2015 Event A rally calling for removal of the Confederate flag forms at the capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina in response to a shooting earlier this week of nine African-Americans by white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof 2014 Event The White House supports release of a report detailing CIA interrogation methods while acknowledging that the report details will likely spur violence by parties and nations hostile to the U.S. 2014 Event Protests erupt in New York and other U.S. cities after a grand jury does not indict a white police officer for choking to death an unarmed man, Eric Garner; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to retrain the police force in conflict resolution 2014 Event A mentally ill man is apprehended after jumping the White House fence and injuring the two police dogs that stopped him; the man had been previously arrested near the White House on a misdemeanor 2014 Event A male of the rare northern white rhino species has been found dead at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya; only six animals remain in the world, of which only one is a breeding male 2014 Event The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura for developing the blue light-emitting diode (LED), which emits low-energy white light that can replace incandescents and mercury-containing fluorescents 2014 Event Julia Pierson, the first female director of the U.S. Secret Service, resigns after an 18-month tenure during which several security breaches occurred, including the recent daytime intrusion of the White House by a man armed with a knife 2014 Event Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies in a congressional hearing to investigate the recent intrusion of the White House as well as other security breaches under her leadership; Pierson stated that such incidents will not happen again 2014 Event A man is apprehended inside the White House after scaling the fence and running into the building; U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were not there at the time of the incident 2014 Event Facebook reports that over 90% of its tech employees are Asian or white, while women make up only 15% of tech employees and 31% of all employees; COO Cheryl Sandberg notes that more women are also needed in leadership roles at the company 2014 Event American ice dancing pair Charlie White and Meryl Davis win the Olympic gold medal - the first gold won by the U.S. in this sport 2014 Event U.S. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and John Holdren, White House Science Advisor, announce that President Obama's administration approved extending the use of the International Space Station through 2024 2014 Event A day before the U.S. Senate will vote on extending emergency unemployment benefits, Gene Sperling, Director of the White House National Economic Council publicly promoted the case for extending benefits 2013 Event New Zealand's most active volcano - the White Islands' Whakaari, erupts, sending ash 4 kilometres into the air 2013 Death Helen Thomas, an American Journalist who reported on the White House for nearly fifty years, dies at the age of 92 2013 Event The oldest European remains of a white man are discovered in Australia; the Manning River Skull may belong to a man born in 1650, predating the country's history that Captain James Cook was the first to land on Australia's east coast in 1770 2013 Event President Barack Obama is inaugurated in the Blue Room of the White House; this is his second term in office 2012 Event Scientists in Kamchatka, Russia, report sighting the first adult white orca to be seen in the wild 2012 Event Playing against the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox pitcher, Philip Humber, pitches the 21st perfect game in MLB history and the third perfect game in team history 2011 Event Two South African farm workers begin trial for murdering white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche 2011 Event A large, rare, Andy Warhol self-portrait in red and white sells for $10.79 million pounds at Christie's auction house in London, England 2004 Death Reggie White, football player, dies at 43 2003 Death Gregory Hines, dancer/actor, White Nights, dies at 57 2003 Death Barry White, man with velvet voice, ", Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, ", dies at 58 2002 Death Rosemary Clooney, singer/actress, White Christmas, dies at 74 2002 Death Timothy White, American Critic 2001 Death Billie Lou Watt, voice, Kimba the White Lion, dies at 71 1999 Death James White, writer, Sector General books, dies at 71 1997 Event Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox 1997 Event Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends 1997 Event White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time 1997 Event Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox 1997 Death Adriana Caseloti, voice (Snow White), dies at 70 1997 Death Jesse White, actor, Maytag repairman, dies at 77 1996 Event Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox 1996 Event Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 1996 Death Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84 1995 Event James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack 1995 Death Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74 1995 Death Ronald Anthony White, Jr., singer, dies at 57 1995 Death Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon, dies at 72 1995 Event Rondell White has six hits and hits for the cycle in 13-innings 1995 Event White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium 1995 Death Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59 1995 Event Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House 1995 Death William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71 1994 Death Robert White, guitarist, dies at 57 1994 Death Robert White, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl, dies in Los Angeles, California 1994 Event Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House 1994 Death Helena Manson, Venezuela/French actress (Nude in a White Car), dies at 94 1994 Event Cessna crashes in White House front yard 1994 Event Congressional hearings begin on White Water 1994 Death Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic, dies at 82 1994 Birthday Nicholas Pietro Santopictro, son of Vanna White 1994 Event Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY 1994 Event 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa 1994 Event ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1993 Event End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood 1993 Event Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1993 Death Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67 1993 Event Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament) 1993 Event "White Liars/Black Comedy" closes at Criterion New York City after 38 performances 1993 Death Clyde Adler, voice (White Fang/Black Tooth-Soupy Sales), dies 1993 Event "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion New York City for 38 performances 1993 Death Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65 1993 Event Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher 1993 Event South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993 Event Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire 1992 Death Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 1992 Event New Jersey Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, and white for the 1992-93 season 1992 Event Vanna White suffers a miscarriage 1992 Death Frederick O'Neal, actor (Anna Lucasta, Free White and 21), dies at 86 1992 Event White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base 1992 Death Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42 1992 Death Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34 1992 Event De Klerk wins a white only referendum 1991 Event White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns 1991 Event Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premieres on FOX TV 1991 Death Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima), dies at 47 1991 Event Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0 1991 Event With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951) 1991 Death John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies 1991 Event Red Sox and White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11) 1991 Event Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park 1991 Event Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox 1991 Death Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83 1990 Event Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones 1990 Death David White, actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies at 74 1990 Death David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74 1990 Event Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park 1990 Death Patrick White, Australian writer (Nobel 1973), dies 1990 Event Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House 1990 Event Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House 1990 Event Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68, 1990 Event Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves 1990 Event White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57 1990 Event Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th home run 1990 Event 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 Event Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0 1990 Death Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18 1990 Death Madge Bellamy, actress (White Zombie), dies at 87 1989 Death Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 1989 Event A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning 1989 Event White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa 1989 Death David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered 1989 Event Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head 1989 Event NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president 1988 Event Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox 1988 Event Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla 1988 Death Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at 38 1988 Event Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses 1987 Event 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man 1987 Event 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar 1987 Event Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff 1986 Event White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, New York 1986 Event Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1 1986 Death Theodore H "Ted" Lyons, pitcher (Chicago White Sox), dies at 85 1986 Event Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty 1986 Event Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking 1986 Event Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager 1986 Event Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0 1986 Event White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces 1986 Death Theodore H White, U.S. journalist (Making of President, Pulitzer), dies at 71 1986 Death Theodore White, American Journalist 1986 Event AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School 1985 Event White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year 1985 Death Charlotte White, U.S. author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 1985 Death E. B. White, American Comedian 1985 Event White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees 1985 Event White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game 1985 Death Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86 1984 Event White Horse by Laid Back hits #26 1984 Event White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game, 25 innings 1984 Event Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9) 1984 Event Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 1984 Death Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50 1983 Event Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 1983 Event Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship, 1983 Event Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning 1983 Death Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke 1982 Event Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico 1982 Death Nini de Boel, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84 1982 Death Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies 1982 Event Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands 1982 Event 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM 1981 Event Oliver North is assigned to White House duty 1981 Event 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 Death Ernest White, composer, dies at 80 1980 Event Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale 1980 Event Cleveland Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles 1980 Death Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies 1980 Event 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 Death David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75 1980 Death Carl White, rocker, dies 1979 Event 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB) 1979 Event Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House 1979 Death Charles White, artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles 1979 Event "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 Event Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of San Francisco mayor Moscone 1978 Event H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail 1978 Death George Moscone, (SF Mayor), shot by Dan White 1978 Death Harvey Milk, (SF City Supervisor), shot by Dan White 1978 Event Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox 1978 Event Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1978 Event New York Yankees defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day 1978 Event Superbowl XII: Dallas Cowboys beat Denver Broncos, 27-10 in N Orleans Superbowl MVP: Harvey Martin, Dallas, DE and Randy White, Dallas, DT 1977 Event Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa 1977 Event Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote 1977 Event Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison 1977 Event White Sox draft Harold Baines #1 1977 Birthday Kelli White, American Athlete 1977 Event Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" 1977 Birthday Rod White, born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, archer, won Olympic gold in 1996 1977 Death Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43 1977 Event Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play 1976 Birthday Jaleel White, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Steve Urkel-Family Matters 1976 Event White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors 1976 Event Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless) 1976 Event Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts 1976 Event White Sox John Odom (5 inn) and Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's 1976 Death Minor White, American Photographer 1976 Birthday Lukas Hass, actor, Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box 1976 Birthday Rachel White, Columbus Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska 1997 1975 Event Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn 1974 Birthday Meg White, American Musician 1974 Death Robbie Mcintosh, drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24 1974 Event Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired 1974 Event President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House 1974 Birthday Bryan White, born in Lawton, Oklahoma, singer, songwriter, albums 'Bryan White', 'Between Now and Forever' certified platinum, album 'The Right Place' certified gold 1973 Event President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate 1973 Event President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal 1973 Birthday Steve White, defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1973 Event Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica 1973 Event President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation 1973 Death Clarence White, rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29 1973 Death Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car 1973 Event Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26) 1973 Event Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28) 1973 Death Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75 1973 Event White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000 1973 Event Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox 1973 Event White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract 1973 Birthday Jose White, WLAF/NFL defensive tackle, Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy 1973 Birthday Regilio Vreede, soccer player, Blue White, RKC 1972 Birthday Vanessa Paradis, France, model, Channel, actress, White Wedding 1972 Event White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP 1972 Event Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 1-0 1972 Event Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin" 1972 Death Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl 1972 Event White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1972 Event Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard 1972 Event Yankees score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10 1972 Event Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary 1971 Birthday Ray Durham, Charlotte, North Carolina, infielder, Chicago White Sox 1971 Birthday William Simas, Jr., Hanford California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1971 Event New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music 1971 Birthday Stan White, NFL/WLAF quarterback, New York Giants, London Monarchs 1971 Birthday James Baldwin, Jr., born in Southern Pines, North Carolina, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1971 Event White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks 1971 Event Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House 1971 Event White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign 1971 Birthday Michael Sirotka, born in Chicago, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1971 Event Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House 1971 Event Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees) 1970 Event White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader and lose both games 1970 Event Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game 1970 Birthday 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 Birthday Reggie White, NFL nose tackle for the New England Patriots 1970 Event White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain 1970 Birthday David White, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills 1970 Birthday Wilson Alvarez, Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1969 Birthday Craig White, cricketer, England all-rounder 1994-95, AIS graduate 1969 Event "Buck White" closes at George Abbott Theater New York City after 7 performances 1969 Death Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55 1969 Event "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 7 performances 1969 Birthday Larry Thomas, born in Miami, Florida, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1969 Birthday Alex Fernandez, born in Miami Beach, Florida, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1969 Birthday Frank Lickliter, born in Middletown, Ohio, Nike golfer, 1993 White Rose-24th 1969 Event 1st Jewish worship service at White House 1969 Event White Rhodesia agrees to race separation 1969 Birthday Lyle Mouton, Lafayette, Louisiana, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1969 Event Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times 1969 Event 23rd Tony Awards: Great White Hope and 1776 win 1969 Event "Red, White, and Maddox" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 41 performances 1969 Birthday Brandon Wilson, U.S. baseball infielder, Chicago White Sox 1969 Birthday Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1969 Event "Red, White, and Maddox" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 41 performances 1968 Event Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album 1968 Event Beatles "White Album" completed 1968 Event Howard Sacklers "Great White Hope," premieres in New York City 1968 Event Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run 1968 Death Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 1968 Birthday Jerry Springer, born in White Plains, New York, Canadian Tour golfer 1968 Birthday Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman, Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP 1968 Birthday Alan Levine, Park Ridge, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1967 Event Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House 1967 Birthday Cal Eldred, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox 1967 Event Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968 1967 Event Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Detroit Tigers, 6-0 1967 Birthday Darren Lewis, born in Berkeley, California, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1967 Birthday Robin Ventura, born in Santa Maria, California, infielder, Chicago White Sox 1967 Birthday Matt Karchner, born in Berwick, Pennsylvania, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1967 Event Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings 1967 Birthday Townsend Saunders, White Sands, New Mexico, freestyle wrestler, Silver Medals 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Event White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game) 1967 Birthday Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer, New York Jets, St. Louis 1967 Event Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee 1967 Death Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1967 Death Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at 68 1966 Birthday Norberto Martin, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, infielder, Chicago White Sox 1966 Birthday Brian Keyser, Castro Valley California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1966 Event Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1 1966 Birthday Albert Belle, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, outfielder, Indians, White Sox 1966 Event Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi 1966 Event 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights 1966 Birthday Lorenzo White, NFL running back for the Cleveland Browns 1966 Birthday William White, NFL safety, Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons 1966 Death Gail Kane, actress (White Sister, Arizona), dies at 81 1966 Birthday Jack McDowell, Van Nuys California, pitcher, New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians 1965 Birthday 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 Birthday Cynthia Lynne White, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Miss Okla-America, 1991-top 10 1965 Event South Africa government says children of white fathers are white 1965 Birthday Karyn White, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Grammy Award-nominated Pop and R&B singer 1965 Event Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0 1965 Event Gemini 4 launched; 2nd U.S. 2-man flight, McDivitt and White 1965 Event NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold 1964 Birthday Roberto Hernandez, Santurce Puerto Rico, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1964 Event Belgian para's liberate 1,000 white hostages in Stanleyville 1964 Birthday Dave Martinez, Manhattan, New York, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1964 Event Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House 1964 Birthday Rosie Perez, born in Brooklyn, actress, Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump 1964 Birthday Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox 1964 Birthday 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 Birthday Jeff Schwarz, U.S. baseball pitcher, California Angels, Chicago White Sox 1964 Birthday Kevin Tapani, Des Moines, Iowa, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins 1964 Birthday Bridget Fonda, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Scandal, Single White Female 1964 Birthday Ozzie Guillen, Oculare del Tuy Venezuela, shortstop, Chicago White Sox 1964 Death Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), dies at 57 1964 Death T. H. White, Indian Writer 1963 Birthday Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player, U.S. Open doubles 1988 1963 Event John F. Kennedy's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House 1963 Event Alabama Governor George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools 1963 Birthday Ron Karkovice, born in Union, New Jersey, catcher, Chicago White Sox 1963 Event Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000 1962 Birthday Devon White, Kingston Jamacia, outfielder for the Florida Marlins 1962 Birthday Danny Tartabull, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox 1962 Event Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1962 Event Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court 1962 Event Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" with Andy White on drums 1962 Birthday Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again 1962 Event Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 1962 Event Chicago White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles) 1962 Event Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m 1962 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) 1962 Event Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0 1962 Event 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV 1961 Birthday Reggie White, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1961 Event Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m 1961 Birthday Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m 1961 Birthday Anne White, Charleston, West Virginia, tennis, Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon 1961 Birthday 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 Event St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 1961 Event An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn 1961 Event White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama 1961 Birthday Nina Arvesen, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Cassandra-Young and Restless 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m 1961 Event New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox 1961 Birthday Kirk McCaskill, born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, pitcher, Chicago White Sox 1961 Birthday Mark White, rock guitarist, ABC-All of My Heart 1961 Event Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender 1960 Birthday Eg White, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1960 Event San Francisco's White House department store 1st to accept BankAmericard 1960 Birthday Wendy White, born in Atlanta, Georgia, tennis player 1960 Birthday Christopher Sherratt White, Hamilton New Zealand, rower 1996 Olympics 1960 Event White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run home run is disallowed as ump called time 1960 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m 1960 Death Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79 1960 Birthday 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 Event USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m 1960 Event Ford Frick voids Indians - Red Sox deal as Sam White retires 1960 Event White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number 1960 Death Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 1960 Birthday Stoney Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, actor, White Shadow, Insiders 1960 Birthday Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress, Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief 1960 Birthday Steve Sax, 2nd baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox 1959 Event White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP 1959 Birthday Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Chicago White Sox 1959 Event Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series 1959 Event Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant 1959 Event Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0 1959 Birthday Timothy Van Patten, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, White Shadow, Master 1959 Event Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox 1959 Event White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1959 Birthday Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, baseballoutfielder: Chicago White Sox 1959 Event 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 Event 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1959 Event Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark 1959 Event Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate 1959 Birthday Harold Baines, born in Easton, Maryland, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers 1959 Event Dorothy Rigney sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M 1958 Birthday Jennifer Jason Leigh, Morrow, LA Cal, actress, Single White Female 1958 Event Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Loray White 1957 Birthday Frank Boeoen, Dutch singer, Frank Boeoen Group, Black and White 1957 Death Billy Bevan, actor (White Sin), dies at 70 1957 Event Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House 1957 Event White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw 1957 Birthday Jerry Don Gleaton, born in Brownwood, Texas, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals 1957 Event Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1957 Event Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0 1957 Event White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0 1957 Event White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game 1957 Event White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6 1957 Birthday Ethel White, WBL guard, New York Stars 1957 Birthday Vanna White, Rosich, N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1957 Death Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies 1956 Event White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him 1956 Event White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses) 1956 Event White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas 1956 Event Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 1956 Event New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat 1956 Event Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white 1955 Birthday Billy Idol, William Broad, rocker, White Wedding 1955 Birthday Wayne Tolleson, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, professional baseball player, switch hitter, played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1955 Event Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open 1955 Event 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 Event 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow 1955 Birthday Tony Snow, born in Kentucky, political commentator, columnist, radio, television news anchor, White House Press Secretary 1955 Event Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks 1955 Birthday Fred White, rocker, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover 1954 Event White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920 1954 Event 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss 1954 Event 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM 1954 Event Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1 1953 Event FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications 1953 Event 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters) 1953 Event Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 Birthday Randy White, NFL tackle for the Dallas Cowboys 1952 Event Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 1952 Birthday Danny White, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys 1952 Birthday Timothy White, American Critic 1951 Event 1st missle to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico 1951 Birthday Bucky Dent, all star shortstop, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1951 Birthday Morris Hatalsky, born in San Diego, California, Nike golfer, 1993 NIKE White Rose-2nd 1951 Birthday Verdine White, U.S. bassist, Earth, Wind and Fire 1951 Birthday Stephen Tobolowsky, Texas, actor, Single White Female, Thelma and Louise 1951 Event Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox 1951 Death Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63 1950 Birthday Greg Luzinski, baseball player, Phillies, White Sox 1950 Event White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930 1950 Birthday Sheila White, born in London, England, actress, I Claudius 1950 Birthday Robbie McIntosh, drummer, Avg White Band-Show your Hand 1950 Birthday Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer, Average White Band 1949 Birthday 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 Event White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox 1949 Event A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton 1949 Birthday Hamish Stuart, Scotland, guitarist/singer, Average White Band 1949 Birthday Michael Rose, rocker, Average White Band 1949 Event 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland 1949 Birthday Alan White, English rock drummer, Yes, Ramshackled 1949 Event V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km 1948 Birthday Samuel L. Jackson, actor, Amos and Andrew, White Sand, Pulp Fiction 1948 Birthday Robert Ginty, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Paper Chase, White Fire 1948 Event Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson 1948 Event Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 home runs in a game 1948 Birthday Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple 1947 Birthday Carlton Fisk, born in Vermont, all star catcher, Red Sox, White Sox 1947 Event 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman 1947 Death Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies 1947 Event 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3) 1946 Event U.S. V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM 1946 Birthday George Santo Pietro, husband of Vanna White 1946 Birthday Justin Hayward, England, vocalist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1946 Event 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico 1946 Birthday Alan Gorrie, Scotland, rock bassist and singer, Average White Band 1946 Event 1st U.S. launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt 1946 Birthday Michael Radford, director, 1984, White Mischief 1945 Birthday Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, Scotland, guitarist, Average White Band 1945 Birthday Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band 1945 Birthday Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke 1945 Birthday Gregory Hines, born in New York City, actor/dancer, White Nights, Taps 1944 Birthday David Ashley White, composer 1944 Birthday Barry White, born in Galveston, Texas, singer, Love's Theme 1944 Birthday Clarence White, guitarist, Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn! 1944 Birthday Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist, Average White Band 1944 Event Supreme Court (Smith vs. Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional 1944 Birthday Carol White, born in England, actress, Daddy's Gone a Hunting 1944 Event 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin 1944 Death William Allen White, U.S. journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75 1943 Birthday Roger Donaldson, director, Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands 1943 Birthday Jean-Jacques Annaud, director, Bear, Black and White, Coup de Tete 1943 Birthday 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 Birthday David Downing, born in New York City, actor, Backstairs at the White House 1943 Birthday John Lodge, Birmingham, bassist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1943 Event Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 minutes), White Sox beat Senators 1943 Birthday Christopher Taylor White, rocker 1943 Birthday Chris White, rock bassist, Zombies-Never Even Thought 1943 Death Hans Scholl, German resistance fighter (White Rose), beheaded at 24 1943 Event Munich resistance group "White Rose" captured by Nazis 1943 Event 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 Event Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date 1942 Event 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out 1941 Birthday Ray Thomas, England, rock vocalist, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1941 Birthday Michael Pinder, rocker, Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin 1941 Birthday Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire 1941 Birthday Barbet Schroeder, director, Barfly, Single White Female, More 1941 Birthday 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 Birthday Jon Lord, born in England, keyboardist, Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake 1941 Event White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games 1941 Birthday Ken Berry, baseball player, White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians 1940 Event Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (White Sox pitcher) 1940 Event Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 home runs to beat White Sox 10-9 1940 Event Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp 1940 Event 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) 1940 Birthday Edmund White, American Novelist 1939 Birthday Willye White, U.S. long jumper, Silver Medals 1956, 1964 Olympics 1939 Death Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (The White), dies at 57 1939 Event White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance 1939 Event White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleveland, 5-2 and 7-5 1939 Event Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres 1939 Event 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) 1939 Death James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91 1939 Birthday Lonnie White, vocalist, Smokey Robinson and Miracles-Shop Around 1939 Birthday Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run 1938 Birthday Tony White, cricketer, 2 Tests WI vs. Australia 1965 1938 Birthday John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure 1938 Death Pearl White, U.S. actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49 1938 Birthday Ronald Anthony White, Jr., singer 1938 Event Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed," premieres in New York City 1937 Event 1st feature-length color and sound cartoon premieres (Snow White) 1937 Death Maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82 1937 Event Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St. Louis Browns, 8-0 1936 Event NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers 1936 Birthday Robert White, born in Billmyre, Pennsylvania, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl 1936 Birthday Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's 1936 Birthday 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 Birthday Jerry Fogel, born in Rochester, New York, actor, Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow 1936 Birthday Michael White, theater/film producer, From Russia With Love 1936 Birthday Willye B White, U.S. jumper, Olympics-silver-1956 1935 Birthday David White, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs. Pak 1961 1935 Event White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000 1935 Birthday Donald Edwin White, advertising copywriter/opera administrator 1935 Birthday Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961 1935 Event Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0 1935 Event White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0 1935 Birthday Andre P. Brink, South African writer, Dry White Season 1935 Event Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House 1934 Event Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 1934 Event New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2, 1934 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) 1934 Event Soccer team Blue White '34 forms 1934 Birthday Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time 1934 Birthday BR White, principal, Regent's Park College-Oxford 1934 Birthday Bill White, U.S., 1st baseman, Cards, announcer, Yankees, President, NL 1933 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City 1933 Birthday Clari Baruch, Clara C de Lieme, actress, Man With White Flower 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House 1933 Event Trailing 11-3, Yankees score 12 runs in 8th and beat White Sox 15-11 1933 Event White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established 1931 Event Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1 1931 Event White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12 1931 Birthday Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader 1931 Event "White Horse Inn" opens in London 1931 Birthday Donald Barthelme, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, writer, Snow White, Sadness 1931 Event Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama 1931 Birthday Donald Barthelme, U.S., writer, Snow White 1931 Event Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game 1930 Birthday Edward H White II, born in San Antonio, Texas, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut, Gemini 4 1930 Birthday Edward H. White II, Astronaut 1930 Event British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land 1930 Event White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns 1930 Event White woman win voting rights in South Africa 1929 Birthday Emily McLaughlin, born in White Plains, New York, actress, Jessie-General Hospital 1929 Birthday Edgar White, U.S., yachtsman 1952 Olympics gold 1929 Birthday Sumner White, U.S., yachtsman 1952 Olympics gold 1929 Event A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox 1929 Birthday Ralph Waite, born in White Plains, New York, actor, 'Cool Hand Luke', '5 Easy Pieces', 'Roots' 1929 Event Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings 1929 Event 1st telephone installed in White House 1928 Event New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7 1928 Event Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms 1928 Birthday James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer 1927 Birthday Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder, AL MVP 1959 1927 Event Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yankees beat White Sox 12-11 1927 Birthday Billy Pierce, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, seven time all star 1927 Birthday 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 Event 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 Event 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 Event Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager 1926 Birthday H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure 1926 Event Philip Barry's "White Wings!," premieres in New York City 1926 Birthday John R[obert] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, White Regiment, Lizard War 1926 Event White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway 1926 Event White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double 1925 Birthday Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent 1925 Birthday Ruth S. White, composer 1925 Event White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919 1925 Event White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit 1924 Event White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend 1924 Birthday Robert Michael White, New York City, test pilot, X-15 1923 Birthday Larry White Grayson, British comedian, Generation Game 1923 Birthday Lord Gordon "Gordy" White, English industrialist/multi-millionaire 1923 Birthday Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon 1923 Event 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary 1923 Birthday Duncan White, Ceylon, 400m hurdler, 1948 Olympics silver 1922 Event White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage 1922 Event Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1922 Event Radio arrives at the White House 1922 Birthday Betty White, Oak Park, actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls 1921 Birthday James Whitmore, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Give 'em Hell Harry 1921 Birthday Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian 1921 Event Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1921 Birthday Rowland Evans, born in White Marsh, Pennsylvania, news reporter, CNN-Evans and Novak 1920 Birthday Virginia Mayo, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Out of the Blue, White Heat 1920 Event 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal) 1920 Event Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series 1920 Birthday Charles White, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actor, Airpot 95, Serpico 1920 Event Yankees win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed 1920 Death Charles Tomlinson Griffes, U.S. composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 1920 Birthday Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress, La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik 1919 Event 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 Event 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 Event White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series 1919 Event World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal) 1919 Event White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game 1919 Birthday Jesse White, Buf, New York, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid 1918 Event Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager 1918 Death George H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies 1918 Death George H. White, American Politician 1918 Birthday Donald Regan, White House staffer and U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1981 - 1985 1918 Event Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad) 1918 Event 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 Death Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 1917 Event 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House 1917 Event Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series 1917 Event 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House 1917 Birthday Byron R. Whizzer White, born in Ft. Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just, 1962-93 1917 Event St. Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 1917 Event St. Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 1917 Event Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St. Louis Browns, 11-0 1916 Birthday Suzy Delair, Paris, France, actress, Utopia, White Paws 1916 Birthday Adriana Caselotti, animation voice, Show White 1916 Birthday David White, actor, Larry Tate-Bewitched 1915 Event Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits New York Giants, 2-0 1915 Event White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500 1915 Death Ellen G. White, American Writer 1915 Death Ellen White, American Writer 1915 Birthday Theodore H White, historian and writer, Making of President 1915 Birthday Theodore H. White, Journalist 1915 Birthday Theodore White, American Journalist 1914 Event Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox 1914 Death Bai Long, White Wolf, Chinese Robin Hood/crowd leader, dies 1914 Birthday Harry Lauter, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Waterfront 1914 Event Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1 1914 Event Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House 1914 Birthday Ruth White, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actress, Up the Down Staircase 1914 Event White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China 1914 Event White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China 1914 Event New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1913 Event White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo 1913 Event Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House 1912 Birthday Anton Koolhaas, author, Weird White 1912 Birthday Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy 1912 Birthday Patrick White, Australia, novelist, Happy Valley, Nobel 1973 1912 Birthday Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic 1911 Event Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0 1911 Event White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak 1911 Event Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15 1910 Event 1st city ordinace requiring white and black residential areas (Balt) 1910 Event Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park 1910 Event A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie 1910 Event Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0 1910 Event Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St. Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0 1910 Event White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns 1910 Event Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox 1909 Birthday 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 Event White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks 1909 Event Great White Fleet, 1st U.S. fleet to circle the globe, returns to Virginia 1909 Birthday Alan Marshal, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia 1908 Event Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant 1908 Event White Sox Ed Walsh tops Detroit 6-1 for his 40th victory 1908 Event Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Philadelphia 1-0 1908 Birthday Minor White, American Photographer 1908 Event Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay 1908 Event Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington 1908 Event Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco 1908 Birthday 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 Event Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise 1907 Event Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits New York Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game 1907 Birthday Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer, Russia Black on White 1907 Birthday Dan Duryea, born in White Plains, New York, actor, Pride of the Yankees 1906 Birthday Dick White, head of British secret service, MI-5/MI-6 1906 Birthday Sidney Kingsley, U.S. playwright, One in White, Darkness at Noon 1906 Event 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 Event White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game 1906 Event Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washington Senators 1906 Event Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak 1906 Death Stanford White, Architect, shot dead atop Madison Square Garden which he designed by Harry Thaw jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit 1906 Birthday Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist, England Have My Bones 1906 Birthday T. H. White, Indian Writer 1906 Event After 20 straight losses, Boston Americans win vs. Chicago White Sox 3-0 1906 Event Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising 1906 Event Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House 1905 Event Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0 1905 Event Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0 1905 Birthday David Newell, Missouri, actor, Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves 1904 Event White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days 1904 Event Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0 1904 Birthday Bramwell Fletcher, born in Yorkshire, England, actor, White Cargo, Mummy 1903 Event Yankees and White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18 1903 Event 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox 1903 Event Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers 1903 Birthday Bing Crosby, born in Tacoma, Washington, singer, White Christmas, Going My Way 1902 Event Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 1902 Death John White, composer, dies at 47 1902 Birthday Madge Bellamy, born in Hillsboro, Texas, actress, White Zombie 1901 Event Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House" 1901 Event Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners 1901 Event Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous) 1901 Event Cleveland's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2 1901 Event Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox 1901 Event Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 1901 Event Term of George H. White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends 1900 Event Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed 1900 Birthday Ernest White, composer 1900 Birthday Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn 1899 Birthday E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style 1898 Event Jean-Baptiste Marchands expedition reaches Fashoda at White Hippo 1898 Birthday Nini de Boel, Flemish operette singer, White Horse 1897 Event Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island 1897 Event 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House 1897 Event White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City 1895 Birthday Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer, Adante and Rondo for Cello 1894 Birthday Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off 1893 Death Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72 1893 Event Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders 1893 Birthday Walter Francis White, Atlanta Georgia 1892 Birthday Charles L Bass, actor, Business in White Slavery 1892 Birthday Karel L Baars, Dutch actor, White Slaves Trade 1892 Death Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62 1892 Event Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns 1891 Event Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief 1891 Birthday Franz de Backer, Flemish writer, White Enemy 1891 Birthday J C "Farmer" White, cricketer, Somerset slow lefty 1909-37 1890 Event Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer 1889 Birthday Moroni Olsen, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White 1889 Event President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization 1889 Birthday Pearl White, Victoria, U.S. actress/stunt woman, Perils of Pauline 1888 Birthday Irving Berlin, Temum Siberia, composer, White Xmas, 1887 Birthday Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor, White Sin 1887 Birthday Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's 1887 Birthday Mary Ellen Chase, U.S. linguistic/author, White Gate 1886 Birthday Jean Hersholt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actor, Men in White, Aryan 1886 Event Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand) 1886 Birthday Paul Dudley White, heart specialist 1884 Birthday Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Elmira, New York, composer, White Peacock 1884 Birthday Francis B Young, British physician/writer, White Ladies 1883 Birthday Marguerite Clark, voice, Snow White 1880 Event NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" 1880 Birthday Clarence Cameron White, composer 1878 Event 1st White House telephone installed 1878 Birthday Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general, White Armies, WW II 1878 Birthday Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer, White Ship, Estonian Tales 1878 Event 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn 1877 Event 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn 1876 Event White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5 1876 Death Lame White Man, Cheyenne, dies at Little Bighorn 1875 Event White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg 1874 Birthday Carrie White, oldest U.S. woman, dies Nov 1990 at 116 1874 Event White League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms 1874 Event U.S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House 1874 Death Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 1873 Event British White Star steamship Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die 1871 Event Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins 1871 Event 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1871 Event Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die 1870 Event White conservatives suppresed black vote and captured Tennessee legislature 1868 Birthday William Allen White, Emporia, Kansas, editor, Pulitzer 1942 1865 Event Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot 1865 Event Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) 1864 Birthday Alexander Tikhonovich Gretsjaninow, Russian/US composer, Snow White 1864 Birthday Henri de Vries, Van Walterop, Dutch actor, Cleopatra, White Cargo 1864 Death Solomon George Washington Dill, poor white ally of blacks, assassinated in his home by white terrorists in SC 1863 Event Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs) 1862 Event Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp Virginia (Frayser's Farm) 1862 Event U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years) 1860 Event 1st White settlement in Idaho, Franklin 1860 Event 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" 1860 Event 1st U.S. "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs. Ann Stevens 1859 Birthday Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager, Chicago White Sox 1855 Birthday Maude Valerie White, composer 1855 Birthday John White, composer 1852 Birthday George H. White, American Politician 1851 Event 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers 1850 Death Zachary Taylor, 12th President (1849-50), dies in White House at 65 1848 Event Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration) 1848 Event Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston 1847 Birthday James Deacon White, Canton, New York, ball player jumped teams in 1876, Chi 1842 Event John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House 1841 Death Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies 1837 Birthday Ernest Daudet, French writer, White Terror 1836 Birthday Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer 1835 Birthday Alexandrine-Pieternella-Franeoise Tinne, explored White Nile 1833 Event Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn 1832 Birthday Andrew Dickson White, educator/1st president of Cornell 1831 Death James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies 1831 Death John White, composer, dies at 52 1829 Birthday Charles Albert White, composer 1829 Event Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball 1828 Event John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House 1827 Birthday Ellen G. White, American Writer 1827 Birthday Ellen White, American Writer 1824 Birthday William Wilkie Collins, English novelist, Woman in White 1821 Birthday Samuel White Baker, born in London, England, explorer, Ceylon/Egypt 1820 Event James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House 1819 Birthday John White Geary, Major General Union volunteers 1818 Event Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars 1818 Event Official reopening of the White House 1817 Event Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight 1816 Birthday Julius White, Major General Union volunteers 1810 Birthday Walter White, secretary, NAACP 1806 Birthday James Madison Randolph, Jefferson's grandson, 1st born in White House 1800 Event John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House 1800 Event White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in 1793 Death Gilbert White, naturalist/cleric, dies 1792 Event Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House) 1779 Birthday John White, composer 1776 Event Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to New Jersey 1763 Event George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1720 Birthday Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists" 1638 Event 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) 1632 Death Frederick V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain), dies at 36 1630 Death John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide 1630 Death Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies 1620 Birthday Peregrine White, son of Wm and Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower 1620 Event Battle of White Mountain, Prague 1596 Birthday Frederik V, king of Bohemia, White Mountain 1568 Birthday Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg, Battle of White Mountain 1120 Event English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm 695 Death "White Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered
