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 Paige Speakman, England, born 19 days before her twin sister
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 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
1996 Abbey Speakman, England, born 19 days after her twin sister
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 mins
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 in NZ 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 HR 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. NZ 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 hr, 4 min
1988 Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min)
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 Lt Col 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 hr, 30 min
1984 "Baby Fae" gets baboon heart transplant, lives 21 days
1984 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit
1984 Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across U.S. (24 days)
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 NZ 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 freed
1981 Brit 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 Pres, 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. NZ, 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 Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days
1970 Yanks 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 Philip Blaiberg, after 19 days with artificial heart, dies
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 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 hrs
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 US 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
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 Aust vs. Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust 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 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 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 Mt. Vernon, New York, actress, Owl and Pussycat, Happy Days
1943 Susan Seaforth Hayes, actress, Days of our Life, Young and Restless
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 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. Aust) 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 HR 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 HR 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 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, Engl, 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
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 Gen 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. VP (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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