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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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