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/gov 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 (PR 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
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
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
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
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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