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, orch 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 Gov 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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