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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

1996 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 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, Czechoslovakian 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's Metropolitan Transportation Authority 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 (Puerto Rico 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)

1967 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 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

1959 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 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

1952 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 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, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship

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

1935 Sharon Acker, born in Toronto, Canada, actress, Della Street - Perry Mason 1973

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, 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

1930 Gerry Davis, born in England, science-fiction writer, wrote British television soap operas Coronation Street and United!, script editor for Doctor Who

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

1921 Barbara Hale, born in Dekalb, Illinois, actress, Della Street - Perry Mason

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

1875 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 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, Kentucky

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 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 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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