1998 KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview
1997 Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational
1997 Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn
1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
1996 Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
1995 1st CFL game between 2 U.S. teams, Las Vegas Posse vs. Sacramento Gold
1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
1992 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas NV on KXTE 107.5 FM
1992 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI)
1992 Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International
1992 Cesare Danova, actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas), dies at 66
1990 Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nevada
1988 Actor Jeff Goldblum and actress Gena Davis wed in Las Vegas
1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score
1984 Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas
1984 Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas
1983 WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event
1982 Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas
1981 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton
1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die
1976 Jenny Lewis, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, actress, Becky-Life With Lucy
1972 Brandon Rock, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, 800m runner
1970 Andre Agassi, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, tennis star, Oly-gold-96, U.S. Open 1994
1969 Loren Dean, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, actor, Billy Bathgate, Say Anything
1969 Barbra Streisand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas
1969 Marty Cordova, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins
1969 Tia Marie Zorne, Las Vegas Nevada, Miss Nevada-America 1991
1968 Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas
1968 Robert Anthony Gamez, born in Las Vegas Nevada, PGA golfer, 1990 Nestle
1968 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada (PBS) begins broadcasting
1967 KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND) begins broadcasting
1966 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas
1966 Kate Donahoo, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. judoka 1992 Olympics
1966 Trish Johnson, Bristol England, LPGA golfer, 1993 Las Vegas
1965 Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas
1965 Jim Sharp, U.S. rodeo rider, Las Vegas 1988
1964 Mark Allen Slaughter, born in Las Vegas, guitarist, Slaughter-Stick it Live
1962 Jerry Foltz, born in Las Vegas Nevada, Nike golfer, 1991 Pensacola Open-2nd
1959 Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air)
1957 Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas
1957 1st underground nuclear explosion at Las Vegas, Nevada
1957 Michele Greene, Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Abby Perkins-LA Law
1955 KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1953 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1945 Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter, Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas
1944 Roy Horn, Las Vegas entertainer, Siegfried and Roy
1941 Tommy Aycock, Edinburg, Texas, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th
1939 Hunter Thompson, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1935 Abby Dalton, born in Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Joey Bishop Show
1925 Robert Venturi, born in Philadelphia, architect, Levittown, New York, Las Vegas
1921 Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star, Wimbeldon 1947, U.S. Open-1946
1917 June Allyson, Bronx, actress, Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas
1906 Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
1905 Las Vegas, Nevada founded
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