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1997 Robert Steel, academic, dies at 82
1997 Dawn Steel, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction', dies at 51 1997 "Steel Peer," closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 76 performances 1997 "Steel Peer," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 76 performances 1997 Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up, dies at 66 1996 British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order 1994 Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1992 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1989 May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies 1987 I. W. Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87 1987 United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp 1986 New York City transit system issues a new brass with steel bullseye token 1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1972 John Steel, Auckland New Zealand, 100m/200m swimmer 1996 Olympics 1968 Deniece Peterson, rocker, 5 Star-Silk and Steel 1966 Doris Pearson, Essex, rocker, 5 Star-Silk and Steel 1964 Stedman Pearson, born in Essex, rock vocalist, Five Star-Silk and Steel 1962 Dylan McDermott, Waterbury CT, actor, Jersey Girl, Steel Magnolias 1962 U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases 1960 Daniel Woodgate, born in London, England, Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker, drummer for Madness, and band called Steel Erection 1960 Julie Fulton, born in Evanston, Illinois, actress, Lime Steel 1956 650,000 U.S. steel workers go on strike 1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized 1952 President Truman settles 53-day steel strike 1952 President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike 1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community 1949 Britain nationalizes it's steel and iron industry 1948 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry 1947 Daniele Steel, New York City, author, Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy 1947 Danielle Steel, American Novelist 1946 Dawn Steel, born in America, film maker, first woman to head a major Hollywood studio, responsible for 'Flashdance', 'Fatal Attraction' 1946 Rusty Young, California, rock steel guitarist, Poco-Heat of the Night 1946 Jonathan Banks, Washington D.C., actor, Armed and Dangerous, Cold Steel 1941 John Steel, rock drummer, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1940 Heather Steel, British judge 1939 Hitler and Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" 1939 Charles Christopher Steel, composer 1938 David Steel, British Politician 1937 Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago 1937 U.S. Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day 1931 Roy Evans, general sect, British Iron and Steel Trade Confederation 1930 Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up 1927 Ronald Halstead, deputy CEO, British Steel 1926 USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs 1926 German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes 1924 Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play 1924 Dutch Blast Furnace and Steel Factory opens 1923 U.S. Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day 1920 Anthony Steel, London, actor, Malta Story, Wooden Horse 1919 Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1919 Andrew Carnegie, U.S. steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 1919 General steel strike in France 1919 Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages 1918 Royal Dutch Blast furnace and Steel factory opens in Hague 1915 Robert Steel, academic 1914 Steel work completed on Exposition (Civic) Auditorium, San Francisco 1913 John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 1910 Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs 1909 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 Arthur Steel, Dutch architect, Group '32 1907 Henry Steel Olcott, U.S. co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74 1901 U.S. Steel Corp organized under J. P. Morgan 1901 Pierpont Morgan forms U.S. Steel Corp 1900 U.S. Steel Corporation organizes 1894 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me 1892 Striking steel workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania fire on scabs, killing 7 1891 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 Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 1883 Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in U.S. navy 1871 Cowper Phipps Coles, English inventor (Steel warships), drowns 1869 James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade 1849 Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation 1837 J. P. Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO, US Steel 1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow 1832 Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder, Theosophical Society 1831 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 Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen 1669 Rembrandt H van Ron, painter/etcher (Steel Masters), dies |
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