2015 Event Serbian Novak Djokovic beats Swiss Roger Federer to win his second U.S. Men's Open title; a day earlier, Italian Flavia Pennetta beat fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Women's Open to win her first Grand Slam, then announced her retirement 2015 Event Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards 2014 Event Protests erupt in New York and other U.S. cities after a grand jury does not indict a white police officer for choking to death an unarmed man, Eric Garner; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to retrain the police force in conflict resolution 2014 Event A grand jury in St. Louis County reaches the decision that police officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted in the shooting death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown; the decision sparked protests, looting and businesses being burned to the ground in St. Louis, as well as protests across the U.S. 2014 Event Serena Williams beats Caroline Wozniacki in the U.S. Open final, joining Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert in having won 18 Grand Slam singles victories 2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder flies to Ferguson, MO to inform residents that the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown will be investigated by the federal government; a separate county-appointed grand jury has already begun reviewing the case 2014 Event 29-year-old Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali wins the Tour de France, becoming the first winner from Italy in 16 years; the victory makes Nibali one of only six cyclists to have won the Grand Tours of Italy, Spain and France 2014 Event Stanislas Wawrinka wins his first Grand Slam title when he beats Rafael Nadal in the 2014 Australian Open final 2013 Event Within days of its launch, the 'Grand Theft Auto V' videogame reaches sales of $1billion, becoming the fastest single entertainment product ever to achieve these sales 2013 Event New York Yankees player Alex Rodrigues, sets a Major League Baseball record with 24 grand slam home runs 2013 Event The fifth installment of the 'Grand Theft Auto' videogame series is released by Rockstar Games, netting $800 million on the day it is launched 2013 Event In Greenland. a canyon over 800km long is discovered up to 800m deep in different places below the ice sheet covering the country; the canyon is longer than Arizona's Grand Canyon; it was carved out by a river over four million years ago 2013 Event Sabine Lisicki of Germany is defeated at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships; Marion Bartoli of France wins the Ladies' Singles Final, earning her first Grand Slam singles title 2013 Event Nik Wallenda completes a high wire walk across a Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon 2012 Event At the 2012 U.S. Open, Andy Murray of the U.K. wins the Men's Singles, defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic; Murray becomes the first British player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry 76 years ago 2012 Event The Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps, is won by 32 year-old Jenson Button 2011 Event Australian Casey Stoner wins the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the 2011 MotoGP World Championship 2007 Event Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan 2003 Death Barry Sheene, motorcycle road racer, winner, Formula 750 World Championship and 1976 British Grand Prix, dies of esophagus and stomach cancer 1998 Event House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice 1998 Event President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky 1998 Event Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case 1998 Death Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 1996 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids, Michigan on WKLQ 94.5 FM 1996 Death Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84 1994 Event Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station 1994 Death Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34 1994 Event "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances 1993 Event "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances 1993 Event "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances 1993 Event "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances 1992 Event "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances 1992 Death Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne, dies at 74 1992 Death David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1991 Death Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70 1991 Event Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St. Petersburg 1991 Event "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances 1990 Event 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different 1989 Event "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances 1989 Event George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1989 Event Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977 1989 Event 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title 1989 Birthday Danielle Riley Keough, grand daughter of Elvis Presley 1989 Event Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade 1988 Event North Carolina federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy 1988 Death [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61 1988 Event U.S. and Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson and Akhmilovskaya wed 1988 Event 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams 1988 Event Federal grand jury indicts North and Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair 1988 Event Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by U.S. grand jury for drugs 1987 Event New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year 1987 Event Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1987 Event Yankees blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams 1987 Event Cubs and Astro tie Oriole and Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game 1986 Event Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates 1986 Event Orioles, Dwyer and Sheets, and Rangers, Harrah, hit record 3 grand slams 1986 Event 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon 1986 Event Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking 1986 Event Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second 1984 Death Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 70 1984 Death Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55 1984 Event A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime 1984 Event Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title 1984 Event Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer 1984 Event Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam 1984 Death Anna Anderson Manahan, Grand Duchess Anastasia, dies in Virginia 1983 Event Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3) 1982 Event Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week 1981 Birthday Katie Teft, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1981 Event Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 Birthday Anna Kournikova, born in Moscow, Russia, professional tennis player, model, winner, Grand Slam titles in Australia, 1999 and 2002 1980 Event Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 Event MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1980 Death Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79 1980 Event Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams) 1979 Event Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year 1979 Event "Grand Tour" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 61 performances 1979 Event "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 61 performances 1978 Birthday Derrick Delmore, Camp Springs, Maryland, fig skater, 1996 Grand Prix champ 1978 Event Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year 1978 Event Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam) 1978 Event Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires 1978 Event Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm 1977 Event San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer 1977 Birthday Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1976 Birthday Rebecca Snyder, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, air pistol 1996 Olympics 1976 Event Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed - Yankees win 9-7 1975 Birthday Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1997 1974 Event 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville 1974 Event Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up 1974 Event Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1973 Event "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1 1973 Birthday Dean McAmmond, Grand Cache, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers 1973 Birthday Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1972 Event WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast 1972 Death Ferde Grofe, U.S. composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80 1972 Birthday Shana Zadrick, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, model, Guess Jeans 1971 Death Bobby Jones, Jr., PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930), dies at 69 1971 Event Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer 1971 Event Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam 1971 Death Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66 1971 Event 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 1971 Event Federal grand jury indicts Reverend Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger 1970 Birthday Kimberly Ann Cooley, Grand Forks ND, Miss America-ND 1996 1970 Event 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death) 1970 Event Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2 1969 Event U.S. performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado 1969 Event Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open 1969 Birthday Ken Gernander, born in Grand Rapids, NHL center for the New York Rangers 1969 Death Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34 1969 Birthday Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988 1969 Event Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special 1968 Event Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 1966 Event Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game 1966 Birthday John VanderWal, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies 1966 Birthday Barry Klein, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rower 1996 Olympics 1965 Event New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam 1965 Birthday Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids, Michigan, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1964 Event Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964 Event Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers 1964 Birthday Lisa Ann Poggi, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actress, Jolie-Loving 1962 Event WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Birthday James Debarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Debarge 1962 Event Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning 1961 Birthday Brian Lee Diemer, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, steeplechase, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1961 Event KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Event Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year 1961 Birthday El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love 1961 Event Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins 1961 Event Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings 1960 Event Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer 1960 Birthday Jo Durie, born in Bristol, England, professional tennis player, tennis commentator, ranked 5th in the World, winner of two Grand Slam titles 1960 Event Record 4 grand slams hit today 1960 Birthday Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990 1959 Death Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60 1959 Birthday Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer, Italian Grand Prix-1988 1959 Birthday Mark DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist, DeBarge-Who's Johnny 1958 Birthday Randy DeBarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/bassist, Debarge 1957 Event Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln) 1957 Birthday Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix 1957 Death Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 1956 Death Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61 1956 Event On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yankees beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7 1956 Event Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam 1956 Event Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4 1956 Event Indians' Jim Busby hits 2nd grand slam in two days in a 4-2 win vs. the Kansas City A's 1956 Event United DC-7 and TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 1956 Death Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69 1955 Event Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season 1955 Death Fernand Leger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies 1955 Event Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 1955 Birthday Bunny DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge 1954 Birthday Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer, Portugal Grand Prix-1990 1954 Event Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles 1954 Birthday Philippe Alliot, race driver, grand prix 1954 Event KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Birthday Riccardo Patrese, driver, Grand Prix 1953 Event Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series 1952 Event New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1951 Event Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yankees beat Giants 13-1 1951 Birthday Mel Schacher, born in Michigan, bassist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful 1950 Event Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time 1950 Birthday Barry Sheene, born in London, England, motorcycle road racer, winner, Formula 750 World Championship and 1976 British Grand Prix 1950 Event Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4 1950 Birthday Clarence Ellis, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, football player, safety, played with National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, drafted in first round of 1972 NFL Draft 1950 Event Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry" 1949 Event Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit 1949 Event WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Death Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies 1949 Birthday Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court 1948 Birthday Mark Farner, Michigan, guitar/vocalist, Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion 1948 Birthday Don Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, musician, drummer, performed with Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, Silver Bullet Band and rock band Grand Funk Railroad 1948 Birthday Donald Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, rock drummer, Grand Funk Railroad 1948 Event Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season 1948 Birthday Craig Frost, keyboardist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful 1947 Event 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1946 Event Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs 1946 Event Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yankees 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam 1945 Event Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season 1945 Event Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st U.S. city to fluoridate its water 1943 Birthday Chris Amon, Grand Prix racer 1943 Birthday Helmut Marko, auto racer, Le Mans Grand Prix 1942 Birthday Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1941 Event Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1941 Event A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand) 1939 Event Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game 1939 Birthday Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer, 27 Grand Prix 1938 Event Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam 1938 Event Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam 1938 Event Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam 1938 Birthday Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam 1938 Event 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase 1937 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 1937 Event Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer 1936 Event Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam 1936 Birthday Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1936 Event Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yankees beat A's 25-2 1936 Birthday Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-3 1936 Birthday John Paul Cain, Sweetwater, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Greater Grand Rapids 1935 Birthday Justin Tubb, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1935 Birthday Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1934 Birthday Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, California, tennis, 1st woman grand slam, 1953 1933 Event Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship 1933 Birthday Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1932 Birthday Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer, 50 Grand National victories 1931 Event Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite," premieres 1931 Event Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games 1931 Event 63rd Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Twenty Grand wins in 2:29.6 1931 Event 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 1930 Event WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1930 Event Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yankees beat Red Sox 14-13 1929 Event Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 1929 Event 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1929 Event President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park 1928 Death Frederik II W, grand duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71 1927 Event Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN 1927 Event Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 1927 Event Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie 1927 Birthday Carl Smith, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1927 Birthday Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Senator Joseph McCarthy 1926 Event DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry 1926 Birthday Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1925 Birthday Jimmy Dickens, Bolt, West Virginia, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1925 Event Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn 1925 Event New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers 1925 Birthday Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side 1923 Event 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run 1923 Birthday Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist, Le Grand Defi 1922 Birthday Judy Garland, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, actress and singer, Wizard of Oz 1922 Event Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish 1921 Birthday Yves Montand, France, actor/singer, Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix 1921 Birthday Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1964- 1921 Birthday Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1964- 1920 Event Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal 1920 Event Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam 1920 Event Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam 1920 Event Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series 1920 Event Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1920 Birthday Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry 1919 Birthday Kitty Wells, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1919 Event Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 1918 Event Bathe: grand duke Frederik II resigns 1916 Event Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising 1916 Event Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam 1915 Event Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run 1914 Death Alain-Fournier, French writer (Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27 1913 Death Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered 1913 Event New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens 1912 Birthday Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw 1911 Birthday Reed Hadley, born in Petrolia, Texas, actor, Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon 1911 Birthday Albert Remy, born in Sevres, France, actor, Grand Prix, Gigot, Train 1909 Birthday Joseph McCarthy, born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin Senator-R-Wisconsin 1947 - 1957 1907 Event David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City 1907 Death Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81 1905 Death Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 1905 Birthday Greta Garbo, born in Stockholm, actress, Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille 1905 Birthday Henry Fonda, Grand Is, Nebraska, actor, Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond 1904 Event New York City begins building Grand Central Station 1904 Birthday Bill Baird, Grand Is Nebr, puppeteer, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Muppet Show 1904 Birthday Henri-Georges Adam, French etcher/painter/sculptor, Grand Nude 1903 Birthday Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef 1902 Death John Wesley Powell, U.S. geologist (Grand Canyon), dies at 68 1902 Birthday Bobby Jones, Jr., born in Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer, Grand Slam 1930 1902 Birthday Ray Teal, Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza 1901 Event Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League 1900 Event 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids) 1898 Birthday Wiley Post, Grand Plain, Texas, aviator/parachutist, crashed in Alaska 1898 Event Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat 1897 Birthday Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion 1896 Event Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London 1896 Birthday Charlotte A E M W, grand duchess of Luxembourg, 1919-64 1895 Birthday Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids, Michigan, composer, Pulitzer 1946 1894 Birthday Jean Renoir, French director, Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion 1892 Event Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite 1885 Birthday Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor, Grand Illusion 1883 Event Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust) 1883 Event Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights 1880 Event 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1878 Birthday Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau 1878 Event Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House 1878 Birthday A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1876 Event 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan) 1874 Event 1st Grand International Rifle match held 1868 Event Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect 1866 Event 1st national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) 1865 Event Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi 1865 Event Grand Review begins in Washington D.C. 1864 Event Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed 1863 Event Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana 1863 Event Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA 1860 Event Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe 1853 Event Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1841 Event King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon 1839 Event Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom and Luxembourg a Grand Duchy 1839 Event Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) 1835 Event Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris 1833 Death Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 1828 Death Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies 1826 Birthday Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden, 1856-1907 1825 Event 1st grand opera in U.S. sung in English, New York City 1824 Death Theodore Gericault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies 1818 Event Grand duchy of Bathe forms 1817 Birthday Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1890-1905 1814 Event 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City 1812 Event Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia 1812 Event Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia 1812 Birthday Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe 1777 Event Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag 1772 Death Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66 1772 Birthday Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Netherlands, 1814-40 1761 Birthday Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary 1736 Death Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72 1733 Death Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64 1733 Death Francois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64 1720 Event "Le Grand St. Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000 1717 Event 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London 1706 Birthday Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary, 1749- 1697 Birthday Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter, Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal 1694 Death Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 1691 Death Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle 1688 Death Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Netherlands grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 1676 Event Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Koprulu as Turkish grand vizier 1665 Event Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris 1664 Birthday Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary, 1727-36 1655 Event Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker 1653 Death Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71 1627 Birthday Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier, Grand Mademoiselle 1612 Birthday Antoine Arnauld, Grand Arnauld, French lawyer/theologist 1594 Death Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 1577 Birthday Jacob Cats, Father Cats, Dutch grand pensionary/poet, Houwelyck 1570 Death Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies 1569 Event Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane 1547 Birthday Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch Grand Pensionary 1478 Event Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod 1314 Death Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 1291 Death Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated 1202 Death Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies 1194 Death Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies
