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2011 Event - The host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be Pyeongchang, South Korea; the winter multi-sport event will take place between the 9th and 24th of February, 2018 2011 Event - The North American winter storm continues across the Southeastern United States and the Tennessee Valley 2011 Event - The North American winter storm causes persistent cold temperatures in Mexico and power outages in the U.S. 2006 Event - 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy 2003 Death - Katharine Hepburn, actress, 'A Lion in Winter', dies at 96 2002 Event - XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City 2002 Event - XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City 2001 Death - Edward Winter, actor, TV's M*A*S*H, dies at 63 1999 Death - Sylvia Sidney, actress, ", Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, ", dies at 88 1998 Event - 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan 1998 Event - 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan 1996 Death - Peter Winter, naval commander, dies at 78 1995 Event - Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002 1994 Death - Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter), dies at 33 1994 Death - Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59 1994 Event - 17th Winter Olympic games closes in Lillehammer, Norway 1994 Event - 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway 1993 Event - S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for 705,500 pounds in London 1992 Event - 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France 1992 Event - 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France 1990 Event - 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo 1989 Event - "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 3,486 performances 1988 Event - Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics 1988 Event - 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada 1988 Event - Matti Nykanen becomes winter olympics 1st triple gold medalist 1988 Event - 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta 1988 Event - 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada 1986 Event - IOC decides to stagger Winter and Summer Olympic schedule 1985 Event - Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1984 Event - 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1984 Event - 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1983 Event - Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter 1982 Event - "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5000+ performances 1982 Event - "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances 1981 Event - "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 48 performances 1980 Event - "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances 1980 Event - 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York 1980 Event - 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York 1980 Event - "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 45 performances 1979 Event - "Beatlemania" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 920 performances 1979 Event - "Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 45 performances 1978 Birthday - Jade Winter, Australian swimmer 1996 Olympics 1977 Event - "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 920 performances 1977 Event - "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 167 performances 1976 Event - "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances 1976 Event - "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances 1976 Event - 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria 1976 Event - 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria 1976 Event - "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 193 performances 1975 Event - 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24 1975 Event - Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24) 1975 Event - "Dr. Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 Event - "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1975 Event - "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances 1974 Event - "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 120 performances 1972 Event - "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 524 performances 1972 Event - 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan 1972 Event - 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia) 1971 Birthday - Jonathan David Winter, Wellington, New Zealand, 100m backstroker 1996 Olympics 1971 Event - "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances 1971 Birthday - Peter Winter, Australian decathlete 1996 Olympics 1970 Event - "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 4 performances 1970 Event - "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 4 performances 1970 Event - "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances 1970 Event - "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances 1969 Event - "Jimmy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 84 performances 1969 Birthday - Dave Pashko, born in Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 CPGA Winter Tour 1968 Event - 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France 1968 Event - 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France 1967 Event - "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances 1967 Birthday - Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Lazio 1966 Birthday - Mike Pero, Canadian Tour golfer, 1990 CPGA Winter 1966 Event - "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances 1966 Event - James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in New York City 1965 Birthday - Alex Winter, born in London, England, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 1964 Event - "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1,348 performances 1964 Event - 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria 1964 Event - 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria 1963 Event - "Sophie" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 8 performances 1963 Event - "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances 1963 Event - "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances 1962 Event - "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances 1962 Event - "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances 1962 Death - Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78 1962 Event - "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances 1962 Event - "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances 1961 Birthday - Mark Bucek, Winter Pak, Florida, Nike golfer, 1994 Gary Player Tour 1961 Birthday - Sophie Winter, actress, She's a Good Fighter 1960 Event - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances 1960 Birthday - Tom Jackson, Oakville, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 CPGA Winter 1960 Event - 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, California 1960 Event - 8th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, California 1960 Event - "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances 1960 Event - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 532 performances 1959 Event - "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances 1959 Event - "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances 1959 Event - "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 16 performances 1959 Event - "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 16 performances 1959 Event - Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1957 Event - "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances 1957 Event - "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 123 perf 1957 Event - "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 123 performances 1956 Event - "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 21 performances 1956 Event - "Shangri-La" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 21 performances 1956 Event - 7th Winter Olympic games close at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1956 Event - 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1955 Event - "Vamp" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 60 performances 1955 Event - "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances 1955 Event - Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time 1955 Birthday - Tree Rollins, born in Winter Haven, Florida, NBA center, Cleveland Cavaliers 1955 Event - "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 149 performances 1954 Event - "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 149 performances 1954 Event - "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 559 performances 1953 Event - "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 559 performances 1953 Event - "My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 89 performances 1952 Birthday - John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4 1952 Event - "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 89 performances 1952 Event - "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances 1952 Birthday - Michael Daly, born in Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer, 1991 BC Winter Tour 1952 Event - 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway 1952 Event - 6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway 1951 Event - "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances 1951 Event - "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances 1951 Event - "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances 1951 Death - John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83 1951 Event - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 278 perf 1951 Event - Fidel Castro ejected from a Winter League game after beaning batter 1950 Event - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances 1950 Event - "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances 1950 Birthday - Richard Hughes, rocker, Johnny Winter Band 1950 Event - "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances 1950 Event - "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 46 performances 1950 Event - "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances 1950 Event - "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances 1948 Event - "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 168 performances 1948 Event - "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances 1948 Event - "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 168 performances 1948 Birthday - Randy Hobbs, rocker, Johnny Winter Band, McCoys 1948 Event - 5th Winter Olympic games close at St. Moritz, Switzerland 1948 Event - 5th Winter Olympic games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland 1946 Birthday - Edgar Winter, Beaumont, Texas, rocker, They Only Come Out at Night 1946 Birthday - Gram Paarson, Cecil Connor, Winter Haven, Florida, rocker, Byrds 1946 Birthday - Kurt Winter, rocker, Guess Who 1944 Event - Beginning of harsh winter 1944 Birthday - Johnny Winter, John Dawson, Leland Mississippi, guitarist, Silver Train 1942 Event - Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front 1936 Event - 4th Winter Olympic games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1936 Event - 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1934 Birthday - Carl de Winter, Secretary-General, Federation of British Artists 1932 Event - 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York 1932 Event - U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold) 1932 Event - 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York 1930 Birthday - Wilfrid Sheed, England, writer, Boys of Winter, Hack 1928 Event - 2nd Winter Olympic games close at St. Moritz, Switzerland 1928 Event - 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St. Moritz, Switzerland 1924 Event - 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France 1924 Event - Charles Jewtraw, U.S. 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal 1924 Event - 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France 1923 Birthday - Italo Calvino, born in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba, author, Winter's Night a Traveler 1920 Birthday - Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer, Devil in the Winter Palace 1919 Birthday - Erik Elmsater, Sweden, 1st to compete in summer and winter Oly, 1948 1917 Event - Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace 1917 Birthday - Peter Winter, naval commander 1911 Birthday - Czeslaw Milosz, Polish/American writer, Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980 1911 Event - Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City 1908 Event - Allen Winter wins U.S. 1st $50,000 trotting race 1903 Birthday - Anais Nin, born in Paris, novelist, Winter of Artifice, House of Incense 1898 Event - Belgica crew see 1st sunrise in 1600 hours, 1st to endure Antarct winter 1891 Death - Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 1889 Event - Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League 1888 Birthday - Maxwell Anderson, U.S., dramatist, Winter Set, High Tor 1884 Birthday - Winter Haynes Watts, composer 1867 Birthday - John Winter Thompson, composer 1846 Event - Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp 1830 Birthday - Christina Rossetti, London, poet, Winter Rain, Passing Away 1825 Death - Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71 1819 Birthday - Johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop, Netherlands, Dutch/French painter, Winter Scenes 1817 Birthday - Henry Winter Davis, MC, Union 1812 Death - John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51 1777 Event - Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for winter 1761 Birthday - John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin 1754 Birthday - Peter Winter, composer |
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