2012 Event A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin; the story, 'The Cats of Copenhagen' is called an 'outrage' 2009 Event The United Nations opens its Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2000 Event Tony Awards, Copenhagen, Contact, The Real Thing revival, and Kiss Me Kate revival won major awards 1998 Event Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid 1993 Event Harry Belafonte performs in Tivoli Copenhagen 1992 Event "Les Miserables" opens at Ostregaswerks, Copenhagen 1982 Event Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) 1982 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR) 1982 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1982 Event Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) 1973 Event 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark) 1968 Birthday Helena Christensen, Copenhagen Denmark, model/actress, Inferno 1968 Birthday Malika Mahfoud, Copenhagen Denmark, golfer, Gippsland Ladies Amateur 1966 Event European DX Council forms in Copenhagen, shortwave listeners 1964 Event Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark 1954 Birthday Ib Anderson, Copenhagen, ballet dancer 1952 Birthday Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1947 Event KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die 1945 Birthday Peter Martins, Copenhagen, dancer-choreographer 1945 Birthday Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20 1944 Event Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen 1944 Event Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen 1940 Birthday Anna Karina, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Alphaville 1934 Birthday Henning Kronstam, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years 1932 Birthday Nina Van Pallandt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actress, American Gigolo 1931 Birthday Ib Norholm, born in Soborg, Copenhagen, Danish organist, composer, won Carl Nielsen Prize, 1971, wrote opera, 'The Young Park' 1928 Birthday Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer, NNationalatl Ballet of Canada 1923 Birthday Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist, Orquesta Sinfonica 1916 Birthday Osa Massen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Jack London, Rocketship XM 1909 Birthday Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian 1893 Birthday Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Murder at the Vanities 1893 Birthday Kay Fisker, Danish architect, Hornbeck House, Copenhagen 1890 Birthday Lauritz Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, baritone tenor, National Symphony 1889 Event August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna," premieres in Copenhagen 1889 Event August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen 1886 Birthday Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Son of the Sheik 1886 Birthday Jean Hersholt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actor, Men in White, Aryan 1884 Birthday Torben Myer, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Girl Who Came Back 1883 Birthday Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Joyless Street 1879 Event Henrik Ibsen's "Et Dukkehjem," premieres in Copenhagen 1843 Event Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens 1812 Birthday Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Romeo and Juliet 1795 Event Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured 1770 Birthday Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen, Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor, Dying Lion
