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1995 CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung

1994 Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67

1994 Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh and Connie Sellecca

1993 Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News

1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca

1976 Connie Boswell, actress (Artists and Models), dies at 68

1970 Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1

1968 Connie Britton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nikki-Spin City

1968 John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth

1965 Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress, New Kind of Family

1965 Connie Nielsen, Danish Actress

1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' home run out of Connie Mack Stadium

1962 Connie Needham Newton, Anaheim California, actress, Elizabeth-8 is Enough

1962 Connie Price-Smith, born in St. Charles, Missouri, discus thrower, 1996 Olympics

1961 Connie Paraskevin-Young, born in Detroit, sprint cyclist, Olympic-bronze - 1988, 1992, 1996

1961 Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties

1960 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1

1959 Connie Brighton, Wichita Falls, Texas, playmate, Sept, 1982

1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4

1957 Connie Chillemi, Eglin AFB, Florida, golfer, 1994 Standard Register-13th

1957 Connie Carpenter-Phinney, born in Madison, Wisconsin, 79k cyclist, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics

1956 Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters

1956 Connie Mack, baseball manager (Philadelphia A's, 1901-50), dies at 93

1955 Connie Palmen, Dutch author/widow of Ischa Meoer

1955 Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland

1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage

1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days

1955 Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress, Hotel, Captain America II

1954 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium

1953 Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game

1953 A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium

1950 Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years

1950 Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr

1950 Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game

1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie

1947 Connie Petracek, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1946 Connie Chung, Washington D.C., news ancher, NBC, CBS

1946 Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS

1945 Connie Willis, American Writer

1942 Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA, Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968

1941 Connie Smith, Elkhart, Indiana, singer, Dream Painter, New Horizons

1941 Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack

1940 Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000

1940 Connie Mack III, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Florida 1983 - 1989, Senator-R-Florida 1989 - 2001

1939 Maury Povich, TV host, Current Affair, Maury, Mr Connie Chung

1938 Connie Francis, born in Newark, New Jersey, singer and actress, Where the Boys Are

1938 On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader

1938 Connie Stevens, born in Brooklyn, singer and actress, Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach

1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan

1933 Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000

1927 Connie Kay, jazz drummer

1924 Connie Russell, New York City, singer, Club Embassy, Garroway at Large

1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season

1914 Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox

1914 Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby

1914 Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty

1913 Connie Stuart, Cornelia van Meygard, Dutch cabaret performer

1909 Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens

1908 Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St. Louis Browns for $5,000

1901 Connie Gilchrist, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives

1862 Connie Mack, born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900 - 1950


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