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1988 Gert Froebe, actor (Lover's Wood, Upper Hand), dies at 75

1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)

1976 Piper Cherokee crashes into Balt Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt

1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)

1965 Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt NZ, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics

1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France

1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence

1958 Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France

1957 Brian Fitzpatrick, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, actor, Rick Alden-Loving

1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4

1948 Todd Rundgren, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, singer/guitarist, Hello it's Me

1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland

1867 Charles Fabry, discoverer, ozone layer in upper atmosphere

1842 Indians land in Ohio, a 12 mile area in Upper Sandusky

1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada

1826 Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)

1640 English Upper house accept Act of Attainder

1229 Louis II, the Stern, ruler, upper Baveria

1033 Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine

70 Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans



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