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