2001 Eileen Heckart, actress, Butterflies Are Free, dies at 82
1997 Microsoft argues it should be "free from government interference"
1997 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO
1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays
1996 HotMail, a free internet E-mail service begins
1995 New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird"
1994 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75
1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66)
1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00)
1994 Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92
1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
1994 Bill Travers, actor (Trio, Gorgo, Born Free), dies at 72
1994 Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec)
1993 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33)
1993 12 member European Economic Community set up vast free trade zone
1992 Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87
1992 New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key
1992 Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White and 21), dies at 86
1992 Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies
1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4)
1992 Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies
1992 New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul
1991 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
1991 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 game
1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vr˜e Folk" (Free People)
1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1991 Joe Dumaars (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 62 games
1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1990 Iraqi parliment endorses Saddam's decision to free hostages
1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants
1990 Iraq announces it will free all German hostages
1990 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
1990 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled
1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
1990 George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya
1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
1990 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1990 South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th
1990 South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs
1990 Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent
1989 Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
1989 Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1989 Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years
1989 Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland
1989 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins
1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989 Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
1988 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US
1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1988 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
1988 U.S. - Soviet effort free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK
1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections
1988 Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents
1988 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec)
1988 Adela Rogers St. John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94
1988 Mulroney and Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
1987 Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws
1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1987 Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59
1987 Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York City
1987 Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver
1987 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die
1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency
1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US
1986 Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US
1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade
1986 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
1985 South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence
1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees
1984 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair
1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1984 John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1984 A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation
1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws
1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
1983 Att Gen Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because food is free and that's easier than paying for it"
1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
1983 Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park
1983 Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 1500m free style swimming record
1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 400 m free style swimming record
1982 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60
1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
1982 Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
1981 NBA New York Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
1981 Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, 1st U.S. woman free balloon pilot, dies
1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent
1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
1980 Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
1980 Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages
1980 U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela
1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine
1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1980 Jason James Richter, Medford OR, actor, Free Willy
1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1980 Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69
1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies
1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years)
1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on NH licenses
1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees
1976 New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract
1976 Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
1976 Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1976 Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1976 Tom Malchow, U.S., 200m butterfly/free, 1996 Olympics silver
1976 A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, to Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell
1976 Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
1976 Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency
1975 Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents
1975 President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped
1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1975 Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack
1975 U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins 1st free election in Portugal
1975 Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election
1974 Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yank contract
1974 A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)
1974 Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley
1974 Gary Hall, Jr., U.S., 50m/100m/400m free relay, Oly-gold/2 silver-96
1974 Edgar Dearing, actor (Free and Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81
1974 Marcus Coleman, free safety for the New York Jets
1973 Shawn Wooden, free safety for the Miami Dolphins
1973 Duncan Free, Australian rower 1996 Olympics
1973 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
1973 Islanders and Sabres had a penalty free game
1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
1971 President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free
1970 Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79
1970 Neal Caloia, born in Torrance, California, free pistol 1996 Olympics
1970 Eric Castle, NFL free safety for the San Diego Chargers
1969 Leonard Gersh' "Butterflies are Free," premieres in New York City
1969 Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies
1969 Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park
1969 Michael Dumas, NFL free safety, San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jaguars
1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert
1969 Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer, world record 200m
1968 Darren Perry, NFL free safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1968 Paul Scherrer, actor, Children of Corn II, Free Spirit
1968 Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer, world record 400m
1968 Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free
1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1967 Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses
1967 Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent
1967 Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!'
1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand
1964 Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley
1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium
1964 Bonnie Langford, English actress, Wombling Free
1963 Jazzie B, [Beresford Romeo], English rapper, Soul II Soul-Feel Free
1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North
1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts
1961 St. Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws
1960 Greg Derr, Marshfield Massachusetts, free pistol 1996 Olympics
1960 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
1960 Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars
1958 Toyah Wilcox, Birmingham, England, rocker, I Want to Be Free
1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1954 Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
1954 Ben Amonette, Radford, Virginia, free pistol, Olympics-92, 96
1954 Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, Oly-20-1996
1953 World B Free, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors
1952 Andy Fraser, rock bassist, Free London
1951 Edward Albert, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free
1950 Paul Kossoff, born in London, England, rock guitarist, Free
1948 State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence
1945 "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam
1945 Canadian troop free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo and Eibergen
1944 Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands
1944 Tito reaches free Belgrade
1944 Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade
1944 Canadians free Austria
1944 Polish forces free Terneuzen Neth
1944 Eindhoven free (Lightly Day)
1944 Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria
1944 Tank division of British Guards free Brussels
1944 Frances de la Tour, actress, Bejeweled, Wombling Free
1944 French troops free Elba
1943 Corsica freed by Free French
1943 Free French lands on Corsica
1943 Soviet troops free Karkov
1943 Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)
1943 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam
1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule
1943 Cheryl Miller, born in Sherman Oaks, California, actress, Paula-Daktari, Born Free
1943 Blythe Danner, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actress, Butterflies are Free
1942 Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David
1942 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
1942 New York Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
1942 Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81
1941 Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon
1940 Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game
1940 Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary and Red Cross
1940 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
1940 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers
1938 Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game
1938 Susan Hampshire, born in London, England, actress, Vanity Fair, Living Free
1938 Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6)
1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie
1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire)
1937 Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2)
1936 Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author, Steal this Book
1936 Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game
1936 Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6)
1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more
1934 Brooklyn and Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game
1933 Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk)
1933 German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
1932 A J Zuckerman, Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
1932 "Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang"
1931 Virginia McKenna, actress, Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba
1931 Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at 40
1929 Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free
1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated
1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style
1926 VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms
1926 Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird
1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations
1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation
1922 King George V proclaims Irish Free state
1922 Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State
1922 Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute
1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier
1922 Bill Travers, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, actor, Born Free, Gorgo
1921 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director, Free Academy
1920 Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection
1920 Liesbeth Tonckens, [Wilhelmina], actress/lecturer, Free People
1919 Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies
1919 Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall
1919 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland
1918 Brussels free Stofnar
1918 Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
1917 Pravda (Lenin names Russia "Free land of world")
1916 A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa
1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army
1914 Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84
1912 Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands
1912 South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free
1910 Joy Adamson, naturalist/author, Born Free
1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State
1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo
1905 Bernard C J Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposophist?, founder Free College
1905 Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker, dies
1901 Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands
1901 Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)
1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State
1899 Orange Free state mobilizes
1894 Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday
1893 Edgar Dearing, Ceres, California, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy
1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
1885 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73
1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1880 Amsterdam Free University opens
1880 William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state
1878 Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Philadelphia, actor, Free Soul, Dr. Kildare
1877 Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer
1876 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass
1869 Free postal delivery formally inaugurated
1865 Union Gen Granger declares slaves are free in Texas
1865 Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks
1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz
1863 Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired
1862 President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
1861 New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S
1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists
1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin
1854 Great-Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein
1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa)
1850 Carel V Gerritsen, Dutch free thinker
1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for president
1848 Free last slaves in French colonies
1843 United Free Church of Scotland forms
1841 U.S. Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
1838 Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio, feminist/reformer/free love
1834 Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder, Free Parish
1833 Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves
1832 Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31)
1830 1st Negro Convention of Free Men agree to boycott slave-produced goods
1822 Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
1816 Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany
1815 Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic
1811 Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist, Free Will
1804 Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar
1800 Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave
1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi
1788 Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans
1787 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens
1787 Philadelphia's Free African Society forms
1787 Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
1785 Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84
1784 Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies
1783 Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1780 Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator, Free Church of Scotland 1843-47
1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States"
1776 Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
1775 Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army
1735 States of Holland forbid Free Masonry
1734 Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Free Masons Lodge
1719 Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik
1717 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London
1674 Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72
1659 General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1652 John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va
1651 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
1602 Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker/tutor of Spinoza
1534 Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea
1422 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple
1397 Sultan Bajezid I release caught crusaders free, for ransom
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