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Search for "Home Financing" 0883 Death - Albumasar [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies 1075 Birth - Abu 'l-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachshari Arab theologist 1144 Death - Celestine II [Guido], Italian Pope (1143-44), dies in battle 1403 Death - Bajezid I Jildirim 4th sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at 42 1466 Death - Francesco Sforza Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 1495 Birth - Juan de Dios Portugal/Spain, saint/founder (Brothers of Mercy) 1550 Death - Juan de Dios Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 1607 Birth - Johann Rist composer 1618 Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. 1638 Death - Jacob C van Neck Admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 1640 Death - Guillaume van Messaus composer, dies at 50 1658 Peace of Roskilde between Sweden & Denmark 1661 Death - Jules Mazarin Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 1702 Death - John de Baen portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69 1702 Death - William III Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51 1702 England's Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 1702 Very unexpectedly, Anne Stuart, the sister of the childless Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland and Ireland after the death of William III of Orange. 1706 Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established 1709 Death - William Cowper/Cooper English anatomist, dies at about 62 1711 Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder 1714 Birth - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach German composer, son of JS Bach 1716 Death - Harald Vallerius composer, dies at 69 1720 Death - Georg Bronner composer, dies at 53 1722 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia 1724 Death - Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli Swiss architect, dies at about 81 1728 Death - Gian M Crescimbeni Italian literary/critic (Arcadia), dies at 64 1734 Death - Carolomannus Pachschmidt composer, dies at 33 1743 Birth - Bendix Friedrich Zinck composer 1746 Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen 1748 Birth - Willem V Batavus prince of Orange-Nassau 1754 Death - Don Jos de Carvajal bon Lancaster Spanish minister of Foreign affairs, dies 1754 Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain 1766 Willem V (18) becomes Governor of United Provinces 1775 Thomas Paine's "African Slavery in America" was published. It was the first article in the United States calling for the emancipation of all slaves and the abolition of slavery. 1778 Birth - Friedrich August Kanne composer 1782 Gnadenhtten massacre: Almost 100 Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio had their skulls crushed with mallets by Pennsylvanian militiamen. 1782 Gnadenhutten Massacre: Ohio militia kills 90 Indians 1783 Birth - Gottfied Wilhelm Fink composer 1783 Birth - Hannah Hoes Van Buren Kinderhook NY, wife of President Martin Van Buren (1837-41) (died 1819) 1787 Birth - Karl Ferdinand von Grafe help create modern plastic surgery 1799 Birth - Simon Cameron Secretary of War (Union), died in 1889 1801 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt 1813 First concerto of Royal Philharmonic 1815 Birth - Jean Delphin Alard French violinist/composer 1815 In Charlottetown PEI, Peter Byers, a black, sentenced to death for stealing five pounds; 2 weeks earlier his brother Sancho sentenced to hang for stealing a pound of butter and a loaf of bread 1825 Birth - George William Martin composer 1828 Death - Johann Anton Sulzer composer, dies at 75 1836 Birth - Matthew Calbraith Butler Major General (Confederate Army) 1838 US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) 1839 Birth - James Mason Crafts US chemist (Friedel-Crafts-synthesis) 1840 Birth - Franco Faccio Italian composer/conductor 1841 Birth - Oliver Wendell Holmes Massachusetts, 59th Supreme Court justice (1902-32) 1843 Birth - Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer 1844 King Oscar I ascends to the throne of Sweden-Norway. 1847 Birth - Karl von Bach German engineer (Maschinenelemente) 1853 Birth - Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvels Flemish composer (Parisina) 1854 Birth - Tom Felix Horan cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Australia all-rounder) 1854 US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan 1855 A train crosses first US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls 1855 A train passed over the first railway suspension bridge -- at Niagara Falls, NY. 1855 The Niagara Suspension Bridge opens, linking Canada and the US; the world's first suspension bridge built to carry trains 1857 Birth - Ruggiero Leoncavallo Italian composer (I pagliacci/Zaza) 1859 Birth - Kenneth Grahame author (The Wind, Willows) 1859 Birth - Otto Taubmann composer 1861 St Augustine FL surrenders to Union armies 1862 Birth - Joseph Lee helped develop playgrounds 1862 Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1862 Death - Adrien de La Fage composer, dies at 56 1862 Death - Nat Gordon last pirate, hanged in New York NY for stealing 1,000 slaves 1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads VA: CSS Virginia, Jamestown & Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress & Monitor 1865 Battle of Kingston NC (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) 1865 Birth - Frederick William Goudy US, printer/type designer 1869 Death - Louis Hector Berlioz French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 1872 Birth - Paul Juon Russian/Swiss violinist/composer 1874 Death - Millard Fillmore 13th President (1850-53), dies of at 74 1876 Birth - Franco Alfano Italian opera composer (Il dottore Antonio) 1879 Birth - M Lichnowsky writer 1879 Birth - Otto Hahn German physicist/chemist (Nobel 44, radiothorium/actinium, co-discoverer-nuclear fission) 1883 Birth - Manuel Gomez Carillo composer 1886 Birth - Anton Portielje Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis) 1886 Birth - Edward Kendall chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950) 1887 Death - Pavel Annenkov Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73 1887 Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 1887 The telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton. 1888 Birth - Stuart Chase Somersworth NH, writer/economist (Tragedy of Waste) 1889 Birth - Oscar Ewing US government official (Everybody's Business) 1889 Death - Jens/John Ericsson Sweden/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 1890 Birth - Oswald von Nell-Breuning German theologist/philosopher 1892 Birth - Mtys Rkosi Hungarian party leader/premier (1952-53) 1894 A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York. 1894 Birth - Win V Aaltonen Finnish sculptor 1894 New York passes first state dog license law 1898 Birth - Louise Beavers Cincinnati OH, actress (Beulah-Beulah, Made for Each Other) 1898 Birth - Theophilus E Dnges South African minister of Internal Affairs 1898 Richard Straus' "Don Quixote", premieres in Keulen 1899 Birth - Eric Linklater Scotland, novelist/poet/historical writer (Blue Swallows) 1901 Death - Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg German politician, dies at 64 1901 Death - Peter Benoit Flemish composer/conductor (High Mass), dies at 66 1901 Samuel Benfield Steele, commanding Lord Strathcona's Horse, arrives back in Halifax with his regiment after fighting the Boers in South Africa. 1902 Birth - Jennings Randolph (Senator) 1907 Birth - Charles Boost movie critic 1908 Collingwood Elementary (Cleveland) burns, kills 173 kids & 2 teachers 1908 Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, New York 1908 First International Women's Day, founded by German labor activist Clara Zetkin. 1909 Birth - Anthony Donato composer 1909 Birth - Claire Trevor [Wemlinger] New York NY, actress (Murder My Sweet, Marjorie Morningstar) 1909 Birth - Hugh Murphy English multi-millionaire 1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris France becomes first licensed female pilot 1911 Birth - Alan Hovhaness Somerville MA, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo) 1911 Birth - Elsie Agnes Giorgi physician/humanitarian 1913 Internal Revenue Service begins to levy & collect income taxes 1914 Birth - Jacob B Bakema urban developer (St Louis MO) 1915 Birth - Vivien John artist 1915 The first US navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned 1916 Birth - R W Schnell writer 1916 US invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime 1917 Birth - A Marja [ATE Mooy], Dutch literary (Shreds on the River) 1917 Death - Ferdinand von Zeppelin Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78 1918 Birth - Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr Los Angeles CA, actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby-Gilligan's Island) 1918 UK hist Start of world-wide 'flu pandemic 1919 Birth - Ivor Keys musician/teacher 1919 Death - Auguste Tolbecque composer, dies at 88 1920 Birth - Eileen Herlie Glasgow Scotland, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children, Hamlet) 1920 Birth - Eva Dahlbeck Saltsjo-Duvnas Sweden, actress (Dreams, Lesson in Love) 1920 Birth - James Daniel "Danny" Turner saxophonist 1920 Death - Rafael Obligado Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 1920 Denmark & Cuba join the League of Nations 1920 The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways. 1921 Birth - Cyd Charisse [Tula Ellice Finklea] Amarillo TX, dancer/actress (East Side West Side, Brigadoon) 1921 Birth - Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson trumpeter 1921 Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid. 1922 Birth - Carl Furillo Brooklyn Dodger (National League Batting Champion 1953) 1922 Birth - H Kipphardt writer 1923 Birth - Booth Colman Portland OR, actor (Zaius-Planet of the Apes) 1923 Birth - Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77) 1923 Birth - Sembene Ousmane Senegalese author/novelist/director (Doctor Noir) 1923 Death - Johannes S van der Waals Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 1924 Birth - Sean McClory Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur) 1924 Birth - Victor "Toby" Neuberg teacher/writer 1924 Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah 1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate UT 1925 Birth - Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis composer 1925 Birth - Francisco Rabal Aguilas Spain, actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra) 1925 Birth - Petrus Steenkamp Dutch politician (KVP/CDA) 1927 Birth - Jaromir Podesva composer 1927 Birth - Joseph Berg composer 1928 Birth - Frank Michael Beyer composer 1928 Birth - Judy Johnson Norfolk VA, singer (Your Show of Shows) 1929 US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1930 Death - William Howard Taft 27th US President (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 1930 Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 1931 Birth - John McPhee author (The Control of Nature) 1931 Birth - Neil Adcock cricketer (South African pace bowler, 104 wickets 1953-62) 1931 Death - Clara Kathleen Rogers composer, dies at 87 1932 Death - Jan de Louter Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 1933 Birth - Johnny Dollar singer 1934 Birth - Christian Wolff composer 1934 Birth - Ron Taylor Sydney Australia, cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals) 1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1936 Birth - Gabor Szabo Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle) 1936 Birth - Sue Ane Langdon Paterson NJ, actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie) 1936 Death - Peter H J "Piet" van Doorne director BOVA Red Peppers, executed at 52 1936 The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida. 1937 Birth - Juvenal Hayarimana president of Rwanda (1973-94) 1937 Birth - Pamela McEvoy-Johnston psychotherapist-board member (WIC) 1937 Birth - Raynoma Gordy [Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices) 1937 Death - Albert Verwey Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71 1938 Birth - Lew DeWitt Roanoke VA, country singer (Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall) 1939 Birth - George William Reed astronomy writer/cartoonist (Dark Sky Legacy) 1939 Birth - Jim Bouton Newark NJ, pitcher (New York Yankees)/author (Ball Four) 1939 Birth - Lydia Skoblikova USSR, speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64) 1939 Birth - Mike Lowry (Representative-Democrat-WA, 1979- ) 1939 Birth - Robert Tear Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh National Opera 1970) 1939 Birth - Yannis Vlachopoulos composer 194- Birth - Alan Sues Ross CA, comedian/actor (Laugh-In, Oh Heavenly Dog) 1940 Birth - Leslie Isben Rogge one of FBI's most wanted 1940 Birth - Susan Clark Sarnia Ontario, actress (Night Moves, Webster) 1940 Birth - Theo Laseroms [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord) 1941 Birth - Ivana Loudova composer 1941 Birth - Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff composer 1941 Death - Jose Serrano Simeon composer, dies at 67 1941 Death - Sherwood Anderson US writer/publisher (Winesburg OH), dies at 64 1942 Birth - Ann Packer-Brightwell England, 400 meter/800 meter runner (Olympics-gold-1964) 1942 Birth - [Dick] Richie Allen baseball player (American League MVP 1972) 1942 Blue Star Mothers of America formed, Flint, Michigan 1942 Death - Jos R Capablanca Cuban chess player (world champion 1927), dies at 53 1942 First Japanese landings in New Guinea. 1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 1942 KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies 1942 World War II: Japan captures Rangoon, Burma. 1942 World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java. 1943 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg 1943 Birth - Lynn Redgrave London England, actress (Georgie Girl) Weight-Watcher 1943 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico 1944 Birth - Carole Bayer Sager NY, aka Mrs Burt Bachrach, singer (Arthur) 1944 US resumes bombing Berlin 1945 "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain 1945 53 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers 1945 Birth - Graeme Watson cricketer (Australian opening batsman 5 Tests 1966-72) 1945 Birth - Jim Chapman (Representative-Democrat-TX, 1985- ) 1945 Birth - Keith Jarrett pianist/composer 1945 Birth - Mickey Dolenz Los Angeles CA, actor (Circus Boy) singer (Monkees) 1945 Death - H J Jamin Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald 1945 Death - Jan Beekes resistance fighter, executed at 26 1945 Phyllis M Daley is first black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign 1945 The allies send large numbers of troops across the Rhine significantly reinforcing and expanding the tenuous bridgehead at the captured railway Bridge at Remagen allowing them to push some armor across the Rhine and better secure the nascent lodgement. 1946 Birth - Mohammad Nazir Pakistani cricket off-spinner (14 Tests 1969-83) 1946 Birth - Randy Meisner rock bassist/vocalist (Poco, Eagles-Take it Easy) 1946 First helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York NY) 1947 Birth - Mike Allsup Modesto CA, rock guitarist (Three Dog Night) 1948 Birth - Ralph Ellis Liverpool England, rhythm guitarist (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good) 1948 Birth - [Little] Peggy March [Margaret Battavio] Lansdale PA, vocalist (I Will Follow Him) 1949 Birth - Charles Lismont Belgian marathon runner (Olympics-silver-1972) 1950 Death - Jaroslav Kocian composer, dies at 67 1950 Marshall Voroshilov of USSR announces they developed atomic bomb 1950 The Soviet Union claims to have an atomic bomb. 1950 The first woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) 1951 Birth - Philippe Henri Edmonds cricketer in Zambia, England slow left-arm 1951 Death - John Winter Thompson composer, dies at 83 1951 Death - The Honeymoon Killers (Martha Beck & Raymond Fernandez) die in electric chair 1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) 1952 Antoine Pinay forms French government 1952 Birth - Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-14) 1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis 1953 A census bureau report indicated that 239,000 farmers had quit tilling the soil and planting crops (giving up farming) over the previous two years. 1953 Birth - Jim Rice Boston Red Sox outfielder (American League MVP 1978) 1953 Birth - Kathleen Ann Shower Brookville OH, Playmate of the Year (May 1985) 1953 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years 1954 Birth - Cheryl Baker rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies, Making Your Mind Up) 1954 Birth - David Wilkie England, 200 meter backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1976) 1954 Birth - Karl Schnabl 90 meter ski jumper (Olympics-gold-1976) 1954 Birth - Maria-Therese Nadig Switzerland, skier (Olympics-2 gold-1972) 1954 Death - Percy Twentyman-Jones cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies 1954 Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent visits Canadian brigade in Korea during world tour 1955 Death - Clementine Princess of Belgium, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82 1957 Birth - Cynthia Rothrock Wilmington DE, actress (Lady Dragon, Honor & Glory) 1957 Birth - Ruth Wysocki Alhambra CA, 800 meter/1500 meter runner 1957 Death - Othmar Schoeck composer, dies at 70 1957 Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal. 1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships 1957 The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia. 1958 Birth - Andreas Maurer West Germany, tennis star 1958 Birth - Gary Numan [Gary Webb] Hammersmith England, vocalist (Cars, Dominion Day) 1958 Death - Josephina OFF "Frieda" Herberich actress (Salontiroler), dies at 85 1958 William Faulkner says US schools degenerated to become babysitters 1959 Birth - Aidan Quinn Chicago IL, actor (Legends of the Fall, Michael Collins, Benny & Joon, Reackless) 1959 Death - Abdel Wahab Shawwaf Iraqi Colonel/putschist, murdered 1959 Groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together 1959 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq 1960 Birth - Buck Williams NBA forward (Portland Trail Blazers, New York Knicks) 1961 Birth - Larry Murphy Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1961 Death - Thomas Beecham English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 1961 US nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1962 Birth - Shaun Gayle NFL strong safety (San Diego Chargers) 1962 Birth - William Fuller NFL defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers) 1962 The Beatles performed for the first time on the BBC 1963 Birth - Gursharan Singh cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90) 1963 Birth - Kathy Ireland model/actress (Alien From LA, Side Out) 1963 Birth - Mike Lalor Buffalo, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars) 1963 Death - John Hartley cricketer (bowl average 115 in 2 Tests for England 1906), dies 1963 Syrian Arab Republic Revolution Day: Military coup in Syria 1963 The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a Coup d'tat by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command. 1964 Birth - Cheryl "Salt" James singer (Salt-N-Pepa) 1964 Birth - Peter "Ged" Gill drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-2 Tribes) 1965 Birth - Kenny Smith NBA guard (Houston Rockets) 1965 Death - Esther Howard actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 1965 US combat forces arrive in South Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 1965 Vietnam War: 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam. 1966 A bomb planted by young Irish protesters destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin. 1966 An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin 1966 Birth - Elliot Boult Blenheim New Zealand, Australasia golfer 1966 Birth - Holly Ann Salo Keani AK, Miss Alaska-America (1990) 1966 Birth - Laura McCabe cross country skier (Olympics-1994) 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 1966 Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame 1967 Birth - Brent Fedyk Yorkton, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars) 1967 Birth - Dale Joseph CFL defensive back (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1967 Death - John F Bothwell actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46 1968 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown MD) 1968 Birth - Clare Wood Zululand South Africa, tennis star (1986 Futures-Lisbon) 1968 Birth - Rob Zettler Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs) 1968 Students demonstrate in Warsaw 1969 Birth - Andrea Parker actress (Miss Parker-The Pretender) 1969 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo Italy 1970 Birth - Harry Decheiver soccer player (RKC) 1970 Birth - Jason Elam NFL kicker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) 1970 Birth - Rhett Harty Pasedena CA, US soccer player (Olympics-92) 1970 Birth - Vadim Bekboulatov NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98) 1971 Birth - Bob Boughner Windsor, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres) 1971 Birth - Marc Tobert CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos) 1971 Death - Harold Lloyd US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77 1971 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" 1971 ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier, of Philadelphia, won a decision over Muhammad Ali, who had been previously undefeated. 1972 Birth - Craig Johnson St Paul MN, NHL left wing (Los Angeles Kings/Olympics-1994) 1972 Birth - Pat Riley NFL defensive end (Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks) 1972 Birth - Takuro Abe WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) 1972 The first airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) 1973 Birth - Kendell Watkins NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys) 1973 Birth - Nanette Pearson Pleasant Grove UT, Miss America-Utah (1996) 1973 Death - Gordon Leggat cricketer (9 Tests for New Zealand, 351 runs at 21 93), dies 1973 Death - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), dies at 27 1973 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/US longest, opens 1973 Paul & Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis 1974 Birth - Steve Sarkisian CFL quarterback (Saskatchewan Roughriders) 1974 Birth - Toran James linebacker (San Diego Chargers) 1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris France 1974 Death - Christian van Geel Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56 1974 Death - Willem "Wim" Sonneveld Dutch actor (Silk Stockings), dies at 56 1975 Birth - Brett Conway NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31) 1975 Birth - Kenny Wheaton cornerback (Dallas Cowboys) 1975 Death - George Stevens US director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70 1975 Number one hit on UK music charts - Telly Savalas - If 1975 Olivia Newton-John reached the top spot on the pop charts with"Have You Never Been Mellow". 1975 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba 1976 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China 1976 Birth - Freddie Prinze Jr actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer) 1977 Birth - James Van Der Beek actor (Dawson's Creek) 1977 Birth - Petr Devyatkin hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998) 1977 Death - Henry Hull actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86 1977 Henry L Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond 1977 Princess Anne announces she's expecting her first child (Peter) 1978 The first-ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4. 1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1979 Death - Grard Blitz Dutch 400 meter swimmer (WR), dies at 78 1979 Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale 1979 The first extraterrestrial volcano discovered (Jupiter's satellite Io) 1980 Greg Chappell 235 & Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad 1980 The first festival of rock music kicks off in the Soviet Union 1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic 1982 Personal posting - Mar 8 1982 Jason Harrison Null was born! Second son of Debi and Harry, 12 lbs 23 inches! 1983 Death - William T Walton English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 1983 House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR 1983 Personal posting - Kelly Richardson was born at 8:14pm 1983 IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0 1983 President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire" 1984 First US cruise missile tested over western Canada; unarmed missile stays attached to B-52 bomber. 1985 A failed assassination attempt on Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in a car-bombing in Beirut kills 85 people and injures 175. 1985 Death - Edward Andrews actor (Broadside), dies of a heart attack at 70 1985 Death - Thomas Creighton US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hours), dies at 33 1985 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxed themselves to discover that 407,700 Americans were millionaires -- more than double the total of just five years before. 1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in west Beirut Lebanon 1986 Death - Hubert Fichte writer, dies at 50 1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 1986 Number one hit on UK music charts - Diana Ross - Chain Reaction 1987 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425 1987 David Hookes (306) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia 1987 FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in California 1988 o U.S. Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, killing 17 servicemen. 1989 "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 621 performances 1991 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman 1991 Harry Hamlin & Nicollette Sheridan wed 1991 In Eastern Siberia a 6.6 is believed to be the largest earthquake ever located in this area. 1991 Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists & 2 American soldiers it captured 1992 22nd Easter Seal Telethon 1992 Death - Red Callender US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76 1993 Canadian Navy supply ship HMCS Preserver heads home after three-month tour of Somalia 1993 Death - Billy Eckstine jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke 1993 Death - Johan Bodegraven radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at 78 1993 Death - Joop Scheltens TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69 1993 Death - Wells Root US screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92 1993 Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion 1993 Personal posting - Kaija was born !! 1993 Personal posting - the day that Danielle Miles was born the greatest gift of all gifts - USA 1994 B-737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed 1994 Death - John Ewart Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55 1994 Death - Joop C Swart publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69 1994 Death - Knut Haukelid Norway/US resistance fighter (Rjukan 1943), dies at 82 1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces 1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 1995 -26ºF (-32.2ºC) in Bismarck ND 1995 -44ºF (-42.2ºC) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67ºN 1995 Costis Stephanopoulos becomes President of Greece 1995 Death - Ota Adler Czechoslovakian/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83 1995 Death - Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan novelist, dies at 91 1995 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections 1996 Death - Alison McCartney pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45 1996 Death - Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill commando, dies at 89 1996 Death - Paul Lewis Harrhy actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38 1997 Death - Alexander Salkind producer (Superman), dies at 75 1998 Personal posting - Harsha Prazwal's birthday on this day 2004 A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. 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