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1997
FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls
1996
WYNY-FM in New York City changes calls to WKTU-FM
1995
"Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 454 performances
1994
Replay shows A's Bobby Witt beat KC's Gagne to 1st in 6th but ump Gary Cedarstrom calls him safe, runing Witt's perfect game
1994
"Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 454 performances
1993
President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville
1992
President candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speech calls them "you people"
1992
"Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 7 performances
1992
"Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 7 performances
1991
U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable
1990
Esther Canseco calls Oakland A's manager Tony La Russa a "punk" for not starting husband Jose in the World Series
1990
President Bush calls up military reserves
1989
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons
1989
U.K. physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
1988
WBMW-FM, Washington D.C. changes calls to WJFK and begins airing Howard Stern
1988
Consumer Reports calls for a ban on the Suzuki Samurai automobile
1988
New York City Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs
1986
RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs
1986
Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
1983
Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
1983
President Reagan calls the U.S.S.R. an "Evil Empire"
1982
Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
1980
John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's
1980
U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela
1980
Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
1978
Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army
1974
European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament
1974
Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
1973
Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
1973
The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass
1969
"Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
1968
LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world"
1966
Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW
1965
U.N. Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia
1962
French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence
1960
Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state
1957
Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1956
KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland
1950
French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
1950
WOL-AM in Washington D.C. swaps calls with WWDC
1946
Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia
1945
Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks
1945
Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy
1945
Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties
1944
KJR-AM in Seattle Washington swaps calls with KOMO
1943
Ray Buktenica, born in Greenwich Village, New York City, actor, Rhoda, House Calls
1943
"Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality and self-determination
1942
"Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations
1942
Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"
1942
Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies
1940
All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland
1939
Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
1939
Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews
1938
Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"
1935
Betsy von Furstenberg, Nelheim Ger, actress, Machine Calls it Murder
1935
1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast
1933
Wayne Rogers, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs
1931
Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
1925
Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France
1923
Gen Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship
1923
Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin
1922
Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite
1922
WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls
1918
President Hoover calls for "wheatless" and "meatless" days for war effort
1917
M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer
1917
Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests and officers
1916
Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe
1915
St. Louis 3rd base coach Miller Huggins, calls for ball Brooklyn rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and Card runner scores
1915
Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in SF
1914
Pope Benedict XV calls for peace
1913
Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China
1906
Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession
1903
Queen Wilhelmina calls railroad strikers "criminals"
1900
German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power
1875
Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms
1865
US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service
1863
President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer
1862
U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years)
1861
Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state
1800
Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles
1791
President Washington calls the U.S. Senate into its 1st special session
1788
King Louis XVI calls French States and Generals together
1787
"Federalist Papers" published, calls for ratification of Constitution
1689
Prince Willem III calls English parliament together
1648
French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together
1581
Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal
1559
Pope Paul IV calls for deposition of sovereigns supporting heresy
1420
Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten
1347
Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal
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