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, orch 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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