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1997 Bruce Woodcock, boxer, British and Empire heavyweight champion 1945 - 1950, dies at 76
1997 Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and kills 1 1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres 1995 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and conducter, BBC Empire Orchestra, dies at 92 1993 Daniel Jones, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1990 New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities 1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state building in 1930, dies 1989 Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63 1988 Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies 1983 President Reagan calls the U.S.S.R. an "Evil Empire" 1982 President Reagan 1st United Nations General Assembly address, "evil empire" speech 1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Building, 10m 1980 "Empire Strikes Back" premieres 1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself 1974 Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women 1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) 1965 Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire 1959 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England 1958 British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day" 1949 Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies 1949 Christine Belford, Amityville, New York, actress, Banacek, Empire, 90210 1948 Ron Vawter, Latham, New York, actor, Philadelphia, Empire City, Twister 1945 Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building 1945 U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die 1945 British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day 1940 Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire 1937 Billy Dee Williams, born in Harlem New York City, actor, Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back 1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines 1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1933 Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel 1931 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (New York City) 1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City 1930 Patrick Pery, born in Ireland, born Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Irish peer, public servant 1927 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78 1926 Ray McAnally, born in Ireland, actor, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian 1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley 1923 Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire) 1922 Ottoman Empire abolished 1921 U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 1921 Richard Egan, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Empire, Redigo, Pollyanna 1921 Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire 1921 Bruce Woodcock, born in England, boxer, British and Empire heavyweight champion 1945 - 1950, European heavyweight champion 1946 - 1949, events attracted sellout crowds 1920 British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru 1920 William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator 1918 Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves 1918 Czechoslovakia declares Independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire 1918 David Opatoshu, New York City, actor, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada 1917 John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1917 Order of British Empire inaugurated 1915 Roland Barthes, French literary critic, L'Empire des Signer 1915 Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1914 Daniel Joseph Boorstin, author, Empire of Czar, 1974 Pulitzer Prize 1912 Daniel Jones, born in Pembroke, Wales, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1912 Kenny Baker, radio singer and actor, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back 1911 Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland 1909 Anne Seymour, born in England, actress, Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show 1909 Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 1906 "Census of the British Empire" shows England rules 1/5 of the world 1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station 1902 Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain 1897 Peter Pan opens in New York at Empire Theater 1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M 1883 Slavery banned throughout British Empire 1881 Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, American Empire, Cisco Kid 1871 German Empire ends all anti-Jewish civil restrictions 1871 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck 1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms 1861 Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire, 1918-22 1852 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor 1850 Empire Engine Company No 1 organized 1834 Slavery abolished through out the British Empire 1829 Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople 1822 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire 1821 Mexican Empire declares its independence 1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire 1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48 1776 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of Roman Empire" published 1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian, Decline and Fall of Roman Empire 1725 Robert Clive, English explorer/founder, British empire in India 1725 Robert Clive, founder, British empire in India 1719 Liechtenstein declares independence from German empire 1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire 1705 Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64 1648 Treaty of Westphalia ends 30 year war and Holy Roman Empire 1584 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire 1515 Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire 1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire 1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire 1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies 876 Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies 809 Harun al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasid empire (786-809), dies at 44 636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire 476 West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted 472 Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker 450 Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies 418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire 410 Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire 379 Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire 375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54 330 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire 311 Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire |
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