2015 Event Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards 2014 Event Two Americans, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Matthew Todd Miller, are to be charged in North Korea with unspecified crimes; Fowle is accused of leaving a Bible in his hotel room, and Miller allegedly asked for asylum after destroying his visa 2014 Event The original lyrics to 'Like a Rolling Stone', handwritten by Bob Dylan on hotel stationery, sells for $2 million at auction 2013 Event In one of the largest jewelry heists in recent years, nearly 103 million euros in diamonds and other jewels were stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel diamond show in Cannes, France 2013 Event British catering firm Compass Group and Whitbread, one of the country's largest hotel chains, find horse DNA in products sold as "beef" 2012 Event American singer and actress Whitney Houston dies suddenly at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in California at age 48 2010 Event Maylasia's Islamic morality police capture 52 unmarried couples in hotel rooms, charging them with sexual misconduct and possible imprisonment 1999 Death Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76 1997 Death 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 Death Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82 1996 Death Peter Glenville, actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82 1993 Event Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed 1993 Event Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 1992 Death Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 1992 Event "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances 1992 Death David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1992 Event "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco New York City after 41 performances 1992 Event "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 41 performances 1991 Event "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances 1989 Event "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances 1989 Event George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1989 Event British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain 1988 Death Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59 1987 Event 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico 1986 Event Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 1986 Event Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel 1985 Event 1st hotel strike in New York 1984 Event IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die 1983 Birthday Christopher Parker, born in Lewisham, London, actor, television presenter, appeared in 'Hotel Babylon' BBC series, presenter on 'This Morning' television show 1983 Birthday Michelle Branch, born in Sedona, Arizona, singer, songwriter, guitarist, top selling albums, 'The Spirit Room', 'Hotel Paper', Grammy-nominated single, 'Leave the Pieces' 1983 Event Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion 1981 Event George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator 1981 Event Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel Kansas City caves in (113 killed) 1980 Event A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18 1980 Event Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 Event MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1978 Event 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins 1977 Event Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19 1977 Birthday Angela Goethals, actress, VI Warshawski, Heartbreak Hotel 1977 Event Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed 1975 Death Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84 1973 Event 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark) 1972 Death Akim Tamiroff, actor (Hotel Paradisio, Lord Jim), dies at 72 1972 Death Howard Johnson, U.S. restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75 1972 Event White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1971 Event Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul 1969 Event Barbra Streisand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas 1969 Event John and Yoko begin their 2nd bed-in (Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal) 1966 Birthday Charlie Schlatter, New York City, actor, 18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel 1964 Birthday Don Cheadle, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, producer, author, appeared in film, 'Boogie Nights' and Academy Award-nominated 'Hotel Rwanda' 1962 Event 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 Birthday Paul McCrane, actor, Hotel New Hampshire, We're Fighting Back 1959 Event Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki 1959 Event Elvis Presley's 1st entry on U.K. charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" 1957 Birthday Amanda Plummer, born in New York City, actress, Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker 1956 Death Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69 1956 Event Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1 1956 Event Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1 1956 Event Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA 1956 Event Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" 1956 Event Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville 1955 Birthday Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress, Hotel, Captain America II 1952 Death Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies 1949 Event Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel 1946 Event Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era) 1946 Event Fire at Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, kills 119 1946 Event Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel 1946 Event Menachen Begin's opposition group surprise attack on King David hotel 1946 Event 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas 1946 Event 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa 1946 Event Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago, Illinois) 1946 Birthday Christopher Hampton, Azores, playwright, Oviri, Hotel du Lac 1945 Birthday Catherine Spaak, born in France, actress, Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love 1943 Event Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas) 1942 Birthday Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, U.S., sci-fi author, Hotel Transylvania 1942 Birthday Chananjit Vohra, Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1941 Birthday Beau Bridges, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Hotel New Hampshire, 5th Musketeer 1941 Event Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev 1938 Event 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia 1935 Birthday John B Coleman, Boston, hotel magnate, Ritz Carlton 1935 Event Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit 1935 Death Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 1934 Birthday David Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1934 Birthday Frederick Barclay, British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1933 Birthday Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1933 Death 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 Birthday Caroline Blakiston, actress, At Bertram's Hotel 1933 Birthday Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian/British hotel magnate, Buckingham International 1932 Event Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli 1930 Event WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1930 Event Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe," premieres in New York City 1929 Event 1st airport hotel opens - Oakland, California 1927 Birthday Kurt Masur, German actor, Hotel Deutschland 1927 Event Ritz Hotel opens in Boston 1926 Birthday Bill Black, born in Memphis, Tennessee, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, played for "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock" 1925 Event 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses 1925 Event NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began 1924 Birthday Bobby Short, born in Danville, Illinois, singer/pianist, Carlisle Hotel 1923 Death Warren Harding, 29th President (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel San Francisco at 57 1920 Birthday Anthony Tuke, CEO, Savoy Hotel Groups 1920 Birthday Leona Helmsley, born in New York, billionaire hotel operator, real estate investor, convicted of tax evasion 1920 Birthday Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist, Hotel, Airport 1920 Birthday Don Saddler, Van Nuys California, dancer, Holiday Hotel 1913 Birthday Peter Glenville, actor stage/screen director, Hotel Paradiso, Becket 1912 Birthday Lukas Ammann, Basel, actor, Day of Anger, Class Reunion, Palace Hotel 1912 Event Beverly Hills Hotel opens 1910 Event Ritz Hotel in Madrid opens: 200 chambers/100 bathtubs 1910 Birthday Richard Conte, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel 1908 Birthday Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate, Savoy 1908 Event 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1908 Birthday Bridget D'Oyly Carte, British theater and hotel director 1907 Event Plaza Hotel (5th Av and 59th Str, New York) opens 1907 Event Fairmont Hotel opens 1906 Birthday Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer, Hotel du Nord 1905 Birthday Greta Garbo, born in Stockholm, actress, Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille 1903 Event American Hotel opens in Amsterdam 1903 Event Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City 1900 Event Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS) 1899 Event 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF) 1899 Event Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die 1898 Birthday Eugene Dabit, French writer/painter, Hotel du Nord 1894 Event Georges Feydeaus' "L'hotel du lobre echange," premoeres on Paros 1894 Birthday Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist and writer, Hotel Savoy 1890 Birthday Marie Lohr, born in Sydney, Australia, actress, Pygmalion, Small Hotel 1888 Event CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC 1887 Birthday Conrad Hilton, hotel mogul, Hilton Hotels 1883 Birthday Ethel Clayton, Missouri, actress, Hotel Continental 1883 Event Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights 1883 Event Fire at un-insured New Hall Hotel in Milwaukee Wisconsin, kills 71 1883 Event Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt 1876 Birthday 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 Event Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens 1872 Birthday Paul Panzer, actor, Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin 1871 Birthday Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor and director, Ghost Hotel 1869 Event Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing 1867 Event Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam 1837 Event Astor Hotel opens in New York City, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria 1829 Event Tremont Hotel, 1st U.S. modern hotel opens (Boston) 1825 Event 1st hotel in Hawaii opens 1733 Birthday Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder, Hotel Maillebois Paris
