2002 Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38
2001 Tony Awards, The Producers, Proof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest revival and 42nd Street revival won major awards
1998 Jeff Moss, writer/composer, Sesame Street, dies at 56
1998 "Street Corner Symphony," closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 79 perf
1997 "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 79 performances
1997 New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988
1997 Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98
1997 Jill Summers, actress (Agatha Coronation Street), dies at 86
1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
1994 Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street New York City
1994 Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street), dies at 95
1994 Dennis Morgan, [Stanley], U.S. actor (21 Beacon Street), dies at 83
1993 British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination
1993 Elmar Klos, Czech director (Shop on Main Street), dies at 83
1993 Pizza Hut blimp deflates and lands safely on W 56th street in New York City
1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82
1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83
1993 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
1992 Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot
1991 Patrick Hamilton, author (Gaslight, Rope, Angel Street), dies at 45
1991 Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City
1990 Kiel Martin, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 46
1990 Center for Urban archaeology opens in New York City South Street Seaport Museum
1990 "Street Scene" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 6 performances
1990 "Street Scene" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 6 performances
1990 Jim Henson, puppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), dies at 53
1989 New York City MTA opens 63rd street extension to subway
1989 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child" premieres
1989 U.S. bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 Billion street value)
1989 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51
1989 "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances
1987 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56
1986 RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs
1986 Patricia Phoenix, English actress (Coronation Street), dies at 62
1985 Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13
1984 "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC)
1984 Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack
1984 Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69
1984 Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99
1984 Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78
1983 Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58
1982 FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1981 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win
1981 "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV
1980 "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances
1980 Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City
1980 Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
1979 Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52
1977 Maia Brewton, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Margaret-Lime Street
1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disney
1977 Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto a Chicago Street (11 die, 200 hurt)
1972 Samantha Smith, born in Houlton, Missouri, actress, Elizabeth-Lime Street
1972 Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
1971 Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76
1971 Picabo Street, skier, 1984 Olympic gold
1970 Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies
1970 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street
1969 "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV
1969 Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56
1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63
1968 Patricia Arquette, born in New York City, actress, Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3
1967 Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens
1967 Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS
1967 Michael Bendetti, actor, Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street
1967 Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway)
1966 Peter DeLuise, born in Hollywood, California, actor, 21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV
1965 "Baker Street" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 313 performances
1965 Richard Grieco, born in Waterton, New York, actor, 21 Jump Street, Booker
1965 "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 313 performances
1964 Holly Robinson, Philadelphia, actress, 21 Jump Street
1963 Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon
1963 Johnny Depp, born in Queensboro, Kentucky, actor, 21 Jump Street, Ed Wood
1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission
1962 Dustin Nguyen, born in Saigon, Vietnam, actor, Harry-21 Jump Street
1962 Elizabeth Daily, actress, Street Music
1960 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV
1960 Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48
1959 Werner Krauss, actor (Joyless Street), dies at 75
1958 Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
1957 Cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67
1957 Cavern Club (Beatle's) opens on Matthews Street in England
1956 Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress, Sesame Street, Fien
1955 Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65
1955 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1954 "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances
1954 Ken Olin, Chicago, actor, Thirtysomething, Det Quinn-EZ Street
1954 Anne Kirkbridge, actress, Deidre-Coronation Street
1951 Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist, singer and songwriter, East Street Band
1951 Max Weinberg, rock drummer, E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show
1950 Helene Weijel, author, In the Street Without a Coat
1950 Ed Marinaro, actor on Hill Street Blues
1950 Danny Federici, rocker, E Street Band
1949 Garry W Tallent, rocker, E Street Band
1949 Roy Bittan, rocker, E Street Band
1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
1948 Taurean Blacque, actor, Hill Street Blues
1947 Betty Thomas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues
1947 "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 148 performances
1947 Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist and vocalist, Baker Street
1947 "Street Scene" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 148 performances
1946 Michael Warren, born in Indiana, actor, Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues
1945 Julie Goodyear, British actress, Bet Lynch-Coronation Street
1944 Dennis Franz, Maywood, Illinois, actor, Buntz-Hill Street Blues, New YorkPD Blue
1944 Kiel Martin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues
1944 Frank Oz, muppetteer, Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show
1943 Tison Street, composer
1942 Richard Street, born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker, Temptations
1941 Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street," premieres in New York City
1941 Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street
1940 Taurean Blacque, actor, Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues
1939 Wes Craven, born in Cleveland, Ohio, director, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream
1939 Batman comics hit street
1937 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter, Sesame Street
1936 Jim Henson, born in Greenville, Mississippi, muppeteer, Sesame Street, Muppet Show
1935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches
1934 John Standing, born in London, England, actor, Edward-Lime Street
1934 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (New York City)
1934 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies
1934 Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Sat Review of Lit" Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars
1933 Rene Enriquez, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Ray Calletano-Hill Street Blues
1933 Thelma Barlow, English actress, Mavis-Coronation Street
1933 Keith Baxter, born in South Wales, actor, Barretts at Wimpole Street
1933 Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz, Wall Street Week
1932 William Roache, born in England, actor, Ken Barlow-Coronation Street
1931 Alex Cord, New York City, actor, Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum
1929 Elmer Rice's "Street Scene," premieres in New York City
1928 Vic Damone, [Vito Farinola], Brooklyn, singer, Street Where You Live
1928 John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale
1926 Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street
1926 Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
1925 Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician
1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies
1923 Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists
1923 Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven)
1923 Bloody street battles between Nazi's, socialist and police in Vienna
1922 Lucerne Street in Bronx named
1922 Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress, Window on Main Street
1921 Gower Champion, choreographer, 42nd Street, Showboat
1920 Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30
1918 102 die in a New York City BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn
1918 Tony Mottola, born in Kearney, New Jersey, guitarist/host, Melody Street
1917 Dave Street, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/singer, Broadway Open House
1916 Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, actor, The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo
1916 Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time
1916 Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies
1916 Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian, Percy-Coronation Street
1914 Bernard Youens, British actor, Coronation Street
1914 Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed
1914 Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens
1913 Ella Logan, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, 52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies
1911 Margaret Sullavan, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actress, Back Street
1910 Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisconsin, actor, Dennis-21 Beacon Street
1910 Jill Summers, actress, Agatha Coronation Street
1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer, Street Car Named Desire
1909 Ruby Keeler, Halifax NS, dancer, Dames, 42nd Street
1908 Ann Lane Petry, U.S. journalist/author, Street
1908 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2
1907 Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF
1906 London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line)
1905 Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated
1905 Thelma Ritter, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Miracle on 34th Street
1904 John Breeden, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street
1903 Una Merkel, Covington, Kentucky, actress, 42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln
1903 Fritz Schmidt, German street photographer
1903 Arthur Tracy, born in Russia, street singer, Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight
1901 East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened
1901 Bebe Daniels, Scotland, actress, 42nd Street, Lonesome Luke
1900 Ralph Graves, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street
1899 Dorothy Devore, Ft. Worth, Texas, actress, Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil
1899 Doris Speed, actress, Annie-Coronation Street
1897 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City
1895 Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, 54th Street Revue
1893 Kathleen Smoothy, housewife, last link to Siege of SIdney Street
1892 1st concrete-paved street built, Bellefountaine, Ohio
1889 Wall Street Journal begins publishing
1889 Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter
1886 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia
1885 Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic, Main Street, Nobel 1930
1884 Werner Krauss, born in Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Joyless Street
1883 Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Joyless Street
1883 Estelle Winwood, [Goodwin], England, actress, Miracle on 34th Street
1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station)
1881 George Edmund Street, English Architect
1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
1875 Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens
1875 Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor, Miracle on 34th Street
1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street
1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones
1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky
1861 Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars
1860 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco
1859 Grading started for Market Street RR
1858 Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox
1853 Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections
1852 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
1834 Henrietta, Hetty, Green, financier, Witch of Wall Street
1834 HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street
1824 George E Street, British architect
1824 George Edmund Street, English Architect
1820 Cato Street conspiracy uncovered
1817 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
1807 London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
1792 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
1791 New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street
1735 Robert Walpole is 1st British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street
1728 Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue
1714 A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street
1712 Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75
1616 Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver
1346 Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements
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