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2004 WNBA Championships, Seattle Storm beat Connecticut Sun 2 games to 1
2003 Sam Phillips, entreprenuer/DJ, started Sun Records, dies at 80 2000 Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU) 1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17 1996 Evelyn Laye, actress and singer 'Sun Child', dies at 95 1995 U.S. space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun 1995 Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun 1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m) 1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m) 1994 Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun 1994 Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun 1993 Claudia McNeil, actress (Raisin in the Sun), dies of diabetes at 77 1993 Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, U.S. jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79 1993 Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79 1993 Richard Murphy, director (3 Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at 81 1992 David Lewett and Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun 1992 "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" closes at Beaumont New York City after 38 perf 1992 "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 38 perf 1991 Niven Busch, U.S. writer (Duel in the Sun), dies 1990 Spacecraft Ulysses launched towards pole of Sun 1990 Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55 1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland 1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun) 1983 Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered 1982 Biggest mass wedding, Reverend Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in New York City 1982 Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud 1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion 1982 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic 1982 Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor, Tommy Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun 1981 Paul Felix, Flemish architect (Song of the Sun), dies at 67 1980 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic 1979 Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with Sun 1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) 1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US 1978 Sun Bank Building opens 1978 "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US 1977 Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76 1976 Reverend Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention 1975 Dimitri D Shostakovich, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68 1974 Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at 76 1974 Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70 1974 Helios 1 launched by U.S., Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun 1974 Christian Bale, Wales, actor, Empire of the Sun, Little Women 1973 Charles G Abbot, U.S. astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 1973 Diana Sands, actress (Landlord, Raisin in the Sun), dies at 39 1973 Ntala Skinner, Sun Valley Idaho, biathelete 1994 Olympics 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km) 1972 Harlow Shapley, astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), dies at 86 1971 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun) 1971 Simbi Khali, actress, Nina-Third Rock From the Sun 1970 British newspaper Sun puts 1st pinup girl on pg 3 (Stephanie Rahn) 1970 Lucien H d'Azambuja, French astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 1969 Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips 1968 U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun 1968 Rock group Genesis release their 1st record "Silent Sun" 1967 Kristen Johnston, actress, Sally Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun 1967 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit 1966 Tatjana Patitz, born in Hamburg, West Germany, model/actress, Rising Sun 1966 Herbert Marshall, actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75 1965 Ruthie Matthes, Sun Valley Idaho, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1965 Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood 1965 At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die 1964 French Stewart, New Mexico, actor, Harry Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun 1964 Peter Shaffer's "Royal Hunt of the Sun," premieres in London 1963 Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea 1963 Jerry Lee Lewis quits Sun Records 1962 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn within 16 degrees 1960 Frank Lloyd, director (Berkeley Square, Blood on the Sun), dies at 72 1959 Radar 1st bounced off Sun from Stanford, California 1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens 1958 Carl Perkins leaves Sun Records for Columbia Records 1957 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM) 1955 RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss 1955 Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul 1955 John Gilmore, born in America, fifth employee of Sun Microsystems, among founders of Cygnus Solutions, Cypherpunks mailing list, Electronic Frontier Foundation 1953 Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records 1950 Reverend Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison 1950 Michael Rutherford, English pop bassist, Genesis-Silent Sun 1947 Graham Faulkner, London, actor, Brother Sun Sister Moon 1947 Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author, Don't Bite the Sun 1945 Raphael, Spain, spanish singer, When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano 1944 Barry Jenkins, rocker, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1943 Terence Rattigan's "While the Sun Shines," premieres in London 1943 Dave Rowberry, rocker, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1943 Hilton Valentine, rock guitarist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1942 C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherry, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Faded Sun Trilogy 1942 Alan Price, Eng, rock keyboardist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1942 J. 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Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun 1941 Eric Burdon, England, rock vocalist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1941 Eric Burdon, born in England, rocker, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1941 John Steel, rock drummer, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1941 Richie Havens, Brooklyn, folk singer, Here Comes the Sun 1938 [Bryan] Chas Chandler, rocker, The Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1934 Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife 1933 Brett Halsey, born in Santa Ana, California, actress, Paul-Follow the Sun 1930 Lorraine Hansberry, playwright, Raisin in the Sun 1928 French sun "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42 1927 Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun 1925 Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58 1924 Sidney Poitier, actor, Porgy and Bess, A Raisin in the Sun, or 1927 1923 Ruby Dee, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Cat People, Roots 1923 Sun Yat Sen founds military academy 1923 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan 1923 Sam Phillips, musician/record founder, Sun 1921 Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer, Sun 1920 J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies 1920 Sun Myung Moon, evangelist, Unification Church-Moonies 1913 Paul Felix, Flemish architect, Sun Song 1913 Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China 1912 John Toland, U.S., political writer, Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971 1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China 1912 Sun Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic 1911 Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of Republic of China 1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day) 1906 Raymond Keane, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Midnight Sun, Love Eagle 1898 Raymond Glenn, Frankfort, Kentucky, actor, Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones 1898 Alec Waugh, London, novelist, Island in the Sun, brother of Evelyn 1897 New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial 1890 Lou Bandy, Lodewijk F Dieben, revue-artist, Look for the Sun 1887 Georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisconsin, sculptor/painter, Cow's Skull 1884 Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer, chromosome of sun 1883 Colin Campbell, born in Falkirk, Scotland, actress, High Bright Sun, Leather Boys 1879 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer, Sun 1872 Charles G Abbot, U.S., astronomer, Constant Sun 1866 Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China, ROC and PRC, traditional 1859 GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun 1853 Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun 1849 Jacob Riis, Denmark, reporter, New York Tribune, New York Evening Sun 1845 H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun 1838 Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun 1835 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel 1835 Siwinowe Kesibwi (Shawnee Sun) is 1st Indian lang monthly mag 1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun) 1833 NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper) 1821 Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun 1801 Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist, blinded - stared at Sun 25 seconds 1787 Joseph von Fraunhofer, born in Germany, physicist, studied Sun's spectrum 1638 Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France, 1643 - 1715 1638 Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France, 1643-1715, 1638 Samuel Apostool, Dutch vicar/theologist, The Sun 1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong) 1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun 1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur |
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