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2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75
2003 Sam Phillips, entreprenuer/DJ, started Sun Records, dies at 80 2002 Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 2002 William Rosenberg, Entreprenuer, started Dunkin' Donuts, dies at 86 2002 Ruth Fertel, restaurateur, started Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, dies at 75 2001 Mary Kay Ash, businesswoman, started a major cosmetics company, dies at 83 2001 William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87 1998 Otto Bettman, archivist/writer, Started a huge photo archive, dies at 94 1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980 1988 "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 86 performances 1987 "Don't Get God Started" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 86 performances 1983 Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 1982 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17) 1982 Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, ends after 22 innings - before Los Angeles Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) 1981 Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3) 1979 Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53 1977 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977 1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26) 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12) 1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco 1930 Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York City 1916 Barry Gray, Bernard Yaroslaw, interviewer, started call-in radio 1908 Pat Weaver, born in Los Angeles, California, TV Executive, started Today show 1906 Freddy Martin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, orchestra leader, started Merv Griffin 1902 Meyer Lansky, mobster, Started numbers 1902 Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 1891 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years 1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner" 1872 Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business 1865 SF Dramatic Chronicle started 1859 Grading started for Market Street RR 1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii 1832 Julius Sterling Morton, Nebraska, Gov-Neb, started Arbor Day 1729 Jean de Neufville, Dutch / U.S. merchant, started 4th English war 1150 Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise |
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