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2009 Nearly 300 people are killed and 1,500 injured near L'Aquila, Italy, after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes
2009 At least 99 people are killed after flash flooding and the failure of the Situ Gintung dam in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia 2009 Eight people are killed, several injured, after gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketeers in Lahore, Pakistan 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the Aboriginal people of Australia 2007 8.0 Earthquake in Peru kills over 500 people, injures over 1,500 2007 Multiple suicide bombings kill over 550 people in Qahtaniya, Iraq 2006 United States population reaches 300 million people 2006 Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea 2005 Earthquake in Kashmir kills approximately 80,000 people 2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 2003 Sheb Wooley, singer/actor, ", One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater, ", dies at 82 2002 Stove mishap sets Egyption train on fire, kills over 360 people 1999 Curtis Mayfield, composer/singer, People Get Ready, dies at 57 1998 Richard Paul, actor, The People vs. Larry Flynt, dies at 58 1998 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" 1998 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win 1997 23rd People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 1996 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City 1996 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins 1996 Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) 1995 Thousands of people in Hiroshima tribute on 50th anniversary of bomb 1995 Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people 1995 1st time 13 people in space 1995 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins 1995 Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the LIRR in NY 1995 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion 1994 U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back 1994 Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden 1994 President Clinton announces U.S. will no longer repatriate boat people 1994 Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender 1994 20th People's Choice Awards 1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match 1993 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty 1993 19th People's Choice Awards 1993 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people 1992 Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again' 1992 President candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speech calls them "you people" 1992 Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies 1992 Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52 1992 18th People's Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire 1992 Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer 1991 Ukrainian people vote for independence 1991 "Shiny Happy People" by REM peaks to #10 1991 "People Are Still Having Sex," by LaTour hits #35 1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vroe Folk" (Free People) 1991 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman 1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations and People Org forms in Hague 1990 1st time 12 people in space 1990 Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley California 1990 16th People's Choice Awards 1989 U.S. Air overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die 1989 Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 1989 15th People's Choice Awards 1988 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win 1987 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby 1986 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York 1986 12th People's Choice Awards 1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India 1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards 1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people 1984 1st time 11 people in space 1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields 1984 1st time 8 people in space 1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "because food is free and that's easier than paying for it" 1983 Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people 1983 9th People's Choice Awards 1983 Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people 1982 China announces its population at 1 billion people plus 1982 Dan Seymour, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67 1982 DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people 1981 Judge Wapner and People's Court premier on TV 1981 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage 1981 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win 1981 People mag features drug ordeal of Mackenzie and Papa John Phillips 1981 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter 1980 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 1979 Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52 1979 "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3 1979 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV 1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC 1979 5th People's Choice Awards 1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart 1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song 1978 U.N. observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by U.S. and about 20 other countries 1978 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution 1978 Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1978 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett and Bob Hope 1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1977 Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms 1976 "Let My People Come" closes at Morosco Theater New York City after 106 performances 1976 "Let My People Come" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 106 performances 1976 East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia 1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed 1975 Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) 1975 WEDway People Mover inaugurated 1975 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska 1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1974 "People" magazine begins sales 1974 E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come," premieres in New York City 1973 President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook" 1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1973 M Revis, Willem Fisherman, author 'People that Mutiny', dies at 68 1972 Japan and People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations 1972 Peter Billingsley, born in New York City, actor, Real People 1971 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson 1971 People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic 1971 People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1971 China People's Republic seated in United Nations Security Council 1971 People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 1971 President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China 1971 Jose Solano, born in Inglewood, California, actor, played Manny Gutierrez on Baywatch, listed as '50 Most Beautiful People in the World' by YM Magazine, nominated for the ALMA Award 1971 John and Yoko record "Power to the People" 1970 Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1969 Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi 1969 1st time 7 people in space 1969 1st time 5 people in space 1969 People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao 1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines 1969 Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine 1968 William E B Dubois, U.S. founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies 1968 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. announces plans for Poor People's Campaign 1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission 1967 People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established 1967 Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence 1967 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from U.K. 1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain 1967 4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records 1967 NLF leaves People's Republic of South-Yemen 1965 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Turin Italy, actress, Normal People 1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1964 1st time 4 people in space 1964 Barbra Streisand's "People," album goes #1 for 5 weeks 1964 1st time 3 people in space 1964 Courtney Love, SF, vocalist, Hole, actress, People vs Larry Flynt 1963 Helen Slater, New York City, actress, Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People 1963 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) 1962 Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People and Places) 1962 1st time 2 people in space 1961 "Billy Barnes People" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 8 performances 1961 "Billy Barnes People" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 8 performances 1961 Byron Allen, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian, Real People, Byron Allen Show 1961 Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82 1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 1960 Timothy Hutton, born in Malibu, California, actor, Turk 182, Ordinary People 1960 Nastassja Kinski, born in Berlin, Germany, actress, Tess, Cat People 1959 Belouis Some, rocker, Neville Keighley-Some People 1958 14 people named 1st life peers in U.K. 1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1 1958 Colin Ferguson, murderer, 6 people on the LIRR on Dec 7, 1993 1957 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade 1957 Mao's speech "On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People" 1957 Laurie Mann, geek, Dead People Server curator since 1997 1956 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China 1956 Alexander Briley, vocalist, YMCA-Village People 1956 M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon 1956 East Germany forms own army (National People's Army) 1955 Rita Rudner, comedienne, Funny People 1954 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 1953 Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 1952 Annette O'Toole, born in Houston, Texas, actress, Cat People, Superman III 1951 United Nations condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea 1950 U.N. reject membership of China's People Republic 1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China 1950 Itumeleng J Mosala, South Africa president, Azanian People's Org 1950 Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77 1950 Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 Burma recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 U.S.S.R. recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day) 1949 Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China 1949 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution 1948 Sarah Purcell, Richmond, Indiana, actress/TV hostess, Real People 1948 People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed 1948 Communist form North China People's Republic 1948 North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea 1948 Skip Stephenson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, comedian, Real People 1948 Mercedes Ruehl, Queens, New York, actress, Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People 1948 Barbara Hershey, Herzstein, Atlanta, Stuntman, Shy People 1947 Lynn Lowry, E St. Louis, Illinois, actress, Cat People, Crazies 1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1947 Ann Hui, director, Boat People 1947 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 1946 Paul Schrader, director, American Gigolo, Cat People, Hardcore 1946 Cynthia Robinson, rock trumpeteer, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People 1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Rep of Albania with himself dictator 1945 Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established 1945 "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam 1945 Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People 1945 John Heard, actor, Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD 1944 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah 1944 Michael Tilson Thomas, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, New York Phil Young People 1944 Danny DeVito, Neptune, New Jersey, actor, Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins 1944 Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people 1944 M N Aubrey Mokoape, South Africa's Vice President, Azanian People Org 1944 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased 1944 Bill Rafferty, comedian, Real People, Laugh-in '77 1944 Bill Rafferty, born in Queens, New York, comedian, Laugh-In, Real People 1944 Said Musa, born in San Ignacio, Belize, lawyer, politician, People's United Party, Fifth Prime Minister of Belize 1944 Sly Stone, born in Dallas, rocker, Sly and the Family Stone-Everyday People 1943 Randy Newman, New Orleans, vocalist, Short People, Love, Louisiana, Raindrops 1943 Randy Newman, rock vocalitst, Short People 1943 Jim Martini, rocker, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People 1943 Max Gail, born in Detroit, Barney Miller, Whiz Kids, DC Cab, Normal People 1943 "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality and self-determination 1942 Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people" 1942 John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker, People's Daily 1942 George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta 1942 Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews 1941 Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies 1940 Giorgio Moroder, born in Ortisei, Italy, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun 1940 Skip Stephenson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, comedian, Real People 1940 Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer, Games People Play 1939 Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian, Fernwood 2 Night, Real People 1939 Ray Aranha, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Nick-Married People 1939 William Hagerty, editor, People 1938 Francine York, Aurora, Minnesota, actress, Slattery's People 1937 Mary Tyler Moore, born in Brooklyn, actress, Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People 1937 French People's front government-Blum falls 1937 Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France 1936 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government 1936 French People's Front wins elections 1936 Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections 1936 Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curacao forms 1935 Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels 1935 Judd Hirsch, born in Bronx, actor, Alex-Taxi, Dear John, Ordinary People 1934 French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms 1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court 1934 John Barbour, born in Toronto, TV host, Real People 1933 Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor 1933 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands 1932 Mark Russell, Buffalo, New York, political satirist/pianist, Real People 1931 Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung 1930 Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1930 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece 1929 Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium crushes 2 people to death 1929 Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 1927 Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist, VPRO, People's Newspaper 1925 General M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense 1924 Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 - 1989, judge, People's Court 1924 Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed 1924 Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin) 1923 Nadine Gordimer, South African author, July's people, Nobel 1991 1923 Ruby Dee, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Cat People, Roots 1923 Anita Bjorak, actress, Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People 1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied 1922 Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite 1921 Jackie Cooper, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, Hennesey, People's Choice 1921 Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 people killed 1921 Sheb Wooley, born in Erick, Oklahoma, vocalist, Purple People Eater, Hee Haw 1920 Lonny Chapman, Tulsa Oklahoma, actor, Investigator, For the People 1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi 1920 Liesbeth Tonckens, Wilhelmina, actress/lecturer, Free People 1919 Joseph Albert Wapner, Louisiana, judge, People's Court 1919 1st edition "Volkskrant" (People's newspaper) published in Netherlands 1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1918 Hungarian People's Republic declared 1918 Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse, Dutch author, Cider for Poor People 1918 Harry M Corbett, Bradford, puppeteer/entertainer, Sooty, Some People 1917 People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin 1917 60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin, banned 41 years 1915 Eli Wallach, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Magnificent 7, Misfits, People Next Door 1915 Margaret Walker Alexander, poet and novelist, For My People 1915 Dan Seymour, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, We the People, Sing It Again 1914 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies 1914 Magda Gabor, born in Budapest, Hungary, actress, People vs Zsa Zsa Gabor 1913 Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People 1912 Art Linkletter, born in Saskatchewan, Canada, TV host, People are Funny 1911 Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor, Telegram, Town People 1910 Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain 1910 Eve March, California, actress, Curse of the Cat People 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms 1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57 1905 Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish 1905 Cyclone hit Tahiti and adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people 1904 1st day of New York City subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks 1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising 1902 Hugo Haas, Brno Czechoslovakia, actor and director, 2 Smart People 1900 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People" 1900 Fred Emney, born in London, England, actor, Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino 1897 Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet and author, People's Palace 1897 John Mens, writer, People Without Money 1895 Lin Yu-t'ang, China, writer, My Country and My People 1895 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner 1894 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith 1893 M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin 1891 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in New York City (People's Bath) 1888 Dale Carnegie, author, How to Win Friends and Influence People 1888 Jack Holt, U.S., golddigger/actor, Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone 1884 Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party forms People's Party in US 1884 Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people 1878 Carl Sandburg, U.S., poet/biographer of Lincoln, The People, Yes 1877 Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist, People/Nutcracker 1872 Leon Blum, French premier, People's front government 1870 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder, Flemish People's Party 1869 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/author (People's Welfare), dies at 54 1867 Philip Kleintjes, people's rights leader 1864 Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam 1861 People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union 1859 Willem C Grunings, Curacaos publisher, People's Friend 1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1855 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, History of the Dutch People 1854 Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time" 1848 People's uprising in Palermo Sicily 1833 Curaeao census: 2,602 whites, 6,531 free people and 5,894 slaves 1824 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat/people rights scholar, Calvo Clause 1815 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people 1814 Jan de Liefde II, Dutch vicar/founder, Coop of Welfare of the People 1781 Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets 1777 People of New Connecticut, Vermont, declare independence from England 1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1765 People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax 1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives 1741 Dutch people protest bad quality of bread 1731 Dutch people revolt against meat tax 1726 People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax 1714 People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands 1699 People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter 1693 Haarlem people's revolution due to food shortages 1676 Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia" 1648 People's uprising against Anna of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin 1648 Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov 1648 Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples 1647 People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples 1614 Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt 1597 Germany throws out English sales people 1498 Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies 1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells 1347 Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal 1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) |
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