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Historical Events
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4004-10-23 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher
0529-10-29 BC - The international day of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who declared the first charter of human rights in the world also known as Cyrus Cylinder.
0356-07-21 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
0301-09-03 - San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
1219-06-15 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the world - and flag of Denmark. According to legend, fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes' luck.
1260-10-24 - The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1325-06-13 - Sheik Ibn Battuta begins 1st world trip, Tangiers to Mecca
1405-07-11 - Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
1492-12-26 - 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
1493-01-04 - Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage
1493-03-15 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage
1493-09-24 - Columbus' 2nd expedition to New World
1494-01-06 - The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola.
1494-05-05 - On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica
1497-05-10 - Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for 1st voyage to New World
1502-05-09 - Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
1512-12-27 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World.
1519-09-20 - Ferdinand Magellan starts 1st successful circumnavigation of world
1522-09-06 - Magellen with Vittoria returns to Spain, after 1st round world trip
1538-10-28 - The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
1577-12-13 - Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world
1581-04-04 - Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world
1601-08-27 - Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world
1607-05-14 - 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va
1611-04-28 - Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the oldest existing university in Asia and the largest Catholic university in the world.
1632-02-22 - Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
1655-07-29 - Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam
1682-08-30 - William Penn left England to sail to New World
1751-07-29 - 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England
1766-05-09 - John Byron back in England after trip around the world
1775-04-19 - Revolution begins-Lexington Common, shot "heard round the world"
1786-11-30 - Peter Leopold Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine, Grand Duke of Tuscany, promulgates a penal reform making his country the first state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 is therefore commemorated by 300 cities around the world as Cities for Life Day.
1787-09-30 - 1st US voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston
1790-08-09 - Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry US flag around the world
1790-08-10 - Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage
1791-12-04 - Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published
1806-01-30 - The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
1843-03-21 - Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today
1843-07-19 - Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world.
1843-10-01 - News of the World began publication in London.
1846-05-01 - Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world
1853-09-24 - 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt)
1856-02-07 - The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the first piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
1865-07-05 - Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws
1865-07-31 - The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia.
1872-12-07 - HMS Challenger sets sail on 3½ year world oceanographic cruise
1874-10-09 - World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland
1881-02-26 - SS Ceylon begins 1st round-the-world cruise from Liverpool
1882-02-03 - Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
1882-10-06 - 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0
1882-10-07 - 1st World Series (game 2), Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0
1884-04-22 - Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 yrs 9 mos)
1884-10-23 - 1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats NY Mets (AA) 6-0
1884-10-25 - 1st World Series OK by AA, Providence (NL) sweeps NY Mets (AA) in 3
1885-09-29 - The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
1886-10-23 - St Louis Browns win World Championship by beating Chicago 4-3 in 10
1887-01-04 - Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF)
1887-10-21 - Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3
1887-10-26 - Detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series
1889-10-18 - 1st all NYC World Series NY Giants (NL) play Bkln (AA)
1889-10-29 - NY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3
1889-11-14 - NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip
1889-11-14 - New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours
1890-01-25 - Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
1890-10-28 - Last NL-AA World Series game Bkln ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie
1891-03-28 - 1st world weightlifting championship held
1892-12-20 - Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne
1893-05-01 - World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
1893-09-11 - First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held.
1893-11-19 - 1st newspaper color supplement (NY World)
1893-12-15 - Dvoráks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall NYC
1893-12-16 - Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
1894-05-26 - Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
1894-11-18 - 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (NY World)
1895-04-24 - Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat
1895-09-24 - 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months)
1896-03-10 - After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
1899-05-18 - World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1901-11-04 - Clyde Fitch' "Way of the World," premieres in NYC
1903-04-06 - The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Israel and the Western world.
1903-09-11 - The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
1903-10-01 - 1st baseball World Series, Pitts Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)
1903-10-13 - Pirates beats Pilgrims (Red Sox) 5 games to 3 in 1st World Series
1904-03-05 - Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation.
1905-01-02 - The American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms.
1905-01-15 - Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater
1905-04-27 - World Exposition opens in Luik
1905-06-11 - Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
1905-10-09 - Phila A's meet Giants in World Series, Giants win 3-0
1905-10-14 - NY Giants beats Phila A's, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series
1905-10-14 - Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight World Series shutout
1906-03-24 - "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world
1906-10-14 - All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series
1907-01-26 - J M Synge's "Playboy of Western World" opens; police are called
1907-10-12 - Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series
1907-12-16 - Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
1908-03-17 - Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds)
1908-04-03 - Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
1908-06-15 - World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam
1908-07-30 - Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 472
1587-08-18 - 1st English child born in New World (Virginia Dare)
1670-02-10 - William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)
1818-07-06 - Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion (1851-66)
1818-09-13 - Olivier Gloux, [Aimard], Fren world explorer/writer (Grande Flibuste)
1827-04-02 - William Holdman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World)
1836-05-18 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion (1866-94)
1838-04-28 - Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911)
1841-09-08 - AntonínDvorák, Nelahozeves Czech, composer (New World Symphony)
1847-04-10 - Joseph Pulitzer, Hungary, publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World)
1849-03-19 - Alfred von Tirpitz, German World War I Admiral (d. 1930)
1868-12-24 - Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)
1873-05-23 - Leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism)
1873-10-19 - Jaap Eden, Dutch World Champion cycling & speed skating
1874-03-05 - Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)
1875-06-17 - Philipp A Kohnstamm, philosopher/theorist (Mensch & World)
1878-11-08 - Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist (1899)
1879-12-22 - Stanislas Bizot, French world checker champion (1925)
1880-01-24 - Elisabeth Achelis, creator (World Calendar)
1880-03-30 - Sean O'Casey, Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World)
1883-11-23 - Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexico, painter (Epic of Culture in New World)
1884-04-12 - Tenby Davies, Welsh world champion runner (d. 1932)
1885-03-14 - Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
1886-03-13 - John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer (hit 2 HR in 1911 world series)
1888-03-29 - Adrianus M de Jong, Dutch writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak)
1888-05-11 - Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral (d. 1945)
1888-11-19 - Jose RaulCapablanca, Cuba, world chess champion (1921-27)
1891-05-19 - Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916)
1892-02-18 - Wendell Wilkie, presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World)
1892-04-15 - Theo Osterkamp, World War I and World War II German fighter pilot (d. 1975)
1892-11-01 - Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion (1927-35, 37-46)
1892-12-27 - Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (d. 1917)
1893-01-10 - Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Australian World War I Victoria Cross winner (d. 1932)
1893-11-14 - Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champ cyclist (1921-24, 26)
1893-11-24 - Fern Andra, Watseka IL, actress (Eyes of the World)
1894-05-29 - Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress (Around World in 80 Days)
1894-07-26 - Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World)
1895-03-30 - Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant)
1895-07-10 - Nahum Goldmann, Switz, pres Zionist World Organization
1895-09-18 - Tomoji Tanabe, the oldest man in the world as of June 2007
1896-05-03 - Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Ace (d. 1917)
1896-06-06 - Henry Allingham, English first world war veteran
1896-06-07 - Douglas Campbell, American World War I flying ace (d. 1990)
1897-04-07 - Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918)
1897-04-13 - Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (d. 1917)
1897-05-19 - Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
1897-08-11 - Enid Blyton, children's writer and fifth most popular author in the world (Famous Five, Secret Seven, The Adventure)
1898-05-01 - Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)
1898-05-13 - Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. 2007)
1898-05-25 - Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
1898-07-17 - Berenice Abbott, Springfield Oh, photographer (World of Atget)
1900-06-25 - Izak D du Plessis, South African writer/director (3rd World)
1900-08-30 - Franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief)
1900-09-23 - Bill Stone, British serviceman; one of the last surviving veterans of World War I
1901-02-08 - Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer
1901-04-15 - Joe Davis, English snooker/billiards-world champ (1927-46)
1901-05-20 - Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37)
1901-05-20 - Otto Waldis, Austria, actor (Port of Hell, Unknown World)
1901-06-02 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days)
1901-08-01 - Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (d. 1925)
1903-01-17 - Warren Hull, Gasport NY, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World)
1904-02-01 - S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
1904-06-23 - Carleton Coon, prof of anthropology (What in the World)
1905-06-01 - Robert Newton, England, actor (Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days)
1905-07-13 - Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (d. 1990)
1905-09-28 - Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32)
1906-02-16 - Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ (1927)
1906-03-04 - Georges Ronsse, Belgian national cyclo-cross and world champion road bicycle racer (d. 1969)
1906-10-30 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1966)
1906-11-07 - Eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72)
1907-02-18 - Billy Dewolfe, Wollaston Mass, actor (Good Morning World)
1907-06-18 - Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)
1908-01-16 - Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941)
1911-04-17 - Mikhail Botvinnik, of USSR, world chess champion (1948-63)
1911-07-14 - Terry-Thomas, England, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
1911-07-18 - Hume Cronyn, London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
1911-08-12 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days)
1911-10-26 - Mahalia Jackson, New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands)
1912-07-23 - Michael Wilding, England, actor (Courtney Affair, World of Suzie Wong)
1912-08-30 - Nancy Wake AC GM, New Zealand-born World War II secret agent
1912-12-01 - Minoru Yamasaki, architect (World Trade Center, NY)
1913-02-10 - Philippa Bevans, actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient)
1913-06-27 - Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57)
1913-08-14 - Fred Davis, English world champ snooker player (1948-49, 51)
1914-05-13 - Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49)
1914-07-24 - Robert Emhardt, actor (Mac-Another World, Underworld USA, Mooncussers)
1914-12-25 - Tony Martin, [Alvin Morris], SF, singer (It's a Blue World, To Each)
1915-02-21 - Ann Sheridan, Denton Texas, actress (Dodge City, Another World)
1915-03-23 - Vasily Zaitsev, Soviet World War II hero (d. 1991)
1915-04-07 - Henry Kuttner, US, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were)
1915-05-15 - Maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service)
1916-01-09 - Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)
1916-02-25 - Ralph Baldwin, harness driver (set 11 major world records)
1916-06-09 - Robert S McNamara, US Sec of Defense (1961-68)/head (World Bank)
1917-02-28 - Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer
1917-07-12 - Andrew Wyeth, Chadds Ford Pa, painter (Christina's World)
1918-09-03 - Helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)
1918-11-18 - Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero (d. 2007)
1919-03-15 - John Gregson, Liverpool England, actor (Gideon CID, Shirley's World)
1919-12-13 - Hans-Joachim Marseille, German flying ace of World War II (d. 1942)
1920-04-16 - Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 100 of 141
1521-04-27 - Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50
1656-03-21 - Armagh James Ussher, Archbishop (said world began 4004 BC), dies at 76
1698-06-11 - Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64
1791-04-19 - Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies
1874-06-22 - Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies
1879-03-13 - Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60
1883-06-20 - Olivier Gloux, [Gustave Aimard], French world explorer, dies at 64
1905-03-24 - Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77
1907-07-19 - Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77
1915-05-19 - John Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
1916-08-18 - Edward D Pain, English journalist (NY World), dies in battle at 36
1917-09-23 - Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897)
1917-12-28 - Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (b. 1892)
1918-05-19 - Raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)
1918-08-10 - Erich Lowenhardt, Germany flying ace of World War I (b. 1897)
1925-02-03 - Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51
1925-07-14 - Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (b. 1901)
1926-03-16 - Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
1932-07-23 - Tenby Davies, Welsh half-mile world champion runner (b. 1884)
1936-06-12 - Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies
1939-06-05 - Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies
1941-12-12 - Cesar Basa, Philippine Air Force and World War II hero (b. 1915)
1942-03-08 - Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53
1942-09-05 - François de Labouchère, French aviator of World War II, compagnon de la Libération. (b. 1917)
1944-04-09 - Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (b. 1920)
1945-01-22 - Johan Eykman, theologist (World Church), dies at 52
1946-02-21 - José Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911)
1946-03-24 - Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53
1947-05-30 - Georg Ritter von Trapp, World War I Austrian submarine commander (b. 1880)
1950-06-02 - Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70
1951-01-18 - Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
1953-01-04 - Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78
1955-01-24 - Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
1956-04-10 - Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75
1956-09-11 - Billy Bishop, Canadian pilot in World War I (b. 1894)
1956-10-01 - Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36
1956-11-02 - Leo Baeck, Pres of World Union for Progressive Judaism, dies at 83
1958-02-03 - Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
1958-03-22 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56
1959-01-22 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1929)
1963-06-28 - Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 HRs in 1911 world series) dies at 77
1963-12-28 - Paul Hindemith, German composer (Composer's World), dies at 68
1964-09-18 - Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (Playboy of Western World), dies at 84
1964-11-16 - Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champion cyclist (1921-24, 26), dies at 71
1965-11-27 - Harry Harvey Sr, actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 64
1968-04-07 - Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car
1968-05-23 - Merle Kendrick, orch leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
1968-06-06 - Franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies
1971-01-05 - Sonny Liston, World Champ heavy weight boxer (1962-64), found dead at 36
1971-08-23 - The original Shamu, Sea World orca
1972-01-27 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
1972-11-27 - Mahalia Jackson, vocalist (Got Whole World in His Hands), dies at 61
1973-01-24 - Masao Ohba, world champion Japanese boxer (b. 1949)
1974-03-05 - Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67
1974-03-25 - Otto Waldis, actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at 72
1974-09-14 - Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at 71
1978-01-22 - Oliver Leese, British World War II general (b. 1894)
1979-10-17 - S J Perelman, US humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75
1980-03-05 - Winifred Wagner-William, German World Festival organizer, dies at 82
1980-04-12 - Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
1980-07-22 - Fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 54
1980-10-28 - Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63
1981-05-11 - Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1981-06-03 - Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76
1981-11-26 - Machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80
1982-05-02 - Hugh Marlowe, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71
1982-07-16 - Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies
1982-08-17 - Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
1982-08-29 - Nahum Goldmann, pres Zionist World Organization, dies at 87
1982-09-05 - Douglas Bader, RAF fighter pilot in World War II (b. 1910)
1982-10-08 - Fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67
1983-12-13 - Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies
1985-05-08 - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
1985-07-31 - Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78
1986-06-29 - Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at 47
1988-01-06 - Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
1988-01-11 - Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
1988-02-07 - Lin[wood V] Carter, US, sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57
1988-05-16 - Kay Baxter, Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies at 42
1989-05-01 - Douglass Watson, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 68
1989-11-25 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
1990-02-07 - Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (b. 1905)
1990-04-21 - Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
1990-04-24 - Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies
1990-10-10 - Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67
1990-11-06 - Will Kuluva, actor (To Trap a Spy, Go Naked in World), dies at 73
1991-12-27 - W Hudson, US "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies
1992-06-03 - Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84
1992-06-16 - Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies
1992-06-28 - Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
1992-11-12 - David Oliver, actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30
1993-01-19 - Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
1993-02-09 - David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
1993-02-09 - Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
1993-02-18 - Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1993-02-19 - Michael Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1993-02-24 - Bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies
1993-02-26 - Constance Ford, US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64
1993-03-06 - Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
1993-04-23 - Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
