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2013 Event - Beatrix of the Netherlands announces she will abdicate her throne to her son, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, on April 30, 2013

2012 Event - Women-only literary prizes are launched by Canada and Australia; the prize, formerly known as the Orange continues its search for a sponsor

2012 Event - For the first time since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the United States plans to help clean up herbicide Agent Orange from areas in Vietnam

2011 Event - Casey Anthony, cleared of murdering her daughter Caylee and set to be released from the Orange County, Florida jail, attracts major crowds unhappy with the judgement

1994 Event - Orange County California files for bankruptcy

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

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

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

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

1986 Event - Oklahoma wins Orange Bowl for college football championship

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

1984 Event - Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship

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

1982 Event - Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship

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

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

1979 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1978 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

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

1977 Event - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1976 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1975 Birthday - Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide

1975 Event - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

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

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

1974 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

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

1973 Event - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

1972 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

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

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

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

1971 Event - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

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

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

1970 Birthday - Jason Lee, born in Orange, California, actor, professional skateboarder, known for playing Earl Hickey on 'My Name Is Earl' television series

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

1970 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic

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

1969 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open

1968 Birthday - Sally Smith, Orange NSW, golfer, 1993 T67 Alpine Australia Ladies Masters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1967 Event - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Golf Classic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1955 Event - Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County

1954 Birthday - John Kimmel, born in East Orange, New Jersey, John C. Kimmel, horse trainer, trained at University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, trained famous horses, Better Than Honour, Premium Tap, wins include Florida Derby, 2004, Pennsylvania Derby, 2007, among others

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

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

1953 Birthday - Henriette J. Toll, actress, Soldier of Orange

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

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

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

1947 Birthday - Lex van Delden, Dutch actor, Soldier of Orange

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

1946 Death - Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, author/Radio Orange, dies

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

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

1945 Event - Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated

1945 Event - Radio Orange ends cooperation at Liese-Aktion

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

1943 Birthday - Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement

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

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

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

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

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

1941 Event - Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason

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

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

1940 Event - Radio Orange, London begins

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

1939 Birthday - Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books

1938 Birthday - John Harris Harbison, Orange, New Jersey, composer

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

1936 Birthday - Bill Zeliff, born in East Orange, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Hampshire 1991 - 1997

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

1935 Event - 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl

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

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

1931 Death - Thomas A. Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, New Jersey, at 84

1926 Birthday - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, born in East Orange, New Jersey, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life'

1923 Birthday - Henny Alma, Hendrika den Broek, Dutch actress, Soldier of Orange

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

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

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

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

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

1918 Event - Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen

1917 Birthday - Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist, Clockwork Orange

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

1910 Death - Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies

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

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

1907 Birthday - Gerhard Alexander, Veldheer, Dutch actor, Prince Willem of Orange

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

1900 Event - Britain annexes Orange Free State

1899 Event - Orange Free state mobilizes

1898 Birthday - Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, Dutch writer/Radio Orange

1893 Event - 1st movie close-up, of a sneeze, Edison studio, West Orange, New Jersey

1893 Event - Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey

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

1887 Event - Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips"

1887 Birthday - Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor, White Sin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1841 Birthday - Marie von Wied, Princess of Orange Nassau

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

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

1793 Event - Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange

1787 Event - Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede

1786 Event - Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg

1774 Birthday - W G Frederik, prince of Orange

1752 Event - Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1678 Event - Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange

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

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

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

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

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

1627 Birthday - Louise Henriette, Mlle d'Orange, daughter of Frederik Henry

1626 Birthday - William II, prince of Orange/stadholder

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

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

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

1618 Death - Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63

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

1584 Death - Willem I "the Silent", Willem of Orange, earl of Nassau, dies at 51

1584 Birthday - Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange

1583 Event - William of Orange marries Louise de Coligny

1582 Event - Willem van Orange moves from Antwerp to Delft

1582 Death - Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies

1582 Event - Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp

1581 Birthday - Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daughter of Willem of Orange

1581 Event - States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange

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

1580 Event - Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam

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

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

1578 Birthday - Catharina Belgica of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange

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

1575 Event - Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon

1575 Event - William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon

1574 Event - Prince Willem van Orange installs university

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

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

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

1567 Event - Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda

1564 Event - Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion

1561 Event - Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon

1561 Event - William of Orange appointed viceroy of Burgundy/Charolais

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

1556 Event - Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies

1555 Event - William of Orange becomes member of Council of State

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

1551 Event - Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond and Buren

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

1545 Event - Willem of Nassau becomes prince of Orange

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

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

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

1505 Event - Jews are expelled from Orange Burgandy by Philibert of Luxembourg

1502 Death - Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies

1463 Death - Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies

1418 Death - Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/Governor of Burgundy, dies

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