2012 Event U.S. Governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper, emboldened by the passage of a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution last month, declared marijuana legal for recreational use 2012 Event Hackers replace the homepage of the Euromillions lottery website with a passage from the Quran condemning gambling 1997 Death Peter Blos, psychoanalyst/writer, The Adolescent Passage, dies at 93 1995 Event U.S. space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun 1995 Event Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun 1994 Event Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun 1991 Death Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83 1983 Death Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73 1970 Death Edward M Forster, British writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 1959 Birthday Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour' 1957 Death Frederick Burton, actor (One Way Passage), dies at 86 1954 Event 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed 1949 Event British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff 1946 Birthday Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India 1944 Event Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners 1944 Death John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed 1941 Birthday Krzysztof Kieslowski, born in Poland, director/actor, Underground Passage 1937 Birthday Robert Moran, born in Denver, Colorado, composer, operas include 'The Juniper Tree' co-composed with Philip Glass 'Night Passage' 1936 Birthday Clive Swift, Liverpool, actor, Frenzy, Passage to India 1932 Birthday Vidiadhar S Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, Middle Passage 1924 Birthday Lauren Bacall, born in New York City, actress, Dark Passage, Key Largo 1910 Event Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic 1908 Birthday Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter, Infinite Passage 1906 Birthday Johannes Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter, passage fight 1900 Event Perihelion Passage 1892 Birthday Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario, Crazy Passage Show 1879 Birthday Edward M Forster, England, novelist, Howards End, Passage to India 1871 Birthday Frederick Burton, Indiana, actor, One Way Passage 1866 Birthday Butch Cassidy, U.S. desperado, Wild Bunch Passage 1850 Event Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England 1807 Event British squadron under Admiral Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle 1759 Event 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1499 Death Neithart Fox, Jonker Fox, German passage leader, slain in battle 1456 Event 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1145 Event 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1066 Event 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 837 Event 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 760 Event 14th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 607 Event 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 451 Event 10th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 374 Event 9th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 295 Event 8th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 218 Event 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 141 Event 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 66 Event 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
