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2003 Don Gibson, songwriter/singer, I Can't Stop Loving You, dies at 75
1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop 1996 "Bus Stop" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances 1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play 1996 "Bus Stop" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 29 performances 1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern 1991 1st non stop flight Schiphol-Flamingo airport Bonaire 1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass 1988 Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs 1986 Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to U.S. 1985 Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack 1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed 1984 Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 1984 Los Angeles Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak 1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St. after 122 years of service 1982 Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon 1981 Ringo releases "Stop and Smell Roses" album 1981 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins 1979 Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini orders mass executions to stop 1979 L.A. Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask 1979 Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes and kills a driver 1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars 1978 Braves stop Reds Pete Rose's hitting streak at 44 games 1976 Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) 1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 1972 Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50 1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A and M 1967 Dutch 2nd Chamber demands U.S. stop bombing North Vietnam 1967 Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 1965 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love" 1964 Sam Brown, English singer and songwriter, Stop! 1964 "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert New York City after 556 perf 1963 Alabama Governor George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools 1963 Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres 1962 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off" opens at Shubert New York City for 886 performances 1961 Bricusse and Newley's musical "Stop the world I want to ...," premieres 1960 U.S.S.R. agrees to stop nuclear testing 1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running 1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school 1956 David Grant, Jamaica, singer and songwriter, Stop and Go, Heaven Knows 1955 William Inge's "Bus Stop," premieres in New York City 1954 SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) forms to stop communists in Asia 1950 Lew Lehr, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54 1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin 1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio 1947 British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel 1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games 1941 Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing" 1941 Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base 1940 Hassett's second 122 of the game for Vic can't stop a NSW win 1937 Robert Stone, U.S. writer, Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA 1934 Tammy Grimes, Lynn Massachusetts, actress, Can't Stop the Music 1932 U.S.S.R. and Finland stop non-attack treaty 1931 Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer, Stop the world I want to get off 1929 Don Murray, born in California, actor, Bus Stop, Advise and Consent, Endless Love 1928 Don Gibson, born in Shelby, North Carolina, singer/writer, I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me 1926 Karel Reisz, director, Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain 1924 Marion Morgan, singer, Stop the Music 1924 Allies stop checking on German navy 1922 George Axelrod, playwright, Breakfast at Tiffany, Bus Stop 1917 Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks 1913 Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop 1908 Cal Tinney, Oklahoma, comedian, Stop Me If You Heard This One 1895 Lew Lehr, Philadelphia, comedian, Stop Me if I heard this One 1865 Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land 1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman 1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state 1861 U.S. and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange 1848 Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia 1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French 1795 Curacao governor De Veer sends miltia to stop rebellious slaves 1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1439 Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading) 1328 Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers |
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