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2003 Hope Lange, actress, movie version of Peyton Place, dies at 70

2001 Troy Donahue, actor, A Summer Place, dies at 65

1997 Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract

1996 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle

1996 Martin Balsam, actor (Archie's Place), dies at 76

1995 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves 100-98 in OT

1995 Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team

1994 New York Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker

1993 Dave Winfield hits 442nd HR to move into 19th place

1993 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69

1992 Diane Varsi, actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54

1992 Los Angeles Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place

1991 Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brits actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 87

1990 Buffalo Bills become 6th 1st place NFL team to lose on same weekend

1990 Reds are 1st NL team to clinch title, staying in 1st place all year

1990 U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 to place economic sanctions against Iraq

1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list

1989 Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game)

1989 Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East)

1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place

1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place

1987 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India

1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)

1986 Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market

1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place

1985 Heleb MacInnes, U.S. spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77

1985 Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place

1985 "Pryor's Place," children show last airs on CBS-TV

1985 Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78

1984 Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place)

1983 Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales

1982 Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint

1982 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place

1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall

1980 Paul Langton, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76

1979 Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76

1978 New York Yankees win to gain sole possession of 1st place from 14 games back

1978 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9

1977 Patricia Campbell, Pennsylvania, Miss Teen USA, 1996-2nd place

1977 Yanks leap frog over Red Soxs game in 1st place to stay

1977 Lola Odusoga, Finland, Miss Universe-3rd place 1996

1977 Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), dies at 41

1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes

1976 Taryn Mansell, Aruba, Miss Universe-2nd place 1996

1976 Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65

1974 Marena Bencomo, Miss Universe-2nd place, Venezuela, 1997

1973 New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games

1973 George Macready, U.S., actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), dies at 73

1973 Margot Bourgeois, Miss Universe-3rd place, Trinidad and Tobago, 1997

1972 Amy Locane, born in New Jersey, actress, Sandy Harling-Melrose Place

1972 David Charvet, actor, Melrose Place

1972 Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs before race

1971 Amy Locane, Trenton, New Jersey, actress, Andrea-Spencer, Sandy-Melrose Place

1971 Patrick Muldoon, California, actor, Austin-Days of Our Lives, Melrose Place

1971 George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in New York City

1971 Pat O'Neill, NFL punter/place kicker for the New England Patriots

1970 Josie Bissett, born in Seattle, Washington actress, Jane Mancini-Melrose Place

1970 Michael Husted, NFL place kicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970

1969 New York Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time

1969 Danielle Brisebois, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Archie's Place, Big Bad Mama 2

1969 Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody," premieres in New York City

1969 Laura Leighton, actress, Sydney-Melrose Place, Other Woman

1968 Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89

1968 Dan Cortese, actor/TV host, Jess Hanson-Melrose Place

1968 Laura Leighton, born in Iowa City, Iowa, actress, Sydney-Melrose Place

1967 Brad Daluiso, NFL place kicker for the New York Giants

1967 Andrew Shue, actor, Melrose Place

1966 Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time HR list

1965 Kristin Davis, actress, Melrose Place

1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place

1964 Doug Savant, born in Burbank, California, actor, Matt Fielding-Melrose Place

1963 Denise Miller, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Billie-Archie Bunker's Place

1963 Grant Show, actor, Jake-Melrose Place, Rick-Ryan's Hope

1962 Kinderman Place in the Bronx named

1962 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place

1962 Daphne Zuniga, born in San Francisco, California, actress, Jo Reynolds-Melrose Place, Spaceballs

1962 Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place

1962 Grant Show, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Jack Hanson-Melrose Place

1962 Sean Landeta, NFL place kicker for the New York Giants

1961 Judy Landers, Philadelphia, actress, Vega$, BJ and the Bear, Madame's Place

1961 Robbie Nevil, rocker, A Place Like This

1961 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4

1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes

1961 Marcia Cross, actress, Melrose Place

1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon and Kennedy took place (Chicago)

1960 Norm Johnson, NFL place kicker, Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers

1959 Jack Wagner, rocker/actor, General Hospital, Melrose Place

1959 Hank Ilesic, Edmonton, CFL punter, place kicker, Edmonton, Toronto

1959 Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940

1959 Thomas Calabro, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Michael Mancini-Melrose Place

1958 Heidi Hagman, actress, Linda-Archie Bunker's Place

1956 Kimberly Beck Hilton, born in Glendale California, actress, Kim-Peyton Place

1955 Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/TV host, Wheel of Fortune

1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh

1954 Lui Passaglia, born in Vancouver BC, CFL place kicker for the BC Lions

1953 Greg Evigan, South Amboy, New Jersey, actor, BJ-BJ and the Bear, Melrose Place

1950 In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place

1950 Gloria Naylor, U.S. author, Women of Brewster Place

1949 Yanks and Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yanks win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16

1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place

1948 O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place

1948 Barry Gordon, Brookline Massachusetts, actor, Gary-Archie Bunker's Place

1948 Yanks, Boston and Cleveland are tied for 1st place in AL (91-56)

1948 Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress, Frank's Place

1948 Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker, Montreal, Green Bay

1947 Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress/country singer, Mary Hartman!

1946 Glynn Turman, New York City, actor, Lew-Peyton Place, Manimal, Centennial

1945 Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker for the Edmonton Eskimos

1945 Ron Glass, born in Evansville, Indiana, actor, Harris-Barney Miller, Frank's Place

1945 Rik Elswit, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show-In the Right Place

1945 Donna Deitch, director, Sexual Advances, Women of Brewster Place

1945 Patricia Morrow, actress, Rita-Peyton Place

1945 Leigh Taylor-Young, Washington D.C., actress, Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas

1944 Tim Reid, born in Norfolk, Virginia, comedian, Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place

1944 Paul Young, actor, Another Time Another Place

1944 Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker for the Miami Dolphins

1943 Jan Stenerud, Norway, NFL place kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs

1943 Susan Tolsky, born in Houston, actress, Madame's Place, Here Comes the Brides

1942 Barbara Parkins, Vancouver BC, actress, Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum

1941 Ryan O'Neal, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story

1940 Dr. John, [Rebennack], born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, I Was in Right Place

1940 Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress, Making It, Peyton Place

1938 Diane Varsi, San Mateo California, actress, Peyton Place

1937 Susan Oliver, New York City, actress, Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage

1936 Robert Hogan, New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat

1936 Diana Hyland, Cleveland Hgts Ohio, actress, Peyton Place, 8 is Enough

1935 David Canary, Elwood, Indiana, actor, Peyton Place, Candy-Bonanza

1934 Russ Tamblyn, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Win Place or Steal, Twin Peaks

1931 John Kerr, New York City, actor, South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit and Pendulum

1929 Anne Meara, Brooklyn, New York comedian/actress, Stiller and Meara, Archie's Place

1928 Ed Nelson, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, actor, Peyton Place, A Long Came a Spider

1928 Yanks are out of 1st place for 1st time since May 1926

1927 William Smithers, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Witness, Peyton Place, Attack!

1927 Barbara Rush, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Marsha-Peyton Place, Flamingo Road

1926 Tenniel Evans, rev/actor, 10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper

1925 Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial

1925 Dorothy Malone, actress, Peyton Place

1925 Dorothy Malone, Chic, actress, At Gunpoint, Night and Day, Peyton Place

1923 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige

1922 Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera

1922 Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place

1922 Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St. Louis teams are on top

1919 Martin Balsam, New York City, actor, Murray-Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22

1916 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place

1915 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs

1914 Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans)

1914 Winston Place, cricketer, England opener in West Indies 1948

1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant

1914 Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place

1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL

1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep

1914 Patricia Morison, actress, Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill

1914 Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Massachusetts, actor, Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place

1913 Paul Langton, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Leslie-Peyton Place

1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)

1912 Studs Terkel, New York City, author/host, Stud's Place, Working

1911 Warner Anderson, born in Brooklyn, actor, Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place

1909 Muriel C Bradbrook, English writer, That Infidel Place

1908 Percy Faith, conductor, Summer Place

1908 Staats Cotsworth, born in Oak Park, Illinois, actor, Peyton Place

1907 Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle

1907 Kent Smith, born in New York City, actor, Peyton Place, Invaders

1906 Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho

1904 Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game and chance at pennant

1903 Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place

1903 Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Peyton Place

1902 Lloyd Nolan, born in San Francisco, California, actor, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place

1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place"

1902 Erin O'Brien-Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Peyton Place, Our Little Girl

1899 Frank Fergusson, actor, My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place

1899 George Macready, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actor, Martin Peyton-Peyton Place

1899 Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels

1899 Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution

1896 Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place

1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby place in an incubator

1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee

1856 Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin, Vilna, tied for chess 1st place, 1878

1856 Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas

1849 St. Paul's Place in the Bronx named

1849 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed)

1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI

1668 1st horse race in America takes place



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