2003 Althea Gibson, tennis/golf great, first black woman to win Wimbledon, dies at 76
2001 Mortimer Adler, "writer, ""Great Books"" editor", dies at 98
2001 "Willie ""Pops"" Stargell", baseball great/humanitarian, dies at 61
1999 Walter Payton, football great, dies at 45
1999 "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63
1997 Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16
1997 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
1996 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 -6
1996 Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18
1995 Mickey Mantle, baseball great (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
1995 Genevieve Tobin Keighley, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini), dies at 83
1995 Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67
1995 Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73
1995 James Herriot, Scot author (All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 78
1995 Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75
1995 Jess Stacy, U.S. jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90
1994 Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62
1994 Barry Sullivan, actor (Great Gadsby), dies at 81
1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North sea
1994 Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36)
1993 Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1992 Great Britain issues postage stamp on 100th anniversary of Tolkien
1992 Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York
1992 Great British postage stamp 350 year battle near Edgehill
1992 Great Chicago Flood - Chicago's underground tunnels flood
1991 Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90
1991 James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro baseball league great, dies at 87
1990 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies
1989 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1989 New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
1989 Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82
1989 Lefty Gomez, pitching great (New York Yankees), dies at 80
1988 New York Rangers sign ex-Canadien great Guy LaFluer
1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
1987 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1987 Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
1986 Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria
1985 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1985 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05
1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82
1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday
1984 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34
1983 1st U.S. cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1983 James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75
1982 Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26
1982 Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain
1982 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71
1982 Stringfellow Barr, U.S. educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust vs. WI
1981 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1980 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer (1945), dies at 89
1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 Miliza Korjus, actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71
1980 Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77
1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)
1979 Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed
1979 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. The Great Satan
1979 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain
1978 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1)
1978 Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia
1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1978 Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74
1977 Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
1977 Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90
1977 Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77
1976 Lindsay Page, Madison, Wisconsin, figure skater, 1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd
1976 Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
1976 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great, dies at 80
1975 Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich
1975 Sheila Ryan, actress(Song of Texas, Great Guns), dies at 54
1975 Brian Buetsch, born in Rockford, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes Sr champ
1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington
1974 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 Kevin Donovan, born in Des Plaines, Illinois, figure skater, 1997 Great Lakes-2nd
1973 Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67
1973 George Breakstone, actor and director (Great Expectations), dies at 53
1972 Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain
1972 Amanda Lynn Granrud, Great Falls Montana, Miss America-Montana 1996
1972 Dan Hollander, Royal Oak, Michigan, figure skater, 1996 Great Lakes champ
1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
1972 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
1972 Scott Davis, Great Falls Mont, figure skater 1994 Olympics
1971 "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 7 performances
1971 "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances
1971 NHL great Gordie Howe retires
1971 Billy Gilbert, U.S. actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76
1971 Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60
1971 Chris Young, Penn, actor, Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors
1970 Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990
1970 Amy Beth Keller, Great Bend Kansas, Miss America, Kansas-Top 10-1996
1970 Missy Gold, born in Great Falls, Montana, actress, Katie-Benson
1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30
1969 T Agee and Ed Kranepool HR, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0
1969 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win
1969 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43
1968 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923
1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823
1968 Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City
1968 Elvis Presley receives gold record for "How Great Thou Art"
1968 "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
1967 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 147-118
1967 Great Western Forum opens in LA
1967 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies
1967 Clement R Attlee, premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84
1967 Uganda declares independence from Great Britain
1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for EG membership
1966 Allan Donald, cricketer, great South African fast bowler
1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1965 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address
1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
1964 Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993-
1964 Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of German DR
1964 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson presents "Great Society"
1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
1964 Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars
1963 U.S., U.S.S.R. and Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing
1963 Great Train Robbery - 2.5 M pounds ($3.25 M) robbed
1963 Helen Patricia Sharman, Great Britain, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-12
1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain
1963 Stephen McGann, Liverpool England, actor, Catherine the Great
1962 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Model Wife, Florian), dies at 83
1961 Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries
1961 Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74
1961 Wayne Gretzky, Brantford Ont, NHL great scorer, Oiler, King, Rangers
1961 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain
1960 Jack Russell, rocker, Great White-Twice Shy
1960 Gus Logie, cricketer, WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder
1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65
1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland
1960 Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres
1959 William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42
1959 St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
1959 Franklyn Stephenson, cricketer, great all-rounder
1959 Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92
1958 Kriss Akabusi, Great Britain, 4X400 runner 1984 Olympics silver
1958 Warner Fabian, [S Adams], U.S. author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
1958 KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland and Wales)
1958 Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1
1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1957 Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981
1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
1956 Great [Yoshiaki] Yatsu, wrestler, NJPW/WCCW/WWF
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1956 Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain
1955 Ian Botham, cricketer, all time great all-rounder Extrovert
1955 Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, Great Britain, cosmonaut
1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike
1954 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs
1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized
1954 U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO
1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia
1953 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia
1953 Chaka Khan, born in Great Lakes, Illinois, rocker, Rufus-I am Every Woman
1952 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Monte Bello Is Australia
1952 Monte Bello-Island (Great Britain 1st atom bomb explosion)
1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa
1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91
1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1950 Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government
1950 Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer, great Aussie fast bowler 1972-85
1950 Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
1950 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances
1950 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances
1948 Great Kabuki, [Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera], wrestler, NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS
1948 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain
1948 Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
1948 Carole Drinkwater, actress, Father, All Creatures Great and Small
1948 France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
1946 Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 59
1946 President Truman questions Great Britain Jews about Palestine
1946 Majid Khan, cricketer, great Pakistani batsman 1964-82
1946 Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die)
1946 Lionel Atwill, actor (Capt Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61
1946 Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper, 1967-81
1945 Pat Conroy, American writer, Great Santini, Prince of Tides
1944 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape)
1944 C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies
1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi
1942 Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk
1941 Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly debuts on NBC
1941 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam
1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria
1940 Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)
1940 Christopher Timothy, English actor, All Creatures Great and Small
1940 Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated
1940 Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder
1940 Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders
1940 1st great dogfight between Spitfires
1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland
1939 Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame
1939 Great Britain and Poland sign military pact
1938 Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe vs. England at Trent Bridge
1937 Paula Wayne, Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist, Everything's Great
1937 Robert Redford, born in California, actor, Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby
1937 32nd Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Wimbledon (4-1)
1937 Norman O'Neill, cricketer, great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field
1937 Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge
1936 Wilt Chamberlain, NBA great center, LA Laker, 5 time MVP
1936 Bobby Simpson, cricketer, great Australian batsman/capt/coach/slip
1935 Lones Wigger, Great Falls Mont, shooter, Oly-gold/silver-1964, 72
1935 Great Britain boxers beat U.S. team in 1st International Golden Gloves
1935 Driving tests introduced in Great Britain
1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean
1934 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1)
1934 Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated
1934 Great dustbowl storm
1933 "Great Black Blizzard" 1st great dust storm in Great Plains
1933 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2)
1933 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6 -5 at Southport and Ainsdale, England
1933 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans
1932 Dom Philip Jebb, headmaster, Downside School Great Britain
1932 Great Britain and France sign peace treaty
1932 Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain
1932 Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66
1932 John Jakes, born in Chicago, writer, Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters
1931 Colin Wilson, author, Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries
1931 Tom Wesselman, U.S. sculptor, Great American Nudes
1931 Robert Duvall, born in San Diego, California, actor, Great Santini, Taxi Driver
1930 Richie Benaud, cricket capt, great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator
1930 Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner
1930 John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African
1929 Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression
1929 Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler, great WI
1928 Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in New York City
1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda)
1927 Wally Grout, cricketer, great Aussie wicket-keeper
1926 Italian Great Fascist Council forms
1926 Russel Firestone, polo great, Circle F-1959 champs
1926 Don Carter, bowling great, 1st PBA president
1926 Paul Bocuse, France, great chef, Legion of Honor
1926 Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in New York City
1925 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
1925 Barbara Bates, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Kathy-It's a Great Life
1925 Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard
1925 Scribners publishes "The Great Gatsby" by F Scott Fitzgerald
1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard
1924 "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton
1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl
1923 Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great NZ left-handed bat
1923 Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor, Great spiral
1923 1st flight of Sabena: Brussel-Lympne, Great Britain
1923 Great Britain lowers import duty on German products from 26% to 5%
1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence
1922 Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman
1921 Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor, It's Great to Be Young
1921 Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire
1921 Mario Lanza, Philadelphia, actor/singer, Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans
1920 H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae
1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948
1919 Carol Bruce, [Shirley Levy], Great Neck, New York, actress, Lillian-WKRP
1919 Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
1918 Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter, It's Great to be Young
1917 William Bishop, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Steve-It's a Great Life
1917 Danielle Darrieux, France, actress, Alexander the Great, Mayerling
1917 Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress, Great Expectations
1917 Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar
1916 Betty Grable, St. Louis, great legs/actress, Gay Divorcee
1916 Great Arab Revolt begin
1916 James Herriot, born in Scotland, writer, All Creatures Great and Small
1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria
1915 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die
1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate
1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey
1914 Great Britain annexes Cyprus
1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey
1914 Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary
1914 French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross
1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany
1914 Great Britain mobilizes
1913 Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes
1913 Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer, Great American Goot
1913 Lindsay Hassett, cricketer, great Australian bat and capt after Bradman
1913 Great Dayton Flood
1912 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor, great iron sculptures
1911 Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman
1911 Paulette Goddard, [Marion Levy], Switz, actress, Great Dictator
1911 Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey
1910 Van Heflin, born in Walters, Oklahoma, actor, Great Adventure, Madame Bovary
1910 William V Moody, U.S. poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies
1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
1909 Mona Barrie, [Smith], born in London, England, actress, Dawn on Great Divide
1909 Miliza Korjus, Warsaw Poland, actress, Great Waltz
1909 George Headley, cricketer, in Panama All-time great WI batsman
1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
1909 Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia
1908 Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay
1908 Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington
1908 Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco
1908 Walter Annenberg, born in Milwaukee, publisher, Triangle-TV Guide and Ambassador to Great Britain
1907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
1907 Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress, Cavalcade of Stars
1906 William Vaughan Moody's "Great Divide," premieres in New York City
1906 Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ
1906 Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia
1906 Michael O'Shea, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Denny-It's a Great Life
1905 Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg
1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days
1904 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
1904 Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54
1904 Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter
1903 "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released
1903 Stewie Dempster, cricketer, 1st great NZ Test batsman
1903 Jack Oakie, Sedalia, Missouri, actor, Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award
1903 Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor, Great Dictator
1902 Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Aust
1902 Great Britain and Boers resume peace talks in Pretoria
1902 Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting
1901 Genevieve Tobin, actress, Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady
1901 James Dunn, New York City, actor, Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life
1901 Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana)
1901 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar
1901 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated
1900 Bill Ponsford, cricketer, great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic vs. NSW
1900 Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress, Catherine the Great
1900 Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games
1900 Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago
1900 Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., great polo player, Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39
1899 South African Boers declare war on Great Britain
1897 Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club)
1896 Francis SK Fitzgerald, U.S. writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies
1896 Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great
1895 Charles T Stork, great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73
1895 Maurice Tate, cricketer, great England pace bowler of 20's
1895 Edward Brophy, actor, Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys
1894 Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great opening batsman for Engl
1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, Great Dictator, His Gal Friday
1894 Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India, 1936
1894 Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed
1893 Great stock crash on New York stock exchange
1893 Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange
1893 Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain
1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1891 Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer, in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner
1891 Karl Donitz, German great admiral/Fuhrer, 1945
1891 Great Blizzard of 1891 begins
1891 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
1891 Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director, Great Netherlands Stage
1891 Ted McDonald, cricketer, great Australian quick of 20's
1890 Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate
1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks
1889 Charles Kellaway, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder of 1920's
1888 Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad
1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose
1888 Great Blizzard of 1888 rages
1888 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die)
1888 Great blizzard of '88 strikes the North East U.S.
1887 Eric Blore, born in London, England, actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad
1887 Albert P. Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor, Charles the Great
1886 Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist, Great Adventure
1886 James Burke, New York City, actor, Mystery Theater, Great Guy
1886 Great Britain annexes Kermadec-Island near New Zealand
1886 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA
1886 Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist and writer, Great Germany
1886 Arthur Mailey, cricketer, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist
1885 Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate
1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1884 Paul Taglioni, "the Great," Ital/Austrian choreographer, dies at 75
1883 Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer, great Aussie quick of early century
1883 Inland postal service begins in Great Britain
1883 Thomas Shelvin, college footballer great, Yale
1882 Warren Bardsley, cricketer, great NSW and Aussie opening bat 1909-26
1881 Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent
1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
1880 Percy Sherwell, cricketer, great South African batsman-keeper-captain
1880 Julian Tannen, New York, comedian, Great Moment
1879 Lucile Watson, actress, Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance
1879 Warwick Armstrong, cricketer, Big Ship Great Aussie skipper 1920-21
1878 Taylor Holmes, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely
1877 Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27
1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990, oldest person in Great Britain
1877 Clem Hill, cricketer, all-time great Australian batsman
1877 Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony
1877 Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer, 1 great dog
1875 Len Braund, cricketer, great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08
1875 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000
1875 Reggie Schwartz, cricketer, 1st of great South African googlists
1873 John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
1873 M. A. Noble, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder at turn of century
1871 Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa
1871 Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed
1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation
1871 Tom Hayward, cricketer, great England batsman of the Golden Age
1868 Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash
1868 Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa
1867 Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic, Great Babylon
1867 Mary, queen of Great Britain/North Ireland
1867 Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Aust at turn of century
1867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano)
1866 Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses
1865 Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps and is lost
1865 Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws
1865 George V, Saksen-Coburg [Windsor], King of Great Britain, 1910-36
1865 George Lohmann, cricketer, England's great bowler late 19th cent
1865 Anna Paulowna Romanova, great monarch of Russia, dies at 70
1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece
1862 Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar
1861 Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], U.S., singer and actress, Great Mogul
1861 Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats
1860 William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman
1859 Great auroral display in US
1858 Great fire in London harbor
1857 Bobby Peel, cricketer, great English lefty 1884-96
1854 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, great pioneer of Australian Test cricket
1852 Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain, L, 1908-16
1852 Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75
1852 Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient
1851 George Ulyett, cricketer, great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93
1851 Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London
1850 Great fire in San Francisco
1848 Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force
1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
1844 Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland
1843 Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, Peter the Great
1842 Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war
1841 Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300
1839 Great fire in NY
1838 James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur, Great Northern Railroad
1838 English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City
1838 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40
1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City)
1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
1828 Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
1825 Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean
1824 Great North Holland Canal opens
1823 Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens
1819 Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837-1901
1818 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched
1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain
1816 Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha
1815 Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance
1809 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer, Great Scherzos
1808 Henry Cole, promotor, Great Exhibition of 1851
1808 Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer
1808 Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies
1807 Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor, Othello
1807 Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris
1806 William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46
1805 Great Stoneface Mt. found in New Hampshire
1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
1802 Peter Hofstede, the Great, Dutch reformed theologist
1801 Ireland and Great Britain (England and Scotland) form United Kingdom
1800 Gergely Czuczor, Hung/Czech poet/translator, Great Hung dictionary
1797 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer, Great Pull
1797 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack New York (C Broadhead)
1796 Catharina II, "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1796 Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1796 Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1796 Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty
1795 U.S. and Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty
1794 Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain
1788 Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher, Great Pessimist
1784 E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain
1782 Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time
1782 Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol
1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean
1777 Carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematician
1777 Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], U.S. politician
1776 Great fire in NY
1775 Peter the Great, Russia
1770 Capt. James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement
1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings
1760 Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth
1758 Jonathan Edwards, U.S. theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54
1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain
1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed
1745 Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons
1742 Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians
1731 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston)
1729 Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia, 1762-96
1729 Catharina II, the Great, writer/emperess of Russia, 1762-96
1729 Catherine the Great, Russian Royalty
1726 Emperor Karel VI and tsarina Catharina the Great sign military treaty
1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52
1722 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards
1722 Czar Peter the Great begins civil system
1721 Czar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator"
1721 Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy
1716 Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom
1716 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece
1715 Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederik II "the Great"
1715 Louis XIV, the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at 76
1712 Frederick II, the Great, king of Prussia, 1740-86
1711 Surrounded Czar Peter the Great flees Azov
1710 Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget
1709 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great
1709 Elizabeth, empress of Russia, to Peter the Great and Catherine I
1709 Battle at Malplaquet: Engl/Aust/Dutch Great Alliance beat France
1708 Great Alliance captures Bridge
1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent
1708 Great Alliance occupies Brussels
1708 William Pitt the Elder, Whig, U.K. PM, 1756-61, 66-68, 'Great Commoner'
1708 Great Alliance occupies Rijsel
1708 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France
1707 Rakoczi II and Czar Peter the Great sign social security agreement
1707 England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain
1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
1703 St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
1702 Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies
1702 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
1701 Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom
1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
1698 Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
1698 Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe
1698 Russian czar Peter the Great begins term
1698 Russian czar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
1698 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England
1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe
1697 Czar Peter the Great begins tour of West-Europe
1690 Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
1689 Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
1688 Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68
1679 Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet
1678 Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63
1676 Ahmed Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (siege of Candia, Kreta), dies
1672 Peter I, the Great, tsar of Russia, 1682-1725
1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia, 1682-1725
1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8
1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8
1666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed
1664 Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers
1663 Great earthquake in New England
1661 Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies
1651 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
1649 Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason
1632 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect
1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies
1629 Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74
1627 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India, dies
1621 Louis II Conde, [Great Conde], duke of Bourbon, Rocroy
1621 Hugo the Great arrives in France
1620 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony
1620 Frederick William, Great Elector, founder of Brandenburg-Prussia
1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison
1606 Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt"
1593 Christopher Marlowe, British dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered
1569 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India
1569 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80
1566 Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71
1562 Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy
1556 Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia, 1587-1629
1554 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies
1554 Great fire in Eindhoven Neth
1548 Great fire in Brielle
1547 Great fire in Moscow
1533 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54
1528 Great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded
1528 Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66
1524 Pizarro's begins 1st great expedition, near Colombia
1521 Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52
1520 Great Worm, [Worm Gerlefs Donia], Fries boer/rebel leader, dies
1510 Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint
1505 Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies
1504 Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82
1494 Sulayman I, the Great, sultan of Turkey, 1520-66
1479 Vasili III, great prince of Moscow 1505-33 amd son of Ivan III
1477 Duchess Maria van Bourgondie ends Great Privilegie
1462 Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia, 1494-1528
1440 Ivan III, the Great, Russian czar, 1462-1505, /conquered Lithuania
1384 Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies
1382 Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary/Poland, dies
1380 Battle on Kulikovo: Moscow's great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols
1370 Kazimierz III, the Great, king of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61
1359 Ivan II, great ruler of Moscow and Vladimir, dies
1350 Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal
1333 Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland, dies
1326 Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary, 1342-82, Poland, 1370-82
1323 Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74
1309 Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland, 1333-70
1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1280 Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87
1277 Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies
1249 Amadeus V de Great, count of Flanders/Savoy
1240 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies
1220 Alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler, 1252-63
1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France, 1179-1223
1065 Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castilie, dies
1035 Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41
1035 Knut II, the Great, Viking king of Engl/Den/Nor (1014-35), dies at 39
973 Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
965 Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies
962 Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor
956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies
956 Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55
953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights
951 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy
949 Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht
944 Otto I the Great gives away bisdom Utrecht "foreestrecht"
936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned
936 Otto I the Great becomes King of Germany
912 Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor, 962-73
910 Alfonso III de Great, king of Asturias, dies
900 Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies
899 Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies
871 Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies
867 Nicholas I, (the Great), pope (858-67), dies at 67
867 Nicholas I, the Great, Italian Pope (858-67), dies
813 Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor
811 Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
800 Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor
799 Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome
794 Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
783 Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies
783 Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies
778 Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great
774 Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy
768 Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French republic
604 Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great
604 Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64
600 Pope Gregory the Great decreea saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze
526 Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten
526 Theodorik the Great, King of Italy, dies
493 Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy
493 Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker
461 Leo I the Great, Italian Pope (440-61), dies
440 Pope Leo I the Great, installed
395 Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49
379 Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman, Moralia
379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies
337 Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies
335 Constantinople emperor Constantine the Great rules laws against Jews
323 Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32
312 Emperor Constantine the Great beats rivaal Maxentius
274 Constantine I, Great Roman emperor, 306-337, adopted Christianity
64 Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle)
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