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1997 Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers
1996 Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53 1996 "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg 1996 Les Baxter, singer/orchestral leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73 1995 "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki 1995 Les Aspin, Representative-D-Wisconsin 1971 - 1993, U.S. Secretary of Defense 1993 - 1995, dies of stroke at 56 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo 1994 Eileen Way, actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings), dies at 82 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore 1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Meralco Theatre, Philippines 1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Playhouse, Edinburgh 1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin 1992 "Les Miserables" opens at Ostregaswerks, Copenhagen 1992 "Les Miserables," opens at Nuevo Apolo, Madrid 1992 "Les Miserables," opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague 1992 Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinema, Traffic), dies 1992 "Les Miserables," opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester 1991 "Les Miserables" opens at Circustheater, Scheveningen 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Mogador Theatre, Paris 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland New Zealand 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Odense Teater, Odense 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Lyric Theatre, Brisbane 1991 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre St. Denis, Montreal 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at Pantages Theatre, LA 1991 Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, New York and His Majesty's Theatre, Perth 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Cirkus Theater, Stockholm 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Shunert Theatre, Boston 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore 1989 "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Curran Theatre, San Francisco 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Fisher Theatre, Detroit 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Muzyczyny, Gdynia 1989 Bernard Blier, actor (Les Miserables, Women and War), dies at 73 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto 1988 "Les Miserables," opens a Bus and Truck tour in Tampa 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Raimund Theatre, Vienna 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Vigzinhaz Budapest 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo 1987 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances 1986 "Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. 1985 "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London 1985 Alain Boubil/Herbert Kretzner's "Les Miserables," premieres in London 1985 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska 1982 Jean Wiener, French composer (Olive chez les negres), dies at 86 1980 "Les Miserables," opens at Palais des Sports, Paris 1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal 1979 Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson 1978 Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75 1973 Les Gutches, Medford Oregon, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics 1972 Les Harvey, rocker, dies 1968 Anaheim's Les Salvage scores 10, 3-pt baskets in ABA game vs Denver 1965 Les Miller, defensive end for the Carolina Panthers 1964 Doug Aldrich, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, guitarist, hard rock, plays electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, member of Whitesnake, founded Burning Rain 1963 Les Claypool, U.S. funk metal singer/bassist, Primus-Suck on This 1961 Susan Boyle, born in Blackburn, Scotland, Scottish singer, gained international attention, audience ovation, on television contest, Britain's Got Talent with Les Miserables song, 'I Dreamed a Dream', and 'Cry Me a River', plain appearance contrasts with her powerful voice 1961 Les Warner, rocker, Cult-Fire Woman 1960 Les Nemes, rock bassist, Haircut 100 1959 Jean Genet's "Les Nigres," premieres in Paris 1952 Liam Neeson, born in Northern Ireland, actor, Schindler's List, Les Miserables 1952 Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in New York City 1949 Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris 1948 Les Moonves, American Businessman 1948 Les Holroyd, born in Oldham, England, rocker, Barclay James Harvest 1948 Mel Pritchard, born in Oldham, England, Melvyn Pritchard, Mel Pritchard, drummer, rocker, played progressive rock with Barclay James Harvest, worked with Les Holroyd 1947 Les Joslin, cricketer, Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2 1947 Patrick Dewaere, PJMH Bordeaux, France, actor, Les Valseuses 1946 Rene Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist, Les Baroques 1946 Les Gray, vocalist, Mud-Cat Crept In 1945 Marianne van Wijnkoop, Bosscher, Dutch actress, Les Miserables 1945 Robin Muyser, Dutch bassist, Les Baroques 1945 Raymond van Geytenbeek, Dutch singer/drummer, Les Baroques 1945 Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist, Les Baroques 1944 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (quarterback) 1944 Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer, Les Baroques 1943 Frank Muyser, Dutch guitarist/saxophonist, Les Baroques 1943 Les Chadwick, bassist, Gerry and Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersy 1942 Les AuCoin, born in Portland, Oregon, Representative-D-Oregon 1975 - 1993 1942 Les Burns, local councillor 1941 John Nelson, San Jose Costa Rica, conductor, Les Troyens of Berlioz 1941 Les Braid, England, bass, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1940 Richard Sanders, actor, Les Nessman-WKRP 1938 Les Scheinflug, Australian soccer asst coach, Olyroos, 1996 Olympics 1938 Les Aspin, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Representative-D-Wisconsin 1971 - 1993, Secretary of Defense 1993 - 1994 1935 Les Reed, songwriter, Heroin 1933 Les Dawson, English Comedian 1931 Mitzi Gaynor, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress/vocalist, Les Girls, South Pacific 1931 Taina Elg, born in Helsinki, Finland, actress, Hercules in, New York, Les Girls 1930 Philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino 1930 Claude Chabrol, born in Paris, France, director, Les Cousins, Ophelia 1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149) 1929 Les Favell, cricketer, stoic Australian batsman late 50's 1927 Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun 1927 Kay Kendall, born in Yorkshire, England, actress, Genevieve, Les Girls 1926 Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher, Les Mots et les Choses 1926 Regine Crespin, French vocalist, Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete 1924 Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo 1922 Les Baxter, U.S., singer, orchestra leader and composer, Born Again 1921 Les Jackson, cricket bowler, England twice, 1949 and 1961 1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 1918 Joseph Wiseman, Montreal, actor, Dr. No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables 1916 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61 1916 Bernard Blier, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor, Les Miserables 1915 Les Paul, born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, guitarist/inventor, Les Paul guitar 1915 David van de Woestijne, Flemish pianist/composer, Les Aeronautes 1915 Les Paul, guitarist inventor, Les Paul 1914 A J Jean Jaures, French socialist (L'Humanite/Les Preuves), murdered= 1913 Les Tremayne, London, actor, Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds 1913 Roger Caillois, French writer, Les Jeux et les Hommes 1912 Franz Weyergans, Belgian literary, Les Gens Heureux 1911 Eileen Way, actress, Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings, Assassin 1910 Jean-Louis Barrault, Vesinet France, actor, Les Enfants du Paradis 1907 Roy Douglas, born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Richard Roy Douglas, composer, pianist, member London Symphony Orchestra, pianist, organist, celesta player, fourth percussionist, created orchestration for 'Les Sylphides' 1904 Akarova, Marguerite Acarin, Belgian dancer, Les Biches 1901 Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor, Les Miserables, Naked Maja 1899 Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist, Les Biches 1898 Geo[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer, Les oignons 1897 L-M Alphonse Daudet, Frans writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57 1892 Germaine Tailleferre, Les Six, Pau-St-Maur France, composer 1890 Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens," premieres in Karlsruhe 1885 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83 1881 Roger Martin du Guard, born in France, novelist, Les Thibault-Nobel 1937 1881 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris 1877 Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris) 1863 George Bizets opera "Les Pacheurs de Perles," premieres in Paris 1862 Marcel Prevost, French publisher/writer, Les demis-vierges 1860 Jules Laforgue, Uruguay, French poet, Les Complaintas 1859 AAJ Jean Jaures, French socialist, L'Humanite, Les Preuves 1855 Opera "Les Vapres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) 1855 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet and writer, Les Flammes Hautes 1849 Jean Richepin, French poet and writer, Les Chansons de Gueux 1836 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris 1822 Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler, Les Buveurs de Cendres 1812 Henri A. Esquiros, French poet and writer, Les Vierges Folles 1802 Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables 1782 Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French 1770 De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris 1766 Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer, Les Venitiens 1734 Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer, Les Pacheurs, Mirza 1532 Jean-Antoine de Baif, French poet, Les amours de Meline |
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