What happened in history on the day you were born

[69rangerf100]

April 26, 1981 (Sunday)

The first successful fetal surgery was performed by Dr. Michael R. Harrison at the University of California at San Francisco hospital. The patient was born at the UCSF Hospital two weeks later, on May 10, 1981, and named Michael. [54]
French presidential election: With ten candidates on the ballot for the President of France, no office-seeker had a majority. The top two finishers, incumbent President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Socialist challenger François Mitterrand. won 28.3% and 25.8% of the vote respectively, and qualified for the May 10 election. Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac (17.9%) and Communist Party leader Georges Marchais (15.3%) were the next highest vote getters. The other candidates were Huguette Bouchardeau, Michel Crepeau, Michel Debre, Marie-France Garaud, Arlette Laguiller and Brice Lalonde. [55]
The first nationwide voting in Vietnam, since the 1976 forced unification of the North and South republics, was conducted for the National Assembly. Although all of the candidates had been chosen by the Communist Party's "Fatherland Front", there were 614 candidates for the 496 seats. [56]
Died: Jim Davis, 71, American TV actor who had been portraying Jock Ewing on Dallas

Events
1803 - Over 2,300 meteorite stones, weighing between one quarter ounce and 20 pounds, rained down on the people of L’Aigle in northeastern France. The meteorites poured down along an 8-mile-long strip in this little town, 100 miles west of Paris. No one was hurt; but it was the first time scientists could verify that stones could come from outer space.
1819 - The first Odd Fellows lodge in the U.S. was established -- in Baltimore, Maryland. The official name of the organization is the Independent Order (of) Odd Fellows or IOOF. You can see these initials on many buildings in communities throughout the country. These are the Odd Fellows halls where the local, secret fraternal benefit meets. The first Odd Fellows group started in Great Britain in the 18th century.

1921 - Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when WEW in St. Louis, MO aired weather news. Weather forecasts continue to be the top reason why people listen to radio; rating higher than music, news, sports and commercials! A sunny day to you wherever you may be on the planet...

1932 - Ed Wynn was heard on radio’s "Texaco Star Theater" for the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a live audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to radio. The network consented and Wynn became radio’s first true superstar. He would later make the switch to TV.

1937 - This was a tragic day in history as German planes attacked the town of Guernica in Northern Spain. Without warning, the planes swooped down on the sleepy village, subjecting the citizens to three hours of continuous bombing. The village was left in flames; those who survived the bombs and tried to escape to surrounding fields were shot down by machine-gun fire from the air.

1937 - The publisher of "LIFE" magazine just about passed out when he looked at his just-off-the-press publication and noticed that someone had forgotten to put the word “LIFE” in the upper left-hand corner! It was the only time that "LIFE" was nameless. Since hundreds of thousands of copies were already printed, the magazine hit the streets with no name on the cover! The reason? A picture of a rooster would have had an obscured comb if the logotype had been used in the upper left-hand corner as usual.

1937 - The initial broadcast of "Lorenzo Jones" was heard over NBC radio this day. Karl Swenson played the lead role for the entire run of the serial. And quite a run it was. "Lorenzo Jones" was on the air until 1955.

1952 - Patty Berg set a new record for major women’s golf competition. She shot a 64 over 18 holes in a tournament in Richmond, California.

1954 - Grace Kelly, “Hollywood’s brightest and busiest star,” was seen on the cover of "LIFE" magazine. In a couple of years, the actress would leave the U.S. to become Princess Grace of Monaco.

1964 - The Boston Celtics wrapped up an unprecedented sixth consecutive NBA championship. The Celtics still had two more crowns to win, however, before the string would come to an end.

1970 - The musical, "Company", opened on Broadway. It ran for 705 performances before parting company with appreciative audiences at the Alvin Theatre in New York City. "Company" starred Elaine Stritch.

1975 - On top of the "Billboard" popular music chart was B.J. Thomas, with the longest title ever for a number one song. "(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" was number one for one week, though it took that long just to say the title.

1978 - An updated version of Mark Twain’s "The Prince and the Pauper" appeared on television. In the lead role (his first TV special), was former Beatle, Ringo Starr. He sang new versions of "Act Naturally", "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from My Friends". No tellin’ what Mark Twain might have said...

1983 - For the first time, the Dow Jones industrial average moved over the 1200 mark, just two months after smashing the 1100 barrier.

1986 - At 1:23 a.m. in Pripyat in the Ukraine when the Chernobyl atomic power station exploded. A three-hundred-square-mile area was evacuated in an attempt to protect over 100,000 residents of the area from radiation poisoning. 31 people died and unknown thousands were exposed as the radioactive material carried in the atmosphere spread throughout the world.

1987 - Tennis star Chris Evert won her 150th career tennis tournament. She beat Martina Navratilova in Houston, Texas.

Birthdays - April 26
1785 - John James Audubon (ornithologist, artist: the original Birdman; died Jan 27, 1851)
1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect: Yosemite National Park, Central Park in New York City and other city parks in Boston, MA, Hartford, CT and Louisville, KY; died Aug 28, 1903)

1882 - Jessie Redmon Fauset (author: There is Confusion, Plum Bun, The Chinaberry Tree, Comedy, American Style; literary editor: Crisis [NAACP publication]; co-publisher & editor: The Brownie Book; died in 1961)

1886 - Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey (Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett) (‘Mother of the Blues’: singer: C.C. Rider [aka See See Rider], Jelly Bean Blues, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Bo Weavil Blues;died Dec 22, 1939)

1893 - Anita Loos (author, playwright: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, I Married an Angel, San Francisco, Saratoga, The Women; died Aug 18, 1981)

1897 - Douglas Sirk (Claus Detlef Sierck) (director: Imitation of Life, A Time to Love & a Time to Die, Tarnished Angels, Written on the Wind, Magnificent Obsession, First Legion; died Jan 14, 1987)

1900 - Charles Francis Richter (seismologist: invented the Richter scale for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes; died Apr 30, 1985)

1917 - Sal (Salvatore Anthony) Maglie (‘The Barber’: baseball: pitcher: NY Giants [all-star: 1951, 1952/World Series: 1951, 1954], Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers [World Series: 1956], NY Yankees, SL Cardinals; died Dec 28, 1992)

1924 - (Theodore Marcus) Teddy Edwards (jazz musician: tenor sax: Me and My Lover; died Apr 20, 2003)

1926 - Bambi Linn (Linnemier) (dancer, actress: Your Show of Shows, Oklahoma!)

1927 - John Ralston (football: coach: Cal State Univ at San Jose, Stanford Univ; Coach/GM: Denver Broncos)

1933 - Carol Burnett (Emmy Award-winning comedienne, actress: Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall [1962-1963], Carol & Company [1962-1963], Mad About You [1996-1997]; The Carol Burnett Show, Carol Burnett and Friends, The Garry Moore Show)

1937 - Robert Boozer (basketball: Kansas State Univ., U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team [1960 gold medal])

1938 - Nino Benvenuti (International Boxing Hall of Famer: European Junior Middleweight title [1957, 1959], Olympic boxing gold medal [Rome, 1960], Junior Middleweight Champ [1965-1966], Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year [1968]; Middleweight Champ [1967-1970]; retired in 1971, total bouts: 90: won 82, lost 7, tied 1, knockouts 35)

1938 - Maurice Williams (singer, songwriter: group: Zodiacs: Stay)

1938 - Duane Eddy (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist: Rebel-’rouser, Forty Miles of Bad Road, Because They’re Young, Theme from Peter Gunn; actor: Because They’re Young, A Thunder of Drums, The Wild Westerners, The Savage Seven, Kona Coast)

1941 - Claudine Clark (singer: Party Lights)

1941 - (Dr.) Gary Cuozzo (football: Univ of Virginia all-American; NFL: QB: Baltimore Colts, NO Saints, Minnesota Vikings [Super Bowl IV], SL Cardinals; orthodontist [with his son] in Middletown NJ)

1941 - Bruce MacGregor (hockey: NHL: Detroit Red Wings, NY Rangers; VP: Edmonton Oilers)

1942 - Bobby Rydell (Robert Ridarelli) (singer: Wild One, We Got Love, Swingin’ School, Kissin’ Time, Volare, Forget Him; actor: Bye Bye Birdie, That Lady from Peking)

1947 - Donna De Varona (Olympic Hall of Famer: 400-meter individual swimming medley [1964]; International Swimming Hall of Famer; International Women’s Sports Hall of Famer; sportscaster; founder of Women’s Sports Foundation)

1947 - Boyd Matson (TV news anchor, correspondent: U.S.A. Today-The Television Series, The Real Story; TV host: National Geographic Explorer)

1947 - Amos (Joseph) Otis (baseball: NY Mets, KC Royals [all-star: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976], Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1980])

1958 - Giancarlo Esposito (actor: The Usual Suspects, Smoke, Reckless, Blue in the Face, Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing, Sweet Lorraine, Bakersfield P.D.)

Chart Toppers - April 26
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
Manana - Peggy Lee
The Dickey Bird Song - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Glenn Hughes)
Anytime - Eddy Arnold

1956
Heartbreak Hotel/I Was the One - Elvis Presley
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
Ivory Tower - Cathy Carr
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

1964
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Do You Want to Know a Secret - The Beatles
Understand Your Man - Johnny Cash

1972
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Rockin’ Robin - Michael Jackson
I Gotcha - Joe Tex
Chantilly Lace - Jerry Lee Lewis

1980
Call Me - Blondie
Ride like the Wind - Christopher Cross
With You I’m Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
A Lesson in Leavin’ - Dottie West

1988
Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
Devil Inside - INXS
Wishing Well - Terence Trent D’Arby
I’ll Always Come Back - K.T. Oslin

[mlheppl]

I don't remember, I was pretty young then.

[69rangerf100]

yeah i googled mine

[guerra]

i dont know?? but i got this cool little magnet that says "remember 1966" average cost of new car $2,650 ;avg cost of new home$14,200;gallon of gas .32 cents; song hit "sounds of silence";top movie "whos afraid of virgina wolf"; 1st episode of "star trek" thats all my cool little magnet tells me.. 11.11.66

[69rangerf100]

average cost of new car $2,650 ;avg cost of new home$14,200;gallon of gas .32 cents

man i wish those days were still around

[guerra]

Yea the price on stuff sounds good but i remember my dad telling me he was making $175 a week farming in Lamesa, Texas in 1966.. so now we make more but everthing costs more.

[Racer Z]

When my brother was born, my father passed out cigars.
When my sister was born, my father passed out cigarettes.
When I was born, my father passed out.

[GSequoia]

You already did all the work for me

April 26, 1979

April 26, 1981 (Sunday)

The first successful fetal surgery was performed by Dr. Michael R. Harrison at the University of California at San Francisco hospital. The patient was born at the UCSF Hospital two weeks later, on May 10, 1981, and named Michael. [54]
French presidential election: With ten candidates on the ballot for the President of France, no office-seeker had a majority. The top two finishers, incumbent President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Socialist challenger François Mitterrand. won 28.3% and 25.8% of the vote respectively, and qualified for the May 10 election. Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac (17.9%) and Communist Party leader Georges Marchais (15.3%) were the next highest vote getters. The other candidates were Huguette Bouchardeau, Michel Crepeau, Michel Debre, Marie-France Garaud, Arlette Laguiller and Brice Lalonde. [55]
The first nationwide voting in Vietnam, since the 1976 forced unification of the North and South republics, was conducted for the National Assembly. Although all of the candidates had been chosen by the Communist Party's "Fatherland Front", there were 614 candidates for the 496 seats. [56]
Died: Jim Davis, 71, American TV actor who had been portraying Jock Ewing on Dallas

Events
1803 - Over 2,300 meteorite stones, weighing between one quarter ounce and 20 pounds, rained down on the people of L’Aigle in northeastern France. The meteorites poured down along an 8-mile-long strip in this little town, 100 miles west of Paris. No one was hurt; but it was the first time scientists could verify that stones could come from outer space.
1819 - The first Odd Fellows lodge in the U.S. was established -- in Baltimore, Maryland. The official name of the organization is the Independent Order (of) Odd Fellows or IOOF. You can see these initials on many buildings in communities throughout the country. These are the Odd Fellows halls where the local, secret fraternal benefit meets. The first Odd Fellows group started in Great Britain in the 18th century.

1921 - Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when WEW in St. Louis, MO aired weather news. Weather forecasts continue to be the top reason why people listen to radio; rating higher than music, news, sports and commercials! A sunny day to you wherever you may be on the planet...

1932 - Ed Wynn was heard on radio’s "Texaco Star Theater" for the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a live audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to radio. The network consented and Wynn became radio’s first true superstar. He would later make the switch to TV.

1937 - This was a tragic day in history as German planes attacked the town of Guernica in Northern Spain. Without warning, the planes swooped down on the sleepy village, subjecting the citizens to three hours of continuous bombing. The village was left in flames; those who survived the bombs and tried to escape to surrounding fields were shot down by machine-gun fire from the air.

1937 - The publisher of "LIFE" magazine just about passed out when he looked at his just-off-the-press publication and noticed that someone had forgotten to put the word “LIFE” in the upper left-hand corner! It was the only time that "LIFE" was nameless. Since hundreds of thousands of copies were already printed, the magazine hit the streets with no name on the cover! The reason? A picture of a rooster would have had an obscured comb if the logotype had been used in the upper left-hand corner as usual.

1937 - The initial broadcast of "Lorenzo Jones" was heard over NBC radio this day. Karl Swenson played the lead role for the entire run of the serial. And quite a run it was. "Lorenzo Jones" was on the air until 1955.

1952 - Patty Berg set a new record for major women’s golf competition. She shot a 64 over 18 holes in a tournament in Richmond, California.

1954 - Grace Kelly, “Hollywood’s brightest and busiest star,” was seen on the cover of "LIFE" magazine. In a couple of years, the actress would leave the U.S. to become Princess Grace of Monaco.

1964 - The Boston Celtics wrapped up an unprecedented sixth consecutive NBA championship. The Celtics still had two more crowns to win, however, before the string would come to an end.

1970 - The musical, "Company", opened on Broadway. It ran for 705 performances before parting company with appreciative audiences at the Alvin Theatre in New York City. "Company" starred Elaine Stritch.

1975 - On top of the "Billboard" popular music chart was B.J. Thomas, with the longest title ever for a number one song. "(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" was number one for one week, though it took that long just to say the title.

1978 - An updated version of Mark Twain’s "The Prince and the Pauper" appeared on television. In the lead role (his first TV special), was former Beatle, Ringo Starr. He sang new versions of "Act Naturally", "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from My Friends". No tellin’ what Mark Twain might have said...

1983 - For the first time, the Dow Jones industrial average moved over the 1200 mark, just two months after smashing the 1100 barrier.

1986 - At 1:23 a.m. in Pripyat in the Ukraine when the Chernobyl atomic power station exploded. A three-hundred-square-mile area was evacuated in an attempt to protect over 100,000 residents of the area from radiation poisoning. 31 people died and unknown thousands were exposed as the radioactive material carried in the atmosphere spread throughout the world.

1987 - Tennis star Chris Evert won her 150th career tennis tournament. She beat Martina Navratilova in Houston, Texas.

Birthdays - April 26
1785 - John James Audubon (ornithologist, artist: the original Birdman; died Jan 27, 1851)
1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect: Yosemite National Park, Central Park in New York City and other city parks in Boston, MA, Hartford, CT and Louisville, KY; died Aug 28, 1903)

1882 - Jessie Redmon Fauset (author: There is Confusion, Plum Bun, The Chinaberry Tree, Comedy, American Style; literary editor: Crisis [NAACP publication]; co-publisher & editor: The Brownie Book; died in 1961)

1886 - Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey (Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett) (‘Mother of the Blues’: singer: C.C. Rider [aka See See Rider], Jelly Bean Blues, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Bo Weavil Blues;died Dec 22, 1939)

1893 - Anita Loos (author, playwright: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, I Married an Angel, San Francisco, Saratoga, The Women; died Aug 18, 1981)

1897 - Douglas Sirk (Claus Detlef Sierck) (director: Imitation of Life, A Time to Love & a Time to Die, Tarnished Angels, Written on the Wind, Magnificent Obsession, First Legion; died Jan 14, 1987)

1900 - Charles Francis Richter (seismologist: invented the Richter scale for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes; died Apr 30, 1985)

1917 - Sal (Salvatore Anthony) Maglie (‘The Barber’: baseball: pitcher: NY Giants [all-star: 1951, 1952/World Series: 1951, 1954], Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers [World Series: 1956], NY Yankees, SL Cardinals; died Dec 28, 1992)

1924 - (Theodore Marcus) Teddy Edwards (jazz musician: tenor sax: Me and My Lover; died Apr 20, 2003)

1926 - Bambi Linn (Linnemier) (dancer, actress: Your Show of Shows, Oklahoma!)

1927 - John Ralston (football: coach: Cal State Univ at San Jose, Stanford Univ; Coach/GM: Denver Broncos)

1933 - Carol Burnett (Emmy Award-winning comedienne, actress: Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall [1962-1963], Carol & Company [1962-1963], Mad About You [1996-1997]; The Carol Burnett Show, Carol Burnett and Friends, The Garry Moore Show)

1937 - Robert Boozer (basketball: Kansas State Univ., U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team [1960 gold medal])

1938 - Nino Benvenuti (International Boxing Hall of Famer: European Junior Middleweight title [1957, 1959], Olympic boxing gold medal [Rome, 1960], Junior Middleweight Champ [1965-1966], Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year [1968]; Middleweight Champ [1967-1970]; retired in 1971, total bouts: 90: won 82, lost 7, tied 1, knockouts 35)

1938 - Maurice Williams (singer, songwriter: group: Zodiacs: Stay)

1938 - Duane Eddy (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist: Rebel-’rouser, Forty Miles of Bad Road, Because They’re Young, Theme from Peter Gunn; actor: Because They’re Young, A Thunder of Drums, The Wild Westerners, The Savage Seven, Kona Coast)

1941 - Claudine Clark (singer: Party Lights)

1941 - (Dr.) Gary Cuozzo (football: Univ of Virginia all-American; NFL: QB: Baltimore Colts, NO Saints, Minnesota Vikings [Super Bowl IV], SL Cardinals; orthodontist [with his son] in Middletown NJ)

1941 - Bruce MacGregor (hockey: NHL: Detroit Red Wings, NY Rangers; VP: Edmonton Oilers)

1942 - Bobby Rydell (Robert Ridarelli) (singer: Wild One, We Got Love, Swingin’ School, Kissin’ Time, Volare, Forget Him; actor: Bye Bye Birdie, That Lady from Peking)

1947 - Donna De Varona (Olympic Hall of Famer: 400-meter individual swimming medley [1964]; International Swimming Hall of Famer; International Women’s Sports Hall of Famer; sportscaster; founder of Women’s Sports Foundation)

1947 - Boyd Matson (TV news anchor, correspondent: U.S.A. Today-The Television Series, The Real Story; TV host: National Geographic Explorer)

1947 - Amos (Joseph) Otis (baseball: NY Mets, KC Royals [all-star: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976], Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1980])

1958 - Giancarlo Esposito (actor: The Usual Suspects, Smoke, Reckless, Blue in the Face, Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing, Sweet Lorraine, Bakersfield P.D.)

Chart Toppers - April 26
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
Manana - Peggy Lee
The Dickey Bird Song - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Glenn Hughes)
Anytime - Eddy Arnold

1956
Heartbreak Hotel/I Was the One - Elvis Presley
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
Ivory Tower - Cathy Carr
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

1964
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Do You Want to Know a Secret - The Beatles
Understand Your Man - Johnny Cash

1972
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Rockin’ Robin - Michael Jackson
I Gotcha - Joe Tex
Chantilly Lace - Jerry Lee Lewis

1980
Call Me - Blondie
Ride like the Wind - Christopher Cross
With You I’m Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
A Lesson in Leavin’ - Dottie West

1988
Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
Devil Inside - INXS
Wishing Well - Terence Trent D’Arby
I’ll Always Come Back - K.T. Oslin

[69rangerf100]

You already did all the work for me

April 26, 1979

April 26, 1981 (Sunday)

The first successful fetal surgery was performed by Dr. Michael R. Harrison at the University of California at San Francisco hospital. The patient was born at the UCSF Hospital two weeks later, on May 10, 1981, and named Michael. [54]
French presidential election: With ten candidates on the ballot for the President of France, no office-seeker had a majority. The top two finishers, incumbent President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Socialist challenger François Mitterrand. won 28.3% and 25.8% of the vote respectively, and qualified for the May 10 election. Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac (17.9%) and Communist Party leader Georges Marchais (15.3%) were the next highest vote getters. The other candidates were Huguette Bouchardeau, Michel Crepeau, Michel Debre, Marie-France Garaud, Arlette Laguiller and Brice Lalonde. [55]
The first nationwide voting in Vietnam, since the 1976 forced unification of the North and South republics, was conducted for the National Assembly. Although all of the candidates had been chosen by the Communist Party's "Fatherland Front", there were 614 candidates for the 496 seats. [56]
Died: Jim Davis, 71, American TV actor who had been portraying Jock Ewing on Dallas

Events
1803 - Over 2,300 meteorite stones, weighing between one quarter ounce and 20 pounds, rained down on the people of L’Aigle in northeastern France. The meteorites poured down along an 8-mile-long strip in this little town, 100 miles west of Paris. No one was hurt; but it was the first time scientists could verify that stones could come from outer space.
1819 - The first Odd Fellows lodge in the U.S. was established -- in Baltimore, Maryland. The official name of the organization is the Independent Order (of) Odd Fellows or IOOF. You can see these initials on many buildings in communities throughout the country. These are the Odd Fellows halls where the local, secret fraternal benefit meets. The first Odd Fellows group started in Great Britain in the 18th century.

1921 - Weather broadcasts were heard for the first time on radio when WEW in St. Louis, MO aired weather news. Weather forecasts continue to be the top reason why people listen to radio; rating higher than music, news, sports and commercials! A sunny day to you wherever you may be on the planet...

1932 - Ed Wynn was heard on radio’s "Texaco Star Theater" for the first time. Wynn, a popular vaudeville performer, demanded a live audience to react to his humor if he was to make the switch to radio. The network consented and Wynn became radio’s first true superstar. He would later make the switch to TV.

1937 - This was a tragic day in history as German planes attacked the town of Guernica in Northern Spain. Without warning, the planes swooped down on the sleepy village, subjecting the citizens to three hours of continuous bombing. The village was left in flames; those who survived the bombs and tried to escape to surrounding fields were shot down by machine-gun fire from the air.

1937 - The publisher of "LIFE" magazine just about passed out when he looked at his just-off-the-press publication and noticed that someone had forgotten to put the word “LIFE” in the upper left-hand corner! It was the only time that "LIFE" was nameless. Since hundreds of thousands of copies were already printed, the magazine hit the streets with no name on the cover! The reason? A picture of a rooster would have had an obscured comb if the logotype had been used in the upper left-hand corner as usual.

1937 - The initial broadcast of "Lorenzo Jones" was heard over NBC radio this day. Karl Swenson played the lead role for the entire run of the serial. And quite a run it was. "Lorenzo Jones" was on the air until 1955.

1952 - Patty Berg set a new record for major women’s golf competition. She shot a 64 over 18 holes in a tournament in Richmond, California.

1954 - Grace Kelly, “Hollywood’s brightest and busiest star,” was seen on the cover of "LIFE" magazine. In a couple of years, the actress would leave the U.S. to become Princess Grace of Monaco.

1964 - The Boston Celtics wrapped up an unprecedented sixth consecutive NBA championship. The Celtics still had two more crowns to win, however, before the string would come to an end.

1970 - The musical, "Company", opened on Broadway. It ran for 705 performances before parting company with appreciative audiences at the Alvin Theatre in New York City. "Company" starred Elaine Stritch.

1975 - On top of the "Billboard" popular music chart was B.J. Thomas, with the longest title ever for a number one song. "(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" was number one for one week, though it took that long just to say the title.

1978 - An updated version of Mark Twain’s "The Prince and the Pauper" appeared on television. In the lead role (his first TV special), was former Beatle, Ringo Starr. He sang new versions of "Act Naturally", "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from My Friends". No tellin’ what Mark Twain might have said...

1983 - For the first time, the Dow Jones industrial average moved over the 1200 mark, just two months after smashing the 1100 barrier.

1986 - At 1:23 a.m. in Pripyat in the Ukraine when the Chernobyl atomic power station exploded. A three-hundred-square-mile area was evacuated in an attempt to protect over 100,000 residents of the area from radiation poisoning. 31 people died and unknown thousands were exposed as the radioactive material carried in the atmosphere spread throughout the world.

1987 - Tennis star Chris Evert won her 150th career tennis tournament. She beat Martina Navratilova in Houston, Texas.

Birthdays - April 26
1785 - John James Audubon (ornithologist, artist: the original Birdman; died Jan 27, 1851)
1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect: Yosemite National Park, Central Park in New York City and other city parks in Boston, MA, Hartford, CT and Louisville, KY; died Aug 28, 1903)

1882 - Jessie Redmon Fauset (author: There is Confusion, Plum Bun, The Chinaberry Tree, Comedy, American Style; literary editor: Crisis [NAACP publication]; co-publisher & editor: The Brownie Book; died in 1961)

1886 - Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey (Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett) (‘Mother of the Blues’: singer: C.C. Rider [aka See See Rider], Jelly Bean Blues, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Bo Weavil Blues;died Dec 22, 1939)

1893 - Anita Loos (author, playwright: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, I Married an Angel, San Francisco, Saratoga, The Women; died Aug 18, 1981)

1897 - Douglas Sirk (Claus Detlef Sierck) (director: Imitation of Life, A Time to Love & a Time to Die, Tarnished Angels, Written on the Wind, Magnificent Obsession, First Legion; died Jan 14, 1987)

1900 - Charles Francis Richter (seismologist: invented the Richter scale for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes; died Apr 30, 1985)

1917 - Sal (Salvatore Anthony) Maglie (‘The Barber’: baseball: pitcher: NY Giants [all-star: 1951, 1952/World Series: 1951, 1954], Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers [World Series: 1956], NY Yankees, SL Cardinals; died Dec 28, 1992)

1924 - (Theodore Marcus) Teddy Edwards (jazz musician: tenor sax: Me and My Lover; died Apr 20, 2003)

1926 - Bambi Linn (Linnemier) (dancer, actress: Your Show of Shows, Oklahoma!)

1927 - John Ralston (football: coach: Cal State Univ at San Jose, Stanford Univ; Coach/GM: Denver Broncos)

1933 - Carol Burnett (Emmy Award-winning comedienne, actress: Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall [1962-1963], Carol & Company [1962-1963], Mad About You [1996-1997]; The Carol Burnett Show, Carol Burnett and Friends, The Garry Moore Show)

1937 - Robert Boozer (basketball: Kansas State Univ., U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team [1960 gold medal])

1938 - Nino Benvenuti (International Boxing Hall of Famer: European Junior Middleweight title [1957, 1959], Olympic boxing gold medal [Rome, 1960], Junior Middleweight Champ [1965-1966], Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year [1968]; Middleweight Champ [1967-1970]; retired in 1971, total bouts: 90: won 82, lost 7, tied 1, knockouts 35)

1938 - Maurice Williams (singer, songwriter: group: Zodiacs: Stay)

1938 - Duane Eddy (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist: Rebel-’rouser, Forty Miles of Bad Road, Because They’re Young, Theme from Peter Gunn; actor: Because They’re Young, A Thunder of Drums, The Wild Westerners, The Savage Seven, Kona Coast)

1941 - Claudine Clark (singer: Party Lights)

1941 - (Dr.) Gary Cuozzo (football: Univ of Virginia all-American; NFL: QB: Baltimore Colts, NO Saints, Minnesota Vikings [Super Bowl IV], SL Cardinals; orthodontist [with his son] in Middletown NJ)

1941 - Bruce MacGregor (hockey: NHL: Detroit Red Wings, NY Rangers; VP: Edmonton Oilers)

1942 - Bobby Rydell (Robert Ridarelli) (singer: Wild One, We Got Love, Swingin’ School, Kissin’ Time, Volare, Forget Him; actor: Bye Bye Birdie, That Lady from Peking)

1947 - Donna De Varona (Olympic Hall of Famer: 400-meter individual swimming medley [1964]; International Swimming Hall of Famer; International Women’s Sports Hall of Famer; sportscaster; founder of Women’s Sports Foundation)

1947 - Boyd Matson (TV news anchor, correspondent: U.S.A. Today-The Television Series, The Real Story; TV host: National Geographic Explorer)

1947 - Amos (Joseph) Otis (baseball: NY Mets, KC Royals [all-star: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976], Pittsburgh Pirates [World Series: 1980])

1958 - Giancarlo Esposito (actor: The Usual Suspects, Smoke, Reckless, Blue in the Face, Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing, Sweet Lorraine, Bakersfield P.D.)

Chart Toppers - April 26
1948
Now is the Hour - Bing Crosby
Manana - Peggy Lee
The Dickey Bird Song - The Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Glenn Hughes)
Anytime - Eddy Arnold

1956
Heartbreak Hotel/I Was the One - Elvis Presley
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter
Ivory Tower - Cathy Carr
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

1964
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Do You Want to Know a Secret - The Beatles
Understand Your Man - Johnny Cash

1972
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Rockin’ Robin - Michael Jackson
I Gotcha - Joe Tex
Chantilly Lace - Jerry Lee Lewis

1980
Call Me - Blondie
Ride like the Wind - Christopher Cross
With You I’m Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
A Lesson in Leavin’ - Dottie West

1988
Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
Devil Inside - INXS
Wishing Well - Terence Trent D’Arby
I’ll Always Come Back - K.T. Oslin

your welcome

[Mancar1]

1949-RCA developed the Color TV broadcast capability.
Cold War started due to Russia testing their 1st Nuc.
1st VW Beetel sold in USA
$00.70 was min. wage.
Gas ave. was $00.17 a gal.
The Ferranti was the world's 1st commercially available computor.
And of course.........THE 1949 FORD.

That is all my waterlogged brain can handle. (Errrrrrr, me thinks it's not water)

[Caseys71]

1910- Yellow Cab founded
1932- Amelia Earhart completes her flight around the world
1944- Germany has already lost 400,000 soldiers, 1300 tanks, 1500 artillery, and 3500 aircraft during WWII. Also we take Paris and it is liberated by the Allies
2010- I turned 15

In 1995 the Academy Award for Best Movie went to Bravehart and the most popular movie was Toy Story
Microsoft releases Windows 95
The 55 MPH Federal speed limit is ended
1995 had the "busiest" hurricane season
San-Fransisco won the Super-Bowl
Mickey Mantel passed away
Braves won the World-Series

[Mancar1]

average cost of new car $2,650 ;avg cost of new home$14,200;gallon of gas .32 cents

man i wish those days were still around

Ya, but minimum wage was $1.25 an hour I remember

[rjewkes]

Yea the price on stuff sounds good but i remember my dad telling me he was making $175 a week farming in Lamesa, Texas in 1966.. so now we make more but everthing costs more.

Quite honestly the phrase: "the more things Change the more they seem the same" is spot on, You make 7.25 an hour minimum wage now but your house costs 135,000+/- if built new or atleast within the last ten years. back then lets say it was '66 you had either no minimum or it was around 1.25 cents an hour. so that 14,000 home felt more like todays 135,000 dollar beauties.

BTW my b-day in history.

February 9 Events in History - February 9 Birthdays - February 9 Deaths

2010 Former Phillipine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and 196 others are charged with murder relating to the Maguindanao massacre, November 2009
2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
1998 6th annual ESPY Awards
1998 Failed assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze
1997 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
1997 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
1997 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr. Pepper National Pro-Am
1997 LG Senior Golf Championship
1997 Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational
1997 Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
1997 Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
1996 WYNY-FM in New York City changes calls to WKTU-FM
1995 "Heiress" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 340 performances
1995 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
1994 Israeli minister Shimon Perez signs accord with PLO's Arafat
1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma
1992 "2 Shakespearean Actors" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 29 performances
1992 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
1992 Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ
1992 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
1992 NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
1992 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary
1991 "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46
1991 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
1991 Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him
1991 U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case
1991 Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
1990 "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
1990 Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13)
1990 Galileo flies by Venus
1990 Namibia's constitution ratified
1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989 Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
1988 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (OT) at St. Louis
1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
1987 New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
1986 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas
1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun)
1986 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen
1986 Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
1986 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
1986 Tomb of Tutanchamon's treasurer Maya found in Egypt
1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1985 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks
1984 "Rink" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 204 performances
1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s
1982 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
1980 Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game
1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special
1979 Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind"
1979 Nigeria amends constitution
1976 Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame
1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth
1974 "Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
1974 "The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)" by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24
1974 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1974 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
1972 British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth
1971 Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
1971 Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 and causes over $ B damage
1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1969 KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix
1966 Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points
1964 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
1964 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
1964 GI Joe character created
1964 Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs. England on debut at Delhi
1964 New York City news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV
1963 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet
1963 7th largest snowfall in New York City history (42.4 cm, 16.7")
1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
1960 AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
1959 Coasters's "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2
1956 -5 degrees F (15 degrees C) in Sicily
1956 KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1956 R. Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria
1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law
1955 U.S. federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO
1954 Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy
1953 "Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication
1953 WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast
1953 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA
1951 St. Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45
1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists
1948 WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia
1946 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms
1945 WAAF-corporal flies along the tail of a Spitfire
1944 U-734/U-238 sunk off Ireland
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry
1943 German riots at "plutocratenzoontjes," 1,200 in Vught Camp
1943 Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle
1943 NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
1943 Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents
1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S.
1942 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes
1942 Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils"
1941 British troops conquer El Agheila
1941 Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish cafe Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe)
1940 Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1939 Belgian Spaak government falls
1935 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
1935 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1934 -14.3 degrees F (-25.7 degrees C), coldest day in New York City
1934 -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record)
1934 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania)
1933 -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record)
1932 America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time
1932 U.S. airship Columbia crashes during storm in Flushing, New York
1929 U.S.S.R., Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact
1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools
1925 German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France
1925 Haifa Technion (Israel), opens
1924 Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR
1923 Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms
1922 Italian government of Bonomi falls
1922 Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii
1920 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
1920 Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances and alterations to baseballs
1918 Army chaplain school organizes at Ft. Monroe Va
1918 Sacha Guitry's "Deburan," premieres in Paris
1916 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription)
1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
1913 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
1912 U.S. Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
1909 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1909 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio
1906 Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising
1904 Japan declares war on Russia
1900 Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup
1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
1895 Volleyball invented by W. G. Morgan in Massachusetts
1893 Canal builder De Lesseps and others sentenced to prison for fraud
1893 Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan
1891 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in San Francisco from Sacramento
1886 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1871 Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress
1870 U.S. Army establishes U.S. National Weather Service
1867 Nebraska becomes 37th U.S. state
1863 Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane
1861 Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected president and Vice President of Confederate States of America
1861 Tennessee votes against secession
1861 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the U.S. Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states
1849 Roman Republic declared
1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president
1822 American Indian Society organizes
1807 French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon
1801 France and Austrian sign Peace of Luneville
1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
1788 Austria declares war on Russia
1775 English Parliament declares Massachusetts colony is in rebellion
1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews)
1742 British ex-premier Walpole becomes earl of Orford
1682 Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved," premieres in London
1674 English reconquer New York from Netherlands
1667 Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia/Poland signs peace treaty
1621 Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623)
1574 Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
1554 Battle at London: Sir Thomas Wyatt defeated
1540 The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester)
1537 Pope Paul III routes Cardinal Pole to England
1499 France and Venice sign treaty against Milan
1267 Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps

[FordTruck]

nothing important that i know of. it was the day before 9/11 if that counts?

[1982 flareside]

this on dec 16
1997 President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy"
1994 Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI
1993 "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 5 performances
1993 Shannen Doherty (Brenda) is fired from Beverly Hills 90210
1991 Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
1991 U.N. reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
1990 Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti
1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1989 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)
1989 Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia
1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
1987 Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-51-L mission
1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
1982 Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets
1981 Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls
1980 Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State
1979 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)
1979 Quarterback Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR
1976 Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN
1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins
1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis
1976 Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea
1975 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV
1975 Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn
1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1973 O. J. Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season
1972 Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect
1972 Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
1971 Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released
1971 India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
1970 1st successful landing on Venus (U.S.S.R.)
1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty
1969 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing
1968 KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin begins broadcasting
1967 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago
1966 Beatles release "Everywhere its Christmas" in UK
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK
1965 Gemini 6 returns to Earth
1965 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
1965 Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga
1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1962 David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres
1962 New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
1962 Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy
1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City after 55 performances
1960 "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 172 performances
1960 TWA 266 and United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134
1959 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
1958 Bogota warehouse fire kills 82
1956 "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 888 performances
1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters)
1953 Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A
1950 "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances
1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1949 Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
1948 "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater New York City for 460 performances
1945 Cleveland Rams win NFL championship
1944 Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium
1944 General Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie
1944 German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)
1944 U.S. 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid
1943 "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200
1942 Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan
1941 Sarawak occupied by Japanese
1940 British air raid on Mannheim
1940 Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
1939 Bradman scores 251* SA vs. NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes
1938 Bradman scores 143 South Australia vs. NSW, 11 fours 91 singles
1936 John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in New York City
1933 Abe de Vries and Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht
1932 Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed
1931 German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
1930 Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award
1929 Chicago Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
1927 Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia
1926 Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris
1926 Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner
1926 WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions
1924 Noel Coward's "Vortex," premieres in London
1922 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes
1922 NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket
1920 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die
1918 Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds
1915 Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity
1914 French offensive in Artois (Petain)
1913 Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week
1912 1st U.S. postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued
1912 Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia
1909 U.S. pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office
1908 1st credit union in U.S. forms, Manchester, New Hampshire
1907 Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York)
1907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
1905 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published
1903 Majestic Theater, New York City, becomes 1st in U.S. to employ women ushers
1901 Boer general Kritzinger captured
1900 Boer army under General Kritzinger take Cape colony
1897 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
1893 Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
1892 Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA vs. NSW
1886 Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"
1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1880 Republic of South Africa forms
1877 Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres
1864 Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
1862 Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution
1858 Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island
1857 Earthquake in Naples, Italy
1838 Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa
1835 Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City
1824 Great North Holland Canal opens
1817 Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon
1811 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1809 Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate
1773 Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)
1767 Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers
1761 Russian army occupies Kolberg
1740 Prussian Libya falls to Silezie
1689 English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution
1659 General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
1653 Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector
1631 Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000
1617 Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
1577 Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory
1538 King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants
1431 King Henry VI of England crowned king of France
882 Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII