1996 Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81
1996 Rio Reiser, rock singer, dies at 46
1994 Claude Akins, actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75
1992 Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57
1992 World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil
1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
1987 Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro
1983 Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro
1978 Rio Ferdinand, English Athlete
1977 Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81
1972 Rafael Carmona, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
1971 Billy Gilbert, actor (Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio), dies at 77
1967 Francoise Dorleac, actress (That Man From Rio), dies at 35
1967 Rio de la Plata Treaty
1966 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
1965 Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder, New York Yankees
1964 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 Jack Del Rio, NFL linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings
1962 Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer, Pan Am-Bronze
1961 Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die
1961 Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka 1996 Olympics
1959 Radney Foster, born in Del Rio, Texas, singer, Foster and Lloyd-Crazy Over You
1958 Suzy Amis, Oklahoma City, actress, Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is
1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
1950 Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro
1950 Rio Reiser, rock singer
1948 Ashok Gandotra, cricketer, in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969
1947 Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress, Summer of '42
1944 Rio Gebhardt, composer, dies at 36
1944 Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter
1944 Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond
1942 Francoise Dorleac, born in Paris, France, actress, That Man From Rio
1942 Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation)
1940 Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro
1935 Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer, 1972 Byron Nelson
1934 Claude Jarman, Jr., born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Rio Grande, Inside Straight
1932 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio)
1927 Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in New York City
1926 Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, Aguilares, Texas, actor, Rio Bravo
1922 Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro
1921 John Russell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Pale Rider, Rio Bravo
1916 Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, actor, The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo
1914 Dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO, Louisiana, actress, Road to Bali, Road to Rio
1908 Dolores del Rio, silent screen actress, Deseada, Bugambilia
1907 Rio Gebhardt, composer
1905 Dolores Del Rio, born in Durango, Mexico, actress, What Price Glory?
1902 Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet, El arbol, Un Rio, Un Amor
1900 Steamer "Rio de Janeiro" sinks in San Francisco Bay
1899 Gale Sondergard, Litchfield, Minnesota, actress, Cat and Canary, Road to Rio
1896 Howard Hawks, Goshen, Indiana, director/producer, Rio Bravo, Scarface
1894 U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham
1894 Billy Gilbert, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Paradise Alley, Safari, Rio
1887 Heitor Villa-Lobos, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, composer, Salon Waltz
1866 Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana
1846 U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros
1846 Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
1834 Charles Darwin's expedition begins at Rio Santa Cruz
1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia
1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia
1833 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata
1833 Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay
1833 Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina
1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro
1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro
1832 Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro
1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
1775 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal, Court in Rio de Janeiro
1711 French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro
1617 Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
1608 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies
1598 Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande
1565 Spanish occupier Estacio de Sa founds Rio de Janeiro
1551 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist
1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
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