2005 The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18
2004 Margaret Hassan, humanitarian, director of Care in Iraq who was murdered by terrorists, dies at 59
2004 Art James, game show host/announcer, ", The Who, What, Where Game, ", dies at 74
2004 Uta Hagen, actress/teacher, starred in original Broadway cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dies at 84
2003 Carlo Urbani, WHO doctor, ", president of the Italian branch of ""Doctors without Borders,"" died of SARS after helping to identify it, "
2002 John Entwistle, bass player, The Who, dies at 57
2002 Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major awards
2000 Beah Richards, actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, dies at 74
2000 Johnnie Taylor, singer, Who's Makin' Love?, dies at 62
1999 "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63
1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years
1997 Fed judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him
1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop
1997 Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, royalty, a direct descendent of Prince Vlad the Impaler, who was nicknamed Dracula, dies at 76
1997 Terry Nation, writer (Dr. Who, Blake 7) at 66
1996 Wolf Morris, actor (Padmasambhava-Dr. Who), dies at 71
1996 John Pertwee, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 76
1995 Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians
1995 NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix
1995 "Who's Tommy" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 899 performances
1994 Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder
1994 Roy Castle, actor (Dr. Who and the Daleks), dies of lung Cancer
1994 Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85
1994 Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr. Who), dies of cancer at 81
1993 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78
1993 Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42
1993 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances
1993 "Who's Tommy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 899 performances
1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th
1993 Roy Riegels, University of California football player who ran wrong way, dies at 84
1992 "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth New York City for 232 performances
1992 Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies
1992 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons
1992 "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks
1992 Johnny Mack, British actor (Time Lord-Dr. Who), dies at 70
1992 Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79
1992 Mike Frankovich, U.S. producer (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies
1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment
1991 Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50
1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
1990 Who, Simon and Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters &
1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
1988 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1988 Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989
1988 Robert Englund, actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth
1988 WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive
1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured
1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia
1987 Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1
1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted after shooting 4 youths who tried to rob him
1987 Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr. Who-Dr. Who), dies at 56
1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500
1986 UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
1986 U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982
1985 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games
1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live)
1984 John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him"
1984 Baby Fae, who received a baboon's heart, dies at 3 weeks
1984 New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s
1984 William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94
1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital
1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)
1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
1983 Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period
1982 Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint
1982 Larry Breeding, actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies on 36th birthday
1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans
1981 Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis
1981 Dixie, a mouse who lived 6 years, dies
1980 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill)
1980 Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns
1980 Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires
1979 The Who opens New York City concerts at MSG
1979 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed
1978 Kenny Jones becomes The Who's new drummer
1978 Keith Moon, rock drummer (Who), dies of drug OD at 31
1978 Faith Baldwin, U.S. author (They Who Love), dies at 84
1977 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977
1977 Israeli soldier who died freeing hostages in Entebee Raid (1976)
1977 Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59
1976 A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion
1976 Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who ...," premieres in New York City
1976 Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami
1976 Loudest Pennsylvania (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London
1975 William Hartnell, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 67
1974 A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2
1974 Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at 71
1973 Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76
1973 In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth"
1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Adv's of Sir Francis Drake, Dr. Who), dies at 55
1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
1973 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78
1972 Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined and suspended
1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Aust vs. England
1970 The Who's "Tommy" is performed at New York's Lincoln Center
1970 Richard J. Neutra, Aust/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78
1969 Who release rock opera "Tommy"
1969 After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets
1969 Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault
1969 F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76
1968 Jay Underwood, actor, Boy Who Could Fly
1968 Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day
1967 The Who, opening for Herman's Hermits begin a U.S. tour
1967 John Entwistle of rock group Who weds Alison Wise
1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
1967 Who and Cream make U.S. debut at Murray the K's Easter Show
1967 Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55
1966 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens
1966 Who and the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
1965 Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen
1965 H V Kaltenborn, newscaster (Who Said That?), dies at 86
1965 The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
1965 Rock group Who releases 1st album "I Can't Explain"
1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who
1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances
1963 "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 112 performances
1963 "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
1963 Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74
1963 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win
1962 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen
1962 Russia launches Vostok 4, Pavel Popovich, who lands safely Aug 15
1961 Bill for Boston Tea Party is paid by Mayor Snyder of Oregon who wrote a check for $196, the total cost of all tea lost
1961 Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58
1961 New York DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players
1959 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
1959 Paul McGann, actor, Dr. Who
1957 White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw
1955 Griffin Dunne, actor, American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl
1954 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 James di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles
1953 Jonathan di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles
1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
1953 Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)
1952 Marilu Henner, born in Chicago, actress, Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade
1951 Peter Davison, actor, Dr. Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three
1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
1949 Barbara Bach, [Goldbach], Queens, New York, actress, Spy Who Loved Me
1949 William Wallace, rocker, Guess Who
1948 Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database
1948 Larry Carlton, rock composer, Against All Odds, Who's the Boss
1947 Alice Playton, New York City, actress, Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name
1947 Candy Clark, born in Oklahoma, actress, Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti
1947 Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress, Man Who be King, /Miss Guyana, 1967
1946 Larry Breeding, Winchester, Illinois, actor, Who's Watching the Kids?
1946 Kurt Winter, rocker, Guess Who
1946 Brigitte Fossey, born in Tourcoing, France, actress, Man Who Died Twice
1946 Zina Bethune, New York City, actress, Nurses, Who's That Knocking at My Door
1945 George Barbier, actor (Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 80
1945 Garry Peterson, rocker, Guess Who
1945 Katharine Houghton, born in Hartford, actress, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1944 Roger Daltrey, English rocker, actor, producer, The Who, Tommy
1943 German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government
1943 James Kale, rocker, Guess Who
1943 Colin Baker, actor, Dr. Who, Swallows and Amazons
1943 Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns
1942 Bob Hoskins, Suffolk England, actor, Brazil, Who Killed Roger Rabbit?
1942 Rajinder Goel, cricketer, slow lefty who didn't play for India
1942 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in U.S. executed in Washington D.C.
1940 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148
1940 Jenny Linden, English actress, Hedda, Dr. Who and the Daleks
1939 George Kaufman/Moss Hart's "Man Who Came to Dinner," premieres in New York City
1939 Barry Mann, R&B singer, Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp
1939 Barry Mann, vocalist, Who Put the Bump
1937 Robert Stone, U.S. writer, Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA
1937 Sandy Dennis, born in Nebraska, actress, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1936 Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer, Who Killed Teddy Bear
1936 Harry Northrup, actor (Who's Knocking at My Door), dies at 60
1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown
1935 V V Kumar, cricketer, useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests
1935 Belinda Lee, born in Devon, England, actress, Who Done It, Runaway Bus
1934 Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Sat Review of Lit" Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars
1932 Mel Tillis, born in Tampa, Florida, country singer, Who's Julie, M-M-Mel
1932 John McGraw, who came to New York in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants
1932 John Glen, Thames England, actor, Spy Who Loves Me, Backfire
1932 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
1931 Lefty Grove, A's pitcher who won 31 games, is named the AL's MVP
1930 Terry Nation, writer, Dr. Who, Blake 7
1929 Murray Gell-Mann, physicist who predicted quarks
1929 Keith Waterhouse, English writer, Billy Liar, Say Who Are You?
1928 Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 and 1 vs England
1927 Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 and took 5-36 vs. S Af
1926 Karel Reisz, director, Everybody Wins, Isadora, Who'll Stop the Rain
1925 Johnny Carson, born in Corning, Iowa, comedian, Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust
1925 Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 vs. England
1924 Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings
1921 Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty, 1960
1920 Patrick Troughton, actor, Doctor Who
1920 Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles
1919 Jon Pertwee, English comic/actor, Dr. Who, Worzel Gummidge
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
1917 Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear
1917 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
1916 Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes U.S. citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities
1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
1914 Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty
1913 Ginty Lush, cricketer, NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust
1913 John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail
1913 Peter Cushing, England, actor, Dracula, Star Wars, Dr. Who
1913 Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975
1912 Abbe Pierre, [Henri Pierre Groues], French priest who helps poor
1912 Anne B Ridler, British poet, Who is my neighbor?
1912 A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension
1911 Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S., 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania
1910 Eric Tindall, cricketer, All Black rep who kept wicket in 5 Tests
1909 John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D
1909 Ump Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins, who had questioned a call, this leads to Hurst's banishment
1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years
1908 Robert F Simon, Mansfield, Ohio, actor, Man who shot Liberty Valance
1908 Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row
1908 Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)
1907 Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them
1904 Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, children's author, "Horton Hears a Who!"
1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them
1903 Warren Hull, Gasport, New York, actor, Strike it Rich, Who in the World
1902 Christina Stead, born in Australia, novelist, Man Who Loved Children
1902 Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72
1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant
1899 Frank Vosper, born in London, England, actor, Man Who Knew Too Much
1899 C Grant B Allen, Canada, British writer (Woman Who Did), dies
1896 Phil Baker, Philadelphia, comedian, Who's Whose
1895 Auguste Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema
1895 Louis Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema
1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, born in New York City, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers
1895 Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices
1893 Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle, New York, author/novelist, They Who Love
1893 Daan Boens, Flemish poet, Man who sold his Wife
1893 Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's U.S. Open, 1913
1892 Richard J. Neutra, Austrian and U.S. architect, Who Built America
1891 Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101
1890 Bill Henry, born in San Francisco, California, newscaster, Who Said That?
1888 Monty Wooley, New York City, actor, Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner
1887 John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions
1887 Alexander Woollcott, New Jersey, short story writer, Man Who Came to Dinner
1885 Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41
1884 Torben Myer, Copenhagen Denmark, actor, Girl Who Came Back
1883 Rube Goldberg, cartoonist, who made the easy outrageously difficult
1878 H V Kaltenborn, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, newscaster, Who Said That?
1876 William Farnum, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Spoilers, Man who Fights Alone
1875 Harry Northrup, Paris, France, actor, Who's That Knocking at My Door
1874 Grant Mitchell, Columbus, Ohio, actor, Man Who Came to Dinner
1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, England, novelist, Man Who Made Gold
1862 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player who lived to 99
1858 French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed
1855 Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals, Post Cereals
1848 C Grant B Allen, Canadian writer, Woman Who Did
1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1824 Barbara Krudener, mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60
1821 Nikolai Nekrasov, Russ, poet/journalist, Who Can be Happy in Russia?
1797 Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews
1776 New Jersey gave all adults who could show a net worth of 50œ right to vote
1775 Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army
1753 Oliver Cromwell, Burlington, New Jersey, black who served with Washington
1713 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere
1656 All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her)
1632 Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed
1626 Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
1604 Tsar Ivan IV defeats False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar
1594 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power, 1611-32
1556 Portuguese Marranos who revert back to Judaism burned by order of Pope
1498 Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies
1487 Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
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