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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-Tennessee, actor, 'In the Line of Fire' 1941 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 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 yards 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-General 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 Arlene Francis, Boston, radio/TV host, What's My Line? 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) 1901 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 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 General Grant assaults Confederate line 1861 1st telegraph line linking West and East coasts completed 1861 General 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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