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2009 The 5th Summit of the Americas takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad, thirty-four heads of government attend

1997 President Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College

1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend)

1995 Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel

1995 Shlomo Averbach, Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend

1995 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo

1994 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral

1992 Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66

1991 Palestinians attend U.S. mideast peace talks in Madrid

1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park

1987 "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands

1987 Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend Devils-Flame NHL game, New Jersey wins 7-5

1979 Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, New York City

1978 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York

1978 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York

1978 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario California

1974 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario California

1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"

1972 200,000 attend Mount Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania

1972 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

1971 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana

1970 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut

1970 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City

1970 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival

1969 300,000 attend Altamont California rock concert feature Rolling Stones

1969 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati

1969 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival

1969 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival

1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash

1969 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival

1969 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival

1969 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep and Janis Joplin

1969 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island

1969 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival

1969 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear

1968 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival

1968 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, California

1968 Paul McCartney and Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert

1967 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival

1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California

1967 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF

1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights

1965 Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert

1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend

1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer

1954 James E. Wilkins is 1st black to attend a U.S. cabinet meeting

1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever

1950 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington D.C.

1924 White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend

1920 Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland

1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match

1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st President to attend a World Series game

1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University

1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school

1838 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions

1827 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna

1430 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services

1428 King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons


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