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2000 Stanley Cup Finals, New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 4 games to 2

1999 Stanley Cup Finals, Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2

1998 NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7

1995 Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million

1994 General Hospital stars Kristina Malandro and Jack Wagner wed

1992 Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies

1991 Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars)

1990 "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks

1989 New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court

1988 MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)

1988 Japan and MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)

1988 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)

1988 Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87

1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres

1987 Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes bring America's Cup back to US

1987 Stars and Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup

1985 Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24

1985 "We are the World" is recorded by Pop stars in LA

1984 J Delos Jewkes, singer and actor (Stars and Stripes Forever), dies at 89

1983 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22)

1983 Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68

1982 New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars play to an 8-8 tie

1982 30th time Islanders shut-out-2-0 vs North Stars

1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall

1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry

1981 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1

1980 Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars

1979 New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City

1978 ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"

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

1975 Sergei Gusev, Nizhny Tagil Rus, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars

1975 Todd Harvey, Hamilton, NHL center for the Dallas Stars

1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away

1974 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1

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

1973 Jere Lehtinen, Espoo Fin, NHL right wing, Dallas Stars, Oly-bronze-98

1973 Grant Marshall, Mississauga, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars

1973 Richard Matvichuk, Ft. Saskatchewan C, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars

1972 N.Y. Cosmos beat St. Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship

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

1972 Derian Hatcher, Sterling Heights, Michigan, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars

1972 "Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 39 performances

1972 Darryl Sydor, Edmonton, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars

1972 Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38

1972 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 39 performances

1972 Mike Kennedy, Vancouver, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars

1972 Mark Lawrence, Burlington, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars

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

1971 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3

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

1970 Mike Modano, born in Livonia, Michigan, NHL forward, Team USA, Dallas Stars

1970 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2

1969 Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars)

1968 Pert Kelton, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61

1968 Gene Patrick, born in Philadelphia, actor, Gemini: Twin Stars

1968 Thomas Nock, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars

1968 Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)

1967 Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS

1967 Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars

1967 Brent Gilchrist, Moose Jaw, NHL center for the Dallas Stars

1967 Brent Fedyk, born in Yorkton, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars

1966 Benoit Hogue, Repentigny, NHL center for the Dallas Stars

1966 Joe Nieuwendyk, NHL forward, Dallas Stars, Team Canada 1998

1966 Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS

1966 Darcy Wakaluk, born in Pincher Creek, NHL goalie for the Dallas Stars

1965 Bob Bassen, Calgary, NHL center for the Dallas Stars

1965 Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS

1963 William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87

1963 Randy Wood, Princeton, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars

1963 Mike Donnelly, Detroit, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars

1963 Greg Adams, Nelson, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars

1963 1st Rolling Stones TV appearance (Thank Your Lucky Stars) and release 1st single, "Come on"

1963 Mike Lalor, Buffalo, NHL defenseman, Dallas Stars

1961 Grant Ledyard, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars

1961 Craig Ludwig, Rhinelander, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars

1960 Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center for the Dallas Stars

1960 Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing, Minn North Stars, Washington Caps

1958 Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars

1957 Kathy Sanborn, WBL guard, New York Stars

1957 Sharon Farrah, WBL guard, New York Stars

1957 Janice Thomas, WBL guard, New York Stars

1957 Ethel White, WBL guard, New York Stars

1957 Pearl Moore, WBL guard, New York Stars

1956 Gail Tatterson, WBL center, New York Stars

1956 Karen Smith, WBL forward, New York Stars

1956 Althea Gwyn, WBL center, New York Stars

1956 Faye Young, WBL forward, New York Stars, New Jersey Stars

1956 Kaye Young, WBL forward, New York Stars, New Jersey Stars

1954 Gail Marquis, WBL forward, New York Stars, Olympics silver 1976

1954 Denise Craig, WBL forward, Dayton Rockettes, New York Stars

1952 Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies

1950 "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 281 performances

1949 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 281 performances

1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US

1949 "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950

1945 Kathy Young, rocker, Thousand Stars in the Sky

1945 David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot

1944 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars

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

1942 Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars

1942 "Stars and Stripes" paper for U.S. Armed Forces starts

1941 Nazi's force German Jews, 6 and over to wear Jewish stars

1939 1st NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field

1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars

1932 John Philip Sousa, U.S. composer (Stars and Stripes Forever), dies at 77

1930 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on Kansas City, Missouri narchs

1927 Marion Williams, U.S. gospel singers, Stars of Faith

1926 Sean O'Casey's "Plough and Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin

1923 Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, View from Stars

1921 Detroit Stars' Bill Gatewood pitches the 1st no-hitter in Negro League history, defeating the Cuban Stars 4-0

1921 Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S. astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83

1920 Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed

1918 "Stars and Stripes," weekly U.S. Armed Forces newspaper, 1st published

1917 Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orch leader, Cavalcade of Stars

1912 Werner von Braun, born in Wirsitz, Germany, rocket expert, I Aim at the Stars

1911 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

1909 Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74

1909 Elie Siegmeister, New York City, composer, Plough and the Stars

1907 Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress, Cavalcade of Stars

1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League

1902 Jack Ingram, Illinois, actor, 2 Stars, Law of the West, Roaring Westward

1902 Carl-Heinz Schroth, born in Innsbruck, director, Reaching for the Stars

1902 Louis Nizer, lawyer, defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw

1900 Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter, opera stars

1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupery, born in France, aviator/writer, Wind, Sand and Stars

1896 "Stars and Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa

1871 John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79

1864 Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer, Binary Stars

1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars"

1861 Confederate States adopt "Stars and Bars" flag

1838 Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S., astronomer, binary stars

1834 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell

1818 Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars

1799 F. W. A. Argelander, Memel E. Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars

1794 Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes

1778 "Stars and Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France)

1777 Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag

1737 Francis Hopkinson, U.S., writer/lawyer, design Stars and Stripes



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