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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