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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 " 1991 Pamela Smart (High School teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 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 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 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, Australia 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, 1996 Olympics 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 Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp, founder, folk high schools, dies at 82 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, born in West Germany, 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 Academy 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, Gold Medal 1912 Olympics, 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 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 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, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 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, Tennessee 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, born in East Germany, 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, born in Melbourne, Australia, 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 Dick Fosbury, born in Portland, Oregon, high jumper, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 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 Bruce Davison, born in Philadelphia, actor, Captain Wyler-Hunter, Willard, High Risk 1946 Clare Francis, yachtswoman/novelist, Come Hell or High Water 1945 [Thomasina] Tammi Terrell, Montgomery, singer, Ain't No Mountain High Enough 1945 Edward J. Caruthers, Jr., Troy Ala, high jumper, Silver Medal 1968 Olympics 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 Mountain 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 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 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 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 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, Mount 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 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 Alice [Davis] Coachman, born in Albany, Georgia, high jumper, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 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, 1936 Olympics 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 Academy Awards-Sergeant 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 1884 Ehm Welk, born in Biesenbrow, Germany, writer, journalist, pseudonym, Thomas Trimm, survived Oranienburg concentration camp, founder, folk high schools 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 Field Marshal/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, English Lord High Admiral, dies at 70 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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