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1997 Event - Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267)

1997 Event - NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes

1997 Event - Hartford Whalers last NHL game

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1979 Event - Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut

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

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

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

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

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

1971 Birthday - Brooke Burke, born in Hartford, Connecticut, television personality, dancer, host of 'Wild On!' show, Frederick's of Hollywood model

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

1970 Event - 6 days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut

1970 Birthday - Jason Muzzatti, Toronto, NHL goalie, Hartford Whalers

1969 Birthday - Andrew Cassels, Bramalea, NHL center, Hartford Whalers

1969 Event - Race riot in Hartford Connecticut

1969 Birthday - Adam Burt, Detroit, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

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

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

1968 Birthday - Mark Janssens, Surrey, NHL center, Hartford Whalers

1968 Birthday - Mark McGrath, born in Hartford, Connecticut, singer, 'Sugar Ray' rock band, previously a co-host on 'Extra' entertainment television show

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

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

1967 Birthday - Craig Janney, Hartford, NHL center, Winnipeg Jets

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

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

1967 Birthday - Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie, Hartford Whalers

1966 Birthday - Jeff Brown, Ottawa, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1959 Birthday - Brad McCrimmon, Dodsland, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers

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

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

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

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

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

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

1952 Birthday - Terry Moor, Hartford Conn, tennis star

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1940 Birthday - Gene Pitney, Hartford, Connecticut, vocalist/songwriter, Town Without Pity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1930 Birthday - William O'Neill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut Governor 1980 - 1991, Democrat

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

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

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

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

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

1920 Birthday - John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1907 Birthday - Katharine Hepburn, born in Hartford, Connecticut, actress, 'Adam's Rib', 'On Golden Pond'

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

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

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

1888 Birthday - Niles Welch, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Cornered

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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