2000 129th British Golf Open: at Royal Lytham
1998 127th British Golf Open: at Royal Birkdale
1998 Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93
1997 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon
1997 Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
1997 Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic
1996 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham
1996 Margaret Courtenay, actress (Royal Flash, Duet for One), dies at 72
1995 Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82
1995 Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
1995 Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76
1994 Michael [George] Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet), dies at 77
1994 Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed
1994 Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
1993 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St. George
1993 Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
1992 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits
1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
1992 Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
1991 Max Koot, royal photographer, dies
1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
1991 120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale
1990 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled
1990 Kansas City Royal George Brett hits for the cycle
1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract
1989 118th British Golf Open: Mark Calcavecchia shoots a 275 at Royal Troon
1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto
1989 Big John Studd wins WWF's 1st Royal Rumble
1988 117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham
1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
1988 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins
1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney
1987 Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88
1987 Dick Howser, mgr (New York Yankees and Kansas City Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51
1987 Kansas City Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1986 Bo Jackson's 1st HR-a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)
1986 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1985 114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St. George
1985 Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent
1984 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood
1983 Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)
1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal
1983 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale
1982 Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67
1982 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
1982 Jessica Joseph, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, dance skater, Butler-1997 Natl
1981 110th British Golf Open: Bill Rogers shoots a 276 at Royal St. George
1979 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham
1979 Royal Air force receives 1st F-16
1977 22nd Ryder Cup: U.S., 12 -13 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes England
1976 Chris Demetral, Royal Oaks, Michigan, actor, Dolly Dearest
1976 105th British Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Royal Birkdale
1976 Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba
1975 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba
1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike
1974 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham
1974 Kansas City Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0
1974 Natalie Neaton, Royal Oak, Michigan, soccer forward 1996 Olympics
1973 Royal Butler, actor, dies at 80
1973 102nd British Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf shoots a 276 at Royal Troon
1973 Kansas City Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
1972 Andre Royal, linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
1972 Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76
1972 Dan Hollander, Royal Oak, Michigan, figure skater, 1996 Great Lakes champ
1971 100th British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 278 at Royal Birkdale
1971 Ann Marsh, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics
1971 Royal Albert Hall opens
1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
1970 Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
1970 Mark Beaufait, Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics
1970 Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall
1969 Creams' final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
1969 18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England
1969 98th British Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 280 at Royal Lytham
1969 Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69
1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp
1967 Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower, Henley Royal Regatta 1989
1967 Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible
1966 Shawn Chambers, Royal Oaks, Michigan, NHL defenseman, Team USA, New Jersey Devils
1966 Donald Royal, NBA forward, Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic
1965 16th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 19 -12 at Royal Birkdale, England
1965 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale
1965 Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina, Royal Ballet
1965 Nance O'Neil, actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90
1964 Jon Hough, Royal Oak, Michigan, Nike golfer, 1986 NAIA Individual National Champ
1964 Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London
1962 George MacAulay Trevelyan, English royal historian, dies at 86
1962 91st British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 276 at Royal Troon
1962 Sam Snead wins LPGA Royal Poinciano Plaza Golf Invitational
1961 14th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -9 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes, England
1961 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Royal Poinciana Golf Invitational
1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Royal Crown Golf Open
1959 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57
1958 87th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 278 at Royal Lytham
1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3
1956 Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
1955 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail
1954 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad
1953 Yoko Shimada, Kumamota Japan, author, Kir Royal, /actress, Shogun
1953 George Brett, West Virginia, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman, 1980 AL MVP
1953 British royal yacht Britannia taken out of service
1950 King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
1950 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon
1948 Jennifer Adams, superintendent, Central Royal Parks
1947 Daphne Todd, president, Royal Society of Portrait Painters
1947 Priscilla Yates, director, Royal Academy of Dancing
1946 David Wall, English ballet dancers/director, Royal Academy of Dancing
1945 Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract
1945 D A S Pennefather, Maj-General/Commandant, General Royal Marines
1945 K M Jenkins, British director of personnel, Royal Mail
1944 John Napier, London, set designer for the Royal Shakesphere Company
1943 Anthony Dowell, London, ballet dancer, Royal Ballet
1942 Billy Joe Royal, born in Valdosta, Georgia, country singer, Down in the Boondocks
1941 U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal
1941 British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean
1941 Hugo Loudon, president-director (Royal Oil), dies at 81
1941 Ark Royal airplane sights German battleship Bismarck
1941 Max Stafford-Clark, artistic director, Royal Court Theatre
1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
1940 British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
1940 German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names
1939 James Galway, born in Belfast. Ireland, flutist, 18k gold flute, Royal Phil
1939 German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed
1939 Martin Garrod, Commandant General Royal Marines
1939 Ruth Ashton, general secretary, Royal College of Midwives
1939 Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians 1st record "Auld Lang Syne"
1939 Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72
1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72
1938 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1938 A. J. Bellingham, president, Royal College of Pathologists
1936 Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec, Royal College of Nursing
1935 Martin Garrod, Commandant General, Royal Marines
1935 Royal Proclamation sets design of Canada's new Jubilee Silver Dollar
1934 Anthony Walker, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1934 Leslie Turnberg, president, Royal College of Physicians
1932 Jeremy Isaacs, general director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
1932 Della Reese, Detroit, singer and actress, Della Reese Show, Royal Family
1932 Arthur Jones, principal, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
1932 David Bolton, director, British Royal United Service for Defense
1932 A J Zuckerman, Dean, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
1931 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
1931 Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director, Royal Collection
1930 Peter Hall, born in Suffolk, England, director, Royal Shakespeare Company
1929 Oliver Neville, principal, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
1929 Christopher George, Royal Oak, Minnesota, actor, Rat Patrol, Immortal
1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia
1928 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St. George's
1928 Richard Buckley, royal equerry
1927 George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in New York City
1927 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor, Royal Flemish Opera
1927 James Eberle, British admiral/director, Royal Institute of International Affairs
1927 Alan Betts, emeritus professor, Royal Veterinary College
1927 Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art
1926 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution
1926 61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham
1926 Arthur Bell, royal botanic gardens director, Kew Gardens
1926 Cicely Berry, voice director, Royal Shakespeare Company
1924 Norman Ayrton, opera director, Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK
1924 Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66
1924 Michael Gow, commandant, Royal College of Defense Studies
1924 Canon A. D. Caesar, Sub Dean, HM Chapels Royal
1924 Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music
1923 Margaret Courtenay, actress, Royal Flash, Duet for One
1922 Royal Dano, New York City, actor, Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II
1922 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St. George
1921 Patrick Howard-Dobson, president, Royal British Legion
1921 Ian Todd, President, Royal College of Surgeons
1920 Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
1920 Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police
1918 Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal, 1972-82
1918 Royal Dutch Blast furnace and Steel factory opens in Hague
1918 Roger de Grey, president, Royal Academy
1918 Sixten Ehrling, born in Malmo, Sweden, conductor, Royal Opera of Stockholm
1918 England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force
1917 Michael [George] Somes, England, dancer, Royal Ballet
1917 British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor
1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor
1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand
1917 Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank
1916 Noel Johnson, British actor, Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash
1915 British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000
1914 Sarah Churchill, London, actress, All Over Town, Royal Wedding
1914 Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent
1914 Royal Nationally Steuncomite forms
1912 Royal Flying Corps forms in England
1912 Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet
1912 Royal Flying Corps forms (later RAF)
1911 Royal Mint in London sends dies for $1 coin to Ottawa Branch
1910 Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent
1910 Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy
1909 Hardy Amies, born in London, England, royal dressmaker, Queen Elizabeth II
1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter
1908 33rd Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Royal Tourist wins in 1:46.4
1908 Canadian branch of the Royal Mint opens in Ottawa
1907 Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP)
1905 Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School
1904 Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer
1903 George G Stokes, British physicist/president Royal Society, dies at 83
1903 Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer, 1st woman in Royal Society
1901 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)
1901 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow
1901 Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent
1900 Lord Louis Mountbatten, of Burma, royal relative/earl/baron/admiral
1899 1st jukebox (Palais Royal Hotel, SF)
1899 Royal Beal, Brookline, Massachusetts, actor, Death of a Salesman
1898 Ninette de Valois, [Edris Stannus], Engl, ballerina, Royal Ballet
1897 Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club)
1896 Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies
1894 Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter
1893 Royal Butler, [Edwin Richey], born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor
1888 Royal Court Theatre, London, opens
1887 Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200
1886 George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company
1879 Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in U.S.)
1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded
1870 Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree
1867 Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria
1866 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies
1866 Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate, Royal Oil, Shell
1864 Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill)
1862 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
1862 Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry)
1862 Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina, Port Royal Ferry
1862 Battle of Front Royal, Virginia
1862 Battle at Front Royal, Virginia
1862 Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft. Royal, Virginia
1862 Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry)
1861 Battle of Port Royal Bay, South Carolina (Ft. Walker, Ft. Beauregard)
1860 Hugo Loudon, CEO, Royal Dutch Oil [Shell]
1859 Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die
1858 Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London
1858 Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist, founder NV Royal Salt Industries
1854 Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute)
1852 John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies
1851 Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)
1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
1843 Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens
1839 1st Henley Royal Regatta
1839 Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society
1835 George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal
1833 Marie-Antoine Careme, author (Pattissier Royal Parisien), dies at 48
1829 Royal Military Chapel forms
1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
1817 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter of Napoleon, dies at 63
1813 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic
1811 Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies
1809 Royal Opera House in London opens
1808 Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire
1804 John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies
1801 George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal
1798 Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66
1794 Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens
1792 English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900
1792 Benjamin West (U.S.) becomes president of Royal Academy of London
1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1783 Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
1778 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer/royal chaplain master
1773 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76
1767 Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster
1764 John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society
1764 John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society
1762 James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter, Napoleon
1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain
1751 Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort
1750 Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots
1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots
1741 Royal Military Academy forms at Woolwich
1735 Jury acquits John Zenger (New York Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of New York (victory for Freedom of press)
1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
1731 Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master
1729 North Carolina becomes a royal colony
1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1720 Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
1719 John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73
1710 British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia
1709 Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect, Royal Palace, Hague
1703 Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships
1697 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
1693 Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va
1692 Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
1691 New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth
1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia
1689 Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie
1687 Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England
1684 William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st President of Royal Society, dies
1682 Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London
1681 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn
1675 King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich
1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
1675 John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England
1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
1665 Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
1663 Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens
1663 King Charles II affirms charter of Royal African Company
1662 England's King Charles II charters Royal Society in London
1662 Royal charter granted Connecticut
1662 Royal Society incorporates
1660 London Royal Society forms
1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England
1642 Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society
1641 Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74
1629 England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
1614 Felice Anerio, Italian composer (pontifical royal chapel), dies
1608 Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies
1600 Baki, Turkish royal poet (Davan, Ghazalijjat), dies at about 74
1594 Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague)
1585 Heinrich Schutz, German royal chaplain master/composer, Daphne
1571 Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
1567 Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter
1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
1560 Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France
1555 Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80
1541 Bernard van Orley, Flemish royal painter of Hungary, dies at about 52
1535 John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family
1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal)
1535 Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, dies at 48
1519 Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast
1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet
1486 Agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer
1393 Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball
1393 Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball
1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
1393 Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay
1120 English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm
1048 Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74
965 Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered
502 Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power
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