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 asst GM (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)
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
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 Yanks 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 Gen 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 Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front
1914 Gen 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
1894 Cricket day 4 1T Aus vs. Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front
1893 Ben Hecht, New York City, novelist/playwright/screenwriter, Front Page
1890 Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor, Front Page, Star is Born
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-fieldmarshal, 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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