1998 Jerome Robbins, choreographer, West Side Story, dies at 79
1998 Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards
1998 "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 91 performances
1997 Saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85
1997 "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 91 performances
1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side vs. Australia, World Cup
1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980
1994 Gary Larson, announces he is retiring from doing "Far Side" cartoon
1992 Largest wrestling crowd out side of U.S. (75,000) at Wembley Stadium
1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco New York City after 41 performances
1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 41 performances
1991 Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS at 60
1990 Leonard Bernstein, composer (West Side Story), dies at 72
1988 Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies
1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73
1982 Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
1982 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
1982 Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week
1981 Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43 (suicide)
1981 Ernest Thompson's "West Side Waltz," premieres in New York City
1980 "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 341 performances
1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 341 performances
1978 Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box New York City for 390 performances
1977 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres in New York City
1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box New York City after 390 performances
1974 Jim Maher, cricketer, Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side
1968 Stephanie Seymour, SD California, actress/model, Sunny Side Up
1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1967 Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches
1964 Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches
1963 Kathy Ireland, model and actress, Alien From, Louisiana, Side Out
1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
1962 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win
1960 Gary Graham, actor, Money on the Side
1959 Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of U.S.S.R.'s Luna 3
1959 U.S.S.R. Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side
1959 "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances
1957 "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances
1957 Bernstein and Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in New York City
1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway
1957 Patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville, Kentucky, singer, Blue Side of Town
1955 Malcolm Jarvis, cricket lefty paceman, Zimbabwe's 1st Test side
1953 Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, side horse gymnist, Olympics gold 1976, 80
1950 Gary Larson, cartoonist, Far Side
1947 Marilyn Hassett, LA Ca, actress, Bell Jar, Other Side of Mt
1940 St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to HR from each side of plate
1939 Richard Beymer, Avoca, Iowa, actor, West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank
1936 Marva Nettles Collins, educator, west side preparatory school
1934 Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist, Annie, West Side Story
1934 John Van Druten's "Distaff Side," premieres in New York City
1934 Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress, West Side Story
1934 Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecile, Alive Emelie, Dead 1954 Marie, Dead 1970 Yvonne, Alive, First known set of surviving quintuplets, these girls were treated as a side show and lived in a virtual muse
1933 George Chakiris, born in Norwood, Ohio, actor, West Side Story
1933 Chita Rivera, Washington D.C., actress, West Side Story, Sweet Charity
1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side
1931 Rita Moreno, [Rosa Dolores Alverio], Humacao PR, West Side Story
1930 Stephen Sondheim, born in New York City, lyricist, West Side Story, Company
1928 Harold Prince, U.S. producer/director, West Side Story, Evita
1925 James E "Jimmy" Smith, U.S. jazz/organist, Walk on the Wild Side
1925 Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side
1922 Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet, Heaven is a Side Issue
1922 Vancouver, BC starts driving on the right side of road
1921 Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo, Texas, dancer/actress, East Side
1918 Jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], New York, choreographer, Tony-West Side Story
1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story
1918 Arthur Laurents, born in New York City, playwright, West Side Story, Gypsy
1914 Robert Wise, director, Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story
1914 Japan joins side of allies
1912 Jack Cowie, cricketer, successful NZ fast bowler either side of WWII
1909 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City
1905 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer, Side by Side
1903 Due to drought the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water
1899 Winnie Lightner, Greenport, New York, comedienne, Sit Tight, Side Show
1898 Queenie Smith, New York City, actress/dancer, Funny Side
1892 John Peale Bishop, U.S. poet, This Side of Paradise
1806 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500
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