1997 American Express Senior Golf Invitational
1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets
1994 United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5
1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
1992 Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies
1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
1991 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston
1991 Brad Davis, U.S., actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41
1991 Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41
1991 L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13
1990 Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies
1989 "Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 761 performances
1987 Rollermania at MSG, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers
1987 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood
1987 "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 761 performances
1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
1985 Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428
1984 Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack
1984 Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Mich Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds
1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe's "Starlight Express," premieres
1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic
1980 Ivan Triesault, actor (Von Ryan's Express, Desert Fox), dies at 81
1979 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda
1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy
1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years)
1976 Julian Rivero, actor (Via Pony Express), dies at 85
1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153
1971 Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76
1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
1969 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75
1968 Ohio Express' "Yummy Yummy Yummy" goes gold
1968 Yummy Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express hits #4
1962 Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Neth)
1961 Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52
1961 Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)
1960 Joseph Martin Mudd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1988 Federal Express
1960 Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66
1958 "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, wrestler, SMW/ECW/NJPW/WCW, Midnight Express
1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan)
1955 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris
1955 Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300
1953 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)
1953 Wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166
1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington D.C. station
1952 Barbara Loomis, rocker, BT Express
1951 Richard Thompson, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express
1951 William Risrook, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express
1950 Michael Jones, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express
1950 Randy Quaid, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Midnight Express, Vacation, SNL
1949 Brad Davis, Tallahassee, Florida, actor, Roots, Chiefs, Midnight Express
1947 1st helicopter air mail and express service
1947 Carlos Ward, rocker, B T Express
1942 Nicholas Lloyd, editor, Daily Express
1940 John Hurt, England, actor, Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express
1938 "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47
1937 Vanessa Redgrave, born in London, actress, Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express
1933 Paris express train derails and kills 160, injures 300 (France)
1924 Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle
1922 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz
1920 John Junor, British editor in chief, Sunday Express
1913 Coral Browne, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Margaret-Time Express
1913 Karl Malden, born in Chicago, actor, Mike-Streets of SF, American Express
1908 Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express
1907 Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor, Berlin Express, Ship of Fools
1900 John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck
1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
1891 1st travelers checks issued, American Express
1890 Agatha Christie, mystery writer, Murder on Orient Express
1890 Julian Rivero, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express
1888 Donald Calthrop, London, actor, Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express
1883 Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail
1861 Pony Express ends
1861 1st transcontinental telegram sent ending Pony Express
1861 Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from New York
1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri
1860 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento, California
1860 Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California
1850 Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo
1805 Henry Wells, founder, American Express Co and Wells Fargo and Co
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