2014 Event Walt Disney Company will be marketing the next Star Wars movie through a series of YouTube videos produced by its subsidiary, Maker; the videos will connect younger audiences to the characters and stories from earlier movies in the franchise 2013 Event The world's first plastic gun, produced by a 3-D printer by Defense Distributed fires successfully in Austin, Texas. Security officials fear plastic weapons would not be detected at airport screenings 2011 Event Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean 2009 Death Mike Francis, Michele Francesco Puccioni, singer, composer, known for Survivor, a 1982 disco hit, recorded ten studio albums during his career, last album, 'The Very Best of Mike Francis', produced before dying of lung cancer, at age 47 1995 Death Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32 1993 Event 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo planes produced 1989 Event 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature 1984 Event Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced 1982 Event Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case 1980 Birthday Chingy, born in St. Louis, Missouri, born Howard Bailey, Jr., rapper, debut album, 'Jackpot' produced hit titled, 'One Call Away' and went Triple Platinum 1978 Birthday Ashton Kutcher, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, actor, fashion model, played role of Michael Kelso in 'That '70s Show', produced 'Punk'd', appeared in 'Dude, Where's My Car?' 1977 Birthday Amber Benson, born in Birmingham, Alabama, known for playing Tara Maclay on television show, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', produced, starred in film, 'Chance' 1971 Birthday Missy Elliot, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, producer, recording artist, double platinum album 'Under Construction', produced music for Mya, Beyonce, Lil' Kim 1971 Birthday Sofia Coppola, born in New York City, New York, writer, actress, producer, appeared in 'The Godfather', produced, 'Lost In Translation', 'The Virgin Suicides' 1965 Birthday Chuckii Booker, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, singer, songwriter, bandleader, rhythm and blues artist, musical director, recorded and produced with Barry White, Janet Jackson 1964 Event 1st Ford Mustang produced 1963 Birthday Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS 1962 Birthday Paul Webb, born in Essex, England, musician, producer, bass player, member of reggae band Eskalator, joined band TalkTalk in 1981, produced album 'The Year of the Leopard' with James Jorkston in 1996 1961 Event Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley California 1960 Birthday Eric Martin, born in Long Island, New York, singer, hard rock genre, played with Mr. Big, rock band that produced hit song, 'To Be With You' 1958 Event Musical show "Valmouth," 1st produced in London 1958 Birthday Werner Schwab, born in Austria, writer, playwright, visual artist, studied sculpture at Vienna's Akademie der bildenden Kunste in 1990, wrote sixteen plays, produced eight, controversial works in the Austrian Black comedy tradition 1954 Birthday Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' 1949 Birthday Ray Shulman, born in Portsmouth, England, born Raymond Schulman, musician, record producer, member of Gentle Giant, British progressive rock band, produced records for The Sugarcubes 1948 Birthday T-Bone Burnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, musician, songwriter, produced artists including BoDeans, Counting Crows, music for films 1946 Event 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mount Greylock, MA 1944 Birthday Ted Templeman, born in Santa Cruz, musician, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, drummer, produced 'The Doobie Brothers' for Warner Brothers, 'Montrose', Carly Simon's 'Another Passenger', Van Halen's first album 1942 Event 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport, Connecticut 1938 Birthday Ray Sharpe, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Lee Hazlewood produced debut album, second album featured Duane Eddy and Al Casey on guitars, recorded with King Curtis 1937 Birthday Jimmy Bowen, born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, record producer, pop music performer, famous for 'I'm Stickin' With You', produced chart hits for Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. 1937 Event Pro-labor musical revue "Pins and Needles" opens, produced by ILGWU 1937 Birthday Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1936 Event Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey 1936 Event 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E) 1931 Event 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured 1930 Event U.S. tobacco industry produced 123 billion cigarettes in 1930 1930 Event Synthetic rubber 1st produced 1919 Event Opera "Monsieur Beaucaire" is produced (London) 1911 Event Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin) 1910 Event U.S. tobacco industry produced 9 billion cigarettes in 1910 1910 Event Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (New York City) 1910 Event Rayon 1st commercially produced, Marcus Hook, Penn 1909 Event Opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" is produced (Munich) 1903 Event Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich) 1901 Event Opera "Griselidis" is produced (Paris) 1896 Event The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan) 1893 Event Opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar) 1893 Event Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin) 1892 Event Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala) 1890 Event Opera "Prince Igor" is produced (St. Petersburg) 1886 Event Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London 1885 Event Opera "Lakme" is produced, Paris 1882 Event Opera "Parsifal" is produced (Beirut) 1881 Event Opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) 1881 Event Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London 1879 Event Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York City) 1877 Event Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris) 1877 Event Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris) 1871 Event Opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo) 1870 Event Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich) 1867 Event Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris) 1866 Event Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris) 1865 Event Opera "L'Africaine" is produced (Paris) 1863 Event Opera "Pescatori di Perle" is produced (Paris) 1862 Event Opera "La Forza Del Destino" is produced (St. Petersburg Russia) 1859 Event Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) 1858 Event Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples) 1855 Event Opera "Les Vapres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) 1851 Event Opera "La Perle Du Bresil" is produced (Paris) 1847 Event Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) 1846 Event Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) 1845 Event Opera "Maritana" is produced (London) 1845 Event Opera "Tannhauser" is produced (Dresden) 1844 Event Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg) 1843 Event Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London) 1842 Event Opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London) 1840 Event Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) 1831 Event Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) 1829 Event Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris) 1821 Event Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin) 1787 Event Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) 1775 Event Opera "Il Re Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) 1762 Event Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna)
