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2011 Event - Consumers spend over $30 billion on online holiday shopping in the U.S., a 15 percent increase over last year

1997 Event - Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday

1996 Death - Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at 89

1996 Event - "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 49 performances

1995 Event - "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances

1995 Death - Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85

1994 Death - Virginia Dale, U.S. actress/dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77

1993 Death - Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63

1993 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time

1990 Death - David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80

1989 Event - British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain

1989 Death - James Kirkwood, actor and writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64

1987 Death - Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42

1986 Event - 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

1984 Event - Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand

1983 Event - Senate establishes Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday

1982 Event - Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic

1982 Birthday - Leann Rimes, country singer, Blue, Holiday in Your Heart

1979 Event - President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday

1978 Event - 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, New York

1974 Death - Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62

1973 Birthday - Melissa Deanne Holiday, Greenwood, South Carolina, playmate, Jan, 1995

1971 Death - Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76

1968 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Holiday Inn Golf Classic

1966 Event - Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday

1963 Event - Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana)

1959 Death - Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44

1958 Death - Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46

1953 Event - Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory

1947 Event - "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 111 performances

1946 Event - "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 111 performances

1941 Event - Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack

1934 Birthday - Jimmy Holiday, U.S. singer, How Can I Forget

1933 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday

1933 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims 10-day bank holiday

1928 Event - Philip Barry's "Holiday," premieres in New York City

1927 Birthday - Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor, Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder

1924 Birthday - Sieto Hoving, actor, Holiday in Havana, Palm Beach Story

1920 Birthday - Don Saddler, Van Nuys California, dancer, Holiday Hotel

1918 Birthday - Jose Greco, Italy, flamenco dancer, Holiday for Lovers

1915 Birthday - Billie Holiday, born in Baltimore, singer, Aint Nobodys Business

1914 Event - 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8

1910 Birthday - Sally O'Neil, Bayonne, New Jersey, actress, Beggar's Holiday, Moth

1910 Birthday - Arthur John Howard, actor, Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage

1906 Birthday - Margaret Rawlings, actress, Roman Holiday

1904 Birthday - Hugh Williams, actor and writer, Charley's Aunt, Bank Holiday

1903 Birthday - Vernon Duke, born in Parafianovka, Belarus, Vladimir Dokelsky, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', music was performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra

1903 Birthday - Fernandel, Fernand JD Contandin, French actor, Paris Holiday

1899 Birthday - Billy Butlin, South Africa, holiday camp promoter,

1895 Birthday - Sig Arno, Hamburg, Germany, actor, Holiday in Havana

1894 Birthday - Tullio Carminati, Zara Dalmatia Italy, actor, Roman Holiday

1894 Event - Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday

1889 Event - 1st U.S. national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration

1888 Birthday - Chester Conklin, Oskaloosa, Iowa, actor, Every Day's a Holiday, Greed

1887 Event - Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday

1874 Birthday - Charles Edward Ives, Danbury, Connecticut, composer, Holiday Quick Step

1864 Event - Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday

1831 Event - Louisiana and Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday

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