2002 XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City
1995 Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002
1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
1990 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions
1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City
1986 Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time
1984 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d)
1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
1980 Deidra Graham, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, gymnast, alternate for the 1996 Olympics
1979 President Carter and Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
1979 US and U.S.S.R. sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
1979 Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater
1978 Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt and Pepper), dies at 57
1972 Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96
1972 Steve Konowalchuk, Salt Lake City, NHL center for the Washington Capitals
1972 Nixon and Brezhnev signs SALT accord
1971 Tonja Marie Christensen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, playmate, Nov, 1991
1969 Pepa, rocker, Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang
1969 Salt, rocker, Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang
1968 Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, Oly-1996
1964 Cheryl "Salt" James, singer, Salt-N-Pepa
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open
1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast
1944 Jennifer Salt, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party
1942 Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx
1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah
1934 Wilford Brimley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Gus-Our House, Cocoon
1933 U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id and Salt Lake City Utah closes
1930 Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax
1928 Earl Brown, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Stovall-Operation Petticoat
1928 Joi Lansing, born in Salt Lake City Utah, actress, Bob Cummings Show
1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season
1925 Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle
1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
1924 Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66
1923 Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's
1922 Salt layer find at Winterswijk
1921 Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947
1918 Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie
1915 Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show
1913 Paul Langton, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Leslie-Peyton Place
1913 Loretta Young, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actr, Farmer's Daughter, Stranger
1909 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens
1908 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized
1897 Natacha Rambova, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, costume designer
1893 Frank Borzage, born in Salt Lake City, director, 7th Heaven, Strange Cargo
1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated
1890 President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned
1876 Titus Salt, English Businesman
1871 Belgium disbands salt tax
1870 George A. Smith, born in Salt Lake City Utah, 8th President of Mormon church
1867 Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku and tanka poet/diarist, Salt Water Ballads
1858 Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist, founder NV Royal Salt Industries
1856 Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th President of Mormon church
1847 Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah
1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah
1803 Titus Salt, English Businesman
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