1999 Dirk Bogarde, actor/writer, A Tale of Two Cities, dies at 78
1990 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war)
1990 Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies
1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC
1974 Blanche Yurka, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Cry of Werewolf), dies at 86
1966 U.S. bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities
1961 Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films
1959 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach)
1958 Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater, 11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86
1954 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)
1953 Donald Albert Weibring, Jr., Quincy, Illinois, PGA golfer, 1979 Quad Cities
1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities
1942 James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities
1941 Herschel Mayall, actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78
1941 Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)
1940 Josef Swickard, actor (Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 73
1940 Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race
1938 Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities
1929 Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30)
1927 1st U.S. radio broadcast of "Cities Service Concerts"
1926 Jan Morris, travel writer, Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys
1923 KPD (communist revolts) in German Ruhr cities occupied by Allies
1917 Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record)
1908 Paul Lavalle, born in Beacon, New York, bandleader, Cities Service Band of America
1897 Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor, Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities
1893 Samuel N. Behrman, U.S. screenwriter, Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs
1891 Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Acad Award actor, Tale of 2 Cities
1889 Walter Catlett, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities
1887 Blanche Yurka, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, actress, Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities
1880 Sholem Asch, Poland, Yiddish novelist/playwright, Three Cities
1873 Rival cities of Buda and Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary
1866 Josef Swickard, born in Coblenz, Germany, actor, Lost City, Tale of 2 Cities
1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker and journalist, Shame of the Cities
1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz
1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published
1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published
1850 Ebenezer Howard, London, pioneer of garden cities
1812 Charles Dickens, born in England, novelist, Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities
1746 Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die
1540 Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico
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