1981 Event French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 1975 Birthday Rita Grande, born in Napoli, Italy, tennis star, 3rd round 1996 Australia Open 1973 Event Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City 1964 Event In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border 1964 Event KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game 1953 Event Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game 1950 Death Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41 1942 Birthday Rod Chandler, born in La Grande, Oregon, Representative-R-Washington 1983 - 1993 1934 Birthday Claude Jarman, Jr., born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Rio Grande, Inside Straight 1898 Event U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila 1887 Birthday Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic, Tramonto del grande attore 1861 Event Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief 1859 Birthday Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist, Grande Jatte 1846 Event U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros 1846 Event Battle of Resaca de la Palma-U.S. sends Mexico back to Rio Grande 1818 Birthday Olivier Gloux, Aimard, French world explorer/writer, Grande Flibuste 1693 Death Anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65 1598 Event Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande 1598 Event 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande) 1137 Death Guigo de Castro, Venerabilis, 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies
