1999 Death Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist, Both Worlds, dies at 36 1995 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) 1995 Death Helene Weijel, author (In Two Worlds), dies at 44 1993 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) 1992 Death Constance Carpenter, actress (2 Worlds), dies of stroke at 87 1992 Death Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer 1991 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi 1991 Death Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88 1989 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) 1988 Death Neil Ronald Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78 1987 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt 1982 Event Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) 1981 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann 1980 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch 1979 Event "Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern peaks at #18 1979 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne 1978 Event Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man 1977 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA) 1976 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill 1968 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.) 1967 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.) 1961 Death Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 1960 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Vanc won by Carol E Heiss (USA) 1957 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss (U.S.) 1955 Event Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched 1950 Event New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain 1943 Birthday Joe [William] Haldeman, U.S., sci-fi author, Hugo, Nebula, Worlds Apart 1940 Event Dutch Prime Minister Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory) 1938 Event Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds" 1928 Event Worlds largest hailstone 1 lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska 1927 Event Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die 1926 Birthday Robert Bly, U.S., poet/editor/translator, Loving a Woman in 2 Worlds 1917 Birthday Robert Cornthwaite, born in St. Helen, Oregon, actor, Thing, War of the Worlds 1915 Birthday Orson Welles, Kenosha, Wisconsin, actor, Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds 1913 Birthday Les Tremayne, London, actor, Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds 1909 Birthday Neil R[onald] Jones, U.S., sci-fi author, Space War, Twin Worlds 1908 Birthday George Pal, Hungarian/U.S. director, When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons 1902 Birthday F R Boschvogel, French LJ Ramon, Flemish writer, War of Worlds 1895 Birthday Immanuel Velikovsky, writer, Worlds in Collision 1893 Event Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey 1893 Birthday Clarke Ashton Smith, U.S., sci-fi author, Lost Worlds, Genius Loci 1892 Death John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies 1815 Birthday John Banvard, New York City, painted worlds largest painting, 3 mile canvas 1657 Birthday Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer, Plurality of Worlds
