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 10-17
1996 [Elsie] 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, Rev 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 Rev 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 Patty Hayes wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
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 Rev Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention
1975 Dimitri D Shostakovitch, 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, Fren 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, German FR, 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 Rev Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul
1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records
1950 Rev 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. S. 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 secs
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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