1998 Michael Zaslow, actor, The Guiding Light, dies at 56
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic
1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen
1997 Vince Williams, actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39
1996 Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Micelob Light Heartland Golf Classic
1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel
1995 William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby
1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
1992 Wilson Phillips release their 2nd album "Shadows and Light"
1991 Steve Kemp, British light enterpeneur, dies
1990 Herbert Nelson, actor (Guilding Light), dies of a stroke at 76
1986 "Into the Light" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 6 performances
1986 "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 6 performances
1986 Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title
1984 Ashley Peldon, born in Staten Island, New York, actress, Marsha-Guilding Light, Deceived
1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io
1980 Bryan Buffinton, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, actor, Bill Lewis Jr-Guiding Light
1978 Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
1978 Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic
1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks
1976 David Diaz, born in Chicago, Illinois, light welterweight boxer 1996 Olympics
1975 University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance
1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
1973 David Reid, Philadelphia, light middleweight boxer, 1996 Olympics gold
1973 Albert Guardado, Jr., born in Redlands, California, light flyweight boxer, Olymp-96
1971 "Light, Lively and Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 87 performances
1970 Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food
1970 "Light, Lively and Yiddish" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 87 performances
1969 Paige Turco, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Melanie-Guiding Light
1968 Antonio Tarver, Orlando, Florida, light heavyweight boxer, Olympics-br-96
1968 Conrad Richter, U.S. writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78
1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
1968 Suzy Cote, born in Santa Barbara, California, actress, Samantha-Guiding Light
1968 Beth Ehlers, born in Queens, New York, actress, Harley Cooper-Guiding Light, Hunger
1968 Jeff Phillips, born in Westwood, New Jersey, actor, Hart Jessup-Guiding Light
1968 Carl Evans, Actor, Guilding Light
1967 Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1
1967 Henry C Rumke, psychiatrist (Light of Man), dies at 74
1967 Melina Kanakaredes, born in Akron, Ohio, actress, Eleni Andros-Guiding Light
1966 Jeff Healey, Canada, blind pop guitarist, See the Light
1965 Allison Daughtry, actress, Guilding Light
1964 Morgan Englund, actor, Dylan Lewis-Guiding Light
1964 Leonard Stabb, actor, Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light
1963 Beth Chamberlin, Danville Vt, actress, Beth Spaulding-Guiding Light
1961 1st black light is sold
1960 Mark Derwin, Park Forest, Illinois, actor, AC Mallet-Guiding Light
1960 Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal
1960 Fiona Hutchison, born in Miami, Florida, actress, One Life to Live, Guiding Light
1959 Vincent Irizarry, Queens, New York, actor, Guiding Light, Santa Barbara
1959 John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89
1959 Grant Aleksander, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Guiding Light, All My Children
1958 Mark King, bass/vocalist, Level 42-Standing in the Light, Love Games
1958 Robert Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Joshua Lewis-Guiding Light
1958 Alexandra Neil, born in Boston, actress, Rose-Guiding Light
1958 Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed (installed in 1913)
1958 After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion
1957 Vince Williams, actor, Hamp-Guiding Light
1957 Frank Dicopoulos, born in Akron, Ohio, actor, Frank Cooper-Guiding Light
1956 Debby Boone, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, singer, You Light Up My Life
1955 Ellen Dolan, Monticello IO, actress, Guiding Light, Margo Hughes-ATWT
1954 Lisa Brown, KC, Missouri, actress, Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns
1953 Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, One Life to Live, Guiding Light
1953 Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi, Texas, actor, Guiding Light
1952 "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV
1951 Kim Zimmer, Michigan, actress, Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live
1949 Bonnie Raitt, born in Burbank, California, country singer, Green Light, The Glow
1949 John Baldwin, Detroit, light middleweight boxer 1968 Olympics bronze
1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
1949 Judith Light, Trenton, New Jersey, Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live
1948 "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)
1948 Vincent Schiavelli, actor, Playroom, Waiting for the Light
1948 Michael Tylo, Detroit, actor, Guiding Light, Blade-Young and Restless
1948 Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame, Mexico-1968
1948 A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon
1947 Rolando Garbey, Oriente Cuba, light MW boxer, 1968 Olympics silver
1947 Cindy Pickett, born in Norman, Oklahoma, actress, Guiding Light, St. Elsewhere
1946 Robbie Kreiger, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, Doors-Come on Baby Light My Fire
1945 John Densmore, Louisiana, drummer, Doors-C'mon Light My Fire
1945 Jose Feliciano, Lares PR, singer and songwriter, Light my Fire
1944 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen
1944 Charles Jay Hammer, actor, Fletcher Reade-Guiding Light
1943 Tina Sloan, New York, actress, Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow
1942 Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, Roger Thorpe-Guiding Light
1942 Marie Cheatham, Oklahoma, actress, Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light
1940 Jerzy Kulej, Poland, light welterweight boxer, Olympics gold 1964, 68
1940 Beverlee McKinsey, Oklahoma, actress, Iris-Another World, Guiding Light
1940 Christopher Bernau, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Guiding Light
1939 Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer 1960 Olympics silver
1939 Jason Miller, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, actor and writer, Exorcist, Light of Day
1937 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio
1935 Don Stewart, actor, Guiding Light
1933 Reynolds Price, U.S. writer, Strengthened by a Pale Green Light
1932 Paul Anderson, U.S., light super heavyweight lifter 1956 Olympics gold
1932 Charles Adkins, U.S., light welterweight boxer 1952 Olympics gold
1932 William Faulkner completes his novel "Light in August"
1930 James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, light HW boxer 1956 Olympics gold
1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
1929 1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center, electric light
1928 Rudolph Plukfelder, U.S.S.R., light heavyweight 1964 Olympic gold
1928 Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61
1927 George Hunter, South Africa, light heavyweight boxer, Oly-gold-1948
1926 Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author, Seed of Light, All Fool's Day
1924 Light Brigade forms
1922 Charita Bauer, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Guiding Light, Aldrich Family
1915 Larry Gates, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Guiding Light, Body Snatchers
1915 Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1947 fight of year
1914 1st traffic light installed, Euclid Ave and E 105th St, Cleveland
1912 Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles, 1938
1911 William Roerick, actor, Guiding Light
1908 Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light
1908 Louis Hostin, born in France, Light Heavyweight, Olympics gold 1932, 36
1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith
1904 Maxie Rosenbloom, born in New York City, light heavyweight boxing champ, 1930-34
1904 Willem De Kooning, born in Rotterdam Netherland, artist, North Atlantic Light
1901 Irna Phillips, born in Chicago, created 6 soap operas, Guiding Light
1896 Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain
1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp
1890 Conrad Richter, writer, Light in the Forest
1882 Anton H Blaauw, Dutch botanist, Perception of Light
1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
1879 James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48
1879 Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb
1879 Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light
1879 1st electric arc light used in the California Theater
1879 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow
1878 Edison Electric Light Company incorporated
1877 Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop
1876 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco
1876 Jack Root, boxing's 1st light heavyweight champion
1870 Georges Claude, inventor, neon light
1868 Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
1854 Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade," published
1854 Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die
1832 Edwin Arnold, English writer, Light of India
1827 William Holdman Hunt, English painter, Light of the World
1819 Franz von Suppe, Spalato Dalmatia, composer, Light Cavalry Over
1816 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded
1773 Thomas Young, British philologist/physician, light interference
1756 Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Rep/Gov-Va, /general
1644 Olaus Romer, Denmark, 1st to accurately measured speed of light
1618 Francesco M. Grimaldi, mathematician and physicist, light defraction
1596 David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star)
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