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Capitol


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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