2014 Event Renaud Lavillenie, French champion pole vaulter, breaks the previous height record, held by athlete Sergey Bubka, at the Pole Vault Stars meet in Donetsk, Ukraine; Lavillenie reached 6.16 meters indoors, exceeding Bubka's world record of 6.15 m indoors achieved in 1993 2014 Event Scientists from Australian National University observe the oldest star in the universe for the first time. The star, located 6,000 light years from Earth, serves as a fingerprint of the first stars in the universe; it is believed to be 13.7 billion years old 2013 Event Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, two planets resembling planet Earth are discovered revolving around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone, an area around the stars whose atmospheric pressure can suport liquid water at the surface 2012 Event Light from the first stars in the universe is detected by astronomers studying high-energy radiation data; the data suggests these stars existed as early as 500 million years after the 'big bang' 2012 Event The GAA names Karl Lacey of Donegal its All Stars Footballer of the Year 2011 Event NASA scientists announce the discovery of a circumbinary planet - a planet the orbits two stars instead of one 2000 Event Stanley Cup Finals, New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 4 games to 2 1999 Event Stanley Cup Finals, Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2 1998 Event NHL's Dallas Stars retire Neal Broten's #7 1995 Event Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million 1994 Event General Hospital stars Kristina Malandro and Jack Wagner wed 1992 Death Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies 1991 Event Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars) 1990 Event "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks 1989 Event New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court 1988 Event MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7) 1988 Event Japan and MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7) 1988 Event Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7) 1988 Death Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87 1987 Event Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres 1987 Event Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes bring America's Cup back to US 1987 Event Stars and Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup 1985 Event Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24 1985 Event "We are the World" is recorded by Pop stars in Los Angeles 1984 Death J Delos Jewkes, singer and actor (Stars and Stripes Forever), dies at 89 1983 Event 1st USFL championship, Michigan Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22 1983 Death Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68 1982 Event New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars play to an 8-8 tie 1982 Event 30th time Islanders shut-out-2-0 vs North Stars 1982 Event "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1982 Event 30 Something stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry 1981 Event Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1 1980 Event Islander's Mike Bossy scores 4 goals against North Stars 1979 Event New York Stars (WBL) home opener at MSG in New York City 1978 Event ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30" 1976 Event 42nd NFL Chicago All Star Game: Pittsburgh 24, All Stars 0 (52,895) 1975 Birthday Sergei Gusev, Nizhny Tagil Rus, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars 1975 Birthday Todd Harvey, Hamilton, NHL center for the Dallas Stars 1974 Event 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away 1974 Event 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1 1973 Event 40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103) 1973 Birthday Jere Lehtinen, Espoo Fin, NHL right wing, Dallas Stars, Olympic-bronze-98 1973 Birthday Grant Marshall, Mississauga, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars 1973 Birthday Richard Matvichuk, Ft. Saskatchewan C, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars 1972 Event N.Y. Cosmos beat St. Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship 1972 Event 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162) 1972 Birthday Derian Hatcher, Sterling Heights, Michigan, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars 1972 Event "Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 39 performances 1972 Birthday Darryl Sydor, Edmonton, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars 1972 Death Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38 1972 Event "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 39 performances 1972 Birthday Mike Kennedy, Vancouver, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1972 Birthday Mark Lawrence, Burlington, NHL right wing for the Dallas Stars 1971 Event 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289) 1971 Event 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 1970 Event 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940) 1970 Birthday Mike Modano, born in Livonia, Michigan, NHL forward, Team USA, Dallas Stars 1970 Event 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2 1969 Event Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars) 1968 Death Pert Kelton, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61 1968 Birthday Gene Patrick, born in Philadelphia, actor, Gemini: Twin Stars 1968 Birthday Thomas Nock, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Tartort, Gemini-Twin Stars 1968 Event Minn North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th) 1967 Event Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS 1967 Birthday Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1967 Birthday Brent Gilchrist, Moose Jaw, NHL center for the Dallas Stars 1967 Birthday Brent Fedyk, born in Yorkton, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1966 Birthday Benoit Hogue, Repentigny, NHL center for the Dallas Stars 1966 Birthday Joe Nieuwendyk, NHL forward, Dallas Stars, Team Canada 1998 1966 Event Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS 1966 Birthday Darcy Wakaluk, born in Pincher Creek, NHL goalie for the Dallas Stars 1965 Birthday Bob Bassen, Calgary, NHL center for the Dallas Stars 1965 Event Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS 1964 Death Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright, 'Juno and the Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars', dies at 84 1964 Death Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82 1963 Death William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87 1963 Birthday Randy Wood, Princeton, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1963 Birthday Mike Donnelly, Detroit, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1963 Birthday Greg Adams, Nelson, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars 1963 Birthday Mike Lalor, Buffalo, NHL defenseman, Dallas Stars 1961 Birthday Grant Ledyard, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars 1961 Birthday Laurence Fishburne, born in Augusta, Georgia, actor, director, producer, known for role of Morpheus in 'The Matrix' movie, stars on 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' television show 1961 Birthday Craig Ludwig, Rhinelander, NHL defenseman for the Dallas Stars 1960 Birthday Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center for the Dallas Stars 1960 Birthday Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing, Minn North Stars, Washington Caps 1958 Event Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars 1957 Birthday Kathy Sanborn, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Birthday Sharon Farrah, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Birthday Janice Thomas, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Birthday Ethel White, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Birthday Pearl Moore, WBL guard, New York Stars 1956 Birthday Gail Tatterson, WBL center, New York Stars 1956 Birthday Karen Smith, WBL forward, New York Stars 1956 Birthday Althea Gwyn, WBL center, New York Stars 1956 Birthday Faye Young, WBL forward, New York Stars, New Jersey Stars 1956 Birthday Kaye Young, WBL forward, New York Stars, New Jersey Stars 1954 Birthday Gail Marquis, WBL forward, New York Stars, Olympics silver 1976 1954 Birthday Denise Craig, WBL forward, Dayton Rockettes, New York Stars 1952 Death Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies 1950 Event "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 281 performances 1949 Event "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 281 performances 1949 Event Czechoslovakian tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US 1949 Event "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950 1949 Birthday Jean Potvin, born in Ottawa, Ontario, hockey player, National Hockey League, played defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers 1945 Birthday Kathy Young, rocker, Thousand Stars in the Sky 1945 Birthday David A[llen] Drake, U.S., sci-fi author, Cross the Stars, Rolling Hot 1944 Event Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars 1942 Event military all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0 1942 Event Belgium Jews are forced to wear stars 1942 Event "Stars and Stripes" paper for U.S. Armed Forces starts 1941 Event Nazi's force German Jews, 6 and over to wear Jewish stars 1939 Event 1st NFL pro bowl, New York Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field 1934 Event Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1932 Death John Philip Sousa, U.S. composer (Stars and Stripes Forever), dies at 77 1927 Birthday Marion Williams, U.S. gospel singers, Stars of Faith 1926 Event Sean O'Casey's "Plough and Stars" opens at Abbey Theater Dublin 1923 Birthday Walter M[ichael] Miller, Jr., U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, View from Stars 1921 Death Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S. astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83 1920 Birthday Paul Foster, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, singer, Soul Stirrers gospel group member, sang with Robert Harris, Sam Cooke, Rising Stars, Golden Echoes, memorable recording 'Be With Me Jesus' 1920 Event Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed 1918 Event "Stars and Stripes," weekly U.S. Armed Forces newspaper, 1st published 1917 Birthday Ted Steele, born in Hartford, Connecticut, orchestra leader, Cavalcade of Stars 1912 Birthday Werner von Braun, born in Wirsitz, Germany, rocket expert, I Aim at the Stars 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 1909 Death Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74 1909 Birthday Elie Siegmeister, New York City, composer, Plough and the Stars 1907 Birthday Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress, Cavalcade of Stars 1902 Event Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1902 Birthday Jack Ingram, Illinois, actor, 2 Stars, Law of the West, Roaring Westward 1902 Birthday Carl-Heinz Schroth, born in Innsbruck, director, Reaching for the Stars 1902 Birthday Louis Nizer, lawyer, defended blacklisted stars in '50s, Catspaw 1900 Birthday Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter, opera stars 1900 Birthday Antoine de Saint-Exupery, born in France, aviator/writer, Wind, Sand and Stars 1896 Event "Stars and Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa 1882 Birthday Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1880 Birthday Sean O'Casey, born in Ireland, playwright, 'Juno and the Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars' 1871 Death John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 1864 Birthday Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer, Binary Stars 1863 Event Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" 1861 Event Confederate States adopt "Stars and Bars" flag 1854 Birthday John Philip Sousa, Washington D.C., march king, Stars and Stripes Forever 1838 Birthday Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S., astronomer, binary stars 1834 Event Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell 1818 Event Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars 1799 Birthday F. W. A. Argelander, Memel E. Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars 1794 Event Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes 1778 Event "Stars and Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France) 1777 Event Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag 1737 Birthday Francis Hopkinson, U.S., writer/lawyer, design Stars and Stripes
