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1999 Next transit of Mercury visible in North America

1995 Northants all out 46 vs. Essex and wins game next day

1994 Elias Canetti, buried next to James Joyce

1994 Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication

1992 Gerda Nicolson, actress (Next of Kin, Clinic), dies

1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings

1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show

1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington

1987 "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV

1984 Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74

1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial half his ashes next to N Senzaki

1984 Avon Long, dancer/actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies of cancer at 73

1983 Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games

1981 Brian Bonsall, actor, Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation

1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters

1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks

1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend

1979 Miniseries "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV

1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4

1975 Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in New York City

1974 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)

1972 Wil Wheaton, born in California, actor, Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me

1972 Damon Sharpe, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor/musician, Guys Next Door

1971 Bobby Leslie, TV rocker, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You

1971 Chris Wolf, actor/musician, Guys Next Door

1971 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row

1970 Patrick Dancy, TV rocker, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You

1969 Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 and 8 follow in next 2 days

1969 Eddie Garcia, born in Louisiana, actor/musician, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You

1969 Joszi Jeno Tersanszky, Hungarian writer (Till Next Time), dies at 81

1968 Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day

1967 Michelle Forbes, born in Austin, Texas, actress, Ensign Ro-Star Trek Next Gen

1965 Ben Stiller, New York City, actor, Ben Stiller Show, Next of Kin, Cable Guy

1962 Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27)

1961 Expansion Washington Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games

1961 Tammy Stephens, Arlington, Texas, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel

1960 Atom Egoyan, born in Cairo, Egypt, director, Adjuster, Next of Kin

1959 Diane Williams, Hahn AFB Ger, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel

1959 Marina Sirtis, born in London, actress, Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation

1958 Cindy Nixon, born in Nashville, Tennessee, singer, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel

1957 Denise Crosby, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen

1957 LeVar Burton, Landstuhl Germany, Roots, Star Trek Next Generation

1957 Doris King, born in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel

1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games

1955 Bill Paxton, actor, Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies

1955 Brent Spiner, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Data-Star Trek the Next Generation

1954 Robin Roberts gives up a HR then retires next 27 men in a row

1953 Gates McFadden, Columbus Ohio, actress, Star Trek Next Generation

1953 Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary

1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row

1952 Michael Dorn, actor, Worf-Star Trek Next Generation

1952 Jonathan Frakes, actor, Commander William T Riker-Star Trek Next Gen

1952 Stan Shaw, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mississippi, Roots Next Generation

1950 U.S. beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)

1950 Johanna E "Joke" Beerens, actress, Schipper Next to God

1949 Gates McFadden, actress, Beverly Crusher on Star Trek Next Generation

1948 John de Lancie, actor, Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives

1946 Tony Craig, [Kulasa], born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, That Boy Next Door

1940 Patrick Stewart, born in England, actor, Picard-Star Trek Next Generation

1938 Diana Muldaur, New York City, actress, McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law

1934 Sonia Sanchez, U.S. playwright and poet, The Bronx is Next

1934 Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play

1932 World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers

1926 June Haver, Rock Island, actress, Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door

1924 Doris Day, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, girl next door actress, Pillow Talk

1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks

1922 Adolfo Celi, born in Sicily, Italy, director, Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue

1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality

1915 Eli Wallach, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Magnificent 7, Misfits, People Next Door

1911 Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day

1910 Avon Long, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Roots: Next Generation

1902 Lillian Bronson, Lockport, New York, actress, Next Voice you Hear

1854 With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks

1849 Friedrich von Bernhardi, Ger historian, Germany and the Next War

1818 "Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; 1st sung next day

1790 Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89

1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives



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