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Historical Events

Results 101 - 185 of 185

1957 - CDC incorporates
1957 - Irish premier Eamon de Valera arrests Sinn-Fein leaders
1958 - 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
1960 - Fidel Castro ends Havana's Intl League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ
1961 - Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies
1961 - Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
1962 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kelly Girls Golf Open
1963 - Reports of Charlie Finley's intention to move KC A's to Oakland
1963 - US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba
1965 - Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
1966 - US airline strike (until Aug 19th)
1966 - King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
1967 - 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
1967 - Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
1968 - Israeli-Egyptian artillery duel along Suez Canal
1969 - Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco
1969 - US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
1969 - IBM CICS is made generally available for the 360 mainframe computer.
1970 - SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 - English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
1972 - US sells grain to USSR for $750 million
1973 - Mary Lou Crocker wins LPGA MARC Equity Golf Classic Crocker
1973 - NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant
1974 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 - Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
1975 - Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin visits West-Germany
1975 - Pres Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for pres
1975 - Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated
1976 - Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
1977 - Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
1978 - 92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63)
1978 - Alessandro Pertini elected pres of Italy
1978 - Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus
1979 - Congo adopts constitution
1979 - Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles
1979 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1979 - Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14)
1980 - 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, LA
1980 - All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cin Reds)
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1981 - PM Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France
1981 - Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme Court (99-0)
1982 - "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 perfs
1982 - Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
1982 - Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property
1982 - Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.
1983 - Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
1984 - 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62)
1984 - Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1985 - 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64)
1985 - Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red
1986 - Farthest thrown object-an "Aerobie" flying ring, 383 m (1,257')
1986 - NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain & Quality Assurance
1986 - Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy
1987 - Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
1988 - Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
1988 - Miami Arena opens
1988 - Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
1988 - Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
1989 - Carlos Saul Menum becomes pres of Argentina
1989 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 - 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
1990 - Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning
1990 - Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
1990 - Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
1990 - Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
1990 - Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1990 - Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
1991 - Pitts Pirate Pres Carl Barger becomes 1st pres of Fla Marlins
1991 - Major league umpire Steve Palermo & former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed
1992 - Florida Marlins unveil their uniform
1992 - Thomas Klestil installed as president of Austria
1992 - Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe creates the office of High Commissioner on National Minorities.
1994 - Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try OJ Simpson
1994 - Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
1994 - Space shuttle STS-65 (Columbia 17), launches
1994 - St Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1½ years
1994 - Whitney Houston suffers a miscarriage
1995 - 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75)
1995 - 1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold
1997 - 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
1997 - NATO invites Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic to join
1999 - Allen Lee Davis is executed by electrocution by the state of Florida, the last use of the electric chair for capital punishment in Florida.
2003 - Sudan Airways Flight 39, with 116 people on board, crashes in Sudan; the only survivor is a two-year-old boy who subsequently dies as a result of his injuries.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 203

1940 - Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
1941 - Dario Gradi, Italian-born football manager
1942 - Chuck Negron, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1942 - Janice Pennington, Kansas, playmate (May 1971)/model (Price is Right)
1942 - Phil Gramm, (Sen-R Texas, 1985- )
1943 - Faye Wattleton, St Louis Mo, sociologist/pres (Planned Parenthood)
1944 - Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, US rock drummer (Allman Brothers)
1944 - Jeffrey Tambor, SF Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry Sanders)
1945 - Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician
1946 - Cynthia Gregory, LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co)
1947 - Kim Darby, American actress
1947 - Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
1948 - Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man)
1948 - Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga)
1949 - Frank Delima, American comedian
1949 - Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
1949 - Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
1951 - Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)
1951 - Anjelica Huston, LA Calif, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien)
1951 - Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)
1951 - Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
1952 - Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1952 - Jack Lambert, American football player
1952 - Anna Quindlen, American columnist
1953 - Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)
1955 - Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress
1956 - Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
1956 - Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World)
1957 - Clyde Butts, cricketer (West Indies off-spinner late eighties)
1958 - Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot - Metal Health)
1958 - Fred Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1958 - Kevin Bacon, Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby)
1958 - Tzipi Livni, Israeli politician
1958 - Pauline Quirke, British actress
1958 - Andreas Carlgren, Swedish politician
1959 - Robert Knepper, American actor
1960 - Jeff Stork, Longview Wash, volleyball setter (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96)
1960 - Valarie Pettiford, actress (Courtney Walker-Another World)
1960 - Valerie Pettiford, NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live)
1961 - Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100)
1961 - Toby Keith, American singer
1962 - Martin Pavlu, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1962 - Rob Burnett, North Caldwell NJ, head writer (David Letterman)
1963 - Bob Ctvrtlik, Long Beach Cal, volleyball outsider (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96)
1963 - Mike Ridley, Winnipeg, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
1963 - Pablo Magallon, jockey
1964 - Alexei Gusarov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1964 - Maryalice Demler, N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991)
1965 - Corey Parker, NYC, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)
1965 - Lee Tergesen, American actor
1967 - Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998)
1967 - Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
1968 - C B Washington, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1968 - Glen Featherstone, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1968 - Michael Weatherly, NYC, actor (Cooper Alden-The City/Loving)
1968 - Michel Langerak, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
1968 - Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu
1968 - Billy Crudup, American actor
1969 - Bobby Ayala, Oxnard CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1969 - Dana Hall, NFL safety (Cleve Browns)
1969 - Ernie Young, Chicago IL, outfielder (Oakland A's)
1969 - Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-4th-1995)
1969 - Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara)
1969 - Sugizo Japanese guitarist and singer
1970 - Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1970 - Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1970 - Todd Martin, Hinsdale Ill, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18)
1970 - Beck, American singer
1971 - Jeff Kopp, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971 - John Achterberg, soccer player (NAC)
1971 - Wendy Benson, NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)
1972 - Brandon Rock, Las Vegas Nevada, 800m runner
1972 - Jay Bellamy, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 - Karl Dykhuis, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
1972 - Saurav Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996)
1972 - Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker (Phila Eagles)
1972 - Shōsuke Tanihara, Japanese actor
1973 - Kathleen Robertson, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1974 - Demetrius Allen, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 - Zhanna Friske, Russian actress and singer
1974 - Tami Erin, American actress and model
1975 - Elias Viljanen, Finnish Guitarist
1976 - Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1976 - Staci Wilson, Livingston NJ, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1976 - Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer
1976 - David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves)
1977 - Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
1977 - Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
1980 - Robbie Keane, Irish footballer
1981 - Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
1982 - Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
1982 - Joshua Alba, American actor
1982 - Sophia Bush, American actress
1983 - Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
1983 - Elizabeth Del Mar, American pornographic actress
1983 - John Bowker, American baseball player
1984 - Alexis Dziena, American actress
1985 - Jamie Cook, British musician (Arctic Monkeys)
1986 - Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
1987 - Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model

Famous Deaths

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