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2000 Sir Alec Guinness, actor, Bridge on the River Kwai, dies at 86
1998 "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1997 "View From the Bridge," opens at Criterion Theater New York City 1996 Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way 1996 John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at 82 1995 Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge 1995 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion, dies at 71 1994 Hana bridge is Seoul Korea crashes, 32+ die 1994 Lili Damita, wife of Errol Flynn (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 89 1994 Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge 1993 Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge 1992 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies 1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48 1992 Easley Blackwood, expert bridge player, dies at 89 1991 George Washington Bridge raises toll from $3.00 to $4.00 1989 Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge 1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself 1985 War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai" 1984 Oswald Jacoby, U.S. contract bridge champion, dies at 81 1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3 1982 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69 1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78 1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm 1981 Humbar Estuary Bridge, U.K., world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens 1981 Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam 1981 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, vs. England at Trent Bridge 1980 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge 1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm 1977 Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham vs. Australia Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings 1977 Danny Gerard, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge 1976 Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur 1976 Liverpool wins 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge 1975 Thornton N Wilder, U.S. writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 78 1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K.; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 1975 Ivo Andric, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina', dies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, at age 82 1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks 1974 Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal) 1974 Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54 1973 Close finish at Trent Bridge, New Zealand Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440 1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge 1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure 1971 Josh Charles, actor, Crossing the Bridge, Cooperstown 1971 Golden Gate Bridge paid for 1971 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win 1970 Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35 1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado 1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge 1969 Robert Sean Leonard, New Jersey, actor, Dead Poets Society, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge 1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars 1968 London Bridge is sold to U.S. oil company to be erected in Arizona 1968 Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Washington Bridge, Hudson River New York 1967 Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hour, 34 die 1967 Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curaeao, kills 15 1967 Wilmer King, 1st casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge NY, dies 1966 Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe) 1966 Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, vs. WI Trent Bridge, wicketless 1965 Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde 1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam 1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (New York City) 1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge) 1964 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48 1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest) 1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck 1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens 1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 1958 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia 1958 Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated 1958 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge over River Kwai," Woodward and Guinness win 1957 Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66 1957 World longest suspension bridge opens in Mackinac Straits, Michigan 1957 Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge 1956 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) 1955 Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic 1955 Arthur Millers "View From The Bridge," premieres in New York City 1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge 1953 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge 1951 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds 1950 U.S. win 1st world championship bridge contest 1950 Frank Worrell completes 261 vs. England at Trent Bridge 1949 American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out 1949 Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist, Pianoman, Captain Jack, Bridge 1948 Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge 1948 Arab legion attacks Gesher bridge on Jordan River 1948 Tony DeMeur, rocker, Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge 1945 Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine 1944 U.S. 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar 1944 Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders 1944 Lieutenant-general Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far" 1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16 1941 Frank Bridge, English violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61 1940 Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash 1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated 1939 Johnny Maestro, New York rock vocalist, Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge 1939 Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx and Queens opens 1938 Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins 1938 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting U.S. and Canada 1938 Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge 1938 Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe vs. England at Trent Bridge 1938 England declare at 8 for 658 vs. Australia at Trent Bridge 1938 Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge 1938 Marlies van Alcmaer, Smal, Dutch actress/director, Bridge too Far 1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China 1937 Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II 1937 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic 1937 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, dedicated 1937 San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens 1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined 1936 Oakland Bay Bridge opens 1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens 1936 Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge 1933 Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge 1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic 1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field 1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side 1932 Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 1931 George Washington Bridge connecting New York to New Jersey opens 1931 Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal 1931 Siem Vroom, Dutch actor, The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries 1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge 1930 1st International bridge match is held in London. U.S. team defeats England 1930 Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge 1928 Marion Ross, Albert Lea, Minnesota, actress, Marion-Happy Days, Brooklyn Bridge 1928 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey) 1927 Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada dedicated 1927 Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada opens 1924 John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79 1923 Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion 1921 Malcolm Arnold, Northampton England, composer, Bridge over River Kwai 1918 William Holden, born in Illinois, actor, Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB 1917 James Donald, Aberdeen Scotland, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Vikings 1914 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York 1914 Alec Guinness, born in London, England, British actor, Bridge on River Kwai 1913 John Terence Reese, bridge master 1912 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist 1910 Albertus "Bert" Botterman, actor, Bridge Too Far 1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens 1907 Mae Clarke, Klotz, Philadelphia, actress, Frankenstein, Waterloo Bridge 1906 Eduard Ludwig, German architect, Air Bridge monument Berlin 1906 Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die 1904 Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colorado during a flash flood, kills 96 1903 Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan 1901 Sam Spiegel, producer, On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai 1901 Charles H. Goren, bridge master, 26 U.S. Titles 1900 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge" 1899 Hart Crane, U.S., poet, Bridge 1896 Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist 1895 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago 1894 London Tower Bridge opens 1892 Ivo Andric, born in Dolac, Bosnia, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina' 1891 Alan Bridge, Pennsylvania, actor, North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills 1890 Sessue Hayakawa, born in Japan, actor, Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity 1886 Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from Brooklyn Bridge 1886 David Steinman, New York City, bridge designer, Hudson, Triborough 1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl 1884 Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, invented contract bridge 1883 International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls 1883 Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12 1883 Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland 1881 Max Pechstein, German "entartet" painter/graphic artist, The Bridge 1881 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico 1879 North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) 1879 Frank Bridge, English violinist, composer and conductor /tutor of B Britten 1877 1st cantilever bridge in U.S. completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky 1876 Maria Ouspenskaya, Tula Russia, actress, Waterloo Bridge 1873 Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens 1871 Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens 1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge 1870 Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883 1870 Construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins 1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida 1864 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished 1864 Captain Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia 1864 Battle of Kellar's Bridge Kentucky, Licking River 1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge) 1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) 1864 Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi 1862 Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee 1862 Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack 1862 Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville Virginia (Meadow Bridge) 1862 Westminster Bridge across Thames opens 1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa 1855 1st train crosses 1st U.S. railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls 1847 Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bridge 1844 John Frederick Bridge, composer 1842 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn 1831 London Bridge opens to traffic 1829 1st stone arch railroad bridge in U.S. dedicated, Baltimore 1829 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author, Blood to Bridge 1796 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge 1747 Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, New York Bridge 1716 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) 1708 Great Alliance captures Bridge 1679 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish 1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building 1654 Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals 1626 Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld 1297 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English 1066 Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway |
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