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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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