2001 Arlene Francis, actress, What's My Line?, dies at 93
1997 Wally Bruner, journalist (ABC, What's My Line), dies at 66
1997 America On Line, begins service in Japan
1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
1994 "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!)
1994 Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
1991 Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70
1991 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70
1990 Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69
1990 "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances
1990 Suzuki Sochu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies
1989 Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82
1988 New York City Subway system adds new stations (Z line)
1987 Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
1984 "Layin' It On Line" by Jefferson Starship peaks at #66
1983 "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show
1980 Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
1980 Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
1978 Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75
1978 Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79
1977 Louis Untermeyer, poet/critic/TV panelist (What's My Line), dies at 92
1977 ELO releases "Telephone Line"
1976 30th Tony Awards: Travesties and Chorus Line win
1975 "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 6137 performances
1975 Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City
1975 "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres
1975 Larry Blyden, actor (Joe and Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49
1973 Steven Geray, actor (French Line), dies at 69
1973 Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal
1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan
1972 BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont
1971 Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73
1967 Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly
1967 Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV
1967 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line)
1965 Dorothy Kilgallen, columnist (What's My Line?), dies at 52
1963 John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line
1963 Hot Line communications link between Washington D.C. and Moscow begins
1963 Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"
1963 U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line
1961 Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line"
1960 Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens
1959 Audrey Landers, born in Philadelphia, actress, Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line
1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
1958 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line
1957 Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald
1957 Walter Rohlfing, born in Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach, Rhein Fire
1957 Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished
1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England
1954 Justin Ross, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change
1954 Jeff Apple, born in Miami, Florida, producer, In the Line of Fire
1953 Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
1953 Hugh McDowell, chelloist, ELO-Telephone Line
1953 Rocky Burnette, born in Memphis, rock vocalist, Towing the Line
1951 Dean Unruh, born in Riverton, Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach for the Rhein Fire
1951 Randy California, [Wolfe], Cal, guitarist, Spirit-I Got a Line on You
1950 Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach for the Amsterdam Admirals
1950 Sylvette Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Bottom Line, Menage
1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
1950 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV
1949 Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners
1947 Jeff Lynne, rocker, ELO-Telephone Line, Travelling Wilburys
1947 Jay Ferguson, born in Burbank, California, rocker, Spirit-I Got A Line on You
1946 New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line
1945 British troops reach Grebbe line Netherlands
1945 U.S. 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line
1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall
1944 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line
1944 Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line
1944 German defense line in Italy collapsed
1943 John Locke, rock keyboardist, Spirit-I Got A Line on You
1943 Jeff Greenfield, born in New York City, media commentator, Firing Line, Nightline
1943 British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia
1942 Fred Thompson, senator, R-Tenn, /actor, In the Line of Fire
1941 George F Will, political analyst, Night Line
1940 Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan
1938 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood
1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars
1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
1931 Ed Cassidy, drummer, Spirit-I Got A Line on You
1929 Rachel Ames, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Line Up, Audrey-Gen Hospital
1927 Seung Sahn, zen teacher, Korean line
1922 1st electric power line commercial carrier in U.S., Utica, New York
1922 White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage
1919 Ernest H Martin, [Markowitz], producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line
1918 Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line
1918 Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
1914 Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st U.S. bus line, in Minnesota
1914 World's 1st airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins
1914 John Daly, South Africa, newscaster/TV game show host, What's My Line
1914 Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords
1913 Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
1913 Henry Ford institutes moving assembly line
1913 Dorothy Kilgallen, born in Chicago, Illinois, columnist, What's My Line?
1912 Soewarsil Djojopoespito, Indonesia, writer, Toe the Line
1911 Cy Feuer, New York City, Bdwy producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line
1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood)
1907 John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line
1907 Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher, Rinzai line
1906 London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line)
1904 Steven Geray, Uzhored Czechoslovakia, actor, French Line
1904 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport)
1898 Bennett Cerf, publisher, Random House, panelist, What's My Line
1892 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)
1888 Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist, Rock Island Line
1883 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago
1877 1st telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii completed
1876 Southern Pacific line from LA to San Francisco completed
1870 1st New York City subway line opens (pneumatic powered)
1867 Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line
1864 Battle for Petersburg begins as Gen Grant assaults Confederate line
1861 1st telegraph line linking West and East coasts completed
1861 Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line
1860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens
1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal
1851 City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line
1846 Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Balt
1844 Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line
1824 Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor, Plimsoll line for ships
1787 Samuel Cunard, founder, 1st regular Atlantic steamship line
1767 Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon
1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
1694 Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies
1351 Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan
1326 Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi
1303 Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
1286 Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60
1278 Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65
1253 Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53
739 P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies
732 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line
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