|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
|
|
History Home Events Birthdays Deaths Years |
|
Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy! |
|
Event
|
|
|
1996 Roger Bowen, actor (M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob), dies at 62
1990 Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma 1984 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden 1984 1st brother combo to win Gold and Silver in same event at Olympics (Phil and Steve Mahre-Slalom) 1983 WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event 1965 Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert 1963 Claire Smith, born in Ottawa, Ontario, equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics 1961 Andrew Nicholson, UK, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics 1961 Vaughn Jefferis, Matangi New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1961 Blyth Tait, England, New Zealand equestrian 3 day event, 1996 Olympics gold 1958 Sally Clark, born in Feilding New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event, 1996 Olympics silver 1956 Mark Todd, U.K., New Zealand equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics 1955 Tony Allcock, born in Leicestershire, England, bowler, two-time world outdoor singles champion, 1992, 1996, world singles champion 1986, 1987, 2002, won silver medal in men's singles event at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event 1952 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing 1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) 1951 Vicky Latta, Auckland New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event 1996 Olympics 1948 Mary Gordon-Watson, born in England, equestrian 3 day event, 1972 Olympics gold 1939 Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1938 1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, New York 1933 Roger Bowen, actor, M*A*S*H, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia 1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) 1927 Althea Gibson, Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1921 KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) 1908 Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet) 1906 Richard Fanshawe, England, equestion 3 day event, Olympic-bronze-1936 1900 The term "orienteering" is 1st used for an event 1893 For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago 1810 Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event 1639 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event) 1638 Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in U.S. |
|
|
|
|
| History Home Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com | |