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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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