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1994 Orange County California files for bankruptcy

1993 Anthony Burgess, novelist (Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76

1992 Leo Halle, soccer goalie (Go Ahead, Orange), dies

1991 Johan Schmitz, actor (Gysbregt van Aemstel/Soldat van Orange), dies

1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show

1986 Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship

1984 $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit

1984 Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship

1982 Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58

1982 Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship

1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa

1979 U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange

1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1978 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1978 Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt and Pepper), dies at 57

1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1975 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1974 Lyndsay Kahler, born in Orange, California, Miss America-California 1997

1974 Alex Corretja, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star, 1990 Orange Bowl boys 16

1974 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1973 Tiffany M Sloan, Orange county California, playmate, Oct, 1992

1973 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1972 Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1971 Stanley Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres

1971 Heath Sims, Orange California, 149 lbs/68 kg greco-roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Donna Faber, born in East Orange, New Jersey, tennis star

1971 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1971 Scott Williams, Orange California, field hockey defender 1996 Olympics

1970 Karen Courtland, Orange, New Jersey, pairs skaters 1994 Olympics

1970 Cristiano Caratti, born in Italy, tennis star, 1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles

1970 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1970 Elaine Youngs, Orange California, volleyball outside hitter 1996 Olympics

1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open

1968 Sally Smith, Orange NSW, golfer, 1993 T67 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters

1968 Thomas P Auth, Orange, New Jersey, rower 1996 Olympics

1968 Kathie Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Blossom Golf Open

1967 Martha Nix, Orange County California, actress, Serena-Waltons

1967 Elexa Wills/Orrange, Orange Texas, long jumper/triple jumper

1967 Laurie Wood, born in Orange, California, playmate, March, 1989

1967 Ian Ziering, born in West Orange, New Jersey, actor, Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210

1967 Elaina Oden, born in Orange California, volleyball middle blocker, Olympics bronze-92, 96

1967 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Golf Classic

1965 Carin Garbarra, East Orange, New Jersey, soccer forward 1996 Olympics

1964 Mark E Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut

1964 Scott J Kelly, Orange, New Jersey, Lt USN/astronaut

1963 Schae Harrison, born in Orange, California, actress, Darla-Bold and Beautiful

1962 Joetta Clark, East Orange, New Jersey, 800m runner, Olympic-1992

1960 Misha Mck, East Orange, New Jersey, actress, Gerri-Me and Mrs. C

1959 Kevin Spacey, born in South Orange, New Jersey, actor, Dad, Henry and June, Darrow

1958 Debra Jensen, born in Orange County, California, playmate, January, 1978

1956 Ena Heese, South African costume designer, Willem of Orange

1955 Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County

1954 Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73

1953 Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63

1953 Henriette J. Toll, actress, Soldier of Orange

1953 Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea

1952 Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard

1951 Andre Hazes, Dutch barkeeper/singer, We Love Orange

1947 Lex van Delden, Dutch actor, Soldier of Orange

1946 Walter "Clyde" Orange, Florida, rocker, Commodores-Too Hot to Trot

1946 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], author/Radio Orange, dies

1946 Bryan D O'Connor, Orange Cal, Col USMC/astronaut, STS 61B, STS 40

1946 Gillian Hills, born in Cairo, Egypt, actress, Blow-up, Clockwork Orange

1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated

1945 Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion

1944 Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts

1943 Malcolm McDowell, born in Leeds, England, actor, Clockwork Orange, Caligula

1943 John Oliver Creighton, born in Orange, Texas, Capt USN/astronaut, STS 51G, 36, 48

1942 Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut Meister, Orange, New Jersey, rocker, Angels

1942 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"

1942 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies

1941 Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason

1940 Dionne Warwick, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer, Solid Gold, Way to San Jose

1940 Barbara Allbut, Orange, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Angels

1940 Radio Orange, London begins

1940 David Ackroyd, Orange, New Jersey, actor, I Come in Peace, Memories of Me

1938 John Harris Harbison, Orange, New Jersey, composer

1937 James Marcus, actor (Clockwork Orange), dies at 60

1935 Roy Scheider, born in Orange, New Jersey, actor, All That Jazz, Jaws, seaQuest DSV

1935 Gail Fisher, Orange, New Jersey, actress, Peggy-Mannix

1935 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl

1934 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres

1931 Thomas K "Tom" van Brook, actor/interpreter, Soldier of Orange

1931 Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84

1923 Henny Alma, [Hendrika den Broek], Dutch actress, Soldier of Orange

1922 Joan Caulfield, East Orange, New Jersey, actress, Liz-My Favorite Husband

1922 Patrick J G McGee, born in North Ireland, actor, Clockwork Orange

1921 President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show

1921 Gordon MacRae, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer and actor, Oklahoma, Carousel

1920 Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor, Clockwork Orange, Patton

1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen

1917 Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist, Clockwork Orange

1916 A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa

1910 Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies

1910 Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter, Orange Newspaper

1910 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, born in Orange, New Jersey, boxer/actor, On the Waterfront

1907 Gerhard Alexander, [Veldheer], Dutch actor, Prince Willem of Orange

1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony)

1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State

1899 Orange Free state mobilizes

1898 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], Dutch writer/Radio Orange

1893 1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, NJ

1893 Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)

1891 Henry O'Neill, Orange, New Jersey, actor, Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble

1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips"

1887 Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor, White Sin

1880 Aart A van Schelven, Dutch church historian, Willem of Orange

1879 Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39

1876 Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist, Prince William of Orange

1854 Great-Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein

1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa)

1851 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands and Orange"

1851 [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands

1850 Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange, dies at 74

1849 Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye"

1843 Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange/son of king Willem III

1841 Marie von Wied, Princess of Orange Nassau

1820 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68

1799 W G Frederik, prince of Orange/general, dies at 25

1793 Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange

1787 Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede

1786 Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg

1774 W G Frederik, prince of Orange

1752 Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter

1751 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange/wife of Willem V

1734 Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne

1713 Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom

1711 Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23

1688 Whig-Lords questions prince Willem III van Orange on Protestantism

1688 Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange

1687 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/ruler, Nassau-Dietz,

1687 Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz

1678 Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange

1664 Dutch Fort Orange (Albany New York) surrenders to English

1657 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75

1650 Willem II, earl of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 24

1647 Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 63

1629 Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59

1627 Louise Henriette, [Mlle d'Orange], daughter of Frederik Henry

1626 William II, prince of Orange/stadholder

1625 Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57

1620 Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65

1620 Louise de Coligny, 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65

1618 Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63

1597 Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies

1584 Willem I "the Silent", [Willem of Orange], earl of Nassau, dies at 51

1584 Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange

1583 William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny

1582 Willem van Orange moves from Antwerp to Delft

1582 Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies

1582 Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp

1581 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange

1581 States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange

1580 Charlotte Brabantia, countess of Nassau/daughter of Willem of Orange

1580 Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam

1580 Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange

1579 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I of Orange

1578 Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange

1577 Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32

1575 Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon

1575 William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon

1574 Prince Willem van Orange installs university

1572 Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht

1569 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange and Anna of Saxon

1568 In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw

1567 Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda

1564 Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion

1561 Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon

1561 William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais

1559 Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht

1556 Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies

1555 William of Orange becomes member of Council of State

1555 Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange

1551 Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond and Buren

1550 Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange

1545 Willem of Nassau becomes prince of Orange

1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange, 1561-71

1544 Rene of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle

1530 Philibert Chalon, prince of Orange/viceroy of Naples, dies

1505 Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg

1502 Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies

1463 Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies

1418 Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies



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