Births
1572 - Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist)
1672 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer
1697 - Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist
1704 - Jose Antonio Carlos de Seixas, composer
1719 - Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik
1723 - J G Palitzsch, 1st saw Halley's comet on return, Prolitz
1740 - Luigi Gatti, composer
1776 - John Constable, England, landscape painter (Hay Wain)
1807 - James Findlay Schenck, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
1808 - Charles Henry Poor, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
1816 - Robert Huston Milroy, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
1822 - Samuel Davis Sturgis, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889
1823 - James Lawson Kemper, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1829 - Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic)
1840 - Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser
1842 - Alfred, Liechtenstein noble/politician
1842 - Carl PG von Linde, German engineer/physicist (Linde-proc‚d‚)
1847 - Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader (English women's movement)
1861 - Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer
1863 - Eduard David, German undersecretary (constitution of Weimar)
1864 - Richard Georg Strauss, Munich Germany, composer (Don Quixote)
1865 - Jan H Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam)
1867 - Charles Fabry, discoverer (ozone layer in upper atmosphere)
1874 - Richard Stohr, composer
1876 - Alfred L Kroeber, Hoboken NJ, author (Anthropologist looks at History
1879 - Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager
1880 - Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to US Congress (Rep-Montana)
1883 - Frank O King, Cashton Wisc, cartoonist (Gasoline Alley)
1886 - David Steinman, NYC, bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough)
1886 - Lillian Fontaine, Reading England, actress (Suddenly it's Spring)
1889 - Wesley Ruggles, actor/producer/director (Keystone Kops)
1892 - Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic
1895 - Nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58)
1897 - Bruno Frei, writer
1899 - George Frederick McKay, composer
1899 - Yasonari Kawabata, Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes)
1900 - Lawrence E Spivak, Bkln NY, news panelist (Meet the Press)
1902 - Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer
1903 - Ernie Nevers, NFL fullback (Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals)
1904 - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer (Boogie Woogie Piano)
1904 - Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer
1904 - Emil Frantisek Burian, composer
1906 - Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, bishop
1907 - Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Man in the Moon)
1907 - Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader
1907 - Paul Mellon, US, oil magnate/pres (Washington National Gallery of Art
1910 - Carmine Coppola, composer/conductor (Godfather II, Apocalypse Now)
1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer (Calypso)
1911 - Russ Hodges, Dayton Tn, sportscaster (Wednesday Night Fights)
1912 - Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer
1912 - William Baziotes, painter (abstract expressionist)
1913 - John Elliott Terry, managing director (National Film Finance Corp)
1913 - Revaz Kondrat'yevich Gabichvadze, composer
1913 - Ris‰ Stevens, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera)/actor (Going My Way)
1913 - Vince Lombardi, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers)
1914 - Gerald Mohr, NYC, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue)
1914 - Hendrik Berkhof, Dutch theologist (Church & Emperor)
1914 - Henry G Cisheros, (Mayor-D-San Antonio)
1914 - Jack Mann, pilot/hostage
1915 - David Kindersley, font designer/cutter
1917 - James Bostock, painter/engraver
1918 - Nelson Mandela, President (South Africa)
1919 - Richard Todd, Ireland, actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident)
1920 - Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72)
1920 - Hazel Scott, Trinidad, singer/pianist (Hazel Scott)
1920 - Irving Howe, US, writer/critic (World of Our Fathers)
1920 - Robert Hutton, Kingston NY, actor (Torture Garden, Rocket)
1921 - Beatrice "Fiet" van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer
1921 - Michael Meyer, UK, novelist/Ibsen translator (Hedda Gabler)
1922 - Erving Goffman, sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life)
1922 - John Bromfield, South Bend In, actor (Easy to Love)
1922 - Michael Cacoyannis, director (Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women)
1922 - Tony Charmoli, director/choreographer (Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye)
1923 - Gerard Vaughn, MP (Conservative)
1925 - William Styron, Va, novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice)
1926 - Brother Dave Gardner, Novelty singer/comedian
1926 - Carlisle Floyd, Latta SC, composer (Slow Dusk)
1927 - Beryl Grey, prima ballerina
1927 - Eric St Eval Atkinson, cricketer (bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59
1927 - John Aspinall, owner (casino, zoos)
1927 - Josef Anton Reidl, composer
1927 - Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman (1922 Committee)
1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Arag¢n, Spanish Queen of Belgium
1928 - Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior (CDA)
1930 - Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup)
1930 - Charles B Rangel, (Rep-D-NY, 1971- )
1931 - Lord Cameron of Lochbroom, lord advocate
1931 - Lucianna Paluzzi, Rome Italy, actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball)
1931 - Tab Hunter, NYC, actor (Tab Hunter Show)
1932 - Athol Fugard, Middleburg S Africa, anti-apartheid writer (Blood Knot)
1932 - Timothy Sainsbury, British minister of state
1933 - Jud Strunk, Jamestown NY, singer/comedian (Laugh-In)
1934 - Anthony Evans, British high court judge
1934 - Pookie Hudson, vocalist (Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite-Spaniels)
1935 - Gene Wilder, [Jerome Silbermann], Milwaukee, actor (Silver Streak)
1935 - Sheikh Fazalur Rehman, cricketer (played 1 Test Pakistan v WI 1958)
1935 - Gene Wilder
1936 - Chad Everett
1936 - Chad Everett, South Bend In, actor (Medical Center, Airplane II)
1936 - George Bryan Ingham, artist
1937 - Johnny Brown, St Petersburg Fla, comedian (Good Times, Leslie Uggams)
1939 - Barry George Barrington Porter, politician
1939 - Barry Porter, MP (Conservative)
1939 - Christina Crawford, author, Joan's daughter (Mommie Dearest)
1939 - Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer (27 Grand Prix)
1939 - Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist
1939 - Wilma Burgess, country-pop singer
1940 - Joey Dee, Passaic NJ, singer (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris)
1942 - Somachandra De Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan leg-spinner 1982-84)
1944 - Alan Horworth, MP
1944 - Barry Stevens, British/Neth, choreographer (Personals, Young Again)
1944 - James "Ox" D A van Hoften, Fresno Calif, astronaut (STS 11, STS 20)
1945 - Adrienne Barbeau, Sacramento Calif, actress (Maude, Swamp Thing)
1945 - Adrienne Barbeau
1946 - Jenny Pittman, horse trainer
1946 - John Lawton, British rock singer (Uriah Heep)
1946 - Michael Wilkes, commander (UK Field Army)
1946 - Richard Pietraá, writer
1947 - Glenn Leonard, R&B singer (Temptations)
1948 - Anthony Nelson, British Sec of Treasury
1948 - Skip Alan, [Alan Skipper], drummer (Them, Pretty Things)
1948 - Stephen Schnetzer, Boston Mass, actor (Cass Winthrop-Another World)
1949 - Frank Beard, rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Legs, Fandango)
1949 - George Willig, stuntman (climbed World Trade Center in 1977)
1950 - Debbie "Pokey" Watson, US, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968
1950 - Lindsey de Paul, singer
1950 - Michael Swan, Palo Alto Calif, actor (Duncan-As The World Turns)
1951 - Collis King, cricketer (WI all-rounder late 70s)
1951 - Jan Fransen, Dutch MP (VVD)
1951 - Maren Seidler, Bkln NY, shot putter (Olympics-11th-1968)
1951 - Mark D Siljander, (Rep-R-MI, 1981- )
1951 - Mithra Wettimuny, cricketer (bro of Sidath 2 Tests for SL v NZ 1983)
1952 - Donnie Van Zant, rock vocalist (.38 Special)
1952 - Russell Hitchcock, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1953 - Peter Bergman, actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band)
1954 - Gary Fencik, NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears)
1954 - John Dyson, cricketer (NSW & Australian opening batsman)
1955 - Tony Allcock, bowler
1956 - Joe Montana
1956 - Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
1957 - Bruce Plummer, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 West Coast)
1958 - Deborah Vidal, Ponce Puerto Rico, LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile-19th)
1959 - Hugh Laurie, actor (Strapless)
1962 - Michael Kenny, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores)
1963 - Max Stevens, Millmeran QLD, Australasia golfer
1963 - Tommy Barnhardt, NFL punter (Carolina Panthers, GB Packers, TB Bucs)
1964 - Kim Gallagher, Phila, 800m runner (Olympic-silver-1984)
1965 - Anthony Painter, Milton NSW, Australasia golfer
1965 - Giola Bruno, rocker (Expose)
1965 - Joe Cain, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears, Seattle Seahawks)
1966 - Scott Mellanby, Montreal, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
1966 - Tiffany Cohen, Culver City Calif, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-1984)
1967 - Clare Carey, actress (Kelly Fox Rosebrock-Coach)
1967 - John Doherty, pitcher
1967 - Mario Chitarroni, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1968 - Staci Baldwin, Miss Washington USA (1996)
1969 - Johan Hansma, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1969 - Nancy Blogg, Swiss dancer (Josephine)
1970 - Brock Marion, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1970 - Roman Kontsek, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1970 - William Selby, Monroeville MI, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
1971 - Dion Foxx, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Duane Dmytryshyn, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 - Andrew Peterson, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1972 - Joe O'Brien, WLAF defensive tackle (Scottish Claymores)
1973 - Lance Johnstone, defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
1973 - Robby Kiger, Encino Calif, actor (Josh Fox-Crazy Like a Fox)
1973 - Tony McKenzie, WLAF guard (London Monarchs)
1974 - Emilee Klein, Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic-2nd)
1974 - Tanya Pogatchnik, Miss Montana USA (1996)
1974 - Tatiana Ignatieva, Minsk Belarus, tennis star (1994 Futures-Sopot POL
1976 - Scott Guyton, Tokoroa NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1978 - Joshua Jackson, actor (Mighty Ducks)
1978 - Leah Sexton, Miss Missouri Teen USA (1996)
1986 - Brighton Hertford, actress (BJ Jones-General Hospital)
1989 - Jeff Linton Osbourne, son of Jeffrey & Sheri
Events
1231 - Harderwijk becomes a city
1488 - Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland
1509 - King Henry VIII marries wife #1 Catharina of Aragón
1517 - Sir Thomas Pert reaches Hudson Bay
1572 - Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock
1578 - England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore & colonize US
1644 - Florentine scientist describe invention of barometer
1666 - -14] Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht)
1676 - Battle at Öland: Danish & Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden
1685 - James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II
1690 - English king Willem III departs to Ireland
1699 - England, France & Neth agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain
1726 - Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier
1742 - Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
1770 - Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
1774 - Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army
1776 - Continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence
1788 - 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC
1793 - 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick
1816 - Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded
1838 - Iowa Territory is organized
1859 - Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada
1864 - -12] Battle of Trevillian Station, VA (Central Railroad)
1864 - 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm
1864 - Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught
1864 - Battle of Laurel Hill, WV
1864 - Battle of Trevillian Station, VA (Central Railroad)
1864 - Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg
1870 - 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam
1876 - Republicans pick Rutherford B Hayes as presidental candidate
1878 - DC is given a new govt by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974)
1891 - Puerto Rican flag adopted
1895 - 1st auto race
1895 - Charles E Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile
1896 - US Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized
1898 - 1st US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War
1898 - 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms aboard Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75
1898 - 600 US marines land at Guantanamo Cuba
1898 - Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking
1900 - -12] Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha
1901 - Cook Islands annexed & proclaimed part of New Zealand
1904 - Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0
1904 - German Lt-Gen Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa
1905 - Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
1907 - Northants all out for 12 v Gloucestershire
1911 - Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15
1911 - UNIA founded by Garvey
1919 - 23rd US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass
1919 - 51st Belmont: J Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:17.6 & Trip Crown
1920 - Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president
1921 - 53rd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Grey Lag wins in 2:16.8
1921 - Brazil adopts women suffrage
1924 - Bene Brak Palestine founded
1924 - Koos Vorrink elected President of AJC
1927 - 59th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6
1927 - Babe Ruth hits 19th & 20th of 60 HRs
1927 - Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross
1928 - Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released
1934 - Disarmament conference in Geneva fails
1936 - Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia
1937 - Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released
1938 - 42nd US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 284 at Cherry Hills Denver
1938 - Cin Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0
1938 - Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 v Aust) aged 20 yrs 19 days
1938 - Earthquake in Belgium
1938 - England declare at 8 for 658 v Australia at Trent Bridge
1939 - King & Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party
1940 - Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta
1940 - Premier Winston Churchill flies to Orleans
1941 - 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam
1941 - Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews
1942 - German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa
1942 - US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II
1943 - British invades Pantelleria (tiny island south of Sicily)
1943 - Heinrich Himmler orders liquidation of Polish ghettos
1944 - 15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas
1944 - 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC
1944 - KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail
1947 - WW II sugar rationing finally endd in US (began May 28, 1942)
1949 - 49th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL
1949 - 81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2
1949 - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:28.2)
1950 - Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
1951 - Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal
1951 - NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off things found
1953 - "Amos 'n Andy," TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
1953 - Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
1955 - 1st magnesium jet airplane flies
1955 - 87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29
1955 - Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues)
1957 - 12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo
1958 - UN Security council sends observers to Lebanon
1959 - Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by US Court of
1960 - 92nd Belmont: Bill Hartack aboard Celtic Ash wins in 2:29.2
1960 - House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
1961 - "Winston Churchill," last airs on ABC-TV
1961 - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1961 - Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium
1961 - Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs
1962 - President FDR accepted an honorary degree from Yale
1963 - Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama
1963 - Greek govt of Karamanlis resigns
1963 - JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act"
1964 - Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference
1964 - Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy
1964 - Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
1964 - West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
1966 - "(I'm A) Road Runner" by Jr Walker & The All-Stars peaks at #20
1966 - "I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at #3
1966 - "On A Clear Day You..." closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 280 perfs
1966 - "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1
1966 - "Skyscraper" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 248 perfs
1966 - "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys hit #1 in UK
1966 - French & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry
1966 - Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig (SF)
1967 - A J Foyt & Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans
1967 - Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
1967 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1967 - Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes
1969 - "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" by The Beatles hit #1 in UK
1969 - David Bowie releases "Space Oddity"
1970 - US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya
1971 - US & Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan
1971 - US ends ban on China trade
1972 - 18th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Ahern
1972 - 31°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June
1972 - KPAT-AM in Berkeley CA returns from KRE
1974 - Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash
1974 - Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief
1975 - 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield
1975 - Greece adopts constitution
1975 - One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 yrs 364 days
1976 - "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV
1976 - Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa
1976 - Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain
1976 - Beatles "Rock & Roll Music" LP is released in USA
1977 - "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12
1977 - "Dance & Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93
1977 - "I Need A Man" by Grace Jones peaks at #83
1977 - "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC & Sunshine Band peaks at #1
1977 - "Lonely Boy" by Andrew Gold peaks at #7
1977 - "The Pretender" by Jackson Browne peaks at #58
1977 - "Watch Closely Now" by Kris Kristofferson peaks at #52
1977 - 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6
1977 - Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
1977 - ELO releases "Telephone Line"
1977 - Main Street Electrical Parade premieres [Disneyland? WDW?]
1978 - "Grease" starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John opens
1978 - 24th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1978 - Bjorn Borg wins French Open Title
1978 - Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24½ hrs of hula-hoop
1978 - Joseph Freeman Jr is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
1979 - Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months
1980 - K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF)
1981 - Cannibal Issei Sagawa kills Dutch student
1981 - Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike
1982 - Israel & Syria stop fighting in Lebanon
1982 - Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1982 - Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film)
1982 - Pope John Paul II visits Argentina
1983 - "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes peaks at #8
1983 - "Cool Places" by Sparks & Jane Wiedlin peaks at #49
1983 - "Faithfully" by Journey peaks at #12
1983 - "My Love" by Lionel Richie peaks at #5
1983 - "Theme From Doctor Detroit" by Devo peaks at #59
1983 - "When I'm With You" by Sheriff peaks at #61
1983 - 115th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Caveat wins in 2:27.8
1983 - Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab
1983 - Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern Calif Open bowling tournament, miscalculates
1983 - Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
1984 - Funeral for S Nakagawa & burial of half of his ashes
1984 - Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be pro
1985 - Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus
1985 - Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRS in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7)
1985 - WJW-AM/TV in Cleveland Ohio change call letters to WRMR
1986 - "Blacke's Magic," last airs on NBC-TV
1986 - Amnesty International megaconcert
1987 - Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons term
1988 - "Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall & John Oates peaks at #3
1988 - "Rooty Toot Toot" by John Cougar Mellencamp peaks at #61
1988 - "We All Sleep Alone" by Cher peaks at #14
1988 - 120th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6
1988 - 25th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 11-7
1988 - Freedomfest - Mandela addresses Wembley Stadium London
1988 - Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8¼")
1988 - Yanks' Rick Rhoden becomes 1st pitcher to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI)
1989 - 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62)
1989 - 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody
1989 - Robin Hood 16 wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Points Golf International
1990 - Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitut
1990 - UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
1990 - Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for mak
1990 - Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Hen
1991 - Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
1992 - Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group
1992 - Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of Intl Tennis Hall of Fame
1992 - US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0
1993 - "Jurassic Park" opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
1993 - "Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV
1993 - "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
1994 - "Meet The Flintstones" by The BC 52's peaks to #33
1994 - 126th Belmont: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 2:26.8
1994 - Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden
1994 - Moshood Abiola becomes pres of Nigeria
1994 - Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, & 8' high in Jacksonville, Fl Largest popcorn container is 6,
1995 - 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64)
1995 - Julie Larsen wins Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic
1995 - Rondell White has six hits & hits for the cycle in 13-innings
1996 - Bob Dole, (Sen-R-KS), resigns from US senate to run for president
Deaths
1216 - Hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies
1249 - Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies
1479 - Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies
1488 - James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle
1560 - Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44
1560 - Mary of Lorraine, pro-French Regent of Scotland, dies at 44
1666 - Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss vice-admiral, dies in battle at 55
1674 - Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns, dies at 52
1698 - Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Enchanted World), dies at 64
1764 - Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74
1766 - Elisabeth Farnese, princess of Parma/queen of Spain, dies at 73
1775 - Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67
1808 - Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer, dies at 83
1811 - Charles Frederick, liberal ruler of Baden, dies at 82
1825 - Daniel D Tompkins, 6th US Vice President (1817-25), dies at 54
1828 - Dugald Stewart, Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74
1829 - Adolf Mllner, writer, dies
1856 - Friedrich H von der Hagen, German germanist, dies at 76
1879 - Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39
1886 - Ant¢nio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet, dies at 40
1896 - Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72
1900 - Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer, dies at 53
1903 - Draga Masin, wife of Serbian king Aleksandar I, murdered at 35
1906 - Heinrich Hart, German writer (Das Lied der Menschheit), dies at 50
1908 - Georg Adler, German statehouse head, dies at 45
1912 - L‚on Dierx, French poet (Amants), dies at 74
1913 - Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered
1915 - Luis Coloma, Spanish jesuit/writer (Peque¤eces, Boy), dies at 64
1924 - Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann Jr, Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87
1924 - Theodore Dubois, composer, dies at 86
1927 - William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), die
1929 - Gyula Andr ssy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 68
1930 - George Alexander, cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies
1930 - Henry Clay Folger Jr, CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72
1943 - Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Boefje, In Sobibor), dies at 50
1949 - Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
1949 - Oton Zupanic, Slavs poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71
1951 - Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies
1955 - Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered
1955 - Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer, dies at 72
1955 - Walter Hampden, actor (Sabrina, 5 Fingers, Vagabond King), dies at 75
1956 - Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61
1956 - Ralph Morgan, actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London), dies at 73
1963 - Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon
1966 - Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82
1966 - Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68
1967 - Billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79
1969 - John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89
1969 - J¢szi Jen” Ters nszky, Hungarian writer (Till Next Time), dies at 81
1970 - Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89
1970 - Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87
1970 - Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
1970 - Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55
1975 - Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90
1979 - August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85
1979 - John Wayne, actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies at 72
1981 - Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73
1984 - Enrico Berlinguer, secr-general (CP) Italy, dies
1985 - Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains NJ at 31
1986 - Robert E Howard, sci-fi author (Conan the Conqueror), dies at 80
1988 - Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at 89
1988 - Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38
1990 - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86
1991 - Vlastimil Fisar, Czech actor/pres (Intl Actors Federation), dies
1992 - Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titantic, dies at 103
1992 - Marlene Hazlett, entertainer, dies of cancer
1992 - Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39
1993 - Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer (Rise of Common Player), dies at 8
1993 - Ray Sharkey, actor (Wiseguy, No Mercy, Body Rock), dies of AIDs at 40
1994 - Christopher Collins, actor (True Identity), dies after illness at 44
1994 - Herbert Anderson, actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace), dies at 77
1994 - Jack Hannah, animator, dies at 90
1994 - Kitty Rosalind Muggeridge, author, dies at 90
1995 - Lovelace Watkins, singer, dies at 58
1995 - Luigi Innocenti, designer, dies at 71
1996 - Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72
1996 - Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], actress (Gloria), dies at 90
1996 - Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist, dies at 21
1996 - Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
1996 - Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer, dies at 49
1997 - Thalassa Cruso, gardening expert (PBS), dies of Alzheimer's at 87
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