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2009 Israel declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War, effective January 18, as Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own
2004 Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards 2004 Lynn Cartwright, actress, A League of Their Own, dies at 76 1998 Rodney Harvey, actor, model, featured in Life Magazine spread with Madonna, appeared in Fox series, 'The Outsiders', guest on television show 'Twin Peaks', appeared in 'My Own Private Idaho', died at age 30, of a heroin overdose 1998 Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer 1997 ABL players allowed to own stock in the league 1996 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts 1992 FCC rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12) 1991 "My Own Private Idaho" premieres 1991 John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136 1990 Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing 1989 1st black owners (Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m 1988 Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15 1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist 1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist 1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger 1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children) 1981 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minnesota 1979 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 1978 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs New York Islanders 1974 Congress authorizes U.S. citizens to own gold 1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor 1973 Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps 1973 Japan allows its citizens to own gold 1969 Guernsey and Jersey begin issuing their own postage stamps 1968 Hester and Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing," premieres in New York City 1967 Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange 1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 Rodney Harvey, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, model, featured in Life Magazine spread with Madonna, appeared in Fox series, 'The Outsiders', guest on television show 'Twin Peaks', appeared in 'My Own Private Idaho' 1966 Stephen Mailer, born in New York City, actor, Red Meat, League of Their Own, War and Love 1964 John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in U.S. 1963 Obe Postma, Fries, poet/geography/historian (Own Cart), dies 1963 Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne, League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie 1960 French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons 1960 French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons 1960 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1958 Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies 1957 Jon Lovitz, Tarzana California, actor, SNL, League of their Own, Critic 1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi enforces his own policy 1956 East Germany forms own army (National People's Army) 1954 Bill Pullman, actor, Sommersby, League of their Own, Independence Day 1954 Neil Francis Tennant, rocker, Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices 1953 Bess Armstrong, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Julia-On Our Own, 4 Seasons, Jaws 1953 James Russo, born in New York City, actor, My Own Private Idaho, China Girl 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1952 Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins 1952 Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb 1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution) 1950 Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion 1948 Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial 1947 U.N. General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps 1947 Mosibudi Mangena, South African black leader, On Your Own 1943 Phils owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team 1942 Mick Fleetwood, born in London, rock drummer, Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way 1938 Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws 1936 June Jordan, U.S. playwright and poet, His Own Where 1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph 1932 President Hoover cuts own salary 15% 1929 Lundy, part of British Isles, issue their own stamps 1920 Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament 1919 Dulcie Gray, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, actress, Mine Own Executioner 1919 German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own captured fleet 1912 Ann Dvorak, McKim, New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface 1912 Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power 1907 U.S. Congress raised their own salaries to $7,500 1906 Washington National's pitcher Tom Hughes hits home run to win his own game 1-0 in 10th 1884 Apie Prince, Dutch author, Me Own Way 1873 U.S. Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively 1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men 1859 Edward Bradley, horse owner, 1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners 1571 Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM |
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