1998 President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference
1996 Francois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72
1994 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68
1994 Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 68
1992 Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies
1990 Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait
1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long
1988 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
1985 Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58'11 ") in Indianapolis quadruple bogies 5th hole and never recovers
1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
1983 Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance
1982 Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies
1982 Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again"
1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
1980 Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins and a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL
1979 "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 7 performances
1979 "But Never Jam Today" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 7 performances
1976 Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
1974 Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1973 Bob Gilbert, actor (Never the Twain Shall Meet), dies of hepatitis 75
1973 Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden
1973 Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 vs. Pakistan Never again
1972 Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
1971 John Lennon leaves U.K. for New York City, never to return
1969 Joey Restivo, born in Brooklyn, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies
1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album (never released)
1968 Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies
1968 Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City
1967 Charlie Pennaelino, Queens, New York, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way
1966 Rick Astley, rock vocalist, Never Gonna Give You Up
1964 Mike Nolan, rocker, Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies
1962 Sumner Arthur Long's "Never Too Late," premieres in New York City
1961 Melissa Etheridge, U.S. singer, songwriter and guitarist, Never Enough
1961 Supremes release "I Want A Guy" and "Never Again"
1959 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US
1958 Feargal Sharkey, rocker, Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart
1956 "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication
1955 Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13
1954 Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress, Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1954 Cheryl Baker, rock vocalist, Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies
1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
1953 [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer, Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye
1953 Bobby Gubby, rocker, Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies
1950 Charlene [D'Angelo], singer, I've Never Been To Me
1947 Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden
1944 Phyllis Frelich, Devil's Lake ND, actor, Love is Never Silent
1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" and would "never rise again"
1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
1940 Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor, Never Say Die
1940 Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey)
1939 Jerry Butler, Sunflower Mississippi, rock vocalist, Never Give You Up
1937 Edward Fox, born in London, England, actor, M-Never Say Never Again
1935 Johnny Mathis, SF, voclaist, Chances Are, 12th of Never
1935 1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
1935 Paul Wilson, U.S. R&B-singer, Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye
1933 Tommy Hunt, U.S. singer, Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye
1931 Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable
1929 Burt Bacharach, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer, I'll Never Fall in Love Again
1929 Roy Hamilton, singer, You'll Never Walk Alone
1927 Richard Johnson, actor, Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door
1927 Gloria Jean, born in Buffalo, New York, actress, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1926 Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated)
1925 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer and conductor, Never on Sunday
1925 Melina Mercouri, Athens Greece, actress/politician, Never on a Sunday
1925 Alec McCowen, Tunbridge Wells England, actor, Never Say Never Again
1923 Francois Chaumette, actor, They Never Slept, Christine
1923 Irvin Kershner, Philadelphia, director, Never Say Never Again
1920 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
1919 Ramsay Ames, actress, G-Men Never Forget, Ali Baba and 40 Thieves
1918 Jo Stafford, born in Coalinga, California, singer, I'll Never Smile Again
1917 Robert Anderson, born in New York, writer, Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father
1914 Charlie Chester, British comedian, Never Say Die
1913 President Wilson says U.S. will never attack another country
1913 Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
1911 Jules Dassin, Middletown CT, director, Circle of Two, Never on Sunday
1906 Satchel Paige, American Athlete, baseball pitcher, never look back
1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
1900 George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell," premieres in London
1888 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know
1874 Kincsem, horse that never lost a race
1864 Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built)
1861 Ft. Point completed and garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)
1854 SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again
1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
1611 Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again
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