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1996 Lew Ayres, screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at 88
1996 "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances 1995 Michael VerMeulen, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor, dies at 38 1994 "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 165 performances 1993 Myrna Loy, actress (Thin Man, Vanity Fair), dies at 88 1993 "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 165 performances 1990 Manuel Noriega claims U.S. denied him a fair trial 1990 Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82 1988 Frederick Loewe, U.S. composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84 1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair 1983 George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday 1982 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee opens 1982 Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91 1981 "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 119 performances 1981 "My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 119 performances 1978 Lorrie Fair, born in Los Altos, California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics 1977 "My Fair Lady" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 384 performances 1976 "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances 1976 Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78 1976 Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78 1975 Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79 1973 Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (All's Fair), dies at 64 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1969 Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America 1991 1968 Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76 1965 Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season 1965 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win 1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens 1963 Norman Alvis, born in Fair Oaks, California, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1962 "My Fair Lady" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 2,715 performances 1958 Keith Haring, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, graffiti artist, Vanity Fair, Paris Review 1958 Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens 1957 New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1957 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win 1956 Michael VerMeulen, born in Chicago, Illinois, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor 1956 "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 2,715 performances 1955 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam 1950 Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host, Good Morning America 1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal" 1948 Dennis "Minder" Waterman, born in London, England, actor, Fair Exchange 1946 Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 1941 Fair Employment Practices Commission established 1940 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1940 New York World's Fair reopens 1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair 1939 Judy Carne, born in Northhampton, England, comedienne, Laugh-in, Fair Exchange 1939 New York World's Fair opens 1938 Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm) 1938 Susan Hampshire, born in London, England, actress, Vanity Fair, Living Free 1937 World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors) 1937 Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich 1933 Jeremy Brett, actor, Sherlock Holmes, Freddie-My Fair Lady 1933 Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago 1933 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair 1931 E[dgar] L[aurence] Doctorow, New York City, novelist, World's Fair 1929 Mel Hancock, born in Cape Fair, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1989 - 1997 1929 Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady 1925 World's fair opens in Chicago 1924 Jeffrey Segal, actor and playwright, Vanity Fair, Rest in Pieces 1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam 1919 Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam 1918 Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer, Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady 1917 Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer and actor, My Fair Lady 1917 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) 1915 William Goyen, born in Trinity, Texas, writer, storyteller, married actress Doris Roberts, wrote The House of Breath, The Fair Sister, Wonderful Plant 1915 World's Fair in San Francisco opens 1915 Jann Willem Holsbergen, author, Zakenmensen Fair as Gold 1914 Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator, Fair Employment Practices 1912 Alice Faye, Ann Leppert, New York City, actress, Barricade, State Fair 1910 Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair) 1908 Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Cleopatra 1908 Rex Harrison, born in England, actor, My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle 1908 Frederick Delius' "Brigg Fair," premieres 1905 Myrna Loy, Helena, Montana, actress, Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair 1903 Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Peyton Place 1900 World's Fair in Paris opens, 50 million visitors 1899 Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Texas, actor, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail 1897 Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager, My Fair Lady 1894 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park 1894 Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire 1893 Isobel Elsom, actress, My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger 1892 Emory Parnell, St. Paul Minnesota, actress, Rocket Man, County Fair 1891 Fay Bainter, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair 1888 Gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress, My Fair Lady 1888 Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist, Fair Folks 1883 Amsterdam World's Fair opens 1883 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair 1880 Donald Meek, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Stage Fair, Stagecoach 1876 Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia 1873 Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna 1864 Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties 1864 Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmont 1864 Battle of Fair Gardens, TN 1863 Edwin Vose Sumner, U.S. Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 1862 Charles Davis Jameson, U.S. Union Brigadier General (Fair Oaks), dies at 35 1862 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties) 1862 Battle of Seven Pines Virginia (Fair Oaks) 1854 Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair 1853 1st U.S. World's fair opens, Crystal Palace New York 1852 John Howard Payne, actor and playwright (Fair Warning), dies 1811 William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist, Vanity Fair 1620 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) 1306 King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France |
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