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2002 Ian McNaughton, director, Monty Python's Flying Circus, dies at 76
1997 John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81 1995 Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at 80 1994 Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82 1994 Circus performers Marissa Young (24) and Matt Richardson (21) wed 1993 Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83 1991 "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin New York City after 32 performances 1991 "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" opens at Gershwin New York City for 32 performances 1979 Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 1978 Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 1977 Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini," premieres in Amsterdam 1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC 1973 John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC 1971 Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57 1971 New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business 1970 Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87 1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC 1969 BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus 1968 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired 1968 Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas 1968 John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1964 "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances 1964 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances 1961 Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil 1961 Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die 1961 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 1960 Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts 1960 Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71 1959 Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 1956 Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent 1945 Micky Dolenz, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Circus Boy and singer, Monkees 1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut 1941 Graham Chapman, England, comedian, Monty Python's Flying Circus 1940 Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan 1938 Bertram Wagstaff Mills, circus proprietor, dies 1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams, lion tamer, Ringling Bros Circus 1933 Kathryn Grant Crosby, Houston Texas, actress, Mr Cory, Big Circus 1932 Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity 1926 Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus 1922 Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War 1919 Merce Cunningham, choreographer, Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus 1918 Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68, Ivanhoe, Illinois 1916 John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter 1914 Ralph Herman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Circus Time 1911 Oscar Carre, circus director, dies at 64 1911 Oscar Carre, circus director, dies at 64 1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus 1906 James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at 58 1905 Charles Finney, U.S., author, Circus of Dr. Lao 1903 John Ringling North, circus director, Ringling Bros 1903 Chill Wills, born in Seagoville, Texas, actor, Fronteir Circus, Rounders 1900 Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor, Jack Benny Show, At the Circus 1898 Emmett Kelly, Sedan, Kansas, circus clown, Weary Willie 1898 Robert Keith, Fowler, Indiana, actor, Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One 1897 Robert Ringling, circus master 1894 Johnnie Gough, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Smooth as Satin, Circus Kid 1892 Joe E Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio, comedian, Buck Circus Hour 1891 Phineas T Barnum, U.S. circus promoter (B and Bailey), dies at 88 1889 John Sanger, circus entrepreneur, dies 1889 Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor, Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway 1888 Lee Moran, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Circus Clown 1888 Bobby Clark, vaudevillan, World's funniest circus clown 1887 Amsterdam's Oscar Carres Circus Theater opens 1884 Ringling Brothers circus premieres 1884 Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 1883 Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter 1883 Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430 1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo 1881 Barnum and Bailey Circus debuts 1880 Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director 1873 P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (New York City) 1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name 1847 James Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario, Barnum and Bailey 1846 Oscar Carre, Dutch circus director 1835 P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US 1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter, Barnum and Bailey 1810 Phineas T Barnum, circus magnate 1793 President Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in U.S. 1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus 64 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire |
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