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2006 17 Islamic men are arrested in a plot to bomb targets in Toronto
2005 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 2004 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 2004 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Julian Knowles and Nenad Zimonjic 2003 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis 2003 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 2002 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Lleyton Hewitt beat David Nalbandian 2002 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor, 2002 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta 2001 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Rafter 2001 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer beat Jiri Novak and David Rikl 2001 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis 2000 Jason Robards, actor, All the President's Men, dies at 78 2000 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter 2000 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde beat Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle 2000 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis 1999 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1999 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi 1999 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes beat 1999 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg 1998 Alan J. Pakula, "director, producer", All the President's Men, dies at 70 1998 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic 1998 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis beat Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde 1998 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio 1997 Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA 1997 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City 1997 Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men, dies at 68 1996 Couples, Love and Stewart win Wendy's Men's 3 Tour Golf Challenge 1996 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1996 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67 1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men 1996 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA) 1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1995 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 1995 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win 1995 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1995 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win 1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72 1994 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1993 "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 40 performances 1993 "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 40 performances 1993 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71 1993 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN 1992 Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies 1992 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51 1992 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1991 Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92 1991 Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit 1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1991 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1991 Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59 1991 Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40 1990 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait 1990 European court rules pension rights for both men and women 1990 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73 1989 "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances 1989 Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men," premieres in New York City 1989 Cincinnati Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning 1989 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime 1989 May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies 1989 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1989 77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62) 1988 3 men end 29-hour all-466-station subway ride in New York City 1988 Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title 1988 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4 hours 55 minutes - longest men's final in U.S. Open history 1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79 1988 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA) 1987 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic 1987 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73 1987 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN) 1986 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 1986 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA) 1985 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75 1984 73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62) 1984 Men's choir Maranatha Netherlands forms 1984 U.S. men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics 1984 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75) 1984 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours 1984 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule 1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 1983 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1983 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins 1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on U.K. pop chart 1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1982 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62 1982 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1981 Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies 1981 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50 1981 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder 1980 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54 1980 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR 1980 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62) 1979 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan State beats Indiana State. 75-64 1979 Men's Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.) 1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry 1978 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood 1978 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88 1978 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA) 1977 Gertrude Astor, actress (Ship of Wanted Men), dies on 90th birthday 1977 New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0 1977 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59 1977 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.) 1976 Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58 1976 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68 1976 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB) 1976 Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64 1975 Viaceslav Ivanovski, Israel, Men's Weightlifting 99kg 1975 Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65 1975 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55 1975 "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater New York City for 5 performances 1973 Wanya Morris, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men 1973 Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62 1973 Walter Greaza, actor (Leonard-Martin Kane, Treasury Men), dies at 76 1973 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76 1972 Shawn Stockman, Slim, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men 1972 U.S. Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to U.S.S.R. (disputed) 1972 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76 1971 Michael S McCary, Boss, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men 1971 Nathan Morris, Alex Vanderpool, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men 1971 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title 1971 "City Command" kidnaps 4 U.S. military men at Ankara, Turkey 1971 Teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73 1971 Swiss men accept female suffrage 1971 Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump, 1996 Olympics 1970 Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63 1970 Shay-Oren Smadja, born in Israel, men's half middleweight judoka, 1996 Olympics 1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1970 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69 1970 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA) 1969 Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter, 1996 Olympics 1969 Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only) 1969 2nd U.S. Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain) 1969 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1969 Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1969 Nir Shental, Israel, Men's 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics 1969 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years 1969 Scott Alexander Brownlee, born in Hamilton, New Zealand, rowing coxless 4 men 1996 Olympics 1969 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA 1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st U.S. woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah 1969 Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City 1968 Borman, Lovell and Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon 1968 Will Smith, actor/rapper, Men In Black, Indepedence Day, Fresh Prince 1968 Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores 1968 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55 1968 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) 1968 Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor, Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men 1967 7 men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridan Miss 1967 Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump, 1996 Olympics 1967 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64 1967 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) 1967 John Herbert's "Fortune and Men's Eyes," premieres in New York City 1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1966 Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage 1966 Vladislav Neiman, born in Israel, Men's flyweight boxer, 1996 Olympics 1966 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65 1966 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer AUT 1965 Rob Schneider, actor, Saturday Night Live, Men Behaving Badly 1965 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 1964 Rosie Perez, born in Brooklyn, actress, Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump 1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" 1964 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83 1964 Reniet Vrieze, rock singer and guitarist, Pilgrims-White Men 1963 John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women 1963 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cincinnati 60-58 (OT) 1962 Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996 1962 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 71-59 1962 Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 1961 Nancy Travis, New York City, actress, Kim-Almost Perfect, Chaplin, 8 Men Out 1961 Spain accept equal rights for men and women 1961 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) 1960 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55 1960 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA) 1960 USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating 1959 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70 1959 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA 1958 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere") 1958 Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society 1958 Kevin Pollak, SF, comedian, Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men 1958 St. Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout 1958 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72 1958 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA 1957 Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist, Men At Work-Who Can it Be 1957 Margaret Colin, actress, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby 1957 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs) 1957 Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA) 1956 George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 1956 Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway 1956 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71 1956 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA 1955 Tony Allcock, born in Leicestershire, England, bowler, two-time world outdoor singles champion, 1992, 1996, world singles champion 1986, 1987, 2002, won silver medal in men's singles event at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada 1955 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63 1954 Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics 1954 Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76 1954 Craig Wasson, born in Oregon, actor, Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club 1954 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US 1953 Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist, Men At Work 1953 Colin Hay, born in Scotland, rock vocalist, Men At Work 1953 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68 1953 Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA 1952 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns 80-63 1952 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA 1951 Dacron men's suits introduced 1951 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58 1951 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA 1950 Agnes Repplier, American essayist and writer, 'Books and Men' and 'In Pursuit of Laughter', dies 1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year 1950 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford and De Havilland win 1950 Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA) 1950 Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" 1950 David Strathairn, actor, LA Confidential, Eight Men Out 1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities 1949 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 1949 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA 1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42 1948 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA 1947 Ted Danson, born in San Diego California, actor, Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men and a Baby 1947 Belinda Balaski, Inglewood California, actor, Cannonball, Proud Men, Howling 1947 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men) 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47 1946 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40 1946 Andre Dussollier, Annecy France, actor, 3 Men and a Cradle 1945 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44 1945 Barry Holstein Lopez, U.S. author, Of Wolves and Men 1944 In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis 1944 German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany 1944 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 1943 Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps 1943 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34 1942 Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men 1942 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty 1941 All elderly Jewish men of Kerenchug Ukraine, are killed by SS 1941 Michael Lerner, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 8 Men Out, Harlem Nights 1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 1940 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime 1940 John Mahoney, born in Manchester, England, actor, Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out 1940 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42 1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 1937 John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," premieres in New York City 1935 Link Wray, rocker, Link Wray and His Ray Men 1935 Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene, Texas, actress, Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie 1934 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) 1934 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61) 1933 Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City 1932 R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76 1931 John Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men 1930 Bryan Magee, born in Hoxton, England, broadcaster, author, politician, presented current affairs television show This Week, made philosophy accessible with his 'Men of Ideas' television series 1928 Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6 1928 Alan J. Pakula, director, All the President's Men, Klute 1928 Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men 1927 Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet 1927 James Curwood, U.S. journalist and writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 1927 Anne Gillis, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men 1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours 1925 Dickie Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men 1925 Hal Holbrook, born in Cleveland, actor, All the President's Men, Mark Twain 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers 1921 Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist, 100 Men and a Girl 1921 Harry Secombe, Swansea, Wales, actor, Down Among the "Z" Men 1921 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium 1920 D. J. Enright, born in England, poet and novelist, Some Men are Brothers 1920 Swiss men vote against women's suffrage 1919 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam 1918 Frankie Darro, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men 1918 Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet, Illinois, actress, All the King's Men 1917 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1917 American men begin registering for the draft 1916 General Douglas Haig reports "The men are in splendid spirits" 1915 Charles L[eonard] Harness, U.S., sci-fi author, Paradox Men, Wolfhead 1915 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280,000 men 1914 Jeff Corey, born in New York City, actor, Getting Straight, Superman and Mole Men 1912 Ann Dvorak, McKim, New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface 1911 Broderick Crawford, Philadelphia, actor, All the King's Men, Highway Patrol 1911 Lee J Cobb, New York City, actor, Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront 1910 Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist, Men Around the President 1910 Jack Hawkins, London, actor, Ben-Four Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story 1910 Richard Conte, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel 1908 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa 1908 Robert Rossen director and writer, Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo 1906 Henry Mathewson (New York Giants, Christy's brother) walks 14 men 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3 1905 Robert Penn Warren, 1st U.S. poet laureate, All the King's Men 1905 Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago 1899 Jacques Audiberti, French poet, Race of Men 1898 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men" 1897 Teddy Hart, New York City, actor, 3 Men on a Horse 1896 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer, Men of the South 1894 Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men 1893 Irving Bacon, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, Branded Men, Fort Ti 1893 For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago 1889 Walter Lippmann, New York City, journalist/political writer, Men of Dystany 1888 Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest 1888 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know 1886 Jean Hersholt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actor, Men in White, Aryan 1885 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet, Men of Good Will 1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. poet (Representive Men), dies 1882 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men 1881 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI) 1881 Lois Weber, 1st U.S. woman film director, What Do Men Want? 1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England 1874 Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City 1868 Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash 1863 Hermann Bahr, Austria writer and director, New Men 1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men 1862 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC 1861 Manassas, Virginia General Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, General Johnston is ordered to Manassas 1859 Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, poet and novelist, Charles Men, Nobel 1916 1855 Agnes Repplier, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American essayist and writer, 'Books and Men' and 'In Pursuit of Laughter' 1852 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St. London) 1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) 1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal) 1844 Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London 1837 Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) 1836 London Working Men's Association forms 1828 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard 1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50 1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa 1776 Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" 1776 Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" 1774 Minute Men organized in colonies 1722 Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards 1689 Russia began taxing men's beards 1676 Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass 1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1640 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka 1612 Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader, King's Men 1528 Panfilo the Narvaez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida |
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