1997 Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes
1994 James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75
1992 New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train
1991 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL
1991 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders
1991 Ottawa Rough Riders Board of Directors resign
1991 Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34
1987 Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79
1981 69th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-23
1976 64th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 23-20
1976 Christopher Pettiet, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Young Riders
1973 61st CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 22-18
1973 Max Terhune, actor (Range Justice, Night Riders), dies at 82
1972 Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
1969 57th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 29-11
1968 56th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Calgary Stampeder, 24-21
1968 Josh Brolin, actor, Johnny-Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok-Young Riders
1967 Travis Fine, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Ike McSwain-Young Riders
1966 Gregg Rainwater, actor, Buck Cross-Young Riders
1964 Ty Miller, Granada Hills California, actor, The Kid-Young Riders
1963 Al St. John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70
1961 Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss
1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi
1961 White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama
1961 Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama
1961 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South
1960 Don Franklin, actor, Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon-The Young Riders
1960 48th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6
1951 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14
1949 Woody Paul, [Paul Chrisman], Nashville, singer, Riders in the Sky
1948 36th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7
1946 Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Illinois, singer, Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way
1941 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16
1939 27th Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 8-7
1936 24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
1909 Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000
1909 Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game
1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball
1906 Kent Taylor, [Louis Weiss], Iowa, actor, Boston Blackie, Rough Riders
1904 J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society
1898 Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders
1898 Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill
1877 Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia
1876 Ottawa Rough Riders play their 1st game
1872 Zane Grey, American West novelist, Riders of the Purple Sage
1871 John Millington Synge, Ireland, dramatist/poet, Riders to the Sea
1867 Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game
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