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1997 "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances

1996 David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs

1996 50th Tony Awards: Master Class and Rent win

1995 "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances

1995 Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32

1992 Colorado Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game

1991 Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77

1989 Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots

1989 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts

1989 Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore

1985 Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)

1985 1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents

1982 Elio Petri, Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53

1981 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents

1981 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents

1980 Sarah Lancaster, born in Kansas City, Kansas, actress, Rachel-Saved By Bell: New Class

1978 Natalia Cigliuti, born in New York, actress, Lindsay-Saved By Bell: New Class

1978 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years)

1975 Tannis Vallely, New York City, actress, Janice Lazorotto-Head of the Class

1975 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents

1974 1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents

1973 Tom King, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics

1971 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents)

1970 Phil Buckman, Queens, New York, actor, Slash-Drexell's Class

1970 Owen McMahon, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics

1969 Rain Pryor, actress, Head of the Class, daughter of Richard

1969 Tine Moberg-Parker, born in Oslo, Norway, Canada Europe class yachter 1996 Olympics

1968 Khrystyne Haje, Santa Clara, Cal, actress, Simone-Head of the Class

1968 Jory Husain, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actor, Jawaharial-Head of the Class

1968 Paul McKenzie, Australian Finn class yachter 1996 Olympics

1968 1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents

1967 Craig John Monk, Auckland New Zealand, finn class yachter 1996 Olympics

1967 Leslie Bega, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Maria Tomlinson-Head of the Class

1966 Brian Robbins, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Eric-Head of the Class

1966 Daniel J Schneider, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Dennis-Head of the Class

1965 Brad Pitt, actor, Cutting Class

1965 Jeff Rochlin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps

1965 Jason Gedrick, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Heavenly Kid, Class of '96

1964 Kimberly Russell, actress, Sarah-Head of the Class

1964 Robin Givens, Mrs Mike Tyson, New York City, Darlene-Head of the Class

1964 Jeni Lidgett, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics

1964 Dan Frischman, born in Whippany, New Jersey, actor, Arvid Engen-Head of the Class

1964 Rob Lowe, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class

1963 Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS

1963 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents

1962 Andrew McCarthy, New York City, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class

1962 Donald John Cowie, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1961 Christine Bridged, Australian European class yachter 1996 Olympics

1961 Virginia Madsen, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Dune, Hot Spot, Class

1960 Addy Bucek, Australian 470 class yachter, Olympics-9-92, 96

1960 Tony O'Dell, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class

1959 "Class" by Chubby Checker peaks at #38

1959 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo

1959 Brian Douglas Jones, born in Auckland New Zealand, tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics

1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record

1958 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)

1957 Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers"

1956 3rd class travel on British Railways ends

1955 Roderick Hopkins Davis, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1955 Gary Grimes, SF, actor, Summer of '42, Class of '44

1952 Jerry Houser, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44

1952 Ron Necciai of Pitts Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base

1952 TWA introduces tourist class

1950 Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland New Zealand, Tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics

1948 4 Duluth Minnesota Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in crash

1947 William Atherton, born in Connecticut, actor, Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44

1944 Jacqueline Bisset, England, actress, Class, Deep, Secrets

1942 Gunter Wallraff, born in Burscheid, Germany, writer, undercover journalist, wrote on tabloid journalism, lower working class conditions

1940 Tony Bill, SD Cal, actor, What Really Happened to the Class of '65

1940 Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor, Dr. Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class

1938 Valentin Mankin, U.S.S.R., finn class yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1937 "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class

1935 1,200 at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class

1935 Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe

1932 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents

1930 Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer, Lassiter, Ruling Class

1926 Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County

1925 Hildegarde Neff, Ulm Germany, actress, Touch of Class, Mozambique

1920 1st class debut of Walter Hammond

1919 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents

1917 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce

1915 Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class

1912 Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor, Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel

1911 Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavia, writer/politician, New Class

1886 Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class

1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University

1865 1st class cricket debut of Dr. W. G. Grace

1838 Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class

1785 Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)


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