1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
1994 Actor Dolph Lundgren (34) weds Anette Qviberg in Stockholm
1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Cirkus Theater, Stockholm
1989 Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm
1988 Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden
1986 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm
1982 Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm
1978 Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm
1975 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2)
1975 West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm, Sweden
1974 Thomas Enqvist, born in Stockholm Sweden, tennis star, 1991 Wimbledon jr boys
1972 Michael Nylander, born in Stockholm, Sweden, NHL center for the Calgary Flames
1972 U.N. Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm
1971 Frederik Nilsson, born in Stockholm, Sweden, IHL forward, Team Sweden, Kansas City, IHL,
1970 Annika Sorenstam, Stockholm Sweden, LPGA golfer, 1995 U.S. Women's Open
1969 Tommy Soderstrom, born in Stockholm, Sweden, NHL goalie, Sweden, New York Islanders
1968 Johan Garpenlov, born in Stockholm Sweden, NHL left wing for the Florida Panthers
1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares U.S. aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
1967 Vendela [Kirsebom], Stockholm Sweden, model, Sports Illustrated 1993
1965 Jesper Bo Parnevik, born in Stockholm, Sweden, PGA golfer, 1995 Nestle-5th
1964 Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, rock vocalist
1964 Tommy Albelin, Stockholm, Sweden, NHL defenseman for the Calgary Flames
1964 Neneh Cherry, born in Stockholm Sweden, Swedish pop singer, Money Love
1960 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
1958 Dr. Ake Senning installs 1st pacemaker in Stockholm
1958 Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR)
1958 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
1958 Carina Persson, born in Stockholm, Sweden, playmate, August, 1983
1957 Christer Fuglesang, born in Stockholm Sweden, physicist/astronaut, Mir backup
1956 Italian liner Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the Stockholm
1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" and "Stockholm" (Cape Cod)
1956 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm
1956 Lena Olin, born in Stockholm, Sweden, actress, Enemies A Love Story
1950 Agnetha Faltskog, born in Stockholm, Sweden, rocker, ABBA-Waterloo
1949 Anna Bergman, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Agent 69
1949 Ewa Aulin, Stockholm, actress, Candy
1949 Ewa Aulin, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Candy, Fiorina LeVacca
1946 Benny Andersson, Stockholm Sweden, singer, ABBA-Money! Money! Money!
1944 Lena Tabori, Stockholm Sweden, model/daughter of Viveca Lindfors
1942 Britt Ekland, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Wicker Man, Asylum
1937 Bo Brundin, born in Stockholm, Sweden, actress, Rhinemann Exchange
1936 Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry
1934 Inger Stevens, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Katy-Farmer's Daughter
1932 Harriet Andersson, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Cries and Whispers
1929 Claes Oldenburg, born in Stockholm, Sweden, U.S. pop artist, Alphabet/Good Humor
1927 Olof Palme, Stockholm, PM of Sweden, 1969-76, 1982-86, assassinated
1925 Nicolai Gedda, born in Stockholm, Sweden, opera tenor, Opera Two to Six
1923 Erland Josephson, Stockholm Sweden, actor/dramatist, Utflykt
1918 Astrid Varnay, born in Stockholm, Sweden, soprano, Met Opera 1941-56
1918 Sixten Ehrling, born in Malmo, Sweden, conductor, Royal Opera of Stockholm
1915 Ingrid Bergman, born in Stockholm, actress, Casablanca, Cactus Flower
1915 Signe Hasso, Stockholm Sweden, actress, Johnny Angel, Double Life
1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes
1912 5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens
1912 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden
1909 Gunnar Bjornstrand, Stockholm Sweden, actor, Shame, Dreams
1909 Thure Johnstown wins Stockholm marathon (2:40:34.2)
1909 August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti," premieres in Stockholm
1908 August Strindberg's "Spoksonaten," premieres in Stockholm
1905 Greta Garbo, born in Stockholm, actress, Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille
1903 Alf Sjoberg, Stockholm Sweden, director, Fadern, Oen, Domaren
1884 Anders J Ture Rangstrom, Stockholm Swed, composer/critic, Kronbruden
1872 Hugo Alfven, Stockholm Sweden, composer, Midsommarvaka
1855 Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4 degrees C avg)
1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
1833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite and Peace Prizes
1751 Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses
1720 Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
1720 Sweden and Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
1719 Sweden and Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm
1685 Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1661 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm
1628 Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed
1471 Battle of Brunkeberg Stockholm (Sten Sture beats Christian I)
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