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1997 Death - Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66
1987 Event - Soap opera "Capitol" final episode 1983 Event - Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries 1982 Event - Soap opera "Capitol" premieres 1980 Event - Capitol Records releases some rare Beatles tracks 1971 Event - Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C. 1965 Event - Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales) 1965 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama 1960 Birthday - Leslie Graves, Silver City, New Mexico, actress, Capitol 1959 Birthday - Todd Curtis, actor, Capitol, Skip-Young and Restless 1955 Birthday - Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor, Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital 1954 Event - "Barefoot Contessa" starring Ava Gardner premieres at the Capitol 1954 Birthday - Catherine Hickland, Ft. Lauderdale, actress, Capitol, Star Trek IV 1952 Event - "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York City 1942 Event - Capitol Record Co. opens for business 1940 Birthday - Julie Parrish, Middlesboro, Kentucky, actress, Good Morning World, Capitol 1939 Event - "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY 1935 Death - Huey P Long, (Sen-La) assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building 1935 Event - 1st "March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol 1933 Birthday - Constance Towers, actress, Capitol, Shock Corrider, Naked Kiss 1922 Event - 1st airplane lands at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. 1918 Birthday - Rory Calhoun, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan 1894 Event - Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol 1864 Event - Statuary Hall in U.S. Capitol forms 1823 Birthday - Mother Joseph, Esther Pariseau, religious leader, US capitol 1802 Event - Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library 1800 Event - Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C. in incompleted Capitol building 1793 Event - President Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building 1764 Birthday - Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect, built Capitol 1759 Birthday - William Thornton, architect, Capitol building, Washington D.C. |
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