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