2003 Bobby Hatfield, singer, the Righteous Brothers, dies at 63
2002 Stephen Ambrose, historian/writer, Band of Brothers, dies at 66
2001 Kathleen Freeman, actress, Blues Brothers, dies at 82
2000 Harold Nicholas, dancer, the Nicholas Brothers, dies at 79
1999 Donald Mills, singing brother, The Mills Brothers, dies at 84
1999 Bill Ballantine, clown, Ringling Brothers Clown College, dies at 87
1998 Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tueday night programming
1997 Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69
1995 "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 839 performances
1995 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City)
1994 Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995
1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances
1994 Bill Quinn, U.S. actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies at 81
1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances
1993 "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 839 performances
1991 Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN
1988 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers
1986 Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)
1986 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn
1986 Harry Ritz, comedian/actor (Ritz Brothers), dies at 79
1986 O'Kelly Isley, U.S., singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48
1985 Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81
1985 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell
1984 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers
1984 Brothers Anton and Peter Stastny score 8 pts each for NHL Quebec
1983 Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)
1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 5 performances
1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 5 performances
1982 Harry Mills, U.S., singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70
1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
1981 Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH)
1981 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co
1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres
1980 "Blues Brothers," premieres in Chicago
1980 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn
1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens
1979 Zeppo Marx, [Herbert], U.S. comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1977 Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic and Concert for United Way
1977 Gummo [Milton] Marx, U.S. comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
1976 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
1975 Rick and Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out
1975 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" and Ringo on "Smother Brothers"
1974 "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52
1974 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joins Doobie Brothers
1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers
1973 Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash
1973 Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers
1973 Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses
1972 Plate ump and catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is ump and Tom Haller is Tigers catcher, Kansas City Royals win 1-0
1971 Eric Menendez, New York, accused of killing his parents, Menendez Brothers
1969 "Smothers Brothers comedy Hour," last airs on CBS-TV
1968 Ed Burns, director/actor, Brothers McMullen
1968 Lyle Menendez, New York, accused of killing his parents, Menendez Brothers
1967 "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1965 Ira Louvin, country singer (Louvin Brothers), dies at 41
1965 Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1
1963 Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour
1963 Jimmy Osmond, rocker, Osmond Brothers
1963 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" and "Ruby Baby"
1962 Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show
1962 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"
1962 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
1962 Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron homer in same inning
1962 Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout"
1962 Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82
1961 Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74
1961 Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68
1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
1959 Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me"
1959 Terri Treas, born in Kansas City Kansas, actress, Hannah-7 Brides for 7 Brothers
1957 Donny Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie
1957 Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1
1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender)
1955 NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing
1955 Louis Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, rock bassist/vocalist, Brothers Johnson
1955 Jay Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie
1953 John McFee, rock guitarist, Doobie Brothers, Clover
1953 Drake Hogestyn, Ft. Wayne Indiana, actor, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers
1953 George Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Brothers Johnson
1953 Merrill Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie
1953 Alan Rubin, music figure, Blues Brothers
1953 Brett Hudson, born in Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show
1952 Michael McDonald, St. Louis, rock keyboardist/vocals, Doobie Brothers
1952 Ketih Knudsen, Ames, Iowa, rocker, Doobie Brothers
1952 Chet McCracken, born in Seattle, Washington rocker, Doobie Brothers
1951 Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie
1951 Mark Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show
1950 Mike Hossack, Patterson, New Jersey, rock drummer, Doobie Brothers
1950 John Hartman, born in Falls Church, Virginia, rock drummer, Doobie Brothers
1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
1950 Cyril Neville, rocker, Neville Brothers
1949 Bill Hudson, Portland, Oregon, comedian, Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show
1949 Joyce Brothers, psychologist/author/columnist
1949 Alan Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie
1949 Michael Brecker, rocker, Brecker Brothers
1949 John Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, SNL, Blues Brothers
1947 Gregg Allman, Nashville, guitarist and vocalist, Allman Brothers Band
1947 Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks, drummer, Allman Brothers
1946 Duane Allman, born in Nashville, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Allman Brothers
1945 Patrick Simmons, rocker, Doobie Brothers
1944 Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, U.S. rock drummer, Allman Brothers
1943 John Maus, New York City, rock vocalist, Walker Brothers
1943 Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph and His Brothers"
1942 Ann Elder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, comedienne, Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In
1942 Joe Chambers, born in Los Angeles, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, Chambers Brothers
1942 Gary Leeds, born in Glendale, California, rocker, Walker Brothers
1941 Aaron Neville, U.S. singer/keyboardist, Neville Brothers
1939 Dick Smothers, New York City, comedian, Smother Brothers' Show
1938 Charles Neville, U.S. rock vocalist/saxophonist, Neville Brothers
1938 3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time, charity all star game
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pitts)
1938 Mason Williams, Abilene, Texas, writer, Smother Brothers Hour
1938 Willie Chambers, guitarist and vocalist, Chambers Brothers
1937 Art Neville, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, Neville Brothers
1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in New York
1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in LA
1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released
1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1935 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello
1934 Ben Piazza, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, actor, Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas
1933 1st time, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox
1931 George Chambers, MS, rock bassist/vocalist, Chambers Brothers
1930 Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever
1929 Wazir Mohammad, cricketer, eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammed brothers
1928 Joyce Brothers, New York City, pop psychologist, $64,000 Question, Naked Gun
1928 Joyce Brothers, New York City, pop psychiatrist, $64,000 question winner
1928 Dodge Brothers Inc. and Chrysler Corp. merged
1928 Jane Powell, born in Portland Oregon, singer and actress, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers
1927 Anita Kerr, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1927 Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers
1926 Vic Ames, rocker, Ames Brothers
1924 Ira Louvin, born in Rainsville, Alabama, country singer, Louvin Brothers
1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln
1920 D. J. Enright, born in England, poet and novelist, Some Men are Brothers
1917 Howard Keel, born in Illinois, actor/singer, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Kiss Me Kate
1915 Donald Mills, singer, Mills Brothers
1912 Herbert Mills, singer, Mills Brothers
1909 Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes
1909 Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers
1909 Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army
1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus
1907 Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer, Ritz Brothers
1906 Wright Brothers patent the aeroplane
1905 French Dufaux brothers test helicopter
1904 Roland Winters, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Mama, Smothers Brothers
1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
1901 Al Ritz, [Joaquim], Newark, New Jersey, actor, Ritz Brothers, Hi Ya Chum
1901 [Herbert] Zeppo Marx, New York City, comedian/actor, Marx Brothers
1897 Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor and director, Corsican Brothers
1895 Auguste Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema
1895 Louis Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema
1893 1st auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng vs. SA (Cape Town)
1891 Jan B. Cammans, Flemish actor, Brothers Karamazov
1891 "Chico" Marx, New York City, actor/comedian, Marx Brothers, Animal Crackers
1889 Margaret Dumont, actress-Marx Brothers' foil, Day at the Races
1889 John Mills, dancer, Mills Brothers
1888 Harpo Marx, [Adolph] New York City, actor/comedian, Marx brothers
1887 Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], New York City, comedian, Marx Brothers
1884 Ringling Brothers circus premieres
1880 Frank Orth, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actor, Boston Blackie, Brothers
1867 Wilbur Wright, of aeronautical fame, Wright Brothers
1866 1st train robbery in U.S. (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
1783 Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon, unmanned
1550 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55
1528 Lucas van Prague, Czech leader of Bohemian Brothers, dies at about 68
1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop, Bohemian brothers
1495 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder, Brothers of Mercy
843 Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France
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