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2006 Java, Indonesia suffers a 6.3 magnitue earthquake, killing more than 6,000

2004 Tropical Storm Jeanne kills more than 550 during flooding in Haiti

2003 Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran

1998 India resumes underground nuclear tests after more than a 20 year gap

1998 Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record

1997 More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809

1995 New York City bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more

1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years

1994 Frederik "Frits" van der More, archaeologist/art historian, dies at 87

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

1993 Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits, 4th time in 1993 a Padre gets 5 or more hits

1990 FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs

1989 NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24

1989 Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price)

1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades

1988 NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years

1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL

1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US

1988 Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record

1987 New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game

1987 Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35)

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

1986 Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made

1986 New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons

1985 Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000

1984 Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights"

1982 U.S. budget deficit reaches more than $110 trillion for fiscal year 1982

1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats

1982 Kenneth More, British actor (Genevieve), dies of Parkinson disease at 67

1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men

1982 Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million

1981 Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen

1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey

1978 Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size

1978 RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service

1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more

1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more

1977 "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12

1976 Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88

1976 Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78

1973 Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents

1967 Erik van der More, soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1967 Vijay Yadav, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia

1966 Beatle John Lennon says Beatles are more popular than Jesus

1966 Nan Woods, actress, 1 More Saturday Night

1966 John Lennon, says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam

1964 "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 15 performances

1964 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 15 performances

1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years

1963 Billy Gould, born in Los Angeles, California, rock bassist, Faith No More

1962 Mike "Puffy" Bordin, SF, rock drummer, Faith No More

1962 Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more

1962 U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million

1962 3 more Cleveland HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games

1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

1961 Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion

1961 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season

1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba

1961 British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive

1958 Leo Kenter, Dutch drummer, Trockener Kecks-More! More! More!

1958 Carmel, [McCourt], England, rocker, Storm, More More More

1958 Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times

1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages

1953 French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy

1947 Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist, Many More Years to Come

1945 Noel Coward's revue "Sigh no More," premieres in London

1944 Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food

1944 Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans

1944 In occupied Rome, Nazis execute more than 300 civilians

1943 Shoe rationing begins in U.S. (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)

1941 Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More

1937 Paul Elmer More, American Critic

1935 H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more

1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"

1929 1st time New York curb stock exchange transacts more business than New York Exch

1925 U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult

1925 Lee Van Cleef, New Jersey, actor, For a Few Dollars More, Escape from New York

1923 Hitler demands "hatred and more hatred" in Berlin

1918 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more

1918 Joe Carveth, NHL forward, scored 20 or more goals in 3 seasons

1916 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 U.S. tennis titles

1914 Kenneth More, born in England, actor, 39 Steps, Doctor in the House

1904 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes

1904 Leslie French, actor/singer, More than a Miracle

1896 Gary Davis, born in Laurens, South Carolina, blues/folk guitarist, A Little More Faith

1888 Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes

1888 "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes

1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose

1880 Helen Keller, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many

1864 Paul Elmer More, American Critic

1863 U.S. General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive

1862 Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo

1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day

1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa

1833 Hannah More, English Writer

1828 More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar

1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown, New York, suffragist, 80 Years and More

1791 Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 U.S. patent

1755 Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000

1745 Hannah More, English Writer

1570 Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots

1535 Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57

1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason

1532 Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor

1529 Thomas More appointed English Lord Chancellor

1478 Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia

1242 Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia



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