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2001 U.S. launches strikes against the Taleban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.
1997 "Bean" opens in US 1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US 1996 Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, tennis pro, US open final 1993 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 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, Australia/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 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 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 Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63 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 Art Hodes, Russian/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 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 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 Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61 1991 Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike), dies at 91 1991 Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77 1991 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies 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 U.S. beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950 1989 Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran) 1988 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US 1988 Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82 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 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 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 1985 Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us" 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's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) 1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 1983 "Octopussy" premieres in US 1983 George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79 1982 Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Australia/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 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 Australia/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 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 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 1978 Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US 1978 Mandy James, born in Jacksonville, Florida, rhythmic gymnast, US team-96 1978 Aliane Baquerot, New York City, 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 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 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins 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 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US 1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73 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 Trick Daddy, born in Miami, Florida, rapper, popular hits 'Let's Go', 'Shut Up', 'Thugs are Us' 1973 Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88 1973 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67 1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80 1973 US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord 1972 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64 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 orchestra 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 Jamie Luner, Palo Alto California, actress, Cindy-Just the 10 of Us 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 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US 1970 Richard J. Neutra, Australia/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 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 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 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 Ben Rivera, Dominican/US baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies 1967 Jaromir Weinberger, Czechoslovakian/US composer (Czechoslovakian Rhapsody), dies 1967 Jaromir Weinberger, Czechoslovakian/US composer (Czechoslovakian 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 Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US 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 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, Russian/US singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies at 79 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 Paul Tillich, German/US Theologist (Courage To Be), dies 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 Jo Ann Willette, actress, Constance-Just 10 of Us, Real Genius 1964 Heather Langenkamp, actress, Marie-Just the 10 of Us 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 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 Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 1963 Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All 1963 Ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68 1963 Craig Shipley, Australian/US baseball infielder for the San Diego Padres 1962 US/U.S.S.R. sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology 1962 Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist and composer, dies at 86 1961 Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter, dies 1961 Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78 1960 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter, Gray, SAMO 1960 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64 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 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US 1959 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US 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 "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 1957 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60 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 Earnest Rabel, Austrian/US civil rights activist, dies at 81 1955 Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US 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 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US 1954 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US 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 W de Basil, US Voskresenski, Russia, ballet dancer, dies 1952 Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71 1951 Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian/US composer (Blossom Time), dies at 64 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 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 Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66 1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US 1949 Czechoslovakian 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 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 1947 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 1946 Churchill argues for a "US of Europe" 1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies 1946 Sally Priesand, 1st us woman rabbi 1945 Rationg of auto tires ends in US 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, Netherlands, cabaretier, singer, composer and writer 1944 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80 1943 Cairo: president Roosevelt travels back to the US 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 1942 Gasoline rationed in US 1942 Vichy-France drops diplomatic relations with US 1942 1st US/8th Air Force bombs Europe 1942 Kim Fowley, Philippines/US rock vocalist/producer/songwriter 1942 Dmitri Shostakovich' 7th Symphony, premieres in US 1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Australia/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 1942 John Cale, Welsh/US bassist/altviolist/singer, Velvet Underground 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US 1940 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 1939 Katie Webster, Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer 1939 Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60 1938 Paul Seiko Chihara, born in Seattle Washington, US and Japanese composer 1938 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66 1938 Mary Frances Berry, educator/head, US Commission on Civil Rights 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 Griffith Planetarium opens in Los Angeles, 3rd in US 1934 John Kane, Scotish/US miner/painter, dies at 73 1932 Ronald B Kitaj, US/British painter/graphic artist, pop art 1932 J. P. Getty, US/British oil magnate/billionaire, Getty Oil 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 John Metzelaar, Dutch/US writer (Report on the Fishes), dies at 37 1928 1st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US 1928 Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg, South Carolina, golfer, US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60 1928 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US 1927 James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies 1927 August(us) Alleb, Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at 88 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 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 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 1918 LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee 1917 Eddie Constantine, US/French actor, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again 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 C. W. Ceram, Kurt W Marek, German/US writer, March of Archaeology 1913 Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer 1913 John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US 1911 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy 1911 Anatol Rapoport, Russian/US mathem/biologist, game theory 1911 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor, Galitzianer Cowboy 1910 David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music 1909 Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1909 1st credit union forms in US 1908 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer, I, Odysseus 1907 August Saint-Gaudens, Irish/US sculptor (Mrs Henry Adams), dies at 59 1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint 1906 Klaus Mann, German/US author, Mephisto, son of Thomas Mann 1906 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian 1906 Fred Fehl, Austrian/US Broadway photographer 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, British/US writer, Goodbye to Berlin 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 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian/US psycho-analyst, Uses of Enchantment 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 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director, Miraculous Life of Willem Parel 1902 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist 1902 Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US" 1902 John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54 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 Ferenc Kormendy, Hungarian/US author, Budapest Kaland 1900 Freeland Colony founded in US 1899 Otto E Neugebauer, Austrian/US math historian 1899 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher 1899 Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US 1898 Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist, Understanding 1897 Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist, USAF in London 1897 William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US 1897 Mae Busch, Australian/US actress, Cowboy Socialist 1897 Pola Negri, Barbara A Chalupec, Polish/US actress, Madame Bovary 1896 25th auto built in US 1895 Nigel Bruce, British/US actor, Dr. Watson-Sherlock Holmes 1895 Earnest Kantorowicz, German/US historian, Laudes regiae 1894 Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68 1894 Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician, Concise History of Mathematics 1893 W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda 1892 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist 1891 John Metzelaar, Dutch/US, About Tropical Atl Visschen 1891 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author, Ararat/Sud a nap 1891 Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analytical 1890 Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US 1890 Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor and playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67 1890 Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author, Songs of Jamaica, Banjo 1890 Naum Gabo, Pevsner, Russian/US sculptor, Stillife Flower 1890 Sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst 1889 Vaslav F Nijinski, Ukraine/US ballet dancer, l'apres-midi d'une faune 1889 Jens/John Ericsson, Swed/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), dies at 85 1889 Pitirim A. Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, Social mobility 1888 Eric Blore, English/US actor, Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad 1888 Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know 1887 Emma Lazarus, U.S. poet ("Give us your tired and poor"), dies in New York at 38 1887 Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstangl, German/US pianist/politician, NSDAP 1886 Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist and composer, Golem suite 1886 Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet, In New-York 1885 Special delivery mail service begins in US 1885 Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst 1885 Jules Pascin, Julius Pincas, Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist 1885 Veit Valentin, German/US historian, Deutsche Revolution 1884 Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor, 39 Steps 1884 John McCormack, Irish/US singer, Irish folksongs 1884 Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party forms People's Party in US 1884 Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 1884 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76 1882 Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi 1882 Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist, Polish Peasant in Europe 1881 Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer, Kirov is With Us 1881 Max Weber, Polish/Russian/US painter 1880 [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 1879 Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, US/Eng's feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor 1878 Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau 1878 Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright, A Pal Utrai Fiuk 1877 Bela Schick, Hungarian/US children artist, Serum Krankheit 1876 Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US 1876 Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65 1875 James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US 1874 Ismar Elbogen, German/US rabbi, Encyclopedia Judaica 1874 Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian, Grundzuge 1873 1st international football game in US: Yale 2, Eton (England) 1 1873 Harold Bauer, English/US pianist, Beethoven-Association 1873 Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist 1871 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher, Intelligence of Children 1871 Wilfred Lucas, actor, Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford 1870 Rudolf W. Canne, Fries playwright, Der de Wier Us 1870 Felix Salm-Salm, Prussian/US prince/Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1870 Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US 1870 Virginia rejoins US 1869 Ales Hrdlicka, U.S., anthropologist and curator, US National Museum 1868 Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62 1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US 1867 Maimonides College in Penns is 1st Jewish college in the US 1866 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 1865 "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in US 1865 Rene E de Russy, West Indian/US Brigadier-General, dies at about 75 1865 Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32 1864 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russian/US composer, Snow White 1863 Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US Brigadier-General (Union), dies at 51 1863 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 1862 Henry Bohlen, German/US Brigadier-General (Union), dies in battle at 51 1861 US, banks stops payments in gold 1861 Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US 1861 Arkansas and Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th state to secede from US 1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US 1859 Great auroral display in US 1849 Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US 1848 General Zachary Taylor elected as president of US 1847 Conspiracy in New Mexico against US 1846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US 1846 Beginning of Mormon march to west US 1845 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US 1845 Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist 1845 Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US 1844 James K Polk elected 11th president of US 1843 Henry James, US/British writer/critic, Turn of the Screw, Bostonians 1843 Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US 1840 William H Harrison elected president of US 1838 John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St. Paul 1837 J. P. Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO, US Steel 1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist 1835 P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US 1834 James A. McNeill Whistler, US/British painter, Whistler's Mother 1832 Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US 1832 President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US 1830 Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter, US landscapes 1828 Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US 1827 Creek-indians lose all their property in US 1826 Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist 1823 Mother Joseph, Esther Pariseau, religious leader, US capitol 1822 Dion Boucicault, Irish/Us actor and playwright, Rip van Winkle 1822 Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US 1822 John Eberhard, built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US 1822 In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US 1800 Washington D.C. established as capital of US 1788 New York City becomes 1st capital of US 1785 Prussia signs trade agreement with US 1783 Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US 1781 Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US 1777 Marquis de Lafayette lands in US 1776 Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "US" 1753 Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US 1748 English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1693 William and Mary college is 2nd college chartered in US 1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1578 England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US 1562 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC 1554 Sixt[us] Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer (Judith), dies at 53 1501 Sixt, us, Birck [Xystus Betulius], German writer, Suzanna 1153 Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies 1054 Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies |
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