2003 Rachel Kempson, actress, Jewel in the Crown, dies at 92
1997 Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
1997 Asfa Wossen, [Amha Selassie], crown emperor of Ethiopia in exile, dies
1993 Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada
1992 Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada
1992 Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown
1991 Jumbo Tsuruta beats Stan Hansen to win All Japan Triple Crown title
1990 James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
1990 Nathan Wartels, publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
1984 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood
1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
1978 Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of Kuwait
1978 Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship
1978 US hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary
1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
1975 Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament
1975 Australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs)
1975 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Colgate Golf Triple Crown
1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m
1971 Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince/son of King of Nepal
1970 Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown, 1973
1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp
1968 Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown
1968 Frederik, Heir Apparent Crown Prince of Denmark
1967 Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Neth
1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg
1964 "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 3 performances
1964 "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 3 performances
1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke
1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus
1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open
1960 Naruhito, crown prince of Japan
1959 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony
1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda
1958 Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered
1955 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies
1952 Monique Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to Thailand throne
1947 Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash
1946 Charles Dane, England, actor, Plenty, Jewel in the Crown
1946 British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown
1946 Rajah cedes Sarawak to British crown
1946 Tim Pigott-Smith, actor, Sweet William, Jewel in Crown
1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP
1942 Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner
1941 73rd Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway win in 2:31, triple crown
1940 Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania
1937 Harald, Crown Prince, son of King Olav V, heir apparent of Norway
1937 St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP
1937 Aden becomes British crown colony
1935 Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX)
1934 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP
1933 Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony
1931 Mickey Mantle, New York Yankee, home run slugger, 1956 Triple Crown
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season
1930 Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
1929 Belgium princess Marie-Jose and Italian crown prince Umberto gets engaged, assassination attempt on Umberto fails
1927 Stanley Dancer, harness racer, 4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown
1926 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden
1926 Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish princess Astrid get engaged
1925 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony
1925 Lord Hooson QC, crown court recorder
1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1922 Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent
1922 Wilfrid Bourne, QC/Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
1920 British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony
1919 51st Belmont: J Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:17.6 and Trip Crown
1918 Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
1918 Ted Williams, hitter, Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47
1916 Asfa Wossen, Crown prince of Ethiopia/son of emperor Haile Selassi
1916 Ciro D Crown, premier of Dutch Antilles, 1968-69
1900 Belg crown prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern
1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city
1897 King Leopold II takes Belgian crown
1886 Willem E Crown, Antillian writer
1879 Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39
1879 E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23
1873 Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents gold crown
1870 Jem Mace and defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr and 17 minutes, and neither is struck by a punch
1869 Ruprecht, crown prince of Bavaria/general-fieldmarshall
1867 Singapore, Penang and Malakka become British crown colonies
1860 Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies
1858 Government of India transferred from East India Company to Crown
1858 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
1857 George Gissing, English author, Thyrza, Crown of Life
1850 Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina
1843 Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony
1835 Leopold II, Belgian crown prince, baptized
1830 Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X
1798 Carolina F L duchess of Berry, daughter of crown prince of Naples
1797 Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews
1756 St. Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in New York City at Crown and Thistle Tavern
1730 Crown prince Frederik of Prussia escapes to England
1718 William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer (No cross, no crown), dies
1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
1688 Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy
1684 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted
1671 Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
1657 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown
1657 English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown
1624 Judge directs U.S. colony Virginia to English crown
1584 Francois-Hercule de Valois, French crown prince, dies at 28
1558 Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois
1556 Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor
1518 Henry VIII's daughter Mary marries French crown prince
1502 Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Aragon, dies
1501 English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Aragon
1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown
1496 Emperor Maximiliaans daughter marries Spanish crown prince Johan of Aragon/Philip de Blank marries Johanna "the Waanzinnige" of Aragon
1495 French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown
1469 Crown prince Fernando of Aragon marries princess Isabella of Castilie
1216 French crown prince Louis enters England
1120 William, English crown prince/son of Henry I, drowns at 17
1093 Edward Macduncan, Scot crown prince/son of Malcolm II, dies in battle
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