2013 Event Mexican singer and songwriter Thalia receives a walk on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2013 Event Nik Wallenda completes a high wire walk across a Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon 2003 Death Johnny Cash, country singer, "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line", dies at 71 1999 Death Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 1998 Event President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference 1994 Event Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1994 Death Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 1994 Event Miami begins a latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan 1993 Event Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk 1992 Event Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1992 Event Kim Basinger gets 1,959th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1992 Event Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1992 Event Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) 1991 Event Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05) 1990 Event Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1990 Event Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame 1990 Event Nadezhda Ryashkina of U.S.S.R. sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23) 1990 Event Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame 1989 Event Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame 1989 Event Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1989 Event Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster 1988 Event Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55) 1988 Death Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies 1987 Event Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1985 Event 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a Geo A Hormel and Co plant 1985 Event Billy Dee Williams receives a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1984 Event 1st space walk by U.S. woman, Kathryn D. Sullivan 1984 Event Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st U.S. woman to walk in space 1984 Event Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes 1st woman to walk in space 1984 Birthday Mandy Moore, born in Orlando, Florida, singer, songwriter, actress, films include 'A Walk to Remember', teen pop albums include 'So Real, I Wanna Be with You' 1984 Event Bruce McCandless, U.S., makes 1st untethered space walk 1983 Event George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere 1981 Event Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777 1980 Event Bucky Dent hits an inside park home run, Royals walk 14 Yankees including 5 with bases loaded, Yankees win 16-3 1979 Event D Bautista of Mexico completes 20,000 m walk in record 1:20:06.8 1979 Event Raul Gonzales of Mexico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4 1979 Event Peter Jenkins finishes "A Walk Across America," Florence Oregon 1977 Event 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut 1977 Event Thomas Wessinghage/Harald Hudak/Michael Lederer/Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8) 1976 Event San Diego Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk 1973 Event 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours 1972 Event Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded walk, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th 1971 Death Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 1971 Event Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history 1971 Event Apollo 14, 3rd U.S. manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours 1968 Event 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 New York Yankees in a 9 inning game 1967 Birthday Eric Schweig, born in Inuvik, Canada, actor, Dead Man's Walk 1965 Birthday Nicholas Sparks, born in Omaha, Nebraska, bestselling author, writer, novelist, wrote, 'A Walk to Remember', author of novels including, 'Nights in Rodanthe', 'The Last Song', 'The Notebook' 1965 Death Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and writer (Walk at Dawn), dies 1964 Event Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene" 1964 Event Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk 1962 Event A's Bill Fischer ends 84 1/3 consec innings pitched without a walk 1962 Event KC A's Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk 1960 Event Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame on Hollywood Blvd 1960 Event Dr. Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City 1957 Event Chicago Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning 1956 Birthday Bob Walk, born in Van Nuys, California, professional baseball player, nickname, 'The Whirly Bird', pitcher, played for the Philadelphia Phillies 1956 Event AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training 1955 Event 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed 1954 Event Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row 1954 Birthday Michael Steele, rocker, Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian 1953 Birthday Ge Reinders, Dutch singer and songwriter, Girls walk by 1952 Birthday Robert R[ick] McCammon, U.S., sci-fi author, Baal, Mystery Walk 1949 Event Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) 1949 Birthday Michael Brown, born in New York City, keyboardist, Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee 1947 Birthday Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer, Walk on Faith 1945 Event 1000 whites walk out of Gary, Indiana schools to protest integration 1938 Event St. Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row 1933 Event Carl Hubbell shuts-out Cards 1-0 in 18 innings without a walk 1932 Birthday David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon 1932 Birthday Johnny Cash, born in Kingsland, Arkansas, country singer, "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line" 1931 Event 1st walk across American backwards begins 1929 Birthday Leroy Van Dyke, Spring Fork, Missouri, country singer, Walk on By 1929 Event Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days) 1929 Birthday Roy Hamilton, singer, You'll Never Walk Alone 1925 Birthday James E "Jimmy" Smith, U.S. jazz/organist, Walk on the Wild Side 1925 Birthday Marty Robbins, born in Glendale, Arizona, singer, Devil Woman, I Walk Alone 1925 Birthday Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist, A Walk in the Night 1918 Birthday W. Eugene Smith, U.S. photographer, Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden 1913 Event After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk 1912 Birthday Derek Farr, London, actor, 8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large 1910 Event Dumitru Dan (Romania) completes a 62,137 mile (100,000 m) walk 1908 Event John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of U.S., which took 357 days 1904 Event Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 1903 Event Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game 1876 Event Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m 1876 Event Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 min 1861 Event On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
