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1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, and soccer David Beckham gets engaged

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

1995 Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria

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

1995 Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria vs. South Australia

1994 Billionaire J Paul Getty, Jr. marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados

1992 Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy marries Victoria Reggie (38)

1992 Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52

1991 Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final

1990 In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal

1988 Victoria Shaw, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Westworld), dies

1987 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off

1987 WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria

1982 David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA vs. Victoria

1981 Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1980 "Onward Victoria" opens/closes at Martin Beck New York City for 1 performance

1980 Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, NSW vs. Victoria

1977 Joanna Hughes, Victoria Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics

1977 Victoria Ingrid Alicea Desiree, Princess heir apparent of Sweden

1976 Lia Victoria Borrero, Miss Panama Universe 1997

1975 Heather Tom, Hinsdale, Illinois, actress, Victoria Howard-Young and Restless

1975 Victoria Adams, "Posh Spice", Hertfordshire, vocalist, Spice Girls

1975 "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances

1975 "Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 18 performances

1974 Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1974 Brad Williams, cricketer, Victoria and Young Australia fast bowler

1974 Victoria Silverstedt, Skelleftehamn Sweden, playmate, Dec, 1996

1974 Adam Parfitt, born in Victoria BC, rower 1996 Olympics

1973 Ismael Valdes, born in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1973 Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics

1973 Victoria Nika Zdrok, born in Kiev, Ukraine, playmate October, 1994

1972 Paul Penny, Victoria BC, golfer, Edmonton City Amat-1993, 94

1972 Victoria Keil, Miss Universe-Cook Islands 1996

1972 Victoria Lagerstrom, Miss Sweden Universe 1997

1972 Darryl Yung, Victoria BC, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1971 Murray Hocking, Victoria Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1970 Victoria Fuller, born in Santa Barbara, California, playmate, Jan, 1996

1970 Rob Olson, Victoria BC, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 Newlands Open

1970 Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver 1996 Olympics

1970 Andreas Hestler, Victoria BC, cyclist 1996 Olympics

1970 Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress

1969 KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast

1969 Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress, Shannon-Santa Barbara

1969 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81

1969 Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America 1991

1968 Darren Barber, Victoria BC, rower 1996 Olympics

1968 Lisa Campbell, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1968 Russell Butler, born in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, diver, Olympics 28th-88, 96

1967 Frederique [Van derWal], Netherlands, model, Victoria Secrets

1967 Neil Maxwell, cricketer, all-rounder for Fiji 1990, Victoria and NSW

1966 Craig David Parry, Sunshine Victoria, PGA golfer, 1994 Honda-2nd

1966 Paul Stevenson, Victoria, Australia, badminton player 1996 Olympics

1965 Ron Gant, Victoria, Texas, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

1965 Joe Reekie, Victoria, NHL defenseman for the Washington Capitals

1964 Lauren Cowan, born in Benalla, Victoria, golfer, 1994 66th English Womens Open

1964 Paul Nobes, cricketer, prolific opening batsman for Victoria and SA

1964 Jill Goodacre Connick, Lubbock, Texas, model, Victoria Secrets

1964 Victoria Sellers, born in London, England, actress, Crime Zone, Warlords

1963 Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson

1962 Doug Drabek, Victoria, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, New York Yankees

1962 Victoria Gotti, American Celebrity

1961 Paul Jackson, cricketer, slow lefty bowler for Victoria and Queensland

1960 Victoria Rowell, Portland, Maine, actress, Drucilla-Young and Restless

1959 Jim Rutledge, Victoria, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 Indian Open

1959 Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, actress, Casual Sex, SNL, UHF

1959 Victoria Abril, born in Madrid, Spain, actress, Libertarias

1959 Victoria Jackson, born in Miami, Florida, comedian, SNL, Casual Sex

1957 Victoria E Cooke, born in Hollywood, California, playmate, Aug, 1980

1953 Victoria Wood, British Comedian

1953 "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die

1952 Warren Cann, Victoria Canada, rock drummer, Ultravox

1950 Victoria Racimo, New York City, actress, Corene-Falcon Crest

1950 Victoria Tennant, born in London, England, All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War

1948 Cliff Thorburn, Victoria, BC, champion snooker player

1947 Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA vs. Victoria

1947 Victoria Beckham, English Musician

1946 Bradman scores 119 South Australia vs. Victoria, 183 mins, 8 fours

1945 Victoria Bond, composer

1945 Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle

1945 Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19

1945 Victoria Principal, Fukuoka Japan, actress, Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas

1944 Angela Dorian, Victoria Vetri, SF, playmate, Sep 1967, Year-1968

1944 John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem

1941 Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies

1940 Bradman out 1st ball for SA vs. Victoria before 6213

1939 Bradman scores 107 SA vs. Victoria, his 4th consecutive century

1937 Victoria Glendinning, author, Edith Sitwell A Unicorn Among Lions

1936 Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season

1935 Roy Strong, writer/art historian/director, Victoria and Albert Museum

1934 Bradman scores 128 NSW vs. Victoria, 96 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes

1933 Jack Badcock scores 274 vs. Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton

1933 Bradman scores 187* NSW vs. Victoria, 294 mins, 13 fours

1933 Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria vs. Tasmania at Hobart

1932 Queensland all out 74 vs. Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13

1932 Bradman scores 238 NSW vs. Victoria, 200 mins, 32 fours

1932 Sylvia Plath, [Victoria Lucas], U.S., poet, Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar

1932 Bradman scores 167 NSW vs. Victoria, 224 mins, 22 fours

1931 Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat NSW

1931 Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria vs. Tas at Hobart

1931 Operetta "Victoria and Her Husband," premieres in London

1931 Bradman scores 220 NSW vs. Victoria, 308 mins, 13 fours

1929 Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen

1929 Bradman scores 340* for NSW vs. Victoria, 488 mins, 38 fours

1927 Victoria score 793 against Queensland, Bill Ponsford 437

1926 Victoria (1107) beat NSW (221 and 230) by an innings 656 runs

1926 Victoria all out for 1107 against NSW at the MCG Crowd 22,348

1926 Stanley Cup: Montl Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1

1925 NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701

1925 Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against NZ

1924 Victoria Draves, U.S., platform/springboard diver 1948 Olympics gold

1924 Victoria de los Angeles, Spain, soprano, Mimi-La Boheme

1921 Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria

1921 Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies

1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies

1912 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria)

1911 Natl Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria

1909 Victoria and Albert Museum opens in London

1906 Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid

1906 Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid

1905 NSW all out for 805 vs Victoria, win by innings and 253

1905 M A Noble scores 281 (369 mins, 21 fours) NSW vs. Victoria

1902 Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria

1901 Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60

1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series

1901 Victoria, [Alexandrine], Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81

1900 Queen Victoria disbands British parliament

1900 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author, La victoria no viene sola

1899 Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid England

1899 Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid

1896 Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27

1896 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory

1896 Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37

1895 Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years

1893 British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary)

1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria)

1889 Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia

1889 Pearl White, [Victoria], U.S. actress/stunt woman, Perils of Pauline

1889 Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76)

1888 Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British

1888 Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria

1887 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso

1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria

1886 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia

1886 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award

1885 John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM, Labor, 1941-45

1882 Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo

1882 Edgar Mayne, cricketer, Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria

1882 Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria

1881 Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die

1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die

1879 Norman Lindsay, Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist

1877 England's Queen Victoria proclaimed empress of India

1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old

1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria

1874 Victoria Embankment, in London opens

1872 Victoria Woodhull becomes 1st woman nominated for U.S. president

1871 Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old

1871 Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria

1871 Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London

1870 Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for U.S. pres

1867 Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria

1867 Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel

1867 Mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85

1866 Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria

1865 Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright, Victoria Regina

1861 Albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42

1861 Victoria E Matthews, educator

1861 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality

1858 Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of queen Victoria

1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan

1858 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia

1857 Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada

1857 62 receive Victoria Cross

1856 NSW's 1st 1st-class game, vs. Victoria at Melbourne NSW won

1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery

1842 John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria

1840 Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia

1840 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg

1838 Martin Woodhull Victoria Chaflin, U.S., feminist/reformer, Woodhull

1838 Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio, feminist/reformer/free love

1838 Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey

1837 Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace

1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria

1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901

1819 Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria

1819 Victoria Alexandrine, Queen of Great Britain, 1837-1901

1783 Thomas Sully, U.S. portrait painter, Queen Victoria

1611 Tomas L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies



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