2012 Event Scientists create a 'magic carpet' using optical fibers to help prevent elderly people from falling by detecting when unusual footsteps are taken 2005 Death Wolfgang Bauer, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change', dies of heart failure in Graz, Styria 1996 Event Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57 1996 Death Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77 1996 Event Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists 1995 Event 49th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in 4 games 1995 Event Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics) 1994 Event "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 30 performances 1994 Event "Little More Magic" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 30 performances 1992 Event Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (2 shy of record) 1992 Birthday Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson 1992 Event Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform 1992 Death Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at 51 1991 Event Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Los Angeles Lakers 1991 Death Regis Toomey, actor (Dive Bomber, Cry Danger, Magic Town), dies at 89 1991 Event NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly 1991 Event Magic Johnson weds Erieatha "Cookie" Kelly 1991 Event "Michael Jackson: Magic and Madness" goes on sale 1991 Event Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assistswith 9,898 1991 Death Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies 1990 Death Eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83 1989 Event Orlando Magic's 1st NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106 1988 Death Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 1986 Event "Blacke's Magic," last airs on NBC-TV 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge 1984 Event "Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore 1983 Death 18/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83 1983 Death 19/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83 1980 Event Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year 1979 Event 10 rebounds and 10 assists, as the Spartans cruise to a 101-67 by Earvin "Magic" Johnson registers triple-double 29 pts 1978 Event "Magic Show" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 1859 performances 1977 Birthday Vince Carter, born in Daytona Beach, Florida, professional basketball player, shooting guard and small forward for Orlando Magic National Basketball Team 1976 Death Johnny Mercer, U.S. songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 1974 Birthday Jason Lawson, NBA center, Orlando Magic 1974 Birthday Johnny Taylor, NBA forward, Orlando Magic 1974 Event "Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 1859 performances 1974 Event Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in New York City 1973 Birthday Brian Evans, NBA forward, Orlando Magic 1973 Birthday David Blaine, born in Brooklyn, New York, illusionist, endurance artist, considered a modern-day Houdini, first television special titled, 'David Blaine; Street Magic' 1973 Birthday David Vaughn, NBA forward, Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors 1972 Birthday Shaquille O'Neal, born in Newark, New Jersey, NBA center for the Magic, Lakers, won 1996 Olympic gold 1971 Birthday Charles Outlaw, NBA forward, Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic 1970 Birthday Brooks Thompson, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic 1968 Birthday Darrell Armstrong, NBA guard, Orlando Magic 1968 Birthday Derek Strong, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic 1968 Birthday Nick Anderson, NBA guard and forward, Orlando Magic 1967 Event 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California 1966 Birthday Donald Royal, NBA forward, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic 1966 Birthday Brian Shaw, NBA guard, Orlando Magic, San Francisco Warriors 1965 Birthday Harvey Grant, NBA forward, Trail Blazers, Orlando Magic, Wizards 1965 Birthday Rony Seikaly, NBA center, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors 1964 Birthday Joe Wolf, NBA forward and center, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets 1964 Birthday Kenny Gattison, NBA forward, Orlando Magic 1964 Birthday Mark Price, born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, NBA guard, played for the Cleveland Caveliers, Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic 1963 Birthday Anthony Bowie, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic 1963 Birthday Gerald Wilkins, NBA guard, Orlando Magic 1963 Birthday Terry Catledge, NBA star, Orlando Magic 1963 Birthday Jon Koncak, NBA center, Orlando Magic 1963 Event "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2 1961 Birthday Derek Harper, NBA guard, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic 1959 Birthday Magic Johnson, born in Lansing, Michigan, professional basketball player, inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame, 2002, played for Michigan State, NBA All-Star Games 1959 Birthday Dan Schayes, NBA center and forward, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic 1959 Birthday Ben Okri, born in London, of Nigerian descent, poet, author, won Booker Prize 1991, for book 'The Famished Road', described as a magic realist 1952 Birthday Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker, Yellow Magic Orchestra 1952 Birthday Alice Hoffman, born in New York City, New York, author, known for novel, 'Practical Magic', adapted for film 1952 Birthday Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese, rocker, Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra 1950 Event "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel 1950 Event Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews 1950 Birthday Mercedes R. Lackey, U.S., sci-fi author, Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn 1948 Event Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel 1947 Birthday Carlos Santana, born in Mexico, rock guitarist, Santana-Black Magic Woman 1945 Birthday Dave Lee Travis, born in Derbyshire, England, radio presenter, stage name DLT, hosted shows on Garrison Radio, BBC Radio 1, Magic Network, DAB Digital Radio 1945 Birthday Magic Dick, Richard Salwitz, harmonicaist, J Geils Band-Centerfold 1944 Birthday Zal Yanovsky, rock guitarist, Lovin' Spoonful-Do You Believe in Magic 1943 Birthday Grover Washington, Jr., jazz artist, Mr Magic 1942 Birthday Susan Hill, English playwright, Magic Apple Tree 1941 Birthday Wolfgang Bauer, born in Graz, Styria, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change' 1940 Birthday Lonnie Liston Smith, U.S. jazz performer, Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady 1940 Birthday Ringo Starr, Beatle drummer/actor, Magic Christian 1938 Birthday Peter Yarrow, New York City, Peter, Paul and Mary-Puff the Magic Dragon 1937 Birthday Anthony Hopkins, born in Wales, actor, Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty 1937 Birthday Magic Sam, rocker, Chicago Bluesman 1934 Birthday Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion 1931 Birthday Jacques Demy, born in France, director, Lola, Magic Donkey 1931 Birthday Hal Linden, Harold Lipshitz, actor, Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic 1926 Birthday Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1920 Birthday Jean Carmet, actor, Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic 1918 Birthday Dorothy McGuire, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Old Yeller, Summer Magic 1914 Birthday Guus Verstraete Sr, August de Graef, Dutch actor/dir, Black Magic 1912 Birthday Louis Prima, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, That Old Black Magic 1912 Birthday Johan Daisne, Herman Thiery, Belgian writer, magic realism 1909 Birthday Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic 1907 Birthday Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer and actor, Magic Horn 1906 Birthday Gottlob Frick, born in Germany, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, best known recording is Osmin, in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Rocco in Fidelio, Sarastro in The Magic Flute 1901 Birthday Pauline Starke, Joplin, Missouri, actress, Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic 1900 Birthday [Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter, magic realism 1893 Event Richard Drigo's ballet "Magic Flute" premieres, St. Petersburg 1875 Birthday Thomas Mann, Germany, novelist, Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929 1870 Event Magic (U.S.) defeats Cambria (England) in 2nd running of America's Cup 1791 Event Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna 1601 Birthday Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor, magic lantern 1492 Event In Spain, 6 Jews and 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic
