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
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 (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 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million
1979 Summer Newman, Miss Georgia Teen USA 1996
1979 Summer Altice, American Model
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, Olympics gold 1992, 96
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
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
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
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
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 orch 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, Engl, actress, 5 Days one Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom
1918 Suzanne Flon, Paris, France, actress, One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge
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", Krakatoa
1800 Mt. Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in U.S.
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