2005 Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of Kyushu Island, Japan
2003 Fire at the Station rock club in Rhode Island kills nearly 100
1999 John Chafee, senator, Rhode Island senator, dies at 77
1997 Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic
1996 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1995 Mt Ruapehu Volcano (North Island, NZ) erupts
1995 Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island
1993 Herve Villechaize, actor (Fantasy Island), shoots self to death at 50
1992 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)
1992 1964 "Gilligan's Island" TV pilot 1st shown on TV (TBS)
1992 5 New York City cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine
1992 Alex Haley, (Roots), wins 1992 Ellis Island Award, posthumously
1991 "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 469 performances
1991 1st International flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
1991 Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63
1991 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1991 Natalie Schafer, actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer
1990 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990 "Once on this Island" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 469 performances
1990 Ellis Island reopens as a museum
1990 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1990 Alan Hale Jr, Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71
1989 Peggy Thorpe-Bates, actress (Alcatraz Island), dies
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1989 Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia
1989 N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill
1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
1988 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1988 Staten Island ferry gets 1st pay phones
1988 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1988 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1986 Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies
1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1986 Aruba becomes independent from neighbor island Curaeao
1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 Dolphin rocket launched off San Clemente Island
1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 Ashley Peldon, born in Staten Island, New York, actress, Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived
1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1983 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1982 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
1982 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1981 "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs
1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1981 Tommy Michaels, born in Staten Island, New York, actor, Timmy Hutton-All My Children
1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 Kelly Dutra, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1996
1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1979 Lauren Alviti, Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1997
1979 Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths)
1979 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1978 Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28
1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1978 1st TV movie from a TV series - "Rescue from Gilligan's Island"
1978 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1978 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1978 "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77
1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1976 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule
1976 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1976 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1976 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1976 Jennifer Capriati, born in Long Island, New York, tennis pro, 1992 Olympics gold
1976 Karen Bradley, Miss Rhode Island USA 1996
1975 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1975 Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production
1975 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record)
1975 U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
1975 Elana Eve Chomiszak, born in Providence, Rhode Island, Miss America-Rhode Island 1997
1974 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1974 Amy Fisher, born in Long Island, New York, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco
1974 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1974 Discovery Island opens
1974 Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island
1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1973 Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island, 1997, top 10
1973 Robert Pipkins, Staten Island, New York, luger 1994 Olympics
1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1973 Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die
1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
1972 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1972 Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of U.S., U.S. Air Force
1972 Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders)
1971 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1971 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1971 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California
1970 Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence, Rhode Island, Miss America-RI 1996
1970 Dawn Ponte, born in Kent, Rhode Island, dance skater, & Frey-1995 Eastern, Jr. champ
1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1970 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1970 Steve Wojciechowski, born in Blue Island, Illinois, pitcher for the Oakland A's
1970 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1970 Kengy Gardiner, born in Providence, Rhode Island, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-5th-1994
1970 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City
1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1970 Ben Weir, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Bogey Hills-2nd
1969 Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
1969 New York Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY
1969 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1969 Jamie Walter, actor, Pirate Island
1969 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
1969 Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84
1968 Jaqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on the island of Scorpios
1968 Ken Ryan, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1968 Griffin Drew, Hazelhurst Georgia, actress, Dinosaur Island
1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1968 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1968 Sandra Bacher, Long Island, New York, half-heavyweight judoka, Oly-92, 96
1968 Susan Emily Savastano, E Providence, Rhode Island, Miss RI-America 1991
1968 Gianna Amore, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, playmate, August, 1989
1968 Marq Mellor, born in Long Island, New York, field hockey forward, 1996 Olympics
1968 Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia
1966 Grant Kenny, Norfolk Island NSW, Australasia golfer
1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1966 "Staten Island," 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay
1966 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1966 France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island
1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island
1965 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1965 Steve Decker, Rock Island, Illinois, catcher for the San Francisco Giants
1965 Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood
1965 Glenn Scarpelli, born in Staten Island, New York, actor, Alex-One Day At a Time, Fantasy
1965 John "Chip" McKibben II, born in Balboa Island, California, rower 1996 Olympics
1965 Joe Cioe, Cranston, Rhode Island, Canadian Tour golfer, NH Open-1992, 93
1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
1963 Pam Casale, Camden, New Jersey, tennis player, Marco Island finals 1985
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 Eric Lutes, born in Charlestown, Rhode Island, actor, Del-Caroline in the City
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1962 Island Records begins
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1962 U.S. resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1961 KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 Pat Dufficy, born in Westerly, Rhode Island, female catcher, Colo Silver Bullets
1961 1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va
1961 Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open
1960 TWA 266 and United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134
1960 Jeffrey Trachta, Staten Island, New York, actor, Thorne-Bold and Beautiful
1960 George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74
1960 Susan Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1960 John Caliri, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Vinnie-Square Pegs, Double Trouble
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1959 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island
1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Marlene Janssen, born in Rock Island, Illinois, playmate, Nov, 1982
1958 David H Mattheisen, Blue Island, Illinois, PhD/astronaut, STS 73 alt
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
1958 Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1957 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1957 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1957 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)
1957 Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open
1956 Peter Frechette, Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Paint it Black, George-Profiler
1956 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
1956 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1956 John Cowsill, born in Newport, Rhode Island, rock drummer, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1956 Bauer Marlene wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1955 Yun Fat Chow, Nam Nga Island Hong Kong, actor, Better Tomorrow
1955 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed
1954 Barry Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock bassist, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1954 Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1954 Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister)
1953 France closes jail on Devil Island
1952 Paul Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock keyboardist, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1952 Harry Anderson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Judge Harry Stone-Night Court
1952 William F Readdy, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, astronaut, STS 42, 51, 79
1951 James Stephens, Mount Kisko, New York, actor, Paper Chase, Devil's Island
1950 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77
1950 U.S. troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul
1950 Richard Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rocker, Cowsills-Hair, We Can Fly
1950 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
1949 Jack Reed, Rep-D-Rhode Island
1949 Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa
1948 David Gwillim, Plymouth England, actor, Island at Top of the World
1948 Marleen Gorris, Dutch director, Mres Dalloway, Antonia, Last Island
1948 Ronald K Machtley, Rep-R-Rhode Island
1948 Allen Michael Doyle, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, PGA golfer, 1991 Memorial-64th
1948 Jeffrey Osborne, born in Providence, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love
1948 Bill Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock guitarist/vocals, Cowsills-We Can Fly
1947 Joyce Jillson, Cranston, Rhode Island, psychic/actress, Superchick
1947 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
1947 James Woods, born in Warwick, Rhode Island, actor, Salvador, Against All Odds
1946 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
1945 Laura Dean, Staten Island New York City, composer/choreographer, Drumming
1945 Melba Moore, [Beatrice], New York City, singer and actress, Ellis Island
1945 U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
1945 Ron Dante, Staten Island, New York, rock vocalist, Archies-Sugar, Sugar
1945 German island of Helgoland in North Sea surrenders to British
1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
1944 Tholen Island freed
1944 Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington
1944 U.S. takes Eniwetok Island
1943 U.S. forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island and Makin from Japs
1943 U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island
1943 U.S. forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island
1943 U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island
1943 U.S. bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island
1943 Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island
1943 Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island
1943 Arundel (Solomon Island) in U.S. hands
1943 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island
1943 1st battle of Essex/new Yorktown: U.S. assault on Marcus Island
1943 Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali
1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island)
1943 British invades Pantelleria, tiny island south of Sicily
1943 Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!", Fantasy Island
1943 Elmer R. Wilsoe, Island mayor, Curacao
1943 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record)
1942 Vice-Adm Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island
1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York's Long Island
1942 Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered
1942 Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island
1942 USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island
1942 Battle of Midway Island begins
1942 King George VI awards George Cross to Island of Malta
1942 Bill Conti, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV
1942 Carol Lynley, New York City, actress, Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal
1942 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC
1942 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record)
1941 American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese
1941 Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)
1941 Spalding Gray, Rhode Island, actor, Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting
1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay
1941 David Blue, [Cohen], born in Providence, Rhode Island, rocker, Cupid's Arrow
1941 Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate
1940 Jim Albus, born in Staten Island, New York, PGA golfer, 1991 Mazda Senior Players
1940 Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
1940 Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
1940 Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
1939 Wendy, Walter, Carlos, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, composer, Switched on Bach
1939 U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific
1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island
1939 Mike Hill, Jackson, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1977 Ohio Kings Island Open
1938 Don Dolan, Staten Island, New York, actor, Guy Lewis- General Hospital
1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay is finished
1937 Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port
1936 Ruth Buzzi, Westerly, Rhode Island, comedienne, Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl
1936 Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay
1935 David Hartman, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, TV personality, Good Morning America
1935 Bob Denver, born in New Rochelle, New York, actor, Dobie Gillis, Gilligan's Island
1934 J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery
1934 Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000
1934 U.S. Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned
1934 Max Baer KO's Primo Carnera in 11 for HW box champ in Long Island City
1934 Tina Louise, New York City, actress, Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas
1933 Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency
1932 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
1931 Richard Devon, born in Glendale California, actor, Battle of Blood Island
1931 Norway claims Peter I Island
1930 Barry Unsworth, novelist, Pascali's Island
1930 John Bartholomew Tucker, born in Pennsylvania, TV host, Candid Camera, Treasure Island
1930 Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency
1930 Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor, Officer and a Gentleman, THE Cat
1929 Don Dubbins, born in Brooklyn, actor, Enchanted Island, Fix
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1929 Francesco Scavullo, Staten Island, New York, celebrity photographer
1928 Gerald Arpino, Staten Island, New York, choreographer
1927 Galway Kinnell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, author, Body Rags, Book of Nightmares
1926 June Haver, Rock Island, actress, Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door
1926 Robert Creeley, Massachusetts, poet and novelist, Island
1926 David Hedison, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea
1926 Frank Aletter, Long Island, New York, actor, Mac-It's About Time, Tom-Nancy
1925 Silvana Pampanini, Rome, Italy, actress, Day in Court, Island Sinner
1925 Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island
1925 Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by U.S.
1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island
1924 Russell Johnson, actor, professor-Gilligan's Island
1924 Nicholas Colasanto, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Coach Ernie-Cheers
1923 Roy Dotrice, Guernsey Channel Island, actor, Wizard
1922 John H. Chafee, Sen-R-Rhode Island, 1976-
1921 Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
1921 William L. Bergsma, born in Oakland, California, composer, Fortunate Island
1919 Ricardo Montalban, Mx, actor, Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun
1919 Frank Middlemass, actor, Island, Oliver Twist
1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, author, Coney Island of the Mind
1919 Lawrence Ferlinghetti, U.S., beat poet, Coney Island of the Mind
1918 Peggy Moran, actress, Double Date, Horror Island
1918 Isabel Dean, Engl, actress, 5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom
1918 Alan Hale [MacKahan], Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Skipper-Gilligan's Island
1917 Ruth Hussey, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actress, Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story
1916 Van Johnson, Newport, Rhode Island, actor, Brigadoon, always wore red socks
1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey
1916 Edward Platt, Staten Island, New York, actor, Chief-Get Smart
1915 Yul Brynner, born in Sakhalin Island, Japan, actor, King and I, 10 Commandments
1915 Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orch leader, Air Time '57
1914 British and German fleets battle at Falkland Island
1914 John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
1914 Morton DaCosta, born in Philadelphia, director, Island of Love, Music Man
1913 Axel Stordahl, Staten Island, New York, orch leader, Frank Sinatra Show
1912 Natalie Schaeffer, Rumson, New Jersey, actress, Lovey Howell-Gilligan's Island
1912 Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes
1912 Martin Denny, rocker and actor, Forbidden Island
1910 Douglas Spencer, actor, Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return
1909 1st U.S. monoplane flown (Henry W Walden, Long Island, New York)
1908 Eddie Albert, born in Rock Island, Illinois, actor, Oliver-Green Acres
1907 Ellis Island, New York - 11,745 immigrants arrive
1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
1906 James Brooks, U.S. mural painter, Acquisition of Long Island
1906 Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback, Staten Island, New York Yanks, New York Giants
1906 Aileen Riggin, Newport, Rhode Island, springboard diver, Olympics gold 1920, 24
1905 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center
1905 Denis O'Dea, born in Dublin, actor, Esther and the King, Treasure Island
1904 George Bernard Shaws "John Bull's Other Island," premieres in London
1904 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, New York)
1904 John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island
1903 Glenna Collett Vare, born in Rhode Island, National Am Golf champ, 1922, 25, 28-30, 35
1903 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens
1903 Frankie Carle, born in Providence, Rhode Island, orch leader, Golden Touch
1901 Nelson Eddy, born in Providence, Rhode Island, baritone, Duets with Jeanette MacDonald
1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa
1901 Brian Donlevy, Ireland, actor, Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island
1900 New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million
1900 Allen Jenkins, born in Staten Island, actor, Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit
1900 William Heinesen, Faroes Island, writer, Noatun
1899 George Macready, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Martin Peyton-Peyton Place
1899 Johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist, Island of Demons
1899 US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific
1898 Alec Waugh, London, novelist, Island in the Sun, brother of Evelyn
1898 U.S. flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War)
1898 American troops captured deserted Wake Island
1898 Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay to Navy
1897 Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island
1897 John Laurie, born in Dumfries, Scotland, actor, Jericho, Island of Desire
1896 Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor, River, Enchanted Island
1894 Ed Healey, NFL tackle, Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears
1894 Eddie Dowling, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, actor, Anywhere USA
1894 Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off
1894 U.S. warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island
1893 August Defresne, Dutch playwright/director, Uninhabited Island
1892 U.S. Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay
1892 Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
1890 Ellis Island (New York City) opens as a U.S. immigration depot
1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
1888 Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads
1888 Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist, Rock Island Line
1886 Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)
1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (New York City)
1884 On Coney Island, the 1st roller coaster begins operating
1883 Hubert Harrison, born in St. Croix, Virgin Island, writer/freedom fighter
1881 U.S. Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay
1880 League of American Wheelmen (1st U.S. bicycle assn), forms in Newport, Rhode Island
1879 Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas
1878 Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau
1876 Batholdi visits Bedloe Island, future home of his Statue of Liberty
1875 Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, Rhode Island, hall of fame shortstop, .426 in 1901
1874 Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire
1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province
1873 Prince Edward Island joins Canada
1871 Joseph McGinnity, born in Rock Island, Illinois, baseball pitcher for the New York Giants
1870 Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100
1864 Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island
1863 Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops
1863 Battle of Buffington's Island (St. George Creek), Ohio
1862 U.S. Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island
1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, Island #10 falls
1862 Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
1862 Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound
1862 Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC
1861 Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia (Leesburg, Harrison's Island)
1861 Battle of Vienna, Virginia and Secessionville, South Carolina, James Island
1861 MS troops take Ft. Massachusetts an Ship Island
1858 Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island
1858 Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked
1856 Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana
1856 Pitcairn Islanders arrive on Norfolk Island
1855 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa
1854 Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island
1851 John F. Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton
1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scotland, author, Treasure Island
1850 Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die)
1849 British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras
1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co
1838 Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada
1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches James Island, Galapagos archipelago
1835 HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago
1830 William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island, 1859-63
1821 Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
1818 Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St. Helena
1813 David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas
1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine
1794 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British
1793 Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange
1793 Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795)
1785 Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Is), no takers
1784 Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK
1781 Dutch West Indies island of St. Eustatia taken by British
1781 Battle of Jersey (Island in UK)
1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
1776 Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors
1776 U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City
1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England
1774 Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves
1761 Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island
1745 Charles Stuart, the Younger, lands at Eriskay Island, Hebrides
1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
1739 J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
1728 Samuel Wallis, explorer, Wallis Island
1722 Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island
1709 Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")
1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"
1707 Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island signed Declaration of Independence
1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered
1697 Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island
1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)
1664 Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island
1663 King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1659 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator, Easter Island
1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)
1639 William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island
1636 City of Providence, Rhode Island form
1634 Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood
1631 Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England
1630 New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island
1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons
1610 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island
1595 Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island
1587 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC
1586 English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, North Carolina
1576 Tycho Brahe given Hveen Island to build Uraniborg Observatory
1575 King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
1542 Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast
1522 Portuguese Antonio de Brita signs treaty island of Ternate Molukkas
1499 Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island
1498 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad
1498 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
1493 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica
1493 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica
1492 Columbus' fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas
1492 Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus lands on San Salvador Island
1492 Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas)
1492 Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)
794 Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island
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