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1996 Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900
1994 Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters 1992 Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies 1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq 1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador 1987 U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4 1986 Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings 1984 Walter Woolf King, actor/TV host (Lights Cameras Action), dies at 85 1984 John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72 1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) 1973 President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam 1969 Angie Everhart, born in Akron, Ohio, model/actress, Jade, Last Action Hero 1961 Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' 1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1948 Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia 1948 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra 1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure 1947 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra 1945 Simon B Buckner, U.S. Lieutenant-General/commandant of 10th Army, dies in action 1945 Maurice Rose, 1st U.S. general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45 1944 Baseball meets in New York City to discuss postwar action 1943 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down 1942 Clinton Pierce becomes 1st U.S. general wounded in action in WW II 1941 Jeremy Clyde, born in Dorney, England, musician, television actor, appearing in action series, Crossbow, drama series, The Alan Clark Diaries 1940 Chuck Norris, Carlos Ray, born in Oklahoma, martial arts actor, Missing in Action 1938 Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1 1933 House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition 1929 Allard Lowenstein, radical, Students for Democratic Action 1926 Libera Carlier, Flemish author, Action Station Go! 1917 General Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for 1st time 1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I 1914 Alberic Magnard, French composer, killed in action at 49 1910 Virginia Bruce, actress, Action in Arabia 1898 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1890 Marjorie Main, Tomlinson, Action, Indiana, actress, Another Thin Man 1886 Karl Barth, born in Basel, Switzerland, theologian and author, Action in Waiting 1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas 1865 Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39 1864 Land and naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas 1864 Leonidas Polk, general, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt 1863 Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas 1863 Cavalry action near Brandy Station-End of Gettysburg Campaign 1863 Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville - action at Salem Church 1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River 1861 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor 1810 Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies 1770 Date of action in the opera "Madeleine" 1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer, ballet d'action |
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