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2004 Reggie White, football player, dies at 43
2003 Gregory Hines, dancer/actor, White Nights, dies at 57 2003 Barry White, man with velvet voice, ", Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, ", dies at 58 2002 Rosemary Clooney, singer/actress, White Christmas, dies at 74 2002 Timothy White, American Critic 2001 Billie Lou Watt, voice, Kimba the White Lion, dies at 71 1999 James White, writer, Sector General books, dies at 71 1997 Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox 1997 Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends 1997 White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time 1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox 1997 Adriana Caseloti, voice (Snow White), dies at 70 1997 Jesse White, actor, Maytag repairman, dies at 77 1996 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox 1996 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 1996 Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84 1995 James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack 1995 Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74 1995 Ronald Anthony White, Jr., singer, dies at 57 1995 Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon, dies at 72 1995 Rondell White has six hits and hits for the cycle in 13-innings 1995 White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium 1995 Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59 1995 Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House 1995 William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71 1994 Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57 1994 Robert White, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl, dies in Los Angeles, California 1994 Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House 1994 Helena Manson, Venezuela/French actress (Nude in a White Car), dies at 94 1994 Cessna crashes in White House front yard 1994 Congressional hearings begin on White Water 1994 Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic, dies at 82 1994 Nicholas Pietro Santopictro, son of Vanna White 1994 Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY 1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa 1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1993 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood 1993 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1993 Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67 1993 Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament) 1993 "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion New York City after 38 performances 1993 Clyde Adler, voice (White Fang/Black Tooth-Soupy Sales), dies 1993 "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion New York City for 38 performances 1993 Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65 1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher 1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993 Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire 1992 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 1992 New Jersey Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, and white for the 1992-93 season 1992 Vanna White suffers a miscarriage 1992 Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White and 21), dies at 86 1992 White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base 1992 Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42 1992 Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34 1992 De Klerk wins a white only referendum 1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns 1991 Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV 1991 Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima), dies at 47 1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0 1991 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951) 1991 John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies 1991 Red Sox and White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11) 1991 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park 1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox 1991 Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 1990 Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones 1990 David White, actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies at 74 1990 David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74 1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park 1990 Patrick White, Australian writer (Nobel 1973), dies 1990 Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House 1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House 1990 Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68, 1990 Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves 1990 White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57 1990 Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th home run 1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990) 1990 Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0 1990 Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18 1990 Madge Bellamy, actress (White Zombie), dies at 87 1989 Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 1989 A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning 1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa 1989 David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered 1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head 1989 NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president 1988 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox 1988 Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla 1988 Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38 1988 Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses 1987 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man 1987 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar 1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff 1986 White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, New York 1986 Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1 1986 Theodore H "Ted" Lyons, pitcher (Chicago White Sox), dies at 85 1986 Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty 1986 Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking 1986 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager 1986 Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0 1986 White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces 1986 Theodore H White, U.S. journalist (Making of President, Pulitzer), dies at 71 1986 Theodore White, American Journalist 1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School 1985 White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year 1985 Charlotte White, U.S. author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 1985 E. B. White, American Comedian 1985 White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees 1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game 1985 Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86 1984 White Horse by Laid Back hits #26 1984 White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game, 25 innings 1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9) 1984 Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 1984 Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50 1983 Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship, 1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning 1983 Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke 1982 Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico 1982 Nini de Boel, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84 1982 Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies 1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands 1982 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM 1981 Oliver North is assigned to White House duty 1981 AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million 1980 Ernest White, composer, dies at 80 1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale 1980 Cleveland Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles 1980 Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies 1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958 1980 David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75 1980 Carl White, rocker, dies 1979 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB) 1979 Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House 1979 Charles White, artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles 1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers 1979 Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of San Francisco mayor Moscone 1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail 1978 George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White 1978 Harvey Milk, (SF City Supervisor), shot by Dan White 1978 Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox 1978 Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1978 New York Yankees defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day 1978 Superbowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10 in N Orleans Superbowl MVP: Harvey Martin, Dallas, DE and Randy White, Dallas, DT 1977 Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa 1977 Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote 1977 Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison 1977 White Sox draft Harold Baines #1 1977 Kelli White, American Athlete 1977 Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" 1977 Rod White, born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, archer, won Olympic gold in 1996 1977 Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43 1977 Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play 1976 Jaleel White, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Steve Urkel-Family Matters 1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors 1976 Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless) 1976 Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts 1976 White Sox John Odom (5 inn) and Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's 1976 Minor White, American Photographer 1976 Lukas Hass, actor, Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box 1976 Rachel White, Columbus Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska 1997 1975 Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn 1974 Meg White, American Musician 1974 Robbie Mcintosh, drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24 1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired 1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House 1974 Bryan White, American Musician 1973 President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate 1973 President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal 1973 Steve White, defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1973 Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica 1973 President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation 1973 Clarence White, rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29 1973 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car 1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26) 1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28) 1973 Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75 1973 White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000 1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox 1973 White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract 1973 Jose White, WLAF/NFL defensive tackle, Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy 1973 Regilio Vreede, soccer player, Blue White, RKC 1972 Vanessa Paradis, France, model, Channel, actress, White Wedding 1972 White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP 1972 Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 1-0 1972 Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin" 1972 Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl 1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1972 Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard 1972 Yankees score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10 1972 Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary 1971 Ray Durham, Charlotte, North Carolina, infielder, Chicago White Sox 1971 William Simas, Jr., Hanford California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1971 New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music 1971 Stan White, NFL/WLAF quarterback, New York Giants, London Monarchs 1971 James Baldwin, Jr., born in Southern Pines, North Carolina, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1971 White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks 1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House 1971 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign 1971 Michael Sirotka, born in Chicago, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House 1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees) 1970 White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader and lose both games 1970 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game 1970 Carl Everett, born in Tampa, Florida, baseball player, outfielder, played for Florida Marlins, Major League Baseball team, played for New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, 2005 World Series Champion 1970 Reggie White, NFL nose tackle for the New England Patriots 1970 White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain 1970 David White, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills 1970 Wilson Alvarez, Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1969 Craig White, cricketer, England all-rounder 1994-95, AIS graduate 1969 "Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 7 performances 1969 Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55 1969 "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 7 performances 1969 Larry Thomas, born in Miami, Florida, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1969 Alex Fernandez, born in Miami Beach, Florida, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1969 Frank Lickliter, born in Middletown, Ohio, Nike golfer, 1993 White Rose-24th 1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House 1969 White Rhodesia agrees to race separation 1969 Lyle Mouton, Lafayette, Louisiana, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times 1969 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win 1969 "Red, White, and Maddox" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 41 performances 1969 Brandon Wilson, U.S. baseball infielder, Chicago White Sox 1969 Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1969 "Red, White, and Maddox" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 41 performances 1968 Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album 1968 Beatles "White Album" completed 1968 Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City 1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run 1968 Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 1968 Jerry Springer, born in White Plains, New York, Canadian Tour golfer 1968 Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman, Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP 1968 Alan Levine, Park Ridge, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1967 Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House 1967 Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968 1967 Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Detroit Tigers, 6-0 1967 Darren Lewis, born in Berkeley, California, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1967 Robin Ventura, born in Santa Maria, California, infielder, Chicago White Sox 1967 Matt Karchner, born in Berwick, Pennsylvania, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1967 Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings 1967 Townsend Saunders, White Sands, New Mexico, freestyle wrestler, Silver Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game) 1967 Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer, New York Jets, St. Louis 1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee 1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1967 Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at 68 1966 Norberto Martin, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, infielder, Chicago White Sox 1966 Brian Keyser, Castro Valley California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1 1966 Albert Belle, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, outfielder, Indians, White Sox 1966 Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi 1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights 1966 Lorenzo White, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns 1966 William White, NFL safety, Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons 1966 Gail Kane, actress (White Sister, Arizona), dies at 81 1966 Jack McDowell, Van Nuys California, pitcher, New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians 1965 Chuckii Booker, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, singer, songwriter, bandleader, rhythm and blues artist, musical director, recorded and produced with Barry White, Janet Jackson 1965 Cynthia Lynne White, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Miss Okla-America, 1991-top 10 1965 South Africa government says children of white fathers are white 1965 Karyn White, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Grammy Award-nominated Pop and R&B singer 1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0 1965 Gemini 4 launched; 2nd U.S. 2-man flight, McDivitt and White 1965 NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold 1964 Roberto Hernandez, Santurce Puerto Rico, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1964 Belgian para's liberate 1,000 white hostages in Stanleyville 1964 Dave Martinez, Manhattan, New York, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House 1964 Rosie Perez, born in Brooklyn, actress, Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump 1964 Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox 1964 Joe Magrane, born in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph David Magrane, baseball player, pitcher, MLB Network broadcaster, played for Major League Baseball teams, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, NBC sports analyst at 2008 Summer Olympics 1964 Jeff Schwarz, U.S. baseball pitcher, California Angels, Chicago White Sox 1964 Kevin Tapani, Des Moines, Iowa, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins 1964 Bridget Fonda, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Scandal, Single White Female 1964 Ozzie Guillen, Oculare del Tuy Venezuela, shortstop, Chicago White Sox 1964 Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), dies at 57 1964 T. H. White, Indian Writer 1963 Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player, U.S. Open doubles 1988 1963 John F. Kennedy's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House 1963 Alabama Governor George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools 1963 Ron Karkovice, born in Union, New Jersey, catcher, Chicago White Sox 1963 Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000 1962 Devon White, Kingston Jamacia, outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1962 Danny Tartabull, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox 1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1962 Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court 1962 Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" with Andy White on drums 1962 Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again 1962 Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 1962 Chicago White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) 1962 Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m 1962 Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) 1962 Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0 1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV 1961 Reggie White, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1961 Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m 1961 Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m 1961 Anne White, Charleston, West Virginia, tennis, Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon 1961 David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 1961 St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 1961 An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn 1961 White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama 1961 Nina Arvesen, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Cassandra-Young and Restless 1961 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m 1961 New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox 1961 Kirk McCaskill, born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1961 Mark White, rock guitarist, ABC-All of My Heart 1961 Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender 1960 Eg White, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1960 San Francisco's White House department store 1st to accept BankAmericard 1960 Wendy White, born in Atlanta, Georgia, tennis player 1960 Christopher Sherratt White, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics 1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run home run is disallowed as ump called time 1960 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m 1960 Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79 1960 Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1960 USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m 1960 Ford Frick voids Indians - Red Sox deal as Sam White retires 1960 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number 1960 Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 1960 Stoney Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, actor, White Shadow, Insiders 1960 Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress, Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief 1960 Steve Sax, 2nd baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox 1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP 1959 Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series 1959 Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant 1959 Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0 1959 Timothy Van Patten, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, White Shadow, Master 1959 Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1959 Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, baseballoutfielder: Chicago White Sox 1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, and 3 errors 1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1959 Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark 1959 Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate 1959 Harold Baines, born in Easton, Maryland, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers 1959 Dorothy Rigney sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M 1958 Jennifer Jason Leigh, Morrow, LA Cal, actress, Single White Female 1958 Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Loray White 1957 Frank Boeoen, Dutch singer, Frank Boeoen Group, Black and White 1957 Billy Bevan, actor (White Sin), dies at 70 1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House 1957 White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw 1957 Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1957 Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0 1957 White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0 1957 White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game 1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6 1957 Ethel White, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Vanna White, Rosich, N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1957 Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies 1956 Ron White, born in Fritch, Texas, comedian, performs stand up comedy, Grammy-Award nominee, member of Blue Collar Comedy Tour, projects include, 'You Can't Fix Stupid', influences include Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Hicks, George Carlin 1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him 1956 White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses) 1956 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas 1956 Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 1956 New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat 1956 Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white 1955 Billy Idol, William Broad, rocker, White Wedding 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open 1955 WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's) 1955 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow 1955 Tony Snow, born in Kentucky, political commentator, columnist, radio, television news anchor, White House Press Secretary 1955 Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks 1955 Fred White, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover 1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920 1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss 1954 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM 1954 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1 1953 FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications 1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters) 1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 Randy White, NFL tackle for the Dallas Cowboys 1952 Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 1952 Danny White, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys 1952 Timothy White, American Critic 1951 1st missle to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico 1951 Bucky Dent, all star shortstop, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1951 Morris Hatalsky, born in San Diego, California, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE White Rose-2nd 1951 Verdine White, U.S. bassist, Earth, Wind and Fire 1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, Texas, actor, Single White Female, Thelma and Louise 1951 Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox 1951 Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63 1950 Greg Luzinski, baseball player, Phillies, White Sox 1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930 1950 Sheila White, born in London, England, actress, I Claudius 1950 Robbie McIntosh, drummer, Avg White Band-Show your Hand 1950 Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer, Average White Band 1949 Lenny White, born in New York City, New York, musician, drummer, performed on Miles Davis' 'Bitches' Brew', recorded 'No Mystery', 'Romantic Warrior' with Return to Forever 1949 White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox 1949 A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton 1949 Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer, Average White Band 1949 Michael Rose, rocker, Average White Band 1949 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland 1949 Alan White, English rock drummer, Yes, Ramshackled 1949 V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km 1948 Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction 1948 Robert Ginty, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Paper Chase, White Fire 1948 Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson 1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 home runs in a game 1948 Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple 1947 Carlton Fisk, born in Vermont, all star catcher, Red Sox, White Sox 1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman 1947 Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies 1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3) 1946 U.S. V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM 1946 George Santo Pietro, husband of Vanna White 1946 Justin Hayward, England, vocalist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1946 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico 1946 Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist and singer, Average White Band 1946 1st U.S. launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt 1946 Michael Radford, director, 1984, White Mischief 1945 Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist, Average White Band 1945 Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band 1945 Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke 1945 Gregory Hines, born in New York City, actor/dancer, White Nights, Taps 1944 David Ashley White, composer 1944 Barry White, born in Galveston, Texas, singer, Love's Theme 1944 Clarence White, guitarist, Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn! 1944 Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band 1944 Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional 1944 Carol White, born in England, actress, Daddy's Gone a Hunting 1944 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin 1944 William Allen White, U.S. journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75 1943 Roger Donaldson, director, Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands 1943 Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, Bear, Black and White, Coup de Tete 1943 Tony Joe White, born in Oak Grove, Louisiana, nickname, 'The Swamp Fox', singer, guitarist, songwriter, known for hit 'Polk Salad Annie', swam rock genre 1943 David Downing, born in New York City, actor, Backstairs at the White House 1943 John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1943 Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 minutes), White Sox beat Senators 1943 Christopher Taylor White, rocker 1943 Chris White, rock bassist, Zombies-Never Even Thought 1943 Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (White Rose), beheaded at 24 1943 Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis 1943 Sign on Munich facade: "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22 1942 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date 1942 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out 1941 Ray Thomas, England, rock vocalist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1941 Michael Pinder, rocker, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1941 Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire 1941 Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More 1941 Wayne Hussey, born in Bristol, England, guitarist, The Sisters of Mercy, lead singer, The Mission, rocker, plays Line 6 Variax 500, Gretsch White Falcon 1941 Jon Lord, born in England, keyboardist, Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake 1941 White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games 1941 Ken Berry, baseball player, White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians 1940 Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (White Sox pitcher) 1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 home runs to beat White Sox 10-9 1940 Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp 1940 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) 1940 Edmund White, American Novelist 1939 Willye White, U.S. long jumper, Silver Medals 1956, 1964 Olympics 1939 Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (The White), dies at 57 1939 White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance 1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleveland, 5-2 and 7-5 1939 Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres 1939 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) 1939 James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91 1939 Lonnie White, vocalist, Smokey Robinson and Miracles-Shop Around 1939 Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run 1938 Tony White, cricketer, 2 Tests WI vs. Australia 1965 1938 John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure 1938 Pearl White, U.S. actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49 1938 Ronald Anthony White, Jr., singer 1938 Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed," premieres in New York City 1937 1st feature-length color and sound cartoon premieres (Snow White) 1937 Maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82 1937 Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St. Louis Browns, 8-0 1936 NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers 1936 Robert White, born in Billmyre, Pennsylvania, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl 1936 Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's 1936 John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1936 Jerry Fogel, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow 1936 Michael White, theater/film producer, From Russia With Love 1936 Willye B White, U.S. jumper, Olympics-silver-1956 1935 David White, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs. Pak 1961 1935 White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000 1935 Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator 1935 Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961 1935 Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0 1935 White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0 1935 Andre P. Brink, South African writer, Dry White Season 1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House 1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 1934 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2, 1934 Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) 1934 Soccer team Blue White '34 forms 1934 Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time 1934 BR White, principal, Regent's Park College-Oxford 1934 Bill White, U.S., 1st baseman, Cards, announcer, Yankees, President, NL 1933 Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City 1933 Clari Baruch, Clara C de Lieme, actress, Man With White Flower 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House 1933 Trailing 11-3, Yankees score 12 runs in 8th and beat White Sox 15-11 1933 White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established 1931 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1 1931 White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12 1931 Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader 1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London 1931 Donald Barthelme, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, writer, Snow White, Sadness 1931 Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama 1931 Donald Barthelme, U.S., writer, Snow White 1931 Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game 1930 Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Edward H. White II, Astronaut 1930 British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land 1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns 1930 White woman win voting rights in South Africa 1929 Emily McLaughlin, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Jessie-General Hospital 1929 Edgar White, U.S., yachtsman 1952 Olympics gold 1929 Sumner White, U.S., yachtsman 1952 Olympics gold 1929 A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox 1929 Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece 1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings 1929 1st telephone installed in White House 1928 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7 1928 Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms 1928 James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer 1927 Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder, AL MVP 1959 1927 Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, John-Waltons, Roots 1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yankees beat White Sox 12-11 1927 Billy Pierce, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, seven time all star 1927 Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1927 Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox 1926 Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated) 1926 Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager 1926 H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure 1926 Philip Barry's "White Wings!," premieres in New York City 1926 John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War 1926 White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway 1926 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double 1925 Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent 1925 Ruth S. White, composer 1925 White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919 1925 White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit 1924 White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend 1924 Robert Michael White, New York City, test pilot, X-15 1923 Larry White Grayson, British comedian, Generation Game 1923 Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire 1923 Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon 1923 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary 1923 Duncan White, Ceylon, 400m hurdler, 1948 Olympics silver 1922 White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage 1922 Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1922 Radio arrives at the White House 1922 Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls 1921 James Whitmore, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Give 'em Hell Harry 1921 Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian 1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1921 Rowland Evans, born in White Marsh, Pennsylvania, news reporter, CNN-Evans and Novak 1920 Virginia Mayo, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Out of the Blue, White Heat 1920 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal) 1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series 1920 Charles White, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Airpot 95, Serpico 1920 Yankees win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed 1920 Charles Tomlinson Griffes, U.S. composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 1920 Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress, La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik 1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season 1919 Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series 1919 White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series 1919 World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal) 1919 White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game 1919 Jesse White, Buf, New York, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid 1918 Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager 1918 George H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies 1918 George H. White, American Politician 1918 Donald Regan, White House staffer and U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1981 - 1985 1918 Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad) 1918 White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play 1918 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 1917 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House 1917 Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House 1917 Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93 1917 St. Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 1917 St. Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 1917 Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St. Louis Browns, 11-0 1916 Suzy Delair, Paris, France, actress, Utopia, White Paws 1916 Adriana Caselotti, animation voice, Show White 1916 David White, actor, Larry Tate-Bewitched 1915 Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits New York Giants, 2-0 1915 White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500 1915 Ellen G. White, American Writer 1915 Ellen White, American Writer 1915 Theodore H White, historian and writer, Making of President 1915 Theodore H. White, Journalist 1915 Theodore White, American Journalist 1914 Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox 1914 Bai Long, White Wolf, Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies 1914 Harry Lauter, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Waterfront 1914 Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1 1914 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House 1914 Ruth White, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actress, Up the Down Staircase 1914 White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China 1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China 1914 New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1913 White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo 1913 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House 1912 Anton Koolhaas, author, Weird White 1912 Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy 1912 Patrick White, Australia, novelist, Happy Valley, Nobel 1973 1912 Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic 1911 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0 1911 White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak 1911 Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15 1910 1st city ordinace requiring white and black residential areas (Balt) 1910 Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park 1910 A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie 1910 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0 1910 Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St. Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0 1910 White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns 1910 Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox 1909 Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues" 1909 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks 1909 Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1909 Alan Marshal, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia 1908 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant 1908 White Sox Ed Walsh tops Detroit 6-1 for his 40th victory 1908 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Philadelphia 1-0 1908 Minor White, American Photographer 1908 Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay 1908 Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington 1908 Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco 1908 Josh White, born in Greenville, South Carolina, born Joshua Daniel White, guitarist, singer, civil rights activist, unique stylings and techniques inspired Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan 1907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise 1907 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits New York Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game 1907 Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer, Russia Black on White 1907 Dan Duryea, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Pride of the Yankees 1906 Dick White, head of British secret service, MI-5/MI-6 1906 Sidney Kingsley, U.S. playwright, One in White, Darkness at Noon 1906 All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series 1906 White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game 1906 Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washington Senators 1906 Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak 1906 Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 1906 Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist, England Have My Bones 1906 T. H. White, Indian Writer 1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0 1906 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising 1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House 1905 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0 1905 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0 1905 David Newell, Missouri, actor, Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves 1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days 1904 Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0 1904 Bramwell Fletcher, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, White Cargo, Mummy 1903 Yankees and White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18 1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox 1903 Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers 1903 Bing Crosby, born in Tacoma, Washington, singer, White Christmas, Going My Way 1902 Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 1902 John White, composer, dies at 47 1902 Madge Bellamy, born in Hillsboro, Texas, actress, White Zombie 1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House" 1901 Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners 1901 Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous) 1901 Cleveland's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2 1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox 1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 1901 Term of George H. White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends 1900 Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed 1900 Ernest White, composer 1900 Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn 1899 E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style 1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchands expedition reaches Fashoda at White Hippo 1898 Nini de Boel, Flemish operette singer, White Horse 1897 Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island 1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House 1897 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City 1895 Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer, Adante and Rondo for Cello 1894 Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off 1893 Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72 1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders 1893 Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia 1892 Charles L Bass, actor, Business in White Slavery 1892 Karel L Baars, Dutch actor, White Slaves Trade 1892 Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62 1892 Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns 1891 Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief 1891 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer, White Enemy 1891 J C "Farmer" White, cricketer, Somerset slow lefty 1909-37 1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer 1889 Moroni Olsen, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White 1889 President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization 1889 Pearl White, Victoria, U.S. actress/stunt woman, Perils of Pauline 1888 Irving Berlin, Temum Siberia, composer, White Xmas, 1887 Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor, White Sin 1887 Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's 1887 Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate 1886 Jean Hersholt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actor, Men in White, Aryan 1886 Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand) 1886 Paul Dudley White, heart specialist 1884 Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Elmira, New York, composer, White Peacock 1884 Francis B Young, British physician/writer, White Ladies 1883 Marguerite Clark, voice, Snow White 1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" 1880 Clarence Cameron White, composer 1878 1st White House telephone installed 1878 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II 1878 Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer, White Ship, Estonian Tales 1878 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn 1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn 1876 White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5 1876 Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn 1875 White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg 1874 Carrie White, oldest U.S. woman, dies Nov 1990 at 116 1874 White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms 1874 U.S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House 1874 Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 1873 British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die 1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins 1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1871 Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die 1870 White conservatives suppresed black vote and captured Tennessee legislature 1868 William Allen White, Emporia, Kansas, editor, Pulitzer 1942 1865 Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot 1865 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) 1864 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russian/US composer, Snow White 1864 Henri de Vries, Van Walterop, Dutch actor, Cleopatra, White Cargo 1864 Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC 1863 Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) 1862 Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp Virginia (Frayser's Farm) 1862 U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years) 1860 1st White settlement in Idaho, Franklin 1860 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" 1860 1st U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens 1859 Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager, Chicago White Sox 1855 Maude Valerie White, composer 1855 John White, composer 1852 George H. White, American Politician 1851 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers 1850 Zachary Taylor, 12th President (1849-50), dies in White House at 65 1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration) 1848 Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston 1847 James Deacon White, Canton, New York, ball player jumped teams in 1876, Chi 1842 John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House 1841 Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies 1837 Ernest Daudet, French writer, White Terror 1836 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer 1835 Alexandrine-Pieternella-Franeoise Tinne, explored White Nile 1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn 1832 Andrew Dickson White, educator/1st president of Cornell 1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies 1831 John White, composer, dies at 52 1829 Charles Albert White, composer 1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball 1828 John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House 1827 Ellen G. White, American Writer 1827 Ellen White, American Writer 1824 William Wilkie Collins, English novelist, Woman in White 1821 Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt 1820 James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House 1819 John White Geary, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars 1818 Official reopening of the White House 1817 Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight 1816 Julius White, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Walter White, secretary, NAACP 1806 James Madison Randolph, Jefferson's grandson, 1st born in White House 1800 John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House 1800 White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in 1793 Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies 1792 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House) 1779 John White, composer 1776 Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ 1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1720 Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists" 1638 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) 1632 Frederick V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain), dies at 36 1630 John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide 1630 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies 1620 Peregrine White, son of Wm and Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower 1620 Battle of White Mountain, Prague 1596 Frederik V, king of Bohemia, White Mountain 1568 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg, Battle of White Mountain 1120 English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm 695 "White Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered |
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