2001 The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride
1999 "Glen Seaborg, Ph.D", chemist, won a Nobel for discovering plutonium and other elements, dies at 86
1993 Cy Howard, director (Lovers and Other Strangers), dies at 77
1992 President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
1991 Thomas Tryon, actor (Cardinal)/writer (Other), dies at 65
1991 Bob Milacki and 3 other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits
1990 Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City
1990 South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs
1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk frees Sisulu and 4 other political prisoners
1989 Steve Garvey marries Candace Thomas while at same time being accused of fathering children by 2 other women
1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays and other expressive activities
1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey
1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
1978 U.N. observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by U.S. and about 20 other countries
1978 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson
1976 Seattle and Toronto picks 30 unprotected players on other AL rosters Ruppert Jones (Seattle) and Bob Bailor (Toronto) are picked 1st
1974 Oakland A's beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series
1974 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice
1973 "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV
1973 Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses
1972 U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1970 Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London
1969 Laura Leighton, actress, Sydney-Melrose Place, Other Woman
1968 1st time, 2 soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other Cards Bob Gibson beat Tigers Denny McLain 4-0
1966 Joean Baez and 123 other ani-draft protestors arrested in Oakland
1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
1964 Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York
1963 Andy Cousin, rocker, All About Eve-All About Scarlet and Other Stories
1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
1961 India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies
1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series
1960 "Laughs and Other Events" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 8 performances
1960 "Laughs and Other Events" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 8 performances
1960 Alan Freed and eight other DJ accused of taking radio payola
1960 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88
1959 Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies
1958 Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society
1956 AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team
1951 Alfred Krupp and 28 other German war criminals freed
1950 Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Dog Day, My Other Husband
1949 Anita Louis, U.S. singer, Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman
1949 Dorus Vrede, Surinam poet, Otobanda; the Other Bank
1947 Marilyn Hassett, LA Ca, actress, Bell Jar, Other Side of Mt
1942 Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews
1942 James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities
1942 US and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis
1939 Robert Nye, writer, Facts of Life and other fiction, 3 Views of Man
1936 HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18 days
1934 Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor, Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1933 Richard Castellano, Bronx, actor, Godfather, Lovers and Other Stranger
1928 Cynthia Ozick, U.S., author, Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories
1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems
1923 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium
1923 Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously
1920 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln
1918 Cloquet Minnesota and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die
1915 Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poet, That Woman and Other Verses
1912 Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia
1906 T. Roosevelt is 1st President to visit other countries (P Rico and Panama)
1905 Erika Mann, German/US author, Other Germany, /daughter of Thomas Mann
1904 George Bernard Shaws "John Bull's Other Island," premieres in London
1903 Countee Cullen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, poet, Black Christ and Other Poems
1902 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3
1901 1st AL game, Chicago beats Cleveland Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out
1899 Allen Tate, U.S., poet, Mr Pope and Other Poems
1898 Louise Beavers, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other
1894 Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings
1887 Robinson Jeffers, U.S., poet/playwright, Tamar and Other Poems, Medea
1878 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer, Black Dogs and Other Stories
1871 Alma Kruger, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Made For Each Other
1867 Lionel Pigot Johnson, born in England, poet and critic, Ireland and Other Poems
1865 Mary Surratt, and 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged
1862 John Jay Chapman, U.S. advocate/poet/writer, Learning and Other Essays
1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign
1814 Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov, Russian poet and writer, Demon and other poems
1794 Robespierre, and 22 other terrorists executed to thunderous cheers
1794 Congress bans U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to other countries
1733 England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
1659 English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals
1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
1531 Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other
921 Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other
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