1998 President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky
1998 Federal court rules President Clinton does not have executive privilege in the Lewinsky case so he must testify
1992 Tipper Gore (wife of future VP) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink
1990 Greyhound files reoganization plan so they can be traded publically
1990 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled
1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
1989 Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1988 Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla
1987 Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so
1984 Emily Ann Lloyd, actress, Sarah Kramer-Something So Right
1982 U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea
1981 George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"
1980 "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 8 performances
1980 "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 8 performances
1980 Billy L Sullivan, LI, New York, actor, Will Pacino-Something So Right
1980 Marne Patterson, born in Sherman Oaks, California, actress, Nicole-Something So Right
1979 Claire Danes, New York City, actress, Angela-My So Called Life, Romeo and Juliet
1978 Devon Gummersall, Colo, actor, Relativity, Brian-My So Called Life
1976 U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)
1976 "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 16 performances
1976 "So Long 174th St" opens at Harkness Theater New York City for 16 performances
1975 6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days
1974 Devon Odessa, actor, Sharon-My So Called Life, Girl of Limberlost
1973 Wilson Cruz, actor, My So Called Life, Ally McBeal
1972 Jared Leto, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, actor, Jordan-My So Called Life
1971 Chesney Lee Haskes, England, singer, Feels So Alive
1969 Mica Paris, rocker, So Good
1969 "Turn-On," debuts and cancelled by ABC after flopping so badly
1968 Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, 1st person to do so
1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference
1963 Stark Young, U.S. writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
1961 Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 and 10), dies of cancer at 64
1957 "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2
1954 June Pointer, singer, Pointer Sisters-I'm So excited
1954 Jere Burns, Cambridge MS, actor, Something So Right, Kirk-Dear John
1951 Peabo Bryson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, R&B vocalist, I'm So into You
1950 Bonnie Pointer, singer, Pointer Sisters-Jump, I'm So Excited
1948 Anita Pointer, Oakland, rock vocalist, Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy
1947 Barbara Lee, U.S. singer, Chiffons, He's So Fine
1947 Patricia Bennett, U.S. singer, He's So Fine
1946 Sylvia Peterson, U.S. vocalist, Chiffons-He's So Fine
1946 Mirelle Mathieu, born in Acignon, France, singer, So Ein Schoner Abend
1946 Ruth Pointer, singer, Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted
1945 Carly Simon, born in New York City, singer, Anticipation, You're So Vain
1944 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter, Traffic-Something So Strong
1944 Frederick Knight, U.S. singer, I've been lonely so long
1943 John Paul Hammond, New York City, blues singer, So Many Roads
1943 Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
1942 French Navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them
1942 "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
1942 Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort
1940 Sammy Strain, U.S. singer, Imperials-Hurt So Bad
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 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"
1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
1939 Richard Kiel, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, So Fine, Jaws-Moonraker, Skidoo
1939 Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer, Daddy don't run so fast
1938 Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so
1936 Shirley Goodman, U.S. R&B singers, Shirley and Lee-Feels so Good
1933 Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cin Reds
1933 Joan Weldon, SF, actress, So This is Love, Them
1933 Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn't, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games
1931 Lord Cecil of British Government says War was never so improbable
1930 Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
1930 Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Texas, rocker, Feel So Fine
1927 Richard Johnson, actor, Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door
1926 JB Fagan's "And So to Bed," premieres in London
1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"
1925 James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?," premieres in New York City
1917 Cin Fred Tooney and Chic's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0
1914 Julio Cortazar, Argentina, writer, We Love Glenda So Much
1911 Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies
1910 John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads
1903 Dorothy Stickney, Dickinson ND, actress, And So They Were Married
1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
1900 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32
1899 Elliot Nugent, director, And so They were Married
1896 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)
1889 Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist, Zimbabwe, So Arabia
1887 Joe Jackson, black sox player, Say it aint so, Joe
1881 Stark Young, U.S. critic/writer, So Red the Rose
1867 Siegfried Passarge, German geographer, Cameroon/So Afr/America
1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. president to do so
1794 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British
1713 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere
1540 Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so
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