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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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