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2009 Internet traffic reaches unprecedented levels after entertainer Michael Jackson's death triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief
2007 David Halberstam, dies in California, in a traffic crash, at 73 1995 Eiji Okada, actor (Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American), dies at 75 1992 Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinema, Traffic), dies 1992 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, Dutch Minister of traffic and water, dies at 77 1991 New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules and Traffic signs enforced 1990 Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44 1988 Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years 1986 Jane Dornnacker, WNBC-AM New York City helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes 1984 Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident 1983 Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified 1981 President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers 1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1980 Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France 1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck 1961 East Germany limits traffic to West Berlin 1959 Nancy Remy, reporter, New York City's Shadow Traffic 1957 Suez canal reopens for all traffic 1955 Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic 1950 Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch minister of Traffic, VVD 1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin 1947 Maine Turnpike opens to traffic 1945 Rick Grech, Bordeaux France, rock bassist, Blind Faith, Traffic 1944 Chris Wood, rocker, Traffic 1944 Jim Capaldi, rocker, Traffic 1943 JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch traffic minister, 19..-94 1941 Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician, VVD, minister of Traffic 1940 New York Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic 1937 Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic 1937 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic 1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin 1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic 1930 1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan New York City) 1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system 1927 Gdanks and Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor 1926 Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus 1925 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic 1923 Garrett Morgan invents and patents traffic signal 1922 Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist 1920 Eiji Okada, actor, Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American 1915 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic and water 1914 1st traffic light installed, Euclid Ave and E 105th St, Cleveland 1912 Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer 1908 Jacques Tatischeff, born in La Pecq, France, director, Traffic, Playtime 1906 Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic 1894 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic 1883 Chicago's "El" opens to traffic 1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law 1842 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn 1831 London Bridge opens to traffic 1791 New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street 1741 Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms |
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