This Day in History for 4th July (Part 3)

Historical Events

Results 201 - 239 of 239

1983 - NY Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox
1984 - Funeral for S Nakagawa & burial half his ashes next to N Senzaki
1984 - Kallicharran gets 206 & 6-32 in a NatWest Trophy game
1984 - NY Yankee Phil Niekro is 9th to strikeout 3,000
1984 - Yuri Sedykh of USSR throws hammer a record 86.33 m
1985 - Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins
1987 - 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (75 63)
1987 - Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission
1987 - Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so
1987 - Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France
1988 - 102nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Becker (46 76 64 62)
1988 - KC releases pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose 238 saves are the 4th most
1988 - US navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290
1989 - 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide
1989 - Unmanned Russian Mig-23 crashes in Bellegem-Kooigem, Belgium (1 dies)
1989 - Red's Tom Browning is 3 outs away from his 2nd career perfect game when Phillie Dickie Thon doubles
1990 - 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minn
1990 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990 - Wrestler Brutus Beefcake injured during para-sailing
1990 - 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner & Gettysburg Address
1992 - 99th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (62 61)
1992 - John Phillips, rocker (Mamas & Papas), undergoes a liver transplant
1992 - US actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone
1993 - 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier (76 76 36 63)
1993 - Brandie Burton wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1993 - Dave Winfield hits 442nd HR to move into 19th place
1993 - Pilar Fort, crowned 25th Miss Black America
1993 - Pizza Hut blimp deflates & lands safely on W 56th street in NYC
1994 - Russian manned space craft TM-18, lands
1994 - Rwandese Patriot Front occupies Kigali
1994 - US loses to Brazil 1-0 in 1994 World Cup quarter finals
1995 - Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs Winnipeg)
1996 - Hot Mail, a free internet E-mail service begins
1997 - US space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars
2004 - The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. (This was largely a symbolic event; actual construction would not start for several weeks)
2005 - The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2006 - Space Shuttle program: STS-121 Mission - Space Shuttle Discovery launches at 18:37:55 UTC.
2006 - North Korea tests four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile, and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly fails in mid-air over the Sea of Japan/East Sea.
2009 - The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after 8 years, due to security reasons following the World Trade Center attacks.

Famous Birthdays

Results 201 - 231 of 231

1971 - Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player
1971 - Andrew Murray, English entrepreneur
1972 - Steve Giles, St Stephens New Brunswick, canoeist (Olympics-6-92, 96)
1973 - Justin Ring, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1973 - Gackt, Japanese singer
1973 - Keiko Ihara, Japanese racing driver
1973 - Michael Johnson, English-born Jamaican footballer
1973 - Jan Magnussen, Danish racing driver
1974 - Kellee Nicole Kattleman, Miss Wyoming USA (1996)
1974 - La'Roi Glover, American football player
1975 - Reinhard Davis, hockey goaltender (Team Austria 1998)
1975 - Tania Davis, Australian violist
1976 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1977 - Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel
1977 - Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
1978 - Tatyana Jecmenica, Novi Sad Yugo, tennis star (1995 Futures-Novi Sad)
1978 - Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
1978 - Vicky Kaya, Greek supermodel and actress
1978 - Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak)
1978 - Becki Newton, American actress
1980 - Muhammad Ali Hasan, American filmmaker
1980 - Max Elliott Slade, American film actor
1981 - Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
1982 - Hannah Harper,English porn star
1983 - Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
1983 - Ben Jorgensen, American musician
1983 - Andy Mrotek, American musician
1984 - Gina Glocksen, American singer
1984 - Akanishi Jin, Japanese singer
1986 - Takahisa Masuda, Japanese singer
2003 - Alessia di Matteo, Italian medical figure (d. 2005)

Famous Deaths

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