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1999 Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76
1993 Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91 1992 New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores 1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain 1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England 1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak 1974 Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74 1969 Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64 1966 Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at 60 1964 Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82 1955 Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois 1947 Denis Lawson, actor, Return of Jedi, Born Kicking, Chain 1942 Fred Ward, SD California, actor, Chain Reaction, Thunderheart, Equinox 1942 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction Enrico Fermi - University of Chicago 1942 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago 1937 Bobby Scott, born in Mt. Pleasant, New York, jazz singer, producer, songwriter, instrumentalist, toured with Louis Prima, No. 13 Billboard hit 'Chain Gang' 1956 1926 Big Mama Thornton, blues singer, Ball and Chain, Stronger than Dirt 1917 Carl Karcher, born in Ohio, restauranteur, founder of Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, supported Conservative causes 1908 Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist, penicillin, Nobel 1945 1904 Automobile tire chain patented 1896 Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain 1882 Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1856 Andrey Markov, born in Russia, mathematician, Markov Chain 1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain |
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