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Historical Events

Results 101 - 182 of 182

1963 - 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1963 - All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants)
1963 - Crusher Lisowski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1963 - Federation of Malaysia forms
1965 - 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale
1965 - John Edrich completes 310* v NZ in 532 minutes, 52 fours 5 sixes
1965 - Senators Frank Howard ties record with 7 strikeouts in DH
1966 - 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane
1967 - 13th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
1967 - WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)
1968 - 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston
1968 - All star MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants)
1969 - Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th
1970 - In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn
1971 - Henry Kissinger visits China PR
1972 - 1st tour of Paul McCartney & Wings (France)
1972 - 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75)
1972 - Kathy Ahern wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 - 9th Maccabiah games opens in Tel Aviv, Israel
1974 - Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election
1975 - The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that paves way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system.
1976 - England all out for 71 v WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5
1976 - Houston Astro Larry Dierker no-hits Montreal Expos, 6-0
1976 - Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
1977 - 106th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland
1978 - "Hello, Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 152 perfs
1978 - American Nazi Party, holds a rally at Marquette Park, Chicago
1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
1978 - Nearly 100,000 demonstrators march on Wash DC for ERA
1979 - Dr Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab
1979 - Voyager 2 flies past Jupiter
1979 - A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France. A note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility.
1980 - 7 die in a stampede to see Pope in Brazil
1980 - Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years
1980 - Walt Disney's "Fox & The Hound," released
1981 - Jacksons begin a 36-city tour
1982 - Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England v India at The Oval
1982 - Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster
1982 - Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner La, killing 153
1984 - 12th minster of York destroyed in lightening storm
1984 - Yvonne Ryding, of Sweden, crowned 33rd Miss Universe
1985 - South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong
1986 - Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play ending consecutive streak at 740
1986 - Att Gen's Com on Pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes
1986 - Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
1987 - 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime
1987 - Col Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence
1988 - "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble
1988 - Chris Speier hits for the cycle & Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant HR
1988 - Jessye Norman begins recording Bizets "Carmen"
1988 - Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
1989 - 103rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Becker beats Stefan Edberg (60 76 64)
1989 - 96th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats M Navratilova (62 67 61)
1989 - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1989 - Two bombs explode in Mecca, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.
1990 - 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64)
1990 - Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts
1991 - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 7 perfs
1991 - 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto
1991 - All star MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Balt Orioles)
1991 - South Africa readmitted to Olympics
1992 - Kim Basinger gets 1,959th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 - Space Shuttle STS 50 (Columbia 13) lands
1994 - 11,000th HR in NY Yankees history (Matt Nokes)
1994 - Sonia O'Sullivan runs world record 2k (5:25.36)
1994 - Soyuz TM-19 lands
1995 - "Play's the Thing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 75 performances
1995 - 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62)
1995 - Jack Nicklaus wins Golf's British Open (4th to win all 4 majors)
1995 - Kathryn Marshall wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1995 - US international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce
1996 - 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1996 - All star MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers)
1996 - US Senate approves 90 cent raise to $4.25 minimum wage
1997 - Baseball's triple A Anerican Assn (formed in 1902) votes to disband
1997 - Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield's ear
1999 - Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
2000 - Pete Sampras wins his 13th Grand Slam tennis title at Wimbledon
2002 - The African Union is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The first chairman is Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa.
2006 - At least 122 people are killed after a Sibir Airlines Airbus A310 passenger jet, carrying 200 passengers on board veers off the runway while landing at Irkutsk Airport in Siberia in wet conditions.

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 210

1938 - Brian Dennehy, Ct, actor (Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants)
1938 - Paul Seiko Chihara, Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer
1940 - John Salvito, rocker (Duprees)
1941 - Don McPherson, rocker
1941 - James Scott, director (Strike it Rich)
1941 - Karin von Aroldingen, Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co)
1941 - Scotty Baesler, (Rep-D-Kentucky)
1941 - Takehide Nakatani, Japan, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1942 - Edy Williams, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Dr Minx)
1942 - Hermann Burger, writer
1942 - Paul B Henry, (Rep-R-Michigan, 1985- )
1942 - Robert Frankel, horse trainer
1942 - Edy Williams, American actress
1943 - Bon Scott, [Ronald Belford], Kirriemuir Scotland, rocker (AC/DC)
1943 - John H Casper, Greenville SC, USAF/astronaut (STS 36, 54, 62, 77)
1944 - Glen [Charles] Cook, US, sci-fi author (Shadowline, Star's End)
1945 - Dean R[ay] Koontz, US, sci-fi author (Star Quest, Beastchild)
1945 - Lewis F Payne Jr, (Rep-D-Virginia)
1945 - Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (d. 1993)
1946 - Joe Micelli, rocker
1946 - Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
1946 - Natasha Pyne, English actress
1947 - Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer (Earth & Fire)
1947 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician
1948 - Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian current foreign minister
1951 - Chris Cooper, Kansas City MO, actor (Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan)
1952 - John Tesh, Garden City NY, New age pianist/TV host (ET)
1952 - Rod Boll, Fillmore Saskatchwan, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
1952 - Robin Williams, Chicago, comedian (Mork & Mindy)
1953 - Dave Camp, (Rep-R-Michigan)
1953 - Irina D Latysheva, Russian cosmonaut
1953 - Thomas Ligotti, American author
1953 - Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
1954 - Debbie Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1955 - Fred Norris, comedy writer/singer (Howard Stern Show)
1955 - Jimmy Smits, Bkln, actor (Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, NYPD Blue)
1955 - Lisa Banes, Chagrin Falls OH, actress (Cocktail, Look Back in Anger)
1955 - Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
1955 - Willie Wilson, American baseball player
1956 - Tom Hanks, Concord Calif, actor (Bossom Buddies, Forrest Gump, Phila)
1956 - [Peter] Marc Almond, Merseyside England, vocalist (Soft Cell)
1957 - Kelly McGillis, Newport Beach Ca, actress (Top Gun, Accused, Witness)
1957 - Tim Kring, American writer and producer
1957 - Paul Merton, British comedian
1958 - Bob Crudgington, Australian softball head coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
1959 - Jim Kerr, Glasgow Scotland, rock vocalist (Simple Minds)
1959 - Kevin Nash, American professional wrestler
1959 - Clive Stafford Smith, British human-rights lawyer
1960 - Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton Mass, Major USMC/astronaut
1960 - Marc Mero, American professional wrestler
1961 - Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman (1996 World Cup)
1963 - Pamela Annette Sanders, Miami Florida, playmate (November, 1985)
1964 - Courtney Love, SF, vocalist (Hole)/actress (People vs Larry Flynt)
1964 - Ronnie Grandison, NBA forward (NY Knicks)
1964 - Scott Rachal Verplank, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1985 Western Open)
1965 - Bob Hess Jr, horse trainer
1965 - Frank Bello, American heavy metal musician (Anthrax)
1965 - David O'Hara, Irish-Scottish actor
1965 - Jason Rhoades, American installation artist (d. 2006)
1966 - Pamela Adlon, American voice actress
1967 - Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
1968 - Shawn Harper, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1968 - Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Darkness & Deep), dies at 73
1968 - Paolo Di Canio, Italian football player
1968 - Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish author
1969 - Jerry Drake, NFL defensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
1969 - Robert Gordon, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
1969 - Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer)
1970 - Steve Dubinsky, Montreal, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
1970 - Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
1970 - Masami Tsuda, Japanese manga author
1971 - Anthony Fieldings, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1971 - Bobby Leslie, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1971 - Chadrick Brown, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 - Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, WPVA volleyballer (Best of Beach-9th-1995)
1971 - Ger Senden, soccer player (Roda JC)
1971 - Jill Simon, Miss Iowa USA (1996)
1971 - Scott Grimes, Lowell Mass, actor (Together We Stand)
1971 - Marc Andreessen, American software developer
1971 - Dani Behr, Model & TV Presenter
1972 - Derek Mills, Wash DC, 400m runner
1972 - Pete Kendall, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
1973 - Katasha Artis, WNBA forward (Charlotte Sting)
1973 - Kelly Holcomb, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Buccaneers, Barcelona Dragons)
1973 - Enrique Murciano, American actor
1974 - Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin)
1974 - Sian Berry, British politician
1975 - Jack White, American musician (The White Stripes}
1975 - Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler
1976 - Fred Aaron Savage, Ill, actor (Kevin-Wonder Years, Vice Versa)
1977 - Isaac Brock, American musician
1978 - Linda Park, Korean-born actress
1978 - Mark Medlock, German singer
1979 - Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
1979 - Suzanne Stokes American model, (Playmate of the Month February 2000)
1981 - Kimveer Gill, Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College shooting) (d. 2006)
1982 - Ashly DelGrosso, American ballroom dancer
1982 - Alecko Eskandarian, Armenian-American footballer
1982 - Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
1982 - Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 122 of 122

1995 - James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66
1995 - John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67
1995 - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47
1995 - W Fenton Morley, preacher, dies at 83
1996 - Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84
1996 - Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician, dies at 76
1996 - Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88
1996 - Peter Martini, British journalist, dies at 31
1996 - Susan Cowdy, British ornithologist, dies at 81
1999 - Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (b. 1944)
2000 - Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
2002 - Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
2002 - Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
2004 - Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
2004 - Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2004 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
2005 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
2005 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
2005 - Kevin Hagen, American actor (b.1928)
2006 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
2007 - Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
2008 - Séamus Brennan, Irish politicain (b. 1948)