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1993 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles Kings, 4 games to 1

1993 Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights

1992 George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Captains and Kings), dies at 70

1991 Sacramento Kings ends NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games

1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road

1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses

1990 Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year

1988 Arco Arena in Sacramento, California opens, Sac Kings lose to Seattle, 97-75

1988 Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles Kings for $15-$20 millions

1987 Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954

1984 Los Angeles Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak

1984 Los Angeles Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak

1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5

1982 Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79

1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles

1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period

1979 Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders

1978 New York Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs Los Angeles Kings

1977 Aki Berg, Turku Fin, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings

1977 Aki-Petteri Berg, NHL defenseman, Team Finland, Kings, Bronze Medal 1998 Olympics

1976 Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85

1975 Michael Stewart, NBA center for the Sacramento Kings

1975 Vitali Yachmenev, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL right wing for the Los Angeles Kings

1974 Tariq Abdul Wahad, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings

1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL tie, playing Los Angeles Kings to 1-1 tie

1974 Anthony Johnson, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings

1974 Mark Hendrickson, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings

1974 David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87

1973 Corliss Williamson, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings

1973 John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres, dies at 31 in Radlett, Hertfordshire

1973 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA Kansas City Kings for $450,000

1973 Betty Field, actress (Kings Row), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60

1973 Philippe Boucher, born in St. Apollinaire, California, NHL defense, Los Angeles Kings, Olympic Gold 1998

1973 Tyus Edney, NBA guard, Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings

1972 Los Angeles Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak

1972 Barry Potomski, Windsor, NHL left wing for the Los Angeles Kings

1972 Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders

1972 Jozef Stumpel, NHL forward, Team Kazakhstan 1998, Los Angeles Kings

1972 Michael Smith, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings

1972 Craig Johnson, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, NHL left wing, Los Angeles Kings and 1994 Olympic Team

1972 Brian Grant, NBA forward for the Portland Trailblazers and Sacramento Kings

1972 Clint McDaniel, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings

1972 John Slaney, St. John's, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings

1972 Mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman, Team Sweden, Los Angeles Kings

1971 Laura Moss, Kings Mountain, Ohio, actress, Amanda Cory-Another World

1971 Sean O'Donnell, Ottawa, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings

1971 Terry Dehere, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings

1971 Eric Lacroix, born in Montreal, NHL left wing for the Los Angeles Kings

1971 Bobby Hurley, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings

1971 Yanic Perreault, born in Sherbrooke, NHL center for the Los Angeles Kings

1971 Byron Dafoe, Sussex Eng, NHL goalie for the Los Angeles Kings

1970 Kevin Salvadori, NBA center for the Sacramento Kings

1970 Lawrence Funderburke, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings

1970 Doug Zmolek, Rochester, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings

1970 Patrice Tardif, Thetford Mines, NHL center for the Los Angeles Kings

1969 Rob Blake, Simcoe Ont, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Los Angeles Kings

1969 Byron Houston, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings

1969 Dimitri Khristich, NHL left wing for the Los Angeles Kings

1969 Billy Owens, NBA forward and guard for the Sacramento Kings

1969 Vladimir Tsyplakov, Inta Rus, NHL left wing, Los Angeles Kings, Belarus 1998

1969 Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets

1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee

1968 Lionel Simmons, NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings

1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kings River Golf Open

1968 Duane Causwell, NBA center, Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings

1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London

1968 Kevin Todd, Winnipeg, NHL center for the Los Angeles Kings

1967 Rob Cowie, Toronto, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings

1967 Gary Shuchuk, Edmonton, NHL center for the Los Angeles Kings

1966 Steven Finn, Laval, NHL defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings

1966 John Druce, Peterborough, NHL right wing, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings

1965 Kevin Gamble, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings

1965 Mitch Richmond, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, NBA guard, Sac Kings, 1988, 1996 Olympics

1965 Shane Churla, Fernie, NHL right wing, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers

1965 Kevin Stevens, born in Brockton, NHL left wing for the Los Angeles Kings

1964 Olden Polynice, NBA forward and center for the Sacramento Kings

1964 Tony Granato, Downers Grove, NHL left wing for the Los Angeles Kings

1964 Sarunas Marciulionis, NBA guard for the Sacramento Kings

1963 Marty McSorley, Hamilton, NHL defenseman, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers

1961 Kelly Hrudey, Edmonton, NHL goalie for the Los Angeles Kings

1960 Antonio Banderas, born in Malaga, Spain, actor, Philadelphia, Evita, Mambo Kings

1960 Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to NJ

1960 Jari Kurri, Helsinki Fin, NHL left wing, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings

1956 Douglas Heyes, Jr., born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Captains and Kings, Aspen

1954 Charlie Simmer, born in Ontario, NHL left winger for the Los Angeles Kings

1953 Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet

1951 Marcel Dionne, born in Quebec, NHL center, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers

1949 Jean Potvin, born in Ottawa, Ontario, hockey player, National Hockey League, played defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers

1945 Rogie Vachon, Quebec, NHL goalie, Canadiens, Kings, Vezina-1968

1945 [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author, High Kings

1944 Katherine Crawford, actress, Captains and Kings, Gemini Man

1944 Katherine Crawford, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Gemini Man, Captains and Kings

1942 John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres

1939 Mike Hill, born in Jackson, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1977 Ohio Kings Island Open

1938 Bob Scholl, rocker, Mellow Kings

1937 Maxwell Anderson's "Masque of Kings," premieres in New York City

1926 Nan Leslie, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kings Row, Californians

1925 Jack Kramer, actor, Kings of the Court

1924 Robert Horton, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena

1913 Mary Durack, born in Adelaide, Australia, poet, author, historian, wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country

1913 Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop

1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games

1902 Victor Jory, Dawson City Canada, actor, Kings Row, Manhunt

1902 Harold Roxbee Cox Kings Norton, aeronautical engineer

1894 Cornelis Rijnsdorp, writer, Kings Children

1891 Victor Varconi, born in Hungary, actor, Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City

1875 H[arry] B[yron] Warner, born in London, England, actor, King of Kings

1875 Thomas W. Ross, actor, Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm

1862 Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days

1846 Auguste Escoffier, king of chefs and chef of kings

1780 British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC

1754 Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College)

1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City)

1688 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet, Fight of Kings and Mice

1676 Kings Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty

1556 Kings Henri I and Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles

1531 Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other

1516 Kings Charles I and Francois I signs Treaty of Noyons

1298 Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I

870 Kings Charles the Bare and Louis the German divide Lutherans


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