966 - Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
1966 - Pioneer 7 launched
1967 - Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act
1967 - Race riots in Cairo Illinois
1968 - Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London
1968 - Revolt in Iraq
1970 - 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
1971 - Kathy Whitworth/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship
1972 - 1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico
1973 - Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees
1974 - 1st quadrophonic studio in UK is open by Moody Blues
1974 - Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo)
1974 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1974 - John Lennon is ordered to leave US in 60 days
1975 - Apollo 18 & Soyuz 19 make 1st US/USSR linkup in space
1975 - Ringo Starr & Maureen Cox divorce
1976 - 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal
1976 - Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor
1976 - The opening of the Summer Olympics is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the New Zealand team.
1977 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
1978 - NY Yank manager Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson fight in dug out
1978 - Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him
1979 - 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
1979 - All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pitts Pirates)
1979 - David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 v India at Edgbaston
1979 - Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami
1979 - Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo
1979 - Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament
1980 - Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president
1980 - Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president
1980 - Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan
1981 - "This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 28 perfs
1981 - Humbar Estuary Bridge, UK, world's longest span (1.4 km), opens
1981 - Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut
1981 - Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured
1981 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 - Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta
1983 - 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale
1983 - 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Phila Stars 24-22)
1983 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic
1984 - Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France
1984 - Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7
1986 - Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time
1987 - "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo
1987 - 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
1987 - Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
1987 - Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time
1987 - Iran & France breaks diplomatic relations
1988 - 117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham
1988 - 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute
1988 - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49)
1988 - Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103°F (39°C)
1989 - 1st Test flight of US stealth-bomber
1989 - Paul McCartney releases "This One"
1989 - Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances
1990 - Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq
1990 - NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
1990 - PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis
1990 - Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
1992 - Slovak parliament asks for self rule
1993 - Graeme Obree bicycles world record time, 51,596 km
1994 - 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
1994 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1994 - Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup
1994 - French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche
1994 - Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship
1995 - Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B)
1996 - 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of NYC
1996 - Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves
1996 - TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
1997 - STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands
1998 - Russia buries tsar Nicholas II & family, 80 years after they died
2005 - Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once
2007 - TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas) Flight 3054 crashes upon landing during rain in São Paulo. This is Brazil's deadliest aviation accident to date with an estimated 199 deaths.
2009 - Jakarta double bombings at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels killed 9 people including 4 foreigners.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 219

1942 - Spencer Davis, rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
1942 - Don Kessinger, American baseball player
1942 - Peter Sissons, British newsreader
1944 - Mark Burgess, cricketer (NZ batsman of the 70's)
1945 - Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)
1945 - Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
1946 - Alun Armstrong, English actor
1947 - Camilla Parker Bowles (Duchess of Cornwall), London England, wife of Prince Charles
1947 - Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1948 - Brian Glascock, rock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1948 - Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1964)
1948 - Luc Bondy, Zurich Switzerland
1948 - Phillip Harris, rocker
1949 - Bill Ward, rocker
1949 - Geezer Butler, Birmingham, rocker (Black Sabbath)
1949 - Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden)
1949 - Mike Vale, rock bassist (Tommy James & The Shondells)
1949 - Terry "Geezer" Butler, Birmingham, rock bassist (Black Sabbath)
1949 - Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster
1950 - Derek de Lint, Dutch actor
1950 - P.J. Soles, German-born American actress
1951 - Lucie Arnaz, LA Calif, actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer)
1952 - Chet McCracken, Seattle Wash, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
1952 - David Hasselhoff, Balt Md, actor (Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch)
1952 - Nicolette Larson, KC MO, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love)
1952 - Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from "It's a Different World")
1952 - Robert R[ick] McCammon, US, sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk)
1954 - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
1954 - J. Michael Straczynski, American author
1955 - Paul Stamets, American mycologist and environmentalist
1955 - Christopher Chappell, Former Canadian Cricketer
1956 - Bryan Trottier, Val Marie Sask, NHL Center (NY Islanders)
1956 - Robert Romanus, American actor
1957 - Bruce Crump, rock drummer (Molly Hatchet)
1958 - Belinda Carlisle, LA Calif, rock vocalist (Go-Go's-Vacation)
1958 - Wong Kar-wai, Chinese film director
1959 - Janet Lynn Kavandi, Springfield Mo, PhD/astronaut (sk:STS 91)
1960 - Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV)
1960 - Karen Elaine Price, Pasadena Calif, playmate (January, 1981)
1960 - Kim Barnett, cricketer (England batsman & occasional leggie 1988-89)
1960 - Nancy Giles, NYC, actress (Connie-Delta, Off Beat, Big, Angie)
1960 - Robin Shou, martial arts actor (Mortal Kombat, Beverly Hills Ninja)
1960 - Scott Norwood, NFL kicker (Buffalo Bills-Superbowl XXV goat)
1960 - Mark Burnett, English-born television producer
1960 - Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
1961 - Jonathan Potts, Canadian actor
1962 - Jay Barrs, Jacksonville Fla, archer (Olympics-gold-1988, 92, 96)
1962 - Bill Sage, American actor
1963 - Denise Miller, Bkln NY, actress (Billie-Archie Bunker's Place)
1963 - Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
1963 - Letsie III, King of Lesotho
1963 - John Ventimiglia, American actor
1964 - Heather Langenkamp, actress (Marie-Just the 10 of Us)
1965 - Alex Winter, London England, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure)
1965 - Ken Evraire, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1965 - Craig Morgan, American singer
1965 - Santiago Segura, Spanish film director and actor
1966 - Michael John Bradley, Largo FL, PGA golfer (1993 Kemper Open-3rd)
1966 - Sten Tolgfors, Swedish politician
1967 - Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
1967 - Pearl Sinn, Seoul Korea, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th)
1968 - Beth Littleford, American comedian
1968 - Bitty Schram, American actress
1969 - Tommy Soderstrom, Stockholm SWE, NHL goalie (Sweden, NY Islanders)
1970 - Bronwyn Roye, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1970 - Mandy Smith, England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait)/wife of Bill Wyman
1971 - Calbert Cheaney, NBA forward/guard (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
1971 - Daniel Kunce, Sumperk GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1971 - Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
1971 - Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist
1972 - Donny Marshall, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
1972 - Eric Williams, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics)
1972 - Melissa "Missy" Schwen, Bloomington Ind, rower (Olympics-silver-96)
1972 - Michael Lampert, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
1972 - Jaap Stam, Dutch footballer
1973 - Horacio Llamas, NBA center (Phoenix Suns)
1973 - Tony Dovolani, Albanian ballroom dancer
1973 - Liam Kyle Sullivan, American comedian and actor
1974 - Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician
1975 - Troy Amos Ross, Georgetown Guyana, Canadian boxer (Olympics-96)
1975 - Gino D'Acampo, Italian celebrity chef
1975 - Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
1975 - Cécile de France, Belgian actress
1975 - Paul Hinojos, American guitarist (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
1975 - Konnie Huq, English television presenter
1975 - Terence Tao, Australian-Chinese mathematician
1975 - Andre Adams, Former New Zealand Cricketer
1976 - Dagmara Dominczyk, Polish actress
1976 - Eric Winter, American actor
1976 - Matthew Holmes, Australian actor
1977 - M.I.A., British rapper
1977 - Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer
1977 - Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player
1978 - Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1978 - Mike Hettinga, American professional wrestler
1978 - Émilie Simon, French singer
1978 - Katharine Towne, American actress
1979 - Mike Vogel, American actor
1980 - Javier Camuñas, Spanish footballer
1980 - Ryan Miller, American hockey player

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 129 of 129

1993 - Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61
1993 - Scott Salmon, US choreographer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 51
1993 - Vladimir Barmyn, Russian inventor (Stalinorgel), dies at 84
1994 - Jean Borotra, [Flying Basque], Fr tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95
1995 - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56
1995 - Joe Hutton, northumbrian piper/shepherd, dies at 71
1996 - Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (NSW 1933-37) and radio commentator (1935-85), dies at 85
1996 - Amancio D'Silva, musician, dies at 60
1996 - Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57
1996 - Chris Komar, dancer, dies at 48
1996 - Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe, landscape architect, dies at 95
1996 - John William Fozard, aircraft designer, dies at 68
1996 - Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81
1996 - Sid Sussman, beauty pageant organizer, dies of heart attack
2001 - Katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)
2003 - David Kelly, Welsh UN weapons inspector (b. 1944)
2003 - Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1914)
2004 - Pat Roach, British professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)
2005 - Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (b. 1927)
2005 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (b. 1913)
2005 - Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
2005 - Gavin Lambert, British-born screenwriter (b. 1924)
2005 - Joe Vialls, Australian writer (b. 1944)
2006 - Sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (b. 1936)
2006 - Mickey Spillane, American author (b. 1918)
2007 - Júlio Redecker, Brazilian Politician (b. 1956)
2008 - Larry Haines, American actor (b. 1918)
2009 - Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (b. 1916)
2009 - Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (b. 1927)