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2005 William Proxmire, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards, died of Alzheimer's disease

1998 18th Golden Raspberry Awards

1998 55th Golden Globes Awards

1997 Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo

1997 "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances

1997 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins

1997 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush

1996 16th Golden Raspberry Awards: Showgirls wins

1996 53th Golden Globes: Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta

1995 "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances

1995 "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden New York City at 347 perf

1995 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins

1995 52th Golden Globes: Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange

1994 Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 72

1994 "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden New York City for 347 performances

1994 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins

1994 51st Golden Globes: Schlinder's List, Steven Speilberg

1993 "Mixed Emotions" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 48 performances

1993 William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70

1993 "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 48 performances

1993 "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 487 performances

1993 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins

1993 50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman, wins

1992 Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV

1992 Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64

1992 "Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 487 performances

1992 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins

1992 49th Golden Globes

1991 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane and Ghosts Can't Do It wins

1991 48th Golden Globes: Dances with Wolves

1990 "Michael Feinstein in Concert" closes at Golden New York City after 30 performances

1990 "Michael Feinstein in Concert -" opens at Golden New York City for 30 performances

1990 Sammy Davis, Jr., singer and actor (Golden Boy), dies at 64

1990 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins

1990 47th Golden Globes: Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win

1989 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins

1989 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl

1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins

1988 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas

1987 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins

1987 44th Golden Globes: Platoon, Marlee Matlin win

1986 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney and Lacey and Michael J Fox win

1986 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo: First Blood Part II wins

1986 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win

1985 5th Golden Raspberry Awards: Bolero wins

1985 Golden Raspberry Awards presented to parody Oscar Awards (Bolero wins)

1985 42th Golden Globes: Amadeus wins

1984 Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110

1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India

1984 Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site, Golden Temple

1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins

1984 41th Golden Globes: Thornbirds wins

1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins

1983 40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET and Tootsie win

1982 Tom Bakker, actor (Golden Voyage of Sinbad), dies of a drug OD at 42

1982 Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77

1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins

1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm

1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again

1981 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..," closes at John Golden New York after 588 perf

1981 Cathy Reynolds wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship

1981 Nelson Algren, U.S. writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72

1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record

1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins

1981 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter

1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 93 performances

1980 "Tintypes" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 93 performances

1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship

1980 Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies

1980 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden New York City for 588 perf

1980 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field wins

1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship

1979 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York City

1979 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda

1978 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship

1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship

1976 Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur

1976 "Going Up" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 49 performances

1976 "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 49 performances

1975 Joe Smith, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors

1975 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Washington Bullets in 4 games

1974 "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US

1974 "Words and Music" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 127 performances

1974 "Words and Music" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 127 performances

1974 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641)

1973 Donyell Marshall, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors

1973 "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 31 performances

1973 "Shelter" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 31 performances

1973 Oscar de la Hoya, born in Los Angeles, California, boxer, light middleweight, Mexican-American, nicknamed 'The Golden Boy', defeated 17 world championships, won 10 world titles in six different weight classes

1973 Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics

1972 Clifford Rozier, NBA center and forward, Golden State Warriors

1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created

1972 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts

1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure

1971 Golden Gate Bridge paid for

1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden New York City after 31 performances

1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden New York City for 31 performances

1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark

1970 Aaron Sele, born in Golden Valley, Minnesota, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1970 Izabella Scorupco, born in Bialystok, Poland, actress, Golden Eye

1970 Mike Kelly, born in Los Angeles, California, Michael Raymond Kelly, baseball player, outfielder, attended Arizona State University, played outfield for Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Colorado Rockies, won Golden Spikes Award, 1991

1970 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances

1970 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances

1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark

1970 "Blood Red Roses" opens and closes at John Golden Theater New York City

1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge

1969 Jon Barry, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors

1969 "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 355 performances

1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars

1968 Bimbo Coles, NBA guard, Golden State Warriors

1968 "Golden Rainbow" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 355 performances

1967 Scott Schrader, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Golden State

1967 Charlotte Lewis, born in Kensington, London, actress, Golden Child, Pirates

1967 "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 457 performances

1967 Kate Golden, Beaumont Texas, LPGA golfer, 1992 Ping/Welch-5th

1966 Shelley Michelle, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Golden Eye

1966 Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37

1966 "Golden Boy" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 569 performances

1966 "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 457 performances

1965 Gong Li, born in Shenyang, China, actress, appeared in director Zhang Yimou's film, Ju Dhou, Red Sorghum, received Golden Rooster award

1965 Duke Ellington's "Golden Brown and the Green Apple," premieres

1965 Rony Seikaly, NBA center, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors

1965 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden New York City after 192 performances

1964 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances

1964 "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 569 performances

1964 "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 673 performances

1963 Clifford Odets, U.S. playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57

1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission

1962 "Beyond the Fringe" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 673 performances

1962 Manute Bol, NBA center, Golden State Warriors

1962 Jerome Kersey, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Sea Supersonics

1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City after 55 performances

1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City for 55 performances

1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival

1960 Ralph Sampson, NBA center, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets

1960 "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden New York City after 216 performances

1959 "Billy Barnes Revue" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 87 performances

1959 "At the Drop of a Hat" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 216 performances

1959 "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 87 performances

1959 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 44 performances

1959 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 44 performances

1959 Kelly Lynch, born in Golden Walley, Minnesota, actress, Warm Summer Rain, Cocktail

1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament

1959 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden New York City after 38 performances

1959 Rusty Golden, rocker, Boys Band

1958 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 38 performances

1958 Larry Smith, born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, professional basketball player, coach, played forward/center for Alcorn State University, played for NBA's Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, credited as best rebounder in the 1980's, coached Anaheim Arsenal

1957 "Mask and Gown" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 39 performances

1957 "Mask and Gown" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 39 performances

1957 Cathy Reynolds, born in Kansas City, Missouri, LPGA golfer, 1981 Golden Lights

1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances

1955 "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland

1954 "Golden Apple" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 125 performances

1954 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 125 performances

1953 World B Free, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors

1953 John Lucas, Durham, North Carolina, NBA guard, Houston, Golden State, Milwaukee

1953 Gus Williams, NBA guard, Golden State, Seattle, Washington

1953 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf

1953 "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward, Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975

1953 Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63

1953 Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56

1952 Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor, Remington Steele, Golden Eye

1951 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds

1951 Annie Golden, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Forever Lulu, Hair

1951 Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose'

1950 "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances

1950 "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances

1950 Susan Anton, Oak Glen California, actress, Golden Girl, Spring Fever

1950 U.S.S.R. issues golden rubles

1948 Barry Hay, singer/fluitist/saxophonist/guitarist, Golden Earring

1948 Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer, Golden Earring, Radar Love

1948 George Kooymans, Dutch guitarist/singer, Golden Earring

1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower

1947 Bruce Gilbert, producer, China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond

1946 Maarnus Gerritsen, Dutch rocker, Golden Earring

1946 Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bassist/keyboardist, Golden Earring

1946 Russ Thacker, born in Washington D.C., producer, Golden Seal

1946 Janet E[llen] Morris, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Sword, Tempus

1944 Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward, New York Nets, Golden State Warriors

1943 Lola Falana, born in Camden, New Jersey, actress, Golden Boy

1942 Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing

1941 Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published

1940 Golden Gate International Expo reopens

1940 Paul Cox, actor, Exile, Golden Braid, Touch Me

1939 Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure)

1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island

1937 Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy," premieres in New York City

1937 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic

1937 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, dedicated

1937 San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge opens

1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined

1936 Daan van Golden, Dutch sculptor

1935 Paul Hornung, Green Bay Packer, the Golden Boy

1935 Great Britain boxers beat U.S. team in 1st International Golden Gloves

1934 Rue McClanahan, Healdton Oklahoma, actress, Maude, Golden Girls

1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field

1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side

1931 Japan leaves the Golden Standard

1931 George Jones, born in Saratoga, Texas, singer, Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me

1931 Julian May, U.S., sci-fi author, Golden Torc, Magnificat

1927 1st golden gloves tournament

1927 John Golden Theater (Theatre Masque) opens at 252 W 45th St. New York City

1927 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City

1925 Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens

1925 NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began

1925 Yukio Mishima, Japan, novelist, Temple of Golden Pavilion

1923 Reed van Delft, Hendrika M Schwartz, actress, Golden draagkoets

1923 Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park opens to public

1923 Estelle Getty, born in New York City, actress in film, theater, television, appeared in sitcom 'The Golden Girls'

1922 Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls

1921 Ernest Gold, born in Vienna, Austria, Ernst Gold, composer, wrote nearly 100 film and television scores, including It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, On the Beach, four Academy-Award nominations, three Golden Globe nominations

1921 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park opens

1920 Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czechoslovakian actor, Short Cut, Golden Eels

1920 Paul Foster, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Soul Stirrers gospel group member, sang with Robert Harris, Sam Cooke, Rising Stars, Golden Echoes, memorable recording 'Be With Me Jesus'

1920 Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo

1919 Doris Lessing, Kermanshah Iran, novelist, Golden Notebook

1918 Margo, singer, Golden Irish Favorites

1915 William Proxmire, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards

1913 Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in New York City

1910 Marc Lawrence, New York City, actor, Man With Golden Gun

1909 Katharine Hepburn, Connecticut, actress, African Queen, On Golden Pond

1909 Ciro Alegria, Peru, novelist, Golden Serpent

1909 Nelson Algren, U.S., novelist, Man with the Golden Arm

1907 Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher, Little Golden Books

1907 Katharine Hepburn, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond

1905 David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West," premieres in New York City

1905 Henry Fonda, Grand Is, Nebraska, actor, Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond

1903 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer, Golden Sail

1903 Frankie Carle, born in Providence, Rhode Island, orchestra leader, Golden Touch

1902 Harry Golden, Jewish humorist and writer, 2 cents Plain, Only in America

1897 Francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73

1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez"

1894 Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park

1891 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park

1889 Cliff Clark, actor, Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout

1888 Clinton Golden, Penn, founder, United Steelworkers of America

1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria

1871 William Hammond Hall's maps and surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted

1871 Tom Hayward, cricketer, great England batsman of the Golden Age

1870 Lionel Palairet, cricketer, elegant England bat in the Golden Age

1870 Golden Gate Park forms by City Order number 800

1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible

1870 Joseph B Strauss, civil engineer/builder, Golden Gate Bridge

1869 Golden Spike driven, completes Promontory Pt Ut-Transcontinental RR

1862 Steamer "Golden Gate" burns and sinks off west coast of Mexico

1854 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter, Golden Rain

1854 James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author, The Golden Bough

1852 Isabella Gregory, born in Ireland, writer and playwright, Golden Apple

1837 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet and novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel

1824 Francis Turner Palgrave, Eng, poet, Golden Treasury, Professor, Oxford

1791 Franz Gillparzer, Austrian tragic dramatist, Golden Fleece

1770 Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)

1681 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81

1600 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream'

1546 Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer, Golden nose

1543 Agnolo Firenzuola, Giovannini, Italian monk (De golden ezel), dies

1493 Agnolo Firenzuola, Giovannini, Italian monk, Golden Donkey

1453 Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople

1429 Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain

1356 German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree

1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35

1298 Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies

1212 Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)


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