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1997 Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time

1995 Mount Ruapehu Volcano, North Island, New Zealand erupts

1995 World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai

1992 1st Belgian woman, Ingrid Baeyens, to ascend Mount Everest

1991 Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines

1991 Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo erupts

1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts

1991 Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history

1991 Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mount Unzen Volcano in Japan

1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years

1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78

1989 Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top

1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mount McKinley, Alaska

1986 Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71

1985 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (state record)

1982 Mount Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return

1982 Battle of Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands

1980 Macalaster University of St. Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14

1980 Mount Everest climbed by Italian Reinhold Messner, alone

1980 Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mount Everest

1980 Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die

1980 Mount St. Helens becomes active after 123 years

1979 Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on Antarctica kills 257

1978 Adrienne Frantz, born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, Tiffany Thorne-Sunset Beach

1977 Danny Gerard, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge

1975 Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest

1975 Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit

1974 Mount Etna in Sicily erupted

1973 Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer (Mount Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74

1972 200,000 attend Mount Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania

1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche

1971 Garvin Alston, Mount Vernon, New York, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies

1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy

1971 Tony Miller, Mount Pleasant Texas, 400m runner

1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mount Everest

1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour rec)

1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington, New Hampshire a state record

1969 Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mount Lake Park, Maryland, Miss Maryland-America 1991

1969 Kelly Robbins, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1995 McDonald's LPGA

1968 Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption

1967 Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 in New Hampshire

1967 WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting

1966 Dean Cain, born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, actor, Clark-Lois and Clark

1966 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die

1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens

1963 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest

1963 Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese

1962 John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, New York City builder, dies at 79

1962 French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel

1962 Bonny Warner, born in Mount Baldy, California, lugist

1962 Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500

1961 Johnny Ray Huston, Mount Vernon, Illinois, PGA golfer, 1990 Honda Classic

1960 Mike Lookinland, born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, actor, Bobby-Brady Bunch

1960 Mary Beth Zimmerman, Mount Vernon, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1987 Henredon Classic

1960 Leora "Sam" Jones, born in Mount Olive, North Carolina, U.S. team handball player 1992 Olympics

1960 Cindy Figg-Currier, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, golfer, 1994 British Open-6th

1960 Peggy A. Whitson, Mount Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut

1956 Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai

1956 Richard A. Searfoss, born in Mount Clemons, Michigan, Astronaut, STS-58, 76, sk 90

1956 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79

1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (U.S.S.R.) explodes

1955 Danny Joe Pohl, born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1986 Colonial

1955 Jerry M Linenger, Mount Clemens, Michigan, PhD/Commander USN/astronaut, STS-81/84

1955 WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mount Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting

1954 Denzel Washington, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Dr. Chandler-St. Elsewhere

1954 George E. Mahlberg, Astrophysicist, Mount Palomar/Mount Wilson California, 1974 - 1978

1954 John Schneider, born in Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Bo-Dukes of Hazzard

1954 Julie Carmen, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Gloria, Last Plane Out

1954 James F Reilly II, born in Mount Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS-89, sk:100

1953 Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet

1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500

1951 James Stephens, Mount Kisko, New York, actor, Paper Chase, Devil's Island

1951 "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000

1949 Tom Verlaine, Miller, Mount Morris, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Television

1949 Bruce Jenner, born in Mount Kisco, New York, decathalete 1976 Olympics gold

1948 Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mount Rushmore

1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus

1948 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus

1947 200" mirror arrives at Mount Palomar

1947 Ken Singleton, born in Mount Vernon, New York, baseball player, Orioles

1947 Dave Mount, born in Carshalton, Surrey, rocker, member of the glam English rock band, Mud

1946 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mount Greylock, MA

1946 Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456

1944 Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber, Mount Everest

1944 Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington

1944 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes

1943 Roz Kelly, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Owl and Pussycat, Happy Days

1943 Benjamin W. Jipcho, born in Mount Elgon, Kenya, 3K steeplechase, won Olympic silver in 1972

1943 Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured

1942 Michael Eisner, born in Mount Kisko, New York, CEO, Walt Disney

1941 Mount Rushmore is completed

1941 Gutzon Borglum, sculptor Mount Rushmore, dies at 73

1941 John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73

1939 Junko Tabei, Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest

1939 Ferdinand Mount, British Writer

1938 Don Meredith, born in Mount Vernon, Texas, NFL quarterback, Cowboys, and Monday Night Football

1935 Dick Enberg, Mount Clemens, Michigan, sportscaster, Where's Huddles

1934 5.08-m (200") Mount Palomar Observatory mirror is cast

1934 Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph

1934 Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (SF) dedicated

1934 Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount," premieres in New York City

1933 Mount Davidson Cross lit by Franklin D. Roosevelt via telegraph

1933 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale

1933 1st airplane flight over Mount Everest

1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated

1932 Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex

1931 Gavin MacLeod, Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat

1930 Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens

1930 James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, light HW boxer 1956 Olympics gold

1930 Kenneth Nelson, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, actor, Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family

1930 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)

1929 Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park

1929 Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV Host, American Bandstand

1929 Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV host, American Bandstand

1929 Jim Whittacker, mountain climber, 1st American to climb Mount Everest

1928 Ann Blyth, Mount Kisko, New York, actress, Kismet, Mildred Pierce

1928 Lew Gallo, Mount Kisko, actor, 12 O'Clock High

1926 Paul Lynde, Mount Vernon, Ohio, comedian, Uncle Arthur-Bewitched

1926 Andy Griffith, Mount Airy, North Carolina, actor, Andy Griffith Show, Matlock

1926 Tim Valentine, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1983 - 1995

1925 Mount Rushmore 1st proposed

1919 Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest

1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages

1918 Art Carney, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Ed Norton-Honeymooners

1917 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted

1912 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses

1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley climbed

1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals

1909 Robert Helpmann, born in Mount Gambier, Australia, actor, Second Time Lucky

1908 1st ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica

1906 John Betjeman, poet laureate of England, Mount Zion

1906 Kay Kyser, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, orchestra leader, Kay Kyser's Kollege

1906 John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984, Mount Zion

1904 Kay Johnson, Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Real Glory, Of Human Bondage

1902 Mount Pelee erupts, wipes out St. Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000

1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in U.S.)

1898 Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer, Mount Wilson/Palomar

1891 Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania

1886 Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mount Fuji at age 99

1885 Ulysses S Grant, 18th U.S. president, dies in Mount McGregor, New York, at 63

1882 John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall

1876 Walter S. Adams, U.S. astronomer and director of Mount Wilson, 1923 - 1946

1873 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, California, 14,494'

1873 Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber, Mount St. Elias

1870 1st ascent of Mount Rainier, Washington

1869 William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum

1867 Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, Mount Rushmore

1864 Carl Ethan Akeley, U.S., naturalist, devoleped animal mount process

1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas

1861 Battle of Mount Ivy, Kentucky

1843 Mount Rainier in Washington State erupts

1842 Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts

1838 Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class

1837 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women

1837 1st ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York

1834 Mount Vesuvius erupts

1834 Charles Darwin climbs Mount Campana in Chile

1816 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia

1805 Great Stoneface Mount found in New Hampshire

1800 Mount Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in U.S.

1799 George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon

1797 Mary Lyon, U.S., educator, Mount Holyoke, Hall of Fame

1792 British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier, Washington

1741 Captain Bering discovers Mount St. Elias, Alaska

1693 Mount Etna erupts, Sicily

1669 Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000

1631 Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000

1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal)

79 Mount Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die


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