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