1998 World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota
1997 Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Rus)
1997 Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
1996 Euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91
1996 Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher, dies at 84
1996 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS)
1995 Mary Bruce, dance Teacher, dies at 95
1995 Ted Sannella, square dance caller, dies of cancer
1995 Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist, dies at 81
1995 Peter Brinson, dance educationalist, dies at 67
1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS)
1995 Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69
1995 Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies
1994 Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic (Dance Magazine), dies at 80
1994 Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88
1994 Ice Dance Championship at Chiba Japan won by Gritschuk and Platov (RUS)
1993 Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova and A Zhulin (RUS)
1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song and Dance Act" opens at Gershwin New York City for 10 per
1992 Paul Jabara, singer and actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44
1992 Tom Alexander, model/actor (Kurt-Forbidden Dance), dies of AIDs
1992 Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS)
1991 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou
1991 Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies
1991 63rd Academy Awards - "Dance with Wolves," Kathy Bates and J Irons win
1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA)
1991 Jerome "Doc" Pomus, lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
1991 Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia
1990 Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (URS)
1989 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova and S Ponomarenko (USR)
1988 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
1987 Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88
1987 Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles
1987 Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
1986 "Song and Dance" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 474 performances
1985 "Song and Dance" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 474 performances
1985 "Tap Dance Kid" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 669 performances
1985 Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
1984 Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart attack at 24
1984 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (GRB)
1983 "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 669 performances
1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City
1983 David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1
1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater New York City
1983 Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill and Dean (GRB)
1982 Jessica Joseph, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, dance skater, Butler-1997 Natl
1982 Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill and Dean (GRB)
1982 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71
1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and C Dean (GRB)
1980 Margot Contois, Marquette, Michigan, dance skater, & Robert Peal
1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay
1979 Eve Chalom, born in Detroit, Michigan, dance skater, & Gates--1995 Nat, Jr. champ
1979 Jayna Cronin Geneva, New York, dance skater, & Dreger-1997 Natl-13th
1979 Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater
1979 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by N Linichuk and G Karponosov U.S.S.R.
1978 Naomi Lang, born in Arcata, California, dance skater, & Peter Tchernyshev
1978 Kate Robinson, Peoria, Illinois, dance skater, & Kate Robinson
1978 Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa Canada won by Linichuk and Karponosov
1977 Tami Tyler, born in Santa Clara, California, dance skater, & Jonathan Nichols
1977 Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly dance (100 hrs)
1977 "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93
1977 Debbie Koegel, Norristown, Pennsylvania, dance skater, & Oleg Fediukov
1977 Beata Handra, born in San Francisco, California, dance skater, & Sinek-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd
1976 John Lee, born in Chicago, Illinois, dance skater, & Julia Bikbova
1976 Jonathan Nichols, born in Wilmington, Delaware, dance skater, & Tami Tyler
1976 Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS)
1975 Alexi Komarov, born in Yekaterinburg, Russia, dance skater, & Carr-1995 Pac Champ
1975 Mathew Gates, born in Baldock, England, dance skater, & Chalom-1995 Nat, Jr. champ
1975 Kurt Dreger, Ironwood, Michigan, dance skater, & Cronin-1997 Natl-13th
1975 Julia Bikbova, born in Kiev, Ukraine, dance skater
1975 Gregory Maddalone, Schenectady, New York, dance skater, & Demkowski
1975 Paul Frey, born in Boston, Massachusetts, dance skater, & Ponte-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ
1973 Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81
1973 Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens
1972 Oleg Fediukov, born in Moscow, Russia, dance skater, & Debbie Koegel
1972 Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
1972 Robert Peal, born in Chicago, Illinois, dance skater, & Margot Contois
1972 Cheryl Demkowski, Syracuse, New York, dance skater, & Gregory Maddalone
1971 Peter Tchernyshev, St. Petersburg Russia, dance skater, & Naomi Lang
1971 Elizabeth Punsalan, Syracuse, New York, dance skater, & Swallow, Oly-15-94
1970 Dawn Ponte, born in Kent, Rhode Island, dance skater, & Frey-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ
1970 Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS)
1969 Peter Breen, Brockton Massachusetts, dance skater
1969 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of GBR
1968 Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford (GRB)
1967 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler and Ford (GRB)
1966 Jerod Swallow, Ann Arbor, Michigan, dance skater, & Punsalan-1997 Natls
1966 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford GRB
1966 Freedom Williams, rock vocalist, C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now
1966 Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
1964 Charles Sinek, dance skater, & Beata Handra-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd
1963 Felita Carr, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, dance skater, & Komarov-1995 Pac Champ
1962 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Let's Dance"
1960 Richard Jobson, British TV person/rocker, Skids-Scared to Dance
1960 Adrian Paul, born in London, England, actor, Dance to Win, Highlander
1960 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny and Jones (GRB)
1959 Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday
1959 Netherlands Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig and Cut Flier)
1959 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny and Jones of GRB
1958 Michael Flatley, born in Chicago, Illinois, Irish choreographer, Lord of Dance
1958 Rudolf von Laban, Czech/Ger choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78
1958 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB
1958 Tom Schuman, pianist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1957 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Markham and Jones (GRB)
1956 Ice Dance Championship at Garmisch won by Pamela Weight/P Thomas GRB
1955 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB
1954 Yanni, new age musician, Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance
1954 Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84
1954 Chet Catallo, guitarist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1954 Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1954 Kim Stone, bassist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1954 Adrian Zmed, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, TJ Hooker, Dance Fever
1954 Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
1954 Lance Hoppens, rocker, Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me
1953 Midge Ure, Glasgow Scot, rocker, Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance
1953 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Westwood and Demmy GRB
1952 Richie Morales, drummer, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1952 Billy Currie, rock keyboardist and violinist, Ultravox-We Came to Dance
1952 Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy GRB
1951 Jay Beckenstein, saxophonist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1951 Larry Hoppens, rocker, Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me
1950 "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 35 performances
1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 35 performances
1948 Dave Samuels, vibraphonist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1948 Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author, Ghost Dance, Labyrinth
1947 Jim Messina, rocker, Loggins and Messina-Your Mamma Don't Dance
1947 Geraldo Velez, jazz congas, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1946 Debbie Moore, founder/CEO, Pineapple Dance Studios
1946 Charles Dance, English Actor
1945 Bette Midler, Patterson, New Jersey, singer and actress, Do You Want to Dance?
1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69
1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70
1941 Twyla Tharp, born in Portland, Indiana, choreographer, Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe
1941 Chick Corea, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, jazz pianist, Delhpi I, Toy Dance
1940 Bobby Freeman, rocker, Do You Want to Dance
1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
1939 Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"
1939 Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher
1939 Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet, Dance of the Zygotes
1934 Arthur Mitchell, choreographer, Dance Theater of Harlem
1934 Judith Jamison, artistic director, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
1931 Alice Munro, author, Dance of the Happy Shades
1931 Alvin Ailey, choreographer, American Dance Theater
1929 Sergei P Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet), dies at 57
1927 Peter Brinson, dance educationalist
1926 Martha Wright, born in Seattle, singer, Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show
1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours
1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn
1925 Robert Cohan, artistic director, Contemporary Dance Trust
1924 "National Barn Dance" premieres on WLS Chicago
1923 Tito Puente, born in Puerto Rico, bandleader, Dance Mania
1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
1923 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Ft. Worth Texas)
1919 Ralph Flanagan, born in Loraine, Ohio, orch leader, Let's Dance
1914 Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher
1914 Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist
1914 Leo Lerman, actor/manager/critic, Dance Magazine
1912 Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher
1908 Ray Carter, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Arthur Murray Dance Party
1906 Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor, American in Paris, Dance of Life
1906 Kathryn Murray, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party
1905 Euphemia MacDonald, dance producer
1905 Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble
1904 Sally Rand, Hickory County, Missouri, stripper, fan dance
1903 Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, U.S. dance critic/poet, Snoring in N
1901 Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer, Dance of Young Feet
1901 Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic
1900 Lester Vail, actor, Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage
1900 Mary Bruce, dance Teacher
1899 Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44
1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
1895 Arthur Murray, born in New York City, dancer, Arthur Murray Dance Party
1895 Arthur Murray, dancer, Arthur Murray's Dance Party
1891 Earle Foxe, Oxford, Ohio, actor, Dance Fools Dance
1891 Ted Shawn, U.S. dancer and choreographer, Dance We Must
1887 William Zorach, Lithuania, U.S. sculptor, Spirit of the Dance
1880 Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance
1879 Rudolf von Laban, Czech/German choreographer, modern dance
1879 Lucile Watson, actress, Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance
1872 Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, born in Russia, dance master, Imperial Ballet
1835 Eduard Strauss, Austria, composer, 318 Dance
1808 William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance
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