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2009 The C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets for the third time in Seoul
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 Academy 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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