2004 Jan Sterling, actress, The High and the Mighty, dies at 82
2002 Katy Jurado, actress, High Noon, dies at 78
2000 Chris Rebello, high school football coach/child actor, Jaws, dies at 37
1999 Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves
1996 Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78
1995 Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77
1995 James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71
1995 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years
1994 Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89
1994 Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
1994 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 29.0 degrees C in Genevad, Sweden (Swedish April high temperature record)
1994 26.9 degrees C in Prestebakke Norway (Norwegian April high temp record)
1993 Paul Chu group reports super conduction at -123 degrees C (record high)
1993 Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points
1993 Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13
1993 Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high
1993 Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88
1993 Gary Coleman wins $1,280,000 lawsuit against parents for high fees
1992 Billy Joel, gets an honorary diploma from Hicksville High School at 43
1992 "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes New York City 14 performances
1992 "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes New York City 14 performances
1992 "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway
1992 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
1991 Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83
1991 Condoms are handed out to thousands of New York High School students
1991 Charles Austin breaks U.S. high jump record at 7'10 "
1990 New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak
1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die
1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan
1989 Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)
1988 New York Islander's and NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy retires
1988 Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11 ")
1988 Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in New York City
1988 Leonie Fuller Adams, U.S. poet (High Falcon), dies at 88
1988 Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
1987 Irene Handl, actress (Riding High, Morgan), dies at 85
1987 Stefka Kostadonova of Bulgaroa sets high jump woman's record (6'10")
1987 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump
1987 Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies
1987 National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet)
1985 Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12
1985 Rudolf Povarnitsin of U.S.S.R. sets new high jump world record (7'10"12)
1985 Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier
1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
1984 STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds
1984 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
1983 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
1982 Sol C Siegel, U.S. film producer (High Society), dies at 79
1982 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"
1982 John C Gardner, U.S., writer (Life and Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49
1982 Charles Walters, U.S. actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70
1982 "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances
1982 "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances
1981 Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling New York at 89
1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court
1981 Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89
1981 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1
1980 Raoul Walsh, U.S. director (High Sierra), dies at about 88
1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record
1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
1979 "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres
1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
1978 "Flying High," debuts on CBS
1978 High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten
1978 In girls' High School basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St. George
1977 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
1977 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit
1977 Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball
1975 Scott Ferrier, born in Australia, high jumper/decathlete 1996 Olympics
1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
1974 Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995
1973 Tim Forsyth, Australian high jumper, Olympics-bronze-92, 96
1973 Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water
1973 Rangers draft Texas high school pitcher David Clyde #1
1972 Gwendolyn Wentland, born in Flint, Michigan, high jumper
1971 Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump, Oly-7th-1996
1971 Stephen Smith, Indianapolis Indiana, high jumper
1970 Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper, Olympics-8th-92, 96
1970 Frank Silvera, Jamaican actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55
1970 102nd Belmont: John Rotz aboard High Echelon wins in 2:34
1970 John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
1970 Tammi Terrell, rocker, Ain't No Mountain High Enough
1969 Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77
1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris
1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
1968 Chris Anderson, Australian high jumper 1996 Olympics
1968 Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, U.S.S.R.
1968 Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72
1967 Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48
1967 Hollis Conway, born in Chicago, Illinois, high jumper, Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92
1966 High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame
1966 Clare Look-Jaeger, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, high jumper
1965 630 foot high Gateway Arch completed in St. Louis
1965 Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91
1965 Mario Lemieux, Montreal, NHL high scoring center, Pitts Penguin, #66
1965 Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper, world record 1987
1965 "High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 375 performances
1965 John Larkin, actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52
1964 Yolanda Henry, Houston Texas, high jumper
1964 Philip McKeon, Westbury, New York, actor, Tommy-Alice, Return to Horror High
1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who
1964 Christian Conrad, actor, Charley Hannah, High Mountain Rangers
1964 Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor, Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident
1964 Heike Henkel, German FR, world record indoor high jumper 1992
1964 "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 375 performances
1964 North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
1963 Cathy Johnston-Forbes, High Point, North Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 du Maurier
1963 Carol Lewis, born in Willingboro, New Jersey, high jumper, Olympic-9th-1984
1963 James Wilder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Scorchers, Zombie High, Murder 1
1963 Phoebe Cates, born in Manhattan, New York, actress, Fast Times at Ridgemount High
1962 Trevor Baxter, record holder for high jumping with a skateboard
1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13
1961 Trey Parker, rapper/actor, Newsies, Hull High
1961 Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
1961 Casey Siemaszko, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High
1961 Platt Adams, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1912), dies
1960 Kenneth Branagh, born in Belfast, actor and director, High Season, Dead Again
1960 Sean Penn, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1960 Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80
1958 U.S.S.R. lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam
1958 U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate
1958 Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California
1958 Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress, Night of Demons, Virgin High
1958 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock
1957 White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1957 David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon
1957 Cameron Crowe, director, Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1957 Judge Reinhold, Wilmington, Delaware, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1957 Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High
1956 Scott Jacoby, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High
1956 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high)
1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California
1956 Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1955 Pat Klous, Hutchinson, Kansas, actress, Marcy-Flying High, Judy-Love Boat
1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Mile High Golf Open
1955 Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59
1954 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8
1953 Millard Mitchell, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50
1953 Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis Tenn
1953 Sara Simeoni, Italy, high jumper, 1980 Olympics gold
1952 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or
1952 Amy Heckerling, Bronx, dir, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless
1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, German DR, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold
1952 Chick Vennera, born in Herkimer, New York, actor, High Risk, Milagro Beanfield War
1951 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds
1951 De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered
1951 Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
1951 Martin Brest, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1951 Geraint Wyn Davies, born in Wales, actor, Bury Me in Niagara, High Hopes
1950 Gillian Armstrong, Melbourne Aust, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel
1950 U.N. General Assembly establishes High Commission for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
1950 Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule
1950 Kathryn Witt, born in Miami, Florida, actress, Lenny, Pam-Flying High
1949 "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater New York City after 727 performances
1948 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players
1947 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 "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater New York City for 727 performances
1947 Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City
1947 Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper 1972 Olympics bronze
1947 Richard "Dick" Fosbury, Portland, Oregon, high jumper, Oly-gold-68
1947 Dick Fosbury, born in Portland Oregon, high jumper, won Olympic gold in 1968
1947 Eddie Hodges, born in Mississippi, actor/singer, High Hopes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1946 Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered
1946 Bob Beamon, born in Jamaica, New York, high jumper, Olympics gold 68, 29' 2 " 8.9m
1946 Bruce Davison, born in Philadelphia, actor, Capt Wyler-Hunter, Willard, High Risk
1946 Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist, Come Hell or High Water
1945 [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, [Montgomery], singer, Ain't No Mt High
1945 Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, 1968 Olympics silver
1945 [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author, High Kings
1944 1st submarine captured and boarded on high seas-U 505
1943 John Denver, New Mexico, singer, Rocky Mt High, thank God he's a country boy
1943 Mike Leigh, dramatist/director, High Hopes, Secrets and Lies
1943 Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord
1942 Madeline Kahn, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety
1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government
1940 1st showing of color TV
1940 Dilip Sardesai, cricketer, high scoring Indian batsman of 60's
1940 Alex Trebek, born in Sudbury, Ontario, TV game host, High Rollers, Jeopardy
1939 Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge
1938 Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School
1938 Stuart McKinnon, high court judge
1938 John Sheil, Northern Irish High Court judge
1938 Malcolm Keith Speed, British high court judge
1937 Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China
1937 Simon Brown, British high court judge
1937 Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge
1937 Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, high jumper 1956 Olympics gold
1937 Maxwell Anderson's "High Tor" premieres in New York City
1936 Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper 1960 Olympics gold
1936 Jose Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish general/high director, dies
1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines
1936 Edward Cazalet, British High Court Judge
1936 Thelma Hopkins, born in England, high jumper, 1956 Olympics silver
1935 John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78
1934 Ron Carey, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Barney Miller, Montefuscos, High Anxiety
1934 Richard Scott, British high court judge
1934 Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner, Pakistan
1934 Brian Barder, British high commissar, Australia
1934 Anthony Evans, British high court judge
1934 Paul Gibson, British high court judge
1934 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2
1934 Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
1934 John Roch, high court judge
1934 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn)
1933 Mildred McDaniel, U.S. high jumper 1956 Olympics gold
1933 Desmond Fennell, British high court judge
1933 Philip Otton, high court judge
1932 Mary Moon, Headmistress, Manchester High School for Girls
1931 Jose Telles Da Conceicao, Brazil, high jumper 1952 Olympics bronze
1931 Denis Henry, British high court judge
1931 Walter Davis, U.S., running high jumper 1952 Olympics gold
1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
1929 Michael Morland, High court judge
1929 Elaine Stewart, Montclair, New Jersey, actress, Take the High Ground
1929 John Taylor, bishop, St. Albans, /Lord High Almoner to Queen
1928 Robert Lansing, born in California, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Equalizer, Automan
1928 Lew Gallo, Mt Kisko, actor, 12 O'Clock High
1926 James Hele, high master, St. Paul's School
1926 Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
1926 Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Phyllis, High Anxiety
1925 Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee High School, fined $100 and costs
1925 Robert Arthur, born in Aberdeen, Washington, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Just For You
1925 George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt
1925 Joan Leslie, Detroit, actress, High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy
1924 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7)
1924 Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge
1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland High School basketball game (163-3)
1924 Peter Webster, British High Court Judge
1924 Robert Gatehouse, former High Court judge
1924 Katy Jurado, Mexico, actress, High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo
1923 Alice [Davis] Coachman, Albany, Georgia, high jumper 1948 Olympics gold
1923 John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer, Friends in High Places
1922 Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria
1920 Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes
1920 Michael Eastham, high court judge
1920 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge
1920 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, born in Great Britain, high jumper, Olympics silver 1936, 1948
1919 Howard Morris, New York City, comedic actor, High Anxiety
1919 "Tidal wave" of molasses 15 m high x 25 m wide kills dozens, Boston
1918 Dora Ratjen, Germany, man possing as woman high jumper, Oly-4th-1936
1917 Henderson Forsythe, Macon, Missouri, actor, Crisis at Central High
1917 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School
1917 Derek Hodgson, British high court judge
1915 Cornel Wilde, New York City, actor, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer
1915 John Arnold, British high court judge
1914 Frank Silvera, Kingston Jamaica, actor, High Chaparral
1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands
1913 Cornelius Johnson, born in Los Angeles, California, high jumper 1936 Olympics gold
1913 Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver
1913 David Donald Albritton, born in Danville, Alabama, high jumper 1936 Olympics silver
1912 John Larkin, born in Oakland California, actor, Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High
1911 Jean Shiley, U.S., high jumper 1932 Olympics gold
1910 1st junior high schools in U.S. opens (Berkeley California)
1909 1st junior high school established (Berkeley California)
1908 Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen
1908 Neil Lawson, British high court judge
1906 Gil Lamb, born in Minneapolis, actor, Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High
1905 Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School
1905 Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball
1905 Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor, High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste
1904 Lily Pons, born in Draguignan, France, soprano diva, Hitting a New High
1903 Millard Mitchell, Havana Cuba, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter
1903 Sol C Siegel, U.S., producer, High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes
1901 Irene Handl, born in London, England, actress, Riding High, Morgan
1901 John Gunther, born in Chicago, Illinois, author/host, John Gunther's High Road
1901 Gary Cooper, Montana, actor, 2 Acad Awards-Sgt York, High Noon
1901 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor (High Mass), dies at 66
1900 Larry Kent, California, director, High Stakes
1900 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession
1897 Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74
1897 Margalo Gillmore, London, actress, Skirts Ahoy, High Society
1895 Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court
1895 Bert Wheeler, actor, Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers
1892 Louis van Tulder, Dutch tenor, From Office Stool to High C
1892 Lowell Thomas, born in Woodington, Ohio, newscaster, High Adventure
1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council
1890 Henry Hull, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra
1888 Maxwell Anderson, U.S., dramatist, Winter Set, High Tor
1888 P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council
1888 Henry King, U.S., director, Jesse James, 12 O'Clock High
1885 Otto Kruger, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor, Lux Video Theater, High Noon
1885 Mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], Virginia, actress, High Stakes
1883 Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor, High Noon, Phantom of Opera
1883 Colin Campbell, born in Falkirk, Scotland, actress, High Bright Sun, Leather Boys
1880 Mahlon Hamilton, born in Virginia, actor, Honky Tonk, High School Girl, Mississippi
1877 British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown
1876 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)
1874 Henry Travers, born in England, actor, Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra
1861 Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah)
1861 Edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director, Egypt
1854 Daniel Josephus Jitta, Dutch High Court lawyer
1838 John Muir, U.S., naturalist/discoverer, glaciers in High Seirras
1837 Riot in New York over high price of flour
1829 Ohio authorizes high school night classes
1822 Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council, 1885-97
1818 Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60
1813 Matthias Keller, born in Ulm, Germany, hymm writer, O Farther un High
1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason
1733 England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
1731 Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67
1699 People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter
1681 Earl of Shaftesbury accused of high treason in London
1673 Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral
1673 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council
1658 Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, Engl Lord High Admiral, dies at ñ70
1647 People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples
1563 League of High Nobles routes King Philip II
1563 League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II
1553 English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason
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