1996 Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
1996 Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77
1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists
1995 49th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in 4 games
1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1994 "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 30 performances
1994 "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 30 performances
1992 Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (2 shy of record)
1992 Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson
1992 Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
1992 Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51
1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Los Angeles Lakers
1991 Regis Toomey, actor (Dive Bomber, Cry Danger, Magic Town), dies at 89
1991 NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly
1991 Magic Johnson weds Erieatha "Cookie" Kelly
1991 "Michael Jackson: Magic and Madness" goes on sale
1991 Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assistswith 9,898
1991 Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies
1990 Eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83
1989 Orlando Magic's 1st NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106
1988 Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49
1986 "Blacke's Magic," last airs on NBC-TV
1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct
1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge
1984 "Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore
1983 18/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
1983 19/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
1979 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Penn Mich State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts,
1978 "Magic Show" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 1859 performances
1976 Johnny Mercer, U.S. songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66
1974 Jason Lawson, NBA center, Orlando Magic
1974 Johnny Taylor, NBA forward, Orlando Magic
1974 "Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 1859 performances
1974 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in New York City
1973 Brian Evans, NBA forward, Orlando Magic
1973 David Vaughn, NBA forward, Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors
1972 Shaquille O'Neal, born in Newark, New Jersey, NBA center for the Magic, Lakers, won 1996 Olympic gold
1971 Charles Outlaw, NBA forward, Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic
1970 Brooks Thompson, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic
1968 Darrell Armstrong, NBA guard, Orlando Magic
1968 Derek Strong, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic
1968 Nick Anderson, NBA guard and forward, Orlando Magic
1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
1966 Donald Royal, NBA forward, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic
1966 Brian Shaw, NBA guard, Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors
1965 Harvey Grant, NBA forward, Trail Blazers, Orlando Magic, Wizards
1965 Rony Seikaly, NBA center, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors
1964 Joe Wolf, NBA forward and center, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
1964 Kenny Gattison, NBA forward, Orlando Magic
1964 Mark Price, NBA guard, Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic
1963 Anthony Bowie, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic
1963 Gerald Wilkins, NBA guard, Orlando Magic
1963 Terry Catledge, NBA star, Orlando Magic
1963 Jon Koncak, NBA center, Orlando Magic
1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2
1961 Derek Harper, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic
1959 Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Michigan, NBA Forward, Los Angeles Lakers/Olympic-gold-92
1959 Magic Johnson, American Athlete
1959 Dan Schayes, NBA center and forward, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic
1952 Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker, Yellow Magic Orchestra
1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jap, rocker, Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orch
1950 "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel
1950 Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews
1950 Mercedes R. Lackey, U.S., sci-fi author, Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn
1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel
1947 Carlos Santana, born in Mexico, rock guitarist, Santana-Black Magic Woman
1945 Magic Dick, [Richard Salwitz], harmonicaist, J Geils Band-Centerfold
1944 Zal Yanovsky, rock guitarist, Lovin' Spoonful-Do You Believe in Magic
1943 Grover Washington, Jr., jazz artist, Mr Magic
1942 Susan Hill, English playwright, Magic Apple Tree
1941 Daniel Manus Pinkwater, U.S., sci-fi author, Magic Moscow
1940 Lonnie Liston Smith, U.S. jazz performer, Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady
1940 Ringo Starr, Beatle drummer/actor, Magic Christian
1938 Peter Yarrow, New York City, Peter, Paul and Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon
1937 Anthony Hopkins, born in Wales, actor, Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty
1937 Magic Sam, rocker, Chicago Bluesman
1934 Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion
1931 Jacques Demy, born in France, director, Lola, Magic Donkey
1931 Hal Linden, [Harold Lipshitz], actor, Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic
1920 Jean Carmet, actor, Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic
1918 Dorothy McGuire, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Old Yeller, Summer Magic
1914 Guus Verstraete Sr, [August de Graef], Dutch actor/dir, Black Magic
1912 Louis Prima, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, That Old Black Magic
1912 Johan Daisne, [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer, magic realism
1909 Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic
1907 Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer and actor, Magic Horn
1901 Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic
1900 [Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter, magic realism
1893 Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St. Petersburg
1875 Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist, Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929
1870 Magic (U.S.) defeats Cambria (England) in 2nd running of America's Cup
1791 Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
1601 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor, magic lantern
1492 In Spain, 6 Jews and 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic
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