2005 Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of Kyushu Island, Japan
1999 Morris West, Australian Writer
1998 Dorothy West, writer, The Wedding, dies at 91
1998 Jerome Robbins, choreographer, West Side Story, dies at 79
1998 48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at New York City
1997 Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30
1997 Saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85
1997 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
1997 Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Aust one-day Series
1997 47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena
1996 San Diego Padres sweep Los Angeles Dodgers in race for NL West title
1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach Florida (WCLB 95.5 FM)
1996 Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West, dies at 71
1996 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup
1996 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
1996 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston
1995 Rosemary West, found guilty in England, of killing 10 women
1995 Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final
1995 Seattle Mariners beat California Angels, 9-1 in a playoff game to win AL West
1995 Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank
1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent
1995 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1995 West Indies beat NZ by innings and 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55
1995 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix
1995 West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand
1995 Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21
1995 Frederick West, Engl contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53
1994 Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at 83
1994 Kapil Dev's final one-day international (v West Indies)
1994 Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism
1994 44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis
1994 45th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 9-8 at New York Rangers
1994 East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in New York City
1993 Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England
1993 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12
1993 Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed
1993 Giants need to beat Dodgers to force a playoff game with Braves for NL West title, but Dodgers destroy Giants 12-1, Giants end year 103-59
1993 Willem Wagter, actor (Ghetto, Medic Center West), dies at 60
1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
1993 Premier Lubbers opens Terminal West on Schiphol
1993 Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in New York City
1993 Pakistan all out 43 vs. West Indies, world one-day int record low
1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City
1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
1993 West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0
1992 Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs. West Indies
1992 Garrison H Davidson, U.S. lt-gen commandant (West Point), dies
1992 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
1992 Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott
1992 1st time AL East and West champs have same record (96-66)-Tor and Oak
1992 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
1992 Oakland A's win AL West title
1992 Brenda Marshall, actress (Highway West, Smiling Ghost), dies at 76
1992 Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East
1992 America West Arena opens in Phoenix
1992 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
1992 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando
1992 NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113
1991 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
1991 After 3 year reign as AL champs, A's are eliminated from AL West
1991 Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car
1991 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, vs. West Indies at Headingley
1991 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte
1990 Leonard Bernstein, composer (West Side Story), dies at 72
1990 East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany
1990 Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors
1990 Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title
1990 West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty
1990 US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge
1990 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
1990 East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems
1990 East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3
1990 East and West Germany merge their economies
1990 West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st
1990 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami
1990 St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
1990 Gerhard Schroder, West German minister of Defense, dies at 79
1989 Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup
1989 Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany
1989 Oakland wins AL West and San Francisco wins NL West title
1989 East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czech)
1989 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia, state record
1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland
1989 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston
1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG
1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney
1989 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1989 Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship
1988 South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa
1988 Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50
1988 Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignity over West Bank to PLO
1988 Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank
1988 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
1988 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago
1988 Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83
1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank
1987 Palestinian uprising against Israel in West Bank
1987 India all out for 75 vs. West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka
1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia
1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square
1987 West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns
1987 Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77
1987 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle
1987 West German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking
1986 Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore
1986 West Indies all out for 53 vs. Pakistan (Abdul Qadir 6-16)
1986 Tim Kides of West New York, New Jersey performs 25,000 leg raises in 11:57:15
1986 Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered
1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
1986 U.S. and West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
1986 West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
1986 U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing
1986 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas
1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1986 Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64
1985 US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin
1985 West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to German DR
1985 American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele
1985 Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93
1985 West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
1985 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1985 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana
1984 Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
1984 West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption
1984 West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal
1984 Brooks West, actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67
1984 Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army
1984 34th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver
1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany
1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship,
1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million
1983 India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1983 Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany
1983 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1983 Rebecca West, Irish Author
1983 Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65
1983 Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections
1983 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA
1982 Sam Shepard's "True West" premieres in New York City
1982 West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl
1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut
1982 Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
1982 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
1982 Hollis Stacy wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
1982 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
1982 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany
1982 Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85
1982 32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey
1982 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43 (suicide)
1981 Ernest Thompson's "West Side Waltz," premieres in New York City
1981 West Tampa Florida defeats Richmand Virgina, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
1981 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1981 Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61
1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
1981 31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland
1981 Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin
1980 Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in New York City
1980 "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 341 performances
1980 Mae West, actress (She Done Him Wrong), dies in Hollywood at 87
1980 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,
1980 Sandra Post wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1980 West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow
1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium)
1980 Dietmar Mogenburg of West Germany ties high jump record at 7'8"
1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 341 performances
1980 NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1980 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 Amanda Michelle Burns, Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1997
1980 West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup
1979 California Angels win their 1st NL West pennant
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps New York City after 86 performances
1979 West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens at 22 Steps New York City for 86 performances
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway
1978 Frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69
1978 Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut
1978 Jacqie Turner, born in West Covina, California, figure skater, 1997 SW Pacific-2nd
1978 Shane West, American Actor
1978 Israel turns 3 milt outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements
1977 Heather Gray, Miss West Virginia Teen USA 1996
1977 Corpse of kidnapped West German, H. M. Schleyer, found
1977 West German commandos storm hijacked Lufthansa in Mogadishu, Somalia freeing all 86 hostages and killing 3 of 4 hijackers
1977 West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht
1977 RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer
1977 Jurgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered
1977 Kanye West, American Musician
1977 Natalie Bevins, Miss USA West Virginia 1997
1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
1976 Jeremy Miller, born in West Covina, California, actor, Ben-Growing Pains
1976 Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley vs. West Indies (0 and 17)
1976 India all out for 97 vs. West Indies
1976 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy
1976 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies
1976 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
1976 Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
1975 Gary Cosier scores 109 vs. West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut
1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide and sink in China's West River
1975 Poland and West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans
1975 Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82
1975 West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1975 West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm, Sweden
1975 CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin
1975 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio
1974 Regina Fisher, Miss West Virginia USA 1996
1974 Katie Kauffman, West Lawn, Pennsylvania, field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics
1974 Chris Mantilla, West Palm Beach, Florida, diver 1996 Olympics
1974 West Germany beats Netherlands 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich
1974 Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west
1974 Kimber West, born in Atlanta, Georgia, playmate, Feb 1997
1974 Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor
1974 West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns
1974 Miles Joseph, West Springfield Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold
1974 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago
1974 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia
1974 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle
1973 West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czech
1973 Lorie Bennett West, Miss Kentucky USA 1996
1973 Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1997
1973 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996
1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany
1973 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah
1973 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at New York Rangers
1973 23rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 104-84 at Chicago
1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
1972 Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor
1972 Willy Brandts SPD wins West German election
1972 West Germany and Poland establish diplomatic relations
1972 West Germany wins soccer world championship
1972 West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof
1972 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin
1972 West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader
1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
1972 Heinrich Lubke, West Germany president (1959-69), dies at 77
1972 Derek West, offensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts
1972 Frank West, CFL defensive back, Hamilton Tiger Cats
1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1972 Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, kills 125
1972 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville
1972 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota
1972 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA
1971 India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders
1971 West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace
1971 Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997
1971 Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, v West Indies 1993
1971 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1971 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev
1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die
1971 Ryan Hawblitzel, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies
1971 Edward Fryatt, born in Rochdale, England, Nike golfer, 1994 NCAA West Regional
1971 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
1971 Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. NZ 1996
1971 Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs. West Indies at Port-of-Spain
1971 4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina
1971 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston
1971 Jason Giambi, West Covina California, infielder for the Oakland A's
1970 Elizabeth McIntyre, Dunbar, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1996
1970 West Germany and Poland normalize relations
1970 Courtney Browne, cricketer, West Indies Test wicket-keeper 1995
1970 DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed
1970 Erich M Remarque, German writer (Im West Nichts Neues), dies at 72
1970 Doug Bochtler, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, pitcher for the San Diego Padres
1970 Joey Eischen, West Covina California, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
1970 RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin
1970 James Michael Furyk, West Chester, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 Las Vegas-5th
1970 J. R. Phillips, born in West Covina, California, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
1970 West German chancellor and East German premier Willy Brandt meet
1970 SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St. in New York City
1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana
1970 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia
1970 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at St. Louis
1970 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13
1970 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3
1970 Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81
1969 Michelle McGann, West Palm Beach, Florida, golfer, 1995 Sara Lee Classic
1969 Sabine Hack, West Germany, tennis star
1969 West German President Heinemann visits Netherlands
1969 Willy Burns elected chancellor of West Germany
1969 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant
1969 SPD wins West German Parliament elections
1969 Melissa Lynn Costello, Shenandoah, West Virginia, Miss WV-America 1991
1969 Sigrid Gurie, actor (3 Faces West, Algiers), dies at 58
1969 Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994-
1969 Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain
1969 Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988
1969 Los Angeles Laker Jerry West scores 53 points
1969 Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66
1969 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville
1969 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montreal
1969 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25
1969 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7
1968 Scott Bullett, Martinsburg, West Virginia, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs
1968 Laurie Williams, cricketer, West Indian ODI all-rounder vs. NZ 1996
1968 Isabel Cueto, West Germany, tennis star
1968 Dominic West, British Actor
1968 John Coyle, West Bloomfield, Michigan, short track skater 1994 Olympics
1968 Ronnie West, WLAF RB for the London Monarchs
1968 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law
1968 RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin
1968 West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1968 John Barrowman, actor, Peter Fairchild-Central Park West
1968 Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed
1968 Mary Lou Retton, Fairmont, West Virginia, gymnist, Oly-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-84
1968 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24
1968 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-20
1968 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 120 at Indiana
1968 Jimmy Adams, cricketer, prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992
1967 Roland Holder, cricketer, West Indian batsman in ODI's 1993-
1967 Masood Anwar, cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. West Indies 1990
1967 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed
1967 Ridley Jacobs, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian ODI 1996
1967 Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player, Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89
1967 Ian Bishop, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler
1967 Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death
1967 Rolf Hochhuths "Soldaten," premieres in West Berlin
1967 KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star
1967 Doug West, NBA guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves
1967 Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91
1967 Anne Morrison Chapin, dies in West Hollywood
1967 Ian Ziering, born in West Orange, New Jersey, actor, Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210
1967 Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies
1967 Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West
1967 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10
1967 AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23
1967 Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player, RKC, Sparta, West Ham United
1967 Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots
1966 Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor
1966 Michael Michele, Evansville, Indiana, actress, Nikki-Central Park West
1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London
1966 Samuel West, British Actor
1966 [Eric] Randy Barnes, Charleston, West Virginia, shot putter, Oly-silv/gold-88, 96
1966 Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77
1966 Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star
1966 Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star
1966 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7
1966 "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
1965 Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 West of England Pro
1965 Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections
1965 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany
1965 India invades West Pakistan
1965 Dan Jansen, born in West Allis, Wisconsin, speed skater, Oly-gold-1984, 88, 92
1965 West Ham United wins 5th Europe Cup II
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1965 Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations
1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1965 West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution
1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany
1965 Molly Van Nostrand, born in West lslip, New York, tennis star
1965 Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star
1965 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania
1965 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14
1965 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14
1964 German DR government allows short visits to West Germany
1964 Alison Wyeth, Isle West Middlesex England, 1.5k/5k runner
1964 Michael Gross, born in West Germany, swimmer, Olympic-2 world records-1984
1964 West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
1964 Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star
1964 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24
1964 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston
1964 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17
1963 Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners
1963 West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules
1963 Allyson Rice-Taylor, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, As the World Turns
1963 Mike Veletta, cricketer, West Aussie opening bat, 8 Tests for Aust
1963 Ludwig Erhard follows Conrad Adenauer as West German Chancellor
1963 Thomas Bohrer, U.S. West Islip, New York, rower 1992 Olympics
1963 Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53
1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands
1963 Phil Simmons, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman
1963 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14
1963 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20
1962 Tonja Walker, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Alex-One Life to Live
1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
1962 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win
1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
1962 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30
1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42
1962 Richie Richardson, cricketer, elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95
1962 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27
1961 East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon
1961 Anne White, Charleston, West Virginia, tennis, Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon
1961 CDU loses West German election
1961 East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin
1961 East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13
1961 U.S. vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin
1961 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin
1961 Ed West, NFL tight end, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons
1961 German DR limits traffic to West Berlin
1961 Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt
1961 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris
1961 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
1961 Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star
1961 Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 mins for cricket draw vs West Indies
1961 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31
1960 Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
1960 Mark West, NBA center, Detroit Pistons
1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany
1960 German DR limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners
1960 East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin
1960 John F. Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
1960 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia
1960 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21
1959 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
1959 Sylvia Hanika, Munich West Germany, tennis player, Avon-1982
1959 1st World Series game played west of St. Louis (in LA)
1959 "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances
1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week
1959 Yvonne D. Cagle, born in West Point, New York, MD/astronaut
1959 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70
1959 West Indies all out 76 vs. Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34
1959 Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star
1959 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21
1958 Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs. West Indies at Kanpur
1958 Tim Robbins, born in West Covina, California, actor, Bull Durham, Shawshank Redemption
1958 KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99
1958 Shelly West, born in Cleveland, Ohio, country singer, Red Hot, West by West
1958 West German parliament desires German atomic weapons
1958 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
1958 Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star
1958 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan
1958 West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
1958 Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs. West Indies
1958 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7
1957 Willy Brandt elected mayor of West Berlin
1957 Passenger train and oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die
1957 "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances
1957 Bernstein and Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in New York City
1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway
1957 Adenauers CDU wins parliamentary election in West Germany
1957 Peter Webb, NZ cricketer, batsman against West Indies 1980
1957 Clyde Butts, cricketer, West Indies off-spinner late eighties
1957 Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge
1957 Bruce Plummer, born in Seattle, Washington Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 West Coast
1957 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast
1957 NL approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast
1957 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10
1956 AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners
1956 Bundesverfassungsgericht bans KPD in West Germany
1956 Ulrike Meyfarth, Frankfurt, West Germany, high jumper, Olympics gold 1972
1956 Lori West, born in Denver, Colorado, LPGA golfer, 1994 State Farm-5th
1956 Janet Anderson, born in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer, 1982 U.S. Women's Open
1956 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30
1956 Ann Magnuson, Charleston, West Virginia, actress, Anything But Love, Hunger
1955 Melanie Chartoff, West Haven, Connecticut, actress, Fridays, Parker Lewis
1955 1st West German officers sworn in
1955 Tom Powers, actor (Station West, Destination Moon), dies at 65
1955 Patti Weaver, West Virginia, actress, Days of our Life, Gina-Young and Restless
1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever
1955 West Europe Union established
1955 West Germany joins NATO
1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers
1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages
1955 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19
1955 WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida (CBS) begins
1954 Sylvester Clarke, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler and brick-thrower
1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal
1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to German DR
1954 Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany
1954 West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern
1954 Bob Beauchemin, Winnipeg, Canada, golfer, West Coast Open-1982, 83
1954 Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus, cricketer, West Indian bat late 70's
1954 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9
1953 Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor
1953 Allied forces form West Germany
1953 Cornel West, American Educator
1953 Diana Canova, West Palm Beach, Florida, actress, Corrine-Soap
1953 George Brett, West Virginia, Kansas City Royal 3rd baseman, 1980 AL MVP
1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
1953 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1
1953 Colin Croft, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1977-82
1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symph Orch
1952 Joel Garner, cricketer, two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87
1952 West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews
1952 Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman, 1979
1952 Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite," premieres
1952 William Kirby Cullen, born in Santa Ana, California, actor, How the West Was Won
1952 Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster
1952 Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain
1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs. West Indies at the SCG
1952 Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38
1951 West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket
1951 Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide
1951 Bernie Ruoff, West Germany, CFL kicker, Winnipeg, Hamilton
1951 Selina Scott, TV newscaster, West 57th
1951 Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91
1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community
1951 1st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston
1950 Western allies rearm West Germany
1950 West Berlin granted a constitution
1950 International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52
1950 West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation
1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
1950 West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine
1950 Dagmar Krause, born in West Germany, singer, Henry Cow, Art Bears
1950 Riff West, rock bassist, Molly Hatchet
1950 Brad Dourif, West Virginia, actor, Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty
1949 Basil Williams, cricketer, century on debut for West Indies 1978
1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation
1949 Albert West[laken], Dutch singer, Dumb Willie
1949 Stephen Burleigh, Wheeling, West Virginia, actor, Love and Betrayal, Afterburn
1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
1949 West German constitution approved
1949 Joyce DeWitt, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, actress, Janet Wood-Three's Company
1949 Alvin Kallicharran, cricketer, wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81
1948 Soviets blockades Berlin from west
1948 U.S.S.R. blocks access road to West Berlin
1948 Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings
1947 Pakistan, formerly West Pakistan, declares independence from UK
1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA
1946 West German state of Niedersachsen formed
1946 Richard "Dick" N Richards, Key West, USN/astr, STS 28, 41, 50, 64
1946 Steve Bucknor, cricketer, West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee
1945 Roger Lee Jones, West Virginia, child molester, FBI Most Wanted List
1945 Leslie West, [Weinstein] rocker, Mountain-Mississippi Queen
1945 Vanburn Holder, cricketer, West Indian pace bowler of 70's
1945 Wim Wenders, West German director, American Friend, Hammett
1945 U.S. destroyer Underhill torpedoed West of Guam
1945 Day of Unity in West Germany, National Day
1945 Richard Eyers, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, My Friend Irma, Stagecoach West
1945 Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands)
1945 West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma
1945 Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab
1944 U.S. Army announces end of excluding Jap-Americans from West Coast
1944 Carol Cole, West Medford Massachusetts, actress, Ellie-Grady
1944 RAF bombs West Kapelse
1943 Dickey Betts, West Palm Beach, Florida, guitarist, Allman Bros-Ramblin' Man
1943 Robert Jay Sigel, Narberth, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 GTE West Classic
1943 Jon Andrew McBride, Charleston, West Virginia, Capt USN/astronaut, STS 41G
1943 Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian 1963-80
1943 Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's
1943 Rick West, [Richard Westwood], rocker, Brian Poole and Tremeloes
1943 Conchata Ferrell, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actress, Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law
1943 Brenda Scott, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Midge-Road West
1942 West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland
1942 Tracey Walter, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Best of the West
1942 Chris Sarandon, West Virginia, actor, Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick
1942 Keith Hellawell, Chief Constable, West Yorkshire
1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West, South Carolina, news reporter, McNeil-Lehrer
1941 Charlie McCoy, born in Oak Hill, West Virginia, harmonica player, Hee Haw
1941 David Selby, Morganstown, West Virginia, actor, Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road
1940 Nathanael West, [Weinstein], U.S. writer (Cool Million), dies at 37
1940 Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA vs. West Australia
1939 Norman West, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love
1939 John R West, rock guitarist, Gary Lewis and Playboys-This Diamond Ring
1939 Ronald Hadfield, chief constable, West Midlands England
1939 Bernie Casey, born in Wyco, West Virginia, actor, Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop
1939 Richard Beymer, Avoca, Iowa, actor, West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank
1938 Leonard Frey, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Best of West, Mr. Smith
1938 Bill Withers, Slab Fork, West Virginia, rhythm and blues singer, Lean on Me
1938 Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s
1938 Jerry West, West Virginia, NBA superstar, Los Angeles Lakers, Olympics gold 1960
1938 Lory Patrick, born in Beckley, West Virginia, actress, Trina-Tales of Welles Fargo
1937 Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
1937 Tony Anthony, Clarksburg, West Virginia, actor, Treasure of 4 Crowns
1937 Wesley Hall, West indian/British politician
1937 David Allan, cricketer, West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66
1937 Peter Lashley, cricketer, 4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66
1936 Marva Nettles Collins, educator, west side preparatory school
1936 112 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record
1935 Rohan Kanhai, cricketer, one of West Indies' finest batsmen
1935 Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, Gen Hospital
1935 Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], Chicago, actor, Wild Wild West
1934 Fokker F18 Snip flies to Netherlands West Indies
1934 Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist, Annie, West Side Story
1934 Timothy West, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, Masada
1934 Lance Gibbs, cricketer, prolific West Indian off-spinner, 309 wickets
1934 Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress, West Side Story
1933 Jackie Hendriks, cricketer, West Indian wicket-keeper of 60's
1933 George Chakiris, born in Norwood, Ohio, actor, West Side Story
1933 1st Negro League All-Star Game, West beats East 11-7 (Comiskey Park)
1933 Tony Brown, Charleston, West Virginia, newsman, Tony Brown's Journal
1933 Chita Rivera, Washington D.C., actress, West Side Story, Sweet Charity
1932 Dottie West, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Here Comes My Baby
1932 Dottie West, country singer
1932 Anne Francis, Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Pancho Villa
1932 Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic
1932 Ann Harding, U.S., actress, East is West, Janie
1932 Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66
1931 Rita Moreno, [Rosa Dolores Alverio], Humacao PR, West Side Story
1931 Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84
1931 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
1931 West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
1930 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo
1930 Start of the 1st Australia vs. West Indies Test (at Adelaide)
1930 Phyllis Curtin, Clarksburg, West Virginia, soprano, New York City Opera
1930 David Huddleston, Vinton, Virginia, actor, How the West Was Won
1930 Page Johnson, West Virginia, actress, Passages from Finnegan's Wake
1930 Anne Francis, born in Ossining, New York, actress, Honey West, Forbidden Planet
1930 Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner
1930 Stephen Sondheim, born in New York City, lyricist, West Side Story, Company
1930 West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
1929 George H Crumb, Charleston, West Virginia, composer, Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time
1929 Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1953-56
1929 John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65
1929 Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues" in Berlin
1928 Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End blues"
1928 Adam West, born in Walla Walla Wash, actor, Batman, Last Precinct
1928 Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
1928 Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil"
1928 Paul Dooley, Parkensburg, West Virginia, actor, 16 Candles, Strange Brew, Wedding
1928 Harold Prince, U.S. producer/director, West Side Story, Evita
1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1927 Peter Marshall, born in Huntington, West Virginia, TV game show host, Hollywood Squares
1927 Communist uprising in West Java
1926 Dagmar, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Broadway's Open House
1926 Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java
1926 John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor, Sam Bolt-Honey West
1926 Webb Pierce, born in West Monroe, Louisiana, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1926 Harry Dean Stanton, born in West Irvine, Kentucky, actor, Alien, Cool Hand Luke
1926 Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's
1926 Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of West Germany's Social Democrats, SPD
1925 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans
1925 Jimmy Dickens, Bolt, West Virginia, country singer, Grand Ole Opry
1925 Dick Van Dyke, born in West Plains, Missouri, actor, Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show
1925 Gore Vidal, born in West Point, New York, author, Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln
1925 Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West
1925 Rod Steiger, born in West Hampton, New York, actor, Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker
1925 Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side
1925 Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player
1924 Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet
1924 Simpson Guillen, cricketer, wicket-keeper for West Indies and NZ
1924 Don Knotts, born in Morgantown, West Virginia, actor, Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company
1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
1923 John McKay, West Virginia, football coach, USC, Tampa Bay, 5X Rose Bowl champ
1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
1923 Joanne Dru, Logan, West Virginia, actress, Guestwood Ho, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1922 Nyron Sultan Asgarali, cricketer, West Indian opening bat 1957
1922 John West, vice chancellor, Bradford University
1921 Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington, West Virginia, country singer, Ozark Jubilee
1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1921 West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
1921 Bernie Leighton, West Haven, Connecticut, orch leader, Chance of a Lifetime
1920 Douglas Dick, Charlestown, West Virginia, actor, Carl-Waterfront
1920 Peter West, British sports commentator
1920 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim
1920 Ross Martin, born in Grodek, Poland, actor, Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West
1920 Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles
1919 Alan Lisette, cricketer, NZ slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956
1919 Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman
1919 [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist
1919 John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57
1918 Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in New York City
1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story
1918 Arthur Laurents, born in New York City, playwright, West Side Story, Gypsy
1918 C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer, Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner
1917 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner, West Indian of post-WWII years
1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
1917 William Hardy McNeill, historian, Rise of the West
1917 Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor, Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West
1917 Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor, Black Lash, Lash of the West
1917 Al "Lash" LaRue, born in Gretna, Louisiana, actor, Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp
1917 U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands
1917 Harry West, Unionist party leader, Unionist
1917 Walter Hendl, West New York, New Jersey, conductor
1916 Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million
1916 Eleanor Steber, born in Wheeling, West Virginia, soprano, Metropolitan Opera-1940
1916 Morris L. West, born in Australia, novelist, Shoes of the Fisherman
1916 Morris West, Australian Writer
1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun
1915 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa
1915 James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies
1915 Raymond Emery, cricketer, NZ Test batsman vs West Indies 1952
1915 Alvy West, born in Brooklyn, New York, orch leader, Andy Williams Show
1914 Winston Place, cricketer, England opener in West Indies 1948
1914 South African troops land in German South West Africa
1914 Robert Wise, director, Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story
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