2015 Event The Shanghai Composite Index, representing China's stock market, drops 8.5% over fears that the government will withdraw support that has kept stock prices high in the midst of economic slowdown; regulators deny that such a change will be made 2015 Event Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89 after battling health issues related to diabetes and high blood pressure 2015 Event Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt, may be freed after the nation's high court overturned the sole remaining verdict against him for embezzling public funds; Mubarak has been serving his three-year prison term in a hospital due to poor health 2014 Event New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces a ban of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking; the technique, used to extract natural gas and oil, requires injection of chemicals, sand and water at high pressure underground, posing environmental concerns 2014 Event One World Trade Center opens today, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States 2014 Event Prince Felipe of Spain is coronated as King Felipe VI, following his father's abdication over two weeks ago; the simple ceremony sought to avoid displays of extravagance in a nation suffering high unemployment and growing disinterest in the monarchy 2014 Event A study announced today that high levels of vitamin D in the blood may increase the probability of survival for breast cancer patients 2013 Event Palestinian investigators claim their former leader, Yasser Arafat, did not die of old age or ill health; they believe Israel killed him because his exhumed body contained high levels of the radioactive element polonium-210 2013 Event The Australian Government institutes a legal challenge to same-sex marriage in its High Court in response to the Australian Capital Territory becoming the first territory in Australia to legalize same-sex marriage 2013 Event The British High Commission announced they are awarding retired Paralympic swimmer Natalie du Toit an honorary MBE ( Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) 2013 Event NASA's New Horizons team releases the first high resolution view of Pluto's largest moon; Charon, which is as large as the state of Texas, is covered in ice 2013 Event Nik Wallenda completes a high wire walk across a Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon 2013 Event Scientists in Spain publish a study in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' that claims a Mediterranean diets, high in olive oil, nuts, fish and fresh fruits, reduce the risk of heart disease 2013 Event Actor Gerard Depardieu is granted citizenship by Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Depardieu renounced his French citizenship due to the country's high taxes 2012 Event Heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales kill two people and flood 800 homes 2012 Event A customary law which prevented women from inheriting their family home, is overturned by the high court of Botswana 2012 Event Australia's High Court upholds legislation providing for cigarettes to have plain packaging 2012 Event In an apparent effort to keep his contract, a subcontractor at Japan's defunct Fukushima's nuclear power plant shielded dosimeters with lead plates to ensure they did not reach radiation limits, and workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure 2012 Event A study finds that 90% of dropouts in Asia's major city schools suffer from myopia, or short-sightedness, with 10 - 20% having advanced, or high myopia, which can cause blindness 2012 Event Strong manufacturing figures and company earnings cause the Dow Jones Industrial Average to reach a four-year high 2012 Event Unemployment in Spain is reportedly at a record high 2011 Event In western Ethiopia, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees opens new refugee camp for refugees from Sudan and South Sudan 2011 Event Italy's credit rating is lowered from A+ to A by Standard and Poor's rating agency, a result of its high level of debt and the stability of its government 2011 Event Bolstered by strong employment figures for March, the Australian dollar reaches a 28-year high against the U.S. dollar 2011 Event Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean 2011 Event U.S. airlines continue increasing fares as a result of the high cost of jet fuel 2011 Event The Superbowl XLV attracts a record high television audience; the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 - 25 2011 Event The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports that world food prices have reached a record high 2010 Event China's inflation rate reaches 5.1%, a 28-month high 2010 Event Scientists working near Kokoda, Papua New Guinea uncover world's oldest known high altitude human settlement, estimated to be 49,000 years old 2010 Event Poverty rates in the United States hit a 15-year high of 14.3 percent, or 43.6 million people 2009 Event U.S. Commerce Department imposes high anti-dumping tariffs up to 99% on imports of Chinese tubular goods 2004 Death Jan Sterling, actress, The High and the Mighty, dies at 82 2002 Death Katy Jurado, actress, High Noon, dies at 78 2000 Death Chris Rebello, high school football coach/child actor, Jaws, dies at 37 1999 Event Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves 1996 Death Murtaza Bhutto, politician, son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was sentenced to death by Lahore High Court, dies at 42 in Karachi, Pakistan, shot dead along with six other activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party 1996 Death Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78 1995 Death Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77 1995 Death James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71 1995 Event 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years 1994 Death Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89 1994 Death Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75 1994 Event Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn 1994 Event 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record) 1994 Event 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record) 1993 Event Paul Chu group reports super conduction at -123 degrees C (record high) 1993 Event Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points 1993 Event Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13 1993 Event Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high 1993 Death Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88 1993 Event Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees 1992 Event Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville High School at 43 1992 Event "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes New York City 14 performances 1992 Event "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes New York City 14 performances 1992 Event "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway 1992 Event Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m) 1991 Event Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83 1991 Event Condoms are handed out to thousands of New York High School students 1991 Event Charles Austin breaks U.S. high jump record at 7'10 " 1991 Event Pamela Smart (High School teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 1990 Event New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak 1990 Event Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97 1990 Event Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die 1989 Event Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan 1989 Event Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m) 1988 Birthday Vanessa Hudgens, born in Salinas, California, actress, singer, debut album, titled, 'V', certified Gold, screen debut, drama film, 'Thirteen', 2003, known for playing role of Gabriella Montez in High School Musical series 1988 Event New York Islander's and NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires 1988 Event Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11 ") 1988 Event Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in New York City 1988 Death Leonie Fuller Adams, U.S. poet (High Falcon), dies at 88 1988 Event Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m) 1987 Death Irene Handl, actress (Riding High, Morgan), dies at 85 1987 Event Stefka Kostadonova of Bulgaroa sets high jump woman's record (6'10") 1987 Event Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump 1987 Death Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies 1987 Event National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1985 Event Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12 1985 Event Rudolf Povarnitsin of U.S.S.R. sets new high jump world record (7'10"12) 1985 Event Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier 1984 Death Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead 1984 Event STS-51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds 1984 Event Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m) 1983 Event Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" 1983 Event Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 1982 Death Sol C Siegel, U.S. film producer (High Society), dies at 79 1982 Event Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7" 1982 Death John C Gardner, U.S., writer (Life and Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49 1982 Death Charles Walters, U.S. actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances 1982 Event "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances 1981 Death Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling New York at 89 1981 Event National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1981 Event Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court 1981 Death Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89 1981 Event "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1 1980 Death Raoul Walsh, U.S. director (High Sierra), dies at about 88 1980 Event Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record 1980 Event Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8" 1980 Event Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8") 1979 Event "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres 1979 Event 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period 1978 Event "Flying High," debuts on CBS 1978 Event High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten 1978 Event In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George 1977 Event Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph) 1977 Event High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Event Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball 1975 Birthday Scott Ferrier, born in Australia, high jumper/decathlete 1996 Olympics 1974 Event House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up 1974 Birthday Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1973 Birthday Tim Forsyth, Australian high jumper, Olympics-bronze-92, 96 1973 Event Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water 1973 Event Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1 1972 Birthday Gwendolyn Wentland, born in Flint, Michigan, high jumper 1971 Birthday Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Stephen Smith, Indianapolis Indiana, high jumper 1970 Birthday Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96 1970 Death Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55 1970 Event 102nd Belmont: John Rotz aboard High Echelon wins in 2:34 1970 Death John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68 1969 Death Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77 1969 Event Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris 1968 Birthday Des'ree, born in Barbados, born Desiree Annette Weeks, rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, hit songs, 'You Gotta Be', 'Feel So High' 1968 Event Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London 1968 Birthday Ashley Judd, born in Granada Hills, California, actress, films include, 'Kiss the Girls', 'High Crimes', 'Double Jeopardy' 1968 Birthday Chris Anderson, Australian high jumper 1996 Olympics 1968 Event Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, U.S.S.R. 1968 Death Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72 1967 Death Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48 1967 Birthday Hollis Conway, born in Chicago, Illinois, high jumper, Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92 1966 Death Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp, founder, folk high schools, dies at 82 1966 Event High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame 1966 Birthday Clare Look-Jaeger, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, high jumper 1965 Event 630 foot high Gateway Arch completed in St. Louis 1965 Death Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91 1965 Birthday Mario Lemieux, Montreal, NHL high scoring center, Pittsburgh Penguin 1965 Birthday Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper, world record 1987 1965 Event "High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 375 performances 1965 Death John Larkin, actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52 1964 Birthday Yolanda Henry, Houston Texas, high jumper 1964 Birthday Philip McKeon, Westbury, New York, actor, Tommy-Alice, Return to Horror High 1964 Event EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who 1964 Birthday Christian Conrad, actor, Charley Hannah, High Mountain Rangers 1964 Birthday Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor, Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident 1964 Birthday Heike Henkel, born in West Germany, world record indoor high jumper 1992 1964 Event "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 375 performances 1964 Event North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime 1963 Birthday Cathy Johnston-Forbes, High Point, North Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 du Maurier 1963 Birthday Carol Lewis, born in Willingboro, New Jersey, high jumper, Olympic-9th-1984 1963 Birthday James Wilder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1 1963 Birthday Phoebe Cates, born in Manhattan, New York, actress, Fast Times at Ridgemount High 1962 Birthday Trevor Baxter, record holder for high jumping with a skateboard 1961 Event East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1961 Birthday Trey Parker, rapper/actor, Newsies, Hull High 1961 Death Gary Cooper, 2 time Academy award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 1961 Birthday Casey Siemaszko, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High 1961 Death Platt Adams, high jumper, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics, dies 1960 Birthday Kenneth Branagh, born in Belfast, actor and director, High Season, Dead Again 1960 Birthday Sean Penn, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1960 Death Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 1958 Event U.S.S.R. lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam 1958 Event U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate 1958 Event Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California 1958 Birthday Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress, Night of Demons, Virgin High 1958 Event President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock 1957 Event White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw 1957 Event Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school 1957 Event David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon 1957 Birthday Cameron Crowe, director, Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1957 Birthday Judge Reinhold, Wilmington, Delaware, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1957 Birthday Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1957 Birthday Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High 1956 Birthday Scott Jacoby, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High 1956 Event 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) 1956 Event Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California 1956 Birthday Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1955 Birthday Pat Klous, Hutchinson, Kansas, actress, Marcy-Flying High, Judy-Love Boat 1955 Event Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Mile High Golf Open 1955 Death Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 1954 Birthday Murtaza Bhutto, born in Karachi Pakistan, politician, son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was sentenced to death by Lahore High Court 1954 Event 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8 1953 Death Millard Mitchell, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50 1953 Event Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee 1953 Birthday Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper, 1980 Olympics gold 1952 Event 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or 1952 Birthday Amy Heckerling, Bronx, dir, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless 1952 Birthday Rosemarie Ackermann, born in East Germany, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold 1952 Birthday Chick Vennera, born in Herkimer, New York, actor, High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War 1951 Event Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds 1951 Death De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered 1951 Death Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated 1951 Birthday Martin Brest, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1951 Birthday Geraint Wyn Davies, born in Wales, actor, Bury Me in Niagara, High Hopes 1950 Birthday Gillian Armstrong, born in Melbourne, Australia, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel 1950 Event U.N. General Assembly establishes High Commission for Refugees (Nobel 1954) 1950 Event Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule 1950 Birthday Kathryn Witt, born in Miami, Florida, actress, Lenny, Pam-Flying High 1949 Event "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater New York City after 727 performances 1948 Event Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players 1947 Event Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1947 Event "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater New York City for 727 performances 1947 Event Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City 1947 Birthday Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper 1972 Olympics bronze 1947 Birthday Dick Fosbury, born in Portland, Oregon, high jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1947 Birthday Dick Fosbury, born in Portland Oregon, high jumper, won Olympic gold in 1968 1947 Birthday Eddie Hodges, born in Mississippi, actor/singer, High Hopes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1946 Death Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered 1946 Birthday Bruce Davison, born in Philadelphia, actor, Captain Wyler-Hunter, Willard, High Risk 1946 Birthday Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist, Come Hell or High Water 1945 Birthday Tammi Terrell, Montgomery, singer, Ain't No Mountain High Enough 1945 Birthday Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 1945 Birthday [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author, High Kings 1944 Event 1st submarine captured and boarded on high seas-U 505 1943 Birthday John Denver, New Mexico, singer, 'Rocky Mountain High', 'Thank God He's a Country Boy' 1943 Birthday Mike Leigh, dramatist/director, High Hopes, Secrets and Lies 1943 Birthday Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord 1942 Birthday Madeline Kahn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety 1940 Event German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government 1940 Birthday Dilip Sardesai, cricketer, high scoring Indian batsman of 60's 1940 Birthday Alex Trebek, born in Sudbury, Ontario, TV game host, High Rollers, Jeopardy 1939 Birthday Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge 1938 Event Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School 1938 Birthday Stuart McKinnon, high court judge 1938 Birthday John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge 1937 Birthday Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China 1937 Birthday Simon Brown, British high court judge 1937 Birthday Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge 1937 Birthday Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, high jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1937 Event Maxwell Anderson's "High Tor" premieres in New York City 1936 Birthday Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper 1960 Olympics gold 1936 Death Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies 1936 Event Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines 1936 Birthday Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge 1936 Birthday Thelma Hopkins, born in England, high jumper, 1956 Olympics silver 1935 Death John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78 1934 Birthday Ron Carey, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Barney Miller, Montefuscos, High Anxiety 1934 Birthday Richard Scott, British high court judge 1934 Birthday Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner, Pakistan 1934 Birthday Brian Barder, British high commissar, Australia 1934 Birthday Anthony Evans, British high court judge 1934 Birthday Paul Gibson, British high court judge 1934 Event 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2 1934 Birthday Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge 1934 Birthday John Roch, high court judge 1934 Event 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1933 Birthday Mildred McDaniel, U.S. high jumper 1956 Olympics gold 1933 Birthday Desmond Fennell, British high court judge 1933 Birthday Philip Otton, high court judge 1932 Birthday Mary Moon, Headmistress, Manchester High School for Girls 1931 Birthday Jose Telles Da Conceicao, Brazil, high jumper 1952 Olympics bronze 1931 Birthday Denis Henry, British high court judge 1931 Birthday Walter Davis, U.S., running high jumper 1952 Olympics gold 1930 Birthday Nicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, born in England, life peer as Baron Browne-Wilkinson, studied at Lancing College and Magdalen College, Oxford, former head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court 1930 Event Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball 1929 Birthday Michael Morland, High court judge 1929 Birthday Elaine Stewart, Montclair, New Jersey, actress, Take the High Ground 1929 Birthday John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, Lord High Almoner to Queen 1928 Birthday Robert Lansing, born in California, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan 1928 Birthday Lew Gallo, Mount Kisko, actor, 12 O'Clock High 1926 Birthday James Hele, high master, St. Paul's School 1926 Birthday Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge 1926 Birthday Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Phyllis, High Anxiety 1925 Event Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee High School, fined $100 and costs 1925 Birthday Robert Arthur, born in Aberdeen, Washington, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Just For You 1925 Event George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt 1925 Birthday Joan Leslie, Detroit, actress, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy 1924 Event 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7) 1924 Birthday Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge 1924 Event Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland High School basketball game (163-3) 1924 Birthday Peter Webster, British High Court Judge 1924 Birthday Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge 1924 Birthday Katy Jurado, Mexico, actress, High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo 1923 Birthday Dika Newlin, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, child prodigy, began composing music at age 7, completed high school at 12, studied with Schoenberg at University of California at Los Angeles 1923 Birthday Alice [Davis] Coachman, born in Albany, Georgia, high jumper, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 1923 Birthday John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer, Friends in High Places 1922 Event Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria 1920 Birthday Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes 1920 Birthday Michael Eastham, high court judge 1920 Birthday Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge 1920 Birthday Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948 1919 Birthday Howard Morris, New York City, comedic actor, High Anxiety 1919 Event "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston 1918 Birthday Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper, 1936 Olympics 1917 Birthday Henderson Forsythe, Macon, Missouri, actor, Crisis at Central High 1917 Event Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School 1917 Birthday Derek Hodgson, British high court judge 1915 Birthday Cornel Wilde, New York City, actor, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer 1915 Birthday John Arnold, British high court judge 1914 Birthday Frank Silvera, Kingston Jamaica, actor, High Chaparral 1914 Event High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands 1913 Birthday Cornelius Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, high jumper 1936 Olympics gold 1913 Birthday Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver 1913 Birthday David Donald Albritton, born in Danville, Alabama, high jumper 1936 Olympics silver 1912 Birthday John Larkin, born in Oakland California, actor, Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High 1911 Birthday Jean Shiley, U.S., high jumper 1932 Olympics gold 1910 Event 1st junior high schools in U.S. opens (Berkeley California) 1909 Event 1st junior high school established (Berkeley California) 1908 Birthday Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen 1908 Birthday Neil Lawson, British high court judge 1906 Birthday Gil Lamb, born in Minneapolis, actor, Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High 1905 Event Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School 1905 Event Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball 1905 Birthday Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor, High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste 1904 Birthday Lily Pons, born in Draguignan, France, soprano diva, Hitting a New High 1903 Birthday Millard Mitchell, Havana Cuba, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter 1903 Birthday Sol C Siegel, U.S., producer, High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes 1901 Birthday Irene Handl, born in London, England, actress, Riding High, Morgan 1901 Birthday John Gunther, born in Chicago, Illinois, author/host, John Gunther's High Road 1901 Birthday Gary Cooper, Montana, actor, 2 Academy Awards-Sergeant York, High Noon 1901 Death Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor (High Mass), dies at 66 1900 Birthday Larry Kent, California, director, High Stakes 1900 Event 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession 1897 Death Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74 1897 Birthday Margalo Gillmore, London, actress, Skirts Ahoy, High Society 1895 Birthday Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court 1895 Birthday Bert Wheeler, actor, Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers 1892 Birthday Louis van Tulder, Dutch tenor, From Office Stool to High C 1892 Birthday Lowell Thomas, born in Woodington, Ohio, newscaster, High Adventure 1891 Birthday Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council 1890 Birthday Henry Hull, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra 1888 Birthday Maxwell Anderson, U.S., dramatist, Winter Set, High Tor 1888 Birthday P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council 1888 Birthday Henry King, U.S., director, Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High 1885 Birthday Otto Kruger, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor, Lux Video Theater, High Noon 1885 Birthday Mae Murray, Girl with bee-stung lips, Virginia, actress, High Stakes 1884 Birthday Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp, founder, folk high schools 1883 Birthday Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor, High Noon, Phantom of Opera 1883 Birthday Colin Campbell, born in Falkirk, Scotland, actress, High Bright Sun, Leather Boys 1880 Birthday Mahlon Hamilton, born in Virginia, actor, Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi 1877 Event British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown 1876 Event 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks) 1874 Birthday Henry Travers, born in England, actor, Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra 1861 Event Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) 1861 Birthday Edmond H H Allenby, English Field Marshal/high director, Egypt 1854 Birthday Daniel Josephus Jitta, Dutch High Court lawyer 1838 Birthday John Muir, U.S., naturalist/discoverer, glaciers in High Seirras 1837 Event Riot in New York over high price of flour 1829 Event Ohio authorizes high school night classes 1822 Birthday Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council, 1885-97 1818 Death Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60 1813 Birthday Matthias Keller, born in Ulm, Germany, hymm writer, O Farther un High 1795 Event William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1733 Event England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions 1731 Death Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67 1699 Event People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter 1681 Event Earl of Shaftesbury accused of high treason in London 1673 Event Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral 1673 Birthday Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council 1658 Death Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70 1647 Event People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples 1563 Event League of High Nobles routes King Philip II 1563 Event League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II 1553 Event English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason
