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Historical Events

Results 101 - 200 of 239

1925 - 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86)
1925 - Yanks Lefty Grove beats A's Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings
1926 - Baronie soccer team forms in Breda Neth
1926 - NSDAP-party forms in Weimar
1927 - Ir Sukarno forms PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia
1927 - First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
1929 - AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down
1930 - 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62)
1931 - 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium
1931 - 1st trailside museum opens in Cleveland Metroparks
1932 - Bradman scores 260, a North American record, v Western Ontario
1933 - Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge
1934 - Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment
1934 - Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
1936 - 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75)
1936 - League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy
1938 - 1st game at Shribe Park, Phila; Braves beat Phillies 10-5
1938 - France-Turkish friendship treaty
1939 - Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game
1939 - Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day
1940 - British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
1940 - German occupiers forbids anti-nazis speeches
1941 - Latvia partisans shoot 416 Jews dead
1941 - Politburo of Yugoslav communist party reorganizes
1941 - Howard Florey & Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin
1942 - 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II)
1942 - US air offensive against nazi-Germany begins
1944 - 1,100 US guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy
1944 - 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, US fleet near Iwo Jima
1944 - Allied assault on Carpiquet airport at Caen
1944 - Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber
1946 - Anti Jewish riots in Kielce Poland, 42 die
1946 - Philippines gains independence from US
1947 - 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62)
1950 - Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
1950 - Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)
1950 - The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
1952 - 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62)
1952 - Canadain Currency, Mint & Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted
1953 - 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75)
1953 - Imre Nagy succeeds Matyas Rákosi as premier of Hungary
1954 - WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins
1954 - West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
1956 - Independence National Historical Park forms in Philadelphia
1956 - US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland
1957 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase
1958 - 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11)
1959 - 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63)
1959 - America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled
1959 - Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony
1960 - 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
1960 - America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled
1960 - Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs
1961 - Walt Disney is one of the two main speakers on the Independence Day in The Rebuild Hills at Skørping in Denmark
1962 - Island Records begins
1962 - KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast
1964 - 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63)
1964 - Beachboy's "I Get Around" reaches #1
1965 - 20th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Carol Mann
1966 - Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos
1966 - LBJ signs Freedom of Information Act
1967 - Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
1967 - Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader
1968 - Arthur Kopit's "Indians," premieres in London
1968 - Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched
1969 - "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in UK
1969 - 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep & Janis Joplin
1969 - 76th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Ann Jones beats Billie J King (36 63 62)
1969 - Italian Rumor govt resigns
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 - The Ohio Fireworks Derecho kills 18 Ohioans and destroys over 100 boats on Lake Erie.
1970 - 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park NJ
1970 - 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61)
1970 - Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
1970 - Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons
1971 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 - Alan Ayckbourne's "Absurd Person Singular," premieres in London
1973 - CARICOM - Caribbean Community & Common Market, forms
1973 - In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth"
1974 - Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days
1975 - 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61)
1975 - Ted Bundy victim Nancy Baird disappears from Layton, Utah
1975 - Fictional wedding date of Coneheads
1976 - Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt NY
1976 - Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers
1976 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Bloomington Golf Classic Bicentennial
1977 - Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher
1977 - Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie
1977 - Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 HRs beating Toronto 9-6
1978 - Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order
1979 - Algerian ex-president Ben Bella freed
1980 - Nolan Ryan is 4th to strikeout 3,000
1981 - 95th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats B Borg (46 76 76 64)
1981 - Clive Rice 105* out of 143 all out, Notts v Hants at Bournemouth
1982 - 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie
1982 - 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 lands at Edwards AFB
1982 - 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Connors beats J McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64)
1982 - Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico
1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 - Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 231

1920 - Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat
1920 - Norm Drucker, American basketball referee
1921 - Gerard Debreu, France, economist (Nobel 1983)
1921 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist/orchestra leader (Ripley's Game)
1922 - Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's)
1923 - Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss Federal Councilor
1924 - Eva Marie Saint, Newark NJ, actress (On the Waterfront)
1926 - Mary Stuart, Miami Fla, actress (Jo-Search for Tomorrow)
1926 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
1927 - Gina Lollobrigida, Subiaco Italy, actress (Trapeze, Falcon Crest)
1927 - Neil Simon, Bronx, playwright (Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, Biloxi Blues)
1928 - Cathy Berberian, Armenia, US singer
1928 - Lloyd Lambert, bassist
1928 - Patrick Tilley, UK, sci-fi author (1st Family, Blood River)
1928 - Paul de Wispelaere, Flemish writer/essayist/critic
1928 - Stephen Boyd, [William Millar], Ire, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur)
1928 - Sylvius G M "Boy" Rozendal, premier (Netherland's Antilles)
1929 - Al Davis, Brocton Mass, NFL team owner (LA Raiders)
1929 - Bill Tuttle, baseball player
1929 - Chuck Tanner, baseball player
1929 - Al Davis, American businessman
1930 - George Steinbrenner, owner (NY Yankees)/ship builder/horse owner
1930 - Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor
1930 - Yuri Tyukalov, Soviet Olympic rower
1931 - Peter Richardson, cricketer (England batsman mid-50's)
1932 - Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian athlete
1934 - Colin Welland, Liverpool England, actor (Straw Dogs, Sweeney)
1935 - Paul Scoon, governor-general of Grenada (1978-92)
1937 - Hector Palma, horse trainer
1937 - Thomas Nagel, American philosopher
1938 - Bill Withers, Slab Fork WV, rhythm & blues singer (Lean on Me)
1938 - Cyril Mitchley, cricket wicket-keeper (Transvaal, later Test umpire)
1939 - Ed Bernard, Phila, actor (Joe-Police Woman, Jim-White Shadow)
1940 - Joost P van Iersel, Dutch MP (CDA)
1940 - Walter Greenman, horse trainer
1940 - Karolyn Grimes, American actress
1941 - Brian Willson, American peace activist
1942 - Hal Lanier, baseball player
1942 - Michael G C F, English prince of Kent
1942 - Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (d. 2008)
1943 - Al "Blind Owl" Wilson, rock guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat)
1943 - Dave Rowberry, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1943 - Emerson Boozer, NFL running back (NY Jet)/sportscaster
1943 - Konrad "Conny" Bauer, German musician
1943 - Milan Máčala, Czech football coach
1944 - Ray Meagher, Australian actor
1946 - Michael Milken, LA Calif, partner (Intl Capital Access Group)
1946 - Ron Kovic, disabled vietnam vet (Born on 4th of July)
1946 - Tish Howard, playmate (July, 1966)
1946 - Ed O'Ross, American actor
1947 - Morganna Roberts, Louisville Ky, (Baseball's kissing bandit)
1948 - Ed Armbrister, baseball player
1948 - Jeremy Spencer, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well)
1948 - René Arnoux, France, formula-1 racer (6th place-1980)
1949 - Joyce Brothers, psychologist/author/columnist
1950 - David Jensen, rock British DJ
1951 - Ralph Johnson, rock drummer (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star)
1951 - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American politician
1952 - Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician
1954 - Jim Beattie, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1955 - John Waite, vocalist (Babies/Bad English-Forget Me Not, Missing You)
1957 - Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
1958 - Kirk Pengilly, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1959 - Bill McCorvey, Montgomery Ala, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
1959 - Victoria Abril, [Victoria Rojas], Madrid Spain, actress (Libertarias)
1960 - Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
1961 - Connie Paraskevin-Young, Detroit, sprint cyclist (Olymp-br-88, 92, 96)
1961 - Richard Allen Garriott, Austin TX, computer game designer (Origin)
1962 - Pam Shriver, Balt MD, tennis star (1991 US Open doubles/Oly-gold-88)
1962 - Roland Ratzenberger, driver
1962 - Neil Morrissey, English actor
1963 - Henri Leconte, France, tennis player (French finalist 1988)
1963 - Jose Oquendo, baseball player
1964 - Kevin Sutherland, Sacramento CA, Nike golfer (1992 Hawkeye Open-2nd)
1964 - Mark Allen Slaughter, Las Vegas, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1964 - Cle Kooiman, American soccer player
1964 - Mark Whiting, American filmmaker and actor
1965 - Eva Dahllof, Ornskoldsvik Sweden, golfer (1995 McCall's Classic-18th)
1965 - Harvey Grant, NBA forward (Trail Blazers, Orlando Magic, Wizards)
1965 - John Frawley, Australia, tennis star
1965 - Shelley Oates, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1965 - Suzanne Peta Strudwick, Knutsford England, golfer (1995 Brit Open-7th)
1965 - Jo Whiley, English radio DJ
1966 - Adrian Caldwell, NBA forward/center (Indiana Pacers)
1966 - Lee Reherman, American actor
1967 - Rick Wilkins, baseball player
1967 - Vinny Castilla, Oaxaca Mexico, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
1967 - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
1968 - Derek Loville, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
1968 - Loville Derek, NFL running back (Denver Broncos, Superbowl 32)
1968 - Mark Lenzi, Huntsville Ala, diver (Olympics-bronze-96)
1968 - Jack Frost, American musician
1969 - David Wittman Buffalo, NY, 1.5k runner
1969 - Tim Jackson, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
1970 - Andrei Cherkasov, USSR, tennis star
1970 - Louise Van Voorhis, Rochester NY, 470 yachter (Olympics-4th-1992, 96)
1970 - Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer
1971 - Steve Rucchin, Thunder Bay, NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1971 - Koko, sign-language gorilla
1971 - Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 142 of 142

1992 - Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies
1993 - Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75
1993 - Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
1993 - Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65
1994 - Arthur Berry, artist, dies at 69
1994 - Juan Gil Poet-Albert, dies at 90
1994 - Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55
1994 - Rupert Davies, methodist scholar, dies at 84
1994 - Tawfik Ziad, Palestinian communist/Israeli MP/mayor of Nazareth, dies
1994 - Joey Marella, American professional wrestling referee (b. 1964)
1995 - Bob Ross, artist, dies at 52
1995 - Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74
1995 - Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar, dies at 85
1995 - Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67
1996 - Clay Jones, gardener, dies at 72
1996 - Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr, dies at 58
1997 - Charles Kuralt, news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
1999 - Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917)
2000 - Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
2001 - Keenan Milton, Professional Skater (b. 1974)
2002 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912)
2002 - Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951)
2002 - Winnifred Quick, American Titanic survivor (b. 1904)
2003 - Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
2003 - André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
2004 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)
2004 - Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), an eccentric street entertainer in Nottingham, England (b. 1932)
2005 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
2007 - Barış Akarsu, Turkish rock musician (b. 1979)
2007 - Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)
2008 - Charles Wheeler, British journalist (b. 1923)
2008 - Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
2008 - Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980)
2008 - Thomas M. Disch, American science fiction author (b. 1940)
2008 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
2009 - Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
2009 - Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931)
2009 - Drake Levin, American rock musician (b. 1946)
2009 - Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
2009 - Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer (b. 1935)
2009 - Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese politician (b.1938)
2009 - Jim Chapin, American drummer (b.1919)