2013 Event In Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather beats Saul Alvarez, winning over $45 million dollars in a world-record purse 2012 Event Treasure from Spain's Navy frigate Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes is returned to Spain after it was recovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration in 2007 2010 Event American Actor Tony Curtis dies in Las Vegas, Nevada; Curtis appeared in over 100 films 2007 Death Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52 1998 Event KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview 1997 Event Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational 1997 Event Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn 1996 Event John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days 1996 Death Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88 1995 Event 1st CFL game between 2 U.S. teams, Las Vegas Posse vs. Sacramento Gold 1993 Event Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament 1993 Event Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna 1992 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas, Nevada on KXTE 107.5 FM 1992 Event Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada on KFBI 1992 Event Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International 1992 Death Cesare Danova, actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas), dies at 66 1990 Event Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nevada 1988 Event Actor Jeff Goldblum and actress Gena Davis wed in Las Vegas 1987 Birthday Thomas Dekker, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, musician, singer, actor, played Zach on 'Heroes', John Connor in 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' 1984 Event Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas 1984 Event Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas 1983 Event WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event 1982 Event Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas 1981 Event 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton 1980 Event Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 Event MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1976 Birthday Jenny Lewis, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, actress, Becky-Life With Lucy 1973 Birthday Molly Sims, born in Murray, Kentucky, actress, model, appeared in 'Sports Illustrated Swimsuit' issues, appeared in 'Las Vegas' television drama 1972 Birthday Brandon Rock, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, 800m runner 1970 Birthday James Michael Furyk, West Chester, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas-5th 1970 Birthday Andre Agassi, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, U.S. Open 1994 1969 Birthday Paul Francis Stankowski, Oxnard California, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas-5th 1969 Birthday Loren Dean, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, actor, Billy Bathgate, Say Anything 1969 Event Barbra Streisand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas 1969 Birthday Marty Cordova, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1969 Birthday Tia Marie Zorne, Las Vegas Nevada, Miss Nevada-America 1991 1968 Event Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas 1968 Birthday Robert Anthony Gamez, born in Las Vegas Nevada, PGA golfer, 1990 Nestle 1968 Event KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Las Cruces Ladies Golf Open 1966 Event 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas 1966 Birthday Kate Donahoo, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. judoka 1992 Olympics 1966 Birthday Trish Johnson, Bristol England, LPGA golfer, 1993 Las Vegas 1965 Event Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas 1965 Event Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Las Cruces Golf Open 1965 Birthday Jim Sharp, U.S. rodeo rider, Las Vegas 1988 1965 Birthday Scott Michael McCarron, born in Sacramento, California, PGA golfer, 1995 Las Vegas-3rd 1964 Event Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Las Cruces Ladies' Golf Open 1964 Birthday Mark Allen Slaughter, born in Las Vegas, guitarist, Slaughter-Stick it Live 1962 Birthday Jerry Foltz, born in Las Vegas Nevada, Nike golfer, 1991 Pensacola Open-2nd 1961 Death George de las Cuevas Bustillo y Teheran, Chilean marquis, dies at 75 1959 Event Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air) 1957 Event Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas 1957 Event 1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas, Nevada 1957 Birthday Michele Greene, Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Abby Perkins-LA Law 1955 Event KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting 1946 Event Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era) 1944 Birthday Roy Horn, Las Vegas entertainer, Siegfried and Roy 1941 Birthday Tommy Aycock, Edinburg, Texas, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th 1939 Birthday Hunter Thompson, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1938 Birthday James Bilbray, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Representative-D-Nevada 1987 - 1995 1936 Birthday Mort Shuman, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, songwriter, pianist, co-wrote 'Viva Las Vegas', ' Turn Me Loose', compositions recorded by Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley 1935 Birthday Abby Dalton, born in Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Joey Bishop Show 1933 Birthday Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1927 Birthday Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor, La Scala 1925 Birthday Robert Venturi, born in Philadelphia, architect, Levittown, New York, Las Vegas 1923 Birthday Italo Calvino, born in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba, author, Winter's Night a Traveler 1921 Birthday Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star, Wimbeldon 1947, U.S. Open-1946 1906 Birthday Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas 1905 Event Las Vegas, Nevada founded 1842 Death Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76 1833 Event Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo 1828 Event Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil 1781 Event Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes) 1637 Event Zorilla's "El mas Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid 1212 Event Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain
