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Hoping to make you feel better...........my baby sis's kids were born......(oldest=22) Dec. 7th.....(youngest=13) Sept. 11th... Don't worry though....she's been "fixed"! :D My mom's B-day was Dec. 8th....John Lennon was killed that day! I share Feb. 22 with..... Drew Barrymore Dr. "J"....Julius Erving Edward Kennedy And..... George Washington (the father of our country).....Whom I was almost named after.....(Georgina or Georgette).........and mom changed her mind at the last minute! As for people I know or have met that share my day......I only know four.......three I've met in person.....the other was an online friend but I haven't talked with her in over a year.....*sigh*! |
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+ Grant Aleksander: 1959 (is 45 in 2004, 46 in 2005)? Soap Actor, Guiding Light's Phillip Spaulding, All My Children's Alec McIntyre; Sherry Ramsey's hubby; some say b. Aug 6, 1960 (is 44 in 2004) Michael Jr. Anderson: 1943 (is 61 in 2004, 62 in 2005) TV/Movie Actor, British, The Monroes' Clayt Ira Angustain: yr unknown Actor, The White Shadow's Ricky Gomez, Looks like Freddie Prinze Peter Bonerz: 1938 (is 66 in 2004, 67 in 2005) TV/Movie Actor, TV/Movie Director, b. in Portsmouth, NH; Bob Newhart Show's Jerry Robinson, 9 to 5's Franklin Hart, dir of Murphy Brown John Storey Bonington: 1934 (is 70 in 2004, 71 in 2005) Explorer, of the UK who led the highest final stage in any wall climb when a British expedition climbed the south face of Annapurna I in 1970. Barry Bookbinder: 1963 (is 41 in 2004, 42 in 2005) Novelty Singer, Barry and the Bookbinders Lisa Boyle: 1964 (is 40 in 2004, 41 in 2005) Actress, Showgirls Ray Buktenica: 1943 (is 61 in 2004, 62 in 2005) TV Actor, b. in New York; Rhoda, House Calls' Dr. Norman Solomon, Life Goes On's Jerry Berkson David Campbell: 1973 (is 31 in 2004, 32 in 2005) Stage Actor, Singer Scott Allan Campbell: 1959 (is 45 in 2004, 46 in 2005) Actor, NYPD Blue's IAB Sgt. Martens Ever Carradine: 1974 (is 30 in 2004, 31 in 2005) Actress Buddy Collette: 1921 (is 83 in 2004, 84 in 2005) Pianist, Composer, Reeds Ravi Coltrane: 1965 (is 39 in 2004, 40 in 2005) Tenor-sax, John's son Randy DeBarge: 1958 (is 46 in 2004, 47 in 2005) Rhythm and Blues Singer, Bassist, Singer, of DeBarge Nita Dee Di Giampaolo: 1966 (is 38 in 2004, 39 in 2005) Dancer, of Mickey Mouse Club 70s Moosie Drier: 1964 (is 40 in 2004, 41 in 2005) Actor, Laugh In Mark Dufresne: 1953 (is 51 in 2004, 52 in 2005) Country/Western Performer, of Confederate Railroad Merrin Dungey: 1971 (is 33 in 2004, 34 in 2005) Actress, Alias' Francine 'Francie' Calfo Mike Elliott: 1929 (is 75 in 2004, 76 in 2005) Saxophonist, Jamaican, of Foundations; some sources say b. 1939 Soliel Moon Frye: 1976 (is 28 in 2004, 29 in 2005) Actress, b. in Glendora, CA; PRON:So-LAY; Punky Brewster's Penelope Punky Brewster, Sabrina the Teenage Witch's Roxie; Meeno Peluce's sis; corr DOB Norman Granz: 1918 (is 86 in 2004, 87 in 2005) Jazz Musician, Music Producer, label boss Charlie Haden: 1937 (is 67 in 2004, 68 in 2005) Jazz Musician, Composer, Bassist Geri Estelle "Ginger" Halliwell: 1962 (is 42 in 2004, 43 in 2005) Pop Singer, English, formerly of Spice Girls (not born in 1972). Dorian Harewood: 1950 (is 54 in 2004, 55 in 2005) TV/Movie Actor, Cartoon Voicist, Roots' Simon, Strike Force, Trauma Center, Glitter, Capitol Critters, Trials of Rosie O'Neill's Hank Mitchell, Viper's Julian Wilkes Isaac Hayes: 1942 (is 62 in 2004, 63 in 2005) Soul Singer, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Music Producer, TV/Movie Actor, Pianist, Saxophonist, Organist, b. in Covington, TN; Shaft, South Park's Chef; he celebrates his b-day Aug 20 instead of Aug 6 according to Gold Today. Catherine Hicks: 1951 (is 53 in 2004, 54 in 2005) TV/Radio/Soap Actress, b. in Scottsdale, AZ; Ryan's Hope's Faith, Bad News Bears, Star Trek 4, Seventh Heaven's Annie Camden Allan Holdsworth: 1948 (is 56 in 2004, 57 in 2005) Guitarist, Violinist, British, of Soft Machine Michelle Khan: 1963 (is 41 in 2004, 42 in 2005) Movie Actress, RN:Yeoh Chu-Kheng; Miss Malaysia 1983; Supercop Stepfanie Kramer: 1956 (is 48 in 2004, 49 in 2005) TV/Movie Actress, Singer, RFN:Stephanie (SAG neccesated her to change her 1st name); We Got It Made's Claudia, Hunter's Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall Bruce Laingen: 1922 (is 82 in 2004, 83 in 2005) Diplomat, highest-ranking diplomat among the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days Sir Freddie Laker: 1922 (is 82 in 2004, 83 in 2005) Game Show Host, Executive, English, of an airline Brian Levant: 1952 (is 52 in 2004, 53 in 2005) Movie Director, Beethoven, Problem Child 2, The Flintstones movie Abbey Lincoln: 1930 (is 74 in 2004, 75 in 2005) Jazz Singer, Actress Patsy Lynn: 1964 (is 40 in 2004, 41 in 2005) Country Singer, Loretta's twin daughter Peggy Lynn: 1964 (is 40 in 2004, 41 in 2005) Country Singer, Loretta's twin daughter Pat MacDonald: 1953 (is 51 in 2004, 52 in 2005) Rock & Roll Musician, of Timbuk 3 Pat McDonald: 1952 (is 52 in 2004, 53 in 2005) Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, of Timbuk 3 John Albert Victor McKeown: 1991 (is 13 in 2004, 14 in 2005) Celebrity Son, Tracey Ullman & Allan's son Shareen Mitchell: yr unknown TV Actress, Hudson Street's Lucy Canetti Jack Parnell: 1923 (is 81 in 2004, 82 in 2005) Bandleader, English, on 10 TV series 1967-71 Hopper Jack Penn: 1993 (is 11 in 2004, 12 in 2005) Celebrity Son, Robin Wright & Sean's son Carol Pope: 1949 (is 55 in 2004, 56 in 2005) Singer, Songwriter, Canadian Nathan Purdee: 1950 (is 54 in 2004, 55 in 2005) Soap Actor, Young & the Restless' Nathan Hastings, One Life to Live's Hank Gannon Jack Antonio Sabato: 1994 (is 10 in 2004, 11 in 2005) Celebrity Son, Virginia Madsen & Antonio's son M. Night Shyamalan: 1970 (is 34 in 2004, 35 in 2005) Movie Director, Writer, The Sixth Sense Louise Sorel: 1940 (is 64 in 2004, 65 in 2005) TV/Movie/Stage/Soap Actress, One Life to Live's Judith, Santa Barbara's Augusta Lockridge, The Survivors, Don Rickles Show, Days of Our Lives' Vivian Alamain, Port Charles' Donatella Stewart; Ken Howard & Herb Edelman's ex- Lisa Stewart: 1968 (is 36 in 2004, 37 in 2005) Country/Western Performer Laurin Sydney: yr unknown Newscaster, of CNN's Showbiz Today De'Voreaux White: yr unknown TV Actor, Head of the Class' Aristotle McKenzie Valerie Wlldman: yr unknown Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Fay Michelle Yeoh: 1962 (is 42 in 2004, 43 in 2005) Actress People on August 6th: birth anniversaries Franz Allers: 1905=d.1995 Conductor, Czech, Camelot, My Fair Lady Jim Ameche: 1915=d.Feb 4, 1983 (was 67) Radio Actor, TV Host, Don's brother Sherwood Bailey: 1923=d.Aug 6, 1987 (was 64) Actor, Our Gang's Spud Lucille Ball: 1911=d.Apr 26, 1989 (was 77) HALL OF FAMER, TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Radio Actress, TV Producer, Comedienne, b. in Celoron, NY; NN:Queen of Comedy; RN:Desiree; My Favorite Husband, I Love Lucy's Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo, The Lucy Show's Lucy Carmichael, Here's Lucy's Lucy Carter, Life with Lucy's Lucy Barker, Mame; 2x Desi Arnaz's (1940-60), then Gary Morton's (61-) wife; died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles; first person D.T. ever recognized Paul Bartel: 1938=d.May 13, 2000 (was 61) Actor, Director, Eating Raoul Barbara Bates: 1925=d.Mar 18, 1969 (was 43) Actress, It's a Great Life's Kathy Morgan Johann I Bernoulli: 1667 N.S.=d.Jan 1, 1748 Mathematician, Swiss, RFN:Jean; investigated the then new mathematical calculus, which he applied to the measurement of curves, to differential equations, and to mechanical problems.; other style says b. Jul 27, 1667 O.S. Clara Bow: 1905?=d.Sep 27, 1965 (was 59) Movie Actress, b. in Brooklyn; silent films; NN:The "It" Girl; Rex Bell's wife; some say b. Jul 29, 1905, or b. Aug 25, 1905 Michael "Mike" Burke: 1916=d.Jul 26, 1973 (was 56)? Sportsfigure, Executive, head of N.Y. Yankees & Madison Square Garden; some say d. Feb 5, 1987 (was 70) Leo Carrillo: 1880=d.Sep 10, 1961 (was 81) TV/Movie Actor, Statesman, The Cisco Kid's Pancho; some say b. 1881 Chief Thundercloud: 1866=d.Jan 31, 1967 (was 100) Actor, Lone Ranger; RN:Scott T. Williams Barbara Cooney: 1916=d.Mar 10, 2000 (was 83) Children's Author, Illustrator Charles Crichton: 1910=d.Sep 14, 1999 (was 89) Movie Producer/Director, English, Battle Of Sexes, A Fish Called Wanda Vic Dickenson: 1906=d.Nov 16, 1984 (was 78) Jazz Musician, Trombonist, Composer Sir Alexander Fleming: 1881=d.Mar 11, 1955 (was 73) Scientist, Bacteriologist, Scotish, Penicillin founder (Nobel 1954); b. Aug 16? Frankie Froeba: 1907=d.Feb 18, 1981 (was 73) Pianist, of Benny Goodman Hoot Gibson: 1892=d.Aug 23, 1962 (was 70) Movie Actor, silent westerns; RFMN:Edmund Richard Jackie Kelk: 1921=d.Sep 5, 2002 (was 81) Actor, Radio Actor, The Aldrich Family's Homer Brown William A. "Will" Lee: 1908=d.1982 TV Actor, Sesame Street's Mr. Hooper Robert Mitchum: 1917=d.Jul 1, 1997 (was 79) TV/Movie Actor, Protestant, b. in Bridgeport, CT; The Winds of War, North & South, Cape Fear, Hopalong Cassidy Westerns, Gung Ho, The Story of GI Joe, Out of the Past, Night of the Hunter Louella Parsons: 1881=d.Dec 9, 1972 (was 91) Columnist, Journalist, RLN:Oettinger; Hollywood Gossip Michael Peters: 1948=d.Aug 27, 1994 (was 46) Choreographer, won a Tony award for choreographing "Dreamgirls" and helped create Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video; d. Aug 29? Baden Powell: 1936=d.Sep 26, 2000 (was 64) Jazz Performer, Guitarist, Brazilian, a pioneer of bossa nova who was more popular abroad than at home Jackie Presser: 1926=d.Jul 9, 1988 (was 61) Leader, Teamsters prez 1980s Ella Raines: 1921=d.Jun 6, 1988 (was 66) Movie/Stage Actress, RN:Ella Wallace Raubes; Janet Dean RN star; d. May 30? Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt: 1861?=d.Sep 30, 1948 (was 87) First Lady, Theodore's wife #2; some say b. Aug 16, 1861 Luis Russell: 1902=d.Dec 11, 1963 (was 61) Jazz Pianist, Bandleader, Composer "Dutch" Schultz: 1902?=d.Oct 23, 1935 Outlaw, Mobster; RN:Arthur Flegenheimer; big bootleg operator during prohibition era; some say b. Aug 6, 1900 Alfred Lord Tennyson: 1809=d.Oct 6, 1892 (was 83) Poet, English, 1st Baron; Poet Laureate; The Charge of the Light Brigade, In Memoriam Andy Warhol: 1928=d.Feb 22, 1987 (was 58) Artist, Producer, Gay, b. in Pittsburgh, PA; RN:Andrew Warhola; Campbell's soupcans, Brillo boxes, Marilyn Monroe, Mao Tse-Tung; Pop art; some say 1927 William B. Williams: 1923=d.Aug 3, 1987 (was 63) Radio Disc Jock, Announcer |
Gee, lots of people share 7/18 ... highlighted a few of the "better knowns" in red ...
I mentioned Red Skelton, but I didn't know all of these: 1635 Robert Hooke Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia) 1720 Gilbert White "father of British naturalists" 1796 Feargus O'Connor County Cork, leader of the English Chartists 1811 William Makepeace Thackeray England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair) 1848 William Gilbert Grace Victorian England's greatest cricketer 1853 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902) 1865 Laurence Housman England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina) 1890 Charles Wilson Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57) 1891 Gene Lockhart NYC, actor (Going My Way) 1894 Bernard Wagenaar Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for the Chinese) 19-- Art Holiday Hartford Conn, actor (Eddie-The White Shadow) 19-- Danny Vaughn Staten Island NY, rocker (Tyketto-Wings) 19-- Susan Marie Snyder soap actress 1903 Chill Wills Seagoville Texas, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders) 1906 Clifford Odets US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy) 1906 S.I. Hayakawa (Sen-R-CA) educator (Language in Action) 1909 Andrei Gromyko USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS] 1909 Harriet Nelson Des Moines, actress (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet) 1910 Red Skelton comedian (Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie the Freeloader) 1911 Hume Cronyn London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon) 1913 Marvin Miller St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire) 1914 Mack Robinson US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932) 1916 Harriet Hilliard Nelson singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet) 1918 Jane Frazee Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah) 1918 Nelson Mandela Qunu South Africa, political prisoner (ANC) 1918 Pamela Brown England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula) 1921 John H Glenn Jr Cambridge Ohio, Col USMC astronaut (Mer 6, Sen-D-Oh) 1924 Howard Roberts Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show) 1924 Inge S”rensen Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936) 1925 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Austria, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948) 1926 Jane Hylton London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot) 1929 "Screamin Jay" Hawkins Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You) 1929 Dick Button commentator/figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948, 1952) 1933 R Murray Schafer Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria) 1933 Yevgeny Yevtushenko Russia, poet (Bratsk Station) 1935 Tenley Albright US, doctor/figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956) 1938 Britt Leach Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots) 1939 Brian Auger London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis) 1939 Dion DiMucci Bronx, rocker (Dion & the Belmonts-Teenager in Love) 1939 Hunter S Thompson writer (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) 1940 James Brolin LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel) 1940 Joseph Torre outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP) 1941 Lonnie Mack Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What's Wrong) 1941 Marcia Jones Smoke Okla, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964) 1941 Martha Reeves Detroit Mich, singer (& the Vandellas-Dancing in St) 1943 Bobby Sherman Santa Monica Calif, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides) 1943 Calvin Peete black PGA golfer 1944 Jonelle Allen NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers) 1947 Ayn Rumen Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show) 1947 Kurt Mann Roslyn NY, actor 1954 Ricky Skaggs singer (Toy Hearts, 2 Different Worlds) 1955 Teresa Ann Savoy London England, actress (Caligula) 1958 Nigel Twist rocker (The Alarm-In the Summertime) 1959 Audrey Landers Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line) 1961 Elizabeth McGovern Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer) 1970 Patrick Dancy TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You) |
My birthday is May 12th - my results:-
0254 St Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope 0919 Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich 1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austria 1215 English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country 1328 Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V 1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur 1525 Battle at Böblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Württembergse farmers 1534 Württemberg becomes Lutheran 1551 San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens 1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris France 1604 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius 1640 Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV 1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9) 1689 England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg 1695 English king Willem III departs to Netherlands 1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) 1733 Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague 1776 Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns 1777 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette) 1780 Charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War) 1789 Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers - It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses 1792 Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented 1832 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'Elisir D'amore" premieres in Milan 1835 Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile 1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam 1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge LA 1863 Battle of Raymond MS 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia 1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid) 1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River (Fort Darling) 1864 US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to Brigadier-General 1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas 1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada 1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville KY 1874 US Assay Office in Helena MT authorized 1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0 1877 Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia 1881 Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate 1885 Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada 1888 Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale 1890 Louisiana legalized prize fighting 1891 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname 1894 Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show" premieres in NYC 1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Netherlands 1897 Battle at Thessalië: Turkish army beats Greece 1898 Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters 1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed 1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city 1901 President McKinley visits San Fransisco 1908 George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married" premieres in London 1908 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield 1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8 1910 2nd NAACP conference (NYC) 1910 Philadelphia A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2) 1915 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250 1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents the idea of "Book Week" 1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6 1919 Yankees & Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 1921 National Hospital Day 1st observed 1923 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6 1924 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2 1924 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Indiana 1925 Uzbekistan & Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics 1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament 1926 British general strike ends 1926 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1926 General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared 1926 Umberto Nobile flies Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over the North Pole 1928 Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy 1928 Opium laws enforced 1929 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) 1930 Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) 1932 Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ 1932 Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration & Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy & farmers 1934 "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1 1934 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2 1936 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss" premieres in London 1937 King George VI's coronation in Great Britain 1937 St Louis Cardinalss beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3 1938 Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) 1940 French mariners occupy St Maarten 1940 German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug 1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River 1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria 1942 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz 1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine 1942 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River 1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until August 23, 1943 1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in US 1943 German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender 1944 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen & Brüx 1944 Krim purged of Nazi troops 1944 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat 1948 Queen Wilhelmina resigns 1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India) 1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade 1950 Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar" premieres in Paris France 1951 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll 1952 Charlton Playground named in the Bronx 1953 KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston TX (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) 1956 Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0 1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone & tidal waves 1957 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open 1958 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40 1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1959 "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater NYC for 23 performances 1959 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) 1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special 1961 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time 1962 Grevelingendam closes 1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1963 Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open 1963 Race riot in Birmingham AL 1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO 1965 Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations 1966 Busch Stadium (St Louis MO) opens, Braves lose to Cardinals 4-3 in 12 innings 1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1968 "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington DC 1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open 1968 WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Kenneth H Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH 1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run 1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on the Supreme Court 1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Race riots in Augusta GA; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) 1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13) 1972 Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" 1973 "Dueling Tubas" by Martin Mull hits #92 1973 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 1974 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3 1974 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic 1975 US merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces 1976 Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 1977 1st quadraphonic concert (Pink Floyd in London) 1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation 1978 Commerce Department announces that hurricane names will no longer be exclusively female 1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end 1980 1st nonstop crossing of US via balloon (Maxie Anderson & son Chris) 1981 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander NYC for 333 performances 1982 FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II 1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II 1982 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich) 1982 US Football League forms 1983 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA 1983 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0 1984 "White Horse" by Laid Back hits #26 1984 Discovery (OV-103) from Orbiter Processing Facility to Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC, for mating for 41-D (STS-14)" for the first use of this Shuttle (OV-103) 1984 France performs nuclear test 1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on the same hole 1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years 1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans 1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi 1985 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1986 Fred Markham (US), unpaced & unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat CA 1986 President Reagan appoints Dr James C Fletcher NASA Administrator 1988 "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 5 performances 1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance 1989 Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired 1989 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists 1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) 1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million 1990 Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting 1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest 1991 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic 1992 1st Belgian woman (Ingrid Baeyens) to ascend Mount Everest 1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands 1993 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV 1993 Last broadcast of "Knots Landing" on CBS 1993 Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II 1994 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan 1995 Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) 1995 Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves 1995 Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4 1996 "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 45 performances 1996 "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances 1996 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies 1996 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea 1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox 1997 Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict 1997 Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida 1997 Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami |
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