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1998 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan

1996 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)

1995 Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th MTA station to close since 1904

1995 After 120 years the last 15 A and S department stores close

1994 Gay Games close in New York City

1989 Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33

1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea

1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada

1984 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14

1984 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, California

1984 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, U.S.S.R.

1980 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York

1976 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada

1976 Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45

1976 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria

1973 Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk

1973 Close finish at Trent Bridge, NZ Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440

1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR

1972 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan

1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaches #1

1968 19th Olympic games close at Mexico City, Mexico

1968 Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free

1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France

1965 Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68

1964 18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan

1964 Greece and Bulgaria close boundaries

1964 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria

1961 Carey Lowell, New York City, actress, Me and Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close

1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome, Italy

1960 Broadway theaters close, labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity

1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colorado

1958 Lydia Cornell, born in El Paso, Texas, actress, Sara Rush-Too Close for Comfort

1956 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia

1956 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

1955 Keith Whitley, Sandy Hook, Kentucky, country singer, Don't Close Your Eyes

1955 Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor, Monroe-Too Close for Comfort

1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland

1952 Deborah Van Valkenburgh, born in Schnectady, actress, Too Close for Comfort

1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway

1949 Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days

1948 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain

1948 5th Winter Olympic games close at St. Moritz, Switzerland

1947 Steven Spielberg, born in Cincinnati, director, ET, Close Encounters, Jaws

1947 Glenn Close, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction

1945 LA Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close

1943 Michael Mann, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor and director, Sexpot, Close Friends

1941 Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow

1940 Abbas Kiarostami, author/director, Under the Olive Trees, Close Up

1939 Melinda Dillon, Hope, Arkansas, actress, Close Encounters, Slap Shot

1939 German Nazi's close last Jewish enterprises

1938 Nazi's close theologic department of Innsbruck university

1936 Nancy Dussault, born in Pensacola, Florida, actress, Muriel-Too Close for Comfort

1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown

1936 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

1932 John Grogery Dunne, U.S. writer, Up Close and Personal, True Confessions

1932 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York

1931 Brian Close, cricketer, played for England between 1949 and 1976

1928 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam

1928 2nd Winter Olympic games close at St. Moritz, Switzerland

1924 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France

1923 Ted Knight, born in Terryville, Connecticut, Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort

1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium

1917 3 British warships come close to Holland

1906 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece

1904 3rd Olympic games close in St. Louis

1900 After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close

1896 Senor Wences, ventriloquist, Close the Door

1896 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece

1885 U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close

1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce

1755 Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants

1679 Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet



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