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2010 Event - A study suggests the 2010 Haiti Earthquake was caused by newly discovered fault line
2010 Event - Tens of thousands of Poles line the streets to witness the procession of President Kaczynski, en route to the Presidential Palace, Warsaw, where he will lie in state 2001 Death - Arlene Francis, actress, What's My Line?, dies at 93 1997 Death - Wally Bruner, journalist (ABC, What's My Line), dies at 66 1997 Event - America On Line, begins service in Japan 1996 Event - 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line" 1994 Event - "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!) 1994 Death - Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92 1991 Death - Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 1991 Death - Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70 1990 Death - Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69 1990 Event - "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances 1990 Birthday - Princess Eugenie of York, born in Portland Hospital, London, the sixth and the second female in the succession line to the thrones of sixteen independent Commonwealth states 1990 Death - Suzuki Sochu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/abbot of Ryutakuji, dies 1989 Death - Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82 1988 Event - New York City Subway system adds new stations (Z line) 1987 Death - Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44 1984 Event - "Layin' It On Line" by Jefferson Starship peaks at #66 1983 Event - "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show 1980 Death - Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54 1980 Death - Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies 1978 Death - Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75 1978 Death - Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79 1977 Death - Louis Untermeyer, poet/critic/TV panelist (What's My Line), dies at 92 1977 Event - ELO releases "Telephone Line" 1976 Event - 30th Tony Awards: Travesties and Chorus Line win 1975 Event - "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 6137 performances 1975 Event - Hamlisch and Klebans musical "Chorus Line" premieres in New York City 1975 Event - "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres 1975 Death - Larry Blyden, actor (Joe and Mabel, What's My Line), dies at 49 1973 Death - Steven Geray, actor (French Line), dies at 69 1973 Event - Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal 1973 Birthday - Adrien Brody, born in Woodhaven, New York, actor, Academy-Award winning film, 'The Pianist', other films include 'The Thin Red Line', 'Splice', 'Predators' 1972 Event - New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan 1972 Event - BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont 1971 Death - Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 1968 Birthday - Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, 10th in line of succession to the Dutch throne 1967 Event - Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly 1967 Event - Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV 1967 Event - 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line) 1965 Death - Dorothy Kilgallen, columnist (What's My Line?), dies at 52 1963 Event - John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line 1963 Event - Hot Line communications link between Washington D.C. and Moscow begins 1963 Event - Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?" 1963 Event - U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line 1961 Event - Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line" 1960 Event - Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens 1959 Birthday - Audrey Landers, born in Philadelphia, actress, Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line 1958 Event - 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 Event - 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line 1957 Event - Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald 1957 Birthday - Walter Rohlfing, born in Dusseldorf, WLAF defensive line coach, Rhein Fire 1957 Event - Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished 1956 Event - Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service 1956 Event - Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1954 Birthday - Justin Ross, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change 1954 Birthday - Jeff Apple, born in Miami, Florida, producer, In the Line of Fire 1953 Event - Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening 1953 Birthday - Hugh McDowell, chelloist, ELO-Telephone Line 1953 Birthday - Rocky Burnette, born in Memphis, rock vocalist, Towing the Line 1952 Birthday - Jean Paul Gaultier, born in Arceuil, France, fashion designer, host of television series, 'Eurotrash', clothing line for Hermes 1951 Birthday - Dean Unruh, born in Riverton, Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach for the Rhein Fire 1951 Birthday - Randy California, Wolfe, Cal, guitarist, Spirit-I Got a Line on You 1950 Birthday - Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach for the Amsterdam Admirals 1950 Birthday - Sylvette Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Bottom Line, Menage 1950 Event - Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS 1950 Event - 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV 1949 Event - 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 Birthday - Jeff Lynne, rocker, ELO-Telephone Line, Travelling Wilburys 1947 Birthday - Jay Ferguson, born in Burbank, California, rocker, Spirit-I Got A Line on You 1946 Event - New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line 1945 Event - British troops reach Grebbe line Netherlands 1945 Event - U.S. 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line 1944 Event - U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall 1944 Event - 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line 1944 Birthday - Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line 1944 Event - German defense line in Italy collapsed 1943 Birthday - John Locke, rock keyboardist, Spirit-I Got A Line on You 1943 Birthday - Jeff Greenfield, born in New York City, media commentator, Firing Line, Nightline 1943 Event - British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia 1942 Birthday - Fred Thompson, senator, R-Tennessee, actor, 'In the Line of Fire' 1941 Birthday - Wayne Hussey, born in Bristol, England, guitarist, The Sisters of Mercy, lead singer, The Mission, rocker, plays Line 6 Variax 500, Gretsch White Falcon 1940 Event - 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 Event - Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood 1935 Event - 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars 1933 Event - Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yards in, posts on goal line) 1931 Birthday - Ed Cassidy, drummer, Spirit-I Got A Line on You 1929 Birthday - Rachel Ames, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Line Up, Audrey-General Hospital 1927 Birthday - Seung Sahn, zen teacher, Korean line 1922 Event - 1st electric power line commercial carrier in U.S., Utica, New York 1922 Event - White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage 1919 Birthday - Ernest H Martin, Markowitz, producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line 1918 Event - Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line 1918 Event - Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line 1914 Event - Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st U.S. bus line, in Minnesota 1914 Event - World's 1st airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins 1914 Birthday - John Daly, South Africa, newscaster/TV game show host, What's My Line 1914 Event - Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords 1913 Event - Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38) 1913 Event - Henry Ford institutes moving assembly line 1913 Birthday - Dorothy Kilgallen, born in Chicago, Illinois, columnist, What's My Line? 1912 Birthday - Soewarsil Djojopoespito, Indonesia, writer, Toe the Line 1911 Birthday - Cy Feuer, New York City, Bdwy producer, Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line 1910 Event - 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood) 1907 Birthday - Arlene Francis, Boston, radio/TV host, What's My Line? 1907 Birthday - John Hadfield, author/publisher, Love on a Branch Line 1907 Birthday - Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher, Rinzai line 1906 Event - London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) 1904 Birthday - Steven Geray, Uzhored Czechoslovakia, actor, French Line 1904 Event - 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport) 1901 Birthday - George Keyt, born in Sri Lanka, artist, modern painter, cubist style, influenced by Henri Matisse, celebrated for line drawing translation of Gita Govinda into English and Sinhalese 1898 Birthday - Bennett Cerf, publisher, Random House, panelist, What's My Line 1892 Event - 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY) 1888 Birthday - Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist, Rock Island Line 1883 Event - 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago 1877 Event - 1st telephone and telegraph line in Hawaii completed 1876 Event - Southern Pacific line from LA to San Francisco completed 1870 Event - 1st New York City subway line opens (pneumatic powered) 1867 Event - Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line 1864 Event - Battle for Petersburg begins as General Grant assaults Confederate line 1861 Event - 1st telegraph line linking West and East coasts completed 1861 Event - General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line 1860 Event - Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens 1853 Event - Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1851 Event - City of Glasgow steamer inaugurates Philadelphia-Liverpool line 1846 Event - Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Balt 1844 Event - Samuel F.B. Morse completes 1st telegraph line 1824 Birthday - Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor, Plimsoll line for ships 1787 Birthday - Samuel Cunard, founder, 1st regular Atlantic steamship line 1767 Event - Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon 1763 Event - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland 1694 Death - Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies 1351 Death - Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan 1326 Event - Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi 1303 Death - Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies 1286 Death - Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60 1278 Death - Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65 1253 Death - Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 739 Death - P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies 732 Event - Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line |
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