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2004 At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia

1998 At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia

1997 Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic

1994 126 degrees F (52.2 degrees C) in Death Valley California

1993 Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79

1992 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles

1992 Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists

1991 Eleanor Berry, actress (Death Valley Days), dies

1990 Barbara Stanwyck, [Ruby Stevens], actress (Big Valley), dies at 82

1985 Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die

1984 Napoleon Whiting, actor (Silas-Big Valley), dies at 75

1984 Cleveland Metroparks' Valley Parkway All Purpose Trails are completed

1982 Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley

1976 Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58

1975 21st Ryder Cup: U.S., 21-11 at Laurel Valley GC Pa

1975 Justin Huish, born in Fountain Valley, California, archer, Olympics gold 1996

1974 Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 53

1973 Ntala Skinner, Sun Valley Idaho, biathelete 1994 Olympics

1972 Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium

1971 Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 and causes over $ B damage

1970 Aaron Sele, born in Golden Valley, Minnesota, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado

1969 Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of Dolls), killed by Manson's gang at 26

1969 Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78

1969 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57

1968 50th PGA Championship: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Pecan Valley, Texas

1968 Scott Radinsky, born in Simi Valley, California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1967 Jenn Thompson, New York City, actor, Dee-Harper Valley PTA

1967 Moon Unit Zappa, rocker, Valley Girl, Frank's daughter

1967 Carlos Briceno, born in Fountain Valley, California, beach volleyball, Oly-br-92, 96

1967 Ed Sprague, born in Castro Valley, California, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1966 Brian Keyser, Castro Valley California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1966 Paul Michael Valley, actor, Ryan Harrison-Another World

1966 Julianna Margulies, born in Spring Valley, New York, actress, Carol Hathaway-ER

1966 Anderson Cummins, cricketer, in Packer's Valley Barbados and WI quickie

1966 Richard Greenwood, born in Los Angeles, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Napa Valley

1966 North Vietnamese capture U.S. Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley

1965 Ruthie Matthes, Sun Valley Idaho, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1965 47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley GC PA

1964 Mark Valley, Odgensvurg, New York, actor, Days of Our Lives

1964 Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal

1964 Dean Spriddle, Plymouth, England, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Oak Valley

1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die

1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open

1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, Colorado

1960 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, Colo

1958 Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California

1957 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley GC Dayton Ohio

1954 KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting

1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded

1950 Cynthia Meyers, playmate, Dec 1968, /actress, Beyond Valley of Dolls

1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 and causes $850M in damage

1945 Jeannie C Riley, Texas, singer, Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw

1943 Sharon Tate, born in Dallas, Texas, actress, Valley of the Dolls

1942 Bob Mosley, Paradise Valley California, rock bassist, Moby Grape

1942 Linda Evans, Hartford, actr, Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo

1942 Fight at Matanikau, Guadalcanal (John Hersey-Into the Valley)

1942 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia

1942 14th Academy Awards - "How Green was My Valley," Cooper and Fontaine win

1941 Florinda Bolkan, Ceara Brazil, actress, Damned, Last Valley, Word

1940 Mills Watson, born in Oakland, California, actor, Harper Valley PTA, BJ and Bear

1937 Merle Haggard, Bakersfield, California, country singer, Death Valley Days

1936 Tom T. Hall, Olive Hill, Kentucky, country singer and writer, Harper Valley PTA

1933 Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Oklahoma, country singer, Ozark Jubilee

1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams

1930 Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)

1930 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio

1929 Peter Breck, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Black Saddle, Big Valley, Benji

1928 450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif)

1927 Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt)

1927 James Curwood, U.S. journalist and writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49

1923 Dale Robertson, Harrah, Oklahoma, actor, Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty

1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece

1921 Jacqueline Susann, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, author, Valley of the Dolls

1918 Frankie Darro, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men

1915 7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley Nevada

1912 Patrick White, Australia, novelist, Happy Valley, Nobel 1973

1912 Eve Arden, born in Mill Valley, California, actress, Connie-Our Miss Brooks

1912 Richard Carlson, Minnesota, actor, All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi

1911 Robert Taylor, Filley, Nebraska, actor, Death Valley Days

1907 Barbara Stanwyck, born in Brooklyn, actress, Dynasty II, Big Valley, Thorn Birds

1906 Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist, How Green Was My Valley

1902 Stu Erwin, Squaw Valley California, actor, Stu Erwin Show

1895 Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms

1893 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway)

1890 Gertrude McCoy, born in Sugar Valley, Georgia, silent screen actress, Blue Bird

1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Boscombe Valley Mystery"

1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear"

1880 Donald Crisp, born in Scotland, actor, How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana

1873 President Grant decrees Wallowa Valley for Nez-Perce indians

1872 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California

1864 Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign

1864 Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley

1864 Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley

1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp

1862 Valley Campaign-Battle of Cross Keys, Virginia

1862 Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft. Royal, Virginia

1862 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va

1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, Jackson's Battle of Woodstock, VA

1862 Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign

1862 Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000

1851 Yosemite Valley discovered in California

1846 Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley)

1822 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley

1806 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500

1805 Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher, Valley of Vision

1781 Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)

1778 Iroquois Indians in New York kill 40 in Cherry Valley Massacre

1778 Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge

1778 Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge

1777 Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for winter

1777 George Washingtons army returns to Valley Forge Pa

1749 George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley



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