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2010 Maylasia's Islamic morality police capture 52 unmarried couples in hotel rooms, charging them with sexual misconduct and possible imprisonment
1999 Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76 1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1997 Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82 1996 Peter Glenville, actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82 1993 Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed 1993 Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 1992 Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 1992 "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances 1992 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco New York City after 41 performances 1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 41 performances 1991 "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances 1989 "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances 1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain 1988 Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico 1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel 1985 1st hotel strike in New York 1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die 1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion 1981 George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator 1981 Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel Kansas City caves in (113 killed) 1980 A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18 1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1978 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins 1977 Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19 1977 Angela Goethals, actress, VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel 1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed 1975 Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84 1973 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark) 1972 Akim Tamiroff, actor (Hotel Paradisio, Lord Jim), dies at 72 1972 Howard Johnson, U.S. restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75 1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1971 Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul 1969 Barbra Streisand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas 1969 John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal) 1966 Charlie Schlatter, New York City, actor, 18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel 1962 Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida 1961 Paul McCrane, actor, Hotel New Hampshire, We're Fighting Back 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki 1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on U.K. charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" 1957 Amanda Plummer, born in New York City, actress, Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker 1956 Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69 1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1 1956 Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA 1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville 1955 Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress, Hotel, Captain America II 1952 Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies 1949 Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel 1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era) 1946 Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119 1946 Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel 1946 Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel 1946 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas 1946 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa 1946 Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago, Illinois) 1946 Christopher Hampton, Azores, playwright, Oviri, Hotel du Lac 1945 Catherine Spaak, born in France, actress, Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love 1943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas) 1942 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, U.S., sci-fi author, Hotel Transylvania 1942 Chananjit Vohra, Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1941 Beau Bridges, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer 1941 Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev 1938 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia 1935 John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton 1935 Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit 1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 1934 David Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1934 Frederick Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1933 Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1933 Wilson Mizner, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner, dies 1933 Caroline Blakiston, actress, At Bertram's Hotel 1933 Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian/British hotel magnate, Buckingham International 1932 Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli 1930 WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1930 Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe," premieres in New York City 1929 1st airport hotel opens - Oakland, California 1927 Kurt Masur, German actor, Hotel Deutschland 1927 Ritz Hotel opens in Boston 1926 Bill Black, born in Memphis, Tennessee, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, played for "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock" 1925 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses 1925 NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began 1924 Bobby Short, born in Danville, Illinois, singer/pianist, Carlisle Hotel 1923 Warren Harding, 29th President (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel San Francisco at 57 1920 Anthony Tuke, CEO, Savoy Hotel Groups 1920 Leona Helmsley, born in New York, billionaire hotel operator, real estate investor, convicted of tax evasion 1920 Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist, Hotel, Airport 1920 Don Saddler, Van Nuys California, dancer, Holiday Hotel 1913 Peter Glenville, actor stage/screen director, Hotel Paradiso, Becket 1912 Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor, Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel 1912 Beverly Hills Hotel opens 1910 Ritz Hotel in Madrid opens: 200 chambers/100 bathtubs 1910 Richard Conte, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel 1908 Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate, Savoy 1908 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1908 Bridget D'Oyly Carte, British theater and hotel director 1907 Plaza Hotel (5th Av and 59th Str, New York) opens 1907 Fairmont Hotel opens 1906 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer, Hotel du Nord 1905 Greta Garbo, born in Stockholm, actress, Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille 1903 American Hotel opens in Amsterdam 1903 Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City 1900 Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS) 1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) 1899 Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die 1898 Eugene Dabit, French writer/painter, Hotel du Nord 1894 Georges Feydeaus' "L'hotel du lobre echange," premoeres on Paros 1894 Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy 1890 Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel 1888 CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC 1887 Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul, Hilton Hotels 1883 Ethel Clayton, Missouri, actress, Hotel Continental 1883 Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights 1883 Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisconsin, kills 71 1883 Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt 1876 Wilson Mizner, born in Benicia, California, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner 1875 Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens 1872 Paul Panzer, actor, Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin 1871 Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor and director, Ghost Hotel 1869 Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing 1867 Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam 1837 Astor Hotel opens in New York City, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria 1829 Tremont Hotel, 1st U.S. modern hotel opens (Boston) 1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens 1733 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder, Hotel Maillebois Paris |
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