1997 NHL approves franchises in Nash, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minn-St. Paul
1997 NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 and Minneapolis-St. Paul and Columbus, Ohio in 2000
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
1978 G[eneral] A[ustin], Columbus, Georgia, rapper, Another Bad Creation
1976 Rachel White, Columbus Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska 1997
1974 Blaine Wilson, born in Columbus, Ohio, gymnast, Olympics-5th-96
1972 Jean Foster, Columbus Georgia, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics
1971 Rhonda Adams, Columbus Georgia, playmate, Jun, 1995
1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
1971 Jeff Stavroff, Columbus, Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Space Coast-4
1971 Heidi Mark, Columbus, Ohio, playmate, Jul, 1995
1970 Lorissa McComas, Columbus Ohio, actress, Lap Dancing, Vamp
1970 WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast
1970 Mike Matheny, Columbus, Ohio, catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
1969 Catherine Zeta Jones, Swansea Wales, actress, Christopher Columbus
1968 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record)
1965 Mike Gebhardt, Columbus Ohio, mistral yachter, Olympics-6th-1996
1965 Lisa Bonder, Columbus Ohio, tennis star
1965 A. J. Sager, born in Columbus Ohio, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
1965 Kristal Parker-Gregory, Columbus, Ohio, LPGA golfer, 1995 Hawaiian-20th
1964 WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 46th PGA Championship: Bobby Nichols shoots a 271 at Columbus CC Ohio
1963 Pat Borders, Columbus, Ohio, catcher for the California Angels
1962 Andy Hampsten, born in Columbus, Ohio, cyclist 1996 Olympics
1962 Brian Green, born in Columbus Indiana, actor, Sam Fowler-Another World
1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open
1960 Kelli McMullen-Temple, Columbus, Ohio, Canadian equestrian 1996 Olympics
1960 Richard Biggs, born in Columbus Ohio, actor, Marcus-Days of Our Lives
1958 Chris Columbus, writer and director, Mrs Doubtfire, Nine Months
1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game
1956 WCBI TV channel 4 in Columbus, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Debra Winger, Columbus, Ohio, actress, Officer and Gentleman
1955 John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962)
1954 Beverly D'Angelo, Columbus Ohio, actress, Vacation, European Vacation
1953 WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Gates McFadden, Columbus Ohio, actress, Star Trek Next Generation
1953 Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy
1950 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio
1949 WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 Philip Michael Thomas, Columbus Ohio, actor, Miami Vice
1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh
1944 David M. Walker, Columbus, Georgia, Capt USN/astron, STS 51-A 30, 53, 69
1943 Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6)
1940 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)
1940 Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer, Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76
1939 Ali MacGraw, born in Pound Ridge, New York, actress, Love Story, Goodbye Columbus
1939 Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress, Christine Chapel-Star Trek
1938 Hal Williams, Columbus Ohio, actor, Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford and Son
1938 Richard Benjamin, New York City, director/actor, Goodbye Columbus, He and She
1937 Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor, OK, Professor Columbus
1936 Everett Marshall beats Ali Baba in Columbus, to become wrestling champ
1934 Dick Rhyan, Columbus, Ohio, PGA golfer, 1994 GTE-5th
1933 Philip Roth, born in Newark, novelist, Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint
1932 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
1930 Donn Fulton Eisele, born in Columbus, Ohio, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 7
1928 Ross Barbour, Columbus, Indiana, singer, 4 Freshmen
1922 Jack Klugman, born in Philadelphia, Oscar-Odd Couple, Quincy, Goodbye Columbus
1922 Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business
1921 Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor, Steve Allen Show, Newhart
1919 Eileen Heckart, born in Columbus, Ohio, actress, Doll's House, Trauma Center
1918 Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader, Club Seven
1916 Pancho Villa leads Mexican band raid on Columbus NM, killing 12
1916 Robert Parrish, Columbus, Georgia, director, Casino Royale
1915 Dody Goodman, Columbus Ohio, comedienne, Mary Hartman!, Max Duggan
1911 Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1903 Cleveland Indians beat New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio
1903 International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle New York City
1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire
1893 Grace Cunard, born in Columbus, Ohio, silent screen actress, Resurrection
1889 Warner Baxter, born in Columbus, Ohio, actor, In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid
1882 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
1882 Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Conn
1874 Grant Mitchell, Columbus, Ohio, actor, Man Who Came to Dinner
1872 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor, Columbus monument in Argentina
1872 1st national convention of Prohibition Party (Columbus Ohio)
1868 Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves
1865 Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Ft. Tyler)
1829 Christopher Columbus Andres, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
1828 Jefferson Columbus Davis, Bvt Mjr General Union Army, died in 1879
1821 Christopher Columbus Augur, Major General Union volunteers
1792 Columbus Day is 1st celebrated
1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1506 Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55
1506 Columbus selects his son Diego as sole heir
1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
1503 Columbus discovers Cayman Islands
1502 Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th and last voyage
1502 Columbus begins 4th and last trip to "Indies"
1502 Columbus left Spain on his 4th and final trip to New World
1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus
1498 Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela
1498 Columbus arrives in Caribbean
1498 Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela)
1498 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
1498 Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America
1494 On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica
1494 Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica
1494 Columbus discovers Jamaica
1494 Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago"
1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage
1493 Columbus discovers Saba
1493 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica
1493 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica
1493 Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America
1493 Columbus' 2nd expedition to New World
1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage
1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
1493 1st sight of manatees (by Christopher Columbus)
1493 Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage
1492 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
1492 Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic
1492 Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas
1492 Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)
1492 Pinta under Martin A Pinzon separates from Columbus' fleet
1492 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
1492 Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain
1492 Columbus' fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas
1492 Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic
1492 Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic
1492 Columbus lands on San Salvador Island
1492 Columbus' discovers America (Oct 12, 1492 Julian calender)
1492 Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion
1492 Columbus arrives in Bahamas [real Columbus Day]
1492 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas)
1492 Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico
1492 Columbus misses Florida when he changed course
1492 Columbus' fleet sets sail west
1492 Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands
1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies"
1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet
1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
1492 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus
1451 Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain, 1479-1504, patron of Columbus
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