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2007 Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the House, by a vote of 233-202

2001 Dagmar, blonde, Broadway Open House, dies at 79

2000 Carl Albert, politician, Speaker of the House from 1971-1977, dies at 91

1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice

1998 House of Representatives approves impeachment inquiry of President Clinton

1998 House Judiciary Committee recommends a full impeachment inquiry

1997 "Doll's House," closes at Belasco Theater

1997 "Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater New York City

1997 Barry Evans, actor (Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House), dies at 53

1997 Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House

1996 Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83

1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days

1996 Edmund Happold, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House, dies at 65

1995 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of U.S. congress

1995 James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack

1995 Thelma Hulbert, English house painter, dies at 81

1995 Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65

1995 Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House

1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment

1995 London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson

1995 Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House

1994 House votes to end lobbyists buying meals and entertainment for Congress

1994 Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House

1994 Cessna crashes in White House front yard

1994 Nancy Keene Lancaster, US/British architect (Binnen House), dies at 96

1994 Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48

1994 House passes the assault weapons ban

1994 John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48

1994 Tip O'Neill, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House, dies of cancer at 81

1993 NAFTA passes House of Representatives

1993 U.S. House of Representatives approve Nafta

1993 Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67

1993 Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament)

1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61

1993 "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 25 performances

1993 "In the Summer House" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 25 performances

1992 Mother Clare Hale, cared for New York City AIDS babies (Hale House), dies at 87

1992 Richard H Ichord, U.S. leader of House Un-American Act Comm, dies

1992 Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at 91

1992 House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates

1992 Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies

1992 Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61

1991 Sam Rabin, speaker of house, dies at 88

1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns

1991 "Full House" 100th episode-twins are born

1990 Joan Bennett, U.S. actress (House Across the Bay), dies at 80

1990 Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House

1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House

1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass

1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36

1989 TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons

1989 Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest

1989 William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies

1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house

1989 Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns

1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house

1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers

1988 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million

1988 King Hussein dissolves Jordan's House of Representatives

1988 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth

1988 Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham

1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71

1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff

1986 Jeffery Wood, actor, Austin Warren-In The House

1986 House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker

1986 Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms

1986 House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion

1986 Tip O'Neill, Representative-D-Massachusetts, refuses to let Reagan address House

1986 Ashley Olsen, twin actress, Michelle-Full House

1986 Mary Kate Olsen, twin actress, Michelle-Full House

1985 Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000

1985 Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando

1985 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11

1985 Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised

1984 Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66

1984 Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74

1984 Sunny Johnson, actress (Animal House), dies cerebral hemorrhage at 30

1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured

1983 U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner

1983 Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player

1983 John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91 m house of cards

1983 House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with U.S.S.R.

1983 Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89

1982 Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down

1982 Jodie Sweetin, actress, Stephanie Tanner-Full House

1981 Oliver North is assigned to White House duty

1979 Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House

1979 Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49

1979 House of Representatives begins live television broadcasts via C-SPAN

1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail

1978 Karl Swenson, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70

1978 House of Representatives approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA

1978 Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent

1978 Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies at 66

1978 U.S. House of Representatives allows live radio coverage

1978 Shiloh Strong, actor, Maybe This Time, House of Cards

1978 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies

1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)

1978 Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house

1977 U.S. House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

1977 Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison

1977 U.S. House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions

1976 R. J. Williams, actor, General Hospital, Full House

1976 Andrea Barber, actress, Kimmy Gibbler-Full House

1976 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78

1976 Candace H. Cameron Bure, actress, DJ Tanner-Full House

1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"

1975 Scott E Weinger, New York City, actor, Steve Taylor-Family Man, Full House

1975 House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee

1975 Keri Houlihan, actress, Molly-Our House

1975 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time

1975 House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill

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 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee

1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment

1974 House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon

1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry

1974 Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives

1974 Chad Allen Lazzari, born in Cerritos, California, actor, David-Our House, St. Elsewhere

1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment

1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House

1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville

1974 U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon

1973 Shalom Harlow, born in Toronto, Canada, model, House of Style, Harper's Bazaar

1973 President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate

1973 President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal

1973 Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica

1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House

1973 President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation

1973 David Friedman, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jason-Little House on the Prairie

1973 Amber Valletta, born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Face, House of Style, Bazaar

1972 Missy Francis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Little House on the Prairie

1972 Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies

1972 Damon House, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics

1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel

1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest

1971 Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73

1971 Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78

1971 White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks

1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House

1971 Shannen Doherty, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Little House, Bev Hills 90210

1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House

1971 John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in New York City

1970 Lindsay Greenbush, Louisiana, twin actress, Carrie-Little House on Prairie

1970 Sidney Greenbush, Louisiana, twin actress, Carrie-Little House on Prairie

1969 British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty

1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang

1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House

1969 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House

1969 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam

1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times

1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons

1969 Lindsay Kennedy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Jeb-Little House on the Prairie

1968 Tisha Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Gina-Martin, House Party

1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies

1968 Joseph Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House, dies at 83

1967 Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House

1967 House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87

1967 Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia

1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party"

1967 Lori Loughlin, born in Queens, actress, Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House

1967 Human Beatbox, Darren Robinson, rocker, Fat Boys-Jail House Rock

1967 Edward Hopper, U.S. painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84

1967 J. D. Roth, born in Beverly Hills, California, TV host, Fun House

1967 House of Representatives expels Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (307 to 116)

1966 Matthew Laborteaux, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Albert-Little House on Prairie

1966 Kool Rock, Damon Wimbley, rapper, Fat Boys-Jail House Rock

1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights

1966 Prince Markie D, Mark Morale, rocker, Fat Boys-Jail House Rock

1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center

1965 House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop

1965 Patrick Laborteaux, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Albert-Little House on Prairie

1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Hillside House Ladies' Golf Open

1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House

1964 Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, Louisiana, actress, Little House on the Prairie

1964 U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights

1963 John F. Kennedy's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House

1963 John Stamos, born in Cypress, California, actor, General Hospital, Full House

1963 British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair

1962 Leslie Landon, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Etta Plum-Little House on Prairie

1962 Melissa Sue Anderson, Cal, actress, Little House on the Prairie

1962 House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex

1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV

1962 Alison Arngrim, actress, Nellie-Little House of the Prairie

1961 Reginald Hudlin, director, House Party

1961 Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79

1961 Samuel Rayburn, Representative-D-Texas, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957, died of pancreatic cancer at age 79

1961 Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I), dies at 71

1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club

1961 Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Sussex, rock vocalist, Madness-Our House

1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor

1960 Cathy Moriarty, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Raging Bull, Bless This House

1960 San Francisco's White House department store 1st to accept BankAmericard

1960 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)

1960 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"

1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions

1960 Guy Chadwick, English singer and songwriter, House of Love

1959 David Coulier, Detroit, actor, Joey Gladstone-Full House

1959 Hugh Laurie, born in Oxford, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie, actor, writer, musician, comedian, comedy partner, Stephen Fry, known for the Fry and Laurie double act, appears in successful Fox television drama House, playing role of Dr. Gregory House

1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania

1959 U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood

1959 Carl Chas Smash Smyth, rock bassist, Madness-Our House

1958 1st women in English House of Lords

1958 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords

1958 Neil Finn, rocker, Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House

1958 House of Lords passes bill allowing women in

1957 Joshua Mostel, New York City, actor, Delta House, At Ease

1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House

1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder, U.S. author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90

1956 Chris Foreman, guitarist, Madness-Burning Down the House

1956 Bob Saget, Philadelphia, comedian, Full House, America's Funniest Home Video

1955 New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria)

1955 Linwood Boomer, Vancouver, actor, Adam-Little House on the Prairie

1955 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow

1955 Tony Snow, born in Kentucky, political commentator, columnist, radio, television news anchor, White House Press Secretary

1955 "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 165 performances

1955 Stephen Furst, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actor, Animal House, Elliot-St. Elsewhere

1954 "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 165 performances

1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in U.S. House of Representatives injuring 5 representatives

1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters)

1953 Martha Smith, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Animal House, playmate, July 1973

1953 David Morse, Beverly Massachusetts, actor, St. Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves

1953 "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City)

1953 Pamela Roylance, born in Seattle, Washington actress, Sarah-Little House on Prairie

1952 Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies

1952 Tim Finn, rocker, Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues

1952 David Byrne, guitarist and vocalist, Talking Heads-Burning Down the House

1951 Greg Gluffria, born in Washington D.C., rock keyboardist, House of Lords-Sahara

1951 Lee Wilkof, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart

1951 Jonathan Hogan, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, House on Carroll St

1951 Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000

1951 Ray Benson, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, country singer, House of Blue Lights

1951 South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated

1951 Earl Howe, born in England, British politician, Conservative, front bench member, House of Lords, Health spokesman

1950 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House

1950 Sally Geeson, born in Sussex, England, actress, Bless This House

1950 Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath

1950 Gail Rebuck, CEO, Random House

1949 Stephanie Tubbs Jones, born in Ohio, Member, U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio

1949 Helene Hayman, born in England, Baroness Helene Hayman, Helene Valerie Hayman, Member of Parliament, Life Peer, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom

1948 1st U.S. house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Massachusetts)

1948 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry

1948 Lillian Brainthwaite, British actress (Man About the House), dies at 75

1947 Tim Matheson, born in California, actor, Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek

1947 David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir, Speed the Plow, House of Games

1947 Joe Mantegna, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, House of Games, Weeds

1947 Lyndon Harrison, born in Britain, Baron Harrison, life peer, House of Lords, Member of the European Parliament 1989 - 1999

1947 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published

1947 House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act

1947 Peter Riegert, born in New York City, actor, Animal House, Crossing Delancey

1946 John F. Kennedy elected to House of Representatives

1946 John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense

1945 Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member

1945 Michael Martin, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, Speaker of the House of Commons

1944 Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed

1944 JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies

1944 Deidre Hall, Milwaukee, actress, Days of our Lives, Our House

1944 Raid on Jewish childrens house in Secretan/St-Mande

1944 Janric Craig, born in England, born Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, served in the House of Lords

1944 Karen Grassle, born in Berkeley, California, actress, Caroline-Little House on Prairie

1944 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin

1943 Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House

1943 Udo Zimmermann, born in Dresden, Germany, composer, conductor, artistic director, music director, Leipzig Opera House

1943 Ray Buktenica, born in Greenwich Village, New York City, actor, Rhoda, House Calls

1943 David Downing, born in New York City, actor, Backstairs at the White House

1943 Barry Evans, actor, Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House, Mind Your Language

1943 Newt Gingrich, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Georgia 1979 - 1999, Speaker of House 1995 - 1997

1943 John Montagu, born in England, 11th Earl of Sandwich, elected as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords, related to 4th Earl who popularized the sandwich

1943 Jonathan Lynn, born in Bath, England, actor, Danny-Doctor in the House

1943 Larry Coryell, born in Galveston, Texas, jazz guitarist, 11th House

1943 Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire

1943 Gayle Hunnicutt, Ft. Worth, Texas, actress, Legend of Hell House, Dallas

1943 Richard Moll, Cal, actor, Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor

1942 Tessa Blackstone, born in England, Baroness Blackstone, politician, university administrator, Labor Party, life peer, House of Lords, Baroness Blackstone of Stoke Newington in Greater London

1942 Isabel Allende, born in Lima, Peru, writer, novelist, of Spanish and Portuguese descent, wrote 'The House of Spirits', 'City of the Beasts'

1942 Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam

1942 Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81

1941 German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews

1941 Charlie Norwood, born in Georgia, Army Captain, politician, member, U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia

1941 American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia

1941 England's House of Commons and Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz

1941 British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)

1941 Joni Evans, New York City, publisher, Simon and Schuster, Random House

1940 Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of House

1940 Eric Burdon, rock singer, House of Rising Sun-Animals, War

1940 Mary Rose Oakar, born in Cleveland, Ohio, politician, first Democratic woman elected to U.S. Congress, member, U.S. House of Representatives

1939 Charles Lyell, born in England, born Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, politician, Conservative Party, whip, House of Lords, Peerage of the United Kingdom

1939 English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire

1939 Paul Gillmor, born in Ohio, member, U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio

1939 Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in U.S. House of Representatives

1938 John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure

1938 House on un-American Activities forms

1938 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77

1937 Anna Massey, actress, De Sade, Doll's House

1936 Joanna Dunham, actress, Possession, House the Dripped Blood

1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives

1935 Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader

1935 Patrick Garland, director, Doll House

1935 James Graham, born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Africa, 8th Duke of Montrose, the only Duke with a seat in the House of Lords as a hereditary peer

1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House

1934 Michael Dunn, Shattuck, Oklahoma, actor, House of the Damned, Ship of Fools

1934 Wilford Brimley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Gus-Our House, Cocoon

1934 Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape

1934 Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time

1934 [Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969

1933 Peter Hartling, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, poet, managing director, S. Fisher Verlag publishing house, editor, Der Monat, magazine

1933 Eric Parker, deputy CEO, Trafalgar House

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House

1933 Wayne Rogers, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs

1933 House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition

1932 Jeremy Isaacs, general director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

1932 John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Felony, Jennifer, House of Shadows

1932 Richard Thomas, born in Britain, admiral, served as Black Rod, House of Lords 1992 - 1995, UK Military Representative to NATO 1989 - 1992

1932 John Vernon, Canada, actor, Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry

1932 Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C.

1931 Cornerstones laid for Opera House and Veteran's Building

1931 Paul Green's "House of Connelly," premieres in New York City

1931 British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday

1930 Edmund Happold, born in England, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House

1930 Clive Revill, born in Wellington, New Zealand, actor, Legend of Hell House

1930 Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader

1929 Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor, Sound of Music, Doll's House

1929 Eileen Barton, Brooklyn, singer, Broadway Open House

1929 Marilyn Clark, Spokane, Washington, actress, House of Party Beach

1929 Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam

1929 Shirley Ann Grau, author, Keepers of the House

1929 Arthur Hill, born in Brompton Square, London, Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort. Conservative Party, House of Lords

1929 1st telephone installed in White House

1929 Tom Foley, born in Spokane, Washington, Representative-D-Washington 1965 - 1995, majority whip and speaker of house

1928 Tom Lantos, born in Hungary, Holocaust survivor, Member, U.S. House of Representatives from California

1927 John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house leader, dies at 75

1927 Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department

1927 Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum

1927 1st national opera broadcast from a U.S. opera house (Faust, Chicago)

1926 Dagmar, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Broadway's Open House

1926 H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure

1926 Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing

1926 Buddy Greco, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Away We Go, Broadway Open House

1926 Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician, Wyoming house of Reps

1925 Faith Domergue, born in New Orleans, actress, House of 7 Corpses

1925 Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip

1925 Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage

1925 Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords

1923 England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law

1923 Miles Wingate, deputy master, Trinity House

1923 Maxine Audley, born in London, actress, Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards

1923 Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House

1922 Jim Wright, born in Fort Worth, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1987 - 1989, Speaker of House

1922 Royal Dano, New York City, actor, Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II

1922 BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House

1922 Denholm Elliott, London, actor, Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat

1922 Radio arrives at the White House

1922 Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords, Conservative

1921 Martin Buckmaster, born in England, born Martin Stanley Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, diplomat, served in the House of Lords

1920 George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in New York City

1919 U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration

1919 Lord Aberdare, committee chairman, House of Lords

1919 Eileen Heckart, born in Columbus, Ohio, actress, Doll's House, Trauma Center

1919 Amelia Barr, writer, novelist, wrote for religious periodicals, novels include 'The Lone House', 'Shela Vedder', dies

1918 Donald Regan, White House staffer and U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1981 - 1985

1918 Anne Gwynne, Waco, Texas, actress, Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein

1918 Malcolm Shepherd, born in England, born Malcolm Newton Shepherd, Lord Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd of Spalding, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Lords

1918 House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote

1918 Jorn Utzon, Danish architect, Sydney Opera House

1918 House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler

1917 Dave Street, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/singer, Broadway Open House

1917 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House

1917 Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen

1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House

1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives

1917 Dabbs Greer, born in Fairview, Missouri, actor, Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie

1917 Jane Bowles, born in New York, New York, writer, playwright, wrote 'Two Serious Ladies', 'In The Summer House', works admired by Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, John Ashbery

1916 Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO, International Publishing House

1915 Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, deputy speaker, House of Lords

1915 William Goyen, born in Trinity, Texas, writer, storyteller, married actress Doris Roberts, wrote The House of Breath, The Fair Sister, Wonderful Plant

1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote

1914 Kenneth More, born in England, actor, 39 Steps, Doctor in the House

1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule

1914 Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman, Comm House of Lords

1914 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House

1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage

1914 Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation

1913 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House

1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law

1913 British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote

1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill

1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland

1912 Tip O'Neill, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House

1912 Tip O'Neill, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1977 - 1987, Speaker of the House

1912 Preston Lockwood, actor, House of Windsor, Black Candle

1912 Ernest Clark, born in London, England, actor, Doctor in the House

1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords

1911 Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam

1911 Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura

1911 British house of commons accept Parliament Bill

1910 Artie Shaw, Arthur Arshawsky, New York City, bandleader, Come'on my House

1909 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader, 1941-45

1908 Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer, This Old House

1908 Karl Swenson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Lara-Little House on the Prairie

1908 Carl Albert, D, speaker of the House

1908 Carl Albert, U.S. speaker of house, 1971-77

1908 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170

1907 Jacques Barzun, France, author, The House of Interlect

1907 Ralph Michael, born in London, England, actor, Quest, Doctor in the House

1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire

1906 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78

1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House

1905 Leila Hyams, New York City, actress, Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap

1905 Clara "Mother" Hale, U.S. social worker, Hale House

1904 Norbert E Fonteyne, Flemish writer, Guest house Vives

1903 Enrico Caruso U.S. debut (Metropolitan Opera House, New York) in "Rigoletto"

1903 Anais Nin, born in Paris, novelist, Winter of Artifice, House of Incense

1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland

1902 Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician, Delta Blues

1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"

1900 Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home

1898 U.S. House of Representatives accept annexation of Hawaii

1898 Bennett Cerf, publisher, Random House, panelist, What's My Line

1898 Alvar Aalto, Finland, architect, Finlandia House

1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House

1897 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader

1896 Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress, House of Games, Flashdance, Charly

1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)

1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Empty House"

1893 Kay Fisker, Danish architect, Hornbeck House, Copenhagen

1892 New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire

1892 James Keir Hardie chosen 1st socialist in British Lower house

1891 John W. McCormack, D, Speaker of House, 1962-70

1890 Billy House, Minnesota, actor, Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I

1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer

1888 Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish, male, writer, House of Children

1887 Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes

1883 Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust)

1882 Edward Hopper, U.S. painter, House by the Railroad

1882 Samuel Rayburn, born in Kingston, Tennessee, Representative-D-Texas 1913 - 1961, speaker of the House, 1940 - 1957

1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die

1880 House Peters, England, silent film actor, Kansas Territory

1878 1st White House telephone installed

1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House

1878 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn

1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn

1874 U.S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House

1874 I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature

1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)

1870 Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps

1870 Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC)

1870 1st (4) blacks elected to House of Reps

1870 Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms

1868 House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson

1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York

1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie

1866 House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks)

1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF

1865 Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot

1865 Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens

1865 Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in U.S. House of Reps

1864 Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia

1864 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia

1864 Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)

1863 Cliff House opens in San Francisco (1st of many on site)

1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)

1863 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House)

1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA

1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station)

1861 Skirmish at Boone Court House WV and Blue Creek WV

1861 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia

1861 Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union

1861 U.S. House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state

1860 John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69

1860 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of New York City

1858 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"

1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire

1851 John Dillon, Irish nationalist and British Lower house member

1850 Zachary Taylor, 12th President (1849-50), dies in White House at 65

1849 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed)

1849 Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist, bath house

1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)

1846 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member

1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st U.S. pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80

1844 Recontre between Reps Weller and Shriver, U.S. House of Representative

1842 John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House

1841 Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy

1833 1st U.S. college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded

1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies

1831 Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives

1831 Amelia Barr, born in Ulverston, England, writer, novelist, wrote for religious periodicals, novels include 'The Lone House', 'Shela Vedder'

1830 Adolph Sutro, San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels

1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball

1828 John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House

1826 Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist, dies

1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president

1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams,

1822 House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)

1820 James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House

1818 Official reopening of the White House

1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords

1809 Royal Opera House in London opens

1809 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war

1806 James Madison Randolph, Jefferson's grandson, 1st born in White House

1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne, Massachusetts, author, House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter

1801 House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson President over Burr

1800 John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House

1800 White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in

1798 Rep Matthew Lyon, Vermont spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold,Connecticut, in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument

1797 John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72

1793 Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange

1792 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)

1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63

1789 President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York

1789 House of Representives 1st meeting

1789 House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York City, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker

1787 Maagden House opens in Amsterdam

1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina (British suffer heavy losses)

1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright

1765 Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist

1764 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women"

1763 Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House

1759 British Museum opens in Montague House, London

1758 George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess

1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder, House of Rothschild

1724 George Stubbs, England, animal painter, House Frightened by Lion

1689 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords

1679 English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill

1653 Cromwell routes English parliament to house

1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59

1640 English Upper house accept Act of Attainder

1629 English king Charles I leaces house of commons

1627 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81

1619 House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective U.S. governing body

1610 King James I addresses English House of Commons

1609 Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised

1604 Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, Maurits House

1531 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted

1480 Rene, last heir of house of Anjou, dies

1360 Louis, founder of house of Anjou


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