2003 Martha Scott, actress, Our Town, dies at 86
1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
1996 Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at 70
1996 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational
1996 "Jack-Night on Town with J Barrymore" closes at Belasco after 12 performances
1996 "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 perf
1995 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen
1995 Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people
1995 Robert Shaw, town Planner, dies at 81
1994 Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84
1994 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1994 Lewis Bingham Keeble, town Planner, dies at 79
1994 Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass), dies at 83
1993 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo
1993 Jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67
1992 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1992 Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town"
1991 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Lorrie Nichols
1991 Regis Toomey, actor (Dive Bomber, Cry Danger, Magic Town), dies at 89
1990 Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies
1990 Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94
1989 Jock Mahoney, actor (Dallas, Cow Town, Range Rider), dies at 70
1989 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
1988 Billy Curtis, 4'2" actor (Terror of Tiny Town), dies at 79
1987 Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
1987 "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3:47 AM
1984 Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67
1981 Vera-Ellen, actress (Big Leaguer, On the Town), dies of cancer at 55
1981 Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam
1980 Chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78
1978 Wings release "London Town" album
1977 Henry Hull, actor (Werewolf of London, Boys Town), dies at 86
1976 Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die
1976 Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
1975 Simon and Garfunkel reunite on SNL, sing "My Little Town"
1975 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64
1974 Murray Schisgal's "All Over Town," premieres in New York City
1974 Ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show, Toast of the Town), dies at 73
1974 Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49
1974 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89
1974 Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
1974 ? Rosenkowitz, Cape Town South Africa, 1st sextuplets to survive born to Sue
1973 Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63
1972 "On the Town" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 65 performances
1971 "On the Town" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 65 performances
1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St. Tropez Town Hall
1970 New York City local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing
1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town
1968 Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76
1965 Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77
1964 Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee
1964 Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist, Deacon Blue-Your Town
1963 Ashley Chinner, Cape Town South Africa, golfer, 1992 CGIA Canadian Tour
1961 Iris DeMent, Paragould Ar, country singer, Our Town
1960 Nevil Shute [Norway], Eng/Aust author (Town like Alice), dies at 60
1959 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus
1959 Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer, Olympic-silv-1988
1959 "Happy Town" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 5 performances
1959 "Happy Town" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 5 performances
1959 David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer, 1988 Southern Open
1958 "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 432 performances
1958 Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town
1957 "New Girt in Town" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 432 performances
1957 Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in New York City
1957 Patty Loveless, [Ramey], Pikeville, Kentucky, singer, Blue Side of Town
1955 Steve Earle, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Guitar Town
1954 Steve Wariner, Noblesville Indiana, country singer, Small Town Girl
1954 "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 559 performances
1953 Hal Ketchum, born in Greenwich, New York, country singer, Small Town Saturday Night
1953 7th Tony Awards: Crucible and Wonderful Town win
1953 "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 559 performances
1951 Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1982 Dinah Shore
1951 Industrial estate at Harlow New Town U.K. opens
1951 Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)
1951 Brian Downey, rock drummer, Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town
1949 Timothy Cordy, British director, Town/Country Planning Assn
1948 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV
1945 Christine Kaufmann, Austria, actress, Town Without Pity, Red Lips
1944 Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town," premieres in New York City
1944 Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing
1943 Spencer Charters, actor (Big Town Girl, St. Louis Kid), dies at 68
1943 Blue Ribbon Town (with Groucho Marx) 1st heard on CBS Radio
1941 Gene Pitney, Hartford, Connecticut, vocalist/songwriter, Town Without Pity
1938 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)
1938 "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
1938 "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, NH, premieres (NJ)
1937 German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain
1936 Roger Whittaker, born in Nairobi, Kenya, country singer, Durham Town
1934 McKinley Mitchell, U.S. gospel/singer, The Town I Live In
1934 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show
1934 Valentine J Peter, born in Omaha, Nebraska, priest, Boy's Town 1985-
1934 Jody McCrea, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Ben Matheson-Wichita Town
1932 Nagisa Oshima, born in Kyoto, Japan, director, Town of Love and Hope
1931 Sylvia Law, British town planner
1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town
1927 Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss
1927 Jane Nigh, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Lorelei-Big Town
1926 Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner
1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him
1925 Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist, A Walk in the Night
1924 Beverly Tyler, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, actress, Fireball, Lorelei-Big Town
1923 Ann Miller, [Lucille Ann Collier], Cherino, Texas, dancer, On the Town
1921 John Doucette, Brockton Massachusetts, actor, Lock Up, Big Town
1917 Rev Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb
1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
1917 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1917 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1915 Mark Stevens, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town, Martin Kane
1915 Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner
1914 Sarah Churchill, London, actress, All Over Town, Royal Wedding
1914 Martha Scott, born in Jamesport, Missouri, actress, Dallas, Bionic Woman, Our Town
1914 Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor, Winston Churchill-Ike
1913 Robert Shaw, town planner
1911 Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, actor, Telegram, Town People
1910 Dennis Morgan, actor, Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront
1910 T-Bone Walker, Linden, Texas, blues guitarist, Funky Town, Well Done
1908 Alan Baxter, East born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches
1907 George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in New York City
1907 Colin Buchanan, town planner
1907 Eddie Quillan, Philadelphia, actor, Julia, Hell Town
1905 Joel McCrea, South Pasadena, California, actor, Marshal-Wichita Town
1905 Dore Schary, producer/writer/director, Act 1, Boys Town, Big City
1899 Nevil Shute [Norway], London, novelist, On the Beach, Town Like Alice
1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng vs. SA (Cape Town)
1891 Fay Bainter, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair
1890 Henry Hull, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra
1889 Douglass Dumbrille, Hamilton Ont, actor, Mr Deed Goes to Town
1889 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town vs. England
1887 Hobart Cavanaugh, U.S., actor, Border Town, Black Angel
1884 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect, town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam
1880 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana)
1862 May Irwin, U.S. comedienne/singer, Hot Time in the Old Town
1862 Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brig general Gabrial Rains
1859 Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
1859 John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle, Baasje and Witkop
1847 California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco
1843 Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall)
1835 Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer, Little Town of Bethlehem
1835 John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent's Park), dies
1754 John Wood, architect/town planner, dies
1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall)
1731 Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor, Town Hall of Westzaan
1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa
1512 Antoon Keldermans, Flem builder (Middelburg town hall), dies at 72
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