2015 Event Water pollution in Rio de Janeiro may pose health hazards to participants in the Summer 2016 Olympics; the World Health Organization has asked the International Olympic Committee to expand its list of tested substances to protect the athletes 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
