2002 XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
1996 Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88
1995 Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
1995 Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres
1994 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman
1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
1990 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions
1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1990 1st Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 11 -4 at Lake Nona CC FLA
1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City
1987 Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81
1986 Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746
1986 Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster
1985 -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record)
1984 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d)
1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana
1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
1981 Naomi Grabow, born in lake Arrowhead, California, pairs skater, & Benjamin Oberman
1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York
1980 LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open
1980 Florence Lake, dies
1980 Deidra Graham, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, gymnast, alternate for the 1996 Olympics
1980 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York
1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up
1979 Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater
1979 Emerson, Lake and Palmer disband after 10 years together
1978 Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Florida at 12
1977 Tania Joy Gibson, born in Lake Barrington, Illinois, Miss America-Illinois 1997
1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior
1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks
1974 Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated
1973 Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (Ramrod), dies at 58
1972 Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96
1972 Steve Konowalchuk, Salt Lake City, NHL center for the Washington Capitals
1972 Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs
1971 Tonja Marie Christensen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, playmate, Nov, 1991
1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
1971 Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers
1971 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
1970 Chad Ogea, Lake Charles, Louisiana, pitcher, Cleveland Indians
1969 Jim Mckenzie, Gull Lake, NHL left wing, Winnipeg Jets
1969 Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mt Lake Park, Maryland, Miss Maryland-America 1991
1969 King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts
1969 Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry
1968 Ricki Lake, New York City, actress, Hairspray, /talk show host, Ricki
1968 Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, Oly-1996
1968 Lyle Odelein, Quill Lake Sask, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Montreal
1967 Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward, Oly-gold-96
1967 Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72
1967 Pat Elynuik, Foam Lake, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators
1967 Carnell Lake, NFL strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1967 WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
1967 Tim Pugh, Lake Tahoe California, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals
1967 Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner
1965 Daren Puppa, Kirkland Lake, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning
1964 Paula Schnurr, Kirkland Lake Ontario, 1.5k, Olympics-8-92, 96
1963 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga
1963 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy)
1963 Dan Reed, rocker/actor, HOTS, Lake Consequence
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open
1962 Kirk Alan Triplett, born in Moses Lake, Washington, PGA golfer, 1992 Shell Houston-2nd
1961 Jim Laver Carter, born in Spring Lake, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1995 Anheuser-Busch
1960 Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego, Oregon, actress, Frankie Reed-Sisters
1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
1959 River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana)
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
1958 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational
1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91
1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open
1957 Martha Elizabeth Thomsen, Moses Lake Wash, playmate, May, 1980
1956 Bill Murchison, Jr., Lake Charles, Louisiana, Nike golfer, 1994 Boise Open-2nd
1955 Clarence Gilyard, Jr., Moses Lake Wash, actor, Chips, Duck Factory
1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record)
1955 Dean Dillon, born in Lake City, Tennessee, country singer, Chair
1955 Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
1954 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting
1950 Ronald E McNair, Lake City, South Carolina, astr, STS 41B, 51L-Challenger disaster
1949 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 Robert Palmer, born in Batley, England, singer, Emerson, Lake and Palmer
1948 Greg Lake, rocker
1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1947 Greg Lake, rock vocalist and bassist, King Crimson, ELP
1947 Paul McCandless, rocker, Torches on the Lake
1947 Carl Palmer, drummer, Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake and Palmer
1946 Talia Shire, [Coppola], Lake Success, New York, actress, Adrienne-Rocky
1944 Keith Emerson, born in England, Emerson, Lake and Palmer-Brain Salad Surgery
1944 Phyllis Frelich, Devil's Lake ND, actor, Love is Never Silent
1943 Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (U.S.) torpedoed and sinks
1942 Oliver Eugene Lake, composer
1942 Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx
1942 Robin Morgan, Lake Worth, Florida, actress, Dagmar-Mama
1940 Frances FitzGerald, New York City, journalist/author, Fire in the Lake
1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
1940 "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
1938 Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins
1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah
1937 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record)
1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York
1935 Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, Gen Hospital
1934 Wilford Brimley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Gus-Our House, Cocoon
1933 U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id and Salt Lake City Utah closes
1932 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York
1932 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport)
1932 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York
1932 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich
1930 Mt Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens
1930 Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show
1928 Earl Brown, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Stovall-Operation Petticoat
1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500
1928 Joi Lansing, born in Salt Lake City Utah, actress, Bob Cummings Show
1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses
1926 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage
1926 Dick Williams, born in Wall Lake, Iowa, choral director, Andy Williams Show
1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season
1925 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming)
1925 Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle
1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
1923 Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's
1921 Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947
1919 Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress, I Married a Witch
1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages
1918 Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie
1916 Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks
1915 Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die
1915 Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show
1914 Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo
1914 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York
1913 Paul Langton, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Leslie-Peyton Place
1913 Loretta Young, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actr, Farmer's Daughter, Stranger
1909 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
1909 Ann Sothern, [Harriette Lake], ND, actress, Lady in a Cage
1908 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized
1908 Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah
1908 Virginia Cherrill, actress, Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious
1906 Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake, Indiana, actress, Father of Bride, Julia
1905 Arthur Lake, born in Corbin, Kentucky, actor, Dagwood-Blondie
1898 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake
1897 Natacha Rambova, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, costume designer
1895 Alice Lake, born in Brooklyn, New York, silent screen actress, Glamour, Wicked
1895 Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg
1895 Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St. Petersburg
1893 Frank Borzage, born in Salt Lake City, director, 7th Heaven, Strange Cargo
1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated
1890 President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned
1887 Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask
1880 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, New York
1879 Mayhew Lake, composer
1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet
1872 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California)
1870 George A. Smith, born in Salt Lake City Utah, 8th President of Mormon church
1870 1st U.S. National Wildlife Preserve, Lake Meritt in Oakland California
1866 Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed
1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou
1860 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan
1859 Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone
1858 Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
1856 Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th President of Mormon church
1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake
1855 Anatoli Liadov, St. Petersburg, Russia, composer, Enchanted Lake,
1855 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake,
1852 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m)
1847 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
1847 Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah
1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
1832 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens
1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah
1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River and Lake Erie opened
1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain
1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British
1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie
1776 Brig Gen Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British
1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet, Lady of Lake
1755 Battle at Lake George: English army beats France
1567 Samuel de Champlain, explorer, Lake Champlain
1520 Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
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