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Important birthdays:
| 1364 | Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican |
| 1470 | Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian |
| 1537 | Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) |
| 1547 | Melchior Bischoff, composer |
| 1554 | Paulo Bellasio, composer |
| 1593 | Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist |
| 1743 | [Fran‡ois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, (… Breda), leader (Haiti) |
| 1750 | Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during the War of 1812 |
| 1750 | Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during War of 1812 |
| 1754 | Hans Gram, composer |
| 1759 | William Thornton, architect (Capitol building, Wash DC) |
| 1764 | J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer |
| 1768 | Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison, 1st lady (1809-17) |
| 1772 | William Congreve, English officer (design fire rocket) |
| 1799 | Honore de Balzac, novelist |
| 1799 | Honor‚ de Balzac, France, novelist (Pere Goriot, Human Comedy) |
| 1806 | John Stuart Mill, UK, philosopher/political economist/Utilitarian |
| 1812 | Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer |
| 1815 | Barth‚l‚my Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter |
| 1818 | William George Fargo, helped to found Wells, Fargo & Co. |
| 1818 | William George Fargo, founder (Wells Fargo) |
| 1822 | Emile Erckmann, [E-Chatrian], French writer (Waterloo) |
| 1822 | Fr‚d‚ric Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901) |
| 1825 | Antoinette Brown Blackwell, clergy (1st ordained US female minister) |
| 1828 | James William Reilly, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1905 |
| 1830 | Amalia MdGA, princess of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach/wife of prince Henry |
| 1830 | Hector H Malot, French writer (Without Family) |
| 1841 | Sara Louisa Oberholtz, social reformer, anti-smoking advocate |
| 1844 | Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter (Dream) |
| 1850 | Eaton Faning, composer |
| 1851 | Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record) |
| 1851 | Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, US, nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| 1856 | Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter |
| 1872 | Albert Steinrck, German actor (Golem) |
| 1874 | Folkert E Posthuma, Dutch minister of Agriculture/Industry |
| 1876 | John Owen Jones, composer |
| 1881 | Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier Poland (WW II general) |
| 1882 | Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928) |
| 1883 | Paul Arntzenius, painter/graphic artist/etcher |
| 1889 | Felix Arndt, composer |
| 1889 | Margery Allingham, detective story writer |
| 1889 | William Lawther, union leader |
| 1890 | Beniamino Gigli, Italy, tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde) |
| 1894 | Adela Rogers St John, journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent) |
| 1895 | Reginald J "R " Mitchell, English aviation manufacturer (Spitfire) |
| 1899 | Estelle Taylor, Delaware, actress (8 Commandments) |
| 1899 | John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71) |
| 1901 | Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion (1935-37) |
| 1901 | Otto Waldis, Austria, actor (Port of Hell, Unknown World) |
| 1902 | Hans Sahl, writer |
| 1903 | Jerzy Fitelberg, composer |
| 1904 | Russell Hardie, Buffalo NY, actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky) |
| 1905 | Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Sailing) |
| 1905 | Harry Campion, statistician/founder (Brit Central Statistical Office) |
| 1908 | James Stewart, actor, home-town boy (It's a Wonderful Life) |
| 1908 | Jimmy Stewart, PA, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Wash, Wonderful Life) |
| 1909 | Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist |
| 1909 | John Arkell, director of administration (BBC) |
| 1911 | Annie M G Schmidt, writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip & Janneke) |
| 1911 | Gardner F[rancis] Fox, US, sci-fi author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman) |
| 1912 | Joseph Proce, 3rd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives) |
| 1913 | William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Co. |
| 1913 | Henry Cadbury Brown, architect |
| 1913 | Ion Dumitrescu, composer |
| 1913 | William Hewlett, cofounder (Hewlett-Packard Co) |
| 1915 | Moshe Dayan, Israeli general & politician |
| 1915 | Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense |
| 1915 | Peter Copley, actor (Victim, King & Country) |
| 1916 | Cornelie Coposu, politician |
| 1916 | John McIntyre, theologian |
| 1916 | Owen Chadwick, chancellor (U of East Anglia) |
| 1917 | Enyss Djemil, composer |
| 1917 | Richard Charles Cobb, historian |
| 1919 | George Gobel, Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife) |
| 1920 | Betty Driver, actress (Penny Paradise) |
| 1920 | John Cruickshank, banker |
| 1920 | William Simpson, British trade union leader |
| 1921 | John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon |
| 1921 | John Marchi, (Rep-R-NY) |
| 1921 | W Borchert, writer |
| 1922 | Clifford Butler, vice chancellor (Loughborough Univ of Technology) |
| 1923 | Edith Fellows, Boston, actress (Pennies From Heaven, City Streets) |
| 1923 | Hugh Beach, British General |
| 1923 | Samuel Selvon, author |
| 1924 | Betty Driver, actress (Coronation St, Pardon the Expression) |
| 1924 | Peter Shore, MP (Labour) |
| 1925 | D French Slaughter Jr, (Rep-R-VA, 1985- ) |
| 1926 | David Hedison, Providence RI, actor (Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea) |
| 1926 | John Lucarotti, scriptwriter |
| 1926 | Vic Ames, rocker (Ames Brothers) |
| 1927 | David Frederick Barlow, composer |
| 1927 | [Harold] Bud Grant, Wisc, CFL/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg, Minnesota) |
| 1927 | Walter Aschaffenburg, composer |
| 1928 | David Berriman, CEO (Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees) |
| 1928 | David Hedison, actor (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) |
| 1929 | Andr‚ Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet |
| 1930 | James McEachin, Pennert NC, actor (Harry-Tenafly) |
| 1930 | Robert Bunyard, Commandant (British Police Staff College) |
| 1931 | Chiharu Igaya, Japan, slalom (Olympic-silver-1956) |
| 1933 | Constance Towers, actress (Capitol, Shock Corrider, Naked Kiss) |
| 1933 | Danny Aiello, NYC, actor (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing) |
| 1936 | Anthony Zerbe, Cal, actor (Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr Tibbs) |
| 1937 | Dave Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1967 Memphis) |
| 1937 | Earl of Iveagh, pres (Guiness Pics) |
| 1937 | Lord "Benjie " Iveagh, British brewer (Guinness)/large landowner |
| 1937 | Teddy Randazzo, song writer (I'm on the Outside Looking In) |
| 1938 | Alan Smithers, British professor |
| 1938 | Christina Bass-Kaiser, 3K Dutch speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| 1939 | Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norway, PM/feminist/conservatist |
| 1940 | Sadaharu Oh, of Yomiuri Giants (Japan), hit 868 career HR |
| 1940 | Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge) |
| 1940 | Stan Mikita, NHL center (led NHL in scoring 4 times) |
| 1941 | Goh Chok Sole, premier of Singapore (1990- ) |
| 1941 | Maria Liberia-Peters, premier of Dutch Antilles (198?-93) |
| 1942 | Lynn Davies, long jumper |
| 1942 | Paula, [Jill Jackson], Tx, singer (Hey Paula) |
| 1942 | Simon Keswick, British financier/merchant (Hong Kong) |
| 1943 | Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian 1963-80) |
| 1943 | Ian Vallance, CEO (British Telecom) |
| 1943 | Tison Street, composer |
| 1944 | Boudouin de Groot, Dutch singer (Good night mister president) |
| 1944 | Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter |
| 1944 | David M Walker, Columbus Ga, Capt USN/astron (STS 51-A 30, 53, 69) |
| 1944 | Joe Cocker, Sheffield Eng, rock vocalist (Little Help From My Friends) |
| 1944 | Keith Fletcher, cricket captain (Essex & England) |
| 1945 | Harold E Ford, (Rep-D-TN, 1975- ) |
| 1945 | Lord Hollick, CEO (MAI) |
| 1945 | Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut |
| 1945 | Wally Herger, (Rep-R-California) |
| 1946 | Bakhaavaa Buidaa, Mongolia, wrestler (Oly-silver-1972) disqualified |
| 1946 | Cher Bono, Cal, rocker/actress (I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask) |
| 1946 | Craig Patrick, NHL coach |
| 1947 | Iain Vallance, CEO (British Telecom) |
| 1948 | Dave Thomas, St Catherines Ontario, comedian (SCTV, Grace Under Fire) |
| 1948 | John Amiel, director (Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow) |
| 1948 | John R McKernan Jr, (Rep-R-ME, 1983-86/Gov-Maine) |
| 1948 | Samuel Gejdenson, (Rep-D-Connecticut, 1981- ) |
| 1949 | Nick Joe Rahall II, (Rep-D-WV, 1977- ) |
| 1951 | Michael D Crapo, (Rep-R-Idaho) |
| 1951 | Thomas D Akers, St Louis, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 41, 49, 61, 79) |
| 1951 | William Cullen Bryant, actor (Hell Squad) |
| 1952 | Warren Cann, Victoria Canada, rock drummer (Ultravox) |
| 1954 | Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, Russia, doctor/cosmonaut |
| 1954 | James Henderson, country singer (Black Oak Arkansas) |
| 1955 | Nigel Griffiths, MP (Labour) |
| 1955 | Steve George, rock keyboardist (Mr Mister) |
| 1956 | Andrew Hilditch, cricketer (Australian opening bat 1979-85) |
| 1956 | Tomas Smid, Czech, tennis star |
| 1958 | Jane Wiedlin, Wisc, singer/guitarist (GoGos, Fur, Rush Hour) |
| 1958 | Mike Engleman, Sonoma Calif, cyclist (Olympics-96) |
| 1958 | Ronald Prescot Reagan Jr, LA, Pres son/TV host (Ron Reagon Show) |
| 1959 | Bronson Pinchot, NYC, actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop) |
| 1959 | Peter Greene, Bkln NY, producer (After Midnight) |
| 1960 | John Cowsill, rock vocalist (Cowsills-Hair) |
| 1960 | Susan Cowsill, Newport RI, rock vocalist (Cowsills-We Can Fly) |
| 1960 | Tony Goldwyn, LA Calif, actor (Ghost, Kuffs, Traces of Red) |
| 1961 | Clive Allen, WLAF kicker (London Monarchs) |
| 1961 | Kit Clarke, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer) |
| 1961 | Nick Heyward, guitar/vocals (Haircut 100-Favourite Shirts) |
| 1961 | Sally Quinlan, LPGA golfer |
| 1961 | Vaughn Jefferis, Matangi NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olymp-bronze-96) |
| 1962 | Lydia Cheng, NYC, Ms Big Apple bodybuilder (1982) (Pumping Iron 2) |
| 1962 | Sylvie Rauch, Munich German FR, nude model/actress |
| 1963 | Brian Nash, Glendale Calif, actor (Joel-Please Don't Eat Daisies) |
| 1963 | David Wells, Torrance CA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees) |
| 1963 | Dipak Chudasama, cricketer (Kenya opening batsman 1996 World Cup) |
| 1964 | Earl Charles Spencer, Sandringham England, brother of Princess Diana |
| 1964 | Jeff Schwarz, US baseball pitcher (Calif Angels, Chicago White Sox) |
| 1964 | Joseph Sinnott Edwards, Chicago, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) |
| 1964 | Paul W Richards, Scranton PA, astronaut |
| 1964 | Todd Peat, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy) |
| 1965 | Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner (world record 200 m indoor) |
| 1965 | Fia Porter, Mexia Tx, actress (Audrey Ames-One Life to Live) |
| 1965 | Joe Cioe, Cranston RI, Canadian Tour golfer (NH Open-1992, 93) |
| 1965 | Todd Stottlemyre, Yakima WA, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays) |
| 1966 | Lawyer Tillman, NFL tight end (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers) |
| 1966 | Liselotte Neumann, Finspang Sweden, LPGA golfer (1988 US Women's Open) |
| 1966 | Mindy Cohn, LA, actress (Facts of Life) |
| 1966 | Paolo Seganti, actor (Damian-As the World Turns) |
| 1967 | Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart Ger, tennis star (1989 Futures Israel) |
| 1968 | Damon Mays, NFL wide receiver (Pitts Steelers) |
| 1968 | Phil Hansen, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills) |
| 1969 | Alberto Mancini, Argentina, tennis star |
| 1969 | Suzanne Lawrence, Humble Texas, Miss Texas-America (1991) (4th) |
| 1970 | Jason York, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) |
| 1970 | Missy Cress, Burbank CA, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets) |
| 1970 | Niklas Andersson, Kungalv SWE, NHL forward (Team Sweden, NY Islanders) |
| 1970 | Terrell Brandon, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks) |
| 1971 | Jonas Berqvist, Angelhorn SWE, hockey forward (Team Sweden, Oly-98) |
| 1971 | Niklas Andersson, Kungalv Swe, NHL left wing (NY Islanders) |
| 1971 | Sandy Schreur, Dutch soccer player (NEC) |
| 1972 | Michael Cox, Hannibal Missouri, 1.5k runner |
| 1974 | Brandon Jessie, tight end (NY Giants) |
| 1977 | Angela Goethals, actress (VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel) |
| 1979 | Tamika Thomas, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1996) |
Historial events:
| 325 | 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nic‘a, Asia Minor |
| 526 | Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria |
| 1293 | Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed |
| 1303 | Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War |
| 1310 | Shoes were made for both right & left feet |
| 1347 | Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal |
| 1495 | French King Charles VIII leaves Naples |
| 1498 | Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India |
| 1501 | Joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands |
| 1521 | Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball |
| 1524 | Duke of Albany leaves Scotland |
| 1570 | Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum " 43264 "S |
| 1591 | Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius |
| 1631 | German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg |
| 1639 | Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes |
| 1690 | England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II |
| 1704 | Elias Neau forms school for slaves in NY |
| 1734 | 1st Jockey Club forms in SC |
| 1774 | Britain gives Qu‚bec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio |
| 1775 | Citizens of Mecklenburg County, NC declare independence of Britain |
| 1784 | England & Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris) |
| 1825 | Charles X becomes King of France |
| 1830 | 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American) |
| 1830 | D Hyde patents fountain pen |
| 1845 | 1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii |
| 1861 | Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle |
| 1861 | Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War |
| 1861 | North Carolina becomes 11th & last state to secede from Union |
| 1861 | US marshals appropriate previous year's telegraph dispatches, to reveal prosecessionist evidence |
| 1862 | Homestead Act provides cheap land for settlement of West |
| 1864 | Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured |
| 1864 | Spotsylvania-campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured person |
| 1867 | Brit parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage |
| 1867 | Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria |
| 1868 | Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant |
| 1870 | Second Chamber abolishes capital punishment |
| 1874 | Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz |
| 1875 | Intl Bureau of Weights & Measures forms by treaty |
| 1879 | 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37 |
| 1882 | Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance |
| 1882 | Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts " (Gengangere) premieres in Chicago |
| 1882 | St Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens |
| 1892 | George Sampson patents clothes dryer |
| 1892 | Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy & Austria forms |
| 1895 | 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC) |
| 1900 | 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months) |
| 1902 | Cuba gains independence from Spain |
| 1902 | US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends |
| 1910 | Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII |
| 1911 | Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 mins Notts v Sussex |
| 1913 | 38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4 |
| 1915 | Bataafsche Petroleum Me begins oil extraction of Maracaibo |
| 1916 | Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 & 1918) |
| 1916 | Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting |
| 1917 | Turkish govt authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv & Jaffa |
| 1918 | 1st electrically propelled warship (New M‚xico) |
| 1919 | Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550 |
| 1920 | Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers & arrest 24 fans for gambling |
| 1922 | "Egypt " sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine, " killing 90 |
| 1922 | Babe Ruth & Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY lineup & go hitless |
| 1923 | Stanley Baldwin, becomes PM of UK |
| 1926 | Belgian govt of Jaspar takes power |
| 1926 | Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots & planes |
| 1926 | Railway Labor Act became law |
| 1926 | Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies |
| 1927 | At 7:40am, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic |
| 1927 | At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris |
| 1927 | Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) |
| 1930 | 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot |
| 1930 | University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot |
| 1932 | Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic |
| 1932 | Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria |
| 1939 | "3 Little Fishies, " by Kay Kyser hits #1 |
| 1939 | Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger & air mail service |
| 1939 | 1st regular transatlantic airmail (NY to Marsseille France) |
| 1940 | Gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army) |
| 1940 | Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention |
| 1940 | Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen |
| 1940 | Trailing 7-1 in 9th to Pitts, Phils win 8-7 |
| 1941 | Archer's "Christian Calendar & Gregorian Reform " published |
| 1941 | Former Dutch PM Colijn says Neth Indies not ready for independence |
| 1941 | Germany invades Crete |
| 1941 | White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games |
| 1942 | US Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve |
| 1943 | French, British & US victory parade in Tunis Tunisia |
| 1944 | US Communist Party dissolves |
| 1945 | Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's |
| 1946 | Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances |
| 1948 | 1st use of Israeli Air Force & 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army |
| 1948 | Cleve Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4) |
| 1950 | 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2 |
| 1954 | Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China |
| 1955 | Argentine parliament accepts separation of church & state |
| 1956 | Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll |
| 1956 | Jordan government of Samir resigns |
| 1958 | US performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) |
| 1959 | Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon " 43349 "S |
| 1959 | Shah of Persia visits Netherlands |
| 1959 | Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940 |
| 1960 | Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog |
| 1961 | 87th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6 |
| 1961 | Henzes opera "Elegy for Young Lovers, " premieres in Schwetzingen |
| 1961 | Mauritania adopts constitution |
| 1961 | White mob attacks "Freedom Riders " in Montgomery, Alabama |
| 1962 | Patty Berg wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open |
| 1963 | Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia |
| 1964 | Buster Mathis defeats Joe Fraizer to qualify for US Olympic team |
| 1965 | Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121 |
| 1965 | Yorkshire all out for 23 v Hampshire at Middlesbrough |
| 1967 | 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam |
| 1967 | 93rd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2 |
| 1967 | BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life " (drug references) |
| 1969 | US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam |
| 1970 | 100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam |
| 1970 | 2 die in a NYC subway accident |
| 1970 | Beatles' "Let it Be " movie premieres in UK |
| 1971 | Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia |
| 1972 | "Different Times " closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 24 performances |
| 1972 | "Hard Job Being God " closes at Edison Theater NYC after 6 performances |
| 1972 | 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets, 4 games to 2 |
| 1972 | 98th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6 |
| 1972 | Cameroon adopts its constitution |
| 1972 | Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified |
| 1973 | "2 Gentlemen of Verona " closes at St James Theater NYC after 613 perfs |
| 1973 | 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore |
| 1973 | Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational |
| 1974 | Soyuz 14 returns to Earth |
| 1976 | USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR |
| 1978 | 104th Preakness: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 1:54.4 |
| 1978 | 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris |
| 1978 | US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus |
| 1979 | "I Love My Wife " closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 864 perfs |
| 1979 | 1st western pop star to tour USSR-Elton John |
| 1979 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic |
| 1980 | 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls NY) are evacuated |
| 1980 | Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss |
| 1980 | Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157 |
| 1980 | In a referendum, 59.5% of Qu‚bec voters reject separatism |
| 1981 | Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam |
| 1983 | Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1983 | Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for hw boxing title |
| 1983 | Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs |
| 1984 | "On Your Toes " closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 505 performances |
| 1984 | Barb Bunkowsky wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic |
| 1984 | Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory |
| 1985 | 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners exchanged for 3 Israelis |
| 1985 | Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time |
| 1985 | FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for USSR |
| 1985 | Indians-Brewers game at Cleve Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out |
| 1985 | Israel exchanges 1,100+ Arab prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers |
| 1985 | Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1985 | US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti |
| 1986 | Christy Fichtner, 23, (Texas), crowned 35th Miss USA |
| 1986 | Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv |
| 1987 | G”tenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee |
| 1987 | Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king " 43409 "S |
| 1988 | Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place |
| 1989 | 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8 |
| 1989 | China declares martial law in Beijing |
| 1989 | Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live |
| 1989 | Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top |
| 1990 | "Truly Blessed " closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 33 performances |
| 1990 | Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International |
| 1990 | Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space |
| 1991 | Chic Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP |
| 1991 | Jeff Reardon gains his 300th career save |
| 1991 | Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad |
| 1992 | FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London |
| 1992 | India launches its 1st satellite independently |
| 1992 | Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds |
| 1992 | VP Quayle attacks Murphy Brown for being a single mother |
| 1993 | 10m meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA) |
| 1993 | 274th & final "Cheers " on NBC |
| 1993 | Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns |
| 1994 | Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show |
| 1994 | Miss India (Sushmita Sen) selected Miss Universe |
| 1994 | Sony Theaters & Cineplex (NYC) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00 |
| 1995 | 121st Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4 |
| 1995 | CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung |
| 1995 | Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of HRs in 5 consecutive games |
| 1997 | Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed |
| 1997 | Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful |
| 1997 | White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time |
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- 1983: US troops invade Grenada
American forces seize control of the Caribbean island of Grenada less than a week after a left-wing coup in which the prime minister, Maurice Bishop, was killed. - 1964: President Kaunda takes power in Zambia
Zambia is the ninth African state to gain independence from the British crown. - 1984: Europe grants emergency aid for Ethiopia
The EEC is donating £1.8 million to help combat the famine in Ethiopia. - 1976: Queen opens National Theatre in London
The Queen has officially opened the National Theatre on the South Bank in London after years of delays. - 2001: Crime rates lowest for 20 years
British Crime Survey reveals the chances of being a victim of crime are lowest for 20 years.
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