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2003 Conrad Hall, American Artist

2002 Mickey Newbury, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music, dies

2000 Gus Hall, American Businessman

2000 Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69

1999 Theodore Hall, American Criminal

1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and Papas and Eagles

1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1997 Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame

1997 Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame

1997 Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells for Hall of Fame

1996 Catherine Mary Hall, nurse, dies at 73

1996 J Bunning, E Weaver, B Foster, and N Hanlon inducted in Hall of Fame

1996 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35

1996 Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 88

1996 Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame

1996 For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1995 "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki

1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio

1995 Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter basaeball's Hall of Fame

1995 Rick Ferrell, Hall of Fame catcher, dies at 89

1995 Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1994 Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night

1994 Phil Rizzuto (Yankees) and Steve Carlton enter the Hall of Fame

1994 Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1994 Reginald Hall, endocrinologist, dies at 83

1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show

1994 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994

1994 Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1994 Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92

1994 Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1993 Janet Margolin, U.S. actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer

1993 Adelaide Hall, U.S. jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92

1993 Hall Bartlett, U.S. director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70

1993 Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

1993 New York Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame

1993 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/U.S. pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100

1993 Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands

1993 Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1993 Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame

1992 Tom Seaver, R Fingers, Hal Newhouser, and B McGowan enter Hall of Fame

1992 Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame

1992 William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame

1992 Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35)

1992 "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC

1992 Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1991 IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1991 New York Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame

1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York

1991 Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, New York Stories), dies at 74

1991 Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame

1991 New York Islanders Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy, elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

1991 Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry and Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35

1991 Scotty Bowman and Neil Armstrong elected to NHL Hall of Fame

1991 Bill Veeck and Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1991 Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin and Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame

1991 Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame

1991 Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose

1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame

1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

1991 Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins and Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame

1991 Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try

1990 Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1990 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84

1990 Manly Hall, Canadian Philosopher

1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame

1990 Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show

1990 TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year

1990 Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies

1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City

1990 No one elected to Hall of Fame for 2nd time in 3 years

1990 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin

1990 Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1990 Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at 81

1989 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime

1989 Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick elected to Hall of Fame

1989 Celtic Kansas City Jones and Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame

1989 Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1988 Hall Ashby, U.S. director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59

1988 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame

1988 Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame

1988 "Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3

1988 Willie Stargell (Pittsburgh Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1987 Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame

1987 Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing

1987 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin

1986 Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift

1986 Hall B Wallis, U.S. movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87

1986 Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi inducted in Hall of Fame

1986 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship

1986 Hall of Fame and Museum announced to be built in Cleveland

1986 Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame

1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, B Holly, J L Lewis and Elvis Presley)

1986 Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year

1985 Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58

1985 Establishment of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced

1985 L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, and H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame

1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship

1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame

1985 Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1985 Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1984 Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame

1984 Pee Wee Reese and Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1984 Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and D Drysdale elected to Hall of Fame

1983 Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)

1983 B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame

1983 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame

1983 Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame

1982 Frederick Douglass Hall, composer, dies at 84

1982 Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame

1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall

1982 Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame

1981 Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1981 Bob Gibson elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1980 Formal opening of meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in Riverdale Bronx

1980 Kaline, Snider, Klein, and Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall of Fame

1979 Winterland Rock Concert Hall in San Francisco closes after 556 concerts

1979 Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66

1979 Cleveland Browns' Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns

1979 Willie Mays, Warren Giles, and Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame

1979 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) dedicated

1979 Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53

1979 Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens

1979 "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens and closes at Mark Hellinger New York City

1979 M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61

1979 Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame

1979 Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1978 Dante Hall, American Athlete

1978 Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss, and Larry MacPhail inducted to Hall of Fame

1978 50th Academy Awards - "Annie Hall," Rich Dreyfuss and Diane Keaton win

1978 Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1978 Eddie Mathews elected to Hall of Fame

1977 Bridget Hall, Dallas Texas, model, Ford

1977 Elton John honored by MSG Hall of Fame

1977 Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63

1977 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73

1977 Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premieres

1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame

1977 Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, and Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1977 Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame

1977 Ernie Banks elected to Hall of Fame

1976 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career

1976 Oscar Charleston selected to baseball's the Hall of Fame

1976 Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame

1976 Liberty Bell moves to new home behind Independence Hall

1975 William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame

1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame

1975 Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

1974 SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens

1974 Gary Hall, Jr., U.S., 50m/100m/400m free relay, Olympic-gold/2 silver-96

1974 Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day

1974 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89

1974 Pioneer Hall opens

1974 John Hall, kicker for the New York Jets

1974 Tim Hall, running back for the Oakland Raiders

1974 James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame

1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame

1974 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame

1973 Caroline Hall, Bristol England, golfer, Curtis Cup 1992

1973 Roberto Clemente and Warren Spahn inducted into Hall of Fame

1973 Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected

1973 George Sisler, hall of famer 1st baseman (257 hits-1920), dies at 80

1973 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death

1973 Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1973 Mickey Welch, George Kelly and Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame

1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1972 Melissa Hall, Miss USA-Minnesota 1997

1972 Hall Overton, U.S. composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52

1972 David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York's Carnegie Hall

1972 Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame

1972 Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez and Early Wynn

1972 Travis Hall, defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons

1972 Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72

1972 Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame

1972 Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame

1972 Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame

1971 Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame

1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St. Tropez Town Hall

1971 Royal Albert Hall opens

1971 Ray Hall, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars

1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa

1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1971 Dennis Hall, Milwaukee, 125 lbs greco-roman wrestler, Silver Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics

1971 Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks

1971 & Dave Bancroft and George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1970 Robert Hall, WLAF wide reciever for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy and Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame

1970 Chris Hall, WLAF safety for the Frankfurt Galaxy

1970 Lemanski Hall, NFL linebacker, Houston/Tennessee Oilers

1970 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game

1970 L Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines enter Hall of Fame

1970 Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82

1970 Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall

1970 Ford Frick, Earle Combs and Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame

1969 Creams' final concert (Royal Albert Hall)

1969 Dana Hall, NFL safety for the Cleveland Browns

1969 Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame

1969 Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78

1969 Roy Campanella and Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1968 Rhett Hall, NFL defensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles

1968 Courtney Hall, NFL center for the San Diego Chargers

1968 Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St. Louis), dies at 69

1968 San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished

1968 Anthony Michael Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedian, SNL, Breakfast Club

1968 Juanita Hall, actress (Captain Billy), dies at 66

1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Massachusetts, opens

1968 Goose Goslin and Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1968 Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1967 Michael "Sean" Hall, Williamsburg, Virginia, rower 1996 Olympics

1967 Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Detroit Tigers/534 home runs), dies at 59

1967 Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam

1967 Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London

1967 Red Ruffing selected to Hall of Fame

1967 Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1966 Darryl Hall, NFL cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers

1966 Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame

1966 Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame

1966 Darryl Hall, CFL linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders

1965 Carl Hoff, orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60

1965 Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide

1965 James Jagger, son of Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall

1965 Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1964 Alex Solis, born in Panama City, Panama, jockey, in the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame, over 4,500 career wins

1964 Ron Hall, NFL tight end, Detroit Lions

1964 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)

1964 Beatles 1st New York City concert at Carnegie Hall

1964 Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame

1963 "Nick Teen and Al K Hall" by Rolf Harris peaks at #95

1963 Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton, Ohio

1963 Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief

1963 Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen

1963 Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies

1963 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas elected to football hall of fame

1963 Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1963 Dave Foley, actor/comedian, Kids In The Hall, Dave Nelson-NewsRadio

1962 Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie

1962 Michael Andretti, Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame, elected 1986

1962 NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts

1962 Bob Dylan plays New York City Carnegie Hall

1962 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59

1962 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City

1962 Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1962 Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1962 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock

1961 Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies

1961 Official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto

1961 New San Francisco Hall of Justice opens

1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio

1961 New York DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players

1961 Cellist Jacqueline du President debut in Wigmore Hall

1961 Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman

1960 Agricultural Hall of Fame forms

1960 Hall of Fame allows veteran committee to vote annually

1960 Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance

1960 BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member

1959 Razor Ramon, Scott Hall, wrestler, WWF/WCW/NWA/Florida/AWA/KC

1959 Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64

1959 Scott Thompson, comedian, Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders Show

1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV

1959 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore

1959 Terry Hall, rocker, Colourfield-Animal Liberation

1959 Terry Hall, Specials, Fun Boy 3

1959 Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1958 Edd Hall, TV announcer, Jay Leno's Tonight Show

1958 Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, vs. India at Bombay

1958 Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003

1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco

1958 Brad Hall, born in Santa Barbara, California, comedian, SNL

1958 Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75

1958 Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950

1958 In basketball Oscar Robertson (Cin) scores 56, Seton Hall team 54

1957 Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY

1957 San Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall

1957 Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam

1956 Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame

1956 Jerry Hall, born in Mesquite, Texas, model and Mrs. Mick Jagger, Batman, Freejack

1956 Hank Greenberg and Joe Cronin are elected to Hall of Fame

1955 E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame

1955 Future Hall of Famer Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game

1955 Kevin Peter Hall, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Misfits of Science

1955 Arsenio Hall, comedian, Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America

1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers

1954 John Greg Adams, born in Scottsdale, Arizona, PGA golfer, 1982 Hall of Fame-2nd

1953 Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64

1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame

1953 Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999

1953 Bruce Hall, Champaign, Illinois, rock bassist, Reo Speedwagon

1952 Kenny Aaronson, born in New York City, New York, rocker, bass guitar player, played for Dust, Stories, Hall & Oates, toured with Billy Squier, Joan Jett, Billy Idol

1952 Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33

1952 Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1951 Gary Hall, U.S. swimmer, Olympics-bronze/2 silver-1968, 72

1951 Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56

1951 James Norman Hall, American Author

1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall

1951 Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63

1951 SF City Hall dome fire

1951 Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1950 Willie Hall, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rocker, drummer, played with Isaac Hayes' The Movement, member of The Bo-Keys

1950 Cathy Sherk, born in Bancroft, Ontario, professional golfer, achieved No. 1 World ranking by Golf Digest, 1978, earned silver medal with Canadian team at 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, joined LPGA tour, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, 1995

1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1949 Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame

1949 Jimmy Hall, rocker, Wet Willie

1949 John Oates, born in New York City, rock guitarist and vocalist, Hall and Oates-Rich Girl

1949 Patrick Deuchar, CEO, Albert Hall

1948 Daryl Hall, rocker/songwriter, Hall and Oates-Sara Smile

1947 Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY

1947 Ervin Hall, born in Philadelphia, 100m hurdler, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics

1946 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, and McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame

1946 Diane Keaton, born in Louisiana, actress, Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl

1945 The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of

1945 Walraven [Wally] van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39

1945 Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested

1945 Baseball writers again fail to elect a new Hall of Famer

1945 No one is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

1944 German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die

1944 Deidre Hall, Milwaukee, actress, Days of our Lives, Our House

1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane

1943 Peter Graves, supt minister, Westminster Central Hall

1942 Dick Butkus, Chicago, NFL hall of fame linebacker, Bears, sportscaster

1942 Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall

1942 Willis Reed, NBA hall of fame MVP center/coach for the New York Knicks

1942 Tony P. Hall, born in Dayton, Ohio, Representative-D-Ohio 1979 - 2003

1942 Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame

1941 Jacques LaPerriere, NHL defensive Hall of Famer

1941 Doris Coley, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, lead singer of The Shirelles, married names are Doris Coley Kenner and Doris Kenner Jackson, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1941 Larry Hall, rocker, Tape Heads

1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame

1941 Carol Mann, Buffalo, New York, golfer, LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 U.S. Open

1940 Joe Gibbs, born in Enka, North Carolina, football coach, owner, NASCAR Championship team, Pro Football Hall of Fame, coached Washington Redskins for 12 seasons, producing 8 playoff appearances, 4 NFC Championship titles, 3 Superbowl Titles

1940 Galen Hall, WLAF Head Coach, Orlando Thunder, Rhein Fire

1940 Lance Alworth, born in Houston, Texas, NFL hall of famer, Charger, Cowboys

1940 Joan Joyce, Waterbury, Connecticut, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1983

1940 James Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39

1940 Mickey Newbury, born in Houston, Texas, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music

1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)

1940 Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies

1940 Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer

1940 Herve Filion, sulky driver, 1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

1939 Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1939 Tony Roberts, New York City, actor, Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show

1939 Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame

1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York

1939 Herb Adderley, born in Philadelphia, NFL hall of famer, Packers, Cowboys

1939 Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59

1939 Federal Hall National Monument established

1939 Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler and George Sisler elected to Hall of Fame

1938 Alexander Cartwright selects to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1938 Mickey Stratton, born in Meriden, Connecticut, softball catcher, Hall of Fame 1969

1938 Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner, South African in one Test vs. England 1964

1938 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York

1938 Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to Hall of Fame

1938 Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing

1938 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall

1938 Frank Mahovlich, NHL Hall of Famer, Mont Canadians

1937 Albert Hall, Boothton Alabama, actor, Trouble in Mind, Ryan's 4

1937 Juan Marichal, Hall of Fame baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

1937 Wesley Hall, West indian/British politician

1937 Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajorie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

1936 Tom T. Hall, Olive Hill, Kentucky, country singer and writer, Harper Valley PTA

1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson

1935 Woody Allen, Allen Konigsberg, Brooklyn, actor, Zelig, Annie Hall

1934 Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hall of Fame outfielder for the Detroit Tigers

1934 Albert W. Hall, actor, Apocalypse Now

1934 "It Happened One Night," opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall

1933 Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame

1933 John Hall, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire

1933 "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City

1933 Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer for the Baltimore Colts

1932 Radio City Music Hall opens (New York City)

1932 Roosevelt Brown, Virginia, NFL hall of fame tackle for the New York Giants

1932 Oscar de la Renta, Dominican Republic, designer, Coty Hall of Fame-1973

1932 John Lyons, Cambridge England, Master, Trinity Hall

1932 Halston, R Halston Frowick, fashion designer, 1972 Hall of Fame

1932 Rick Hall, country/R&B singer

1932 Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall of Fame linebacker, Detroit Lions

1931 Ed Matthews, Hall of Famer/Milwaukee Brave/home run hitter, 512

1931 Reginald Hall, endocrinologist

1931 Hall Caine, British Novelist

1931 Willie Mays, Hall of Fame baseball centerfielder, Giants, New York Mets

1931 Ed Hall, Roxbury Massachusetts, actor, Dr. Bicker-Medical Center

1930 Peter Hall, born in Suffolk, England, director, Royal Shakespeare Company

1930 Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009

1930 Doug Atkins, Humbolt, Tennessee, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bears, Saints

1930 Justin Gosling, principal, St. Edmund Hall Oxford

1929 Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall

1929 Dave King, born in Twickenham, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall

1929 Willis Hall, British writer

1928 Jack Christiansen, Kansas, NFL hall of famer defensive back, Lions

1928 Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher, New York Yankees

1928 Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and final career hit

1928 Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor, Kraft Music Hall

1928 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yankees beat A's 9-7

1928 G R Hall, nuclear scientist

1927 Ross Youngs, Hall of Fame baseballer, dies of Bright's disease at 30

1927 Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly, NHL hall of famer, Norris trophy

1927 Lars Hall, Sweden, Pentathelete 1952 Olympics gold

1927 Joe Perry, AAFC/NFL Hall of Fame fullback, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts

1927 Dodgers announce release of future Hall of Fame Zack Wheat

1926 Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure"

1926 Conrad Hall, American Artist

1926 Robert Hall Lewis, composer

1926 Georges Vezina, NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Canadiens), dies

1926 Norm Van Brocklin, NFL quarterback and coach of the Los Angeles Rams, hall of famer

1926 Marques Haynes, NBA hall of famer, Harlem Globetrotters

1925 Betty Evans Grayson, born in Portland, Oregon, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1959

1925 Doc Pomus, born in Brooklyn, New York, given name Jerome Solon Felder, blues singer, songwriter, inducted in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Blues Hall of Fame

1925 Chuck Bednarik, Penn, NFL hall of fame center/linebacker, Philadelphia

1925 Bertha Tickey, born in Dinuba, California, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1973

1925 John Bury, born in England, theatre designer of sets, costumes, and lighting, made Amadeus with Peter Hall, nominated for multiple Tony awards

1924 James Galanos, Philadelphia, fashion designer, Coty Hall of Fame-1959

1924 Darrell Royal, born in Hollis, Oklahoma, football coach, in 20 years as head coach, University of Texas Longhorn never lost a season, elected to College Football Hall of Fame, 1983

1924 G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist

1924 George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (New York City)

1923 Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees

1923 Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munchen (Munich)

1923 Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host, Lets Make a Deal

1923 Ralph Hall, born in Fate, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1981 -

1922 Catherine Mary Hall, nurse

1920 Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer, Enchanted Pear Tree

1920 Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer, pitcher

1919 Elgars "Cello concerto op 85" premieres in Queen's Hall London

1919 Huntz Hall, New York City, actor, Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game

1919 [Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop, Dodgers

1919 Tony Canadeo, Chicago, NFL hall of fame halfback for the Green Bay Packers

1919 Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer for the New York Giants

1918 Florence Chadwick, born in San Diego, California, swimmer, Hall of Fame 1970

1918 Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect, City Hall

1918 Norman Wisdom, born in London, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall

1917 M Marie Widlow, born in St. Louis, Missouri, softball pitcher, Hall of Fame 1957

1917 Jean Graham Hall, circuit court judge, England

1917 Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1916 Eddie Arcaro, jockey, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns

1915 SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph

1915 Arnold Hall, CEO, Hawker Siddeley Group

1914 Edward T. Hall, American Scientist

1914 Sammy Baugh, born in Texas, American football player, coach, inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

1913 Bryan Hextall, NHL hall of famer for the New York Rangers

1913 Jon Hall, born in Fresno California, actor, Ramor of the Jungle

1912 Richard D'Aeth, president, Hughes Hall Cambridge

1911 Sid Gillman, NFL hall of fame coach, LA, San Diego, Houston

1910 Gus Hall, American Businessman

1910 Cliff Battles, born in Akron, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Braves, Redskins

1909 Fawn Hall, American Celebrity

1909 Mel Ott, 1st NLer to hit 500 home runs, hall of famer for the New York Giants

1909 Douglas Hall, Governor, Somaliland Protectorate

1908 Paul Brown, born in Norwalk, Ohio, NFL hall of famer, Browns, Bengals

1908 Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, New York

1908 Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star, Yale

1907 Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist and saxophonist

1907 Johnny Longden, jockey/trainer, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame

1907 Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer, Boston Bruins

1906 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (New York Giants), dies at 67

1906 Earl "Dutch" Clark, Colorado, NFL hall of fame quarterback, Spartans, Detroit

1906 Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam

1906 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, elected 1962

1906 Walraven, Wally, van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis

1905 Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher

1905 Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall

1904 William Hall, Canadian Soldier

1904 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam, 1957-67

1903 Richard Hall, composer

1903 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, .320 avg

1903 Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro, elected 1961

1902 Morris "Red" Badgro, Wash, NFL hall of famer, Yankees, Giants, Dodgers

1902 Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins, #2, hall of famer

1902 Alice Tully, born in Corning, New York, singer/patroness, Carnegie Hall

1901 Juanita Hall, Keyport, New Jersey, actress, Captain Billy

1901 Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated

1901 Manly Hall, Canadian Philosopher

1901 Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, U.S. violin virtuoso, Carnegie Hall

1900 Carl Hubbard, Missouri, baseball and football Hall of Famer

1900 James Hall, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Hell's Angels

1900 [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer, AL bat champ 1928

1900 American Hall of Fame found

1899 Harold "Pie" Traynor, baseball hall of fame 3rd baseman, Pirates

1899 San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building

1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter

1899 Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer, elected 1961

1898 Frederick Douglass Hall, composer

1898 Earl Sande, jockey, Hall of Famer

1898 Gracie Fields, England, music hall/vaudeville performer

1897 Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1965

1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)

1896 Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City)

1895 Charles W. Bidwill, Sr., Chicago, NFL hall of famer, Chicago Cardinals

1895 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi")

1895 G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer, elected 1958

1894 Cliff Hall, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Crime Photographer

1894 Harry Heilmann, born in San Francisco, California, baseball hall of famer outfielder, Detroit

1894 Lloyd A. Hall, born in Illinois, pioneer in food chemistry

1894 Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher, Yankees, 243 career wins

1893 Dvoraks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall New York City

1893 Lou Little, college football hall of fame coach, elected 1960

1892 1st CRU championship game: Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal, 45-5

1892 K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist, Amsterdam Concert Hall

1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor

1891 Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher, led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs

1891 Frank Foyston, NHL Hall of Famer, Seattle

1890 Pauline Hall, composer

1888 Porter Hall, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Half-Breed, Double Indenity

1888 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect, Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion

1888 Hall Johnson, composer

1887 Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's

1887 James Norman Hall, American Author

1886 John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer, hit 2 home run in 1911 world series

1884 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect, town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam

1884 Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, dies

1884 Abraham "Abe" Attell, boxing hall of famer

1883 George Hoyt, NBA hall of fame referee, elected 1961

1883 Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame

1883 Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisconsin, kills 71

1882 John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall

1882 Thurston Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Roaming Lady, In Society

1881 William J Clothier, 1st President of tennis hall of fame, U.S. Open 1906

1881 Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player, elected 1963

1880 Joe Carr, Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president, 1921-39

1880 Joseph Tinker, baseball Hall of Famer, 1/3 of fame double play combo

1879 Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager

1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos

1877 Phobos (Martian satellite) discovered (A Hall)

1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos

1876 Mordecai, 3 finger, Brown, hall of fame pitcher

1876 1st to hit 2 home runs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)

1876 1st player to hit for cycle (George Hall, Philadelphia Athletics)

1875 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail

1875 Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, Rhode Island, hall of fame shortstop, .426 in 1901

1875 Frank "Pop" Morgenweck, basketball hall of famer, elected 1962

1874 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (New York City) convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment

1872 Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall

1871 Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption

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

1871 Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London

1868 Helen Miller Shepard, philanthropist/established Hall of Fame

1868 Conservatives and military, seize Convention Hall in Florida

1867 Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria

1866 Jack McAuliffe, U.S. lightweight boxing champ, hall of famer

1866 William "Sliding Billy" Hamilton, New Jersey, hall of fame baseball player

1866 Henri [Hendrik J] Hall, Dutch MP/comic, Put a Lid on it

1864 Statuary Hall in U.S. Capitol forms

1863 Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies

1861 Dutch Premier Floris A van Hall resigns

1859 William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher, New York Giants, for the Cincinnati Reds

1855 Edwin H Hall, U.S. physicist, Hall effect

1855 Alice Freeman Palmer, educator, Hall of Fame

1853 Hall Caine, British Novelist

1853 Netherlands Van Hall government forms

1850 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of New York takes office

1844 Granville Stanley Hall, U.S., psychologist

1844 G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist

1843 Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)

1842 Sidney Clopton Lanier, U.S., composer/poet, Hall of Fame

1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine

1833 Edwin Thomas Booth, U.S., U.S. Hall of Fame/actor, Hamlet

1829 Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos

1827 William Hall, Canadian Soldier

1820 Anne Bronte, English novelist/poet, Tenant of Wildfell Hall

1815 Robert Hall Chilton, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1814 Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham

1811 James Hall, U.S. geologist, Natural history of New York

1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, Mechanical reaper

1807 Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston

1803 James Outram, Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, general

1800 George Bancroft, historian, Hall of Fame

1799 Rufus Choate, U.S., lawyer, Hall of Fame

1797 Mary Lyon, U.S., educator, Mount Holyoke, Hall of Fame

1791 Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance

1790 Lyman Hall, U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 66

1790 Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician

1789 1st U.S. Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City

1787 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston

1787 Emma Willard, U.S., opens school for young ladies, Hall of Fame

1786 Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised, Mr Hall, New York City

1785 Thomas Love Peacock, English author, Headlong Hall

1768 Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop and Boeicop, lawyer/politician

1761 James Hall, Scotland, geologist

1756 Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University

1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)

1742 Faneuil Hall opens to public

1734 Daniel Boone, frontiersman/explorer, U.S. Hall of Fame-1915

1731 Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor, Town Hall of Westzaan

1724 Lyman Hall, U.S. physician, signed Declaration of Independence

1656 Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

1652 Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns

1574 Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

1512 Antoon Keldermans, Flem builder (Middelburg town hall), dies at 72

1419 Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows


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