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2012 Event - The film 'Chinese Zodiac' featuring martial arts star Jackie Chan, will be the last film made by the action star

2012 Event - George Lucas sells Lucasfilm Ltd. to the Walt Disney Company for $4.05 billion; the sale includes the rights to the 'Indiana Jones' and 'Star Wars' franchises

2012 Event - Astronomers have identified the nearest planet outside of our Solar System, Alpha Centauri B, which circles its star much closer than Mercury orbits our Sun

2009 Event - European astronomers discover 32 extrasolar planets, or exoplanets - planets that orbit a star other than the Sun

2005 Event - Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars III) is released

2005 Event - Star Trek: Enterprise broadcasts it's final show in the U.S.

2003 Death - Madlyn Rhue, actress, Star Trek, dies at 69

2002 Death - Mary Stuart, long-time soap star, Search for Tomorrow, dies at 76

2001 Death - Lance Loud, "actor/early ""reality show"" star", An American Family, dies at 50

1999 Death - DeForest Kelley, actor, Star Trek, dies at 79

1999 Death - Dana Plato, child star, Different Strokes, dies at 34

1998 Death - Persis Khambatta, actress, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, dies at 47

1998 Event - Star Bank LPGA Classic

1998 Event - 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver

1997 Event - French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages

1997 Death - John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in plain crash at 53

1997 Event - Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic

1997 Event - 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland

1997 Event - Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space

1996 Death - Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), killed in drive by at 25

1996 Event - Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic

1996 Event - 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia

1996 Event - All star MVP: Mike Piazza, Los Angeles Dodgers

1996 Death - Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88

1996 Death - Raaj Kumar, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', dies at 68

1996 Death - Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78

1996 Event - Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual

1996 Death - Neil Franklin, soccer star, dies at 74

1996 Event - "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 97 performances

1995 Death - Madge Sinclair, actress (Star Trek IV, Conrack, Convoy), dies at 55

1995 Death - Bobby Riggs, tennis star, dies of prostate cancer at 77

1995 Event - "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 97 performances

1995 Death - Johnny Carey, soccer star, dies at 76

1995 Event - 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas

1995 Event - All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)

1995 Death - Ted Drake, soccer star, dies at 82

1995 Event - Chris Johnson wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic

1995 Death - Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62

1995 Death - Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85

1994 Death - Leigh Bowery, designer, pop star, model, performance artist, influenced Boy George, Vivienne Westwood, dies at 33

1994 Event - "Star Trek VII - Generations," premieres

1994 Death - Dennis C Ott, U.S. actor (Star Trek 3/4), dies of AIDs

1994 Event - Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1994 Death - Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies at 40

1994 Death - Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr. Who), dies of cancer at 81

1994 Death - Terry Hibbitt, soccer star, dies at 47

1994 Death - Jean Borotra, Flying Basque, French tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95

1994 Death - Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91

1994 Event - 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pitts

1994 Event - All star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves)

1994 Death - Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84

1994 Death - Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59

1994 Death - Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US

1994 Event - Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication

1994 Event - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center

1994 Event - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana

1994 Event - Miami begins a latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan

1994 Event - East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in New York City

1993 Event - Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse

1993 Event - Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27)

1993 Death - Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48

1993 Event - Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty (Brenda) weds Ashley Hamilton

1993 Event - Walter Koenig, Checkov of Star Trek, suffers a heart attack

1993 Death - Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27

1993 Event - 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore

1993 Event - All star MVP: Kirby Puckett for the Minnesota Twins

1993 Death - Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59

1993 Event - Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte

1993 Death - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49

1992 Birthday - Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again'

1992 Event - Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1992 Event - New York City Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife

1992 Event - 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD

1992 Event - All star MVP: Ken Griffey, Jr., Seattle Mariners

1992 Event - Kim Basinger gets 1,959th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1992 Event - Actress Marina Sirtis, Star Trek NG, marries rocker Michael Lamper

1992 Event - All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium

1992 Death - Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash

1992 Event - Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1992 Death - Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49

1992 Event - West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game

1992 Event - NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113

1992 Event - NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Philadelphia

1992 Death - Judith Anderson, actress (Star Trek 3), dies of pneumonia at 93

1991 Event - DeForest Kelly (Dr. McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood

1991 Event - "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres

1991 Death - Gene Roddenberry, creator (Star Trek), dies of cardiac arrest at 70

1991 Event - Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics

1991 Event - NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly

1991 Event - Italian/Argentine Soccer star Diego Maradona retires

1991 Event - 62nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto

1991 Event - All star MVP: Cal Ripken, Jr. for the Baltimore Orioles

1991 Birthday - James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, son of Gates McFaden, Star Trek NG

1991 Event - Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota North Star, 4 games to 2

1991 Event - Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics

1991 Event - Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use

1991 Event - NBA All Star Game at Charlotte North Carolina

1990 Death - Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77

1990 Event - Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1990 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled

1990 Event - Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame

1990 Event - 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago

1990 Event - All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)

1990 Event - 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address

1990 Event - Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame

1990 Event - Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI

1990 Event - Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die

1990 Event - 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins

1990 Event - On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long

1989 Event - Billy Graham is given 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd

1989 Event - 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals)

1989 Event - President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game

1989 Event - Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game

1989 Event - Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame

1989 Event - Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1989 Event - "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA

1989 Event - Pat Bradley wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic

1989 Birthday - Jake Lloyd, born in Fort Collins, Colorado, actor, played young Anakin Skywalker in George Lucas' 'Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace' and 'ER' television show

1989 Event - U.K. physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"

1989 Death - Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51

1988 Event - Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills

1988 Event - 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin

1988 Event - All star MVP: Terry Steinbach for the Oakland A's

1988 Event - 120th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6

1988 Event - Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG)

1988 Event - 114th Preakness: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 1:56.2

1988 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic

1988 Event - General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden

1988 Death - Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12

1988 Event - Czechoslovakian born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen

1987 Event - "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV

1987 Event - 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad

1987 Event - All star MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos)

1987 Event - Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1987 Event - A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break

1986 Event - Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood

1986 Event - U.S. Senate votes for SDI-project, Star Wars

1986 Event - 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston

1986 Event - All star MVP: Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox

1986 Event - Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks

1985 Death - Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Penny, 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83

1985 Death - Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83

1985 Death - Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64

1985 Event - 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn

1985 Event - All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres)

1985 Death - Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) New York City at 91

1985 Death - Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54

1985 Event - Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

1984 Event - 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

1984 Event - All star MVP: Gary Carter, Mont Expos

1984 Event - Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs 1st appears in Nature magazine

1984 Death - Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies

1984 Death - Rosser Reeves, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby, dies

1983 Event - 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago

1983 Event - Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)

1983 Event - "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released

1983 Event - U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI)

1983 Event - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period

1982 Death - Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies

1982 Death - Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies

1982 Death - Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41

1982 Event - 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Washington D.C.

1982 Event - 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal

1982 Event - All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cincinnati Reds)

1982 Death - Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, soccer star/writer, dies at 76

1982 Event - "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," released in USA

1982 Death - Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83

1982 Event - Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Okla, kills 6 kids and teacher

1981 Birthday - Brian Bonsall, actor, Family Ties, Star Trek Next Generation

1981 Event - 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland

1981 Event - All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos)

1981 Event - NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)

1981 Birthday - Hayden Christensen, born in Vancouver, Canada, actor, appeared in 'Jumper', famous role, Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) in the second and third 'Star Wars' prequel trilogy

1980 Birthday - Martina Hingis, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1997 Australia/US/Wimb

1980 Event - 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

1980 Event - All star MVP: Ken Griffey (Cincinnati Reds)

1980 Birthday - Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star

1980 Birthday - Aubrie Rippner, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1995 USTA National Girls 18

1979 Event - Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood

1979 Event - 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle

1979 Event - All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates)

1979 Event - Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel

1979 Birthday - Zhang Ziyi, born in Beijing, China, actress, internationally successful film star, appeared in 'Hero', 'Purple Butterfly', 'House of Flying Daggars', 'The Horsemen', 'Memoirs of a Geisha'

1978 Death - Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash

1978 Birthday - Henrietta Nagyova, Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star, ITF/Cali-COL

1978 Birthday - Magdalena Grzybowska, Poznan Pol, tennis star, 1995 Futures Slovakia

1978 Event - 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium

1978 Event - All star MVP: Steve Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers

1978 Birthday - Tatyana Jecmenica, Novi Sad Yugo, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Novi Sad

1978 Birthday - Sandra Kleinova, Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Turku-FIN

1978 Birthday - Mike Bryan, born in Oxnard, California, tennis star, USTA National 18 doubles

1978 Birthday - Siobhan Drake-Brockman, born in Bunbury, Australia, tennis star, 1994 Port Pirie

1978 Death - Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, author (Ginger Star), dies at 62

1978 Event - 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett and Bob Hope

1978 Birthday - Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures NC

1977 Birthday - Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star, Futures-Amadora-POR

1977 Event - "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band," by Meco hits #1

1977 Birthday - Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star, 1996 Pan Pacific

1977 Death - Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75

1977 Event - 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York

1977 Event - All star MVP: Don Sutton (Los Angeles Dodgers)

1977 Birthday - Ludmila Richterova, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star

1977 Birthday - Lindsay Lee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Woodlands TX

1977 Birthday - Yvette Basting, born in Breda, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Flensberg-GER

1977 Event - Movie "Star Wars" debuts

1977 Birthday - Anca Barna, Cluj, Romania, tennis star, semifinals 1995 ITF Poland

1977 Birthday - Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star

1977 Birthday - Ludmila Richterova, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1995 Bournemouth

1977 Death - William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer

1977 Birthday - Dally Randriantefy, Antananarivo Madag, tennis star, 1993 Marseille

1977 Birthday - Melanie Schnell, Radstadt Austria, tennis star, 1994 semi Surabaya

1977 Birthday - Justin Gimelstob, New Jersey, tennis star, 1994 doubles USTA Bakersfield

1977 Birthday - Lenka Cenkova, Trinec Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Vaihingen-GER

1977 Birthday - Anne Miller, Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1995 Darmstadt Germany

1976 Event - "A Star is Born," with Barbra Striesand, premieres

1976 Birthday - Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star, 140 MPH serve

1976 Birthday - Sjeng Schalken, Weert, Netherlands, tennis star

1976 Event - 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895)

1976 Birthday - Anna Smashnova, born in Minsk, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Erlangen GER

1976 Event - 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia

1976 Event - All star MVP: George Foster (Cincinnati Reds)

1976 Event - Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break

1976 Birthday - Paola Suarez, born in Pergamino, Argentina, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Buenos Aires

1976 Birthday - Lindsay Davenport, born in Palos Verdes, California, tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold

1976 Birthday - Scott Humphries, born in Greely, Colorado, tennis star, 1995 doubles Binghampton

1976 Birthday - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star

1976 Birthday - Sonya Jeyaseelan, born in Newestminster BC, tennis star, 1995 Futures Fla

1976 Birthday - Lenka Nemeckova, born in Brno Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Maribor-SLO

1976 Birthday - Barbara Schett, born in Innsbruck, Austria, tennis star

1976 Birthday - Adriana Serra-Zanetti, born in Modena Italy, tennis star, 1995 Moscow semi

1976 Birthday - Chanda Rubin, Lafayette, Louisiana, tennis star, 1996 Australian Open doubles

1976 Birthday - Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1995 Puerto Rico

1976 Birthday - Laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star, 1995 finalist Jakarta

1975 Birthday - Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star, 1995 Amsterdam

1975 Birthday - Ju-Yeon Choi, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Seoul-KOR II

1975 Birthday - Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Koksijde

1975 Event - Elton John given a star in Hollywood

1975 Birthday - Elena Likhovtseva, Alma-Ata Kazakhstan, tennis star

1975 Event - Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests U.S. political asylum

1975 Event - Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky

1975 Death - James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54

1975 Birthday - Gloria Pizzichini, born in Italy, tennis star

1975 Event - 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee

1975 Event - All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) and John Matlock (New York Mets)

1975 Birthday - Ai Sugiyama, born in Tokyo, Japan, tennis star

1975 Birthday - Catalina Cristea, born in Bucharest, Rom, tennis star, 1995 quarter Jakarta

1975 Birthday - Asa Carlsson, born in Vasteras, Sweden, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Stockholm

1975 Birthday - Petra Begerow, born in Germany, tennis star, 1996 quarter Hilton Head

1975 Birthday - Magdalena Maleeva, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, tennis star, 1995 Chicago Moscow

1975 Birthday - Rita Grande, born in Napoli, Italy, tennis star, 3rd round 1996 Australia Open

1975 Birthday - Jiri Novak, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1975 Birthday - Jolene Blalock, born in San Diego, California, actress, best known for playing role of Vulcan T'Pol in 'Star Trek: Enterprise', film 'Slow Burn'

1975 Birthday - Bohdan Utihrach, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1975 Birthday - Sung-Hee Park, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Seoul

1975 Birthday - Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star

1975 Birthday - Mary Pierce, born in Montreal, Canada, tennis star, 1995 Australian Open

1974 Birthday - Alex Radutescu, Romania, tennis star

1974 Birthday - Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star, 1996 finalist Australian

1974 Birthday - Meike Babel, Langen Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Paderborn-GER

1974 Birthday - Sandra Cacic, born in Joliet, Illinois, tennis star

1974 Birthday - Andrei Medvedev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1991 French Open junior

1974 Birthday - Adrian Voinea, born in Focsani, Romania, tennis star, 1995 Malta

1974 Event - 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts

1974 Birthday - Vincent Spadea, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis star

1974 Birthday - Tatiana Ignatieva, born in Minsk, Belarus, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Sopot POL

1974 Birthday - Barbara Mulej, Kranj Slovenia, tennis star, 1992 Futures Germ

1974 Birthday - Maria Alejandra Vento, Caracas Venz, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Braz

1974 Birthday - Keri Phebus, Laguna Beach, California, tennis star

1974 Birthday - Alex Corretja, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star, 1990 Orange Bowl boys 16

1974 Birthday - Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island

1974 Birthday - Petra Kamstra, born in Rotterdam, Holland, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles

1974 Birthday - Tina Krizan, Maribor Slovenia, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles

1974 Birthday - Thomas Enqvist, born in Stockholm Sweden, tennis star, 1991 Wimbledon jr boys

1974 Birthday - Karol Kucera, born in Bratislava, Slovakia, tennis star, 1995-Rosmalen

1974 Birthday - Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star, 1996 Hobart

1974 Birthday - Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL

1974 Birthday - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star, 1995 doubles-Hamburg

1974 Birthday - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star

1974 Birthday - Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star, 1994 Futures NC

1974 Birthday - Stephanie Rottier, St. Niklaas Belgium, tennis star, 1995 semi Prague

1974 Death - Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67

1973 Birthday - Kristie Boogert, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, tennis star, 1996 Paris

1973 Birthday - Monica Seles, Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1992

1973 Birthday - Alexandra Fusai, St. Cloud France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Szczecin

1973 Event - Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty

1973 Birthday - Shi Ting Wang, Tainan Taiwan, tennis star, 1994 Taipei

1973 Birthday - Angelica Gavaldon, born in El Centro, California, tennis star, 1995 quarter Australia

1973 Birthday - Virginia Ruano-Pascual, born in Madrid, Spain, tennis star

1973 Event - "Star Trek-Animated" premieres on TV

1973 Birthday - Greg Rusedski, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis star, 1995 Seoul

1973 Birthday - Joanette Kruger, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, tennis star

1973 Birthday - Lisa Raymond, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, tennis star, 1995 Indian Wells doubles

1973 Birthday - Karina Habsudova, born in Bojnice, Slovakia, tennis star

1973 Birthday - Andrea Gaudenzi, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star, 1990 French Open junior

1973 Event - 40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103)

1973 Event - 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, KC

1973 Event - All star MVP: Bobby Bonds for the San Francisco Giants

1973 Event - Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial)

1973 Birthday - Alberto Berastegui, born in Spain, tennis star

1973 Birthday - Ines Gorrochategui, born in Cordoba, Argentina, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Brindisi

1973 Birthday - Sargis Sargsian, born in Yerevan, Armenia, tennis star, 1995 NCAA

1973 Birthday - Dominique van Roost, Verviers Belg, tennis star, 1995 Futures-GBR

1973 Birthday - Maria Jose Gaidano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1993 Belgium doubles

1973 Birthday - Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star

1973 Birthday - Barbara Rittner, born in Krefeld, West Germany, tennis star, 1992 Schenectady

1973 Birthday - Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, tennis star

1973 Birthday - Naoko Sawamatsu, born in Nishinomiya, Japan, tennis star, 1994 Singapore

1973 Birthday - David Prinosil, born in Olmutz, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 ATP Newport

1973 Birthday - Nicole Pratt, born in Mackay, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures Australia

1973 Birthday - Kirrily Sharpe, born in Bankstown, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Saga-JPN

1973 Birthday - Kristin Godridge, born in Traralgon, Australia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Singapore

1973 Birthday - Radka Bobkova, born in Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, quarter Bournemouth

1973 Birthday - Elena Makarova, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Val

1973 Birthday - Michael Joyce, born in Santa Monica, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA National Boys' 18

1973 Birthday - Chris Woodruff, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star, 1993 NCAA Division I

1973 Birthday - Fang Li, Hunan China, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Bilbao-ESP

1972 Birthday - Patrick Rafter, born in Queensland, Australia, tennis star, 1993 USTA/Aptos California

1972 Birthday - Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Fabrice Santoro, Tahiti, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star, 1996 final Hobart

1972 Birthday - Virag Csurgo, Siofok Hungary, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Freeport

1972 Birthday - Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star, 1994 Futures-College Park

1972 Birthday - Jane Taylor, born in Maitland, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Wagga Waga

1972 Birthday - Ruxandra Dragomir, Pitesti Rom, tennis star, 1996 Bournemouth doubles

1972 Birthday - Erika de Lone, born in Boston, Massachusetts, tennis star, 1996 Futures-Wilmington DE

1972 Birthday - Cathy Caverzasio, born in Switzerland, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Amy Frazier, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Miriam Oremans, Berlicum, Netherlands, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Christian Ruud, born in Oslo, Norway, tennis star, 1989 Norwegian

1972 Birthday - Silvia Ramon-Cortes, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Vigo

1972 Birthday - Martin Damm, Czech Republic, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Wil Wheaton, born in California, actor, Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me

1972 Event - 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)

1972 Birthday - Brenda Schultz, born in Netherlands, tennis star

1972 Event - NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques

1972 Event - 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad

1972 Event - All star MVP: Joe Morgan (Cincinnati Reds)

1972 Birthday - Mindy Carson, born in New York City, vocalist, Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue

1972 Birthday - Nathalie Baudone, born in Rocurt, Belgium, tennis star, 3rd round 1995 U.S. Open

1972 Birthday - Petra Schwarz-Ritter, Vienna Aus, tennis star, 1988 Futures-Bari-ITA

1972 Birthday - Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR

1972 Birthday - Silvia Farina, born in Milan, Italy, tennis star, 1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles

1972 Birthday - Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star, Strasbourg doubles final

1972 Birthday - Conchita Martinez, born in Monzon, Spain, tennis star, 1996 final Indian Wells

1972 Birthday - Sandrine Testud, born in Lyon, France, tennis star, 1993 Strasbourg

1972 Birthday - Naoko Kijimuta, born in Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan, tennis star, 1996 Jakarta

1972 Birthday - Jonas Bjorkman, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, Davis Cup 1994

1972 Birthday - Hernan Gumy, born in Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Mikael Tillstrom, born in Sweden, tennis star

1972 Birthday - Michael Chang, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, tennis star, 1989 French Open

1972 Birthday - Yang Wenyi, Chinese swim star, WR/OR 50m freestyle

1971 Birthday - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Barcelona, tennis star, Silver and Bronze Medals 1992 Olympics

1971 Birthday - Mauricio Hadad, Cali Colombia, tennis star, 1995 Bermuda

1971 Birthday - Richard Krajicek, Netherlands, tennis star, Wimbledon-1996

1971 Birthday - Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles

1971 Birthday - Rachel McQuillan, born in Merewether, Australia, tennis star, 1989 Futures ITA

1971 Birthday - Yone Kamio, Yokohama Japan, tennis star, 1995 semi-finalist Hobart

1971 Birthday - Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Evansville IN

1971 Birthday - Natalia Medvedeva, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1993 Prague Essen

1971 Birthday - Amanda Coetzer, born in Hoopstad, South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Australia semi

1971 Birthday - Kimberly Po, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Evansville IN

1971 Birthday - Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star, Munich 1995

1971 Birthday - Goran Ivanisevic, born in Crotia, tennis star, 1994 Wimbledon finalist

1971 Birthday - Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, U.S. tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold

1971 Event - 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289)

1971 Birthday - Neus Avila, born in Lerida, Spain, tennis star, Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995

1971 Event - 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit

1971 Event - All star MVP: Frank Robinson for the Baltimore Orioles

1971 Birthday - Donna Faber, born in East Orange, New Jersey, tennis star

1971 Birthday - Jared Palmer, born in New York City, tennis star

1971 Birthday - Tupac Shakur, born in Brooklyn, New York, rap star/actor, Juice, Bullet, killed in 1996

1971 Birthday - Florencia Labat, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1992 Austrian

1971 Birthday - Elena Brioukhovets, born in Odessa, Ukraine, tennis star, finalist 1990 Moscow

1971 Birthday - Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star

1971 Birthday - Meredith McGrath, born in Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1996 Essen doubles

1971 Birthday - Chuck Adams, born in Pacific Palisades, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA Boys

1971 Birthday - Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star

1971 Birthday - Nana Miyagi, born in Seattle, Washington tennis star, 1995 final Surabaya doubles

1971 Birthday - Todd Woodbridge, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, '95 doubles Wimbledon

1971 Birthday - Daniel Vacek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1971 Birthday - Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star

1971 Birthday - Mariaan de Swardt, born in Johannesburg, South Africa tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia

1971 Birthday - Li Chen, born in Changsha China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Austin Texas

1971 Event - Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner"

1971 Birthday - Linda Wild, Arlington Heights, Illinois, tennis star, 1993 Melbourne Open

1971 Birthday - Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia Open

1971 Birthday - Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Canberra AUS

1971 Birthday - Sergei Bruguera, Spain, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Haarlem, Netherlands, tennis star, 95, 96 Oklahoma City

1970 Birthday - Radka Zrubakova, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-GER

1970 Birthday - Susan Sloane, Lexington, Kentucky, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Yayuk Basuki, Yogyakarta Indonesia, tennis star, 1996 Hobart doubles

1970 Birthday - Marc Rosset, born in Geneva, Switzerland, tennis star, 1992 French Doubles

1970 Birthday - Steve Campbell, Buffalo, New York, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Ann Grossman, Grove City Ohio, tennis star, 1994 LA finalist

1970 Birthday - Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star, 1996 Japan Open

1970 Birthday - Julie Halard, born in Versailles, France, tennis star, 1995 Prague

1970 Birthday - Barbara Paulus, born in Vienna, Austria, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Flora Perfetti, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Jacco Elringh, Netherlands, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Jacco Eltingh, Heerde, Netherlands, tennis star, 1993 ATP World Doubles

1970 Birthday - Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek California, tennis star, 1993 Taranto doubles

1970 Birthday - Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1996 quarterfinalist Essen

1970 Birthday - Slava Dosedel, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1970 Event - 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940)

1970 Event - 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin

1970 Event - All star MVP: Carl Yastremski (Boston Red Sox)

1970 Birthday - Todd Martin, born in Hinsdale, Illinois, tennis star, 1988 USTA Boys' 18

1970 Birthday - Andrei Cherkasov, U.S.S.R., tennis star

1970 Birthday - Petra Langrova, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Palermo doubles

1970 Birthday - Sandra Dopfer, Lustenau Austria, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Lerida

1970 Birthday - Frank de Boer, Dutch soccer star, Ajax

1970 Birthday - Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle, France, tennis star, 1992 Australia

1970 Birthday - Andre Agassi, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, U.S. Open 1994

1970 Birthday - Richard Fromberg, born in Australia, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Emanuela Zardo, born in Switzerland, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Cristiano Caratti, born in Italy, tennis star, 1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles

1970 Birthday - Jan Siemerink, born in Netherlands, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Jason Stoltenberg, born in Australia, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Magnus Larsson, Sweden, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Kristine Radford, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Lyneham

1970 Birthday - Radka Zrubakova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Guillaume Raoux, France, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Bryan Roy, Surinam/Dutch soccer star, Ajax

1970 Birthday - Franco Davin, Argentina, tennis star

1970 Birthday - Gabrielle Reece, Trinidad, volleyball star/model, Extremists

1969 Birthday - Sabine Hack, West Germany, tennis star

1969 Birthday - Guillermo Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star

1969 Birthday - Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star, 1995 Auckland

1969 Birthday - Nicole Arendt, Somerville, New Jersey, tennis star, 1996 Australia doubles finalist

1969 Birthday - Elly Hakami, born in San Francisco, California, tennis star

1969 Birthday - Maria Strandlund, born in Akersberga, Sweden, tennis star, 1987 Futures NOR

1969 Birthday - Halle Cioffi, born in Cleveland, Ohio, tennis star

1969 Event - 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington D.C.

1969 Event - All star MVP: Willie McCovey for the San Francisco Giants

1969 Birthday - Sabine Hack, born in Ulm, Germany, tennis star, 1995 Jakarta

1969 Birthday - Malivai Washington, born in Glenn Cove, New York, tennis star 1996 Olympics

1969 Birthday - Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly, France, tennis star, 1996 Coopenhagen

1969 Event - Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)

1969 Birthday - David Wheaton, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star, 1987 U.S. junior boys

1969 Birthday - Wiltrud Probst, Nuermberg Germany, tennis star, 1992 Belgian Open

1969 Birthday - Alberto Mancini, Argentina, tennis star

1969 Birthday - Arnaud Boetsch, born in Meulam, France, tennis star, 1985 European Junior

1969 Birthday - Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star

1969 Birthday - Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Reims-FRA

1969 Birthday - Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star, 1994 Futures France

1968 Birthday - Garrett Wang, actor, Star Trek Voyager

1968 Birthday - Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star, 1992 Taipei

1968 Death - Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65

1968 Birthday - Isabel Cueto, West Germany, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Elna Reinach, Pretoria South Africa, tennis star

1968 Event - 1st interracial TV kiss, Star Trek-Kirk and Uhura

1968 Birthday - Jeff Tarango, California, tennis star, defaulted 1995 Wimbledon

1968 Birthday - Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Valladolid

1968 Birthday - Tami Whitlinger-Jones, Neenah Wisconsin, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Sedona

1968 Event - U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team

1968 Birthday - Francisco Claver, Spain, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Bettina Fulco Villella, Mar Del Plata Arg, tennis star, 1993 Futures

1968 Birthday - Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1987 Futures-GER

1968 Birthday - Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Jana Novotna, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Australia/Wimbledon doubles

1968 Birthday - Ginger Helgeson Nielson, St. Cloud, Minnesota, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Jolene Watanabe, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Evansville

1968 Birthday - Tomas Carbonell, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Patricia Tarabini, born in La Plata, Argentina, tennis star, 1985 Futures ITA

1968 Birthday - Christina Singer, born in Goeppingen, Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures GBR

1968 Birthday - Silke Meier, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Bad Gogging

1968 Event - 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston

1968 Event - All star MVP: Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants

1968 Birthday - Carlos Costa, born in Spain, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Bernd Karbacher, Germany, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star, PSV/AA Gent

1968 Birthday - Clare Wood, born in Zululand, South Africa, tennis star, 1986 Futures-Lisbon

1968 Birthday - Dinky van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star

1968 Event - NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return

1968 Birthday - Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star, 1990 Pretoria

1968 Birthday - Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Regina Rajchitova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Mark Koevermans, Netherlands, tennis star

1968 Birthday - Petr Korda, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Doubles-Cincinnati

1968 Birthday - Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star, 1995 Hobart

1967 Event - Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" 1st airs

1967 Birthday - Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo, Japan, tennis star, 1995 USTA/Binghampton

1967 Birthday - Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1990 Futures-Chiba

1967 Birthday - Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star, 1993 Quebec City

1967 Birthday - Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Thomas Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria, tennis star, 1995 French Open

1967 Birthday - Lorraine Pearson, born in Romfod, United Kingdom, born Lorraine Samantha Jean Pearson, singer, rocker, writer, member of pop group Five Star, published novel 'Her, Me and Reality", 1989

1967 Birthday - Debbie Spence, San Jose Cal, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Marcelo Filippini, Uruguay, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Nicole Jagerman, Netherlands, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Christian Bergstrom, born in Sweden, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Leonardo Lavalle, Mexico, tennis star

1967 Event - 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA

1967 Event - All star MVP: Tony Perez (Cincinnati Reds)

1967 Birthday - Michelle Torres, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Stephane Simian, born in France, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Olivier Delaitre, Metz France, tennis star, 1991 Guaruja Doubles

1967 Death - George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64

1967 Birthday - Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart, Germany, tennis star, 1989 Futures Israel

1967 Birthday - Julie Richardson, born in Auckland New Zealand, tennis star, 1992 Futures-Canberra

1967 Birthday - Alexander Volkov, born in Russia, tennis star

1967 Birthday - Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Lazio

1967 Birthday - Jenny Byrne, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1984 Futures-Wyong-AUS

1967 Birthday - Magnus Gustafsson, Sweden, tennis star

1967 Death - Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92

1966 Birthday - Javier Frana, Rafaela Argentina, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Terry Phelps, Larchmont, New York, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Jay Berger, Fort Dix, New Jersey, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Jonas B, Svensson Sweden, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star

1966 Event - Star Trek premieres on NBC-TV

1966 Birthday - Rob Witschge, Dutch soccer star, Ajax/Feyenoord

1966 Birthday - Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Larisa Neiland, born in Lvov, Ukraine, tennis star, 1996 Essen winner

1966 Event - 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St. Louis

1966 Event - All star MVP: Brooks Robinson for the Baltimore Orioles

1966 Birthday - Annabel Croft, born in England, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Patrick McEnroe, Manhasset, New York, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Mercedes Paz, born in Tucum, Argentina, tennis star, 1990 Strasbourg

1966 Birthday - Camille Benjamin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Luke Jensen, born in Grayling, Michigan, tennis star, 1993 French Open doubles

1966 Birthday - Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Andrea Temesvari, born in Budapest, Hungary, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Clay Courts

1966 Birthday - Pascale Paradis-Mangon, born in France, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star

1966 Event - Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London

1966 Birthday - Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Denmark, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Alan Davies, born in Loughton, England, actor, writer, comedian, star in 'Jonathan Creek' television series

1966 Birthday - Judith Wiesner, born in Hallein, Austria, tennis star, 1994 Schenectady

1966 Birthday - Paul Haarhuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 U.S./Austral doubles

1966 Birthday - Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Alex Antonitsch, Austria, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Andrei Chesnokov, Russia, tennis star

1966 Birthday - Anna Ivan, La Jolla Cal, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Angeliki Kaneltopoutous, Greece, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Raffaella Ragge, Italy, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Raffaella Reggi, Italy, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Derrick Rostagno, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Lisa Bonder, Columbus Ohio, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Richey Reneberg, born in Phoenix, Arizona, tennis star, 1995 Australian doubles

1965 Birthday - Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star, 1993 Wimbledon mixed

1965 Birthday - Anne Minter, Austratia, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Patricia Hy-Boulais, Cambodia, tennis star, 1994 Auckland doubles

1965 Birthday - Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star

1965 Event - Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before"

1965 Event - 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn

1965 Event - All star MVP: Juan Marichal (SF Giant)

1965 Birthday - John Frawley, Australia, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Gianluca Pozzi, born in Bari, Italy, tennis star, 1991 Brisbane

1965 Birthday - Claudio Mezzadri, born in Switzerland, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Jonathan Canter, LA Cal, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Lilian Drescher, Venezuela, tennis star

1965 Event - Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain

1965 Birthday - Michele Redman, born in Zanesville, Ohio, LPGA golfer, 1995 Star Bank-3rd

1965 Birthday - Paolo Cane, born in Italy, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Patty Fendick, born in Sacramento, California, tennis star, 1989 Auckland

1965 Birthday - Karel Novacek, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Hilversum

1965 Birthday - Marian Vajda, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Molly Van Nostrand, born in West lslip, New York, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles

1965 Birthday - Helena Sukova, Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Open's Double

1965 Birthday - Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Peter Lundgren, Sweden, tennis star

1965 Birthday - Ross MacDonald, Vancouver BC, star yachter 1996 Olympics

1965 Event - Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History

1965 Birthday - Christine Wachtel, E German running star, world indoor record 800m

1964 Event - Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek

1964 Birthday - Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star

1964 Event - Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage" (Menagerie)

1964 Birthday - David Giles, Australian star yachter, Olympics-84, 88, 92, 96

1964 Event - Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV

1964 Birthday - Jakob Hlasek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Marco van Basten, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan

1964 Event - Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York

1964 Birthday - Lawson Duncan, Asheville, North Carolina, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Martin Jaite, Argentina, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Mats Wilander, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, 1988-US, Australia, French

1964 Event - Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage

1964 Event - 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York

1964 Event - All star MVP: John Callison, Philadelphia Phillies

1964 Event - 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released

1964 Birthday - Susan Mascarin, born in Detroit, Michigan, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Beth Herr, Middletown Ohio, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Elizabeth McColgan, British running star, world record 5 km indoor

1964 Birthday - John Salley, NBA star, Detroit Pistons

1964 Birthday - Goran Prpic, Yugoslavia, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Jim Grabb, born in Tucson, Arizona, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Manon Bollegraf, born in den Bosch, Netherlands, tennis star, semi 1996 Australia doubles

1964 Birthday - Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Henrik Sundstrom, Sweden, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Gigi Fernandez, Beatriz, San Juan PR, U.S. tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics

1964 Birthday - Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio, Texas, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Jim Pugh, born in Burbank, California, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Laura Gildemeister, Argentina, tennis star

1964 Birthday - Francisco Maciel, Mexico, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Johnny van 't Schip, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Genua

1963 Birthday - Milan Srejber, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Lori McNeil, born in San Diego, California, tennis star, 1995 Oakland doubles

1963 Birthday - Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, born in West Germany, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star, Toulon/Feyenoord

1963 Birthday - Zina Garrison Jackson, born in Houston, Texas, tennis star, 1988/90 Wimbledon

1963 Death - Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73

1963 Birthday - Patti Berendt, born in San Diego, California, LPGA golfer, 1995 Star Bank Classic-24th

1963 Birthday - Dan Goldie, Sioux City IO, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Greg Holmes, Covina Cal, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Terry Catledge, NBA star, Orlando Magic

1963 Birthday - Libor Pimek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Siobodan Zivojinovic, Yugoslavia, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Mikael Pernfors, Sweden, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Thierry Tulasne, born in France, tennis star

1963 Event - 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland

1963 Event - All star MVP: Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants

1963 Birthday - Matt Anger, born in Walnut Creek, California, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Sabrina Goles, born in Yugoslavia, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Ken Ftach, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Robert Seguso, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts

1963 Birthday - Elizabeth Smylie, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1987 Oklahoma City

1963 Birthday - Sammy Giammatva, born in Houston, Texas, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Ronald Koeman, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord

1963 Birthday - Paul Annacone, born in Southampton, New York, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Anne Minter, Australia, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star

1963 Birthday - Petra Schneider, E German swimming star, world record 400m

1963 Death - Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52

1962 Birthday - Berry van Aerle, Dutch soccer star, PSV

1962 Event - Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year

1962 Birthday - Wim Kieft, Dutch soccer star, Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV

1962 Birthday - Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star

1962 Birthday - Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star

1962 Birthday - Frank Rijkaard, Surinam/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan

1962 Birthday - Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star, Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan

1962 Birthday - Scott Davis, born in Santa Monica, California, tennis star

1962 Event - 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago

1962 Event - All star MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels)

1962 Event - 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington

1962 Event - All star MVP: Maury Wills (Los Angeles Dodgers)

1962 Birthday - Pam Shriver, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, 1991 U.S. Open doubles, 4 Gold Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics

1962 Birthday - Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979

1962 Birthday - Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star

1962 Birthday - David Pate, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star

1962 Birthday - Star Jones, attorney/TV hostess, NBC, Inside Edition

1962 Death - Val Paul, actor, director, silent film era star, appeared in 99 films 1913 - 1922, dies at 73 in Hollywood, California

1962 Birthday - Juan Aguilera, born in Spain, tennis star

1962 Birthday - Elise Burgin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star

1962 Birthday - Ben Testerman, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star

1962 Birthday - Donald John Cowie, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1961 Birthday - Mark McKoy, Canadian track star, world record 50m indoor

1961 Birthday - Christiane Jolissaint, born in Switzerland, tennis star

1961 Event - Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star

1961 Birthday - Sunny Deol, born in New Delhi, India, actor, action movie star, director, producer, winner, two National Film Awards, hit film 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'

1961 Birthday - Eric Jespersen, Port Alberni BC, star yachter, Olympics-bronze-92, 96

1961 Birthday - Pablo Arraya, Argentina, tennis star

1961 Birthday - Bettine Vriesekoop, Dutch table tennis star

1961 Birthday - Brad Gilbert, born in Oakland California, tennis star

1961 Birthday - Mary Lou, Daniels Chicago lL, tennis star

1961 Birthday - Danny Blind, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/Ajax

1961 Event - 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston

1961 Birthday - Anders Jarryd, born in Lidkoping, Sweden, tennis star

1961 Event - 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF

1961 Birthday - Ramesh Krishnan, born in India, tennis star

1961 Birthday - Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star

1961 Birthday - Leigh Bowery, born in Sunshine, Australia, designer, pop star, model, performance artist, influenced Boy George, Vivienne Westwood

1961 Birthday - Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star

1961 Birthday - Alycia Moulton, Sacramento California, tennis star

1961 Birthday - Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star

1960 Birthday - Broderick Dyke, Australia, tennis star

1960 Birthday - John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star

1960 Birthday - John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star

1960 Birthday - Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Midland MI

1960 Event - In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News

1960 Birthday - lva Budarova, born in Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1960 Birthday - Christina Singer, born in Geoppingen, Germany, tennis star

1960 Birthday - Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV

1960 Event - 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York

1960 Event - 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC

1960 Death - Lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76

1960 Birthday - Merlene Ottey, Jamaican/Italian running star, Olympics

1960 Birthday - Robert Green, born in Omaha, Nebraska, tennis star

1960 Birthday - Mike Leach, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Mark Dickson, born in Tampa, Florida, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Colin Beashel, Australian star yachter 1996 Olympics

1959 Birthday - Ann Henricksson, St. Paul Minnesota, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Michiel Schapers, Netherlands, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star

1959 Event - 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA

1959 Event - AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium)

1959 Event - 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

1959 Birthday - Eduardo Bengoechea, born in Argentina, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Anne Smith, born in Dallas, Texas, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Marcella Mesker, Netherlands, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Petra Delhees, born in Jauch, Switzertand, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Daniel Ray "Danny" Ainge, basketball and football star

1959 Birthday - Heinz Gunthardt, born in Switzerland, tennis star

1959 Birthday - Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star

1958 Birthday - Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1958 Death - Mel Ott, New York Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49

1958 Birthday - Marty Davis, San Jose Cat, tennis star

1958 Birthday - Hal Haenel, born in St. Louis, Missouri, star yachter, Olympics-8th-1988, 92, 96

1958 Birthday - Anneka Rice, born in Cowbridge, Wales, born Anne Rice, television hostess, ITV's cooking show, 'Sunday Feast', author, star in 'The Vagina Monologues'

1958 Birthday - Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star

1958 Birthday - Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, New Jersey, olympic track star, mile record 4:16.71

1958 Event - 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt

1958 Event - Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled

1958 Event - RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star)

1958 Birthday - Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star

1958 Birthday - Kevin Curren, South Africa, tennis star

1958 Birthday - Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1958 Birthday - Charles Waltz, rocker, Shooting Star

1957 Birthday - Robert Beltran, actor, Star Trek Voyager

1957 Birthday - Harry Stefanki, Mento Park Cal, tennis star

1957 Event - Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters

1957 Birthday - Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/PSV

1957 Birthday - Elly van Holly, running star, 3k indoor world record

1957 Birthday - LeVar Burton, Landstuhl Germany, Roots, Star Trek Next Generation

1956 Birthday - Doina Melinte, Romanian running star, world record 1500 m/mile indoor

1956 Birthday - Larry Bird, hoop star for the Boston Celtics

1956 Birthday - Betsy Nagelsen, St. Petersburg, Florida, tennis star

1956 Birthday - Gary Cole, born in Park Ridge, Illinois, actor, Fatal Vision, Son of Morning Star

1956 Birthday - Kim Cattrall, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Mannequin, Star Trek VI

1956 Birthday - Dianne Fromhottz, Balestrat Australia, tennis star

1956 Birthday - Iman Abdulmajid, born in Mogadishu, Somalia, model/actress, Star Trek 6

1956 Birthday - Peter Barton, actor, Powers of Matthew Star

1956 Event - 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C.

1956 Birthday - Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star

1956 Birthday - Tomas Smid, Czechoslovakia, tennis star

1956 Birthday - Michael Cooper, NBA star, Los Angeles Lakers

1955 Birthday - Jack Clark, Penns, all star outfielder, Giants, Cards, Yankees, Padres

1955 Birthday - Mark Reynolds, born in San Diego, California, star yachter, Olympic-8th-1988, 92, 96

1955 Birthday - Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star

1955 Event - "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances

1955 Event - "Catch a Star" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances

1955 Birthday - Roderick Hopkins Davis, Auckland New Zealand, yachting Star class 1996 Olympics

1955 Event - 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw

1955 Birthday - Sergey Babinov, U.S.S.R., ice hockey star, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics

1955 Death - Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66

1955 Birthday - Virginia Ruzici, Romania, tennis star

1955 Birthday - Fred White, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover

1954 Birthday - Brian Teacher, San Diego Cal, tennis star

1954 Birthday - Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star

1954 Event - "Star is Born" starring Judy Garland and James Mason premieres

1954 Birthday - John Lloyd, England, tennis star, former husband of Chris Everet

1954 Birthday - Vitas Gerulaitis, born in Brooklyn, New York, tennis star, Australia 1987

1954 Event - 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland

1954 Birthday - Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star

1954 Birthday - Catherine Hickland, Ft. Lauderdale, actress, Capitol, Star Trek IV

1953 Birthday - Hank Pfister, Bakersfield Cat, tennis star

1953 Birthday - Michael Dudikoff, born in Redondo Beach, California, actor, Star of the Family

1953 Birthday - Gates McFadden, Columbus Ohio, actress, Star Trek Next Generation

1953 Event - 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati

1953 Event - "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV

1953 Birthday - Colm Meaney, actor, Star Trek Deep Space 9

1953 Birthday - Steve Thomas, rocker, Shooting Star

1953 Event - 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02

1953 Event - Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea

1952 Birthday - Jody Stephens, rock drummer, Big Star

1952 Birthday - Wojtek Fibak, born in Poland, tennis star

1952 Event - 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia

1952 Birthday - Terry Moor, Hartford Conn, tennis star

1952 Birthday - Brian Gottfried, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, Wimbledon Doubles 1976

1952 Birthday - Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music

1951 Birthday - Bucky Dent, all star shortstop, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees

1951 Event - Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft

1951 Birthday - Catherine Hicks, born in Scottsdale, Arizona, actress, Star Trek IV, Child's Play

1951 Event - 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit

1951 Birthday - Ralph Johnson, rock drummer, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star

1951 Birthday - Philip Bailey, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover

1951 Birthday - Andy Hummell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock bassist, Big Star

1951 Birthday - Chris Bell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock guitarist, Big Star

1951 Birthday - Kirstie Alley, Wichita, Kansas, actress, Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca

1950 Event - Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs)

1950 Birthday - Andrew Woolfolk, U.S. pop musician, Earth, Wind and Fire-Shining Star

1950 Birthday - Persis Khambatta, Bombay India, actress, Star Trek, Megaforce

1950 Birthday - Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star, French 1976, Italian 1976

1950 Event - 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chicago Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game

1950 Birthday - Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer, Mouth and MacNeal, I See a Star

1950 Event - 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win

1949 Birthday - Randy Owen, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music

1949 Event - 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

1949 Birthday - Gates McFadden, actress, Beverly Crusher on Star Trek Next Generation

1948 Event - "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV

1948 Birthday - Artis Gilmore, ABA all star, Kentucky Colonels

1948 Event - Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater

1948 Birthday - Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Trek II, III, IV

1948 Event - 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis

1948 Birthday - "Pistol" Pete Maravich, NBA star for the Atlanta Hawks

1948 Birthday - David Concepcion, born in Venezuela, all star shortstop, Cincinnati Reds

1948 Birthday - Austin Carr, NBA star for the Cleveland Cavaliers

1947 Birthday - Carlton Fisk, born in Vermont, all star catcher, Red Sox, White Sox

1947 Birthday - Stephen Collins, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actor, Star Trek I, Tattingers

1947 Birthday - Altie Taylor, soccer star

1947 Birthday - Lucius Allen, NBA star for the Milwaukee Bucks

1947 Birthday - Daniele Steel, New York City, author, Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy

1947 Event - 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago

1947 Birthday - Terry Hibbitt, soccer star

1947 Birthday - Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star, Lazio of Italy, New York Cosmos

1947 Birthday - Bryan Robson, English international soccer star

1946 Birthday - Peter Mahvolich, NHL star, Mont Canadiens

1946 Event - 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston

1946 Birthday - Tom Monteleone, U.S. writer, Dark Star and Illumination

1946 Birthday - Bobby "Bingo" Smith, NBA star for the Cleveland Cavaliers

1945 Birthday - Nicholas Meyer, director, Star Trek II Wrath of Khan

1945 Birthday - Elvin Hayes, NBA star, San Diego, Houston, Baltimore

1945 Birthday - Phil Jackson, Deer Lodge Montana, NBA star, Knicks, coach, Bulls

1945 Birthday - Virginia Wade, England, tennis star, Wimbledon 1977

1945 Birthday - Dean Koontz, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Quest, Beastchild

1945 Birthday - John Carlos, track star, Olympic bronze 1968, ; gave black power salute

1945 Birthday - Walt Wesley, NBA star, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers

1944 Birthday - Rick Berman, Richard, producer, Star Trek Generations

1944 Event - U.S. Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star

1944 Event - 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

1944 Birthday - Glen [Charles] Cook, U.S., sci-fi author, Shadowline, Star's End

1944 Birthday - Gary Busey, born in Goose Creek, Texas, actor, Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born

1944 Birthday - George Lucas, Modesto, California, director, Star Wars, Indiana Jones

1944 Event - Bing Crosby records "Swinging on a Star" for Decca Records

1944 Birthday - David Gerrold, Jerrold David Friedman, author, World of Star Trek

1943 Event - 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia

1943 Birthday - Gail Goodrich, NBA star, Lakers, Suns

1943 Event - Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks

1943 Birthday - Angelique Pettyjohn, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Body Talk, Star Trek

1943 Birthday - Eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star, Europa Cup 1 1962

1942 Event - Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David

1942 Death - May Robson, actress (Star is Born, Reckless), dies at 84

1942 Birthday - Malvin Whitfield, Bay City, Texas, track star, 1948, 1952 Olympics

1942 Birthday - Donna Corcoran, Quincy Massachusetts, actress, Man Without a Star

1942 Birthday - Doris Brown-Heritage, U.S., 800m track star, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics

1942 Birthday - Fred Hetzel, NBA star, SF, Cincinnati, Milwaukee Bucks

1942 Birthday - Harrison Ford, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic

1942 Event - military all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0

1942 Event - 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York

1942 Event - Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator

1942 Birthday - Happy Hairston, NBA star, Cin, Detroit, LA

1942 Event - Belgium Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star

1942 Event - Nazi's require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star

1942 Event - Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"

1942 Event - Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands and Vichy-France

1942 Birthday - Jacqueline Lichtenberg, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy

1942 Event - Musical "Star and Garter," premieres in New York City

1942 Birthday - Michael Crawford, England, Broadway star, Phantom of the Opera

1941 Birthday - Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star

1941 Event - All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star

1941 Event - Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Jewish star

1941 Birthday - David Warner, born in Manchester, New Hampshire, actor, Star Trek VI, Time Bandits

1941 Birthday - Nate Thurmond, NBA star for the Cleveland Cavaliers

1941 Event - 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit

1941 Event - All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star

1941 Birthday - James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author, Giants' Star

1941 Event - Rep of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z

1941 Birthday - Paul Winfield, Louisiana, actor, Star Trek II, Huckleberry Finn, Mars Attack

1941 Birthday - Howie Komives, NBA star, New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves

1940 Birthday - Bruce Lee, born in San Francisco, California, karate star/actor, Green Hornet

1940 Event - 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis

1940 Death - Dubose Heyward, U.S. writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies

1940 Birthday - Rene Auberjonois, actor, Clayton-Benson, Star Trek Deep Space 9

1940 Birthday - Ricky Nelson, New Jersey, rock star, Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party

1940 Birthday - Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach

1940 Birthday - Albert Johanneson, soccer star

1940 Event - Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star"

1940 Birthday - Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress, Star Trek 2, Beast Within

1939 Event - Nazi Governor of Poland Hans Frank requires Jews to wear a blue star

1939 Event - Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David

1939 Event - Nazi require wearing of star of David

1939 Event - 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees

1939 Birthday - Jo Clayton, U.S., sci-fi author, Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters

1939 Death - Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide

1938 Birthday - Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor and composer, Star Wagon

1938 Event - Kristallnacht; Jews forced to wear Star of David

1938 Event - 3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time, charity all star game

1938 Birthday - Diana Muldaur, New York City, actress, McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law

1938 Event - 34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania launched at Birkenhead

1938 Event - 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati

1938 Birthday - Larry Niven, U.S., sci-fi author, 5 Hugo, Neutron Star

1938 Birthday - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star

1937 Birthday - Tom Heinsohn, NBA star/coach, Boston Celtic

1937 Event - 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash

1937 Birthday - Susan Oliver, New York City, actress, Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage

1936 Event - 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston

1935 Birthday - Jock Wallace, soccer star/manager

1935 Event - 3rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland

1934 Birthday - Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star, Wimbledon 1953, 56

1934 Birthday - Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1956

1934 Birthday - Willie Naulls, NBA star for the New York Knicks

1934 Birthday - Elgin Baylor, NBA star, 1958-59 Rookie of Year-Lakers

1934 Event - 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York

1934 Event - Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game

1934 Birthday - James B Sikking, California, actor, Hill St. Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser

1933 Event - Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game

1933 Event - 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago

1932 Birthday - Robert Pettit, NBA star, St. Louis Bombers/1959 MVP

1931 Birthday - Johnny Nicholss, soccer star

1931 Birthday - William Shatner, born in Montreal, Canada, actor, Star Trek, T J Hooker

1931 Event - "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem

1930 Birthday - Dawn Addams, Felixstown England, actress, Alan Young Show, Star Maidens

1930 Birthday - Doug Harvey, hockey star, 3 time James Norris winner

1928 Birthday - Richard A. "Pancho" Gonzalez, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, U.S. 1948-49

1928 Birthday - James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer

1928 Death - Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51

1927 Birthday - Raaj Kumar, born in Balochistan, Pakistan, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', starred in more than 70 Bollywood films, had an iconic, gravelly voice

1927 Death - George Nichols, actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62

1927 Birthday - Billy Pierce, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, seven time all star

1926 Death - Annie Oakley, U.S. sharp shooting star, dies at 66

1926 Event - Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match

1925 Birthday - Jeanne Crain, Barstow California, actress, Man Without a Star

1924 Birthday - Jackie Milburn, English soccer star, Newcastle United

1924 Birthday - Billy W. William Ambrose right, soccer star

1923 Birthday - Servaas "Faas" Wilkes, Dutch soccer star, Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan

1923 Event - Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star

1923 Birthday - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star, Patala Bhairavi

1923 Birthday - Ed McMahon, born in Detroit, Michigan, TV host, Johnny Carson Show, Star Search

1922 Birthday - George Young, soccer star

1922 Event - White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage

1922 Birthday - Tom Finney, British soccer star

1922 Birthday - Neil Franklin, soccer star

1921 Birthday - Gene Roddenberry, El Paso Texas, executive producer, Star Trek

1921 Birthday - Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star, Wimbeldon 1947, U.S. Open-1946

1921 Birthday - James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader

1921 Birthday - F[rancis] M[arion] Busby, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Star Rebel

1920 Birthday - Vaino Linna, born in Urjala, Finland, author, wrote Finnish books, Under the North Star translated into English by Richard Impola

1920 Birthday - Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star

1920 Birthday - Harry Potts, soccer star/manager

1920 Birthday - James Doohan, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, actor played Montgomery Scott on Star Trek

1920 Birthday - Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star, Bordeaux

1919 Birthday - Johnny Carey, soccer star

1918 Birthday - Bobby Riggs, U.S. tennis star, U.S. Open 1939, 41

1917 Birthday - Ilona Ference, actress, Quatermass II, Star of My Night

1917 Birthday - Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, MGR, Indian film star, politician

1915 Birthday - Brackett Hamilton Leigh, Douglass, U.S., sci-fi author, Ginger Star

1915 Birthday - William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms

1915 Birthday - Emil [Theodore] Petaja, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Mill, Tramontane

1914 Birthday - Snooky Lanson, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, Your Hit Parade, 5 Star Jubilee

1914 Birthday - Jimmy Wakely, Mineola, Arkansas, country vocalist, 5 Star Jubilee

1913 Birthday - Raich Carter, soccer star

1913 Birthday - Stuart J[ames] Byrne, U.S., sci-fi author, Star Man, God Man

1913 Birthday - Silvio Piola, soccer star

1913 Birthday - Jesse Owens, track star, Olympics - 4 gold medals

1913 Birthday - Peter Cushing, England, actor, Dracula, Star Wars, Dr. Who

1913 Birthday - Frances Langford, born in Lakeland, Florida, singer, Armed Forces Hour, Star Time

1912 Birthday - Kenny Baker, radio singer and actor, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back

1912 Birthday - Leo Cherne, New York City, economist/commentator, All Star News

1912 Birthday - Ted Drake, soccer star

1912 Birthday - Jane Wyatt, Campgaw, New Jersey, actress, Father Knows Best, Star Trek

1911 Event - Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3

1911 Birthday - Evert H. "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star and writer

1910 Birthday - Jack Carson, Manitoba Canada, actor, Star is Born, Mildred Pierce

1910 Birthday - Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star, 1932 Olympics bronze

1910 Birthday - Rosser Reeves, born in Danville, Virginia, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby

1909 Birthday - Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator, Wimbledon, 1934-36

1908 Birthday - Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, born in Essen, Germany, tennis star, French 1935

1908 Event - Star #46 was added to U.S. flag for Oklahoma

1908 Birthday - Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Massachusetts, newscaster, All Star News

1908 Birthday - Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star, Yale

1908 Birthday - Rene Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star, Wimbledon 1934

1907 Event - 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6

1906 Birthday - Louise Brooks, silent screen star, American Venus, Pandora's Box

1906 Birthday - Janet Gaynor, Philadelphia, actress, Sunrise, A Star Is Born

1906 Birthday - Bep Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer

1906 Birthday - Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer, 5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind

1905 Birthday - Edgar P. Snow, U.S. author/journalist: Red star over China

1903 Birthday - Morley Callaghan, Canada, author, Toronto Star, Native Argosy

1902 Birthday - Vince Barnett, Pittsburgh, actor, Star is Born, Human Jungle

1901 Birthday - Morton Downey, Wallingford, Connecticut, singer, Star of the Family

1901 Birthday - J Pat O'Malley, born in England, actor, Touch of Grace, Gunn, Star!

1899 Birthday - Jack Haley, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Tin Man-Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue

1897 Event - 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House

1896 Birthday - William W. Wellman, Brookline Massachusetts, director, Star is Born

1895 Birthday - Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, When You Wish Upon a Star

1895 Birthday - George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star, Notre Dame

1894 Event - Venus is both a morning star and evening star

1894 Birthday - Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star, 1920-26

1893 Birthday - Roy Del Ruth, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show

1890 Birthday - Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor, Front Page, Star is Born

1890 Birthday - Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star, Deception

1888 Event - Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star

1888 Birthday - Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top

1888 Birthday - Heintje Davids, Dutch revue star

1886 Birthday - Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer, Star Maker

1886 Birthday - Val Paul, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, director, silent film era star, appeared in 99 films 1913 - 1922

1883 Birthday - Julian Eltinge, Massachusetts, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator

1879 Birthday - Edward Rigby, England, actor, Star Look Down, Young and Innocent

1878 Birthday - James M. Kilroe, priest of St. Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx

1878 Event - 4th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Carter aboard Day Star wins in 2:37

1875 Birthday - William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff, 1949

1874 Birthday - Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star

1873 Birthday - W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, Alabama, jazz star, St. Louis Blues

1873 Birthday - Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star, Rotterdam Stage

1873 Event - British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die

1861 Event - Indianola Texas - "Star of West" taken by Confederacy

1861 Event - 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC

1859 Event - Wilhelm Tempel discovers diffuse nebula around Pleid star Merope

1858 Birthday - Laurence "Lon" Myers, U.S., track star, top U.S. miler

1855 Event - Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 die

1850 Event - Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star, Vega

1847 Event - Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star"

1847 Event - 1st San Francisco newspaper published (California Star)

1843 Death - Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63

1814 Event - "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem

1784 Birthday - Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer, star parallax, Bessel Function

1783 Event - William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex

1780 Event - William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris

1687 Death - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday

1634 Event - William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti"

1611 Birthday - Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer, star cataloger

1596 Event - David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star)

1564 Birthday - David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer, discoved variable star

1352 Event - French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star













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