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2004 Ukraine re-elects Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich. but the election results were thrown out after large protests about the way the election was conducted

2003 Robert McCloskey, writer/illustrator, Make Way for Ducklings, dies at 78

1996 MTA raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way

1995 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies

1995 Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77

1995 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign

1994 Dwingeloo 1, near milky way system, discovered

1994 Eileen Way, actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings), dies at 82

1993 James Donald, actor (In Which We Serve, Way Ahead), dies at 76

1993 Daniel Fuchs, U.S., screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84

1993 New York Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st

1993 Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84

1991 Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies

1989 Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies

1988 Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83

1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)

1986 Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies

1985 "Every Step Of The Way" by John Waite peaks at #25

1985 Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win

1985 Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 vs. Warwicks cricket

1981 Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at 83

1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins

1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey

1978 New York Yankee Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away

1978 New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)

1978 Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris

1977 Bing Crosby, singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74

1977 Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic and Concert for United Way

1976 Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61

1975 Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway

1974 Dorothy Fields, U.S. singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68

1974 Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were"

1972 Charles Way, NFL fullback for the New York Giants

1970 Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr. Bobbins), dies at 68

1969 Joey Restivo, born in Brooklyn, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies

1968 Wyatt Pauley, Ecuador, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies

1967 Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at 48

1967 Charlie Pennaelino, Queens, New York, rocker, Linear-I Never Felt This Way

1966 Harold Burrage, U.S. singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35

1964 Lenny Kravitz, singer/guitar, 911 is a Joke, Are You Gonna Go My Way?

1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project

1963 Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53

1963 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win

1963 Paul Way, British golfer

1962 Eric Olson, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Apple's Way

1962 Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104

1962 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz

1962 Richard Coles, rocker, Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way

1961 Franny Michel, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Patricia-Apple's Way

1961 Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72

1960 Tad Mosels "All the Way Home," premieres in New York City

1960 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4

1958 Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies

1957 Frederick Burton, actor (One Way Passage), dies at 86

1957 Vincent Van Patten, Belrose, New York, actor, Apple's Way, 3 for the Road

1957 Gene Lockhart, New York City actor (Going My Way), dies at 65

1955 Carmen Miranda, singer and actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42

1954 Will Patton, born in Charleston, South Carolina, actor, No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun

1954 Richard Finch, rock bassist, KC and Sunshine-That's the Way I Like It

1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"

1953 Derek Pellicci, rock drummer, Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way

1952 Lisa Eichhorn, Reading, Pennsylvania, actress, Cutter's Way, Yanks

1951 Leidse astronomers discover radio signal out of Milky Way system

1951 David Briggs, rock guitarist, Little River Band-Help is on it's Way

1950 Joe Perry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock guitarist, Aerosmith-Walk this Way

1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense)

1950 Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65

1949 Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent, By Way of Deception

1948 Jim Bonfanti, rocker, Raspberries-Go All the Way

1948 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus

1946 Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Illinois, singer, Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way

1946 Countee Cullen, U.S. poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42

1945 17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way," Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win

1945 John Heard, actor, Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD

1944 Hywel Bennett, born in South Wales, actor, Family Way, Shelley

1942 Mick Fleetwood, born in London, rock drummer, Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way

1941 Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak

1940 Dionne Warwick, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer, Solid Gold, Way to San Jose

1939 George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in New York City

1938 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left New York for California

1938 Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland

1938 Louis EJM de la Vallee-Poussin, (The Way to Nirvana), dies at 69

1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars

1933 Mary Ure, England, model/actress, Reflection of Fear, Windom's Way

1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yds the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery

1925 French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. "Every day in every way I am getting better and better"

1923 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season

1921 Jerome Hines, [Heinz], born in Hollywood, California, basso, I am The Way

1921 Milos Jancso, Vac Hungary, director, My Way Home

1920 Viveca Lindfors, Uppsala Sweden, actress, Way We Were, Welcome to LA

1920 Dolph Sweet, born in New York City, actor, Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up

1920 Georges Marchal, Nancy France, actor, Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way

1919 Lee Krieger, born in Maryland, actor, Clambake, One Way Wahini

1919 Norman F Simpson, British playwright, One Way Pendulum

1916 Peter Finch, London, actor, Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe

1913 Carmen Miranda, singer and actress, 4 Jills in a Jeep, Down Argentine Way

1913 Rise Stevens, New York City, mezzo-soprano, Met Opera, /actor, Going My Way

1912 Gene Kelly, born in Pittsburgh, dancer/actor, An American in Paris, Going My Way

1912 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep

1912 Robert Flemyng, Liverpool Eng, actor, Windom's Way, Young Winston

1911 Eileen Way, actress, Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings, Assassin

1910 Sharon Lynn, born in Weatherford, Texas, actress, Way Out West, Big Broadcast

1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs

1909 Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in New York City

1907 Malcolm Atterbury, Philadelphia, actor, Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way

1906 Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer, Milky Way

1905 Constance Bennett, New York City, actress, Easiest Way, Ladies in Love

1904 Clifford D[onald] Simak, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Empire, Way Station

1903 Bing Crosby, born in Tacoma, Washington, singer, White Christmas, Going My Way

1902 Nydia Westman, New York City, actress, Going My Way, Young Mr. Bobbins

1901 Clyde Fitch' "Way of the World," premieres in New York City

1895 Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, Milky Way system

1891 Gene Lockhart, New York City, actor, Going My Way, Christmas Carol

1888 Barry Fitzgerald, born in Dublin, Ireland, actor, Acad Award-Going My Way

1884 Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch author, Me Own Way

1882 Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East

1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"

1871 Frederick Burton, Indiana, actor, One Way Passage

1865 Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up

1855 Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals, Post Cereals

1835 Samuel Butler, England, author, Erewhom, Way of All Flesh

1835 Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass

1670 William Congreve, England, writer, Old Bachelor, Way of the World

1660 General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London

1568 Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer



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