1997 Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful
1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
1995 Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1992 Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76
1991 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95
1989 Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad)
1985 Delta Lockheed L-1011 crashes at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, 137 die
1984 Delta Goodrem, Australian Actress
1982 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket
1977 Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms
1977 Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73
1976 Delta States beat Immaculata, 69-64, for AIWA basketball title
1975 Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship
1973 Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later
1972 Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins
1970 Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed
1962 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on U.S. Delta rocket)
1960 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland
1957 Joshua Mostel, New York City, actor, Delta House, At Ease
1956 Delta Burke, born in Orlando, Florida, actress, Suzanne-Designing Women
1951 Lee Wilkof, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart
1945 Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon"
1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India
1940 Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA
1929 Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx
1924 Lola Albright, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, Delta Country, Kid Galahad
1915 Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta
1911 Robert Johnson, blues singer, King of Delta Blues Singer
1902 Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician, Delta Blues
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