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1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1996 Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16 1996 Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81 1995 New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals 1994 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6 1993 Ken England, U.S. screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 1993 Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field 1993 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale 1992 NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993 1992 Joop Van Nellen, soccer/trainer (DHC/"We go to Rome!"), dies 1992 Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies 1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris home run record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings 1991 Railroad workers go on strike in U.S. 1990 Will Kuluva, actor (To Trap a Spy, Go Naked in World), dies at 73 1990 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go and Go wins in 2:27.2 1989 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence 1989 Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66 1989 Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1989 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals 1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1988 Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) 1987 James Baldwin, writer (Go Tell it on the Mountain), dies at 63 1987 NFL players go on strike for 24 days 1987 Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East 1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestral leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia 1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 1984 Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit 1984 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and Revolution peaks at #1 1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1981 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike 1980 In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike 1979 "Boom Boom (Out Go Lights)" by Pat Travers peaks at #56 1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers 1979 "Got To Go Disco" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 8 performances 1979 "Got Tu Go Disco" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 8 performances 1978 Iranian oil workers go on strike 1978 RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service 1978 Victor Sikora, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1976 Frank van Twillert, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1976 Maringo Vlijter, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1975 Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7 1975 Wings release "Letting Go" 1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike 1974 Bas Leferink, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1974 Toine Rorije, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1973 Trick Daddy, born in Miami, Florida, rapper, popular hits 'Let's Go', 'Shut Up', 'Thugs are Us' 1973 New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games 1973 New York Mets are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1972 Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1972 Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1971 Diana Lynn, actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go), dies at 45 1971 Lloyd Kammeron, soccer player, Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles 1971 Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms 1971 U.S. special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents 1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders U.S. radio and TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes 1970 Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1970 Marco Heering, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1970 Paul Bosvelt, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles/FC Twente 1970 Dennis Hulshof, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1970 Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81 1969 Marthijn Pothoven, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1969 Erik Tammer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles 1969 Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL 1969 John Forest, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1968 Cees Marbus, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1968 Enid Mary Blyton, author (Before I Go To Sleep), dies at 70 1968 Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike 1968 Jack de Gier, soccer player, Cambuur L, Go Ahead Eagles 1968 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike 1968 Jason van Blerk, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1967 Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1967 Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air 1967 Marcel Valk, soccer player, RKC, Go Ahead Eagles 1966 Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program 1966 Jerry Fehily, rocker, Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go 1966 Wayne Wonder, born in Buff Bay, Jamaica, Von Wayne Charles, singer, songwriter, raggae, known for hit song 'No Letting Go' 1965 Fiachna O'Braonain, Irish pop guitarist, Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go 1965 Alphons Arts, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1965 Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles 1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who 1964 Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1 1964 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan and Dean's "Surf City" 1964 Lenny Kravitz, singer/guitar, 911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way? 1963 "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts peaks at #2 1963 Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres 1963 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio 1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances 1962 Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again 1962 London trolley buses go out of service 1961 Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60 1961 Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child and My Bonnie, in Hamburg 1961 Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1959 Richard Drummie, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down 1958 Joop Hiele, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles 1958 Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies 1958 Oran "Juice" Jones, rocker, Curiosity, Here I Go Again 1958 Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin" 1956 David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows 1956 650,000 U.S. steel workers go on strike 1956 1st solar powered radios go on sale 1956 Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Every Time You Go Away 1955 Peter Cox, rocker, Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down 1955 Leo Barnes, Irish saxophonist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry, Don't Go 1953 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service 1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations 1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1953 Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies 1952 650,000 metal workers go on strike in U.S. 1952 Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds 1951 New York Giants lose to go 13 games behind Brooklyn Dodgers, later win pennant 1950 "Touch and Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 176 performances 1950 "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances 1949 "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 176 performances 1948 Southside Johnny Lyon, New Jersey, rocker, Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home 1948 "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances 1948 Paul Davis, born in Meridian, Michigan, country/rock vocalist, I Go Crazy 1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game 1947 Kiki Dee, born in Yorkshire, England, singer, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 1946 Marianne Faithfull, born in Hampstead, England, singer, Money, As Tears Go By 1945 General Motors workers go on strike 1945 Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 1944 Brigid Bazlen, born in Wisconsin, actress, Pam-Too Young to go Steady 1944 T S "Tony" McPhee, rocker, Sad Go Round 1944 Mary Wilson, born in Detroit, Michigan, vocalist, Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go 1944 Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond 1943 Tully Marshall, actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78 1942 Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to go work 1942 German units go through Red October-factory in Stalingrad 1942 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1941 Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go 1941 U.S. savings bonds go on sale 1941 Sandy Denny, country singer, Fairport Convention-If You Gotta Go 1939 Nylon stockings go on sale in U.S. for 1st time 1939 Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware) 1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain 1937 Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge 1936 New York Giants are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1935 Steve Lawrence, born in Brooklyn, singer and actor, Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy 1935 Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant 1934 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant 1934 Gia Scala, born in Italy, actress in Angry Hills, Don't Go Near the Water 1933 Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction 1931 June Thorburn, born in Kashmir, India, actress, Touch and Go, Children Galore 1931 1st electric shavers go on sale in U.S. from Schick 1930 St. Louis Cardinals are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1930 Nita Talbot, born in New York City, New York, actress, Supertrain, Here We Go Again 1929 Bud Spencer, Italian actor, Aladdin, Extralarge, Go For It 1928 NSW (v Vic) go from 8-74 to 9-113 to be 9-367 at stumps 1927 Gianna Maria Canale, Reggio Calabria Italy, actress, Go For Broke 1926 Diana Lynn, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go 1926 Buddy Greco, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Away We Go, Broadway Open House 1926 British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike 1926 British coal-miners go on strike 1926 Libera Carlier, Flemish author, Action Station Go! 1925 NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 1925 Philadelphia A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15 1922 Jeff Richards, born in Portland, Oregon, actor, Don't Go Near the Water 1922 M. Alain Resnais, born in Vannes, France, director, Melo, I Want to Go Home 1922 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless 1917 Buddy Rich, born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer/orchestral leader, Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go 1915 Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands 1914 Dorothy Hyson, actress, Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go 1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike 1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect 1912 John B M R "John" Hanlo, Dutch poet, Go to the Mosque 1911 Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames 1908 Yankees lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season 1906 Fredric [William] Brown, U.S., sci-fi author, Martians Go Home 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale 1902 Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer 1901 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor) 1901 Donald Cook, Portland, Oregon, actor, Too Young To Go Steady 1900 Charles Dudley Warner, U.S. writer (As We Go), dies at 70 1900 Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress, Let's Go 1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers 1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1898 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike 1895 Charles Lamont, born in San Francisco, California, director, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges 1892 Mae West, Brooklyn, actress, Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie 1892 Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1891 Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike 1889 Robert [Harriot] Barrat, New York City, actor, Go West, Distant Drums 1888 Drentse and Friese peat cutters go on strike 1865 Horace Greeley advises his readers to "Go west young man" 1847 1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City 1820 Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays 1811 Horace Greeley, editor, "Go west, young man" 1700 Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar 1577 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world 1568 Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike |
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