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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