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2009 Chuck Daly, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics, dies at 78 in Jupiter, Florida
2008 2008 Summer Olympics come to a close in Beijing, China 2008 2008 Summer Olympics begin in Beijing, China 2005 London is declared the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics 2001 Troy Donahue, actor, A Summer Place, dies at 65 1999 Sylvia Sidney, actress, ", Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, ", dies at 88 1996 "Summer and Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1996 "Summer and Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater New York City 1995 Fabio Casartelli, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race, died during 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France, in a crash occurring on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet in the Pyrenees 1994 Nadia Gray, actress (La Dolce Vita, Naked Summer), dies at 70 1993 "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 25 performances 1993 "In the Summer House" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 25 performances 1992 25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain 1992 25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain 1992 Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1990 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics 1990 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude 1990 Eddie Quillan, actor (Brigadoon, Summer Magic), dies of cancer at 83 1990 "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premieres on WWOR-TV in New York City 1990 116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6 1989 U.S. Basketball League cancels its summer schedule 1988 U.S.S.R. announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics 1987 Geffen records sign their 1st artist, Donna Summer 1986 Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 1986 IOC decides to stagger Winter and Summer Olympic schedule 1984 "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama peaks at #9 1984 Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer 1984 Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold medals in Summer Olympics 1984 Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics 1984 U.S. men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics 1984 23rd Summer Olympics opens in Los Angeles 1984 U.S.S.R. announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics 1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics 1980 U.S. boycotts Summer Olympics in Moscow 1979 Summer Altice, American Model 1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million 1979 Summer Newman, Miss Georgia Teen USA 1996 1978 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York 1978 600,000 attend Watkins Glen Summer Jam in New York 1977 Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time 1976 Freddie Prinze, Jr., actor, I Know What You Did Last Summer 1975 Gladys Knight and Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV 1975 Joey Lawrence, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental 1973 Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65 1972 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer" 1972 Summer Sanders, California, butterfly swimmer, Gold Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1972 Michael Landes, actor, American Summer 1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre 1972 "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 173 performances 1971 "To Live Another Summer" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 173 performances 1970 Fabio Casartelli, born in Como, Italy, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race 1969 Cree Summer, actress, Freddie-Different World 1969 "Come Summer" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 7 performances 1969 "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 7 performances 1967 Courtney Thorne-Smith, actress, Day by Day, Lucas, Summer School 1964 Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1961 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4 1961 Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress, Summer Story 1960 17th summer olympics opens in Rome 1960 Sean Kerly, born in Whitstable, Kent, England, Sean Robin Kerly, athlete, field hockey player, awarded bronze medal at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 1984, scored eight goals at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, playing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad 1959 Sam Raimi, actor, Indian Summer, Thou Shalt Not Kill Except 1959 Kelly Lynch, born in Golden Walley, Minnesota, actress, Warm Summer Rain, Cocktail 1956 Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies 1955 Oliver Conant, New York City, actor, Summer of '42 1955 Peter Gallagher, Armonk, New York, actor, Player, Summer Lovers, Dreamchild 1955 Gary Grimes, SF, actor, Summer of '42, Class of '44 1955 Bill Paxton, actor, Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies 1953 Christopher Norris, New York City, actress, Summer of '42, Eat My Dust 1952 Jerry Houser, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44 1951 Richard Thomas, born in New York City, John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda 1948 Donna Summer, Boston, singer, Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio 1948 Summer Olympics opens in London 1947 Don Henley, drummer/singer, Eagles, Boys of Summer 1947 Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress, Summer of '42 1946 Andrea Mitchell, New York City, newscaster, NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA 1946 Mensje F van Keulen-van der Steen, Dutch writer, Bleeker's Summer 1945 Catherine Burns, New York City, actress, Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher 1944 Rita Mae Brown, actress, Long Hot Summer, Slumber Party Massacre 1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea 1941 Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Summer Night 1936 Dany Carrel, Touraine Indo-china, actress, Passionate Summer 1936 SN Behrmann's "End of Summer," premieres in New York City 1935 Lee Remick, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, actress, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer 1932 Michel Legrand, composer, Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind 1932 U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold) 1931 Rip Torn, born in Texas, actor, Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1930 Chuck Daly, born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, basketball coach, head coach, successful 14-year NBA career included leading Detroit Pistons to two NBA Championships, led Dream Team to win gold at 1992 Summer Olympics 1929 Lee Hazelwood, born in Oklahoma, country singer and songwriter, Summer Wine, Jackson 1929 Ulla Jacobson, Swedish actress, One Summer of Happiness 1927 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist and orchestra leader, Jazz on a Summer Day 1926 Richard Crenna, LA Cal, actor, Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles 1926 Carleton Carpenter, born in Bennington, Vermont, actor, Up Periscope, Summer Stock 1926 Anton PO Ekstrom, Swedish writer, Summer Dances 1924 Mary Ford, Colleen Summer, vocalist/actress, Queen of Outer Space 1924 Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer, Dean Martin Summer Show 1923 Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer, Summer Games 1921 Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello 1920 Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress, Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day 1920 Eddie Bracken, born in Astoria, New York City, actor, Summer Stock, Young and Willing 1919 Erik Elmsater, Sweden, 1st to compete in summer and winter Oly, 1948 1918 Dorothy McGuire, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Old Yeller, Summer Magic 1918 Isabel Dean, England, actress, 5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom 1918 Suzanne Flon, Paris, France, actress, One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge 1917 Jane Bowles, born in New York, New York, writer, playwright, wrote 'Two Serious Ladies', 'In The Summer House', works admired by Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, John Ashbery 1916 Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time) 1916 British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced 1909 Daniel Fuchs, U.S. writer, Summer in Williamsburg 1908 Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres 1908 Percy Faith, conductor, Summer Place 1906 Louise Talma, Arcachon France, composer, Summer Sounds 1884 Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist, Summer Storm, Sanctuary 1867 Willem C Royaards, Dutch theater director, Summer Games 1816 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia 1800 Mount Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in U.S. |
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