2014 Event Multiple U.S. food chains in China drop meat supplier Shanghai Husi after reports that the company used expired meat and unsanitary processing conditions; companies include McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King and Starbucks 2005 Death Charlie Bell, Australian Businessman 1997 Death Bob Bell, clown (WGN's 1st Bozo), dies at 75 1997 Death Bobby Helms, singer, Recorded Jingle Bell Rock, dies at 63 1997 Event Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic 1997 Event John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker 1997 Event Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf 1996 Death Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86 1995 Event David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus and Buddy) 1992 Death Tommy Nutter, fashion designer (bell bottom pants), dies of AIDs at 49 1991 Death Hal Bell, dies at 65 1991 Death Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete 1990 Death John Stewart Bell, Irish Physicist 1987 Event George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP 1986 Event Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees 1986 Event De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25 1985 Death Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies 1985 Event Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins 1984 Event AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies 1983 Birthday Richard Jackson, Redlands, California, actor, Ryan Meyers-Saved by the Bell 1982 Death Melville Bell Grosvenor, President National Geographic Society, dies at 80 1982 Event AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies 1980 Birthday Sarah Lancaster, born in Kansas City, Kansas, actress, Rachel-Saved By Bell: New Class 1978 Death Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash 1978 Birthday Natalia Cigliuti, born in New York, actress, Lindsay-Saved By Bell: New Class 1977 Birthday Jonathan Angel, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Tommy Delucca-Saved By The Bell 1977 Birthday Lisa Bell, Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Midwestern Sr champ 1977 Birthday Dustin Diamond, born in San Jose, California, actor, Screech-Saved By Bell 1976 Birthday Melanie Joyce Bell, Vernon New Jersey, Miss America-New Jersey 1997 1976 Event Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall 1975 Birthday Natasha Bell, Miss Michigan USA 1996 1974 Birthday Ricky Bell, cornerback for the Chicago Bears 1974 Birthday Brigette Wilson, actress, Mortal Kombat, Billy Madison, Save by Bell 1974 Birthday Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor, played Zack on Saved by the Bell 1974 Event James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame 1974 Birthday Tiffani-Amber Theissen, born in Long Beach, California, actress, Saved by Bell, 90210 1974 Birthday Tiffani Thiessen, born in Long Beach, California, actress, appeared in 'Saved By the Bell' and 'Beverly Hills, 90210' television series 1973 Birthday Mario Lopez, born in San Diego, California, actor, A C Slater-Saved by the Bell 1973 Death Katina Paxinou, actress (For Whom the Bell Tolls, Zita), dies at 72 1972 Birthday David Bell, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals 1972 Birthday Elizabeth Berkley, born in Michigan, actress, Jessie-Saved by the Bell, Showgirl 1972 Event Greg Luzinski's 500' home run hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet 1972 Birthday Christian Oliver, actor in Baby Sitters Club, Brian-Saved by the Bell 1971 Birthday Colbie Bell, born in Edmonton, Alberta, 100kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Myron Bell, NFL safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1971 Birthday William Bell, NFL running back for the Washington Redskins 1970 Birthday Coleman Bell, NFL tight end for the Washington Redskins 1968 Birthday Lauralee "Bug" Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Cricket-Young and Restless 1968 Birthday Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1968 Birthday Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder for the Houston Astros 1968 Birthday Catherine Bell, born in London, England, actress, known for role as Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie on 'JAG' television show, 1997 - 2004 1968 Birthday Michael Bivins, Boston, rock vocalist, New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe 1968 Event 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old 1968 Event 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike 1968 Event Jocelyn Bell discovers 1st pulsar 1967 Birthday Ronnie Devoe, Boston, vocals, New Edition, Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl 1967 Birthday Ricky Bell, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock vocalist, New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe 1966 Birthday Teresa Zarzeczny Bell, born inWashington Crossing, New Jersey, rower, Silver Medal 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Jay Bell, Eglin AFB, Florida, infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1964 Death Clive Bell, English Critic 1964 Birthday Andy Bell, rocker, Erasure-Oh L'Amour 1963 Event Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone 1963 Birthday Michelle Bell, Melrose, Massachusetts, LPGA golfer, 1981 Mass School Girls Champ 1962 Death Rex Bell, actor/lieutenant governor of Nevada, dies of heart attack at 56 1961 Event Wind Bell, journal of San Francisco Zen Center, begins publishing 1961 Birthday Brian Thomas Kamm, born in Rochester, New York, PGA golfer, 1994 Bell Canadian-6th 1961 Event Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom 1960 Birthday Charlie Bell, Australian Businessman 1960 Death Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79 1959 Birthday George Bell, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP 1959 Death Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64 1957 Birthday Fulton Peter Allem, Kroonstad South Africa, PGA golfer, 1993 SW Bell 1956 Event Bell X-2 sets Unofficial manned aircraft altitude record 126,000'+ 1956 Event Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph 1956 Event Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header 1956 Birthday Pillow, Therese Joan Bell, California, bodybuilder, Gold Classic 1983 1955 Event Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight 1954 Event Bell labs announces 1st solar battery 1953 Event Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A 1953 Event Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane 1951 Birthday Ronald Bell, Youngstown, Ohio, rock sax, Kool and The Gang 1951 Event Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4 1951 Birthday Chris Bell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Big Star 1950 Birthday Robert "Kool" Bell, Youngstown, Ohio, rocker, Kool and the Gang 1950 Event Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories 1948 Event Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced, Bell Labs 1948 Birthday James Wise, U.S. soul singer, Archie Bell and the Drells 1947 Event Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs 1947 Birthday Marilyn Hassett, LA Ca, actress, Bell Jar, Other Side of Mt 1947 Event Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015) 1947 Birthday Eric Bell, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, rock guitarist, Thin Lizzy 1946 Event SW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St. Louis 1946 Death William Henry Bell, composer, dies at 72 1946 Event Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia 1945 Birthday Art Bell, American Entertainer 1945 Birthday Willie Parnell, U.S. singer, Archie Bell and the Drells 1945 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano) 1945 Birthday Maggie Bell, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rocker 1944 Birthday Archie Bell, U.S. singer, & the Drells-Tighten up 1944 Birthday Florence LaRue Gordon, Penn, rocker, 5th Dimension-One Less Bell 1944 Event Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59 1942 Event Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st U.S. jet, makes maiden flight 1942 Birthday Madeline Bell, U.S. singer, Black Nativity 1940 Birthday Billy Davis, Jr., born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, 5th Dimension-One Less Bell 1940 Birthday Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs 1939 Birthday William Bell, Yarborough, U.S. singer, Tryin' to Love Two 1938 Birthday Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough 1936 Event Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use 1935 Birthday Jimmy Powell, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1990 Southwestern Bell Classic 1933 Birthday Bobby Helms, rock vocalist, Jingle Bell Rock 1932 Birthday Sylvia Plath, Victoria Lucas, U.S., poet, Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar 1930 Birthday Gregory C Bell, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, long jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1928 Birthday John S. Bell, Irish Physicist 1927 Birthday William J. Bell, born in Chicago, Illinois, soap opera creator, Young and Restless 1926 Death Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert and Sown), dies at 57 1926 Birthday Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director, Kew Gardens 1925 Birthday Julie Harris, Grosse Pt, Michigan, actress, Bell Jar, East of Eden 1922 Death Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies 1921 Birthday Peggy Kirk Bell, LPGA golfer 1919 Birthday Daniel Bell, American Sociologist 1915 Event Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in SF 1914 Birthday John Hodiak, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat 1912 Birthday Pauline Trigere, fashion designer, Bell Bottoms 1912 Event South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1910 Birthday Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher 1906 Birthday Era Bell Thompson, Dakota Dick, U.S. actress, Ebony 1906 Birthday A J "Sandy" Bell, South Africa cricket fast bowler, 16 Tests 1929-35 1905 Birthday Rex Bell, Chicago, cowboy actor, Cowboys and Injuns, lieutenant governor, Nevada 1904 Event Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms 1903 Birthday Donald Voorhees, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, conductor, Bell Telephone Hour 1903 Birthday Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete 1899 Birthday Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor, For Whom the Bell Tolls 1899 Birthday Ernest Hemingway, born in Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled..., Nobel 1954 1895 Birthday DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, Pennsylvania, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF, Eagles 1888 Birthday Henry Armetta, Italian/U.S. actor, Bell for Adano, Big Store 1883 Birthday Sam Wood, U.S., communist fighter/director, For Whom the Bell Tolls 1881 Birthday Clive Bell, English Critic 1881 Event Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange 1876 Event 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) 1876 Event Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone 1876 Event A G Bell and Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor 1875 Event Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission 1873 Birthday William Henry Bell, composer 1868 Birthday Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist, Desert and The Sown 1864 Death David Bell Birney, U.S. lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39 1864 Event CSA President Davis replaces General Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood 1862 Birthday Ida Bell Wells-Barnett [Iola], U.S. civil rights activist 1854 Birthday Thomas A. Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant, Telephone 1847 Birthday Alexander Graham Bell, born in Scotland, inventor of the telephone 1839 Birthday Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet, Bell Birds 1839 Birthday William Bell Wait, U.S., educated the blind 1835 Event Liberty Bell cracks, again 1831 Birthday John Bell Hood, General Confederate Army 1825 Birthday David Bell Birney, Major General Union volunteers 1825 Birthday Samuel Bell Maxey, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1815 Birthday Tyree Harris Bell, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1808 Birthday Henry Haywood Bell, Commander Union Navy 1798 Birthday Charles H Bell, Commander Union Navy 1778 Event Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left 1775 Event Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress 1752 Event Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia 1666 Death Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies 1592 Birthday Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer 1487 Event Bell chimes invented
