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2004 Joe Viterelli, mob actor, Analyze This, dies at 66
2003 Johnny Paycheck, singer, Take This Job and Shove It, dies at 65 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 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show 1996 61 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in U.S. this year 1994 "What's Wrong With this Pic?" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 12 perf 1994 "What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 12 per 1994 Kristen Pfaff, U.S. bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24 1994 Star Trek The Next Generation, finale airs this week in syndication 1994 Denis Pitts, film-maker, journalist, novelist, wrote, 'This City is Ours', 'The Predator', dies at 64 1991 "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 469 performances 1991 "This Is Ponderous" by 2nu peaks at #46 1990 "Once on this Island" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 469 performances 1990 Oakland beats New York 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year 1990 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game 1989 Paul McCartney releases "This One" 1989 For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89 1989 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season and 11th overall 1989 Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East) 1988 George Harrison releases "This is Love" 1988 Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century 1987 Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," premieres in New York City 1987 Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera and Beaters' "At This Moment" 1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km 1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal 1982 AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day 1981 "This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 28 performances 1981 "This Was Burlesque" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 28 performances 1980 Eliza Dushku, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey 1980 Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53 1980 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres 1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season 1980 Peggy Knudson, actress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57 1979 Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49 1978 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yankees beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yankees out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9 1978 Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent 1978 Shiloh Strong, actor, Maybe This Time, House of Cards 1977 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band 1976 George Harrison releases "This Song" 1976 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 1976 George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" 1975 William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 1975 Christina Nigra, actress, Out of This World 1974 Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89 1973 Arturo De Cordova, actor (This Strange Passion), dies at 65 1972 Maureen Flannigan, actress, Evie-Out of This World 1971 Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season 1970 [Jack] Stephen Burton, Indianapolis, actor, Chris-Out of this World 1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation 1970 Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72 1969 Joey Restivo, born in Brooklyn, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies 1969 "This Is Tom Jones," debuts on ABC TV 1969 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts 1968 Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies 1968 Shelby Lynne, Quantico, Virginia, country singer, If I Could Bottle This Up 1968 Virginia Weidler, actress (All This and Heaven Too), dies at 42 1967 Charlie Pennaelino, Queens, New York, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way 1967 Tabitha Soren, born in San Antonio, Texas, MTV reporter, This Week in Rock 1966 Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64 1966 Deana Carter, born in Nashville, Texas, Deana Kay Carter, country singer, famous for multi-platinum debut album 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?', albums include fourteen singles, three reached number one on the Billboard country charts, including 'Strawberry Wine' 1965 San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000 1965 Robert Platus, born in New York City, lip syncher, Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know This 1965 At a cost of $20,000, the outer Astrodome ceiling is painted because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die 1965 Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81 1963 Les Claypool, U.S. funk metal singer/bassist, Primus-Suck on This 1962 Richard Coles, rocker, Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way 1961 Robbie Nevil, rocker, A Place Like This 1961 El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love 1960 Cathy Moriarty, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Raging Bull, Bless This House 1960 Howard Glenn, New York Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game 1958 Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets 1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton, New Jersey, country vocalist, This Shirt 1956 Paula Zahn, born in Napperville, Illinois, news anchor, ABC, CBS This Morning 1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920 1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor 1954 Joe Laurie, Jr., comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61 1954 Donna Pescow, born in Brooklyn, actress, Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow 1953 Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73 1953 Dave Amato, rocker for REO Speedwagon, Can't Fight this Feeling 1951 "Out of This World" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 157 performances 1950 "Out of This World" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 157 performances 1950 Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World," premieres in New York City 1950 Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1950 Joe Perry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Walk this Way 1950 Sally Geeson, born in Sussex, England, actress, Bless This House 1950 Lew Lehr, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54 1948 Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database 1948 Christopher Guest, born in New York City, actor, SNL, Heartbeeps, This is Spinal Tap 1945 Tobias Wolff, U.S. writer, This Boy's Life 1944 Billy Vera, musician, & Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night 1944 Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker, Is This What You Want 1943 Noel Coward's "This Happy Breed," premieres in London 1943 Geogre Benson, jazz/blues guitarist, Breezin', This Masquerade 1943 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month 1943 39 U boats sunk this month (203,100 ton) 1942 60 U boats sunk this month (330,000 ton) 1942 109 U boats sunk this month (729,000 ton) 1942 94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton) 1942 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons) 1942 U boats sunk this month 108 ships (544,000 ton) 1942 U boats sank 96 allied ships this month: 476,000 ton 1942 Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army," premieres in New York City 1942 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month 1942 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) 1942 62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton) 1941 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) 1941 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) 1941 Glenn Moore, born in Portland, Oregon, rocker, jazz bassist, played with saxophonist Jim Pepper, recorded 'This is It' with Nick Brignola, 'Bird on Wire' with Tim Hardin 1941 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons) 1941 23 U-boats sunk this month (80,000 ton) 1941 U boats sink 21 allied ships this month: 94,000 ton 1941 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month 1941 41 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) 1941 Johnny Paycheck, born in Greenfield, Ohio, singer, Take This Job and Shove It 1941 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month 1941 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton) 1940 37 U boats sunk this month (213,000 ton) 1940 32 U boats sunk this month (147,000 ton) 1940 63 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) 1940 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons) 1940 56 U-boats sunk this month (268,000 ton) 1940 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton) 1940 58 U-boats (284,000 ton) sunk this month 1940 Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" 1940 45 U boats sunk this month (170,000 ton) 1940 40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton) 1939 25 U boats sunk this month (81,000 ton) 1939 21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton) 1939 27 U boats sunk this month (135,000 ton) 1939 41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton) 1937 Bill Anderson, country singer, Still, From This Pen 1937 Steve Karmen, born in Bronx, New York, jingle writer, I Love, New York, This Bud's for You 1936 Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author, Steal this Book 1935 Alex Harvey, rocker, Just Visiting This Planet 1934 Wink Martindale, Jackson, Tennessee, TV host, Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This 1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player 1933 Joan Weldon, SF, actress, So This is Love, Them 1930 Bryan Magee, born in Hoxton, England, broadcaster, author, politician, presented current affairs television show This Week, made philosophy accessible with his 'Men of Ideas' television series 1930 Denis Pitts, film-maker, journalist, novelist, wrote, 'This City is Ours', 'The Predator' 1929 Ira Levin, author, Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day 1928 Noel Coward's musical "This Year of Grace," premieres in London 1926 Noel Coward's "This Was a Man," premieres in New York City 1926 Wanda Lewis, Struther Ohio, actress, This is Music, Paul Dixon Show 1919 Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series 1919 World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal) 1916 U.S. invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime 1913 Ralph Edwards, born in Merino, Colorado, TV host, This is Your Life 1913 Ralph Edwards, born in Merino, Colorado, TV host, This is Your Life 1912 Woodie Guthrie, folk singer, This Land Is Your Land 1912 Martin Gabel, born in Philadelphia, TV host, With this Ring 1912 Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr 1910 Halley's comet seen by naked eye 1st time this trip (Curacao) 1910 Douglas Spencer, actor, Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return 1909 Ump Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins, who had questioned a call, this leads to Hurst's banishment 1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals 1908 Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer, This Old House 1908 Cal Tinney, Oklahoma, comedian, Stop Me If You Heard This One 1905 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals 1904 New York Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year 1902 Alexander Gray, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, actor, This is Music 1898 Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter, This is Not a Pipe 1896 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 1895 Lew Lehr, Philadelphia, comedian, Stop Me if I heard this One 1892 John Peale Bishop, U.S. poet, This Side of Paradise 1887 Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3 1885 Harry Hershfield, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist, Can You Top This? 1863 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer 1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used 1840 Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date 1834 Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell 1810 Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event 1785 Bettina von Arnim, German writer, This Book Belongs to the King 1780 About midday, near-total darkness descends on much of New England to this day it's cause is still unexplained 1773 British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" 1752 This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives 1630 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague |
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