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1991 Katharine Blake, actress (To Have and To Hold), dies at 62

1990 Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their 1st joint session

1986 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York

1985 Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead

1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead

1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead

1985 Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead

1985 Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead

1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead

1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Division Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead

1983 Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead

1983 Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1983 Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead

1983 Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead

1983 Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead

1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1983 Rangers 2-Isles 7-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 3-2 lead

1983 Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in one Stanley Cup playoff game

1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1983 Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead

1982 Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead

1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1982 Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1982 Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead

1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1982 Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead

1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1982 Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1981 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge

1979 Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minutes NHL hockey game

1977 Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11

1977 Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington D.C.

1975 Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead

1975 Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead

1975 Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots

1975 Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead

1975 Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead

1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead

1975 Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead

1975 Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead

1975 Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead

1975 Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead

1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey

1965 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)

1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts

1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks

1964 Beatles 1st U.S. #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)

1964 Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)

1964 Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City

1964 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in U.S. (Cashbox)

1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There"

1963 Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

1963 1st million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

1963 Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

1963 Richard Marx, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, Hold on to the Night

1958 David Van Day, rocker, Dollar-Loves Gotta Hold on Me

1957 Thereza Bazaar, rocker, Dollar-Love's Gotta Hold on Me

1951 Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on

1951 Janet Eilber, born in Detroit, Michigan, actress, Hard to Hold, Romantic Comedy

1948 "Hold It!" opens at National Theater New York City for 46 performances

1948 "Hold It!" closes at National Theater New York City after 46 performances

1945 Rod Argent, rocker, She's Not There-Zombies, Hold Your Head Up-Argent

1943 Christine McVie, rock vocalist, Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me

1943 Mel Carter, singer, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

1942 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews

1940 George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75

1940 Bobby Rogers, U.S. vocalist, Miracles-You Really Got a Hold on Me

1933 Joe Tex, singer and songwriter, Hold What You've Got

1927 NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants

1920 H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae

1915 J. Donald Budge, U.S. tennis player, 1st to hold world's 4 major titles

1903 Muriel Kirkland, Yonkers, New York, actress, Fast Workers, Hold Your Man

1900 James Cagney, actor, Yankee Doodle Dandy, hold that grapefruit

1895 Bert Wheeler, actor, Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers

1894 Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years

1880 Frances Perkins, 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position, Labor

1878 Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title

1867 Ontario and Quebec legislatures hold 1st meeting

1829 John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold U.S. political office

1766 London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale


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