2012 Event A video of SpaceX's latest test of the company's Grasshopper rocket with vertical takeoff and vertical landing, is released; the rocket rose 131 feet, hovered and landed safely on the landing pad December 17, 2012 2012 Event U.S. company Google, Inc., announces its 2012 first quarter earnings rose by more than 24%, and net profits increased to $8.14 billion 2010 Event The People's Republic of China 2009 Mercedes-Benz sales rose 77% 2005 Death Don Rose, American Entertainer 2005 Death Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity 2004 Event Rose Bowl, USC Trojans beat Michigan Wolverines 28 - 14 2003 Event Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners beat Washington State Cougars 34 - 14 2002 Event Rose Bowl, Miami Hurricanes beat Nebraska Cornhuskers 37 - 14 2001 Death Sandy Baron, comic, Broadway Danny Rose, dies at 63 2001 Event Rose Bowl, Washington Huskies beat Purdue Boilermakers 34 - 24 2000 Death Judd Rose, journalist, dies at 44 2000 Event Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat Stanford Cardinals 17 - 9 1999 Event Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat UCLA Bruins 38 - 31 1998 Event Rose Bowl, Michigan Wolverines beat Washington State Cougars 21 - 16 1997 Event Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic 1997 Event Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17 1996 Death Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80 1996 Death Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams, dies at 86 1995 Death Gillian Rose, philosopher and writer, dies at 48 1995 Event 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80 1995 Death Jack Rose, screenwriter, dies at 83 1995 Event "Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square New York City after 80 performances 1995 Event "Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater New York City for 80 performances 1995 Event Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres 1995 Death Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F Kennedy, dies at 104 1995 Death Rose Kennedy, American Author 1994 Death Jack Harkness, rose grower, dies at 75 1992 Event Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert 1991 Death Daniel Mann, U.S. director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79 1991 Event Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose 1991 Event Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame 1990 Death David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80 1990 Event Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp 1990 Event Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion 1990 Event Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income 1989 Event Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose 1989 Event Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling 1989 Event George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers 1989 Event Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation 1989 Event Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling 1988 Death George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68 1988 Event Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump 1988 Death Rose Auslander, writer, dies at 70 1987 Death Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54 1987 Event Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team 1986 Event Congress selects the rose as U.S. national flower 1986 Event Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game at the Rose Bowl 1985 Event Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time 1985 Death Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81 1985 Event Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record 1985 Event Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits 1985 Event Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 1985 Death Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 1985 Event Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno 1984 Event Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits) 1984 Event Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single vs. Philadelphia 1984 Event Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single 1984 Event Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski 1984 Event Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career 1983 Event Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745 1983 Birthday William Hung, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, outsider musician, rose to fame for an off-key performance of 'She Bangs' by Ricky Martin on 'American Idol' show 1982 Event English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England 1982 Birthday Billie Piper, born in Swindon, England, singer, actress, pop singer, appeared as Rose Tyler in television series, 'Doctor Who' 1982 Event Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance 1982 Event Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) 1982 Event Larry Walters using lawn chair and 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000' 1982 Event Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place 1982 Event Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz) 1981 Event Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record 1981 Event Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits 1980 Event Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies 1980 Birthday Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard 1979 Event Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time 1979 Event Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single 1978 Event Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies 1978 Event Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player 1978 Event 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available 1978 Event Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games 1978 Event Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL) 1978 Event Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44 1978 Event Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games 1978 Event Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games 1978 Event Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits 1977 Event Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881 1977 Event President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) 1974 Birthday Malik Rose, NBA forward for the San Antonio Spurs 1973 Event Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape 1973 Event Pete Rose wins NL MVP 1973 Event NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson 1973 Birthday Rose McGowan, American Actress 1973 Event Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000 1973 Event Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK 1973 Event Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love" 1973 Birthday Jalen Rose, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers 1973 Birthday Jalen Rose, NBA guard for the Denver Nuggets 1973 Event "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 14 performances 1972 Event "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 14 performances 1972 Event "Heathen!" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 1 performance 1971 Event "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 5 performances 1971 Event "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 5 performances 1971 Event "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 72 performances 1970 Event "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 72 performances 1970 Death Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55 1970 Death Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56 1970 Birthday Anita St. Rose, Miss Universe-Great Britain 1996 1969 Death Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74 1969 Event "Billy" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 1 performance 1968 Event Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP 1968 Death Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist 1968 Event "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City 1967 Birthday Laura Dern, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, film director, producer, Academy-Award nominated for film, 'Rambling Rose' 1966 Death Minerva Urecal, actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at 81 1966 Death Billy Rose, U.S. theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66 1963 Event Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year 1963 Event Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit 1963 Event Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training 1963 Birthday Seal, English vocalist/songwriter, Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose 1963 Death Stark Young, U.S. writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 1962 Event "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances 1962 Birthday Axl Rose, Lafayette, Indiana, vocalist, Guns and Roses 1962 Event "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 65 performances 1961 Birthday Rebecca De Mornay, born in Santa Rose, California, actress, Hand that Rocks Cradle 1959 Birthday Jamie Rose, New York City, actress, Susan Birch-St. Elsewhere, Falcon Crest 1959 Birthday Rikki Rockett, rocker, Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn 1959 Death Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70 1958 Birthday Bobby Dall, rocker, Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn 1958 Death Rose Macaulay, writer, dies at 77 1957 Birthday Michael Rose, born in Kingston, Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive 1956 Birthday John Jorgenson, born in Madison, Wisconsin, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited 1955 Death Michael Chekhov, actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64 1954 Birthday Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress, Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1954 Event Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sports colorcasts 1953 Birthday Steve Duncan, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited 1953 Event 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64) 1951 Event 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win 1951 Event Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City 1950 Birthday Brian Rose, cricketer, England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81 1950 Birthday Gemma Craven, Dublin, actress, Wagner, Story of Slipper and Rose 1949 Birthday Michael Rose, rocker, Average White Band 1949 Event Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine 1947 Birthday Gillian Rose, philosopher and writer 1947 Birthday Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden 1947 Birthday Rose Tremain, novelist/playwright 1946 Birthday Alaina Reed, Springfield Ohio, actress, Rose Lee Holloway-227 1946 Birthday Bill Bryson, Evanston, Illinois, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited 1945 Death Maurice Rose, 1st U.S. general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45 1945 Birthday Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda California, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited 1944 Birthday Sherley Anne Williams, U.S. literary, Dessa Rose 1944 Birthday Herb Pedersen, born in Berkley, California, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited 1943 Birthday Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright, Restoration 1943 Death Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies 1943 Death Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (White Rose), beheaded at 24 1943 Death Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded 1943 Event Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis 1943 Event Sign on Munich facade: "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22 1942 Birthday Charlie Rose, Henderson, North Carolina, newscaster, CBS Night Watch 1942 Event Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16 1941 Birthday Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors 1940 Birthday Tim Rose, born in Washington, D.C., born Timothy Alan Patrick Rose, singer, songwriter, guitarist, voice compared to Ray Charles, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1940 Birthday Reva Rose, born in Chicago, Illinois, singer and actress, Temperature's Rising 1940 Birthday Mary Rose Oakar, born in Cleveland, Ohio, politician, first Democratic woman elected to U.S. Congress, member, U.S. House of Representatives 1939 Birthday Susan Anspach, New York City, actress, Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love 1939 Birthday Charles Rose, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1973 - 1997 1939 Birthday Murray Rose, Scottish Athlete 1937 Birthday Christopher Rose, born in England, Lord Justice Rose, Sir Christopher Rose, judge, member, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, served Court of Appeal of England and Wales 1937 Birthday Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer, My rose, my little rose 1936 Birthday Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice 1935 Birthday Lee Remick, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer 1934 Birthday Don Rose, American Entertainer 1933 Birthday Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy, Strathclyde University 1932 Birthday Marisa Pavan, born in Cagliari, Italy, actress, Solomon and Sheba, Rose Tattoo 1932 Event Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday Vince Hill, singer, Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose 1932 Birthday Umberto Eco, author, Name of the Rose 1930 Birthday Ben Cooper, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Rose Tattoo, Outcast, Arizona Raiders 1929 Event Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery 1928 Birthday Margaret Rule, consultant, Mary Rose Trust 1928 Birthday Estelita Rodriguez, born in Cuba, actress, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose 1928 Birthday David Berriman, CEO, Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees 1925 Birthday Rose Marie, actress/comedienne, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show 1924 Event Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in New York City 1924 Birthday Geoffrey Johnson Smith, actor, Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games 1923 Birthday Rose Marie, born in New York City, actress, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show 1923 Birthday John McKay, West Virginia, football coach, USC, Tampa Bay, 5 time Rose Bowl champ 1922 Birthday Rose Moffard, acting Gov-AZ 1922 Event "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances 1921 Event Nederlander Theater opens at 208 W 41 St. New York City (Billy Rose, Trafalgar) 1921 Birthday [Leopold J] Paul Cammermans, Flemish actor, Getatoeeerde Rose 1920 Birthday Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet, Rose from Mud 1920 Birthday George Rose, Bicester England, actor, Beacon Hill, Holocaust 1918 Birthday Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter, Die Weisse Rose 1918 Birthday Leonard Rose, born in Washington D.C., concert cellist, New York Phil 1943-51 1918 Birthday Jack Harkness, rose grower 1917 Birthday Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity 1917 Birthday Polly Rose, actress, Myrtle-Love That Jill 1916 Birthday Tokyo Rose, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, propagandist, WW II 1916 Birthday Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist 1916 Event 1st football game in Rose Bowl, Washington State vs. Brown 1914 Birthday Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher 1914 Birthday Rose Hill, singer and actress, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark 1914 Birthday Rose Stainton, CEO, British Airways 1914 Birthday Gypsy Rose Lee, born in Seattle, Washington stripper, or 0109 or 0208 1914 Birthday Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Hovick, Seattle, burlesque actress, Gypsy 1911 Birthday Jack Rose, screenwriter 1911 Birthday Stuart Rose, designer, British Post Office 1911 Birthday Mitch Miller, born in Rochester, New York, sing along with Mitch, Yellow Rose of Tx 1910 Birthday David Rose, born in London, England, orchestra leader, Red Skelton Show, Stripper 1909 Birthday Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams 1909 Birthday [Rose] Joan Blondell, New York City, actress, Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides 1908 Birthday Patsy Montana, Ruby Rose Blevins, singer 'I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart' 1908 Birthday Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer, Last Rose, Xanthippe 1908 Birthday Anna Magnani, born in Alexandria, Egypt, actress, Rose Tattoo, Miracle 1907 Event 1st Portland Rose festival 1907 Birthday Rose Auslander, writer 1906 Birthday Phil Regan, singer, My Wild Irish Rose 1903 Event 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom 1902 Event 1st Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California, University of Michigan - 49, Sanford - 0 1900 Birthday Jed Harris, producer/director, Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball 1899 Birthday Billy Rose, theatrical producer, Diamond Horse Show 1899 Birthday Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer, Rose, Black King 1897 Event White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City 1896 Birthday Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer, Rose of Jericho 1892 Death Ernestine Rose, Activist 1891 Birthday Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor, Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody 1890 Birthday Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mom of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Ted 1890 Birthday Rose Kennedy, American Author 1889 Birthday Ray Collins, born in Sacramento, California, actor, Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie 1888 Birthday Graham McNamee, sportscaster, 1st Rose Bowl 1888 Birthday Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose 1886 Birthday Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist 1884 Birthday Rose Schneiderman, New York state department of labor sect, 1937-44 1881 Birthday Stark Young, U.S. critic/writer, So Red the Rose 1881 Birthday Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer 1881 Birthday Rose Macaulay, writer 1876 Event Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) 1873 Birthday Rose Melville, actress, Sis 1872 Birthday Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress, Rose Kate 1851 Birthday Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, U.S., nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne 1810 Birthday Ernestine Rose, Activist 1800 Death William Billings, U.S. composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53 1772 Death Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 1746 Birthday William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon 1694 Birthday Louis-Claude Daquin, d'Acquin, French organist/composer, La Rose 1545 Event King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die 1545 Death Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns 1400 Birthday Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor, Madonna of Rose Garden 1292 Death Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
