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2001 US launches strikes against the Taleban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.

1999 Elliot Richardson, honest US attorney general, fired by Nixon after he refused to fire Archibald Cox, dies at 79

1999 Payne Stewart, colorful golfer, won US Open twice, dies at 42

1998 US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year

1998 US embassies bombed in Kenya and Tanzania killing at least 200

1997 US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia

1997 "Bean" opens in US

1997 U.S. releases a redesigned $50 bill

1997 U.S. accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers

1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US

1996 U.S. wins Federation Cup over Spain

1996 Cedric Pioline, Neuilly/Seine France, tennis pro, US open final-93

1995 US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations

1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83

1995 Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83

1995 Bernard Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds), dies at 67

1995 Patricia Highsmith, [Mary Patricia Plangman], US/Swiss, dies at 74

1995 John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81

1994 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83

1994 Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98

1994 Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84

1994 Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French/US composer/son of Igor S, dies at 84

1994 Al Levitt, US/French jazz drummer, dies at 63

1994 U.S. wins Nichirei LPGA Golf International

1994 South African President Nelson Mandela visits US

1994 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88

1994 Nancy Keene Lancaster, US/British architect (Binnen House), dies at 96

1994 Earnest Pawel, Polish/US author (Nightmare of Reason), dies at 74

1994 Hans J Salter, Aust/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98

1994 Nathan Susskind, Slovak/US linguist (Yiddish), dies at 87

1994 Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83

1994 Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies

1994 Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US

1994 John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81

1994 Vasek Simek, Czech/US actor (Green Card, Mistress), dies at 66

1994 Gilbert Roland, Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88

1994 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81

1994 Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at 85

1994 Charles Bukowski, German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73

1994 Jarmila Novotna, Czech/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 86

1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84

1994 Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86

1994 Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at 85

1994 Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79

1993 Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81

1993 U.S. wins Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament

1993 US warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti

1993 Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63

1993 Reizl Bozyk, Polish/US actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79

1993 Gustavo Brillembourg, Venez/US advocate, dies in an accident at 35

1993 Zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89

1993 Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81

1993 Rita Karin, Polish-Latvia/US actress (Sophie's Choice), dies at 73

1993 Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83

1993 Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80

1993 Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64

1993 Jay Scott, [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], US/Canada movie critic, dies at 43

1993 Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82

1993 Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90

1993 Arnold Franchetti, Ital/US composer, dies

1993 Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies

1993 Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies

1993 George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85

1992 Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at 77

1992 Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at 87

1992 "Malcolm X" with Denzel Washington premieres in US

1992 Gregory Markopoulos, German/US director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies

1992 Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies

1992 Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies

1992 Atlanta, becomes 1st U.S. team to win a World Series game out of US

1992 U.S. Air goes on strike

1992 U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle

1992 Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies

1992 Julio C Fernandez, Cuban/US journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies

1992 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80

1992 US Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die

1992 Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61

1992 US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane

1991 Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike), dies at 91

1991 US actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner

1991 U.S. hostage Jesse Turner released from 5 years in captivity in Beirut

1991 U.S. cuts all foreign aid to Haiti

1991 U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins

1991 U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins

1991 U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

1991 Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77

1991 Eva La Gailliene, Brit/US actress/director (Resurrection), dies at 92

1991 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

1991 US postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents

1991 US Air and Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32

1991 Richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Mo)/US civil-rights leader, dies at 74

1991 US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles

1991 US and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US time)

1990 US accuses Iraq of dragging its feet on dates for talks

1990 US ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait

1990 U.S. 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space

1990 U.S. 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit

1990 U.S. doctors Joseph E. Murray and E. Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize

1990 US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge

1990 Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86

1989 US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him

1989 U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space

1989 U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit

1989 U.S. beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950

1989 Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85

1989 U.S. 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) returns from space

1989 U.S. 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit

1989 U.S. issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus

1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)

1989 US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus

1988 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US

1988 US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism

1988 Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82

1988 U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board

1988 U.S. swamps NZ at 27th America's Cup: NZ set to appeal

1988 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US

1988 Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75

1988 US accept immigration of 30,000 U.S. - Vietnamese children

1987 U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf

1987 U.S. and Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles

1987 John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81

1987 Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes bring America's Cup back to US

1986 Cary Grant, Brit/US actor (Awful Truth, Charade, Father Goose), dies

1986 U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran

1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US

1986 Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US

1986 Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US

1986 U.S. writer Edward A. Tracy kidnap in Beirut

1986 U.S. releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov

1986 U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut

1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)

1986 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US

1986 US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

1985 US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin

1985 Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us"

1985 U.S. intercepts Egyptian Boeing with Achille Lauro terrorists

1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody

1985 Israel ships 96 TOWs to Iran on behalf of US

1985 "View to a Kill" premieres in US

1985 Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85

1985 Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95

1985 US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise

1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY)

1984 US leaves UNESCO

1984 U.S. and Iraq regain diplomatic relations

1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84

1983 US announced withdrawal from UNESCO

1983 US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon

1983 U.S. Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport

1983 U.S. Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut

1983 "Octopussy" premieres in US

1983 George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79

1982 U.S. imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union

1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon

1982 Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies

1982 Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies

1982 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies

1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US

1981 US and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages

1980 Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US

1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs

1980 Martina Hingis, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1997 Aust/US/Wimb

1980 Lori Fredrickson, born in Aurora, Illinois, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96

1980 Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84

1980 Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79

1979 U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange

1979 U.S.'s 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at University of Minnesota Hospital

1979 U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets

1979 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster

1979 Pope John Paul II begins visit of US

1979 U.S. returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years

1979 US and U.S.S.R. sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons

1979 Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95

1979 Heidi Zeigler, actress, Sherry-Just the 10 of Us

1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US

1979 US and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations

1978 Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US

1978 Mandy James, born in Jacksonville, Florida, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96

1978 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76

1978 Aliane Baquerot, New York City, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96

1978 Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched

1978 Melissa McElroy, born in Houston, Texas, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96

1978 "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US

1978 Caroline Hunt, born in Chicago, Illinois, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96

1978 US hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary

1977 U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa

1977 U.S. minister of Foreign affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed

1977 Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78

1977 Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist, dies at 75

1977 Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80

1976 U.S. courts find George Harrison guilty of plagiarism (He's So Fine)

1976 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins

1976 Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71

1975 US president Gerald Ford visits China

1975 Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to U.S.

1975 Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit U.S.

1975 U.S. decides John Lennon won't be deported due to U.K. pot conviction

1975 Hurricane Eloise, kills 71 in Caribbean and U.S.

1975 Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space

1975 Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80

1975 Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68

1975 Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93

1975 U.S.S.R. breaks trade agreement with US

1974 "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US

1974 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83

1974 U.S. General Haig becomes NATO-supreme commander in Europe

1974 U.S. and German DR establish diplomatic relations

1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US

1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73

1974 Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)

1974 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75

1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91

1974 Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder for the Texas Rangers

1973 US Psychiatrist say homosexuals are not mentally ill

1973 US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96

1973 U.S. and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links

1973 U.S. president Nixon fires Watergate accuser Archibald Cox

1973 Wystan H Auden, British/US writer (Spain/Platonic Blow), dies at 66

1973 Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88

1973 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81

1973 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67

1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80

1973 US and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and milt draft

1973 US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord

1973 US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize

1972 US begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam

1972 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64

1972 U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China

1972 Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92

1972 Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83

1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 164 performances

1972 Brooke Bushnell, born in Los Angeles, California, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96

1972 David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US choreographer, dies at 61

1972 "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances

1972 Richard Courant, German/US mathematician, dies at 84

1972 Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81

1971 "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US

1971 John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US

1971 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China

1971 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians

1971 Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76

1971 Jamie Luner, Palo Alto California, actress, Cindy-Just the 10 of Us

1971 -80 degrees F (-62 degrees C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record)

1971 US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found

1971 Carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Montreal Expos

1970 Johannes Urzidil, Austria/US writer (Goethe in Bohmen), dies at 74

1970 US/U.S.S.R. sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts

1970 U.S. LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from California jail

1970 George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73

1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US

1970 Richard J. Neutra, Aust/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78

1970 "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 8 performances

1970 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 8 performances

1970 Javier De La Hoya, Mexican/US baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1970 Nigel Wilson, Canadian/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins

1969 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US

1969 Brooke Theiss, California, actress, Wendy-Just the 10 of Us, Good and Evil

1969 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians

1969 U.S. amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)

1969 U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60)

1969 Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies

1969 Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US

1969 Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US

1969 Domingo Jean, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros

1968 US Soccer Football Assoc refuses to let NASL disband

1968 Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53

1968 Charles Munch, French/US conductor (Boston Symphony Orch), dies at 77

1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony

1968 Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US

1968 Helen Keller, blind and deaf/author (Let us Have Faith), dies at 87

1968 Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies

1968 Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79

1968 Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57

1968 Ben Rivera, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies

1967 Bela Schick, Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90

1967 U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam

1967 Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies

1967 Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies at 71

1967 Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76

1967 Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US

1966 US and U.S.S.R. sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space

1966 US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss

1966 U.S. RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays

1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US

1966 U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die

1966 U.S. Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23

1966 Jan Kiepura, actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64

1966 Enrique E Ecker, Curaeaos/US bacteriologist, dies at 79

1966 Rene Arocha, Cubans/US baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

1966 Paul Haarhuis, Eindhoven Neth, tennis star, 1994 US/Austral doubles

1966 Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85

1966 Melido Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher, New York Yankees

1966 Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79

1966 Eddie Zambrano, Venezuelan/US baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs

1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US

1965 "Thunderball" premieres in US

1965 Hurricane hits north east US/Canada

1965 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians

1965 Paul Tillich, German/US Theologist (Courage To Be), dies

1965 Beatle cartoon show begins in U.S.

1965 Kevin Dillon, New York, actor, Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon

1965 Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76

1965 Jim Bowie, Japanese/US baseball infielder, Oakland Athletics

1964 "Goldfinger" premieres in US

1964 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss

1964 Jo Ann Willette, actress, Constance-Just 10 of Us, Real Genius

1964 U.S. attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns

1964 Jimmy Arias, Buffalo, New York, tennis player, US Davis Cup team

1964 Heather Langenkamp, actress, Marie-Just the 10 of Us

1964 Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89

1964 Leo Szilard, Hungarians/US nuclear physicst, dies at 66

1964 Dana Hill [Goetz], Van Nuys California, actress, 2 of Us, Shoot the Moon

1964 Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies

1964 Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59

1964 Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73

1964 "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US

1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US

1964 US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous

1964 US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres

1964 Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67

1963 US furnishes cereal to U.S.S.R.

1963 Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All

1963 Fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch), dies at 74

1963 U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands

1963 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Fallon Nevada

1963 Ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68

1963 Matias Carrillo, Mexican/US baseball outfielder for the Florida Marlins

1963 Craig Shipley, Australian/US baseball infielder for the San Diego Padres

1962 US and Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive

1962 US abandons Skybolt balastic missile program

1962 U.S. U-2 planes locate missile launchers in Cuba

1962 US/U.S.S.R. sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology

1962 US National Radio Astronomy Obs gets a 300' (91m) radio telescope

1962 U.S. sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles

1962 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss

1962 U.S. space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts

1962 Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist and composer, dies at 86

1962 US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas

1961 U.S. Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed

1961 U.S. members of Communist Party obliged to report themselves to Police

1961 U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die

1961 Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies

1961 U.S. authorizes Agency for International Development

1961 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51

1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78

1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

1960 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter, Gray, SAMO

1960 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64

1960 U.S. imposes embargo on exports to Cuba

1960 U.S. and Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases

1960 Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US

1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67

1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US

1960 Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies

1960 US and Japan sign joint defense treaty

1959 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US

1959 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US

1959 U.S. President Eisenhower arrives in Paris

1959 Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78

1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78

1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78

1959 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60

1959 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US

1958 Lion Feuchtwanger, Germ/US philosopher (Judische Krieg), dies at 74

1958 U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury

1958 US nuclear sub USS Seawolfe remains record 60 days under pole

1958 U.S. nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record)

1958 "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US

1958 World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec

1958 Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76

1958 US newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication

1957 US successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile

1957 US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond)

1957 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60

1957 U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000

1957 Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60

1957 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits U.S.

1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71

1956 George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71

1956 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91

1955 LSD made illegal in U.S.

1955 U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories

1955 Earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81

1955 Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US

1955 Albert Einstein, German/US physicist (E=MC), dies

1955 "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US

1955 Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52

1954 Joel Coen, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor/dir, Spies Like Us, Barton Fink

1954 Enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies

1954 U.S. spy plane shot down North of Japan

1954 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US

1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern U.S.

1954 U.S. plane shot down above Siberia

1954 US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established

1954 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US

1954 -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record)

1953 U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits Hanoi

1953 U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games

1953 U.S. and Greece signs peace treaty (US bases)

1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of U.S.

1953 U.S. give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid

1953 Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59

1953 Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies

1953 Bill Kirchenbauer, actor/comedian, Coach-Just the 10 of Us

1952 Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US

1952 Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67

1952 Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/US chemist, dies at 85

1952 W de Basil, [US Voskresenski], Russia, ballet dancer, dies

1952 Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71

1952 US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary

1951 Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian/US composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64

1951 U.S., Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty

1951 Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69

1951 Arnold Schonberg, Austria/US composer (Verklarte Nacht), dies at 76

1951 Deborah Harmon, actress, Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us

1951 Vilhelm F K Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89

1951 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents

1950 US President Truman threatens China with atom bomb

1950 U.S. infantry division conquerors Chonju, Korea

1950 U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe

1950 U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat

1950 U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea

1950 U.S. troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul

1950 Eliel Saarinen, Fins/US architect (Chicago Trib building), dies at 76

1950 L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78

1950 US recalls all consular officials from China

1950 Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66

1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US

1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US

1949 Jamaica Kincaid, [Elaine P Richardson], Antigua/US journalist, NYer

1949 Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies

1948 US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit

1948 US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite

1948 U.S. balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record)

1948 Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57

1948 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US

1948 Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US

1948 US president Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan

1947 USAF (US Air Force) forms

1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out US

1947 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61

1946 US General MacNarney gives 800,000 "minor Nazi's" amnesty

1946 Churchill argues for a "US of Europe"

1946 Gertrude Stein, US/Fren author and poet (Ida, Tender Buttons), dies at 72

1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies

1946 Sally Priesand, 1st us woman rabbi

1946 US president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency

1945 Rationg of auto tires ends in US

1945 Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald liberated by U.S.

1945 US Office of Strategic Serbia (OSS) disbands

1945 German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.

1945 U.S. invades Japanese-held Korea

1945 U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan

1945 Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)

1945 Franz Werfel, Czech/German/US poet and writer (Mirror Man), dies at 54

1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki

1945 Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender

1945 Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44

1945 Herman[us J] van Veen, Neth, cabaretier, singer, composer and writer

1945 US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath

1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea

1945 US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines

1945 US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack

1945 US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa

1944 US destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed

1944 US 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid

1944 US troops lands on Mindoro

1944 US 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall

1944 US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hurtgenwald

1944 US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar

1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald

1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald

1944 U.S. air raid on Jap battleships/cruisers in Sibuya Sea: Musashi sinks

1944 U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines

1944 U.S. capt David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Jap planes in Gulf of Leyte

1944 U.S. takes Okinawa

1944 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53

1944 U.S. troops land on Ulithi

1944 U.S. 266th division occupiers Brest Bretagne

1944 British Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S.

1944 US 28th Infantry division occupies Hill 555 at Roscheid

1944 U.S. troops lands on Palau and Morotai

1944 U.S. 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall

1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall

1944 U.S. leaders meet in Belgium

1944 US 79th/90th division enter Le Mans

1944 US 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne

1944 US troops occupy Vannes Bretagne

1944 Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62

1944 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80

1943 Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US

1943 US aircraft carrier Hornet launched

1943 U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island

1943 U.S. air raid on Rabaul

1943 U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island

1943 U.S. bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island

1943 U.S. bombs Rabaul, New Britain

1943 U.S. air raid on Wake

1943 U.S. and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea

1943 U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche)

1943 U.S. airland at Nadzab, New-Guinea

1943 Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68

1943 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr. Calgary), dies at 50

1943 US rations bread and metal

1943 US infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal

1943 US and Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China

1942 Gasoline rationed in US

1942 US rations coffee

1942 U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco

1942 Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US

1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise reaches Noumea

1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Hornet sinks off Santa Cruz

1942 U.S. gens Clark and Lemnitzer and French gen Mast meet secretly in Algeria

1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal

1942 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe

1942 Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter

1942 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in US

1942 Battle of Bataan, US and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan

1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Aust/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70

1942 John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer, Velvet Underground

1942 US auto factories switch from commercial to war production

1942 US Joint Chiefs of Staff created

1942 US and 25 other countries sign a united declaration against the Axis

1941 US Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II

1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US

1941 US and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II

1941 US aircraft carrier Lexington/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor

1941 US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes

1941 U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine

1941 U.S. savings bonds go on sale

1941 U.S. destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652

1941 Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US

1940 U.S. forms parachute troops

1940 U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease

1940 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300

1939 U.S. allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II

1939 Katie Webster, [Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer

1939 Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60

1938 U.S. forbids child labor in factories

1938 Paul Seiko Chihara, born in Seattle Washington, US and Japanese composer

1938 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66

1938 Wilf Corrigan, English/US electronic manufacturer, LSI Logic

1938 Mary Frances Berry, educator/head, US Commission on Civil Rights

1937 U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act

1937 Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News

1936 1st giant panda imported into US

1936 John Shalikashvili, Polish/US general, NATO

1935 J Wouter[us] van Dieren, biologist (Terschelling), dies

1935 U.S. captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year

1935 Griffith Planetarium opens in Los Angeles, 3rd in US

1934 John Kane, Scotish/US miner/painter, dies at 73

1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantor) effective

1933 US forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere

1933 U.S. recognizes U.S.S.R., opens trade

1933 Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida," New York City-1st negro prima donna in US

1933 Bob Litty, US

1933 US troops leave Nicaragua

1932 Ronald B Kitaj, US/British painter/graphic artist, pop art

1932 J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil

1932 Milos Forman, Czech/US director, Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus

1931 Leslie Bricuse, English/US composer, Stop the world I want to get off

1930 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies

1930 Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies

1930 Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66

1929 Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer, quasars

1929 Herman Hollerith, German/US statistician (punch card), dies at 69

1929 John Metzelaar, Dutch/US writer (Report on the Fishes), dies at 37

1929 US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls

1928 1st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US

1928 Eastern Soccer League forms in U.S.

1928 Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist, Have Mercy

1928 Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg, South Carolina, golfer, US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60

1928 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US

1927 Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier, Fund of Funds

1927 James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies

1927 US and Mexico battle over oil interests

1927 August(us) Alleb, Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at 88

1926 U.S. defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship

1925 U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts

1925 Justin Kaplan, US

1924 U.S. president Calvin Coolidge re-elected

1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer, Kiss in Dark

1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65

1924 Theodore Bikel, Austrian/US folk singer and actor, Russians Are Coming

1924 Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US

1923 U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record)

1923 U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup

1923 Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66

1923 Louis Simpson, Jamaican and US poet, Good News of Death

1922 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies

1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer

1921 U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty

1921 James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader

1921 Patricia Highsmith, [Plangman], US/Swiss writer, Strangers on a Train

1920 1st U.S. postage stamps printed without the words United States or US

1920 US Air Mail service begins (New York City to SF)

1920 Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer, Arturo Toscanini NBC Orch

1920 George Skibine, Russ/US dancer and choreographer, Tragedy in Verona

1919 US deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman

1919 U.S. police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers

1919 U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack

1919 John Cox, Flemish/US painter/dir, Museum of Fine Physician, Boston

1918 U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die

1918 John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul, dies at 80

1918 LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee

1918 [Ibolyka] Astridm Varnay, Hungarian/US singer, Walkure

1918 US employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor

1917 Eddie Constantine, US/French actor, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again

1917 US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub and diplomatic relations severed

1916 US declares martial law in Dominican Republic

1916 Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress, In Pyama

1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72

1915 Monica Dickens, author/founder, US Samaritians

1915 Hans Namuth, German/US photographer, Todos Santos, Guatemala

1915 US Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services

1915 US President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates

1915 C. W. Ceram, [Kurt W Marek], German/US writer, March of Archaeology

1914 U.S. State Department starts requiring photographs for passports

1914 U.S. declares Panama Canal Zone neutral

1913 Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer

1913 John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75

1912 US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion

1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US

1911 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy

1911 Vladimir Ussachevsky, Manchurian/US composer, Creation

1911 Anatol Rapoport, Russ/US mathem/biologist, game theory

1911 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor, Galitzianer Cowboy

1911 Willem J Kolff, Dutch/US internist/inventor, Artificial Kidney

1911 US postal savings bank inaugurated

1910 David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music

1910 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect, IBM Building, MIT Chapel

1910 US Bureau of Mines forms

1909 US pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office

1909 U.S. invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya

1909 Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber orch

1909 1st credit union forms in US

1909 Max Black, Dutch/British/US philosopher, analytical philosophy

1908 George Pal, Hungarian/US director, When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons

1908 US and Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo

1908 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer, I, Odysseus

1907 Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer, Looking For a Bluebird

1907 August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59

1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint

1906 US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo

1906 Klaus Mann, German/US author, Mephisto, /son of Thomas Mann

1906 U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting

1906 U.S. regime names Charles Magoon, governor of Cuba

1906 U.S. intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma

1906 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian

1906 Andre Weil, [Bourbaki], French/US mathematician

1906 Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer, Milky Way

1906 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein

1906 Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer, Call it Sleep

1906 Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer

1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune

1905 Erika Mann, German/US author, Other Germany, /daughter of Thomas Mann

1905 James Robertson Justice, born in Scotland, actor, Above Us the Waves

1905 Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US

1904 Christopher W. Bradshaw-Isherwood, Brit/US writer, Goodbye to Berlin

1904 Peter Lorre, Hungarian American, actor, M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers

1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US

1903 John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, /official war painter

1903 U.S. wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada

1903 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson," premieres in U.S.

1903 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian/US psycho-analyst, Uses of Enchantment

1903 James A McNeill Whistler, US/Brit writer (Bride Tomorrow), dies at 69

1903 Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer, Memoires d'Hadrien

1903 George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US

1903 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

1902 Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US

1902 Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist

1902 U.S. protests anti-semitism in Romania

1902 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel

1902 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist

1902 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish/US architect

1902 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US"

1902 John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54

1902 Arthur D Nock, English/US historian, St. Paul

1902 Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician, theory of dimension

1902 Oskar Morgenstern, German/US economist

1901 Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal, England to US

1901 Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist

1900 Julien Green, US/French writer, Frere Francois

1900 Wolfgang Pauli, Swiss/Us physicist, Pauli inhibition, Nobel 1945

1900 Ferenc Kormendy, Hungarian/US author, Budapest Kaland

1900 Freeland Colony founded in US

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