2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, promoting free community college education, increased capital gains taxes on the rich, more paid time off for employees, and greater tax credits for the middle class 2010 Event Economic losses mount and class action lawsuits are filed as the U.S. Coast Guard plans a controlled burn to remove spilled oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster 1997 Event "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances 1996 Event David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs 1996 Event 50th Tony Awards: Master Class and Rent win 1995 Event "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances 1995 Death 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 Event Colorado Rockies 1st minor league team's (Bend Oregon in Class A) game 1991 Death Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77 1989 Event Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots 1989 Event Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts 1989 Event Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore 1985 Event Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire) 1985 Event 1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents 1983 Birthday Jessica Lynch, born in Palatine, West Virginia, former Private First Class in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, captured by Iraqis, recovered by special ops forces 1982 Death Elio Petri, Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53 1981 Event 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents 1981 Event 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents 1980 Birthday Sarah Lancaster, born in Kansas City, Kansas, actress, Rachel-Saved By Bell: New Class 1978 Birthday Natalia Cigliuti, born in New York, actress, Lindsay-Saved By Bell: New Class 1978 Event 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years) 1975 Birthday Tannis Vallely, New York City, actress, Janice Lazorotto-Head of the Class 1975 Event 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents 1974 Event 1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents 1973 Birthday Tom King, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics 1971 Event 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents) 1970 Birthday Phil Buckman, born in Queens, New York, actor, Slash-Drexell's Class 1970 Birthday Owen McMahon, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Rain Pryor, actress, Head of the Class, daughter of Richard 1969 Birthday Tine Moberg-Parker, born in Oslo, Norway, Canada Europe class yachter 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Khrystyne Haje, Santa Clara, Cal, actress, Simone-Head of the Class 1968 Birthday Jory Husain, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, actor, Jawaharial-Head of the Class 1968 Birthday Paul McKenzie, Australian Finn class yachter 1996 Olympics 1968 Event 1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents 1967 Birthday Craig John Monk, Auckland New Zealand, finn class yachter 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Leslie Bega, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Maria Tomlinson-Head of the Class 1966 Birthday Brian Robbins, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Eric-Head of the Class 1966 Birthday Daniel J Schneider, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actor, Dennis-Head of the Class 1965 Birthday Jeff Rochlin, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Cutting Class, Splitz, Taps 1965 Birthday Jason Gedrick, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Heavenly Kid, Class of '96 1964 Birthday Kimberly Russell, actress, Sarah-Head of the Class 1964 Birthday Robin Givens, Mrs Mike Tyson, New York City, Darlene-Head of the Class 1964 Birthday Jeni Lidgett, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Dan Frischman, born in Whippany, New Jersey, actor, Arvid Engen-Head of the Class 1964 Birthday Rob Lowe, born in Charlottesville, Virginia, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class 1963 Birthday Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS 1963 Event 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents 1962 Birthday Andrew McCarthy, New York City, actor, St. Elmo's Fire, Class 1962 Birthday Donald John Cowie, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Christine Bridged, Australian European class yachter 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Virginia Madsen, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Dune, Hot Spot, Class 1960 Birthday Addy Bucek, Australian 470 class yachter, Olympics-9-92, 96 1960 Birthday Tony O'Dell, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class 1959 Event "Class" by Chubby Checker peaks at #38 1959 Event 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo 1959 Birthday Brian Douglas Jones, born in Auckland New Zealand, tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1959 Event Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record 1958 Event 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years) 1957 Event Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers" 1956 Event 3rd class travel on British Railways ends 1955 Birthday Roderick Hopkins Davis, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics 1955 Birthday Gary Grimes, SF, actor, Summer of '42, Class of '44 1952 Birthday Gloria Jean Watkins, born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, born Gloria Jean Watkins, author, feminist, focus on race, class, gender, wrote, 'Ain't I a Woman? : Black Women and Feminism' 1952 Birthday Jerry Houser, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44 1952 Event 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 Event TWA introduces tourist class 1950 Birthday Rex Samuel Sellers, Auckland New Zealand, Tornado class yachter 1996 Olympics 1948 Event 4 Duluth Minnesota Dukes (St. Louis Cardinals Class C farm team) die in crash 1947 Birthday William Atherton, born in Connecticut, actor, Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44 1944 Birthday Jacqueline Bisset, England, actress, Class, Deep, Secrets 1942 Birthday Gunter Wallraff, born in Burscheid, Germany, writer, undercover journalist, wrote on tabloid journalism, lower working class conditions 1940 Birthday Tony Bill, SD Cal, actor, What Really Happened to the Class of '65 1940 Birthday Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor, Dr. Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class 1938 Birthday Valentin Mankin, U.S.S.R., finn class yachtsman, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1937 Event "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class 1935 Event 1,200 at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class 1935 Birthday 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 Event 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents 1930 Birthday Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer, Lassiter, Ruling Class 1926 Birthday 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 Birthday Hildegarde Neff, Ulm Germany, actress, Touch of Class, Mozambique 1920 Event 1st class debut of Walter Hammond 1919 Event 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents 1917 Event 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce 1915 Event Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class 1912 Birthday Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor, Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel 1911 Birthday Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavia, writer/politician, New Class 1886 Event Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class 1873 Event 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University 1865 Event 1st class cricket debut of Dr. W. G. Grace 1838 Event Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class 1785 Event Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
