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1997 Helene Hanff, author, 84 Charing Cross Road, dies at 80
1996 Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker, dies at 86 1996 Peter Bird, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days, dies at age 49 at sea during an attempt to row across the Pacific 1990 Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79 1989 Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines 1989 Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey" 1987 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station 1987 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic 1987 Milton J. Cross, born in New York City, TV announcer, Met Opera Auditions of the Air 1986 International Red Cross ousted from South Africa 1981 Jon Erikson (U.S.) becomes 1st to triple cross English Channel (38:27) 1981 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins 1980 Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan 1975 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 1975 Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87 1974 Courageous (U.S.) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup 1972 J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77 1971 Pete Vordenberg, Rota Spain, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos 1971 Cory Cross, Lloydminster, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning 1970 Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1970 Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross 1970 Luke Bodensteiner, Iowa City Iowa, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge 1970 Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1969 Laura Wilson, Utica, New York, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases 1968 Kendall Cross, born in Hardin, Montana, 125 lbs freestyle wrestler, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1967 Howard Cross, NFL tight end for the New York Giants 1967 Spencer Tracy, U.S. actor (7th Cross, Father ot Bride), dies at 67 1966 Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1966 Jeff Cross, NFL defensive end for the Miami Dolphins 1966 Laura McCabe, cross country skier, 1994 Olympics 1965 Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1965 Dorcas Wonsavage, Madison Wis, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1964 David Cross, American Actor 1963 Leslie Thompson, Burlington, Vermont, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1963 Ingrid Butts, born in Denver, Colorado, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1963 David Hendon and Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London 1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1961 Todd Boonstra, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1961 Marcia Cross, actress, Melrose Place 1960 Lee Cross Rinker, Stuart, Florida, PGA golfer, 1995 Greater Milwaukee-6th 1960 John Aalberg, Orland Norway, U.S. cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1960 South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea 1956 Thomas Wassberg, born in Sweden, 15K/50K cross country skier 1980 Olympics gold 1955 Marja-Liisa Hamalainen, Finnish cross country skier, 3 Gold Medals 1984 Olympics, 4 Bronze Medals 1984, 1988, 1994 Olympics 1954 Jon Erikson, U.S., 1st to triple cross English Channel, 1981 1954 Randy Cross, American Athlete 1952 Chris Cross, rock singer, Arthur 1952 Ulrich Wehling, born in East Germany, cross country, Gold Medal 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics 1952 SS United States cross Atlantic in record 82:40 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament 1952 Raisa Smetanina, U.S.S.R., cross country skier, Gold Medal 1976, 1980, 1992 Olympics 1951 Ivar Formo, born in Norway, 50K cross country skier 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Christopher Cross, born in Texas, singer, Sailing 1951 Christopher Cross, Geppert, Texas, singer, Sailing, Arthur's Theme 1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea 1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea 1950 Murphy Cross, born in Harve de Grace, Maryland, actor, Phyl and Mikhy, Perfect 1947 Ben Cross, England, actor, Chariots of Fire, Far Pavillions 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47 1947 Peter Bird, born in Britain, ocean rower, first person to cross the Pacific ocean solo, trip from San Francisco to Great Barrier Reef, lasted 294 days 1946 John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau 1946 Erik Estrada, born in New York City, actor, CHiPs, Cross and Switchblade, Lightblast 1945 David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot 1945 U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po 1945 Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle 1945 Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19 1944 Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross 1944 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize 1944 John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem 1944 Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland 1942 German troops cross Kuban River 1942 Dorie Miller, awarded Navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor 1942 King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta 1942 George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta 1942 Graham Nash, guitarist, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young-Southern Cross 1941 David Crosby, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Crosby, Stills and Nash-Southern Cross 1941 Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies 1941 Japanese armored barges cross Strait of Johore to attack Singapore 1941 Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1940 Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary and Red Cross 1940 Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1939 Claudia Boyarskikh, U.S.S.R., 5K/10K cross country 1964 Olympic gold 1939 Irv Cross, NFL sportscaster, CBS-TV 1939 British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented 1939 Toini Gustafson, born in Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1938 Lowell Cross, composer 1937 George Thoma, born in West Germany, cross country ski jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1935 Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia 1934 Pat Boone, Florida, singer and actor, April Love, Cross and Switchblade 1934 Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (SF) dedicated 1933 Mount Davidson Cross lit by Franklin D. Roosevelt via telegraph 1932 1st gyro-stabilized vessel to cross Atlantic arrives in NY 1932 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic 1931 Beverley Cross, playwright 1930 Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent 1930 Sonja Ruthstrom, Swed, cross country relay skier 1960 Olympics gold 1930 Alevtina Koltschina, U.S.S.R., cross coutry relay skier, Gold Medal 1960 Olympics 1929 Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country, Gold Medal 1952, 1956 Olympics 1928 1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland 1927 Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross 1927 At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris 1925 Veikko Hakulinen, Finland, 30K/50K cross country skier, Gold Medals 1952, 1956, 1960 Olympics, Silver Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1960 Olympics 1924 Siiri Rantanen, Finland, cross country skier 1956 Olympics gold 1921 Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics 1920 Sheila Quinn, adviser, British Red Cross 1920 Lydia Wideman, Finland, 10K cross country skier 1952 Olympics gold 1919 British R-34 lands in New York, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hours) 1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies 1918 Bert Schierbeek, Lambertus, Dutch writer/poet, Cross Roads 1918 Josephin Peladan, French writer/CEO (French Red Cross), dies 1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 1918 American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms 1917 Simon Slattvik, Norway, cross country ski jumper 1952 Olympics gold 1917 Hawaiian Red Cross forms 1916 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in U.S. from Germany 1915 Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, born in England, 17th Duke of Norfolk, The Most Notable Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, awarded Military Cross 1914 Hansje Toussaint, Hermina A Schenk, singer, Sing of the Cross 1914 French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross 1914 Earl Cadogan, British large landowner, Military Cross 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes 1st woman pilot to cross English Channel 1912 Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 1911 Hal Porter, Australia, writer, Tilted Cross, Paper Chase 1910 Stephen Jurika, Jr., U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross 1910 Joel Fluellen, born in Louisiana, actor, Burning Cross, Learning Tree 1910 J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies 1910 Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 1910 Arthur Hazlerigg, born in England, Lord Hazlerigg, 2nd Baron Hazlerigg, awarded Military Cross, judge, Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, soldier, served during World War II, life peer 1910 Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker 1908 Oddbjorn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper 1936 Olympics gold 1905 Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II, Navy Cross 1905 Lili Krus, born in Budapest Hungary, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honor 1978 1904 Karlo Arvi Kivimaa, Finnish writer, Groenende Cross 1903 Yerba Buena is 1st Key System ferry to cross San Francisco Bay 1900 Anna Seghers, Netty Radvanyi-Reiling, German author, 7th Cross 1897 Rhys Williams, Wales, actor, Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart 1896 William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Dem convention 1896 Samuel Gonard, chairman, International Red Cross 1895 Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman, Red Cross, UN 1894 Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Brooklyn Dodgers 1890 Chicago Mainbocher, uniform designer, Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves 1885 Willem H. Winkel, Dutch physician/founder, Red Cross of Curacao 1882 U.S. Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross 1881 American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton 1877 Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa 1875 Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa 1870 British Red Cross Society forms 1867 Dutch Red Cross forms 1864 International Red Cross forms 1864 Red Cross forms in Geneva 1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle 1864 Charing Cross Station opens in London 1863 International Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963) 1863 Worldwide Red Cross organized in Geneva 1862 Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee 1862 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia 1862 Jane Delano, U.S., nurse, teacher and founder, Red Cross 1859 Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope 1857 62 receive Victoria Cross 1856 Henri E Cross, Delacroix, French painter 1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery 1846 Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp 1828 Jean Henri Dunant, born in Switzerland, writer and founder, Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901 1821 Clara Harlowe Barton, Oxford Massachusetts, nurse/founder, American Red Cross 1819 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) 1819 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga) 1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub 1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent 1776 Washington and his troops cross Delaware River 1773 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S) 1718 William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer 'No cross, no crown', dies 1579 Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean |
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