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2007 Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52
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, Nevada on KXTE 107.5 FM 1992 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada on 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 1987 Thomas Dekker, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, musician, singer, actor, played Zach on 'Heroes', John Connor in 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' 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, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, 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 1938 James Bilbray, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, Representative-D-Nevada 1987 - 1995 1936 Mort Shuman, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, songwriter, pianist, co-wrote 'Viva Las Vegas', ' Turn Me Loose', compositions recorded by Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley 1935 Abby Dalton, born in Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Joey Bishop Show 1933 Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1925 Robert Venturi, born in Philadelphia, architect, Levittown, New York, Las Vegas 1923 Italo Calvino, born in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba, author, Winter's Night a Traveler 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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