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2004 Victor Argo, American Actor

2001 Victor Wong, actor/newscaster, Big Trouble in Little China, dies at 74

2000 Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91

2000 Victor Serebriakoff, genius, designed IQ tests, dies at 86

1999 Victor Mature, actor, Samson and Delilah, dies at 86

1997 Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86

1997 "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 738 performances

1996 Victor Ambartsumian, astrophysicist, dies at 87

1996 Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71

1996 Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71

1995 Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday

1995 "Victor/Victoria," opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 738 performances

1995 Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87

1995 Victor Reinganum, artist, dies at 87

1994 Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71

1994 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker, dies at 92

1994 Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39

1992 Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies

1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies

1989 Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54

1988 Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown

1987 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53

1986 Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege

1986 Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39

1985 Victor W. Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies

1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million

1982 Victor Jory, actor (Adv of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79

1982 Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79

1982 Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43

1980 Victor Sen Yung, actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family), dies at 65

1979 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64)

1979 Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88

1978 Victor de la Torre wins Peru election

1978 Victor Sikora, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles

1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 perf

1977 Victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89

1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial New York City for 66 performances

1976 Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79

1976 Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60

1976 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57

1976 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies

1976 Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85

1975 Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at 58

1974 Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82

1972 Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65

1972 Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63

1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies

1971 Walther Victor, writer, dies

1971 Victor Kraatz, born in Berlin, Germany, Canadian ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th

1970 Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs

1969 Victor Green, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Jets

1969 Victor Alexander, NBA forward and center for the New York Knicks

1968 Victor Sutherland, dies at 79

1967 Victor De Sabata, composer, dies at 75

1966 Victor Muhammad, WLAF running back for the London Monarchs

1965 Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese, composer, dies at 81

1965 Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament

1964 Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/paleontologist, dies at 74

1964 Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist

1963 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia

1962 Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86

1961 Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon

1960 Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen

1960 Victor Stevenson, CFL tackle for the Edmonton Eskimos

1960 Victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80

1959 Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72

1958 Victor M Gerena, born in New York City, security guard robbed $7 million, FBI wanted

1956 Victor Young, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56

1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances

1955 RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss

1955 Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star

1954 Victor Manuel Mar, wrestler, AAA/NJPW, Black Cat

1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88

1953 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf

1952 Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92

1952 "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV

1952 Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64

1951 "Victor Borge Show," last airs on NBC-TV

1951 "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV

1950 Daniel Victor Starr, composer

1949 Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent, By Way of Deception

1949 Victor Garber, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

1949 Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65

1947 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78

1947 Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45

1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized

1946 Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India

1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy

1946 King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto

1944 Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68

1944 King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto

1943 Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36

1943 William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73

1942 Victor H Fazio, Rep-D-California, 1979-

1941 Eric Braeden, born in Austria, actor, Victor Newman-Young and Restless, Colossus

1940 Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74

1940 Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label

1939 James Victor, born in Puerto Rico, actor, Boulevard Night, Streets of LA

1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of Gone With the Wind

1938 Victor Buono, SD California, actor, Man from Atlantis, Untouchables

1937 Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68

1936 Benny Goodman and orch record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records

1934 Victor French, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Highway to Heaven

1934 RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th)

1934 Victor Argo, American Actor

1931 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, New York City), venture failed

1928 Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

1928 Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records

1926 Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO, Remington shavers, /NFL owner, Patriots

1925 Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist

1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer, Kiss in Dark

1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65

1924 Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer

1923 Elias Victor Seixas, U.S., mixed double tennis player, Wimbeld 1953-56

1923 Victor Hochhauser, British impresario, Israeli Philharmonic Orch

1919 Victor Collin Matthews, businessman

1919 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer

1919 Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French ship's doctor/writer, dies

1918 Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies

1917 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ

1917 1st jazz recording for Victor Records released

1917 Victor G M Marijnen, Dutch premier, 1963-65

1916 Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies

1916 Victor Chapman, U.S. legionaire/WW I pilot, killed

1916 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live

1916 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72

1916 Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co

1915 Victor Alessandro, composer

1915 Victor Sen Yung, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family

1915 Victor Legley, composer

1915 Victor Mature, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, 1 Million BC, Samson and Delilah

1913 Victor Trumper, Jr., cricketer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Trumper NSW 1940-41

1913 Victor Rosow, writer

1913 Victor Smith, Admiral, Australian Chiefs of Staff

1912 Arthur Victor Berger, New York City, composer, Ideas of Order

1912 Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50

1912 Victor Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader

1911 Reginald Victor Jones, CH, FRS natural philosopher

1911 Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes 1st socialist congressman in U.S.

1911 Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in New York City

1909 Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title

1909 Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian

1908 Victor Babin, composer

1908 Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter and author, Op Art

1907 Victor Reinganum, artist

1907 Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, La civilisation du phoque

1907 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64

1906 Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor, Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong

1906 1st Victor Victrola manufactured

1906 Italian King Victor Emmanuel and Swiss president open Simplon tunnel

1905 Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55

1904 Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany

1903 Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50

1903 Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland," premieres in New York City

1902 Victor Jory, Dawson City Canada, actor, Kings Row, Manhunt

1901 Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer

1901 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker

1901 Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76

1900 Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author, Myth Makers

1900 Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orch leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California

1899 Victor Cherbuliez, French Novelist

1899 Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* vs. England, Lord's

1899 Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last

1898 Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in New York City

1897 Victor O Stomps, writer

1897 Rene Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight, Rechtskundig Weekblad

1895 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70

1895 Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, founder, Peruvian Aprista Party

1895 Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days

1892 Victor E van Vriesland, Dutch poet and critic, Mirror of Dutch Poetry

1892 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80

1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show

1892 Louis Victor de Broglie, physicist, studied electrons

1892 Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno

1891 Victor Varconi, born in Hungary, actor, Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City

1891 Victor Kilian, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Gentleman's Agreement

1889 Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/palaeontologist

1889 Victor Sutherland, Paducah, Kentucky, actor, Captive City

1888 Victor Francen, Belgium, actor, J'Acusse, San Antonio

1886 Victor McLaglen, born in England, actor, Informer, Acad Award-1935

1885 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83

1885 Victor Hugo, French Author

1884 Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62

1883 Edgard Victor Achille C Varese, Paris, France, composer, Innisation

1883 Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer, dies at 67

1883 Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist

1883 Victor Fleming, born in Pasadena, California, director, Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind

1882 Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41

1880 Victor Schertzinger, composer and director, Uptown New York

1879 Victor Seastrom, Silbodal Sweden, director, Wind, Under the Red Robe

1878 Victor A. D. Segalen, [Max Anely], French writer

1878 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57

1877 Victor Trumper, cricketer, Australia batsman 1899-1912

1876 Victor Moore, Hammonton, New Jersey, comedian, Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch

1876 Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer

1870 Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French

1870 Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel

1870 Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48

1869 Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy, 1900-46, /Ethiopia

1869 William Victor Harris, composer

1868 Louis Victor Saar, composer

1867 Victor Cousin, French Philosopher

1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74

1866 Victor Hollaender, composer

1865 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor

1864 Victor JB Girardey, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 27

1863 Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny, poet, dies

1861 King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes 1st king of Italy

1860 Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier, 1917-19

1859 Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer, Babes in Toyland

1853 Victor Roger, composer

1852 Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister, 1918

1850 Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer

1843 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art connoisseur

1842 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer

1841 Olegario Victor Andrade, born in Argentina, poet, El nido de condores

1838 Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris

1837 Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brig General Confederate Army

1830 Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris

1829 Victor Cherbuliez, French Novelist

1824 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver, PTT Stempels

1824 Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64

1822 Victor Masse, composer

1821 Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer

1820 Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, 1849-61, Italy, 1861-78

1815 Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer

1812 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice

1804 Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery

1802 Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables

1792 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education

1759 Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia, 1802-21

1730 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns

1696 French king Louis XIV and Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace

1694 Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale

1690 Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye

1164 Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies

1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II

1087 Victor III, [Dauferio/Desiderius], Italian Pope (1086-87), dies

1086 Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III

1057 Victor II, [Gebhard], Pope (1055-57), dies

1055 Bishop Gebhard van Eichstatt named Pope Victor II

1000 Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III



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