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2005 Don Rose, American Entertainer

2005 Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity

2004 Rose Bowl, USC Trojans beat Michigan Wolverines 28 - 14

2003 Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners beat Washington State Cougars 34 - 14

2002 Rose Bowl, Miami Hurricanes beat Nebraska Cornhuskers 37 - 14

2001 Sandy Baron, comic, Broadway Danny Rose, dies at 63

2001 Rose Bowl, Washington Huskies beat Purdue Boilermakers 34 - 24

2000 Judd Rose, journalist, dies at 44

2000 Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat Stanford Cardinals 17 - 9

1999 Rose Bowl, Wisconsin Badgers beat UCLA Bruins 38 - 31

1998 Rose Bowl, Michigan Wolverines beat Washington State Cougars 21 - 16

1997 Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic

1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17

1996 Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80

1996 Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams, dies at 86

1995 Gillian Rose, philosopher and writer, dies at 48

1995 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80

1995 Jack Rose, screenwriter, dies at 83

1995 "Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square New York City after 80 performances

1995 "Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater New York City for 80 performances

1995 Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres

1995 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F Kennedy, dies at 104

1995 Rose Kennedy, American Author

1994 Jack Harkness, rose grower, dies at 75

1992 Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert

1991 Daniel Mann, U.S. director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79

1991 Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose

1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

1990 David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80

1990 Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp

1990 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion

1990 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income

1989 Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose

1989 Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling

1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers

1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation

1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling

1988 George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68

1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump

1988 Rose Auslander, writer, dies at 70

1987 Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54

1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team

1986 Congress selects the rose as U.S. national flower

1986 Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game at the Rose Bowl

1985 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time

1985 Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81

1985 Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record

1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits

1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader

1985 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82

1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno

1984 Pete Rose returns to Cincinnati Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits)

1984 Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single vs. Philadelphia

1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single

1984 Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski

1984 Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career

1983 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745

1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England

1982 Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance

1982 Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)

1982 Larry Walters using lawn chair and 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'

1982 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place

1982 Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz)

1981 Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record

1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits

1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies

1980 Rose VBL Windsor, daughter of English prince Richard

1979 Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time

1979 Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single

1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies

1978 Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player

1978 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available

1978 Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games

1978 Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)

1978 Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44

1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games

1978 Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games

1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits

1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881

1977 President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose)

1974 Malik Rose, NBA forward for the San Antonio Spurs

1973 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 Pete Rose wins NL MVP

1973 NLCS game 3 brawl between Cincinnatis' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson

1973 Rose McGowan, American Actress

1973 Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000

1973 Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK

1973 Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love"

1973 Jalen Rose, NBA guard for the Indiana Pacers

1973 Jalen Rose, NBA guard for the Denver Nuggets

1973 "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 14 performances

1972 "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 14 performances

1972 "Heathen!" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 1 performance

1971 "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 5 performances

1971 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 5 performances

1971 "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 72 performances

1970 "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 72 performances

1970 Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55

1970 Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56

1970 Anita St. Rose, Miss Universe-Great Britain 1996

1969 Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74

1969 "Billy" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 1 performance

1968 Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP

1968 Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist

1968 "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City

1966 Minerva Urecal, actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at 81

1966 Billy Rose, U.S. theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66

1963 Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year

1963 Pete Rose triples for his 1st major league base hit

1963 Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training

1963 Seal, English vocalist/songwriter, Killer, Crazy, Kiss by a Rose

1963 Stark Young, U.S. writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81

1962 "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances

1962 Axl Rose, Lafayette, Indiana, vocalist, Guns and Roses

1962 "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 65 performances

1961 Rebecca De Mornay, born in Santa Rose, California, actress, Hand that Rocks Cradle

1959 Jamie Rose, New York City, actress, Susan Birch-St. Elsewhere, Falcon Crest

1959 Rikki Rockett, rocker, Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn

1959 Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70

1958 Bobby Dall, rocker, Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn

1958 Rose Macaulay, writer, dies at 77

1957 Michael Rose, born in Kingston, Jamaica, rocker, Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive

1956 John Jorgenson, born in Madison, Wisconsin, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited

1955 Michael Chekhov, actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64

1954 Kathleen Quinlan, California, actress, Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sports colorcasts

1953 Steve Duncan, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited

1953 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64)

1951 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win

1951 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City

1950 Brian Rose, cricketer, England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81

1950 Gemma Craven, Dublin, actress, Wagner, Story of Slipper and Rose

1949 Michael Rose, rocker, Average White Band

1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine

1947 Gillian Rose, philosopher and writer

1947 Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer, I Never Promised you a Rose Garden

1947 Rose Tremain, novelist/playwright

1946 Alaina Reed, Springfield Ohio, actress, Rose Lee Holloway-227

1946 Bill Bryson, Evanston, Illinois, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited

1945 Maurice Rose, 1st U.S. general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45

1945 Jay Dee Maness, Loma Linda California, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited

1944 Sherley Anne Williams, U.S. literary, Dessa Rose

1944 Herb Pedersen, born in Berkley, California, singer, Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited

1943 Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright, Restoration

1943 Christoph Probst, German resistance fighter (That Weisse Rose), dies

1943 Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (White Rose), beheaded at 24

1943 Sophie Scholl, German resistance fighter (Die Weisse Rose), beheaded

1943 Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis

1943 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 Charlie Rose, Henderson, North Carolina, newscaster, CBS Night Watch

1942 Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat, Oregon - 20, Duke - 16

1941 Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors

1940 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 Reva Rose, born in Chicago, Illinois, singer and actress, Temperature's Rising

1940 Mary Rose Oakar, born in Cleveland, Ohio, politician, first Democratic woman elected to U.S. Congress, member, U.S. House of Representatives

1939 Susan Anspach, New York City, actress, Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love

1939 Charles Rose, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1973 - 1997

1939 Murray Rose, Scottish Athlete

1937 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 Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer, My rose, my little rose

1936 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice

1935 Lee Remick, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer

1934 Don Rose, American Entertainer

1933 Richard Rose, Professor of Public Policy, Strathclyde University

1932 Marisa Pavan, born in Cagliari, Italy, actress, Solomon and Sheba, Rose Tattoo

1932 Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in New York City

1932 Vince Hill, singer, Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose

1932 Umberto Eco, author, Name of the Rose

1930 Ben Cooper, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Rose Tattoo, Outcast, Arizona Raiders

1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery

1928 Margaret Rule, consultant, Mary Rose Trust

1928 Estelita Rodriguez, born in Cuba, actress, Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose

1928 David Berriman, CEO, Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees

1925 Rose Marie, actress/comedienne, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show

1924 Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in New York City

1924 Geoffrey Johnson Smith, actor, Norman Loves Rose, Drinking Games

1923 Rose Marie, born in New York City, actress, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show

1923 John McKay, West Virginia, football coach, USC, Tampa Bay, 5 time Rose Bowl champ

1922 Rose Moffard, acting Gov-AZ

1922 "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances

1921 Nederlander Theater opens at 208 W 41 St. New York City (Billy Rose, Trafalgar)

1921 [Leopold J] Paul Cammermans, Flemish actor, Getatoeeerde Rose

1920 Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet, Rose from Mud

1920 George Rose, Bicester England, actor, Beacon Hill, Holocaust

1918 Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter, Die Weisse Rose

1918 Leonard Rose, born in Washington D.C., concert cellist, New York Phil 1943-51

1918 Jack Harkness, rose grower

1917 Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity

1917 Polly Rose, actress, Myrtle-Love That Jill

1916 Tokyo Rose, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, propagandist, WW II

1916 Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist

1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl, Washington State vs. Brown

1914 Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher

1914 Rose Hill, singer and actress, Nicholas Nickleby, Shot in the Dark

1914 Rose Stainton, CEO, British Airways

1914 Gypsy Rose Lee, born in Seattle, Washington stripper, or 0109 or 0208

1914 Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose Hovick, Seattle, burlesque actress, Gypsy

1911 Jack Rose, screenwriter

1911 Stuart Rose, designer, British Post Office

1911 Mitch Miller, born in Rochester, New York, sing along with Mitch, Yellow Rose of Tx

1910 David Rose, born in London, England, orchestra leader, Red Skelton Show, Stripper

1909 Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams

1909 [Rose] Joan Blondell, New York City, actress, Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides

1908 Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer, Last Rose, Xanthippe

1908 Anna Magnani, born in Alexandria, Egypt, actress, Rose Tattoo, Miracle

1907 1st Portland Rose festival

1907 Rose Auslander, writer

1906 Phil Regan, singer, My Wild Irish Rose

1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom

1902 1st Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California, University of Michigan - 49, Sanford - 0

1900 Jed Harris, producer/director, Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball

1899 Billy Rose, theatrical producer, Diamond Horse Show

1899 Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer, Rose, Black King

1897 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City

1896 Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer, Rose of Jericho

1892 Ernestine Rose, Activist

1891 Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor, Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody

1890 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mom of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Ted

1890 Rose Kennedy, American Author

1889 Ray Collins, born in Sacramento, California, actor, Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie

1888 Graham McNamee, sportscaster, 1st Rose Bowl

1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose

1886 Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist

1884 Rose Schneiderman, New York state department of labor sect, 1937-44

1881 Stark Young, U.S. critic/writer, So Red the Rose

1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer

1881 Rose Macaulay, writer

1876 Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY)

1873 Rose Melville, actress, Sis

1872 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress, Rose Kate

1851 Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, U.S., nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne

1810 Ernestine Rose, Activist

1800 William Billings, U.S. composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53

1772 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77

1746 William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon

1694 Louis-Claude Daquin, d'Acquin, French organist/composer, La Rose

1545 King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die

1545 Roger Grenville, English captain of Mary Rose, drowns

1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor, Madonna of Rose Garden

1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies


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