2000 Alaska Airlines flight 261 crashes off coast of southern California, killing 88, crash caused by a bad stabilizer
1997 Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam
1996 Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake
1995 Terry Southern, writer, dies at 71
1995 Southern California begins using new area code 562
1995 Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334
1994 76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1994 14" of snow in Southern California
1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern California
1991 6.0 earthquake hits southern California
1989 Sterling A Brown, U.S. poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87
1987 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England
1987 Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn
1986 Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa
1986 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81
1984 Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members
1984 3rd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: Southern California beats Tenn 72-61
1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball
1982 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1981 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern California (RB)
1980 4,800 die in series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy
1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK
1979 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB)
1977 77th U.S. Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1974 Courageous (U.S.) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup
1973 Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria
1971 James Baldwin, Jr., born in Southern Pines, North Carolina, pitcher, Chicago White Sox
1970 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK
1969 Launch of Mariner 7, flies 2,190-mi above southern Mars
1968 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O J Simpson, Southern California (RB)
1968 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes
1967 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
1967 Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent
1965 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern California (RB)
1965 Tim Simpson, born in Atlanta, Georgia, Nike golfer, 1985 Southern Open
1964 Southern Democrats filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
1962 Southern University closed due to demonstrations
1960 John Rocca, English funk singer, Southern Freeze
1960 David Peoples, Augusta ME, Nike golfer, 1991 Buick Southern Open
1959 David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer, 1988 Southern Open
1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running
1958 58th U.S. Golf Open: Tommy Bolt shoots a 283 at Southern Hills in Tulsa
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded
1955 Michael James Sullivan, born in Gary, Indiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Southern Open
1954 Rick Warren, San Jose, California, Pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California
1953 Edward Ray Fiori, born in Lynwood, California, PGA golfer, 1979 Southern Open
1948 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax
1945 Koreas divided on 38th parallel with U.S. occupying the southern area
1944 Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die
1939 DeWitt T Weaver, Jr., Danville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1972 Southern Open
1939 Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper
1926 Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League
1926 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, Southern Christian Leadership
1924 Terry Southern, writer
1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1922 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia)
1915 Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class
1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria
1900 British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established
1899 Southern California Golf Association forms
1891 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
1887 Harvey Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)
1880 Southern University forms
1879 "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation
1877 Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas
1877 1st U.S. municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations
1877 British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa
1876 Southern Pacific line from LA to San Francisco completed
1871 John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
1868 Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)
1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and 4 other southern senators resign
1853 Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico
1837 Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
1814 Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat
1805 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley", Southern Illinois
1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France
1795 Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi
1795 France annexes Southern Netherlands
1794 Hard frost in southern New England
1783 Laki Volcano in southern Iceland begins 8-month eruption
1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands
1670 Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes Governor-General of Southern Neth
1667 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands
1598 Arch duke Albrecht and Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands
1535 Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian
1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands
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