1997 Mark McGwire, is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder)
1995 Burl Ives, folk singer and actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 85
1993 Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500
1991 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 241 performances
1990 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 241 performances
1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 149 performances
1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 149 performances
1989 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2
1989 U.S. Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die
1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
1985 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket
1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park
1983 Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71
1978 Roof of 3-yr-old Civic Center in Hartford, Ct collapses (no injuries)
1977 Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, U.S. actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62
1977 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 167 performances
1976 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances
1974 Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)
1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof
1972 "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 3242 performances
1969 Beatles perform last live gig (42-min concert on roof of Apple HQs)
1965 19th Tony Awards: Subject Was Roses and Fiddler on the Roof win
1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel premieres in New York City
1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 3242 performances
1963 Grant Herslov, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Wayne-Spencer, Under One Roof
1960 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
1959 William Shea shows proposed New York City stadium with transparent roof
1956 Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof
1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
1955 Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances
1949 Mimi Kennedy, born in Rochester, New York, actress, Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof
1949 Paul J Mares, U.S. jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
1948 James Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, vocalist and guitarist, Up on the Roof
1940 Peter Koelewijn, Dutch writer/vocalist, Come off that Roof
1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof
1935 [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor, Fiddler on the Roof
1931 Rip Torn, born in Texas, actor, Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1928 Jerry Bock, New Haven CT, Broadway composer, Fiddler on the Roof
1928 Norma Crane, New York, actress, Tea and Sympathy, Fiddler on the Roof
1924 Sheldon Harnick, born in Chicago, lyricist, Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof
1916 Sholem Aleichem, yiddish writer (Fiddler on the Roof), dies
1915 Zero "Samuel" Mostel, Brooklyn, actor, Fiddler on the Roof
1914 Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)
1913 Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor, Fiddler on the Roof
1912 Joseph Stein, dramatist/playwright, Fiddler on the Roof
1911 Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1909 Burl Ives, born in Hunt, Illinois, folk singer and actor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st 'Follies' on New York Theater roof
1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
1859 Sholem Aleichem, [Solomon Rabinowitz], author, Fiddler on the Roof
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