1986 Event MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins 1967 Event Egyptian president Nassar closes Straits of Tiran to Israel 1959 Birthday Omar Hakim, drummer, Dire Straits, Weather Report 1958 Event Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated 1957 Event World longest suspension bridge opens in Mackinac Straits, Michigan 1956 Event Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt 1956 Event Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran 1953 Birthday Hal Lindes, born in Monterey, California, rocker, Dire Straits 1949 Birthday Mark Knopfler, English rock vocalist and guitarist, Dire Straits 1949 Birthday John Illsley, born in Leicester, England, rock bassist, Dire Straits 1949 Birthday John Illsley, rocker, Dire Straits 1948 Birthday Pick Withers, rocker, Dire Straits 1944 Event Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed 1936 Event International Commission of Straits (Dardanelles and Bosphorus) ends 1936 Event New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles 1914 Event British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover 1905 Event Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima 1864 Event British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits 1833 Event Charles Darwin reaches Straits Ponsonby, Fireland 1778 Event Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits
