2005 Apple Computer announces they will switch to Intel processors in 2006
1998 Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died
1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers
1998 President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference
1997 Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon
1997 Donald Trump and Marla Maples announce they are separating
1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
1997 Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"
1996 Francois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72
1995 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign
1995 Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
1995 Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis
1994 Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere announce they are seperating
1993 Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't
1993 John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65
1992 New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
1992 New York Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
1992 President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
1991 Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17
1991 Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later
1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable
1991 St. Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7
1991 Kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers
1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital
1991 Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel
1991 UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't)
1990 Greyhound files reoganization plan so they can be traded publically
1990 1st time in New York Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
1990 East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3
1990 The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games
1990 Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland
1989 Cin Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning
1989 Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing
1989 H. J. Heinz, Van Camp Seafood and Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins
1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature
1988 U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist
1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs
1985 Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract
1985 Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula
1983 U.S. say they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984
1983 New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands
1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
1982 Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel
1982 30 Something stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
1981 "They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial New York City after 1082 performances
1981 Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79
1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish
1979 "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial New York City for 1082 performances
1979 Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in New York City
1978 Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days
1978 Faith Baldwin, U.S. author (They Who Love), dies at 84
1977 James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid and overworked
1977 Randy Bachman quits BTO, they disband
1977 Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5
1976 1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash
1976 India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare
1975 Cher files for divorce from Gregg Allman, 10 days after they married
1974 1st time Washington Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
1974 Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"
1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson and Kekich announce they swapped wives
1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC
1971 New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975
1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaches #1
1970 John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
1969 Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yanks 8-4
1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 27-13
1967 New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 16-77
1966 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"
1966 Dave Clark 5 set record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan
1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who
1964 WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th
1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1962 Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cin for 10 yrs
1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums
1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds
1962 Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62
1961 Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th and 6 in 9th
1960 Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84
1960 Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres
1958 President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1958 Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo
1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961
1955 Margaux Hemingway, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce
1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920
1954 BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0
1954 Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come
1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game
1953 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
1953 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0
1952 Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
1950 Marshall Voroshilov of U.S.S.R. announces they developed atomic bomb
1949 Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners
1949 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days)
1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
1946 Edgar Winter, Beaumont, Texas, rocker, They Only Come Out at Night
1946 University of Tenn refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game
1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated
1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
1944 Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans
1943 Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz
1943 Soviets announce they broke long Nazi siege of Leningrad
1942 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out
1942 Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort
1941 Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin
1941 Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there
1941 Terence Hill, born in Venice, Italy, actor, Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity
1940 Michael Sarrazin, actor, Seduction, They Shoot Horses Don't They
1936 Anthony Zerbe, Cal, actor, Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs
1936 Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season
1934 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180
1931 France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics
1931 Bill Gilbert, born in Washington D.C., sports author, They Also Served, Big E
1929 Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
1929 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF
1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game
1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
1924 Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand
1923 Francois Chaumette, actor, They Never Slept, Christine
1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
1918 Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers
1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
1917 Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers
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
1913 Gig Young, St. Cloud, Minnesota, actor, They Shoot Horses Don't They
1912 AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball
1912 Helen Craig, born in San Antonio, Texas, actress, Snake Pit, They Live by Night
1908 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m
1904 Jean Helion, artist/author, They Shall Not Have Me
1904 Kurt G. Kiesinger, German chancellor, Wherever They May Be
1903 Dorothy Stickney, Dickinson ND, actress, And So They Were Married
1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2
1902 Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
1901 Allyn Joslyn, born in Milford, Pennsylvania, actor, They Won't Forget, Cafe Society
1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1899 Elliot Nugent, director, And so They were Married
1893 Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle, New York, author/novelist, They Who Love
1881 Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)
1875 Maude Eburne, Canada, actress, Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman
1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king
1803 Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La
1800 Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops
1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!
1794 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British
1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire
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