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2006 Bob Barker, from The Price is Right, retires after 35 years as host
2003 Rod Roddy, announcer, The Price Is Right, dies at 67 1997 Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268 1997 Dennis James, game show host, The Price is Right, dies at 79 1997 Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic 1995 Sunday New York News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 1995 Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 1995 George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 93 1994 76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa 1994 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland 1993 Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82 1993 Mattel and Fisher Price toys merge 1993 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident 1992 74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St. Louis 1992 "Price" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 47 performances 1992 "Price" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 47 performances 1992 Sammy Price, U.S. boogie-woogie pianist, dies 1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set 1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City 1990 Bill Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer 1989 Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price) 1988 Price Daniel, Governor-D-Texas 1957 - 1963 and Senator-D-Texas 1953 - 1957, dies at 77 1988 IBM announces price hike on older models 1988 "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera 1988 Charles Melvin Price, Representative-D-Illinois 1945 - 1988 1987 Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56 1985 Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 1983 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro 1982 New York Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents 1981 Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98 1979 Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland 1979 Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas 1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz 1979 Sarah Price, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1997 1978 Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time 1978 Katie Price, born in Brighton, England, Jordan, model, businesswoman, television personality, tabloid, celebrity magazine subject, topless model, appeared on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' show 1976 Lindsay Price, Arcadia California, actress, Bold and Beautiful, All My Children 1973 Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58 1972 Daryl Price, defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers 1970 Polish government proclaims price rise 1970 Shawn Price, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Buf Bills 1969 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, vs. Australia Headingley 1938), dies 1968 Brent Price, NBA guard, Houston Rockets, Washington Bullets 1968 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington D.C. by U.S. and 6 European nations 1968 Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York City 1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price 1966 Lindsay Price, actress, All My Children 1966 U.S. Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints 1966 Marc Price, actor/comedian, Skippy-Family Ties 1964 Mark Price, NBA guard, Cleveland Caveliers 1964 Mark Price, NBA guard, Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic 1962 U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases 1960 Terry Price, Rockhampton QLD, Australasia golfer 1960 Karen Elaine Price, born in Pasadena, California, playmate, January, 1981 1959 Mark Price, bass/vocals, All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged 1959 Lonny Price, born in New York City, actor, Muppets Take Manhattan 1957 Nick Price, Durban South Africa, PGA golfer, 1991 Byron Nelson Classic 1956 "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC 1955 James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 1955 NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929 1951 Graham Price, British rugby player 1951 Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown, Ohio, model, Price is Right 1947 Rod Price, rocker, Foghat 1946 President Truman ends wage/price freeze 1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over 1944 Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian/English writer, Price of Bride 1944 Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move 1944 Canon P B Price, general secretary, USPG 1942 Janice Pennington, born in Kansas, playmate, May 1971, model, Price is Right 1942 Alan Price, Eng, rock keyboardist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1941 Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing) 1941 Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano, Pamlina-Die Zauberflote 1940 David Price, born in Erwin, Tennessee, Representative-D-North Carolina 1987 - 1995 1940 David E. Price, American Politician 1940 Jermyn P Brooks, CEO, Price Waterhouse Europe 1937 John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler, 1964-72 1935 Jeffery Bowman, CEO, Price Waterhouse Europe 1933 Paul B Price, Cataret, New Jersey, actor, Busting Loose 1933 Lloyd Price, born in Kenner, Louisiana, singer, Just Because 1933 Reynolds Price, U.S. writer, Strengthened by a Pale Green Light 1932 Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered 1932 Christopher Price, Director, Leeds Metropolitan U 1931 Kenny Price, Florence, Kentucky, country singer, Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw 1927 Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess 1926 Ray Price, country singer, Good Times 1924 L Stallings and M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in New York City 1923 Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, TV host, Price is Right 1923 Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, game show emcee, Price is Right 1923 Salary and price freeze in Germany 1922 Frank Price, CEO, British Waterways Board 1920 Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles 1916 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 1915 Dennis Price, born in Twyford, England, actor, Adventurers, Millionairess 1911 Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura 1910 Price Daniel, born in Dayton, Texas, Governor-D-Texas 1957 - 1963 and Senator-D-Texas 1953 - 1957 1910 Johnny Olson, TV announcer, Price is Right 1905 Dolores Del Rio, born in Durango, Mexico, actress, What Price Glory? 1905 Charles Melvin Price, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1945 - 1988 1901 George Price, cartoonist 1899 Phyllis Haver, Douglas, Kansas, silent screen actress, What Price Glory 1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House 1891 James Price Johnson, composer 1888 Florence Smith Price, U.S. composer, Wanamaker Prize 1932 1874 Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz 1864 Union General Samuel R Curtis defeats Confederate General Stirling Price 1862 Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston 1847 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by U.S. Col Price 1837 Riot in New York over high price of flour 1835 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cents ) 1833 William Price Sanders, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1809 Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General Confederate Army 1791 Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies 1776 Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors |
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