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2002 Kevyn Aucoin, make-up artist/writer, Making Face, dies at 40

1997 Thalassa Cruso, gardening expert, Making Things Grow, dies of Alzheimer's at 87

1996 India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning

1996 Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917

1996 Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts"

1995 Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0

1991 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her

1990 Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress

1987 James Jefferson of Winnipeg scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception. (He scored on laterals)

1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"

1986 Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment

1986 Theodore H White, U.S. journalist (Making of President, Pulitzer), dies at 71

1984 Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4

1984 Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990

1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for U.S. military aid

1978 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1

1962 Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960)

1958 Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid

1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again

1955 Glenne Headly, born in New London, Connecticut, actress, Dick Tracy, Making Mr. Right

1955 Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance

1952 India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day

1947 Ben Masters, Corvalis OR, actor, Vic-Another World, Making Mr. Right

1942 New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down

1940 Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress, Making It, Peyton Place

1937 Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist, Feel Like Making Love

1933 Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools

1915 Theodore H White, historian and writer, Making of President

1894 Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks

1886 Louis Hazeltine, inventor, neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible

1882 1st demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York City)

1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible

1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs

1860 Will Keith Kellogg, born in America, vegetarian, founder of Kellogg Company, pioneered process of making flaked cereal, promoted corn flakes as a healthy breakfast cereal

1813 David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas

1790 U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts

1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania

1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope

1521 Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine


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