2000 Deborah Laake, writer, Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, dies at 47
1999 Brian Moore, writer, The Secret Passion of Judith Hearn, dies at 77
1998 Federal rules that the Secret Service must testify in the Lewinsky case
1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
1993 Garry Moore, TV host (I've Got A Secret), dies of emphysema at 78
1993 Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad
1993 "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances
1991 Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret U.S. documents
1991 "Secret Garden" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 706 performances
1988 STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission
1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1988 Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90
1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance
1987 Madeleine Carroll, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81
1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran
1986 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita
1986 Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at 77
1985 Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula
1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
1983 Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65
1982 Kate Maberly, actress, Secret Garden
1979 Daisy Eagan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actresss, Secret Graden
1979 Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82
1978 Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
1977 Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93
1976 Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67
1974 Jerry O'Connell, New York City, actor, Scream 2, Andrew-My Secret Identity
1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run
1973 Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden
1973 U.S. ends secret bombing of Cambodia
1973 Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris
1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1967 New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
1965 David Whyte, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret
1965 Nathan, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret
1964 U.S. diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy
1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral
1963 Carl Fysh, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret
1962 Steve Alexander, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret
1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1960 Eg White, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret
1959 Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow
1959 Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Batman Forever
1958 Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87
1957 Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1956 Lucy Gutteridge, actress, Top Secret, Trouble With Spies
1956 Juliet Stevenson, Essex England, actress, Secret Rapture, Life Story
1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to German DR
1954 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres
1953 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
1952 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host
1951 PM Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad
1951 Anne Twomey, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker
1949 Lukas D. Barnard, head of South Africa secret service, NIS
1948 Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret
1947 David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret
1946 Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress, Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service
1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada
1945 Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist, Holland's secret service
1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary
1944 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat
1944 Jim Abrahams, Shorewood, Wisconsin, director, Hot Shots, Top Secret
1943 Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress, Secret Policeman's Ball
1943 Susan Jameson, actress, Secret World of Polly Flint
1942 Johnny Rivers, [Ramistella], New York City, singer, Secret Agent Man
1942 Willy Bogner, Jr., Munich, director, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1941 Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
1940 George Greenstein, author, Secret of a Jewish Baker
1938 LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police
1934 Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor, Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1934 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police
1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
1933 German Secret State Police, Gestapo, established
1932 Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret
1931 Eileen Diss, theatrical designer, August, Secret Places, Betrayal
1928 Patrick McGoohan, born in Astoria, New York, actor, #6-Prisoner, Secret Agent
1923 Andrew Duggan, actor, Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War
1921 Hans Warren, Dutch writer, poet and critic, Secret Diary
1920 Louise Allbritton, born in Oklahoma City, actr, Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret
1918 Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents
1918 David Opatoshu, New York City, actor, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada
1917 Russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski
1917 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress, Dr. Kildaire, I've Got a Secret
1917 Faye Emerson, born in Elizabeth, Louisiana, actress, I've Got a Secret
1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1915 Henry Morgan, born in New York City, comedian/TV panelist, I've Got a Secret, Arena
1915 Garry Moore, [Thomas Garrison Morfit], Balt, host, I've Got a Secret
1914 Germany and Turkey signs secret treaty
1914 Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author, about secret service
1911 British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany
1909 Astrid Allwyn, Manchester CT, actress, Charlie Chan's Secret
1908 Paul Stewart, born in New York City, actor, Top Secret USA, Deadline
1906 Dick White, head of British secret service, MI-5/MI-6
1906 Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer, Secret Resistance
1906 Madeleine Carroll, England, actress, 39 Steps, Secret Agent
1902 Sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated
1902 Walter Keirnan, New Havens, Connecticut, TV panelist, I've Got a Secret
1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
1900 Laura Hobson, New York City, TV writer/panelist, I've Got a Secret
1899 Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
1896 Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist, I Got a Secret
1896 William Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in New York City
1894 British and Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa
1893 Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret
1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley
1872 Britain introduces secret ballot voting
1865 Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department
1860 U.S. Secret Service created
1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden
1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin
1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty
1784 Patrice F earl de Neny, South Netherlands Secret Council chairman, dies at 67
1776 Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
1753 Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty
1739 French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty
1727 France and Bavaria renew secret treaty
1725 Spain and Austria sign secret treaty
1716 Patrice F earl De Neny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council
1714 Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty
1678 King Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty
1676 Kings Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty
1671 French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty
1669 France and Brandenburg sign secret treaty
1585 English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I
1570 King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II
1552 France signs secret treaty with German Protestants
1544 Scot earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII
1532 Henry VIII and Francois I signs secret treaty against emperor Karel V
1531 Pope Clemens VII and Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V
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