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1996 Pamela Mason, actress (Wild in the Streets), dies at 78

1995 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow

1994 Barry Sullivan, actor (Streets of SF, Oh, God!), dies at 81

1988 Criterion Center Theater opens at Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets New York City

1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium

1965 Diane Lane, New York City, actress, Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove

1955 Angela Molina, born in Madrid, Spain, actress, Streets of Gold, Half of Heaven

1948 Amy Robinson, born in Trenton, New Jersey, writer/actress, Mean Streets

1942 Martin Scorsese, Queens, dir, Mean Streets, Last Temptation of Christ

1941 Christopher Jones, Jackson, Tennessee, actor, Wild in the Streets

1939 James Victor, born in Puerto Rico, actor, Boulevard Night, Streets of LA

1937 NBC and RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY

1936 David Carradine, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Kung Fu, Mean Streets

1928 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor and director (Streets of sin), dies at 45

1923 Edith Fellows, Boston, actress, Pennies From Heaven, City Streets

1922 Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium

1919 Jeanne Cagney, actress, Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand

1896 Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit

1858 1st mailboxes installed in Boston and New York City streets

1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin

1854 Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time

1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets

1617 1st one-way streets open (London)

1535 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets


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