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1995 Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89
1994 Cessna crashes in White House front yard 1994 Rwandese Patriot Front occupies Kigali 1994 Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92 1992 Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70 1992 Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of U.N. 1992 Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round 1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asstistant General Manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) 1985 French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1985 Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago) 1979 Ludwig Renn, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany, dies at 90 1972 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71 1971 Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 1969 Seattle Pilots last game in Seattle, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473 1969 Craig Logan, born in Scotland, rock bassist, Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey 1969 Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine 1967 People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established 1967 George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64 1965 Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies 1963 Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 1962 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms 1959 Mel Gaynor, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock drummer, Simple Minds-Water Front 1957 San Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall 1956 Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front 1956 Derek Forbes, rocker, Simple Minds-Water Front 1956 M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon 1951 Earl Howe, born in England, British politician, Conservative, front bench member, House of Lords, Health spokesman 1950 U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops 1950 Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77 1949 "Front Page," debuts on CBS-TV 1946 Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) 1945 General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken 1944 Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy 1944 General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy 1944 Russian offensive in central front sector 1944 Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front 1943 Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front 1943 German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Eisenhower visits front 1942 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front 1942 Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81 1941 German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union 1941 Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies 1941 1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front 1941 Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish cafe Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe) 1938 Yankees sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium 1937 Queensland all out for 93 vs. SA in front of 10,436 1937 French People's front government-Blum falls 1937 Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France 1936 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government 1936 French People's Front wins elections 1936 Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections 1935 Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels 1934 French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms 1931 German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism 1931 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front" 1929 Bob Bouma, Dutch TV host, For a Postcard in the Front Row 1928 Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in New York City 1928 Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1924 Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees 1923 Herschel Bernardi, actor, Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front 1918 Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front) 1918 Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I 1917 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House 1917 General Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for 1st time 1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I 1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack 1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front 1914 Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front 1914 Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front 1914 General von Hindenburgs named commander of German armies on Eastern Front 1913 Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse 1908 Lew Ayres, Minnesota, actor, All Quiet on Western Front, Dr. Kildare 1906 Jeffrey Lynn, actor, Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front 1905 Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front 1898 Erich Maria Remarque, novelist, All Quiet on the Western Front 1898 Frank McHugh, actor, Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young 1893 Ben Hecht, New York City, novelist/playwright/screenwriter, Front Page 1890 Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor, Front Page, Star is Born 1889 Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1889 Walter Catlett, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities 1883 Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer, Along the water front 1881 Paul L E von Kleist, German general-Field Marshal, Eastern Front 1872 Leon Blum, French premier, People's front government 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg 1864 Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill) 1862 Battle of Front Royal, Virginia 1862 Battle at Front Royal, Virginia 1862 General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid 1776 Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette" 1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom |
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