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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