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2013 Event - UK's oldest music retailer HMV calls in administrators after talks to rescue the company fail; the company which has over 4,500 employees, opened its first shop on Oxford Street in 1921 2012 Event - Andrew Mitchell, the Chief Whip of the British Conservative Party, resigns over remarks he made to police officers in Downing Street 2012 Event - The Rolling Stones, English rock band, celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its first performance at the Marquee Club in Oxford Street, London 2012 Event - In Rio de Janeiro, a record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during Rio's carnival 2012 Event - Nearly 2,000 Malawi women protest against attacks on women wearing trousers by unemployed youths and street vendors 2011 Event - New York's Police Department clears Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zucotti Park, the public space they have occupied to stage their protest 2011 Event - Dozens of people are arrested as riot police shut down Occupy Portland and Occupy Oakland Rallies, offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street movement 2011 Event - Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested when they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic 2010 Event - Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, will have a street named after him in Capetown 2010 Event - Philip Markoff, accused Craigslist killer, commits suicide and is found dead in Nashua Street jail prison 2002 Death - Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38 2001 Event - Tony Awards, The Producers, Proof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest revival and 42nd Street revival won major awards 1998 Death - Jeff Moss, writer/composer, Sesame Street, dies at 56 1998 Event - "Street Corner Symphony," closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 79 perf 1997 Event - "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 79 performances 1997 Event - New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 1997 Death - Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98 1997 Death - Jill Summers, actress (Agatha Coronation Street), dies at 86 1996 Event - After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends 1996 Death - Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1994 Event - Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street New York City 1994 Death - Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street), dies at 95 1994 Death - Dennis Morgan, Stanley, U.S. actor (21 Beacon Street), dies at 83 1993 Event - British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination 1993 Death - Elmar Klos, Czechoslovakian director (Shop on Main Street), dies at 83 1993 Event - Pizza Hut blimp deflates and lands safely on W 56th street in New York City 1993 Event - 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street 1993 Death - Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82 1993 Death - Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street), dies of cancer at 83 1993 Death - Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20 1992 Event - Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot 1991 Death - Patrick Hamilton, author (Gaslight, Rope, Angel Street), dies at 45 1991 Event - Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City 1990 Death - Kiel Martin, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 46 1990 Event - Center for Urban archaeology opens in New York City South Street Seaport Museum 1990 Event - "Street Scene" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 6 performances 1990 Event - "Street Scene" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 6 performances 1990 Death - Jim Henson, puppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), dies at 53 1989 Event - New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority opens 63rd street extension to subway 1989 Event - "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child" premieres 1989 Event - U.S. bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 Billion street value) 1989 Death - Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51 1989 Event - "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances 1987 Event - On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56 1986 Event - RUN DMC calls for a day of peace among LA street gangs 1986 Death - Patricia Phoenix, English actress (Coronation Street), dies at 62 1985 Death - Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13 1984 Event - "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC) 1984 Event - Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack 1984 Death - Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69 1984 Death - Estelle Winwood, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 99 1984 Death - Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78 1983 Death - Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58 1982 Event - FALN (Puerto Rico Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street 1981 Event - 35th Tony Awards: Amadeus and 42nd Street win 1981 Event - "Hill Street Blues" premieres on NBC-TV 1980 Event - "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances 1980 Event - Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City 1980 Death - Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies 1979 Death - Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52 1977 Birthday - Maia Brewton, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Margaret-Lime Street 1977 Event - Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disney 1977 Event - Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto a Chicago Street (11 die, 200 hurt) 1973 Birthday - David Blaine, born in Brooklyn, New York, illusionist, endurance artist, considered a modern-day Houdini, first television special titled, 'David Blaine; Street Magic' 1972 Birthday - Samantha Smith, born in Houlton, Missouri, actress, Elizabeth-Lime Street 1972 Death - Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88 1971 Death - Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", singer (54th Street Revue), dies at 76 1971 Birthday - Picabo Street, skier, 1984 Olympic gold 1970 Death - Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies 1970 Event - Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street 1969 Event - "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV 1969 Death - Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56 1969 Death - Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63 1968 Birthday - Patricia Arquette, born in New York City, actress, Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3 1967 Event - Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens 1967 Event - Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS 1967 Birthday - Michael Bendetti, actor, Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street 1967 Event - Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) 1967 Death - Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1966 Birthday - Peter DeLuise, born in Hollywood, California, actor, 21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV 1965 Event - "Baker Street" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 313 performances 1965 Birthday - Richard Grieco, born in Waterton, New York, actor, 21 Jump Street, Booker 1965 Event - "Baker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 313 performances 1964 Birthday - Holly Robinson, Philadelphia, actress, 21 Jump Street 1963 Death - Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon 1963 Birthday - Johnny Depp, born in Queensboro, Kentucky, actor, 21 Jump Street, Ed Wood 1962 Event - Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission 1962 Birthday - Dustin Nguyen, born in Saigon, Vietnam, actor, Harry-21 Jump Street 1962 Birthday - Elizabeth Daily, actress, Street Music 1960 Event - 1st broadcast of "Coronation Street" on British ITV 1960 Death - Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48 1959 Death - Werner Krauss, actor (Joyless Street), dies at 75 1959 Birthday - Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1958 Death - Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42 1957 Death - Cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67 1957 Event - Cavern Club (Beatle's) opens on Matthews Street in England 1956 Birthday - Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress, Sesame Street, Fien 1955 Death - Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65 1955 Event - 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed 1955 Birthday - Paul Rodriguez, born in Culiacan, Mexico, comedian, actor, films include, 'A Cinderella Story', 'Lonely Street', 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' 1954 Event - "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances 1954 Birthday - Sandra Cisneros, born in Chicago, Illinois, author, wrote, 'The House on Mango Street', 'Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories', a figure in Chicana literature 1954 Birthday - Ken Olin, Chicago, actor, Thirtysomething, Det Quinn-EZ Street 1954 Birthday - Anne Kirkbridge, actress, Deidre-Coronation Street 1952 Birthday - Eddie Manion, born in America, Eddie 'Kingfish' Manion, saxophonist, tenor and baritone sax, session musician, member of Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band Tour, recorded and performed with Diana Ross, Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, The E Street Band 1951 Birthday - Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist, singer and songwriter, East Street Band 1951 Birthday - Max Weinberg, rock drummer, E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show 1950 Birthday - Helene Weijel, author, In the Street Without a Coat 1950 Birthday - Ed Marinaro, actor on Hill Street Blues 1950 Birthday - Danny Federici, rocker, E Street Band 1949 Birthday - Garry W Tallent, rocker, E Street Band 1949 Birthday - Roy Bittan, rocker, E Street Band 1949 Event - 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct) 1948 Birthday - Taurean Blacque, actor, Hill Street Blues 1947 Birthday - Betty Thomas, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues 1947 Event - "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 148 performances 1947 Birthday - Gerry Rafferty, Paisley Scotland, guitarist and vocalist, Baker Street 1947 Event - "Street Scene" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 148 performances 1946 Birthday - Michael Warren, born in Indiana, actor, Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues 1945 Birthday - Julie Goodyear, British actress, Bet Lynch-Coronation Street 1944 Birthday - Dennis Franz, Maywood, Illinois, actor, Buntz-Hill Street Blues, New YorkPD Blue 1944 Birthday - Kiel Martin, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues 1944 Birthday - Frank Oz, muppetteer, Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show 1943 Birthday - Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship 1942 Birthday - Richard Street, born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker, Temptations 1941 Event - Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street," premieres in New York City 1941 Event - Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street 1940 Birthday - Taurean Blacque, actor, Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues 1939 Birthday - Wes Craven, born in Cleveland, Ohio, director, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream 1939 Event - Batman comics hit street 1937 Birthday - Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter, Sesame Street 1936 Birthday - Jim Henson, born in Greenville, Mississippi, muppeteer, Sesame Street, Muppet Show 1935 Event - Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches 1935 Birthday - Sharon Acker, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, Della Street - Perry Mason 1973 1934 Birthday - John Standing, born in London, England, actor, Edward-Lime Street 1934 Event - 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (New York City) 1934 Death - Meijer Linnewiel, Amsterdam street hawker, dies 1934 Event - Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Sat Review of Lit" Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars 1933 Birthday - Rene Enriquez, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Ray Calletano-Hill Street Blues 1933 Birthday - Thelma Barlow, English actress, Mavis-Coronation Street 1933 Birthday - Keith Baxter, born in South Wales, actor, Barretts at Wimpole Street 1933 Birthday - Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz, Wall Street Week 1932 Birthday - William Roache, born in England, actor, Ken Barlow-Coronation Street 1931 Birthday - Alex Cord, New York City, actor, Brotherhood, Fire, Street Asylum 1930 Birthday - Gerry Davis, born in England, science-fiction writer, wrote British television soap operas Coronation Street and United!, script editor for Doctor Who 1929 Event - Elmer Rice's "Street Scene," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday - Vic Damone, Vito Farinola, Brooklyn, singer, Street Where You Live 1928 Birthday - John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale 1926 Event - Dark Street in the Bronx renamed Lustre Street 1926 Event - Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch 1925 Birthday - Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician 1924 Death - George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies 1923 Event - Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists 1923 Event - Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven) 1923 Event - Bloody street battles between Nazi's, socialist and police in Vienna 1922 Event - Lucerne Street in Bronx named 1922 Birthday - Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress, Window on Main Street 1921 Birthday - Gower Champion, choreographer, 42nd Street, Showboat 1921 Birthday - Barbara Hale, born in Dekalb, Illinois, actress, Della Street - Perry Mason 1920 Event - Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30 1918 Event - 102 die in a New York City BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn 1918 Birthday - Tony Mottola, born in Kearney, New Jersey, guitarist/host, Melody Street 1917 Birthday - Dave Street, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/singer, Broadway Open House 1916 Birthday - Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, actor, The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo 1916 Event - Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time 1916 Death - Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies 1916 Birthday - Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian, Percy-Coronation Street 1914 Birthday - Bernard Youens, British actor, Coronation Street 1914 Event - Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed 1914 Event - Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens 1913 Birthday - Ella Logan, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, 52nd Street, Goldwyn Follies 1911 Birthday - Margaret Sullavan, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actress, Back Street 1910 Birthday - Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisconsin, actor, Dennis-21 Beacon Street 1910 Birthday - Jill Summers, actress, Agatha Coronation Street 1910 Birthday - Irene Mayer Selznick, producer, Street Car Named Desire 1909 Birthday - Ruby Keeler, Halifax NS, dancer, Dames, 42nd Street 1908 Birthday - Ann Lane Petry, U.S. journalist/author, Street 1908 Event - 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2 1907 Event - Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF 1906 Event - London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) 1905 Event - Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated 1905 Birthday - Thelma Ritter, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Miracle on 34th Street 1904 Birthday - John Breeden, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Salute, Madame Racketeer, Joy Street 1903 Birthday - Una Merkel, Covington, Kentucky, actress, 42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln 1903 Birthday - Fritz Schmidt, German street photographer 1903 Birthday - Arthur Tracy, born in Russia, street singer, Vincent Lopez Show, Limelight 1901 Event - East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened 1901 Birthday - Bebe Daniels, Scotland, actress, 42nd Street, Lonesome Luke 1900 Birthday - Ralph Graves, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street 1899 Birthday - Dorothy Devore, Ft. Worth, Texas, actress, Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil 1899 Birthday - Doris Speed, actress, Annie-Coronation Street 1897 Event - White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City 1895 Birthday - Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, 54th Street Revue 1893 Birthday - Kathleen Smoothy, housewife, last link to Siege of SIdney Street 1892 Event - 1st concrete-paved street built, Bellefountaine, Ohio 1889 Event - Wall Street Journal begins publishing 1889 Birthday - Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter 1886 Event - Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia 1885 Birthday - Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic, Main Street, Nobel 1930 1884 Birthday - Werner Krauss, born in Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Joyless Street 1883 Birthday - Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress, Joyless Street 1883 Birthday - Estelle Winwood, Goodwin, England, actress, Miracle on 34th Street 1882 Event - 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station) 1881 Death - George Edmund Street, English Architect 1876 Event - California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise 1875 Event - Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens 1875 Birthday - Edmund Gwenn, Wales, actor, Miracle on 34th Street 1875 Birthday - Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 1873 Event - Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street 1873 Event - 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones 1871 Event - Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Kentucky 1861 Event - Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 1860 Event - Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco 1859 Event - Grading started for Market Street RR 1858 Event - Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox 1853 Event - Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections 1852 Event - 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London) 1834 Birthday - Henrietta, Hetty, Green, financier, Witch of Wall Street 1834 Event - HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street 1824 Birthday - George E Street, British architect 1824 Birthday - George Edmund Street, English Architect 1820 Event - Cato Street conspiracy uncovered 1817 Event - 1st U.S. gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) 1807 Death - John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio, dies at 45 in Berners Street, London 1807 Event - London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight 1792 Event - 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1791 Event - New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street 1735 Event - Robert Walpole is 1st British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street 1728 Event - Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1714 Event - A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street 1712 Death - Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75 1616 Event - Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver 1346 Event - Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements |
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