2014 Event Google publicly offers Google Glass for the first time in a one-day online sale at $1,500 apiece 1995 Event "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 57 performances 1994 Event "Glass Menagerie" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 57 performances 1994 Event "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 73 performances 1994 Event "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 73 performances 1993 Death Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53 1992 Death Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S. author (American Glass Animals), dies 1991 Death Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies 1987 Event Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon 1984 Death Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78 1980 Event Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts 1980 Event Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" hits #1 1975 Death Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95 1973 Event "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33 1972 Event Looking Glass releases "Brandy" 1966 Event Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic 1965 Death Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65 1960 Event Bert Haanstra wins Oscar for "Glass" 1959 Birthday Ira Glass, American Journalist 1959 Death Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36 1957 Birthday Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster, American Journal 1957 Event World's biggest glass oven used 1956 Birthday Patrick Murray, born in Greenwich, England, actor, appeared in 'Scum', Breaking Glass', 'Curse of the Pink Panther' films 1955 Birthday Hazel O'Connor, Coventry, England, singer and actress, Breaking Glass 1955 Birthday Judith Tarr, U.S., sci-fi author, Isle of Glass, Ars Magica 1954 Birthday Jimmy Destri, rock keyboardist, Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture 1949 Birthday Chris Stein, Brooklyn, rock guitarist, Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me 1947 Event Photosensitive glass developed 1946 Death Carter Glass, American Politician 1946 Event 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres 1946 Event 1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres 1945 Birthday Ron Glass, born in Evansville, Indiana, actor, Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place 1945 Birthday Ron Glass, born in Evansville, Indiana, actor, Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple 1945 Event Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City 1944 Event Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago 1944 Birthday Charles Burnett, director, When it Rains, Glass Shield 1941 Birthday Dale Chihuly, born in Tacoma, Washington, artist in glass, Louis Tiffany Award 1967 1938 Birthday David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley 1937 Birthday Philip Glass, born in Baltimore, Maryland, minimal composer, Einstein on the Beach 1937 Birthday Robert Moran, born in Denver, Colorado, composer, operas include 'The Juniper Tree' co-composed with Philip Glass 'Night Passage' 1936 Event 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech 1936 Death Louis Glass, composer, dies at 71 1933 Birthday Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian artist, glass painter 1933 Event Patent on invisible glass installation 1930 Birthday Harry Glass, born in East Germany, 1st E German Olympic medalist, bronze-1956 1927 Birthday Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S., author, American Glass Animals 1926 Birthday Robert Schuller, televangelist, Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power 1922 Birthday Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business 1917 Birthday Paul Rogers, British actor, Looking Glass War, Billy Budd 1914 Birthday Edward Andrews, Griffin Georgia, actor, Tea and Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat 1911 Birthday Eddie Mayehoff, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife 1911 Birthday Georg Meistermann, born in German, glass, painter, Raumplanen 1910 Birthday Arthur John Howard, actor, Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage 1906 Birthday Ned Glass, born in Poland, actor, Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie 1904 Death Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist dies at 56 1902 Event Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine 1901 Birthday Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island 1901 Birthday Andries D Copier, Dutch glass manufacturer, Gildeglass 1899 Birthday Gaston Glass, Paris, France, film executive 1879 Birthday Eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher/glass painter 1879 Event Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time 1864 Birthday Louis Glass, composer 1858 Birthday Carter Glass, American Politician 1848 Birthday Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker, stained glass windows 1846 Birthday Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist, Galle Glaze 1839 Event John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph 1814 Birthday Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter 1739 Event Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, New Jersey 1556 Death David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54
