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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 Dennis James, game show host, The Price is Right, dies at 79

1997 Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm

1994 Austrian conservative VP wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5%

1994 William Ambrose Right, footballer, dies at 70

1993 Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident

1992 Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ

1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set

1992 "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1

1992 Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee

1991 New York Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scores his 500th NHL goal

1991 U.S.S.R. grants republics right to secede under certain conditions

1990 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later

1990 Bill Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer

1990 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

1989 Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so

1988 PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist

1988 Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA

1988 "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera

1988 Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games

1987 Joe Liggins, U.S. composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71

1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party

1985 Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75

1985 Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson

1984 Emily Ann Lloyd, actress, Sarah Kramer-Something So Right

1980 Billy L Sullivan, LI, New York, actor, Will Pacino-Something So Right

1980 Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)

1980 Marne Patterson, born in Sherman Oaks, California, actress, Nicole-Something So Right

1979 "Kids Are All Right" premieres

1978 Sanna Lankosaari, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics

1978 Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand New York radio station WBAI for broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"

1977 Maria Helena Selin, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics

1976 Shane Doan, Eston, NHL right wing, Winnipeg Jets

1976 Craig Mills, Toronto, NHL right wing, Winnipeg Jets

1976 David Nemirovsky, Toronto, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers

1975 Brett Lindros, London, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders

1975 Landon Wilson, St. Louis, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche

1975 Todd Bertuzzi, Sudbury, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders

1975 Vitali Yachmenev, Chelyabinsk Rus, NHL right wing for the Los Angeles Kings

1974 Pavol Demitra, Dubnica Slo, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators, Blues

1974 U.N. General Assembly recognizes Palestine right to sovereignty

1974 Chris Murray, Port Hardy, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens

1974 Valeri Bure, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens, Oly-S-98

1974 Sergei Krivokrasov, born in Angarsk, Russia, NHL right wing, Blackhawks, Oly-S-98

1974 Stefan Ustorf, Kaufbeuren Ger, NHL right wing for the Washington Capitals

1973 VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!)

1973 Markus Naslund, born in Bonassund, Sweden, NHL right wing, Vancouver Canucks

1973 Jere Lehtinen, Espoo Fin, NHL right wing, Dallas Stars, Oly-bronze-98

1973 Hanna Riikka Nieminen, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics

1973 Grant Marshall, Mississauga, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars

1973 Alek Stojanov, born in Windsor, NHL right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins

1973 Alexei Kovalev, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing for the New York Rangers

1973 Chris Ferraro, Port Jefferson, NHL right wing, Oly-94, New York Rangers

1973 Peter Ferraro, Port Jefferson, NHL right wing, Oly-94, New York Rangers

1973 Mark Kolesar, Minnedosa, NHL right wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1972 Jean-Francois Jomphe, Havre St-pierre California, NHL right wing, Anaheim

1972 Kirk Maltby, Guelph, NHL right wing for the Edmonton Oilers

1972 Daniel Alfredsson, Grums Swe, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators

1972 Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins

1972 Glen Murray, Halifax, NHL right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins

1972 Trent McCleary, Swift Current, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators

1972 Chris Right, CFL receiver, Montreal Alouettes

1972 Sandy Mccarthy, Toronto, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames

1972 Turner Stevenson, Prince George, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens

1972 Mikael Renberg, Pitea Swe, NHL right wing, Philadelphia Flyers, TB Lightning

1972 Zigmund Palffy, Skalica Slo, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders

1972 Mariusz Czerkawski, born in Radomsko, Poland, NHL right wing for the Edmonton Oilers

1972 Jaromir Jagr, Kladno Cze, NHL right wing, Penguins, Czech Oly-G-1998

1972 Mark Lawrence, Burlington, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars

1971 Dan Plante, Hayward, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders

1971 Mike Sillinger, Regina, NHL right wing, Vanc Canucks, Anaheim Ducks

1971 Mike Craig, St. Mary's, NHL right wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1971 Steven Rice, Kitchener, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1971 Oleg Petrov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens

1971 David Oliver, Sechelt, NHL right wing for the Edmonton Oilers

1971 Alexander Selivanov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning

1971 Trent Klatt, Robbinsdale, NHL right wing for the Philadelphia Flyers

1970 Bill Guerin, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, NHL right wing, New Jersey Devils, Oilers

1970 Tony Amonte, Hingham, Massachusetts, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks, USA

1970 Teemu Selanne, born in Helsinki, Finland, NHL right wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks

1970 Andrei Kovalenko, Gorky Rus, NHL right wing, Mont Canadiens, Edmonton

1970 Jim Cummins, Dearborn, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks

1970 Trevor Linden, Medicine Hat, NHL right wing, Canucks, New York Islanders

1970 Derek D. Brown, born in Washington D.C., team handball right wing 1996 Olympics

1970 Denis Chasse, Montreal, NHL right wing, Winnipeg Jets

1970 Scott Levins, Spokane, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators

1969 Ed Ward, Edmonton, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames

1969 Tie Domi, Windsor, NHL right wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1969 Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder

1969 Sheldon Kennedy, Brandon, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames

1969 Joe Sacco, Medford, NHL right wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks

1969 Jody Hull, Cambridge, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers

1968 Keith Jones, Brantford, NHL right wing for the Washington Capitals

1968 Tom Fitzgerald, Melrose, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers

1968 New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered

1968 Theoren Fleury, NHL right wing, Calgary Flames, Canada

1968 Rob Dimaio, Calgary, NHL right wing for the Philadelphia Flyers

1968 Peter Bondra, Lutsk Ukr, NHL right wing for the Washington Capitals

1968 Sari Krooks, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics

1968 Mark Recchi, Kamloops, NHL right wing, Montreal Canadiens

1967 Jocelyn Lemieux, Mont Laurier, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames

1967 Pat Elynuik, Foam Lake, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators

1967 Kelly Chase, Porcupine Plain California, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1967 Joe Murphy, London, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks

1967 Scott Young, born in Clinton, Massachusetts, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche

1967 Nelson Emerson, Hamilton, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1967 Brad Dalgarno, Vancouver, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders

1967 Mike Keane, Winnipeg, NHL right wing for the Colorado Avalanche

1967 Robert Kron, Brno Cze, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1967 Marianne Ihalainen, ice hockey right wing, Finland, 1998 Olympics

1967 Randy Mckay, Montreal, NHL right wing for the New Jersey Devils

1967 Gregory Caccia, Bayshore, New York, team handball right back 1996 Olympics

1967 Ronnie Stern, St-Agathe, NHL right wing for the Calgary Flames

1967 Helena Bonham Carter, London, actress, Getting it Right

1966 Patricia Neder, Wauykesha WI, team handball right wing, Olymp-92, 96

1966 Jim Sandlak, Kitchener, NHL right wing, Vancouver Canucks

1966 Brad Lauer, Humboldt, NHL right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins

1966 Donovan Right, CFL linebacker for the Hamilton Tiger Cats

1966 Rudy Poeschek, Kamloops, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning

1966 Scott Mellanby, born in Montreal, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers

1966 Stephane Richer, Ripon, NHL right wing for the New Jersey Devils

1966 Ray Sheppard, Pembroke, NHL right wing for the Florida Panthers

1966 Todd Ewen, born in Saskatoon, NHL right wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks

1966 John Druce, Peterborough, NHL right wing, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings

1966 Peter Douris, Toronto, NHL right wing, Anaheim Mighty Ducks

1965 Shane Churla, Fernie, NHL right wing, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers

1965 Bob Probert, born in Windsor, NHL right wing, Chicago Blackhawks

1965 Wayne Presley, born in Detroit, NHL right wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote

1965 Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing for the New York Islanders

1965 Russ Courtnall, Duncan, NHL right wing, Vancouver Canucks

1964 Petr Klima, Chaomutov Cze, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning

1964 Joey Kocur, Calgary, NHL right wing, Vancouver Canucks

1964 John Maclean, Oshawa, NHL right wing for the New Jersey Devils

1964 John Tucker, Windsor, NHL right wing, Tampa Bay Lightning

1964 Brett Hull, NHL right wing, MVP 1991, 86 goals

1964 Rosie Perez, born in Brooklyn, actress, Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump

1964 Brett Hull, born in Belleville, Ontario, NHL right wing, St. Louis Blues, USA

1963 Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles

1963 Kevin Dineen, Quebec City, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers

1963 Patrick Flatley, Ontario, right winger, New York Islanders, Oly-4 gold-1988

1962 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany, Georgia

1962 Shirlie Hollman, rocker, Pepsi and Shirley-All Right Now

1962 Darryl Strawberry, born in Los Angeles, California, right fielder for the Mets, Dodgers, Yankees

1961 Martin L. King protests for black voting right in Miami

1961 Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films

1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series

1960 Glenn Anderson, Vancouver, NHL right wing for the Edmonton Oilers

1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit

1960 Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing, Minn North Stars, Washington Caps

1959 Mike Gartner, Ottawa, NHL right wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs

1959 President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination

1959 Dave Christian, Minnesota, NHL right wing, Washington Caps, Olympics gold 1980

1958 Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2

1956 "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC

1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there)

1955 Glenne Headly, born in New London, Connecticut, actress, Dick Tracy, Making Mr. Right

1954 Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John

1954 Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident

1954 Elvis Presley records his 1st hit, "That's All Right"

1954 Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated

1954 Dennis Quaid, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Big Easy, Dreamscape, Right Stuff

1954 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"

1954 Karen Anne Quinlan, born in New Jersey, famous comatose patient, right to die case

1952 Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid

1951 Guy LaFleur, Quebec, NHL right wing, Montreal, New York Rangers

1951 Dougie Thompson, rocker, Supertramp-Bloody Well Right

1951 Rush Limbaugh, born in Girardeau, Missouri, radio personality

1951 Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown, Ohio, model, Price is Right

1950 Ed Harris, Tenafly, New Jersey, actor, Right Stuff, Swing Shift, Walker, Coma

1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel

1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women

1950 Kathy Whitton Baker, born in Midland, Texas, actress, Right Stuff, 16 Candles

1947 Ben Masters, Corvalis OR, actor, Vic-Another World, Making Mr. Right

1946 Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated

1946 Right foot of Cleveland Indian's owner Bill Veeck is amputated

1946 British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence

1946 Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69

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

1945 Gerbrandy British government refuses Dutch Jewish right to buy

1944 Eddy Raven, Lafayette, Louisiana, country singer, Right Hand Man

1942 Janice Pennington, born in Kansas, playmate, May 1971, /model, Price is Right

1942 Scott Glenn, Pittsburgh, actor, Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft

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

1940 Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)

1938 Rosalind Cash, Atlantic City, New Jersey, actress, Omega Man, Wrong is Right

1936 Philip Kaufman, director, Right Stuff, Henry and June

1936 Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist, Right to Life, Dripper Boxes

1933 Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing)

1933 Danny Aiello, New York City, actor, Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing

1931 Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff

1931 Extreme right wing Svinhufvud becomes president of Finland

1931 Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, NHL right wing, Canadiens, Rangers

1928 Hardy Kruger, born in Berlin, Germany, actor, Barry Lyndon, Wrong is Right

1928 George Grizzard, born in North Carolina, actor, Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica

1928 Gordie Howe, Floral Sask, NHL right wing, Detroit Redwings

1928 Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose)

1925 Elliot Lawrence, Philadelphia, orch leader, Guide Right, Howard Cosell

1925 Kim Stanley, [Patricia Reid], Tularosa, New Mexico, actress, Right Stuff

1924 Billy W. William Ambrose right, soccer star

1924 Ron Moody, born in London, England, actor, 12 Chairs, Wrong is Right

1923 Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, TV host, Price is Right

1923 Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, game show emcee, Price is Right

1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote

1922 Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road

1920 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right

1919 Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation

1916 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right

1915 25,000 women march in New York City, demanding right to vote

1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote

1913 Demonstrations for general voting right in Neth

1913 British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote

1912 U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government

1910 Johnny Olson, TV announcer, Price is Right

1907 Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote

1905 Whites win right to vote in South Africa

1901 SDAP demands general voting right/abolishing First Chamber

1893 New Zealand is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote

1885 Dutch demonstrate for general voting right

1870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race

1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st)

1869 15th Amendment guaranteeing right to vote sent to states

1868 Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity

1862 Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books

1853 Women's Right's Convention met (New York City)

1852 Dutch Government recognize Catholics right to organize

1846 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist, Right for all

1844 Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote

1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"

1837 Canada gives blacks the right to vote

1828 South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws

1816 U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions

1795 Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi

1792 Gronings feminist Etta Palm demands women's right to divorce

1776 New Jersey gave all adults who could show a net worth of 50œ right to vote

1776 Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States"

1748 English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US

1656 Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam

1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

1424 Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews

1310 Shoes were made for both right and left feet



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