1995 Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
1994 Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader
1994 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins
1994 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field
1993 Top mafia leader Salvatore "Toto" Riina arrested in Palermo
1992 Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52
1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2
1990 Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84
1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer
1989 Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top
1988 Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for U.S., executed
1987 Allan Border scores 205 vs. NZ to become Australia's top rungetter
1987 Charles Cole climbs 870'Tyrolean Traverse from top of Elephant Rock
1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
1986 RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell)
1986 "Top Gun," premieres
1986 Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at 77
1985 Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64
1985 West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to German DR
1985 Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit home runs in same game
1984 After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1982 Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls," premieres in London
1981 NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul
1981 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
1980 Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
1980 Richard Hadlee becomes NZ's top wicket-taker with 117
1979 12 degrees F, on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record)
1978 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
1978 Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Balt wins 3-0
1976 Amanda Little, Miss USA-Texas, 1997, top 6
1976 Trisha Stillwell, Miss USA-Oklahoma, 1997, top 10
1975 Temple Taggart, Miss USA-Utah, 1997, top 6
1975 Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest
1974 Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89
1974 Autumn Smith, Miss USA-Alabama, 1997, top 10
1974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2
1973 1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith and J Connors)
1973 Jennifer Makris, Miss USA-New Jersey, 1997, top 10
1973 Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island, 1997, top 10
1973 Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6
1971 Angelia Savage, Miss USA-Florida, 1997, top 6
1971 David Mendenhall, actor, Over the Top, Space Raiders, Witchfire
1971 Tommy Puett, born in Gary, Indiana, actor, Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10
1970 Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
1970 Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72
1969 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back)
1969 John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
1968 Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters
1967 Diane Madl, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics
1967 Marla Wynne, born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Miss Penn-America 1991, top 10
1965 Adrian Pasdar, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, actor, C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun
1965 Carrot Top, Florida, comedian, Amer Comedy Award-1994
1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
1963 Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
1961 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle), opens
1961 Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59
1959 Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow
1959 Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Batman Forever
1959 Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies
1958 "Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo and The Don'ts hits #46
1958 Malcolm Marshall, cricketer, WI quickie 1978-91, WI top wicket-taker
1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3
1957 William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in New York City
1957 Rick Rossovich, Palo Alto California, actor, Top Gun, Roxanne, ER
1957 Kelly McGillis, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Top Gun, Accused, Witness
1956 Lucy Gutteridge, actress, Top Secret, Trouble With Spies
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1955 Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
1955 "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart
1954 Joe Laurie Jr, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61
1954 Scott Kempner, "Top Ten" rocker, Del Lords
1953 Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N], Dutch writer, dies at 75
1952 "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances
1951 "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances
1951 Johnny Mercers "Top Banana," premieres in New York City
1950 French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
1949 Billy Gibbons, born in Houston, Texas, jazz guitarist, Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top
1949 Dusty Hill, rocker, ZZ Top
1948 David Gwillim, Plymouth England, actor, Island at Top of the World
1947 David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret
1944 Tony Scott, director, Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder
1944 Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion 1991
1944 Jim Abrahams, Shorewood, Wisconsin, director, Hot Shots, Top Secret
1942 Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague
1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1941 Dick Top, Dutch actor and director, Witch of Haarlem
1940 Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, drag racer, 1st woman Top Fuel champ
1940 Giorgio Moroder, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun
1939 Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort
1935 Heather Sears, born in London, England, actress, Room at the Top
1934 Wink Martindale, Jackson, Tennessee, TV host, Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This
1933 Hitler, Goring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning and top army meet in Berlin
1932 Casey Kasem, born in Detroit, Michigan, radio personality, American Top 40
1932 Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret
1932 Robert Anton Wilson, U.S., sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat
1930 Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
1929 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1925 Arnold Stang, Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat
1924 Marvin Kaplan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Top Cat, Henry-Alice
1922 Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St. Louis teams are on top
1922 John Braine, English novelist, Life at the Top
1921 Simone Signoret, born in Weisbaden, Germany, Casque d'Or, Room at the Top
1917 Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top," premieres in New York City
1915 Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die
1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled
1912 Richard Carlson, Minnesota, actor, All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi
1909 Bruce Mitchell, cricketer, South African bat, their top run-scorer, 3471,
1908 Paul Stewart, born in New York City, actor, Top Secret USA, Deadline
1906 Erik Rhodes, [Ernest Sharpe], actor, Top Hat, Night at the Ritz
1903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes
1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
1900 Allen Jenkins, born in Staten Island, actor, Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit
1888 Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top
1885 Harry Hershfield, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist, Can You Top This?
1878 Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff], Dutch writer
1865 Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer, Amore and Amore, Top
1858 Laurence "Lon" Myers, U.S., track star, top U.S. miler
1834 Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile
1834 Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia
1797 1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London)
1787 Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc
1786 Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc
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