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2012 Event - In Rio de Janeiro, a record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during Rio's carnival

2011 Event - Following a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the band U2's tour, 360 degrees, becomes the highest grossing music tour of all time

2011 Event - The peak of Brazil's main carnival processions take place in Rio de Janeiro

2010 Event - Rescuers search for over 200 people believed to be buried in their homes by a landslide in Murro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2009 Event - The International Olympic Committee awards the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro

2009 Event - En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board

1996 Death - Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81

1996 Death - Rio Reiser, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene, dies at 46

1994 Death - Claude Akins, actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75

1992 Death - Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57

1992 Event - World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil

1988 Event - 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil

1987 Event - Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro

1983 Death - Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78

1980 Event - 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro

1978 Birthday - Rio Ferdinand, English Athlete

1977 Death - Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81

1972 Birthday - Rafael Carmona, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners

1971 Death - Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77

1967 Death - Francoise Dorleac, actress (That Man From Rio), dies at 35

1967 Event - Rio de la Plata Treaty

1966 Event - 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain

1965 Birthday - Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder, New York Yankees

1964 Event - In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border

1963 Birthday - Jose Oquendo, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Jose Manuel Roberto Guillermo Contreras Oquendo, baseball player, infielder, coach, signed with New York Mets at age fifteen, member, St. Louis Cardinals, played 1987 World Series, record for fewest second baseman errors, 1990

1963 Birthday - Jack Del Rio, NFL linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings

1962 Birthday - Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer, Bronze Pan American

1961 Event - Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die

1961 Birthday - Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka 1996 Olympics

1959 Birthday - Radney Foster, born in Del Rio, Texas, singer, Foster and Lloyd-Crazy Over You

1958 Birthday - Suzy Amis, Oklahoma City, actress, Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is

1954 Event - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game

1953 Event - Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game

1950 Event - Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro

1950 Birthday - Rio Reiser, born in Berlin, Germany, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene

1948 Birthday - Ashok Gandotra, cricketer, in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969

1947 Birthday - Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress, Summer of '42

1944 Death - Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36

1944 Birthday - Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter

1944 Birthday - Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond

1942 Birthday - Francoise Dorleac, born in Paris, France, actress, That Man From Rio

1942 Event - Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)

1940 Event - Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro

1935 Birthday - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer, 1972 Byron Nelson

1934 Birthday - Claude Jarman, Jr., born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Rio Grande, Inside Straight

1932 Event - Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio)

1927 Event - Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in New York City

1926 Birthday - Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, Aguilares, Texas, actor, Rio Bravo

1922 Event - Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro

1921 Birthday - John Russell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Pale Rider, Rio Bravo

1916 Birthday - Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, actor, The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo

1908 Birthday - Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress, Deseada, Bugambilia

1907 Birthday - Rio Gebhardt, composer

1905 Birthday - Dolores Del Rio, born in Durango, Mexico, actress, What Price Glory?

1902 Birthday - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor

1900 Event - Steamer "Rio de Janeiro" sinks in San Francisco Bay

1899 Birthday - Gale Sondergard, Litchfield, Minnesota, actress, Cat and Canary, Road to Rio

1896 Birthday - Howard Hawks, Goshen, Indiana, director/producer, Rio Bravo, Scarface

1894 Event - U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Admiral Benham

1894 Birthday - Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio

1887 Birthday - Heitor Villa-Lobos, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, composer, Salon Waltz

1866 Event - Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana

1846 Event - U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros

1846 Event - Battle of Resaca de la Palma-U.S. sends Mexico back to Rio Grande

1834 Event - Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz

1834 Event - Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia

1834 Event - HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia

1833 Event - HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata

1833 Event - Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay

1833 Event - Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero, Argentina

1833 Event - HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro

1832 Event - HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart Rio de Janeiro

1832 Event - Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro

1832 Event - Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro

1808 Event - Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro

1775 Birthday - Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal, Court in Rio de Janeiro

1711 Event - French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro

1617 Event - Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)

1608 Death - Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies

1598 Event - Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande

1565 Event - Spanish occupier Estacio de Sa founds Rio de Janeiro

1551 Birthday - Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist

1502 Event - Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro













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