1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay
1997 NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65 million watch
1995 Ted Hawkins, U.S. blues singer (Watch Your Step), dies at 58
1993 Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500
1993 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances
1992 Frederick W. Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99
1992 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth New York City for 232 performances
1992 Tipper Gore (wife of future VP) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink
1991 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1988 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute
1987 Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant
1987 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
1986 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert
1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war
1981 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch)
1980 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0
1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
1967 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
1960 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, New York City
1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa
1954 Lorraine Bracco, Brooklyn, actress, Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team
1950 Tom Berenger, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me
1949 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland
1947 Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82
1945 British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine
1944 Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH
1944 Torben Jensen, Denmark, actor, Taxa, Hayfever, Watch Me Fly, Guldregn
1942 Charlie Rose, Henderson, North Carolina, newscaster, CBS Night Watch
1941 Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
1941 Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine," premieres in New York City
1938 Romy Schneider, Vienna Austria, actress, Bloodline, Death Watch
1936 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
1934 Robert Lang, actor, Night Watch, /director
1926 110,000 watch Army and Navy play a 21-all tie
1925 Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7
1924 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7)
1923 John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland)
1917 Don Herbert, born in Waconia, Minnesota, scientist/TV host, Watch Mr. Wizard
1914 Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in New York City
1898 Herman Shumlin, actor, Watch on the Rhine
1895 Paul Lukas, Budapest Hungary, actor, Watch on the Rhine, Sphynx
1892 Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer, Night Watch
1879 Lucile Watson, actress, Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance
1864 Albert J M Bakker, Dutch actor, Teun the night watch
1862 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC
1675 Christian Huygens patents pocket watch
1606 Rembrandt van Rijn, born in Leiden, Netherlands, painter, Night Watch
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