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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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