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Historical Events

Results 101 - 200 of 201

1950 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris
1951 - "2 in the Aisle" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 276 perfs
1952 - "Paint Your Wagon" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 289 perfs
1952 - 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland
1952 - Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford
1952 - India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day
1953 - KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 - WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 - Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 & becomes a floating museum
1955 - Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel
1956 - US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
1957 - 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada
1957 - Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7)
1957 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1958 - "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 192 performances
1958 - Charly Gaul wins Tour de France
1959 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance
1960 - Italian Govt Tambroni, resigns
1960 - SF Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies
1961 - 1st in-flight movie shown (TWA)
1962 - Hungarian communist party expels Rákosi & Gero
1963 - NASA civilian Test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km
1963 - Phila Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300
1964 - 46th PGA Championship: Bobby Nichols shoots a 271 at Columbus CC Ohio
1964 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open
1964 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 - Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
1966 - 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas
1966 - France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island
1966 - Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot)
1967 - 1st air conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line)
1967 - Race riots in Durham NC
1967 - US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)
1969 - Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit
1970 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Springfield Jaycee Golf Open
1971 - Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
1973 - Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial)
1974 - Cleve Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
1974 - David Bowie's "Diamond Dog" tour ends in NYC
1974 - Soyuz 14 lands
1975 - Apollo & Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate
1975 - NY Yank catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single & RBI are
1975 - Nullified because the tar on his bat handle exceeds 18" limit
1976 - Rock group Deep Purple disbands
1976 - Allman Brother's roadie Scooter Herring sentenced to 75 years for providing drugs for the group, based on Gregg Allman's testimony
1976 - Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
1977 - 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, NY
1977 - All star MVP: Don Sutton (LA Dodgers)
1977 - Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76
1978 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1978 - Yanks start 14 game comeback with 2-0 win
1979 - 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 TONS of oil spill
1979 - Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe
1979 - Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza
1979 - Patricia Harris, becomes sect of HEW
1980 - 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott
1980 - David Bowie appears in role of "Elephant Man" in Denver
1981 - 110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St George
1981 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
1982 - 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Wash DC
1982 - Bolivian govt resigns
1982 - David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon
1982 - 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2
1983 - The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
1984 - 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer)
1984 - Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), wins Democratic VP nomination
1985 - Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle
1985 - Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die
1985 - The Val di Stava Dam collapse killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.
1986 - Caroline Kennedy (28) marries Edwin Schlossberg (41)
1986 - Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with
1986 - Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1987 - 116th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 279 at Muirfield Gullane
1987 - Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games
1987 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1989 - Cleve Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game
1989 - United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112
1990 - BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 dies
1990 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion
1990 - Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif
1990 - Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee
1991 - Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
1991 - Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington)
1991 - With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
1992 - "Price" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 47 performances
1992 - 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1)
1992 - Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife
1992 - Ebony P Warren, crowned 24th Miss Black America
1992 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1992 - NYC Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife
1993 - Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes
1993 - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham
1993 - Pres Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions
1994 - 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles)
1994 - Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon Panama, 21 killed
1994 - Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president
1996 - Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final
1996 - Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 mins for Lancashire v Derbyshire
1996 - XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta Georgia
1998 - 127th British Golf Open: at Royal Birkdale

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 215

1940 - Vikki Carr [Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)], El Paso Texas, singer (Let it Be Him)
1940 - Dennis Cole, Detroit, actor (Felony Squad, Brackens's World)
1941 - Jennifer Dunn, (Rep-R-Washington)
1941 - Jerry Huckaby, (Rep-D-LA, 1977- )
1941 - Natalya Bessmertnova, Moscow, dancer (Bolshoi, Lenin Prize 1970)
1941 - Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician (VVD)/minister of Traffic
1943 - Roy Dunbard Bridges Jr, Atlanta Ga, Col USAF/astro (STS 51-F, 61-F)
1944 - Commander Cody, singer/pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen)
1945 - George Dzunda, Rosenheim Germany, actor (Deer Hunter, Law & Order)
1946 - Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist/singer (Average White Band)
1946 - Ilie Nastase, Bucharest Romania, tennis player (US Open 1972)
1947 - Bernie Leadon, Minneapolis, guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy)
1947 - Brian May, London, rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions)
1947 - Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch)
1947 - Mike Dutfield, documentary prodcuer
1947 - Hans-Jürgen Kreische, East German footballer
1948 - Beverly Archer, Oak Park Ill, actress (Iola-Mama's Family)
1948 - Keith Godchaux, rock keyboardist (Grateful Dead)
1949 - Ivar Kants, Australian actor
1950 - Simon Cadell, English actor (Hi-Di-Hi, Pride & Extreme Prejudice)
1950 - Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
1950 - Freddy Moore, American songwriter
1951 - Abel Ferrara, American filmmake
1951 - Jayson Stark, American sportswriter
1952 - Alan Collins, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1952 - Dominic Muldowney, composer
1952 - Howard Donald Saunders, Danbury Ct, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1952 - Robert A. Ficano, American politician
1952 - John Griesheimer, American politician
1954 - Kathleen Turner, actress (Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile)
1954 - Srđa Trifković, Serbian-American journalist
1955 - Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder (early 80's)
1956 - Great [Yoshiaki] Yatsu, wrestler (NJPW/WCCW/WWF)
1956 - Peter Barton, Valley Stream LI, actor (Powers of Matthew Star)
1957 - Cathy Reynolds, Kansas City MO, LPGA golfer (1981 Golden Lights)
1958 - Robert Gibson, American professional wrestler
1958 - David Robertson, American symphony orchestra conductor
1959 - Terri Treas, KC Kansas, actress (Hannah-7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
1960 - Atom Egoyan, Cairo Egypt, director (Adjuster, Next of Kin)
1961 - Suzi Schott, Springfield Ill, playmate (August, 1984)
1961 - Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
1961 - Hideo Nakata, Japanese film director
1961 - Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director
1962 - Anthony Edwards, Santa Barbara Ca, actor (It Takes Two, Dr Greene-ER)
1962 - Brad Wilson, Pomona California, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 9 Pro-Am)
1962 - Campbell Scott, NYC, actor (Singles, Dying Young, Sheltering Sky)
1962 - Craig Muni, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
1963 - Mark Carreon, Chicago IL, outfielder (SF Giants)
1963 - Marla Duncan, Fairfield Calif, Miss Northern Calif fitness (1990)
1963 - Sandor Wladar, Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980)
1963 - Garth Nix, Australian author
1964 - Alexandra Curtis, model/daughter of Christine Kaufmann
1964 - Gina Procaccio, Drexel Hills Pennsylvania, 5k runner
1964 - Teresa Edwards, Cairo GA, basketball forward (Oly-gold-1984, 88,92,96)
1964 - André A. Jackson, founder African Diamond Producers Association
1965 - Kathleen Raine, equestrian dressage (Olympics-96)
1965 - Evelyn Glennie, Scottish percussionist
1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster
1966 - David Segui, KC KS, infielder (Montreal Expos)
1966 - Kate Rogerson, Pitts PA, LPGA golfer (1990 Circle K LPGA Tucson-2nd)
1966 - Nancy Walls, American actress
1967 - Christian Bergstrom, Sweden, tennis star
1967 - Dale Hurley Jr, Philadelphia, rower (Olympics-1996)
1968 - Carolie DeVonne Howe, Chugwater Wyoming, Miss Wyoming-America (1991)
1968 - Leroy Butler, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers - Superbowl 31)
1968 - Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head)
1969 - David Goldsmith, New Brunswick NJ, actor (Eric-Models Inc)
1969 - Matthew Libatique, American cinematographer
1970 - Brooks Thompson, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Orlando Magic)
1970 - Kengy Gardiner, Providence RI, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-5th-1994)
1970 - Rhona Susan Robertson, Auckland NZ, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1971 - Rick Walters, CFL slot back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1971 - Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo)
1971 - Russell Allen, American musician (Symphony X)
1971 - Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
1972 - Adriaan J Zoetmulder, author/director (Eindhovens Newspaper)
1972 - Andrew Kavovit, actor (Paul-As the World Turns)
1972 - John Paci, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Tamarie Ivie, Ananheim CA, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
1972 - Naohito Fujiki, Japanese actor and singer
1972 - Ebbe Sand, Danish footballer
1973 - Angeline Putt, Miss Universe-Singapore (1996)
1973 - Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth)
1973 - Saïd Taghmaoui, French actor
1974 - Vincent Spadea, Chicago Ill, tennis star
1974 - Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler
1974 - Preston Wilson, baseball player
1975 - Alexi Komarov, Yekaterinburg Rus, dance skater (& Carr-1995 Pac Champ)
1976 - R J Williams, actor (General Hospital, Full House)
1976 - Gonzalo de los Santos, Uruguayan footballer
1976 - Vinessa Shaw, American actress
1977 - Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer
1977 - Ed Smith, English cricketer
1977 - Tony Mamaluke, American professional wrestler
1977 - Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1978 - Nené, Brazilian footballer
1979 - Luke Young, English footballer
1979 - Rick Ankiel, Baseball pitcher/ outfielder
1979 - Dilhara Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
1980 - Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 119 of 119

1996 - Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician, dies at 77
1996 - Lawrence Martin Jenco, priest, dies at 61
1996 - Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist, dies at 87
1996 - Owen Tudor Williams, civil engineer, dies at 79
1996 - Pran Nath Chhuttani, physician/teacher, dies at 81
1998 - Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921)
2002 - Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b. 1915)
2003 - Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921)
2003 - Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1908)
2004 - Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b. 1924)
2004 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
2005 - John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934)
2005 - Edward Bunker, American writer (b. 1933)
2006 - Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)
2007 - Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
2007 - A. K. Faezul Huq, Lawyer, politician, and freelance journalist (b. 1945)
2008 - Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (b. 1907)
2009 - Frank McCourt, Irish-American author. (b. 1930)
2009 - Henry Surtees, British racing driver. (b. 1991)