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2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days
2005 New York City union members shut down subway and bus services for 3 days 1998 U.S. movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days) 1997 Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72 1997 Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured 1997 Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies 1996 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days 1996 Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days 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 1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days 1995 Gary Bond, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days), dies at 55 1995 Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days 1995 After 5 days Shannon Faulkner quits as 1st woman at the Citadel 1995 David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60 1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland 1995 STS-67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16 days 1995 Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days 1994 Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 minutes 1994 New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days] 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin is 1st black South African to vote 1994 Former President Nixon suffered a stroke and dies 4 days later 1994 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson 1994 Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months and 9 days 1994 Macdonald Carey, actor (Days of Our Lives), dies of cancer at 81 1994 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1993 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder 1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days 1993 Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81 1993 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure 1993 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47 1992 Malcolm Atterbury, actor (7 Days in May, Wild River), dies at 85 1992 Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84 1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days 1992 Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89 1991 Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch 1991 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies 1991 Communist coup is crushed in U.S.S.R. in 2 days 1991 Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81 1991 Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine and Roses), dies of cancer at 55 1991 "Those Were The Days" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 126 performances 1991 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1990 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later 1990 "Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 126 performances 1990 NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days 1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI 1989 Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record 1989 Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon 1989 Buck Helm found alive after being buried 4 days, in San Francisco earthquake 1989 Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1989 5 days after hitting a home run for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, 1989 The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) 1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. New Zealand age 16 years 189 days 1989 Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax) 1988 Ronald J. Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes 1988 Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hours, 4 minutes) 1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump 1988 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured 1987 NFL players go on strike for 24 days 1987 Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball 1987 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony 1987 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins 1986 Phillies and Pirates play a 6 game series in 4 days 1986 William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial) heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump) 1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days 1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) 1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 1985 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes 1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days 1984 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days) 1984 Holly Roffey (11 days) gets heart transplant 1984 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th 1984 New Zealand beat England (82 and 93) by an innings in 3 days 1983 Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days) 1983 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia 1983 Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62 1983 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days 1982 Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off 1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart 1982 Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi and Lebedev for 211 days in space 1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days 1981 Maria Palmer, actress (Days of Glory, Web), dies 1981 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection 1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US 1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed 1981 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles) 1980 Jersey calf, lived 222 days with an artificial heart 1980 Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days 1980 Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days 1980 Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession 1979 500 Iranian "students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) 1979 S J Perelman, U.S. humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75 1979 "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days) 1979 Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov and Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space 1978 Houari Boumediene, Algerian president, dies after 40 days in a coma at 53 1978 John Paul I, Pope for 34 days, dies at 65 1978 John Paul I, Albino Luciano, Pope (1978), dies after 33 days as pope 1978 Egyptian and Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks 1978 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days 1977 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977 1977 Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days 1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez 1976 Javed Miandad, 206 vs. New Zealand, age 19 years 141 days (29 fours 1 six) 1976 Raymond Queneau, M Presle, French writer (Last Days), dies at 73 1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days 1976 "Laverne and Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV 1975 Heather O'Rourke, born in San Diego, California, actress, Happy Days, Poltergeist 1975 6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days 1975 Mandy Barnett, country singer, Maybe, Rainy Days 1975 Apollo and Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate 1975 Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later 1975 Cher files for divorce from Gregg Allman, 10 days after they married 1975 Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman 1975 One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 years 364 days 1975 Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days 1974 Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days 1974 Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)) 1974 John Lennon is ordered to leave U.S. in 60 days 1974 Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days 1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC 1973 Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days 1973 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days) 1973 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days 1972 San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row 1972 Michael Bays, born in Enrico, California, actor, Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live 1972 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days 1971 Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later 1971 Bryan Dattilo, born in Kankakee, Illinois, actor, California Dreaming, Days of Our Lives 1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days 1971 Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days 1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut 1970 New York Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days 1970 A Nikolayev and V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9 1970 Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days 1970 Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City 1969 Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 and 8 follow in next 2 days 1969 Thor Heyerdahl and reed raft Ra II land in Barbados 57 days from Morocco 1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1969 Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78 1969 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 1969 Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days) 1969 Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later 1968 Lisa Trusel, Cal, actress, Lizette-Father Murphy, Days of our Lives 1968 Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves 1968 Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days 1967 Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 1966 Olga Bicherova, gymnastics, won title at 15 years 33 days 1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. (Thousand Days) 1965 "Days of Our Lives" premieres on TV 1965 Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days 1965 Crystal Chappell, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, actress, Carly "Days of our Lives" 1965 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1964 Mark Valley, Odgensvurg, New York, actor, Days of Our Lives 1964 Kristian Alfonso, born in Brockton, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Lives, Falcon Crest 1964 Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in New York City 1964 WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th 1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2 1964 Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night," Harrison meets Patti Boyd 1963 Karen Moncrieff, Sacramento California, actress, Xtro 3, Days of Our Lives 1963 Lisa Howard, actress, Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance 1963 Patrick Kennedy, son of President Kennedy, dies at only 3 days 1963 Patrick Kennedy, son of President Kennedy, lives only 3 days 1963 Valery Bykovsky in Vostok 5 orbits earth 81 times in 5 days 1963 Tracey E. Bregman Recht, Munich Germany, actress, Days of Our Life 1963 Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18 1962 Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 years 8 days 1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days 1962 Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) 1962 Benny Paret, KOed in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later 1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days 1962 Michael T Weiss, Chicago, actor, Jarod-Pretender, Days of our Lives 1962 Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72 1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days 1961 Erin Moran, born in Burbank, California, actress, Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi 1961 Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," premieres in New York City 1961 Cathy Silvers, New York City, actress, Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square 1961 U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1961 Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 years 82 days 1960 Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing 1960 Billy Warlock, born in Hawthorne, California, actor, Flip-Happy Days, Baywatch 1960 Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI vs. England 1959 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama 1959 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs. WI age 15 years 124 days 1958 Billy Hufsey, actor, Christopher-Fame, Days of our Life 1958 Alain Chabat, actor, French Twist, Six Days Six Night 1958 U.S. nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole 1958 U.S. nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record) 1958 Wallace Kurth, actor, Days of Our Lives, Ned/Ed-General Hospital 1958 Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56 1958 1st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days 1958 Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets 6 world records in 2 days 1957 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win 1957 29th Academy Awards - "Around World in 80 Days," Bergman, Brynner win 1956 Arleen Sorkin, actress, Days of Our Lives, America's Funniest Videos 1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville 1955 All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina 1955 Patti Weaver, West Virginia, actress, Days of our Life, Gina-Young and Restless 1955 Linda Purl, born in Greenwich, Connecticut, actress, Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock 1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days 1955 Michael Sabatino, born in California, actor, Days of Our Life, Bold and Beautiful 1955 Peter Reckell, Elkhart, actor, Days of our Lifes 1954 Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days 1954 Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 home runs for record 3 home runs in his 1st 2 days 1954 Ron Howard, Oklahoma, actor and director, American Graffiti, Happy Days 1953 Donny Most, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ralph Malph-Happy Days 1953 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie 1953 Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 years 357 days 1952 Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 1952 Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record) 1951 Stephen Nichols, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Witchboard, Days of our Lives 1950 Suzi Quatro, born in Detroit, singer, Stumblin', actress, Happy Days 1950 Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer, Those Were the Days 1949 Anson Williams, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Potsie-Happy Days 1949 Anson Williams, actor, Happy Days 1949 Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days 1949 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days) 1949 Victor Garber, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd 1948 John de Lancie, actor, Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives 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 1947 Australia vs. England at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Australia since 1882 1946 Gloria Loring, New York City, actress and singer, Days of our Life 1945 Henry Winkler, New York City, actor, Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift 1945 Bruno Frank, born in Stuttgart, Germany, writer, dramatist, novelist, wrote 'Trenchk', 'The Days of the King', dies at 58 in Beverly Hills, California 1945 He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die 1945 900 Japanese soldiers reportedly killed by crocodiles in 2 days 1944 Deidre Hall, Milwaukee, actress, Days of our Lives, Our House 1944 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor, 'Crisis - Last Days of the Carter Presidency' 1944 Peter Cetera, born in Chicago, lead singer, Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days 1944 Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested 1944 Tony Scott, director, Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder 1944 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed 1943 Lana Cantrell, born in Sydney, Australia, singer, Those Were the Days 1943 Roz Kelly, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Owl and Pussycat, Happy Days 1943 Susan Seaforth Hayes, actress, Days of our Life, Young and Restless 1943 Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days 1943 Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting 1943 Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days 1943 Mary Frann, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live 1942 Paul Butterfield, born in Chicago, blues musician, Better Days 1942 Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed 1942 Steward Poon Lim begins floating in a raft 133 days 1942 New York Yankees Frank Crosetti shoves ump Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 and suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season 1941 Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin 1940 Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days 1940 Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1940 Gary Bond, England, actor, Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days 1939 O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days 1939 Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance 1938 Terry "5 Wigs" Wogan, British talk show host, Irish Days 1938 Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 vs. Australia) aged 20 years 19 days 1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler) 1938 Ishmael Reed, U.S., author, Last Days of Louisiana Red 1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield, California, country singer, Death Valley Days 1937 Jed Allan, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Days of our Lives, CC-Santa Barbara 1936 H. R. Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18 days 1935 Lee Remick, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer 1934 David Warrilow, actor, Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink 1934 Amos "Junior" Wells, born in Memphis, Tennessee, blues singer, In My Younger Days 1934 Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days 1934 Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days 1934 Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in New York City 1933 Pat Morita, born in California, actor, Arnold-Happy Days, Karate Kid 1933 Danny Aiello, born in New York City, actor, Moonstruck, Radio Days 1933 Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days" 1933 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament 1932 Christy Brown, born in Dublin, novelist, My Left Foot, Down All the Days 1931 Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games 1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1930 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio 1930 Julian Slade, born in London, England, writer, best-known work 'Salad Days', UK's longest running musical 1930 4th Test Cricket WI vs. England ends in a draw after nine days 1930 Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days 1930 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1 1929 Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days) 1928 Marion Ross, Albert Lea, Minnesota, actress, Marion-Happy Days, Brooklyn Bridge 1928 Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor, John F. Kennedy, author, 1000 Days 1928 Dave Dudley, singer, Six Days on the Road 1927 Tom Bosley, Chicago, actor, Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote 1927 Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days 1925 Alun Owen, North Wales, writer, Hard Days Night, actor, Servant 1925 Bill Hayes, born in Harvey, Illinois, actor, Your Show of Shows, Days of our Life 1925 Richard Vernon, born in England, actor, Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night 1925 Jack Lemmon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Days of Wine and Roses, Missing 1924 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at Marble Bar, Australia begins 1923 Dale Robertson, Harrah, Oklahoma, actor, Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty 1922 Max Bygraves, London, actor, Tom Brown's School Days 1922 Ralph Roberts, Salisbury, North Carolina, actor, Tradition, Gone are the Days 1922 Kathleen Byron, born in London, England, actress, Abdication, Profile, 4 Days 1919 Al Molinaro, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Murray-Odd Couple, Al-Happy Days 1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days 1918 Isabel Dean, England, actress, 5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom 1918 President Hoover calls for "wheatless" and "meatless" days for war effort 1917 Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest U.S. 1916 Theodore P. Toynbee, British journalist and writer, Savage Days, Barricade 1913 Anthony Quayle, born in England, actor, Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia 1911 Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of U.S. by airplane (84 days) 1911 Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (84 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, New York, Sept 17) 1911 Cantinflas, Mario Moreno, Mexico, actor, Around World in 80 Days 1911 Robert Taylor, Filley, Nebraska, actor, Death Valley Days 1909 Mike Todd, Avrom Goldbogen, U.S. director, 80 days 1908 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours, New York City 1908 John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of U.S., which took 357 days 1908 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1907 Peggy Ashcroft, Croydon England, actress, Dear Brutus, Happy Days 1906 New York Highlanders win 6th game in 3 days from Washington (3 straight DHs) 1906 Andre Demedts, Flemish writer, Rainfall of the Days 1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1905 Robert Newton, England, actor, Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days 1905 Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77 1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days 1904 S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist, Around the World in 80 Days 1903 Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960 1903 George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of SF 1903 AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later 1901 President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later 1901 Florence Elridge, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Days Journey into the Night 1901 Michael Todd, producer, Around the World in 80 Days 1900 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, and won by U.S. 2 days later 1899 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska 1899 W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 years 320 days 1897 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming) 1896 G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) 1895 Johnny Taylor, cricketer, stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days 1895 W. G. Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days 1895 Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days 1894 Beatrice Lillie, Toronto, comedian/actress, Around World in 80 Days 1890 Franz Werfel, Austria, author, 40 Days of Musa Dagh 1890 Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma 1890 Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days) 1889 New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to surpass fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg by traveling around world in less than 80 days She succeeded, by finishing trip following January in 72 days, 6 1889 Snub Pollard, Melbourne Australi, actor, Don't Shove, Arizona Days 1887 Muriel Aked, Bingley England actress, Happiest Days of Your Life 1887 Bruno Frank, born in Stuttgart, Germany, writer, dramatist, novelist, wrote 'Trenchk', 'The Days of the King' 1886 R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man, died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108 1880 6' (1.8 meters) of snow falls in Seattle in 5 days 1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days 1878 Franklyn Farnum, actor, Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days 1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old 1873 Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1871 Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed 1867 Bricklayers start working 8-hour days 1866 1st-class debut of G F Grace aged 15 years 159 days 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of 3 days 1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults 1864 Battle of North Anna, Va, 1st of 3 days of fighting 1864 Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge 1862 Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm) Day 7 of Seven Days US15,249 CS17,583 1862 Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days 1862 General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, Tennessee 1860 Clipper Andrew Jackson arrives in SF, 89 days out of NY 1849 Memmon is 1st clipper to reach San Francisco, 120 days out of New York 1845 Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days 1836 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days 1823 Thomas Hughes, England, author, Tom Brown's School Days 1816 Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days 1799 Amos Bronson Alcott, U.S. educator/poet, Concord Days 1789 John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. Vice President (9 days before Washington) 1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives 1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later 1741 George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days 1689 Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan 1608 John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication 1591 Innocent IX, Giovanni Facchinetti, Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72 1582 Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days 1554 Jane Grey, queen of England for 13 days, beheaded at 17 1553 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days 1537 Jane Grey, Queen of England for 9 days 1501 Marcellus II, Marcello Cervini, Italy, humanist/Pope, 1555, 22 days 1316 Jan I becomes king of France, dies 4 days later 1316 Jean I, king of France, Nov 15-19, 1316, he lived only 4 days 1241 Celestine IV, Goffredo Castiglioni, Pope (1241, 16 days), dies 1054 Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days) 708 Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies 708 Sisinnius begins his reign as Pope (dies 20 days later) |
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