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2002 Stanley Cup Finals, Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes 4 games to 1

1999 Buddy Rogers, actor, Wings, dies at 94

1998 New York Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak

1998 Stanley Cup Finals, Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 4 games to 0

1997 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty

1997 Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash

1997 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Philadelphia Flyers

1996 Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games

1996 En route to NHL record 62 victories Detroit Red Wings win #61

1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season

1995 Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games

1991 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 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68

1990 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled

1990 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins

1984 Rock group Wings disbands

1983 New Jersey Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0

1981 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 Jimmy McCulloch, guitarist (Wings), dies at 26

1979 Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose

1979 Wings release "Getting Closer" and "Baby's Request"

1979 Wings release "Back to the Egg" album

1979 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir"

1979 Wings release "Goodnight Tonight"

1979 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney

1979 Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in New York City

1978 Ringo releases "Bad Boy" album; Wings releases "I've Had Enough"

1978 Wings release "London Town" album

1978 Wings release "With a Little Luck"

1977 Wings release "Mull of Kintyre" and "Girl's School"

1977 Jimmy McCullough quits Wings

1977 Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal

1977 Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed"

1976 Wings release triple album "Wings Over America"

1976 Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia

1976 Wings release "Let 'em In"

1976 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome

1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs"

1976 Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album

1976 Richard Arlen, actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75

1975 Wings release "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" medley

1975 Wings release "Letting Go"

1975 Wings release "Venus and Mars" album

1975 Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK

1974 Wings release "Junior's Farm"

1974 Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"

1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK

1973 Wings release "Band on the Run"

1973 Wings release "Helen Wheels"

1973 Danny Seiwell quits Wings

1973 Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings

1973 Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell quit Wings

1973 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Live and Let Die"

1973 Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK

1973 Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont

1972 Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK

1972 BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi"

1972 1st tour of Paul McCartney and Wings, France

1972 "If You Had Wings" opens

1972 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

1972 Vyacheslav Kozlov, Voskresensk, Russia, NHL forward, Detroit Red Wings

1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings

1972 Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK

1971 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"

1971 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings

1969 Brendan Shanahan, Mimico Ont, NHL left wing, Whalers, Red Wings

1967 Jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66

1966 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2

1965 Clara Bow, U.S. actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60

1965 Clara Bow, actress (It, Red Hair, Wings), dies of heart attack at 59

1964 Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal

1964 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3

1963 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1

1962 Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals

1961 Paul Coffey, Weston Ontario, NHL forward, Oilers, Penguins, Red Wings

1961 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2

1957 Ron Duguay, born in Canada, hockey player, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings

1957 NHL Players Association forms (New York City), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president

1956 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1

1956 James Ingram, vocalist, On the Wings of Love

1955 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3

1954 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3

1953 Jimmy McCulloch, rocker, Wings

1952 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games

1951 Luther Vandross, born in New York City, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love

1950 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3

1949 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games

1948 "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 308 performances

1948 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games

1948 Jeffrey Osborne, born in Providence, Rhode Island, rock vocalist, On the Wings of Love

1947 "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 308 performances

1947 Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in Wings," premieres in New York City

1945 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3

1944 Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist, Moody Blues, Wings

1944 Det 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 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games

1943 Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period

1942 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3

1941 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games

1941 Bruno Ganz, born in Zurich, Switzerland, actor, Strapless, Wings of Desire

1937 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3 games to 2

1936 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1

1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s)

1936 Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0

1934 Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1

1933 Lajos Kovacs, Hungary, actor, Wings of Desire

1929 1st Academy Awards - "Wings," Emil Jennings and Janet Gaynor wins

1928 Nichols/Brownes "Wings over Europe," premieres in New York City

1927 "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens

1926 Philip Barry's "White Wings!," premieres in New York City

1926 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings

1924 Bruce Norris, NHL owner, Detroit Red Wings

1905 Clara Bow, Brooklyn, actress, Wings, Down to the Sea in Ships

1905 Clara Bow, silent screen actress, Wings, "it" girl of 1920's films

1904 Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Olathe, Kansas, actor, Wings

1885 Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Polish novelist/satirist, Black Wings



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