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1998 U.S. hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
1997 Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par 1997 Tea Leoni and David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village 1993 Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40 1992 Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die 1987 27th Ryder Cup: Europe beats U.S., 15-13 at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Ohio 1986 Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village 1984 Ken Williams, TV announcer (Video Village), dies at 69 1982 David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 1979 "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3 1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart 1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song 1975 Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens 1973 Susie Berning wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open 1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open 1969 U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19 1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1969 Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies at 58 1967 Rachel Williams, born in Greenwich Village, New York, model, Absolut Vodka, Elle 1963 Germany FR annexes Elten village 1961 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village 1958 Theodore Krieger, German author (Forgotten Village), dies at 61 1956 Eric Roberts, born in Mississippi, actor, Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies 1955 1st edition of "Village Voice" (New York City) published 1945 Dezso Szabo, Hungarian writer (Wiped-out Village), dies at 65 1943 Maria Muldaur, Greenwich Village, New York, singer, Midnight at the Oasis 1943 Eni Faleomavaega, born in Vailoatai Village, American Samoa, Representative-D-American Samoa 1989 1943 Ray Buktenica, born in Greenwich Village, New York City, actor, Rhoda, House Calls 1943 -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record) 1942 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich 1939 Tom Johnson, born in Greely, Colorado, composer, minimalist style, new music critic for the Village Voice, wrote music based on tiling, involving mathematical and logical processes 1929 Mies Bouman, Dutch TV hostess, Open the Village 1928 Andrew Sarris, movie critic, Village Voice 1925 Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist, Village Voice, The Cold Society 1922 Jack Narz, born in Louisville, Kentucky, TV gameshow host, Dotto, Video Village 1922 Francois Reichenbach, French director, La douceur du Village 1916 Michael Gwynn, Bath England, actor, Village of Damned, Question 7 1916 Penny Santon, Greenwich Village, New York, actress, Roll Out, Matt Houston 1915 Dick Thomas, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, TV host, Village Barn 1915 Dick Dudley, TV host, Village Barn 1914 German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice 1911 Pete Piute, Morris Kaufman, born in New York City, comedian, Village Barn 1906 John Carradine, Greenwich Village, New York, actor, Grapes of Wrath, Howling 1897 Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author, Village by the River 1887 Marc Chagall, born in Vitebsk, Russia, artist, I and The Village 1882 British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger 1882 British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger 1879 Dezso Szabo, Hungarian writer, Weggevagde Village 1876 Maurice de Vlaminck, born in Paris, Fauvist painter, Village in the Snow 1872 "3 Fingers" Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village 1833 Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200 1832 Abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies 1832 U.S. ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy 1817 U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War 1813 U.S. troops under General Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala 1790 Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village 1752 Premiere of Rousseau's opera "Le Devin du Village" 1752 Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution, The American Village 1630 Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston |
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