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2003 United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction
2003 The United Nations reported that there is no link between al Queda and Iraq 2002 Peggy Lee, singer, Is That All There Is?, dies at 81 1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841) 1994 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O. J. Simpson 1994 It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark 1991 Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57 1987 Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy and Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies 1983 "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes peaks at #8 1982 "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances 1982 "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances 1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks 1980 At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon 1976 President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" 1973 Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" 1970 New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there) 1967 Debee Ashby, born in Coventry, England, topless model, There's Girl in My Soup 1966 Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks 1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., announces a baseball team is moving there 1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" 1963 Norman Cook, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There 1962 Paul Heaton, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There 1962 Stan Cullimore, bassist, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There 1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television 1950 President Truman denies there are communists in U.S. government 1947 Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There 1946 John Prine, Maywood, Illinois, country singer, Hello in There 1946 Eddie Holman, born in Norfolk, Virginia, recording artist, rhythm and blues, gospel, pop, soul genres, known for hit 'Hey There Lonely Girl' 1945 Rod Argent, born in England, keyboardist, Zombies-She's Not There 1945 Hugh Grundy, born in Winchester England, drummer, Zombies-She's Not There 1943 Julie Bennett, Beverly Hills California, actress, Hey There It's Yogi Bear 1941 Chicago Daily Tribune editorialize there will not be war with Japan 1941 Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there 1941 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert E Sherwood (There shall be no night) 1940 Auschwitz concentration camp opens, 3 million killed there 1940 Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in New York City 1938 Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941 1933 Jerzy Kosinski, novelist, Painted Bird, Being There 1932 Terence Frisby, poet/screenwriter, There's a Girl in My Soup 1932 John Van Druten's "There's Always Juliet," premieres in New York City 1931 "There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo hits #1 1930 Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor, Someone Up There Likes Me 1925 Last U.S. troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912) 1922 Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years) 1920 Peggy Lee, Norma Egstrom, Jamestown ND, singer, Thats All There Is? 1920 Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles 1919 Sylvia Syms, U.S. singer, Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes 1912 English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1904 Karen Aabye, Danish author, Less bedstemor there jomfru 1897 New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial 1886 George Mallory, England, mountain climber, "because it is there" 1790 Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace" 1714 Christoph W. Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer, Il there pastore |
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