1999 Hazel Frederick, face in a crowd, faced the camera when Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat in the opening credits of her show, dies at 91
1997 Dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51
1997 San Francisco Giant J. T. Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
1997 73 Israelis die when army copters collide
1996 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City
1993 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans
1993 Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton
1992 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him
1992 New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train
1992 Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car
1992 Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
1991 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide
1990 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally
1989 Red's Tom Browning is 3 outs away from his 2nd career perfect game when Phillie Dickie Thon doubles
1989 Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing
1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1988 George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"
1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass
1986 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
1985 150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashed approaching Bilbao, Spain
1985 Tina Majorino, actress, Waterworld, When a Man Loves a Woman
1985 Naval exercises canceled when U.S. refuses to tell NZ of nuclear weapons
1984 Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4
1984 "When You Close Your Eyes" by Night Ranger peaks at #14
1983 "When I'm With You" by Sheriff peaks at #61
1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock
1982 Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini
1982 Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69
1981 Ann Harding, actress (When Ladies Meet, Devotion), dies
1981 Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions
1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
1980 Cleve Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles
1980 Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at 51
1978 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1
1978 Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected
1977 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)
1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground
1975 President Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside
1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide and sink in China's West River
1975 Linda Ronstadt releases "When Will I Be Loved"
1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks
1974 Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal)
1974 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck, Belem, Brazil
1973 M. Medoff's "When you Comin' Back, Red Ryder?," premieres in New York City
1972 Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs
1970 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank
1970 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series
1967 Brent Muscat, rocker, Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over
1965 Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I'm Calling You), dies at 63
1964 Bunning continues pitching perfectly to New York Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings
1963 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die
1963 Greg Steele, rocker, Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over
1962 Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cin for 10 yrs
1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit
1961 Meg Ryan, Bethel, Connecticut, actr, When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns
1961 Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child and My Bonnie, in Hamburg
1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
1957 Vince Gill, born in Norman, Oklahoma, country singer, When I Call Your Name
1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England
1955 Randy Wanwarmer, born in Denver, vocalist, Just When I Needed You Most
1954 Dan Hill, rocker, Sometimes When We Touch
1953 Barry Sonnenfeld, director, When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery
1949 Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners
1948 WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo
1948 Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer, When I Need Love
1947 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China
1946 Brenda Holloway, U.S. singer and songwriter, When I'm Gone
1945 Raphael, Spain, spanish singer, When the Sun Sets, Lo Meyur de Ano
1944 Charles Burnett, director, When it Rains, Glass Shield
1942 Baseball decides that players in milt can't play when on furlough
1941 Billy Fury, Liverpool, singer/guitarist, When Will You Say I Love You
1940 Percy Sledge, soul singer, When A Man Loves A Woman
1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas
1940 Frances Langford records "When You Wish Upon a Star"
1938 Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing
1937 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit
1937 Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
1936 Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1935 Esther Phillips, [EM Jones], U.S. singer, When a Woman Loves a Man
1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans
1930 George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him
1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
1926 Helen Gallagher, born in Brooklyn, actress, Ryan's Hope, Strangers When We Meet
1925 Denise Darcel, Paris, France, actress, Dangerous When Wet
1925 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses
1923 Esther Williams, born in Inglewood, California, actress/swimmer, Dangerous when Wet
1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front
1914 World War I began when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
1913 Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously
1908 George Pal, Hungarian/US director, When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons
1904 Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913
1903 Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer, When the Cranes Fly
1901 Jeanette MacDonald, born in Philadelphia, actress and singer, When I'm Calling You
1901 Cornelia Otis Skinner, Chic, writer, When Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1900 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas
1898 [Le]Roy Harris, Oklahoma, composer, When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1895 Cliff Edwards, born in Hannibal, Missouri, singer, When You Wish Upon a Star
1887 Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
1882 Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks
1872 U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month
1870 Saki, [Hector Hugo Munro], Burma, author, Reginald, When William Came
1868 Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves
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
1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people
1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC
1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
1818 Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears"
1791 Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval
1787 Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass
1738 Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"
1640 Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
1492 Columbus misses Florida when he changed course
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