1995 Event CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung 1994 Death Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67 1994 Birthday Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh and Connie Sellecca 1993 Event Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News 1992 Event John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca 1976 Death Connie Boswell, actress (Artists and Models), dies at 68 1970 Event Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1 1968 Birthday Connie Britton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nikki-Spin City 1968 Event John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth 1965 Birthday Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress, New Kind of Family 1965 Birthday Connie Nielsen, Danish Actress 1965 Event Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' home run out of Connie Mack Stadium 1962 Birthday Connie Needham Newton, Anaheim California, actress, Elizabeth-8 is Enough 1962 Birthday Connie Price-Smith, born in St. Charles, Missouri, discus thrower, 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Connie Paraskevin-Young, born in Detroit, sprint cyclist, Olympic-bronze - 1988, 1992, 1996 1961 Event Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties 1960 Event "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1 1959 Birthday Connie Brighton, Wichita Falls, Texas, playmate, Sept, 1982 1959 Event "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4 1957 Birthday Connie Chillemi, Eglin AFB, Florida, golfer, 1994 Standard Register-13th 1957 Birthday Connie Carpenter-Phinney, born in Madison, Wisconsin, 79k cyclist, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1956 Event Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters 1956 Death Connie Mack, baseball manager (Philadelphia A's, 1901-50), dies at 93 1955 Birthday Connie Palmen, Dutch author/widow of Ischa Meoer 1955 Event Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland 1955 Event Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage 1955 Event Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days 1955 Birthday Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress, Hotel, Captain America II 1954 Event Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium 1953 Event Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game 1953 Event A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium 1950 Event Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years 1950 Event Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr 1950 Event Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game 1948 Event 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie 1947 Birthday Connie Petracek, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, swimmer, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1946 Birthday Connie Chung, Washington D.C., news ancher, NBC, CBS 1946 Birthday Connie Chung, TV news anchor, NBC, CBS 1945 Birthday Connie Willis, American Writer 1942 Birthday Connie Hawkins, Harlem Globetrotter/NBA, Phoenix Suns, ABA MVP 1968 1941 Birthday Connie Smith, Elkhart, Indiana, singer, Dream Painter, New Horizons 1941 Event Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack 1940 Event Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000 1940 Birthday Connie Mack III, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Florida 1983 - 1989, Senator-R-Florida 1989 - 2001 1939 Birthday Maury Povich, TV host, Current Affair, Maury, Mr Connie Chung 1938 Birthday Connie Francis, born in Newark, New Jersey, singer and actress, Where the Boys Are 1938 Event On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader 1938 Birthday Connie Stevens, born in Brooklyn, singer and actress, Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach 1934 Event All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan 1933 Event Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000 1927 Birthday Connie Kay, jazz drummer 1924 Birthday Connie Russell, New York City, singer, Club Embassy, Garroway at Large 1915 Event Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season 1914 Event Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox 1914 Event Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby 1914 Event Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty 1913 Birthday Connie Stuart, Cornelia van Meygard, Dutch cabaret performer 1909 Event Philadelphia's Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opens 1908 Event Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St. Louis Browns for $5,000 1901 Birthday Connie Gilchrist, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives 1862 Birthday Connie Mack, born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900 - 1950
