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2013 Event - A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes significant damage to villages along the coast of the Solomon Islands

2007 Event - 8.1 earthquake triggers tsunami in the Solomon Islands

2007 Death - Robert C. Solomon, dies in Zurich, Switzerland, at 64

1996 Death - Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65

1995 Event - Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41)

1978 Event - Solomon Islands declares independence from U.K.

1974 Death - Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, U.S. impresario, dies at 85

1973 Birthday - John Solomon, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks

1972 Birthday - Freddie Solomon, NFL wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles

1968 Death - Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, TV preacher, dies at 84

1968 Birthday - Ariel Solomon, NFL center/guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers

1968 Event - "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 7 performances

1965 Event - "I'm Solomon" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 7 performances

1962 Death - Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61

1959 Death - Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1956 - 1959, assassinated at 60

1949 Death - Solomon R Guggenheim, U.S. art collector, dies at 88

1943 Event - U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island

1943 Event - U.S. bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island

1943 Event - Battle at Vella Lavella, Solomon Island

1943 Event - Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island

1943 Event - Arundel (Solomon Island) in U.S. hands

1943 Event - U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II

1943 Event - Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-boat 109 sinks at Solomon islands

1943 Birthday - Peter Kenilorea, Prime Minister Solomon Islands

1942 Birthday - Robert C. Solomon, born in Michigan, philosophy professor, studied Hegel, Nietzsche, Sartre, philosophy of emotions

1942 Event - Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands

1942 Event - 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is

1942 Event - Vice-Admiral Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island

1942 Event - 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1942 Event - Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered

1942 Event - Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo, Solomon Islands

1940 Birthday - Solomon Burke, American Musician

1937 Birthday - Solomon P. Ortiz, born in Robstown, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1983 -

1932 Birthday - Marisa Pavan, born in Cagliari, Italy, actress, Solomon and Sheba, Rose Tattoo

1932 Death - Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies

1931 Birthday - Toni Morrison, born in Ohio, novelist, Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon

1930 Birthday - Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Australia

1930 Birthday - Gerald B. H. Solomon, born in Okeechobee, Florida, Representative-R-New York 1979 - 1999

1930 Birthday - Gerald B. H. Solomon, Politician

1930 Event - Remains of Solomon Andrees' balloon expedition to North Pole in 1897, found at Kvit oya Spitsbergen

1921 Event - Solomon Porter Hood named minister to Liberia

1915 Death - Solomon Schechter, theologist, dies at about 64

1910 Birthday - Izler Solomon, St. Paul, Minnesota, conductor

1900 Birthday - Solomon Pimsleur, composer

1899 Birthday - Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, premier of Ceylon, 1956-59

1897 Event - Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island

1897 Event - Solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole

1895 Death - Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39

1894 Event - U.S. warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island

1886 Death - Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies

1883 Birthday - Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New, Virginia, TV preacher

1864 Death - Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC

1861 Birthday - Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City

1859 Birthday - Sholem Aleichem, Solomon Rabinowitz, author, Fiddler on the Roof

1856 Birthday - Henry Rider Haggard, author, King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn

1855 Birthday - Edward Solomon, composer

1854 Birthday - Solomon A Andree, Swedish engineer/balloonist/Artic explorer

1847 Birthday - Solomon Schechter, U.S. Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader

1810 Birthday - Solomon Meredith, Major General Union volunteers

1797 Death - Elijah B Solomon Zalman, rabbi/Gaon of Vilna, dies

1573 Death - Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies

1198 Death - Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies













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