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2009 A solar eclipse, the longest in history, lasts up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean
2007 Marion Jones gives up 5 Olympic medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs 2003 David Hemmings, actor/durectir, Blow Up, dies at 62 2003 Felice Bryant, Songwriter, ", Wake Up, Little Susie, ", dies at 77 2000 Bea Marcus, pitchwoman, famous for saying I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 88 1998 Mary Millar, actress, Keeping Up Appearances, dies at 62 1997 MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy 1997 Edith Fore, pitchwoman, I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 81 1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery 1997 Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up, dies at 66 1996 Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days 1996 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension 1996 Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77 1995 Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89 1995 Dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen and I Can't Get Up), dies at 87 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 Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0 1995 Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B. Murray 1994 Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78 1994 Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus 1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up 1994 Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal 1993 Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61 1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm 1993 12 member European Economic Community sets up vast free trade zone 1992 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test 1992 Bobby Mcclure, U.S. singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50) 1992 Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on SNL 1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period 1992 Georgia Brown, British actress (Lock up your daughters), dies at 58 1992 Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70 1992 Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of U.N. 1992 CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute" 1992 Sandy Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54 1991 "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale 1991 Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at 72 1991 Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse), dies at 72 1991 Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census 1990 Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait 1990 "Stand Up Tragedy" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 13 performances 1990 "Stand Up Tragedy" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 13 performances 1990 U.S. begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf 1990 President Bush calls up military reserves 1990 For 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs in 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts still beats Philadelphia 11-0 1990 Graham Gooch scores 123 vs. India to follow up 1st innings 333 1990 Cost of rescuing savings and loan failures is put at up to $130 billion 1990 Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1990 Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1989 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines 1989 Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by New York Yankee Roberto Kelly 1989 New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season 1989 Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 1989 IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988 1988 Daniel Shalikar, actor, Honey I Blew Up the Kids 1988 Joshua Shalikar, actor, Honey I Blew Up the Kids 1988 Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1988 Dave Stieb has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in the 9th 1988 Jimmy Edwards, actor (Plank, Bottoms Up, Late Mr. H), dies at 68 1988 Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games 1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts 1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season 1986 William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies 1986 Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up 1985 French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near New Zealand 1984 John W Mercom, Jr. announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27 1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game 1984 Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 1983 While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull 1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up 1982 Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey) 1981 Enid Markey, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy), dies at 85 1981 3rd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets up 2-1 with 26-7 win 1981 Dutch guilder/Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5% 1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1981 Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies 1981 New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames 1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up 1980 Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, doc?), dies at 72 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" 1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up 1979 Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year 1979 In New York 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as Yank manager 1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm 1979 Chris H E Smith, Daddy Mack, Atlanta, rapper, Kris Kross-Warm it Up 1979 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up 1978 Joshua Harris, actor, Locked Up: A Mother's Rage 1978 New York Yankees now 7 out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks 1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks 1977 "Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91 1977 Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76 1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.) 1976 New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters 1976 "Going Up" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 49 performances 1976 "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 49 performances 1976 An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000 1976 Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts 1976 Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47 1976 Busby Berkeley, U.S. choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80 1975 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway 1975 Chris Kelly, Mack Daddy, Teaneck, New Jersey, rapper, Kris Kross-Warm it Up 1974 "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52 1973 Trick Daddy, born in Miami, Florida, rapper, popular hits 'Let's Go', 'Shut Up', 'Thugs are Us' 1973 Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London 1973 Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 vs. New Zealand Dunedin 1972 Fantasia, Tonya Manley, born in Detroit, Michigan, dancer/actress, Pump it Up 1972 Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up 1972 Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate 1972 Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 1972 Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) 1970 Mark Caldero, Oklahoma City, vocalist, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up 1970 Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1970 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks 1970 New York Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days 1970 Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Players and management end labor dispute up minimum salary to $12,000 1970 Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street 1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife and daughter 1969 Bryan Abrams, Oklahoma City, singer, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up 1969 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization knowns as Nader's Raiders 1969 Kevin Thornton, born in Amarillo, vocalist, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1968 Hugo Haas, actor and director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 1968 Shelby Lynne, Quantico, Virginia, country singer, If I Could Bottle This Up 1968 University church in Leipzig, East Germany, blown up 1968 North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks 1968 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up and Away, Sgt. Pepper's wins 4 1968 Stephanie Seymour, SD California, actress/model, Sunny Side Up 1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up commission to study cause of urban violence 1967 Tim Vine, born in London, Enlgand, actor, comedian, performs stand up comedy, television, appears at festivals, tours through the United Kingdom include 'Current Puns' and 'Punslinger', achieved Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour 1967 Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up 1966 Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62 1966 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game 1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1966 New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1 1966 Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75 1966 Rick Astley, rock vocalist, Never Gonna Give You Up 1965 Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up 1965 Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68 1965 Joel Rane, author, Step on Up 1965 At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada 1964 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference 1964 Chip Foster, actor, Chip and Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday 1964 Pepper Foster, actress, Chip and Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy 1963 U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line 1963 Sharon June Howe Pederson, born in Glencoe, Minnesota, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up 1963 Andrew Ridgeley, England, rock guitarist, Wham-Wake Me Up 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances 1962 Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack 1962 Sharon Lawrence, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, actress, Civil Wars, New YorkPD Blue, Fired Up 1962 Paula Abdul, born in Van Nuys, California, singer and choreographer, Straight Up 1962 U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases 1962 Janet Patricia Gardner, born in Juneau, Alaska, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up 1962 Roxy Dora Petrucci, born in Rochester, Minnesota, rock drummer, Vixen-Rev It Up 1961 Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, St. Paul, Minnesota, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up 1961 After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1961 Pete De Freitas, rocker, Echo and the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here 1961 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die 1961 John F. Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress 1961 Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show 1960 American Samoa sets up a constitutional government 1959 Danitra Vance, comedienne, SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up 1959 Johnson and Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters," premieres in London 1959 Ian McCulloch, rock vocalist, Echo and Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here 1959 Randy Travis, Marshville, North Carolina, country singer, Diggin' Up Bones 1959 Vanity, Denise Marquardt, Ontario Canada, actress, 52 Pick Up 1958 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years) 1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1958 UP and International News Service merge into United Press International 1958 Lee Pattinson, rock bassist, Echo and Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here 1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere 1958 Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere and burns up 1957 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up 1957 Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1 1957 Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight 1957 Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism 1956 Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt 1956 Ron White, born in Fritch, Texas, comedian, performs stand up comedy, Grammy-Award nominee, member of Blue Collar Comedy Tour, projects include, 'You Can't Fix Stupid', influences include Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Hicks, George Carlin 1956 Rhonda Shear, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comedian, Up All Night 1956 Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 Debby Boone, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, singer, You Light Up My Life 1956 After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control 1956 Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman and Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in 10th and lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1 1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France 1955 Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight 1955 Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 and becomes a floating museum 1954 Netherlands Indonesian Union breaks up 1954 Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1953 Robert Picardo, Philadelphia, actor, Frame Up, Gremlins 2 1953 Alfred Molina, London, actor, Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears 1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1953 Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer, KC and the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up 1953 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years 1951 Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on 1951 King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I 1951 Steve Harley, rocker, Come Up and See Me 1950 Julie Walters, England, actress, Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears 1949 Nigel Havers, English actor, Dr. Latimer-Don't Wait Up 1949 Kieran Kane, Queens, New York, singer, O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up Too 1948 Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike 1948 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin 1948 Bo Rucker, born in Tampa, Florida, actor, Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up 1948 Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1948 Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid 1948 James Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, vocalist and guitarist, Up on the Roof 1947 Tim Matheson, born in California, actor, Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek 1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game 1947 Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 1946 Jimmy Webb, born in Elk City, Oklahoma, songwriter, MacArthur Park, Up Up and Away 1946 1st U.S. rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up) 1946 U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 1946 U.S. president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency 1945 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia 1945 Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago 1944 Archie Bell, U.S. singer, & the Drells-Tighten up 1944 Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy 1944 Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian, How to be a Stand Up 1944 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation 1944 Rosetta Hightower, U.S. singer, Don't Hang Up 1943 German round up Jews in Amsterdam 1943 British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II 1943 Bob "Bear" Hite, California, vocalist, Canned Heat-Going Up the Country 1943 Shoe rationing begins in U.S. (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942) 1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others 1942 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France 1942 Bobby McClure, U.S. gospel singer, Don't Mess Up a Good Thing 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 1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 1941 North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing 1941 Nazi's blow up 6 synagoges in Paris 1941 Stephen Frears, born in England, dir, Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons 1941 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up 1941 Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam 1941 Nazi raid Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation 1941 Marjoe Gortner, born in Long Beach, California, actor, Speak Up America, Falcon Crest 1940 "Strike Up Band," opens 1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government 1940 SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond, Netherlands 1940 Abbas Kiarostami, author/director, Under the Olive Trees, Close Up 1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up 1940 Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1940 Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische 1939 Jerry Butler, Sunflower Mississippi, rock vocalist, Never Give You Up 1939 Clarence Williams III, New York City, actor, Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain 1939 Neil Sedaka, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and songwriter, Breaking Up is Hard to Do 1938 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland 1938 Lenny Welch, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Breaking up is Hard to Do 1938 Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw, Poland, director, Hands Up, Deep End 1938 Phil Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, singer, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie 1937 Sean Garrison, New York City, actor, Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass 1937 Anna Dawson, British comedienne, Violet-Keeping Up Appearances 1937 Don Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, vocalist, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie 1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game 1936 Verne Allison, singer, Dells-Open Up My Heart 1934 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team) 1934 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1934 Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer, Set 'em Up Joe 1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1934 Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up and Cheer" 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal 1933 Ron Townson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock vocalist, 5th Dimension-Up Up and Away 1933 Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist, Prick Up Your Ears 1932 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents 1932 John Grogery Dunne, U.S. writer, Up Close and Personal, True Confessions 1931 Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1930 Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor, Someone Up There Likes Me 1930 Kenny Ball, born in Essex, England, musician, lead trumpet player, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, appeared in film Live It Up!, featured with Joe Brown, Brenda Lee on Kapp Records 1930 Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up 1929 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in New York City 1929 Rachel Ames, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Line Up, Audrey-General Hospital 1928 NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network 1928 Johnny Mann, born in Baltimore, Maryland, music director, Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer 1926 Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam 1926 Carleton Carpenter, born in Bennington, Vermont, actor, Up Periscope, Summer Stock 1926 Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs 1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice California She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped 1926 Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam 1925 Frank Latimore, Kline, Darien, Connecticut, actor, Patton, Breakin Up 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 Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York 1924 Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US 1923 International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco 1923 Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians 1921 Johnny Otis, California, R&B talent scout, Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up 1921 John Doucette, Brockton Massachusetts, actor, Lock Up, Big Town 1920 Dolph Sweet, born in New York City, actor, Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up 1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty 1919 W Collison and O Harbach's "Up in Mabel's Room," premieres in New York City 1918 Ronnie Brody, England, actor, Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz 1918 Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up 1917 Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up," premieres in New York City 1917 Cincinnati Fred Tooney and Chicagos's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0 1917 Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey 1915 Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die 1915 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever 1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1914 Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed 1914 Von Glucks army meets up with British expeditionary army 1914 Chicago Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0 1914 Ruth White, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actress, Up the Down Staircase 1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix 1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk 1911 Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames 1911 Alan Gifford, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Time Lock, Up Periscope 1909 Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1908 Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1908 Tex Avery, cartoon director, What's up, Doc? 1906 Jeffrey Lynn, actor, Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front 1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile 1903 Helen Kane, Schroeder, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Heads Up, Pointed Heels 1902 Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels 1901 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris 1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 1900 Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa 1899 English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up 1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed 1899 Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack 1899 Byron Foulger, Ogden, Utah, actor, River's Edge, Up in Smoke 1898 Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill 1896 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) 1896 Enid Markey, born in Dillon, Colorado, actress, Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy 1893 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed 1893 Stanley Lupino, English comic, Cheer Up, Over She Goes 1892 Mae West, Brooklyn, actress, Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie 1890 Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up 1888 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist, Religious Build Up 1884 Julius Callewaert, Flemish dominican/bringing up children 1880 Salvation Army of England sets up U.S. welfare and religious activity 1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English 1878 Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization 1876 Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa 1875 Peter Tsjaikofsky's "1st Pianoconcert up. 23" premieres in Boston 1874 Mary Carr, born in Philadelphia, actress, Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles 1871 Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up 1866 Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) 1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up 1864 Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA 1862 U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years) 1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army 1851 Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory 1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia 1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1831 Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 1813 Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" 1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire 1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River 1790 New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 1787 Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution 1781 James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1775 Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent 1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1771 West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname 1722 John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 1708 Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC 1639 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts 1607 Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia 1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1540 Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River 1526 Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders 1391 Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 70 Titus sets up batterig rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem |
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