1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
1995 Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65
1991 Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05)
1990 Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats
1989 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday
1988 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 New York's daily number is 888
1988 In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
1988 Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis
1985 "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12
1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball
1980 John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in UK
1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins
1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey
1978 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels
1977 New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0
1975 Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman
1975 Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65
1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1974 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice
1973 Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62
1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
1970 Mandy Smith, England, rocker, I Just Can't Wait, /wife of Bill Wyman
1969 Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65
1967 Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing
1965 Fresh Prince, [Will Smith], rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand
1965 Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper, Parents Just Don't Understand
1964 Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies
1962 BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
1961 USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours
1960 Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies
1959 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
1958 Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist, Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money
1957 Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then"
1956 T K Carter, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Mike-Punky Brewster, Just our Luck
1956 Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
1955 Randy Wanwarmer, born in Denver, vocalist, Just When I Needed You Most
1954 Anita Meijer, Dutch singer, Just a Disillusion
1953 Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73
1953 Cyndi Lauper, born in Brooklyn, singer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1951 Deborah Harmon, actress, Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us
1950 Wendie Malick, actress, Just Shoot Me
1950 Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
1950 Karen Carpenter, born in New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist and drummer, We Only Just Begun
1947 Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn)
1947 Dave Mason, Worcester, England, singer and songwriter, We Just Disagree
1947 Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There
1944 Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers
1944 Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist, Just Good Ol' Boys
1940 Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Just a Dream
1940 Arthur Alexander, U.S. singer and songwriter, Lonely Just Like Me
1937 Josh Gibson HR's just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive
1937 Doris Troy, [Payne], U.S. soul singer and songwriter, Just One Kiss
1935 Alex Harvey, rocker, Just Visiting This Planet
1933 Just Fontaine, French Athlete
1933 Lloyd Price, born in Kenner, Louisiana, singer, Just Because
1932 Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress, Just Before Nightfall
1932 Anna Dickinson, dies just a week shy of her 90th birthday
1932 R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76
1930 Julie Bovasso, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Willie and Phil, Just Me and You
1930 Herbie Mann, born in Brooklyn, New York, jazz flute/sax, Just Wallin'
1930 Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as VP of American Zoologists
1929 Lorraine Macleod, dancer, Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats
1926 White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway
1925 Robert Arthur, born in Aberdeen, Washington, actor, 12 O'Clock High, Just For You
1917 Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93
1917 Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer, Just Causes
1916 Len Wilkinson, cricketer, England leg-spinner just before WW II
1910 Jack Hawkins, London, actor, Ben-Four Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story
1910 Richard Conte, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel
1903 Wilton Graff, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn
1888 St. Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1883 Ernest E Just, biologist, pioneered cell division
1852 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)
1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
1620 41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact (just and equal laws)
1462 Louis XII, the Just, King of France, 1498-1515
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