2003 Bob Hope, comedian, road movies, dies at 100
2002 Chuck Jones, animator, Wyle E. Coyote and the Road Runner, dies at 90
2000 Joan Marsh, actress, Road to Zanzibar, dies at 86
1997 Helene Hanff, author, 84 Charing Cross Road, dies at 80
1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
1996 New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
1996 Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81
1995 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory
1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
1992 Roger Miller, country singer (King of the Road), dies at 56
1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep National Convention
1992 Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (Road to Serfdom), dies at 92
1992 Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
1991 Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure
1991 Sacramento Kings ends NBA's longest road losing streak at 43 games
1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road
1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses
1990 Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
1990 Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
1989 NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
1989 Sterling A Brown, U.S. poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87
1987 Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83
1985 Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47
1985 Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min
1984 Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63
1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1984 Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
1984 Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies
1984 Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game
1983 NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak
1983 NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak
1983 Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
1982 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins
1982 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0
1981 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail
1978 Claire Adams, actress (Legally Dead, End of the Road), dies at 80
1978 Enoch Light, orch leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at 70
1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
1976 Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63
1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak
1975 Washington Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also
1975 Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win and NHL record of 17 straight loses
1975 NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak
1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak
1973 Susannah Kate Pryde, Auckland NZ, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics
1973 George Hincapie, born in Queens, New York, road cyclist, Olympics-76th-92, 96
1973 Islanders break 12 game losing streak, 20 game road winless streak
1972 Greg Randolph, born in Denver, Colorado, road cyclist, Olympics-74th-96
1972 Glen Anthony Mitchell, Hamilton NZ, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics
1971 Lance Armstrong, born in Plano, Texas, road cyclist, Olympics-6th-92, 96
1970 Beatles' "Long and Winding Road," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
1970 John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
1970 "Long and Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
1969 Richard Dickson Reid, NZ, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics
1969 Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks
1969 Jack Kerouac, U.S. writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47
1969 Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
1969 Beatles record a video for "Long and Winding Road"
1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album
1968 Gord Fraser, Ottawa Ontario, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics
1968 Beatles open 2nd Apple Boutique at 161 New Kings Road, London
1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1967 Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76
1967 Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer, New York Jets, St. Louis
1967 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
1966 Francisco Andreu, Dearborn, Michigan, road cyclist, Olympics-4th-88, 96
1966 "(I'm A) Road Runner" by, Jr. Walker and The All-Stars peaks at #20
1965 Shirley Hardie Jackson, U.S. author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45
1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens
1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge)
1963 Steve Hegg, Dana Point California, road cyclist, Olympics-16th-84, 96
1962 Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak and Dagger), dies at 72
1961 Leif Garrett, Hollywood Cal, singer and actor, Devil x 5, 3 for the Road
1960 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number
1957 Vincent Van Patten, Belrose, New York, actor, Apple's Way, 3 for the Road
1955 Cynthia Sykes, Coffeyville, Kentucky, actress, Flamingo Road, St. Elsewhere
1954 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4
1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
1953 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
1952 Karen Wyman, born in Bronx, New York, singer, Long and Winding Road
1948 U.S.S.R. blocks access road to West Berlin
1947 Rex Allen, Jr., Chicago, country singer, Nashville on the Road
1946 4th "Road" film, "Road to Utopia" premieres (New York City)
1945 Mimsy Farmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Devil's Angel, Road to Salina
1945 Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China
1944 Henry Vestine, rock guitarist, Canned Heat-On the Road Again
1943 John Beck, Chic, actor, Mark-Dallas, Flamingo Road, Santa Barbara
1942 Larry Taylor, born in Brooklyn, rocker, Canned Heat-On the Road Again
1942 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road
1941 Helen Cornelius, Hannibal, Missouri, country singer, Nashville on the Road
1941 Sven Hamrin, born in Sweden, road race cycler, 1964 Olympics bronze
1941 David Selby, Morganstown, West Virginia, actor, Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
1938 Paul Evans, singer and pedal guitarist, Damascus Road
1937 Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China
1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy)
1936 Roger Miller, Ft. Worth, Texas, country singer, King of the Road, Dang Me
1935 Elizabeth Drew, journalist, Politics and Money: The Road to Corruption
1935 Pennsylvania Rail Road begins passenger service on new electric locomotive
1934 David Warrilow, actor, Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton Fink
1934 Charles Kuralt, born in Wilmington, North Carolina, newscaster, On the Road
1934 Wole Soyinka, born in Nigeria, dramatist, Road, Kongi's Harvest-Nobel 1986
1934 Jim "Ed" Brown, born in Sparkman, Arkansas, country singer, Nashville on the Road
1933 Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road," premieres in New York City
1933 Willie Nelson, born in Abbott, Texas, country singer, On the Road Again
1928 Theodore Roberts, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments), dies at 77
1928 Dave Dudley, singer, Six Days on the Road
1928 Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, Flamingo Road, Different Story
1927 Barbara Rush, born in Denver, Colorado, actress, Marsha-Peyton Place, Flamingo Road
1926 Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road
1925 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic
1925 Nationwide road numbering system and U.S. shield marker adopted
1924 Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author, Road to Rome
1922 "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize
1922 Jack Kerouac, Beat writer, On the Road, Mexico Blues
1922 Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
1919 Shirley Jackson, U.S., writer, Road Through the Wall
1918 Stafford Repp, born in California, actor, Chief O'Hara-Batman, Plunder Road
1917 Howard Duff, Bremerton Wash, actor, Flamingo Road, Knots Landing
1916 A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road
1916 Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act
1916 New York Giants win 17th consecutive road game
1915 Leo Gorcey, born in New York City, actor, Mannequin, Road to Zanzibar
1915 Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road
1914 Dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress, Road to Bali
1914 Dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO, Louisiana, actress, Road to Bali, Road to Rio
1909 Mauritz Hugo, Sweden, actor, Atomic Blonde, Road Agent
1908 Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen
1907 Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orch leader, Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith
1904 Jerry Colonna, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore
1903 Erskine P Caldwell, author, Tobacco Road, God's Little Acre
1901 John Gunther, born in Chicago, Illinois, author/host, John Gunther's High Road
1899 [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Aust/British economist, Road to Serfdom
1899 Gale Sondergard, Litchfield, Minnesota, actress, Cat and Canary, Road to Rio
1896 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)
1893 Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture
1890 Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter, Road to Bali, China
1890 James Barton, New Jersey, Broadway actor, Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh
1889 Vladimir Sokoloff, born in Moscow, Russia, actor, Road to Morocco
1889 Thomas Hart Benton, born in Missouri, painter/muralist, Lonesome Road
1887 Hank Mann, New York City, actor, City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road
1884 Eli S Jones, U.S., evangelist, Christ of Indian road
1883 Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist, Road Through Dark Night
1874 Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, poet, Mending Wall, Road Not Taken
1868 Harvey S Firestone, Industrialist, where the rubber meets the road
1865 Battle of Quaker Road, VA
1864 Battle of Boydton Plank Road, Virginia (Burgess' Mill, Southside Railroad)
1864 Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties)
1864 Battle of Darbytown, Virginia (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)
1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle
1861 Theodore Roberts, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Roaring Road, 10 Commandments
1795 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky
1793 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Kentucky to Cincinnati
1776 British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx
1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)
1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface, asphalt
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