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Search for "Home Financing" 0561 Death - Pelagius I Italian Pope (547-51, 556-61), dies 1191 Death - Saladin [Salah ad-Din]) Yusuf sultan of Egypt/Syria, dies at 52 1409 Austrian civil war ends 1431 Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV 1459 Death - Ausias March Catalan poet, dies 1500 Birth - Reginald Pole English Cardinal/"heretic" 1549 Birth - Henric Spieghel Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) 1554 Death - Johan Frederik de Greatmoedige ruler of Saxon (1532-47), dies at 50 1575 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi 1580 Death - Jacob Hillebrand Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies 1583 Birth - Edward Herbert of Cherbury English military/philosopher 1585 The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza 1589 Birth - Gisbertus Voetius [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist 1606 Birth - Edmund Waller England, poet (Penshust) 1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil 1634 The first tavern in Boston opens, it is not Cheers 1635 Death - Philips de l'Espinoy historian/mayor of Ghent, dies 1638 Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden 1652 Birth - Thomas Otway England, dramatist/poet (Venice Preserved) 1655 Montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance 1703 Death - Robert Hooke scientific genius, dies in London 1705 Birth - Michael Schevenstuhl composer 1706 Death - Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52 1707 Death - Aurangzeb Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88 1717 Death - Pierre Allix French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 1747 Birth - Kasamir Pulaski US General (Revolutionary War) 1756 Birth - William Godwin philosopher/political writer (Caleb Williams) 1766 Death - Gregor Joseph Werner composer, dies at 73 1768 Death - Nicola Antonio Porpora composer, dies at 81 1776 US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas 1791 First Internal Revenue Act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages) 1791 The United States Mint is created by the U.S. Congress. 1792 Death - Robert Adam Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63 1793 Birth - Charles Sealsfield writer (The Making of America) 1794 First performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D 1794 Richard Allen founded AME Church 1800 Death - Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi composer, dies at 64 1803 Colgio Militar is founded in Portugal by Colonel Teixeira Rebello. 1803 The first impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins 1804 UK hist John Wedgwood (eldest son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood) founds The Royal Horticultural Society 1805 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms 1809 Birth - Sophia Hawthorne writer 1811 Birth - Vissarion Belinsky Sveaborg Finland, Russian author (Literary Review) 1812 US Congress passes first foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims) 1813 Office of Surgeon General of the US army is established 1814 Birth - Charles Kensington Salaman composer 1815 US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute 1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi 1817 The Alabama Territory is created by splitting the Mississippi Territory. 1820 Birth - Eduard Douwes Dekker [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar) 1820 Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri 1822 Death - Franz Adam Veichtner composer, dies at 81 1823 Birth - Guyla Andrssy Sr premier of Hungary (1867-71) 1824 Death - Giovanni Battista Viotti Italian violist/composer, dies at 70 1828 Birth - Karl Collan composer 1831 Birth - George M Pullman inventor (railway sleeping car) 1833 According to Akilattirattu Ammanai, Ayya Vaikundar arises from the sea as avatar of Narayana at Thiruchendur. 1837 Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 1838 Birth - George W Hill US astronomer (Moon orbit) 1838 Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada 1841 Birth - John Murray Canada oceanographer (Depths of the Ocean) 1842 US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts) 1843 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US 1845 Birth - Georg Cantor German mathematician (discovers transfinite numbers) 1845 Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery 1845 Florida became the 27th state of the United States of America. 1845 Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state. 1845 For the first time the U.S. Congress passes legislation overriding a presidential veto. 1845 US law overriding a Presidential veto (John Tyler's) 1846 Birth - Desiderio Pietri Italian baker/marathon runner Dorando's father 1847 Birth - Alexander Graham Bell Edinburgh Scotland, inventor (telephone) 1847 Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps 1848 Death - Heinrich Olivier German painter, dies 1849 Birth - Jacques Oppenheim Dutch lawyer 1849 Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin 1849 Territory of Minnesota is organized 1849 US Department of the Interior established by Congress 1851 Congress authorizes smallest US silver coin (3¢ piece) 1853 Birth - Vincent Van Gogh Dutch painter 1853 Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress 1855 Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use 1855 Registration of letters authorized by Congress 1857 Birth - Alfred Bruneau composer 1857 France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. 1858 Death - Jzsef Bajza Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54 1862 General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid MO 1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1863 Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia 1863 Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress 1863 Idaho Territory forms 1863 Idaho Territory organizes as a political division of the United States. 1863 US wartime military conscription bill enacted 1864 Death - Ulric Dahlgren Union Colonel, dies in battle at 21 1865 Birth - Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler composer 1865 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established to help destitute free blacks 1865 Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group. 1867 Birth - Gustav Strube composer 1868 Birth - Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher/writer 1869 Birth - Henry J Wood English conductor (Gentle Art of Singing, Proms) 1869 University of South Carolina opens to all races 1871 Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent 1872 Birth - Wee Willie Keeler outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897 1873 Birth - William Green president of American Federation of Labor (1924-52) 1873 Censorship: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail. 1873 Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps 1873 US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively 1875 Congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years 1875 First recorded hockey game (Montréal) 1875 Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France) 1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette. 1877 Birth - Garrett Morgan African-American inventor 1877 Rutherford B Hayes is sworn in as the 19th President 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes is privately inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (his public inauguration coming on March 5). 1878 Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) 1996 This was the year "The Book Clip - Guaranteed to keep your Book Open" first appeared on the Internet. See Pictures HERE www.bookclip.com 1878 Bulgaria regains its independence from Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; shortly after Congress of Berlin stripped its status to an autonomous state of the Ottoman Empire 1879 The United States Geological Survey is created. 1879 The first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) 1879 US geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior 1880 Birth - Anne C Veth Dutch cartoonist/art critic 1882 Birth - Floris H L Prims Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp 1882 New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings 1885 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates 1885 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government) 1885 US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail 1885 US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission 1886 Birth - James Friskin composer 1886 Birth - Reginald Owen Morris composer 1887 American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton IA 1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller 1889 Birth - Fritz Behrend composer 1889 Death - Edward Sydney Smith composer, dies at 49 1890 Birth - Edmund Lowe San Jose CA, actor (Black Sheep, Front Page Detective,Dillinger ) 1890 Birth - Norman Bethune Canada, Doctor in Spain & China 1890 Norman Bethune medical doctor, born on this day at Gravenhurst Ontario; died of blood poisoning in 1939 in China 1891 Birth - Federico Moreno Torroba composer 1891 Birth - Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice/president High Council 1891 Congress creates Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department) 1891 The Penalty Spot Kick rule in Football is conceived, but does not come into effect until the next season 1892 Birth - Rui Coelho composer 1892 Cattle tuberculosis test in US made, Villa Nova PA 1893 Birth - Beatrice Wood potter/artist/author 1893 Birth - Bill Nestell California, actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier) 1893 Birth - Karel Lotsy Dutch insurance director/Olympics-chief d'quipe 1893 Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized 1893 Congress authorizes first federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture 1894 4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns 1894 The first Greek newspaper in America was published. It was known as the"Atlantis". 1895 Birth - Alexander Nicholas Voormolen Dutch composer 1895 Birth - General Matthew Ridgeway US, military leader (WWII/China/Nicaragua/Korea/NATO) 1895 Birth - Juanita Hansen Iowa, actress (Fast Company, Broadway Love) 1895 Birth - Ragnar Frisch Norway, economist (1st Nobel prize in economy-1969) 1895 Birth - Robert Gordon KS, actor (Loveless) 1897 Birth - Jose Moreno Gans composer 1899 Birth - Alfred M Gruenther US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56) 1899 Birth - Juri Olescha writer 1899 Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar 1899 George Dewey becomes first in US with rank of Admiral of the Navy 1900 Birth - Edna Best Hove England, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo) 1900 US Steel Corporation organizes 1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce 1902 Birth - Ruby Dandridge Memphis TN, actress (Father of the Bride) 1902 Death - Isaac D France van de Putte Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 1903 Birth - Gilbert Adrian [Greenberg], Naugatuck CT, costume designer 1903 Birth - Rabbe A Enckell Fins author/poet (Lutad about Brunnen) 1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder. 1905 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma). 1905 US Forest Service forms 1906 Birth - Artur Lundkvist Swedish writer/Swedish Academy (Agadir) 1906 Birth - Donald Novis Hastings England, actor (Monte Carlo) 1906 Birth - Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar journalist/diplomat 1906 Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France 1907 Birth - Aar van de Werfhorst [Pieter G Jansen], Dutch writer 1907 Birth - Canada Lee New York NY, actor (Lost Boundaries) 1907 Birth - Joy Finzi [Joyce A Black], British painter 1908 Birth - Riccardo Nielsen composer 1909 Birth - Harry Hemsley billionaire New York landlord 1909 Birth - Jay Morris Arena inventor/pediatrician 1909 Birth - Kenton Kilmer poet/translator 1910 Rockefeller Foundation: J.D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he could devote full time to being a philanthropist. 1911 Birth - Francesco Siciliani opera composer 1911 Birth - Jean Harlow [Harlean Carpentier] Kansas City MO, 30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8) 1911 The first US federal cemetery with Union & Rebel graves opens, Missouri 1912 Birth - Joe Stydahar NFL tackle (Chicago Bears) 1913 Birth - Margaret Bonds US pianist/composer/arranger 1913 Birth - Roger Caillois French writer (Les Jeux et les Hommes) 1913 Establishment of the first football club in Bulgaria - Ticha, now known as PFC "Cherno More". 1913 Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington DC 1914 Birth - Martin Ritt actor/director (Slugger's Wife, End of the Game) 1915 Birth - George Brian Snape businessman/rugby league entrepreneur 1915 NACA, the predecessor of NASA founded. 1915 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created 1915 The now-famous film, "Birth of a Nation", debuted in New York City. 1917 Birth - Bert van Aerschot Flemish writer (Elevator, Women) 1917 Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar 1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates 1918 Birth - Arnold Newman photographer (Faces USA) 1918 Birth - Arthur Kornberg US biochemist (Nobel 1959) 1918 Birth - Frank Wigglesworth composer 1918 Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. 1918 Richard Göring's "Seeschlacht", premieres in Berlin 1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike 1919 First international air mail service from US, Seattle WA-Victoria BC 1920 Birth - James Doohan Vancouver British Columbia, actor (Montgomery Scott-Star Trek) 1920 Birth - Julius Boros golfer (PGA Champion 1968, US Open 1952, 63) 1920 Birth - Julius Boros golfer (US Open 1952,63) 1920 Birth - Martin Ritt director (The Front, Nuts) 1920 James Doohan,actor played chief engineer Commander Montgomery Scott (Scotty) in Star Trek and WW II military pilot, , born at Vancouver BC 1921 Birth - Allen Ginsberg beat generation poet (1969 Arts & Letters Award) 1921 Birth - Diana Barrymore New York NY, actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife) 1921 Birth - Junior Parker Arkansas, blues vocalist/songwriter (Mystery Train) 1921 Death - Petrus Cuypers architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93 1921 Toronto's Dr Banting & Dr Best announce discovery of insulin 1922 Birth - Kazimierz Serocki composer 1922 Italian fascists occupy Fiume & Rijeka 1923 TIME magazine is published for the first time. 1923 Time magazine publishes first issue 1923 US Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague 1924 German & Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed 1924 Sean O'Casey's "Juno & the Paycock", premieres in Dublin 1924 The 1400-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdul Mejid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of President Kemal Atatrk. 1925 Birth - Enzo Stuarti Italy, singer (Yesterday) 1925 Birth - Richard Vernon Reading Berkshire England, actor (Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night) 1926 Birth - James Ingram Merrill US poet/author (Scripts for the Pageant) 1926 Death - Cyril Metodej Hrazdira composer, dies at 58 1926 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami FL) 1927 Birth - Charles O Whitley (Representative-Democrat-NC, 1977- ) 1927 Birth - Frank Singleton librarian 1927 Birth - John McLaughlin commentator (McLaughlin Report) 1927 Birth - [Herman] Junior Parker rocker (Driving Wheel, In the Dark) 1928 Birth - Dave Dudley singer (Six Days on the Road) 1928 Birth - Don Gibson singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me) 1928 Birth - G Pausewang writer 1928 Birth - Joe Conley Buffalo NY, actor (Ike-The Waltons) 1928 Death - Jan [Jean] T Toorop Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69 1929 Birth - Nicos Mamangakis composer 1931 " The Star-Spangled Banner", written by Francis Scott Key, officially became the national anthem of the United States. 1931 Birth - Henk Knol Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA) 1931 Birth - Piet [van] Bambergen Dutch cabaretier (Mounties, Sherlock Jones) 1931 Cab Calloway records "Minnie the Moocher" (Jazz's first million seller) 1931 The United States officially adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" as its national anthem. 1932 Birth - Mara Corday Santa Monica CA, playmate (October 1958) 1932 Death - Eugene Francis Charles D'albert composer, dies at 67 1933 Birth - Lee Radziwell Ross New York NY, princess (Jackie O's sister) 1933 Birth - Marco Antonio Muiz Mexico, Spanish singer (Murmullos) 1933 Birth - Princess Lee Radziwell Ross New York NY (Jackie O's sister) 1933 German Presidential candidate Earnest Thälmann (KPD) arrested 1933 Mount Rushmore National Memorial is dedicated. 1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated 1933 New York NY premiere of "King Kong" 1934 Birth - Gia Scala Italy, actress (Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water) 1934 Death - Norman Houstoun O'Neill composer, dies at 58 1934 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol 1935 Birth - Zhelyu Zhelev president of Bulgaria (1990- ) 1935 Death - Neville Knox cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies 1935 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms 1936 Birth - Jim Clark Formula 1 racer (1963 Champion) 1937 Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down 1938 A world record for the indoor mile run was set at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. Glenn Cunningham made the distance in 4 minutes, 4.4 seconds. 1938 Birth - Douglas Leedy composer 1938 Birth - Lew De Witt singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) 1938 Birth - Willie Chambers guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers) 1938 Death - Arthur Koestler writer, dies at 32 1938 Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia. 1939 Birth - Hans Pieter Verhagen poet (Hoepla/Holland's Hole) 1939 Birth - M L Jaisimha cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties) 1939 In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India. 1940 Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label 1940 Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Lule, Sweden. 1941 Death - Constant W L Scheurleer archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 1941 Death - Ernst Cahn owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed 1941 Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Göring in Berlin 1942 Birth - Mike Pender Liverpool, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers-Needles & Pins) 1942 Birth - Vladimir Vasilyevich Kovolyonok USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 29/31, T-4) 1942 Death - Amedeo Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 1942 First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1942 World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid the town of Broome, Western Australia killing more than 100 people. 1943 Birth - Roger Swaybill actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point) 1943 Bomb falls into London shelter; 173 die 1943 Death - George Thomson cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for England 1909-10), dies 1943 F Ryerson & Cohn Claues' "Harriet", premieres in New York NY 1943 US defeats Japan & wins Battle of Bismark Sea 1943 World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station. 1944 Birth - Janice Garfat rocker (Dr Hook) 1944 The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov were instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards. 1945 Birth - Farooq Hamid cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan vs Australia 1964) 1945 Birth - Hattie Winston Greenville MS, actress (Nurse, Electric Company) 1945 Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter 1945 Death - Arthur Vanderpoorten Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61 1945 Death - Koos Speenhoff Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75 1945 RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 1945 Roermond/Venlo Netherlands, freed 1945 US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor 1945 US 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall 1945 World War II: Previously neutral Finland declares war on the Axis powers. 1946 Birth - James C Adamson Warsaw NY, Lieutenant Colonel USA/astronaut (STS 28, STS 43) 1946 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1946 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button 1947 Birth - Dave Mount Carshalton Surrey England, rocker (Mud) 1948 Birth - Byron MacGregor newscaster 1948 Birth - Reed Hundt FCC chairman 1948 Death - Antonin Artaud writer, dies at 51 1948 Personal posting - Sandi Silverman is born 1949 Birth - Bonnie J Dunbar Sunnyside WA, PhD/astronaut (STS 61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89) 1949 Birth - James S Voss Cordova AL, Major USA/astronaut (STS 44, 53, 69) 1950 Birth - Re Styles rock vocalist (Tubes) 1950 Birth - Tim Kazurinsky Johnstown PA, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Police Academy 2, 3, 4) 1951 Birth - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov Russian cosmonaut 1952 Birth - Robyn Hitchcock rocker (Moss Elixir) 1952 Puerto Rico approves their first self written constitution 1953 A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan killing 11. 1953 A Canadian Pacific Comet jet crashes with 11 fatalities; world's first commercial jet crash. 1953 Birth - Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin Russia, cosmonaut 1953 Birth - Dave Amato rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling) 1953 British Comet jet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed 1954 Birth - Keith Carlton Fergus Temple TX, PGA golfer (1995 Honda Classic-8th) 1954 Birth - Merrick [Chris Hughes] rock drummer (Adam & The Ants) 1955 A truck driver from Tupelo, MS made his first TV appearance. Elvis Aron Presley was featured on "Louisiana Hayride". 1956 Birth - Jim Barton Lincoln NE, soling yachter (Olympics-bronze-1996) 1956 Birth - John F Reid cricketer (New Zealand batsman of 70's/80's) 1956 Birth - Miguel Bos Panam, Spanish actor (Lo Mejor del Ao) 1956 Death - Willem H Keesom Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 1956 Indonesian government of Harahap resigns 1956 Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in New York 1956 Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) 1958 Birth - Bob Bradley Montclair NJ, soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96) 1958 Birth - Miranda Richardson Southport England, actress (Damage, Crying Game) 1958 Nuri as-Said becomes the prime minister of Iraq for the 14th time. 1958 Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq 1959 Birth - Romeo Zondervan Dutch soccer player (NAC) 1959 British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis 1959 Death - Lou Costello comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 1959 First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched 1959 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park. 1960 Death - Sammy White actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 1960 Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") 1961 Birth - Mary Page Keller actress (Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk) 1961 Hassan II becomes King of Morocco. 1961 King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco 1962 Birth - Herschel Walker WFL/NFL running back (New Jersey Generals, Dallas Cowboys) 1962 Birth - Jackie Joyner-Kersee East St Louis IL, heptathlete (Olympics-gold-88, 92) 1962 British Antarctic Territory is formed 1963 Birth - Elizabeth Chavez Santa Monica CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-91) 1963 Birth - Jacqueline Sheen Dallas TX, playmate (July, 1990) 1963 Birth - Kelly Miller Detroit MI, NHL left wing (Washington Capitals) 1963 Senegal adopts constitution 1964 Birth - Arturo Huerta Mexico, Canadian walker (Olympics-96) 1964 Birth - Atif Rauf cricketer (Pakistani Test batsman vs New Zealand 1994) 1964 Birth - Laura Martinez-Herring Sinaloa Mexico, Miss USA-1985 (Texas)/(Carla-General Hospital) 1964 Birth - Lisa Ann Poggi Grand Rapids MI, actress (Jolie-Loving) 1965 Birth - A J Sager Columbus OH, pitcher (Detroit Tigers) 1965 Death - Carlo Gatti composer, dies at 88 1965 Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music". 1965 Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1 1966 A British Overseas Airways Boeing 707 flies into a mountain wave after the captain decides to give the passengers a close-up view of Mt. Fuji. All 124 people aboard are killed. 1966 Birth - Anthony Terrell Smith Los Angeles CA, rocker (Tone Loc-Let's Do It) 1966 Birth - Claus Boekweg Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen, FC Zwolle) 1966 Birth - Dmitri Volkov Russian swimmer (world record) 1966 Birth - Ellen Minzner Lawrence MA, rower (Olympics-96) 1966 Birth - Gary Parker WLAF kicker (Scotland Claymores) 1966 Birth - Hope Marie Carlton Riverhead NY, playmate (July, 1985) 1966 Birth - Noelle Daghe Decatur IL, LPGA golfer (1994 PING-Cellular One-21st) 1966 Birth - Tone-Loc [Anthony Terrell Smith], Los Angeles CA, rocker (Let's Do It) 1966 Birth - Wendy Fletcher Boston MA, WPVA volleyballer (National-5th-1993) 1966 Death - Alice Pearce comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 1966 Death - William Frawley actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies at 89 1966 James Goldman's "Lion in Winter", premieres in New York NY 1966 Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinée 1966 Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al) 1966 Twister hits Jackson MS; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die 1967 Birth - Alexander Volkov Russia, tennis star 1967 Birth - Calvin Williams NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles) 1967 Birth - Elizabeth Cheshire Burbank CA, actress (Jill-Sunshine) 1967 Death - Georges Lonque composer, dies at 66 1967 Eric Burdon and the Animals refuse to do a show in Ottawa unless they are paid in advance; audience of 3,000 go on a rampage, doing $5,000 in damages. 1967 Grenada gains partial independence from Britain, later the U.S. will come calling 1968 Birth - Brian Leetch Corpus Christi TX, NHL defenseman (Team USA, New York Rangers) 1968 Birth - Diann Roffe-Steinrotter Warsaw NY, alpine skier (Olympics-gold/silver-92) 1968 Birth - Scott Radinsky Simi Valley CA, pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1968 Greece, Portugal & Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague 1968 Jean Beliveau (Montréal) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 points 1969 Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days) 1969 Birth - Ronald Humphrey NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts) 1970 Birth - Donovan Bergstrom US 3K steeplechase runner 1970 Birth - Inzamam-ul-Haq cricketer (dashing Pakistani batsman) 1970 Birth - Kristine Radford Sydney Australia, tennis star (1996 ITF/Lyneham) 1970 Birth - Rick Mirer NFL QB (Seattle Seahawks) 1970 Birth - Scott Keswick Nevada, gymnast (Coca-Cola-1st-94, Olympics-96) 1970 Birth - Shawn Marie Brogan Miss Iowa-USA (1997) 1971 Beginning of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and India's official entry to the Bangladesh Liberation War in support of Mukti Bahini 1971 Birth - Terryl Ulmer CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1971 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles 1971 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa 1972 Birth - Christian Oliver actor (Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell) 1972 Birth - Martin Prochazka Slany Czechoslovakia, NHL forward (Toronto, Czechoslovakia Olympics-Gold-98) 1972 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain GA 1973 Birth - Cory Raymer NFL center (Washington Redskins) 1973 Birth - James Dexter tackle (Arizona Cardinals) 1973 Birth - Jim Mills tackle (San Diego Chargers) 1973 Birth - Tisha Venturini Modesto CA, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96) 1973 Birth - Victoria Nika Zdrok Kiev Ukraine, playmate (October 1994) 1973 Birth - Winslow Oliver running back (Carolina Panthers) 1973 Number one hit on UK music charts - Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 1974 Birth - Jared Rushton actor (Big, Honey I Shrank the Kids) 1974 Death - Barbara Ruick actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 1974 Death - Frank Wilcox actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 66 1974 George Foreman KOs Ken Norton 1974 Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials reach an agreement for eventual reconciliation into one communion, marking the first agreement between the two churches since the Reformation. 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard. 1974 World's worst air disaster to date, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris France (346 die) 1975 Birth - Albert Fields Gary IN, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) 1975 Birth - David Faustino California, actor (I Had 3 Wifes, Bud-Married With Children) 1975 Death - Lszl Nmeth Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at 73 1975 Linda McCartney is charged in US with possession of marijuana 1975 Thomas Berger 1933- starts public hearings into social and environmental costs of planned 4,184 km Mackenzie Valley pipeline 1976 5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. 1976 Death - Alfred Sendrey composer, dies at 92 1976 Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia 1977 Birth - Bas Zuiderent cricketer (Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup) 1977 Birth - Ronan Keating Bayside Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone) 1977 Death - Percy Marmont actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 1977 Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms 1977 Personal posting - Vishal Vilasrao Patil Born - Destined to be a famous film director and producer 1978 Birth - Carol Aquino Miss Guatemala-Universe (1997) 1978 Birth - Douglas Osmond Provo UT, vocalist (Osmonds 2ndG) 1978 Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland 1979 Number one hit on UK music charts - Bee Gees - Tragedy 1980 USS Nautilus stricken. 1982 Death - Georges Perec French writer, dies at 45 1982 Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams (D-NJ) 1982 Statistics Canada confirms that Canada entered a recession in 1982. Gee all they had to do was ask me I could have told them 1983 Death - Arthur Koestler Hungarian/British writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77 1984 Number one hit on UK music charts - Nena - 99 Red Balloons 1985 "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis, premieres 1985 Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Britain without any peace deal over pit closures. 1985 Censorship: Women Against Pornography award their "Pig Award" to Huggies Diapers, claiming that the television ads had "crossed the line between eye-catching and porn." 1985 Death - Sarah Blanding 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 1985 National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike 1986 Dedication of the National Naval Memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Navy 1987 Actor, singer, dancer, comedian, broadcaster and American entertainment icon, Danny Kaye, died in Los Angeles at the age of 74. 1987 Death - Danny Kaye comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74 1988 Death - Lois Wilson actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies 1988 Death - Sewall Wright US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98 1989 Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines 1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra 1990 Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan), first black crowned 39th Miss USA 1990 Death - Frans Goedhart Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86 1990 Death - Gerard Blitz Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Md), dies at 88 1990 Number one hit on UK music charts - Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me 1991 An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. 1991 Death - Arthur Murray dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia 1991 Death - Clara Eggink [Ebbele], Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at 84 1991 In two concurring referendums: 74 % of the population of Latvia vote for independence from the Soviet Union, in Estonia - 83 %. 1991 Iraqi generals & General Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire 1991 Latvia & Estonia vote to become independent of the USSR 1991 Los Angeles riot due to 4 LA Police Officers beating Rodney King 1991 Miguel Trovoada installed as President of Sao Tomé e Principal 1991 Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18 1991 United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25 1992 Death - Robert Beatty actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82 1992 Death - Sandy Dennis actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54 1992 Death - Ted Liss actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at 72 1992 Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die 1992 Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd number retired by New York Islanders 1992 President Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to 1992 The nation of Bosnia was established. 1993 Death - Albert Sabin physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86 1993 Death - Carlos Montoya flamenco guitarist, dies at 89 1993 Death - Cyril Collard French composer/director/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35 1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings) 1994 Alan Eagleson indicted on 32 counts of embezzlement, fraud and racketeering; former head of the NHL Players Association 1994 Death - Anita Morris actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50 1994 Death - Bob Crisp cricketer (9 Tests for South Africa, 20 wickets at 37 35), dies 1994 Death - Karel Kryl folk singer, dies at 49 1994 IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry 1995 Camilla Parker Bowles & her husband Andrew divorce 1995 Death - Gilbert Gadoffre French scholar, dies at 84 1995 Death - Howard Hunter US leader of Mormon Church (1994-95), dies at 87 1995 Death - Howard Yanks founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at 65 1995 Death - Pierre Tisseyre publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85 1995 Death - Shiv Verma soldier, dies at 85 1995 In Somalia, the United Nations peacekeeping mission ends. 1995 Personal posting - Shannon Parkinson was born yeh her x x x 1995 Personal posting - The Vanilla Princess aka Elizabeth is BORN! 1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final 1996 Death - David Bowman trade unionist, dies at 82 1996 Death - John Joseph Krol cardinal, dies at 95 1996 Death - Leo Malet writer, dies at 86 1996 Death - Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord journalist, dies at 76 1996 Death - Lyle Talbot [Henderson], actor (Plan 9 From Outer Space), dies at 76 1996 Death - Marguerite Duras writer, dies at 81 1996 Death - Meyer Schapiro art historian, dies at 91 1996 Personal posting - Brittany Reynolds was born 1997 The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction. 1997 Personal posting - Yash Vijay Kateja was born at 1:18am - India 1998 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee 2002 Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favour of their country becoming a member of the United Nations. 2004 Belgian brewer Interbrew and Brazilian rival AmBev agreed to merge in a $11.2 billion deal that formed InBev, the world's largest brewer. 2005 Mayerthorpe Incident: James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. 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