This Day in History for 28th July (Part 2)
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Historical Events
Results 101 - 169 of 169
1967 - Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down
1971 - 16 time gold glover Brook Robinson commits 3 errors in 6th inning
1971 - Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie"
1972 - 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
1973 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1973 - Jane Blalock/Sandra Palmer wins Lady Angelo's 4-Ball Golf Tournament
1973 - Skylab 3's astronauts (Bean, Garriott & Lousma) launched
1974 - 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck (Belem, Brazil)
1974 - Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic
1976 - 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake
1976 - 8.2 & 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die)
1976 - Eldon Joersz & Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph
1976 - White Sox John Odom (5 inn) & Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's
1977 - 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska
1977 - Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks
1977 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham v Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings
1978 - 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in NY
1978 - At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees
1978 - Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time
1978 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - Dave Kingman becomes 6th to have a 2nd 3 HR game
1979 - France performs nuclear Test
1980 - Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaúnde Terry becomes president
1983 - AL Pres Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision & allows
1983 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 - George Brett's 2 run HR against Yanks on July 24 (pine tar game)
1983 - NASA launches Telstar-3A
1984 - 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
1985 - 13th du Maurier Golf Classic: Pat Bradley
1985 - Alan Garcia sworn in as president of Peru
1985 - L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, & H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame
1986 - Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed
1986 - NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, "Uh-oh!" as spacecraft disintegrated
1987 - 42nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Laura Davies
1987 - Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
1988 - IBM announces price hike on older models
1988 - Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years
1988 - Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank
1988 - Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson
1988 - Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3
1989 - Braves Dale Murphy, hits 2 3-run HRs in an inning, 14th man to hit 2 HRs in an inning. Also ties record of 6 RBIs in an inning
1989 - Cards' Vince Coleman is caught stealing ends record streak at 50
1989 - NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleve, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz
1990 - Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru
1990 - Blackout hits Chicago
1991 - "Gypsy" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 105 performances
1991 - 12th US Seniors Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus
1991 - 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)
1991 - Buffalo Bills beat Phila Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley
1991 - Dennis Martinez pitches the 13th perfect game in baseball history
1991 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Bay State Golf Classic
1991 - Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race
1992 - Ground breaking of Fla Marlins 7,500 seat spring training stadium
1993 - Mariner Ken Griffey Jr is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games
1994 - Baseball players decide to strike on Aug 12, 1994
1994 - Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1994 - Texas Ranger Kenny Rogers pitches baseball's 14th perfect game
1995 - Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore
1996 - NY Yankee Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th HR
1996 - Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Micelob Light Heartland Golf Classic
1996 - Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, is discovered near Kennewick, Washington.
1997 - NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs
1997 - Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion
1997 - Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
2002 - Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
2005 - A tornado touches down in a residential area in south Birmingham, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people.
2008 - The historic Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier burns down for a second time in 80 years.
2061 - 31st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 204
1943 - Mike Bloomfield, Chicago Ill, blues guitarist/singer (Analine)
1944 - Daniel Morelon, France, 1K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
1944 - Mike Bloomfield, rocker
1945 - Jim Davis, cartoonist (Garfield)
1945 - Richard William Wright, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
1945 - Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd
1946 - Douglas H Bosco, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
1946 - Jonathan Edwards, rocker
1946 - Linda Kelsey, Minneapolis, actress (Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day)
1946 - Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist
1947 - Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1947 - Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, Miss, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 - Elena Novikova-Belova, USSR, foils (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 - Miguelina Cobian, Santiago Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
1947 - Sally Struther, Portland Oregon, actress (Gloria-All in the Family)
1948 - Andy Fraser, rocker
1948 - Georgia Engel, Wash DC, actress (Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show)
1948 - Sergei Bodrov, Khabarovsk Russia, director (Katala, Somebody to Love)
1948 - Gerald Casale, american musician and director (founding member of Devo)
1949 - Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle (1989-93)
1949 - Simon Kirke, rock drummer (Bad Company)
1949 - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker (T-Rex)
1949 - Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971)
1949 - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980)
1949 - Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001)
1949 - Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer
1950 - Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet
1951 - Greg Gluffria, Wash DC, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara)
1951 - Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
1951 - Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
1952 - Monique Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to Thailand throne
1952 - Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
1952 - Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist
1953 - Steve Duncan, Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
1954 - Ken Margolis, rocker (Mink DeVille)
1954 - Steve Morse, rocker
1954 - Mikey Sheehy, Gaelic footballer
1954 - Bruce Abbott, American actor
1954 - Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela
1954 - Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
1958 - Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner (1980 Marathon of Hope)
1958 - Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (d. 1981)
1958 - Michael Hitchcock, American actor
1960 - Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director
1960 - Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker
1961 - David Huff, rocker (Giant)
1961 - Scott E Parazynski, Little Rock Ark, MD/astronaut (STS 66, 86, sk:95)
1961 - Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
1962 - Rachel Sweet, rocker
1963 - Patrizia Pellegrino, Naples Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980)
1964 - Bruce Wilkerson, NFL tackle (Jaguars, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
1964 - Dave Alexander, NFL center (NY Jets)
1964 - Lori Loughlin, American actress
1965 - Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
1965 - Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz musician
1966 - Shikao Suga, Japanese singer/songwriter
1967 - Alex Galtcheniouk, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-1998)
1967 - Lori Loughlin, Queens, actress (Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House)
1969 - Corey Raymond, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
1969 - Frank Lickliter, Middletown OH, Nike golfer (1993 White Rose-24th)
1969 - Garth Snow, Wrentham Mass, US hockey goalie (Olympics-1994, Flyers)
1969 - Jaimie Dawson, Geneva Switz, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
1969 - Jarrod Hanks, Lafayette LA, US gymnist (Olympic-92, 96)
1969 - Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa Calif, heptathlete
1969 - Alexis Arquette, American actor
1969 - Dana White, UFC President
1970 - Paul Strang, cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994-)
1970 - Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy)
1971 - Larry Kennedy, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Stephen Lynch, American musician
1972 - Brenda Schultz, Netherlands, tennis star
1972 - Elizabeth Berkley, Mich, actress (Jessie-Saved by the Bell, Showgirl)
1972 - Manley Woods, NFL/WLAF receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Rhein Fire)
1972 - Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
1972 - Ed Templeton, American skateboarder
1972 - Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress
1973 - Nixon A McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996)
1973 - Scott Bloom, Manhasset NY, actor (Keys, Stuff)
1974 - Justin Lee Collins, British comedian
1975 - Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer
1976 - Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach)
1977 - Aki Berg, Turku Fin, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1977 - Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player
1978 - Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer/songwriter
1979 - Kimberly Whiting, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1997)
1979 - Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
1979 - Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1979 - Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer
1980 - Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin)
1981 - Michael Carrick, English footballer
1981 - Billy Aaron Brown, American actor
1981 - Jo In Sung, South Korean actor
1982 - Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
1982 - Tom Pelphrey, American actor
1984 - DeMeco Ryans, American football player
1984 - Zach Parise, American ice hockey player
1985 - Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor
1985 - Tynisha Keli, American singer
1986 - Alexandra Chando, American actress
1988 - Ayla Brown, American singer
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 115 of 115
1997 - Louis Cohen, physicist, dies at 71
1997 - Seni Pramoj, PM of Thailand (1945-46, 75, 76), dies
1998 - Lenny McLean, English bareknuckle fighter (b. 1949)
1999 - Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
2000 - Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
2002 - Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
2003 - Lady Valerie Goulding, Irish politician and activist (b. 1918)
2004 - Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2004 - Sam Edwards, American actor (b. 1915)
2004 - Eugene Roche, American actor (b. 1928)
2004 - Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist (b. 1938)
2006 - David Gemmell, British writer (b. 1948)
2007 - Jim LeRoy, Airshow pilot (b. 1961)
2007 - Karl Gotch, Belgian professional wrestler (b. 1924)
2008 - Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress, murdered (b. 1977)
