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2003 Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards
2003 Johnny Paycheck, singer, Take This Job and Shove It, dies at 65 1998 Henny Youngman, comedian (Take my wife please), dies at 92 1998 Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91 1994 Walter C "Dub" Taylor II, U.S. actor (You Can't Take it All), dies at 86 1994 South African Government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 1994 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage 1993 Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies 1992 Bradlees announces it will take over Alexander's department stores in New York City 1992 Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout and decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error 1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs 1992 U.S. Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die 1990 U.S. Ambassador tells Iraq, U.S. won't take sides in Iraq - Kuwait dispute 1989 Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes 1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China 1988 Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2 1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore) 1987 No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings 1985 "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1984 A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation 1984 Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army 1982 Prince Chuck and Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital 1982 Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away" 1981 Barcelona fascists take 200 people hostage 1980 Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener 1980 Ray Walker, actor (Baby Take a Bow), dies 1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game 1979 500 Iranian "students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) 1979 Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza 1975 Ellice Islands split from Gilbert Islands, take name "Tuvalu" 1975 Communists take over Laos 1975 W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2 1974 "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" by James Brown peaks at #31 1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed 1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1973 Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 vs. New Zealand Dunedin 1971 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison 1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon 1969 Vernon Duke, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', dies at 65 1968 Estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81 1968 Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City 1967 ATS-3 launched by U.S. to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk 1967 Yankees longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yankees win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes 1967 Yankees take 5-3 lead in 11th and lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th and Yankees beat them 6-3 1967 Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series 1966 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" 1961 Moss Heart, U.S. dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57 1961 Teri Nunn, California, rock vocalist, Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away 1960 "Take Me Along" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 448 performances 1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 1960 John Crawford, Palo Alto California, bass, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away 1959 "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 448 performances 1959 Bob Merrill's musical "Take me Along," premieres in New York City 1959 A J Pero, Staten Is, drummer, Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It 1959 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, and take NL pennant 1959 Lonny Price, born in New York City, actor, Muppets Take Manhattan 1958 Carlos Cavazo, rocker, Quiet Riot-We're Not Gonna Take It 1956 Bob Brill, New York City, drummer, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away 1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs. Australia 1955 Dee Snider, born in Massapequa, New York, Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It 1954 Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda, Bx, New York, Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It 1954 Jay Jay French, born in New York City, guitarist, Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It 1953 Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr 1953 "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway 1952 Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada 1951 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40 1950 Heidi Schuller, born in Germany, 1st woman to take olympic oath, 1972 1949 Eddie Money, Mahoney, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and guitarist, Take Me Home Tonight 1948 Operation Hiram: Israelis take control of Galilee 1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV 1945 U.S. Marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa 1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma 1944 Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma 1943 U.S. forces take control of Tarawa, Gilbert Island and Makin from Japanese 1943 Janet Margolin, born in New York City, actress, Take the Money and Run, David and Lisa 1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 were lost by Germany 1942 French Navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them 1942 German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle 1942 Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" 1941 Germany's drive to take Moscow halted 1941 Johnny Paycheck, born in Greenfield, Ohio, singer, Take This Job and Shove It 1941 Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train" 1940 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio 1940 Dick Motz, cricketer, 1st New Zealander to take 100 Test wickets 1939 Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history 1939 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion 1937 Warren Berlinger, Brooklyn, actor, Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two 1929 Elaine Stewart, Montclair, New Jersey, actress, Take the High Ground 1928 Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yankees beat A's 9-7 1926 Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant 1926 England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0 1924 Wahhabietes under Ibn Saudi take Mecca 1917 After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor 1916 German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux 1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court 1914 German troops take Antwerp in World War I 1914 Russian troops take East-Prussia and occupy Marggrabowa 1913 Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria 1910 Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress, Take a Guess 1908 Billy Murray hits the charts with "Take Me Outto the Ball Game" 1908 Rosalind Russell, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, actress, Mame, Take a Letter Darling 1906 Hugh Jennings resigns as Baltimore manager to take over at Detroit in 1907 1906 Henny Youngman, born in London, England, comedian, Take my wife please 1906 Henny Youngman, England, comedian, Take my wife please... 1904 Moss Hart, born in Bronx, New York, playwright, You Can't Take it With You, Act 1 1904 Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913 1903 Vernon Duke, born in Parafianovka, Belarus, Vladimir Dokelsky, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', music was performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra 1900 Boer army under General Kritzinger take Cape colony 1899 Duke Ellington, Washington D.C., Edward Kennedy, bandleader, Take A Train 1866 1st train robbery in U.S. (Reno Brothers take $13,000) 1861 Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark 1861 President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington D.C. to take office 1861 MS troops take Ft. Massachusetts an Ship Island 1845 H L Fizeau and J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun 1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad 1832 French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium 1813 British take Ft. Niagara in War of 1812 1809 French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege 1809 British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814) 1782 Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English 1775 Battle of Quebec; Americans unable to take British stronghold 1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French 1687 Venetians take Athens from the Turks 1576 Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium 1520 Spanish conquerors under Cortes take gold from Aztecs 1291 Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre |
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