2013 Event A wildfire near Yosemite National Park burns over 25 square miles, forcing residents of the Pine Lake community to evacuate 2012 Event A fire breaks out in the Tamweel Tower, one of about 80 towers built or still under construction in the Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai 2008 Death Gordon B. Hinckley, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, of natural causes, at 97 2002 Event XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City 2002 Event XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City 1996 Death Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88 1995 Event Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002 1995 Event Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres 1994 Event Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman 1993 Event 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City 1990 Event KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions 1990 Event KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions 1990 Event 1st Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 11 -4 at Lake Nona CC FLA 1989 Birthday Freddy Adu, born in Tema, Ghana, athlete, soccer phenomenon, played for D.C. United, Real Salt Lake 1988 Event Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon 1987 Event Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive 1987 Event Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak 1987 Event Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City 1987 Death Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81 1986 Event Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746 1986 Death Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster 1985 Event -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) 1984 Death Ramiro Cortes, composer, Fulbright Fellow, taught composition at University of California, University of Utah, dies at 50 in Salt Lake City, Utah 1984 Event Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d) 1984 Event Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana 1981 Event Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City 1981 Birthday Naomi Grabow, born in lake Arrowhead, California, pairs skater, & Benjamin Oberman 1981 Event Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York 1980 Event LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open 1980 Death Florence Lake, dies 1980 Birthday Deidra Graham, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, gymnast, alternate for the 1996 Olympics 1980 Event 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York 1980 Event Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics 1980 Event 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York 1979 Event Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up 1979 Birthday Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater 1979 Event Emerson, Lake and Palmer disband after 10 years together 1978 Death Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Florida at 12 1977 Birthday Tania Joy Gibson, born in Lake Barrington, Illinois, Miss America-Illinois 1997 1975 Event Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior 1975 Event 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks 1974 Event Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated 1973 Death Veronica Lake, Constance Ockleman, actress (Ramrod), dies at 58 1972 Birthday Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96 1972 Birthday Steve Konowalchuk, Salt Lake City, NHL center for the Washington Capitals 1972 Birthday Elizabeth Wolfgramm, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, member of The Jets family group, composed of siblings 1972 Birthday Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs 1971 Birthday Tonja Marie Christensen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, playmate, Nov, 1991 1971 Birthday Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Mexican American singer, called 'The Queen of Tejano music', released first album at age 12 1971 Event 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 1971 Birthday Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers 1971 Event -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record) 1970 Birthday Chad Ogea, Lake Charles, Louisiana, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1969 Birthday Jim Mckenzie, Gull Lake, NHL left wing, Winnipeg Jets 1969 Birthday Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mount Lake Park, Maryland, Miss Maryland-America 1991 1969 Event King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts 1969 Birthday Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry 1968 Birthday Ricki Lake, born in New York City, New York actress, 'Hairspray', talk show host, Ricki 1968 Birthday Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Lyle Odelein, Quill Lake Sask, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Montreal 1967 Birthday Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1967 Death Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72 1967 Birthday Pat Elynuik, Foam Lake, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators 1967 Birthday Carnell Lake, NFL strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1967 Death Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1967 Event WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Birthday Tim Pugh, Lake Tahoe California, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals 1967 Birthday Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner 1965 Birthday Daren Puppa, Kirkland Lake, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Birthday Paula Schnurr, Kirkland Lake Ontario, 1.5k, Olympics-8-92, 96 1963 Event 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga 1963 Event Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) 1963 Birthday Dan Reed, rocker/actor, HOTS, Lake Consequence 1962 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open 1962 Birthday Kirk Alan Triplett, born in Moses Lake, Washington, PGA golfer, 1992 Shell Houston-2nd 1961 Birthday Jim Laver Carter, born in Spring Lake, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1995 Anheuser-Busch 1960 Birthday Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego, Oregon, actress, Frankie Reed-Sisters 1960 Event Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open 1959 Event River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana) 1959 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open 1958 Birthday Carlos Carson, born in Lake Worth, Florida, football player, wide receiver, played in ten National Football League seasons, from 1980 to 1989, all time Pro Bowl NFL player 1958 Event Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational 1958 Event KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Birthday Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91 1957 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open 1957 Birthday Martha Elizabeth Thomsen, Moses Lake Wash, playmate, May, 1980 1956 Birthday Bill Murchison, Jr., Lake Charles, Louisiana, Nike golfer, 1994 Boise Open-2nd 1955 Birthday Clarence Gilyard, Jr., Moses Lake Wash, actor, Chips, Duck Factory 1955 Event 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record) 1955 Birthday Dean Dillon, born in Lake City, Tennessee, country singer, Chair 1955 Death Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75 1954 Event KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 1952 Birthday Roseanne Barr, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, comedian, actress, television producer, won Emmy award for television series, 'Roseanne' 1950 Birthday Ronald E McNair, Lake City, South Carolina, astr, STS-41B, 51L-Challenger disaster 1950 Birthday Chris Cannon, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, politician, Republican party, U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 3rd district 1949 Event KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast 1947 Birthday Greg Lake, born in Dorset, England, singer, songwriter, guitarist, performed "Karn Evil 9" with the Trans Siberian Orchestra, played "Lucky Man" with Jethro Tull 1947 Birthday Paul McCandless, rocker, Torches on the Lake 1947 Birthday Carl Palmer, drummer, Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake and Palmer 1947 Birthday William J. Jefferson, born in Lake Providence, Lousiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1991 - 2009 1947 Birthday John Wiley Bryant, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1983 - 1997 1946 Birthday Leslie L Byrne, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-D-Virginia 1993 - 1995 1946 Birthday Talia Shire, Coppola, Lake Success, New York, actress, Adrienne-Rocky 1946 Birthday Mike Murdock, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, author, televangelist, pastor, Wisdom Center ministry, Fort Worth, Texas, hosts Wisdom Keys with Mick Murdock television program, mentored with Jimmie Swaggart, preached with Tammy Faye Bakker 1945 Birthday David Smith Monson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1985 - 1987 1944 Birthday Keith Emerson, born in England, Emerson, Lake and Palmer-Brain Salad Surgery 1944 Birthday Phyllis Frelich, Devil's Lake ND, actor, Love is Never Silent 1943 Event Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (U.S.) torpedoed and sinks 1942 Birthday Oliver Eugene Lake, composer 1942 Birthday Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx 1942 Birthday Robin Morgan, Lake Worth, Florida, actress, Dagmar-Mama 1940 Birthday Frances FitzGerald, New York City, journalist/author, Fire in the Lake 1940 Event Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated 1940 Event "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY 1939 Birthday Henson Moore, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Representative-R-Louisiana 1975 - 1987 1938 Event Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins 1938 Event School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1937 Event 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record) 1936 Event 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York 1935 Birthday Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, General Hospital 1934 Birthday Wilford Brimley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Gus-Our House, Cocoon 1933 Birthday Pete Wilson, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-R-California, 1983 -1988, Governor-R-California 1991 - 1999 1933 Event U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah closes 1932 Birthday James V. Hansen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1981 - 2003 1932 Event 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York 1932 Event 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport) 1932 Event 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York 1932 Event 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Michigan 1930 Event Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens 1930 Birthday Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show 1929 Birthday John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1928 Birthday Earl Brown, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Stovall-Operation Petticoat 1928 Event Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 1928 Birthday Joi Lansing, born in Salt Lake City Utah, actress, Bob Cummings Show 1927 Event "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses 1927 Birthday Paula Hawkins, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Senator-R-Florida, 1981 - 1987 1926 Event Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage 1926 Birthday Dick Williams, born in Wall Lake, Iowa, choral director, Andy Williams Show 1925 Event Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th home run of the season 1925 Event Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming) 1925 Birthday Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle 1925 Event KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions 1923 Birthday Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's 1921 Birthday Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947 1921 Birthday Berkley Bedell, born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1975 - 1987 1919 Birthday Veronica Lake, Constance Ockleman, actress, I Married a Witch 1919 Event Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1918 Birthday Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie 1916 Event Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks 1915 Birthday William Proxmire, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards 1915 Event Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die 1915 Birthday Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show 1914 Event Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo 1914 Event 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York 1913 Birthday Paul Langton, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Leslie-Peyton Place 1913 Birthday Loretta Young, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Farmer's Daughter, Stranger 1909 Event U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens 1909 Birthday Ann Sothern, Harriette Lake, ND, actress, Lady in a Cage 1908 Event U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized 1908 Event Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah 1908 Birthday Virginia Cherrill, actress, Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious 1906 Birthday Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake, Indiana, actress, Father of Bride, Julia 1905 Birthday Arthur Lake, born in Corbin, Kentucky, actor, Dagwood-Blondie 1898 Event 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake 1897 Birthday Natacha Rambova, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, costume designer 1895 Birthday Alice Lake, born in Brooklyn, New York, silent screen actress, Glamour, Wicked 1895 Event Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg 1895 Event Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St. Petersburg 1893 Birthday Frank Borzage, born in Salt Lake City, director, 7th Heaven, Strange Cargo 1893 Event Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated 1890 Event President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned 1887 Event Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo 1885 Event Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask 1880 Event American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, New York 1879 Birthday Mayhew Lake, composer 1876 Event Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet 1872 Event 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California) 1870 Birthday George A. Smith, born in Salt Lake City Utah, 8th President of Mormon church 1870 Event 1st U.S. National Wildlife Preserve, Lake Meritt in Oakland California 1866 Event Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed 1864 Event Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou 1860 Event Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan 1859 Event Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 1858 Event Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa 1856 Birthday Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th President of Mormon church 1855 Birthday Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake 1855 Birthday Anatoli Liadov, St. Petersburg, Russia, composer, Enchanted Lake, 1855 Birthday Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake, 1852 Event Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) 1847 Event Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200 1847 Event Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah 1843 Birthday Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah 1832 Event 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens 1826 Event Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah 1825 Event Erie Canal between Hudson River and Lake Erie opened 1818 Event Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain 1814 Event Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British 1813 Event Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie 1776 Event Brigadier General Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British 1771 Birthday Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet, Lady of Lake 1755 Event Battle at Lake George: English army beats France 1567 Birthday Samuel de Champlain, explorer, Lake Champlain 1520 Event Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde
