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2002 Death - Avery Schreiber, comic, Burns and Schreiber, dies at 66

1997 Death - Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, suffering from burns, dies at 63

1996 Death - Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53

1996 Death - George Burns, American Comedian

1994 Event - Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus

1994 Event - George Burns, undergoes surgery to drain fluid from his brain

1994 Event - Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns down

1990 Death - Stephen Burns, actor (Casey's Shadow), dies

1989 Death - Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer and Jethro), dies at 69

1987 Death - Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist

1983 Death - Frank Link, actor (Burns and Schreiber Comedy Show), dies at 46

1982 Event - Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down

1982 Death - Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show), dies at 86

1981 Death - Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns and Allen), dies at 75

1980 Event - Yankees Reggie Jackson hits his 400th home run off Chicago's Britt Burns

1980 Event - Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine

1980 Birthday - Amanda Michelle Burns, Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1997

1978 Birthday - Brooke Burns, born in Dallas, Texas, model, actress, appeared on 'Baywatch', 'Baywatch Hawaii' television shows, hosted 'Hole in the Wall' television game show

1976 Event - Willy Burns elected chairman of Social International

1974 Birthday - Lamont Burns, guard for the New York Jets

1973 Event - 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)

1973 Event - "Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour," TV Variety; debut on ABC

1972 Birthday - Chris Burns, CFL tackle for the Calgary Stampeders

1972 Birthday - Jason Burns, NFL running back for the Cincinnati Bengals

1972 Birthday - Keith Burns, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos Superbowl 32

1971 Event - West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace

1970 Event - Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die

1970 Event - Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam

1969 Event - Willy Burns elected chancellor of West Germany

1968 Death - Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/Governor of Alabama, dies at 41

1968 Birthday - Robert David Burns, Mission Hills, California, PGA golfer, 1994 Buick-5th

1968 Death - Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55

1968 Birthday - Ed Burns, director/actor, Brothers McMullen

1968 Birthday - Edward Burns, American Actor

1967 Event - Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down

1967 Event - 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)

1966 Death - Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68

1965 Event - "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89

1965 Death - Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41

1965 Birthday - Lindsay H Burns, Big Timber Mont, rower, 1996 Olympics silver

1964 Death - Gracie Allen, Mrs. George Burns/comedian (Burns and Allen), dies at 62

1964 Death - Gracie Allen, actress (Burns and Allen), dies at 62

1963 Death - Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67

1963 Event - C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down

1959 Birthday - Pete Burns, rocker, Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round

1958 Event - Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students and 3 nuns (Chic)

1958 Death - Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns and Allen), dies at 47

1958 Event - Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere

1958 Event - Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere and burns up

1956 Event - Aircraft carrier "Bennington" burns off RI, killing 103

1954 Birthday - Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John

1953 Birthday - Ken Burns, epic documentary maker, Civil War, Baseball

1950 Event - Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)

1948 Birthday - Max Burns, American Politician

1947 Birthday - Michael Burns, Mineola LI, actor, Barnaby West-Wagon Train

1945 Birthday - Catherine Burns, New York City, actress, Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher

1945 Event - SS burns and shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen

1944 Death - Heinz Burns, German, Gold Medal 1936 Olympics, dies in bombing

1944 Event - Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore

1943 Death - John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies

1942 Birthday - Les Burns, local councillor

1936 Birthday - Mark Burns, British director, Juggernaut

1935 Birthday - Ronnie Burns, born in Evanston, Illinois, adopted son of George Burns

1935 Birthday - Conrad Burns, American Politician

1934 Event - Luxury liner "Morro Castle" burns off New Jersey, killing 134

1933 Birthday - Jack Burns, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, Burns and Schreiber

1932 Birthday - George Burns, British TV host

1932 Event - George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "Guy Lombardo Show"

1929 Event - WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down

1929 Event - AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down

1926 Event - Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California

1926 Event - George Burns marries Gracie Allen

1923 Event - Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play

1923 Birthday - Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer, Homer and Jethro

1920 Event - Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal

1918 Birthday - James MacGregor Burns, political writer, The Lion and the Fox

1918 Event - New York Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia A's

1918 Event - NHL Montreal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down

1917 Birthday - Robert Burns Woodward, organic chemist, Nobel 1965

1916 Event - Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down

1914 Event - German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice

1914 Birthday - Fred Clark, born in Lincoln California, actor, Burns and Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard

1910 Birthday - Bill Goodwin, born in San Francisco, California, announcer, Jolson Story, Burns and Allen

1909 Event - Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th

1908 Event - Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title

1908 Event - Jack Johnson KO Tommy Burns and becomes 1st black heavyweight champ

1908 Birthday - Ray Burns Green, composer

1908 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1908 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1908 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1908 Event - Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th

1908 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

1908 Event - Quickest world heavyweight title fight (Burns KOs Roche in 88 seconds)

1908 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Jem Roche in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1908 Event - Collingwood Elementary, Cleveland, burns, kills 173 kids and 2 teachers

1908 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Jack Palmer in 4 for heavyweight boxing title

1908 Event - Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170

1907 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1907 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

1907 Event - Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title

1906 Event - Tommy Burns and Jack O'Brien fight to a draw in 20 for hw boxing title

1906 Event - Tommy Burns KOs Jim Burns in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1906 Birthday - Harry Von Zell, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, TV announcer, Burns and Allen

1906 Birthday - Harry Von Zell, sidekick, George Burns Show

1906 Birthday - Gracie Allen, Mrs. George Burns, comedienne, George Burns Show

1906 Event - Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title

1904 Event - Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in New York's East River (1,031 die)

1904 Birthday - Arthur F. Burns, economist/chairman, Federal Reserve Board

1904 Birthday - Arthur Frank Burns, Ukrainian Economist

1902 Birthday - Gracie Allen, born in San Francisco, California, Mrs. George Burns/comedian, Burns and Allen

1902 Birthday - David Burns, actor, Music Man, Hello Dolly!

1896 Birthday - George Burns, New York City, actor/comedian, Oh God

1896 Birthday - Rolfe Sedan, New York City, actor, Mailman-George Burns Show

1890 Event - Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540

1883 Event - Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson and Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn

1870 Event - Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100

1865 Event - P. T. Barnum's museum burns down

1865 Event - Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War

1864 Event - Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta

1862 Event - Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico

1854 Event - Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by U.S. Deputy marshals in Boston

1850 Event - Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio, 206 die

1842 Event - City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)

1837 Event - "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies

1836 Event - Patent Office burns in Wash, DC

1825 Birthday - William Wallace Burns, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1818 Event - Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," and "Gadfly"

1804 Event - Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it

1796 Death - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37

1781 Event - British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va

1759 Birthday - Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet, Auld Lang Syne

1685 Death - Geeraerdt Burns, theologist, poet and historian, dies at 59

1674 Death - Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns, dies at 52

1652 Event - Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns

1622 Birthday - Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns

1613 Event - Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down

1553 Death - Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy

1539 Event - St. Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning













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