2002 Carrie Hamilton, actress/writer, Hollywood Arms, dies at 38
1997 U.N. pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq
1993 U.N. authorizes arms, miltary and police supply embargo against Haiti
1993 George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon
1992 U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya
1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1986 Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time
1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran
1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
1984 June Preisser, dancer/actress (Babes in Arms), dies in car crash at 61
1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
1983 Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala
1982 "Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin New York City after 69 performances
1982 "Your Arms are Too Short..." opens at Alvin New York City for 69 performances
1981 U.S. furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1979 Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51
1975 Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
1972 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria
1969 France begins arms embargo against Israel
1965 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)
1961 U.N. bans nuclear arms
1959 Charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58
1956 Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74
1954 Neal Schon, rock guitarist, Journey-Open Arms, Bad English
1950 "Arms and the Girl" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 134 performances
1950 "Arms and the Girl" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 134 performances
1949 Ross Valory, SF, rock bassist, Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms
1949 Steve Perry, Hanford, California, vocalist, Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry
1948 Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras
1943 Theodore Wilson, New York City, actor, That's My Mama, Sanford Arms
1943 Alain Corneau, director, Choice of Arms
1940 O. B. McClinton, [Burnett], country singer, Keep your arms around me
1939 U.S. allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II
1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents
1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer
1929 Russell Arms, born in Berkeley, California, vocalist, Your Hit Parade
1925 Rock Hudson, Winnetka, Illinois, actor, Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms
1925 League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage
1922 Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms
1922 U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
1919 Jennifer Jones, [Phyllis Isley], born in Oklahoma, actress, Farewell to Arms
1907 Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer
1900 Mary Philips, CT, actress, Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde
1894 George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man," premieres in London
1891 JN Arthur Rimbaud, poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies at 37
1887 Lynn Fontanne, born in Woodford, England, Bdwy actress, Dulcy, Arms and the Man
1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
1861 Federal marshals seize arms and gunpower at Du Pont works DE
1854 Friedrich A. Krupp, German arms manufacturer
1849 Basil Zaharoff, arms dealer, "merchant of death"
1812 Alfred Krupp, German arms merchant
1775 Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent
1686 William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies
1614 Jacob Colijn, s, Dutch coat of arms painter
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