2015 Event A new birdlike dinosaur, Yi qi, has been discovered in China; the fossils suggest that it lived about 160 million years ago and had membranous, bat-like wings that not been seen in other dinosaur species 2011 Event Sonya Thomas is declared the winner of the U.S. Chicken Wing Eating Championship after consuming 183 Buffalo wings in 12 minutes 2002 Event Stanley Cup Finals, Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes 4 games to 1 1999 Death Buddy Rogers, actor, Wings, dies at 94 1998 Event New York Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak 1998 Event Stanley Cup Finals, Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 4 games to 0 1997 Event Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty 1997 Event Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash 1997 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Philadelphia Flyers 1996 Event Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games 1996 Event En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61 1996 Event Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season 1995 Event Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games 1991 Event St. Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7 1991 Death Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68 1990 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled 1990 Event 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins 1984 Event Rock group Wings disbands 1983 Event New Jersey Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0 1981 Event Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd) 1979 Death Jimmy McCulloch, guitarist (Wings), dies at 26 1979 Death Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose 1979 Event Wings release "Getting Closer" and "Baby's Request" 1979 Event Wings release "Back to the Egg" album 1979 Event Wings release "Old Siam, Sir" 1979 Event Wings release "Goodnight Tonight" 1979 Event CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney 1979 Event Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in New York City 1978 Event Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough" 1978 Event Wings release "London Town" album 1978 Event Wings release "With a Little Luck" 1977 Event Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" and "Girl's School" 1977 Event Jimmy McCullough quits Wings 1977 Event Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal 1977 Event Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed" 1976 Event Wings release triple album "Wings Over America" 1976 Event Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia 1976 Event Wings release "Let 'em In" 1976 Event 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome 1976 Event Wings release "Silly Love Songs" 1976 Event Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album 1976 Death Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75 1975 Event Wings release "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" medley 1975 Event Wings release "Letting Go" 1975 Event Wings release "Venus and Mars" album 1975 Event Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK 1974 Event Wings release "Junior's Farm" 1974 Event Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise" 1974 Event Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK 1973 Event Wings release "Band on the Run" 1973 Event Wings release "Helen Wheels" 1973 Event Danny Seiwell quits Wings 1973 Event Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings 1973 Event Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell quit Wings 1973 Event Paul McCartney and Wings release "Live and Let Die" 1973 Event Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK 1973 Event Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont 1972 Event Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK 1972 Event BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi" 1972 Event 1st tour of Paul McCartney and Wings, France 1972 Event "If You Had Wings" opens 1972 Event Paul McCartney and Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" 1972 Birthday Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk, Russia, NHL forward, Detroit Red Wings 1972 Event BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings 1972 Event Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK 1971 Event Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life" 1971 Event Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings 1969 Birthday Brendan Shanahan, Mimico Ont, NHL left wing, Whalers, Red Wings 1967 Death Jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66 1966 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2 1965 Death Clara Bow, U.S. actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60 1964 Event Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal 1964 Event Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1963 Event Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 1962 Event Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals 1961 Birthday Paul Coffey, Weston Ontario, NHL forward, Oilers, Penguins, Red Wings 1961 Event Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2 1957 Birthday Ron Duguay, born in Canada, hockey player, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings 1957 Event NHL Players Association forms (New York City), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president 1956 Event Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 1956 Birthday James Ingram, vocalist, On the Wings of Love 1955 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3 1954 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3 1953 Birthday Jimmy McCulloch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, guitarist, hard rock genre, played lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977, member of band One in a Million 1952 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games 1951 Birthday Luther Vandross, born in New York City, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love 1950 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3 1949 Event Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games 1948 Event "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 308 performances 1948 Event Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games 1948 Birthday Jeffrey Osborne, born in Providence, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love 1947 Event "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 308 performances 1947 Event Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in Wings," premieres in New York City 1945 Event Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1944 Birthday Denny Laine, Brian Hines, rock guitarist, Moody Blues, Wings 1944 Event Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0 1943 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games 1943 Event Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 1942 Event Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1941 Event Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games 1941 Birthday Bruno Ganz, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Strapless, Wings of Desire 1937 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3 games to 2 1936 Event Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 1936 Event Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s) 1936 Event Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 minutes and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes), ends 1-0 1934 Event Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1 1933 Birthday Lajos Kovacs, Hungary, actor, Wings of Desire 1929 Event 1st Academy Awards - "Wings," Emil Jennings and Janet Gaynor wins 1928 Event Nichols/Brownes "Wings over Europe," premieres in New York City 1927 Event "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens 1926 Event Philip Barry's "White Wings!," premieres in New York City 1926 Event NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings 1924 Birthday Bruce Norris, NHL owner, Detroit Red Wings 1905 Birthday Clara Bow, silent screen actress, Wings, "it" girl of 1920's films 1904 Birthday Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Olathe, Kansas, actor, Wings 1885 Birthday Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist, Black Wings 1883 Birthday Kahlil Gibran, born in Lebanon, mystic poet, The Prophet, Broken Wings
