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2002 Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38
1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street 1992 Alexander V Van de Wall Bake, staff leader/Governor KMA Breda, dies 1990 Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood 1990 Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies 1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate 1989 Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St. crowds upon arrival in New York City 1987 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56 1987 Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies 1982 FALN (Puerto Rico Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street 1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa 1980 Pink Floyd's "Wall" hits #1 1979 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks 1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles 1973 Marcus Wall, CFL receiver, Montreal Alouettes 1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's 1970 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street 1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1967 Donne Wall, born in Potosi, Missouri, pitcher for the Houston Astros 1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem 1967 Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1965 Charlie Sheen, New York City, actor, Wall St, Platoon 1965 Shirley Hardie Jackson, U.S. author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45 1963 Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners 1962 E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall 1962 Patrick Cassidy, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/composer, Fever Pitch, Off the Wall 1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall completed 1961 Building of Berlin Wall begins 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany 1960 James Spader, born in New York City, actor, Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin 1959 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284 1958 Med Lucart, rock musician, Wall of Voodoo 1955 Stan Ridway, rocker, Wall Of Voodoo 1952 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker, Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo 1951 Bob Geldof, born in Dublin, Ireland, rocker, member of The Boomtown Rats, singer, songwriter, actor, played Pink in "The Wall" 1949 Larry Wall, Canadian Author 1946 Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1946 David Wall, English ballet dancers/director, Royal Academy of Dancing 1946 David Jon Gilmour, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1946 Roger Keith, Syd, Barrett, lead guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall 1945 Richard William Wright, rock guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1945 Don Reid, Virginia, country singer, Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall 1945 Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1944 Allies bomb sea wall at Veere 1944 Michael Douglas, born in New Jersey, actor, Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile 1943 George Roger Waters, keyboardist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1940 Martin Sheen, born in New York, actor, Subject Was Roses, Wall St 1939 [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer, Wall of Sound 1938 Lew DeWitt, born in Virginia, country singer, Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall 1938 Lew De Witt, singer, Statler Brothers-Flowers on the Wall 1933 Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz, Wall Street Week 1930 Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show 1928 Sol LeWitt, born in Connecticut, artist, modern art pioneer, famous for wall drawings and "structures" 1926 Dick Williams, born in Wall Lake, Iowa, choral director, Andy Williams Show 1926 Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch 1920 Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30 1919 Shirley Jackson, U.S., writer, Road Through the Wall 1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1916 Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies 1914 Marguerite Duras, born in France, novelist and playwright, Sea Wall 1904 Tim Wall, cricketer, 18 Tests for Australia 1928-34 1890 Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma 1889 Wall Street Journal begins publishing 1885 Franz T Csokor, Austrian author, Writings on the Wall 1875 Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 1874 Robert Frost, born in San Francisco, poet, Mending Wall, Road Not Taken 1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St 1869 Black Friday; Wall St. panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold 1851 Charles H Dow, co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St. Journal 1834 Henrietta, Hetty, Green, financier, Witch of Wall Street 1821 John Wall Calcott, composer, dies at 54 1792 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1766 John Wall Calcott, composer 1375 Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands 122 Building begins on Hadrian's Wall 76 Hadrian, Roman Emperor, builder of Hadrian's Wall 70 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem 70 Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem |
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