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1999 The London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel, opens by the banks of the Thames
1989 Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live 1986 Patricia Wheel, actress (Christine-Woman to Remember), dies at 42 1975 "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV 1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hour flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft 1957 Vanna White, Rosich, N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1955 Rolf Benirschke, Boston, NFL place kicker/TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1954 Bob Goen, TV host, Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight 1947 Jonathan Kaplan, Paris, France, director, Heart Like a Wheel 1947 Saskia, Trudy van den Berg, singer, S and Serge, Spinning Wheel 1946 Pat Sajak, Chicago, TV host, Wheel of Fortune, Pat Sajak Show 1946 Bonnie Bedelia, Culkin, New York City, actress, Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel 1943 Charles Winfield, Penn, rocker, Blood Sweat and Tears-Spinning Wheel 1927 Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel 1927 [Herman] Junior Parker, rocker, Driving Wheel, In the Dark 1919 Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel 1913 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim 1908 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1896 George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., inventor (Ferris wheel), dies 1893 1st Ferris wheel premieres at Chicago's Columbian Exposition 1859 George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., engineer/inventor, Ferris Wheel |
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