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1997 Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267)

1997 NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes

1997 Hartford Whalers last NHL game

1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM

1996 John Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76

1990 T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St. Zen Center SF), dies

1990 Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St. Zen Center, SF

1986 38th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 (OT) at Hartford

1984 New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5

1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million

1983 Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard

1982 1st New Jersey Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4

1981 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann

1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and C Dean (GRB)

1981 Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and I Lisovski (URS)

1981 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)

1979 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut

1978 Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries)

1976 Will Friedle, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Eric-Boy Meets World, Gift of Love

1976 Jeff O'Neill, Richmond Hill, NHL center, Hartford Whalers

1973 Andrei Nikolishin, born in Vorkuta, Russia, NHL center, Hartford Whalers

1972 Geoff Sanderson, Hay River, NHL left wing, Hartford Whalers

1971 Steven Rice, Kitchener, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut

1970 Jason Muzzatti, Toronto, NHL goalie, Hartford Whalers

1969 Andrew Cassels, Bramalea, NHL center, Hartford Whalers

1969 Race riot in Hartford Connecticut

1969 Adam Burt, Detroit, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

1968 Glen Wesley, Red Deer, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

1968 Glen Featherstone, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

1968 Mark Janssens, Surrey, NHL center, Hartford Whalers

1967 Brian Glynn, Iserlohn Ger, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

1967 Kelly Chase, Porcupine Plain California, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1967 Craig Janney, Hartford, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets

1967 Nelson Emerson, Hamilton, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1967 Robert Kron, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1967 Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie, Hartford Whalers

1966 Jeff Brown, Ottawa, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

1966 Paul Ranheim, St. Louis, NHL left wing, Hartford Whalers

1965 Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, Connecticut, super heavyweight boxer 1996 Olympics

1965 Lucy Han, born in Hartford, Conn, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-7th-1994

1965 Gerald Diduck, born in Edmonton, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

1963 Kevin Dineen, Quebec City, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1962 WEDH TV channel 24 in Hartford, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting

1962 Eriq La Salle, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Dr. Peter Benton-ER

1959 Timothy Patrick Murphy, Hartford Conn, actor, Dallas, Glitter

1959 Brad McCrimmon, Dodsland, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

1959 WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting

1958 Jayne Modean, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Nurse Hooter-Trauma Center

1957 WTIC TV channel 61 in Hartford, CT (CBS/FOX) begins broadcasting

1957 Mary Cadorette, born in East Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Vicky-3's a Crowd

1953 Katherine Cannon, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Father Murphy, Survivors

1952 Catherine Watkins, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, It's Not Easy, Mary

1952 Terry Moor, Hartford Conn, tennis star

1951 David Naughton, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations

1945 Katharine Houghton, born in Hartford, actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1944 Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford, Connecticut, Col USA/astronaut, STS-61B

1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn)

1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut

1942 Linda Evans, Hartford, actress, Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo

1942 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray

1941 Gene Pitney, Hartford, Connecticut, vocalist/songwriter, Town Without Pity

1939 Barbara Kolb, Hartford, Connecticut, composer, Trobar Jus

1937 John Hartford, born in New York City, country singer, Gentle on My Mind

1936 Barbara B. Kennelly, born in Hartford, Connecticut, Representative-D-Connecticut 1982 - 1999

1933 Chuck Grassley, born in New Hartford, Iowa, Senator-R-Iowa 1981 -

1931 Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Hartford CT

1931 Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich

1930 Ben Cooper, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Rose Tattoo, Outcast, Arizona Raiders

1927 Clint Walker, Hartford, Illinois, actor, Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen

1926 Tom Tryon, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Cardinal, All That Glitters

1925 Phillip Pine, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Set-Up, Under the Ground

1922 Mike Kellin, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Honestly Celeste, Fitz and Bones

1920 Maria Karnilova, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Olga-Ivan the Terrible

1920 John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool

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

1917 Elyse Knox, Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Hit the Ice, Black Gold

1917 Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Cavalcade of Stars

1915 Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor, Iceland Symph 1964-65

1914 Brendan Gill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine

1914 Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve

1911 George Huntington Hartford II, born in New York City, heir, A&P

1909 Ann Todd, Hartford England, actress, Paradine Case, 7th Veil

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

1906 Michael O'Shea, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Denny-It's a Great Life

1901 Ed Begley, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry

1900 Walter O'Keefe, Hartford, Connecticut, songwriter/TV host, Mayor of Hollywood

1888 Niles Welch, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Cornered

1876 Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St. Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford

1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis

1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. issues 1st policy

1863 Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered, 1st accident insurer

1844 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct

1839 Dudley Buck, born in Hartford, Connecticut, organist/church composer

1817 1st U.S. school for deaf (Hartford, Conn)

1817 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut

1639 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford


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