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2004 Laura Branigan, singer, How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?, dies at 47
2004 Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards 1997 At 6:11 AM San Francisco experiences a black out 1995 New York City agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNew York City AM and FM) 1995 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM 1994 -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio 1993 Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47 1993 Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 minutes U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM 1993 Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM) 1993 Bob Fitzsimmons, New York radio DJ (WNEW AM/WABC AM/WHN AM), dies at 53 1992 WNew AM (1130) New York City resigns air, replaced by WBBR 1992 WNEW AM radio on 1130 in New York City ends transmitting after 58 years 1992 FCC rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12) 1991 Tutte Lemkow, dancer/dir (Captain Paradise, I am a Camera), dies at 73 1991 Pan Am games closes in Havana 1991 Pan Am games open in Havana 1990 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!" 1989 At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio 1988 New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die 1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM 1987 Roger Lewis, aviation executive (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 1987 "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3:47 AM 1987 Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87 1985 Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM in New York 1982 John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27 1982 WQXI, Atlanta, is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system 1982 KHJ (LA) and KFRC (SF) become 2nd and 3rd stereo AM stations 1982 FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo 1982 Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing 153 1981 Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11:30 AM 1981 MTV premieres at 12:01 AM 1981 Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd) 1980 61 degrees F in Boston at 1 AM 1980 Phillies and San Francisco Giants end their game at 3:11 AM 1977 2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am and KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582 1977 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in New York City 1977 583 die in aviation's worst disaster KLM-Pan Am 747 crash on Tenerife 1976 Pan Am begins non-stop flights New York City - Tokyo 1975 Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball 1975 Phillies and New York Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM 1975 "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host 1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 1969 Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM, GMT 1968 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan 1968 Yankees and Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew 1968 Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion 1967 BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles 1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million 1966 Phillies and Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM 1966 "I Am A Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel peaks at #3 1966 Pan Am places $525,000,000 order for 25 Boeing 747s 1965 Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris 1965 1st all news radio station (WINS 1010 AM in New York City) begins operating 1965 At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada 1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck 1963 At 10:59 AM census clock, records U.S. population at 190,000,000 1963 Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) 1962 Stevenson demands U.S.S.R. ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" 1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM 1960 Linda Jezek, born in California, backstroke swimmer, Pan Am Gold-1979 1959 Pan Am begins regular flights around World 1958 Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA 1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM 1955 Paul Simonon, English pop bassist, Clash-Havana 3 AM 1955 Johannes AM "Hans" van Tongeren, Dutch actor, Hunk 1953 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed 1953 Chaka Khan, born in Great Lakes, Illinois, rocker, Rufus-I am Every Woman 1952 "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" 1952 Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, born in Tripoli Libya, bomber, Pan Am 103 1951 John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in New York City 1949 Cyndy Garvey, born in Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host, AM LA 1947 Rick Derringer, rocker, I am the Real American, Hulk Hogan's theme 1947 Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline 1942 1st around world flight, Pan Am "Pacific Clipper" 1941 Helen Reddy, born in Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, I Am Woman 1941 Frank AM Aendenboom, Flemish actor, Lion of Flanders 1940 Dutch "Curfew" forms (12 AM - 4 AM) 1940 Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper 1939 Pan Am's 1st U.S. to England flight 1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger and air mail service 1939 Hugh Masekela, born in Wilbank, South Africa, trumpeter, I Am Not Afraid 1937 Pan Am starts San Francisco-to-Auckland, New Zealand service 1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am 1936 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am) 1933 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment, Prohibition, repealed 1930 Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62 1929 AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down 1927 At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris 1927 Martin Walser, born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany, writer, 1998 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade winner, known for 'Runaway Horse', famous for describing conflicts his anti-heroes have in stories and novels 1925 French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. "Every day in every way I am getting better and better" 1921 Jerome Hines, Heinz, born in Hollywood, California, basso, I am The Way 1918 Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front) 1918 Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor, Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera 1916 Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter 1912 Marga AM Klompe, 1st Netherland woman elected minister 1912 Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on 1912 Roger Lewis, aviation executive, Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am 1910 Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader, ANC/SACP 1909 John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D 1906 Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles 1903 At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) 1903 Lodewijk AM "Lou" Lichtveld, Albert Helman, Suriname author 1903 Glenna Collett Vare, born in Rhode Island, National Am Golf champ, 1922, 25, 28-30, 35 1900 Alexandre AM Stols [Chl van Halsbeke], publisher, History of Ecuador 1899 Gerald Moore, England, pianist, Am I Too Loud 1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, born in Long Island, New York, founder, Pan Am Airways 1896 England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) 1890 Hans Gal, born in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory 1889 Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary, genocidal leader of Germany 1887 Multatuli, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature, dies in Ingelheim am Rhine, Germany 1873 Otto Loewi, Frankfurt am Main Germany, physician, Nobel-1936 1868 Severe earthquake at 7:53 AM, centered in Hayward, California 1865 Abraham Lincoln, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at 7:22 am, Representative-R-Illinois 1847 - 1849, 16th president 1861 - 1865 1856 Achad Ha'am, Asjer Ginsberg, Hebrew philosopher and writer 1842 Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher 1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking 1597 At 4:30 AM Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya for Netherlands 1571 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM |
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