2014 Event Ford Motor Company begins using aluminum instead of steel in the body of its most popular truck, the F-150; the change has cost the company time and money in conversion of production lines but will make the vehicle more fuel efficient 1997 Death Robert Steel, academic, dies at 82 1997 Death Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51 1997 Event "Steel Peer," closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 76 performances 1997 Event "Steel Peer," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 76 performances 1997 Death Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up, dies at 66 1996 Event British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order 1994 Event Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1992 Event 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1989 Death May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies 1987 Death I. W. Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87 1987 Event United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp 1986 Event New York City transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token 1981 Event Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1972 Birthday John Steel, Auckland New Zealand, 100m/200m swimmer 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Deniece Peterson, rocker, 5 Star-Silk and Steel 1966 Birthday Doris Pearson, Essex, rocker, 5 Star-Silk and Steel 1964 Birthday Stedman Pearson, born in Essex, rock vocalist, Five Star-Silk and Steel 1962 Birthday Dylan McDermott, Waterbury CT, actor, Jersey Girl, Steel Magnolias 1962 Event U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases 1960 Birthday Julie Fulton, born in Evanston, Illinois, actress, Lime Steel 1956 Event 650,000 U.S. steel workers go on strike 1955 Birthday Jeff Koons, born in York, Pennsylvania, artist, known for large reproductions of ordinary objects, including brightly colored balloon animals made of stainless steel 1954 Event Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized 1952 Event President Truman settles 53-day steel strike 1952 Event President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike 1951 Event France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community 1949 Event Britain nationalizes it's steel and iron industry 1948 Event Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry 1947 Birthday Daniele Steel, New York City, author, Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy 1947 Birthday Danielle Steel, American Novelist 1946 Birthday Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction' 1946 Birthday Rusty Young, California, rock steel guitarist, Poco-Heat of the Night 1946 Birthday Jonathan Banks, Washington D.C., actor, Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel 1941 Birthday John Steel, rock drummer, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1940 Birthday Heather Steel, British judge 1939 Event Hitler and Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" 1939 Birthday Charles Christopher Steel, composer 1938 Birthday David Steel, British Politician 1937 Event Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago 1937 Event U.S. Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day 1931 Birthday Roy Evans, general sect, British Iron and Steel Trade Confederation 1930 Birthday Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up 1927 Birthday Ronald Halstead, deputy CEO, British Steel 1926 Event USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs 1926 Event German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes 1924 Event Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play 1924 Event Dutch Blast Furnace and Steel Factory opens 1923 Event U.S. Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day 1920 Birthday Anthony Steel, London, actor, Malta Story, Wooden Horse 1919 Death Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1919 Death Andrew Carnegie, U.S. steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 1919 Event General steel strike in France 1919 Event Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages 1918 Event Royal Dutch Blast furnace and Steel factory opens in Hague 1915 Birthday Robert Steel, academic 1914 Event Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco 1913 Death John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 1910 Event Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs 1909 Birthday Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" 1907 Birthday Arthur Steel, Dutch architect, Group '32 1907 Death Henry Steel Olcott, U.S. co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74 1901 Event U.S. Steel Corp organized under J. P. Morgan 1901 Event Pierpont Morgan forms U.S. Steel Corp 1900 Event U.S. Steel Corporation organizes 1894 Event 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me 1892 Event Striking steel workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania fire on scabs, killing 7 1891 Death Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1887 Event Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 1883 Event Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in U.S. navy 1871 Death Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns 1869 Event James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade 1849 Birthday Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1837 Birthday J. P. Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO, US Steel 1833 Event John Deere makes 1st steel plow 1832 Birthday Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder, Theosophical Society 1831 Birthday Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true 1809 Event Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen 1669 Death Rembrandt H van Ron, painter/etcher (Steel Masters), dies
