2013 Event In the U.K., the top 50 payday loan companies were sited for "widespread irresponsible lending"; the Office of Fair Trading gives them 12 weeks to change their practices 2012 Event The 52-foot iconic statue known as Big Tex, is destroyed by fire during the final days of the 2012 State Fair of Texas 2012 Event The parliamentary election in Georgia is determined to be 'fair and free' by the OSCE 2012 Event At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party' 2010 Event China's largest fair, Canton Fair, opens and is closely watched as it is the barometer of the country's trade and economic development 1996 Death Lew Ayres, screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at 88 1996 Event "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 Event "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances 1995 Death Michael VerMeulen, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor, dies at 38 1994 Event "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 165 performances 1993 Death Myrna Loy, actress (Thin Man, Vanity Fair), dies at 88 1993 Event "My Fair Lady" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 165 performances 1990 Event Manuel Noriega claims U.S. denied him a fair trial 1990 Death Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82 1988 Death Frederick Loewe, U.S. composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84 1984 Event "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair 1983 Death George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday 1982 Event 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee opens 1982 Death Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91 1981 Event "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 119 performances 1981 Event "My Fair Lady" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 119 performances 1978 Birthday Lorrie Fair, born in Los Altos, California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics 1977 Event "My Fair Lady" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 384 performances 1976 Event "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances 1976 Death Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78 1976 Death Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78 1975 Death Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79 1973 Death Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (All's Fair), dies at 64 1969 Event Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1969 Birthday Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America 1991 1968 Death Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76 1965 Death Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 1965 Event New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season 1965 Event 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win 1964 Event World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens 1963 Birthday Norman Alvis, born in Fair Oaks, California, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1962 Event "My Fair Lady" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 2,715 performances 1958 Birthday Keith Haring, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, graffiti artist, Vanity Fair, Paris Review 1958 Event Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens 1957 Event New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1957 Event 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win 1956 Birthday Michael VerMeulen, born in Chicago, Illinois, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor 1956 Event "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 2,715 performances 1955 Event Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam 1950 Birthday Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host, Good Morning America 1949 Event President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal" 1948 Birthday Dennis "Minder" Waterman, born in London, England, actor, Fair Exchange 1946 Death Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 1941 Event Fair Employment Practices Commission established 1940 Event 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1940 Event New York World's Fair reopens 1939 Event NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair 1939 Birthday Judy Carne, born in Northhampton, England, comedienne, Laugh-in, Fair Exchange 1939 Event New York World's Fair opens 1938 Event Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm) 1938 Birthday Susan Hampshire, born in London, England, actress, Vanity Fair, Living Free 1937 Event World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors) 1937 Event Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich 1933 Birthday Jeremy Brett, actor, Sherlock Holmes, Freddie-My Fair Lady 1933 Event Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago 1933 Event 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair 1931 Birthday E[dgar] L[aurence] Doctorow, New York City, novelist, World's Fair 1929 Birthday Mel Hancock, born in Cape Fair, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1989 - 1997 1929 Birthday Audrey Hepburn, Brussels Belg, Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady 1925 Event World's fair opens in Chicago 1924 Birthday Jeffrey Segal, actor and playwright, Vanity Fair, Rest in Pieces 1922 Event Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam 1919 Event Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam 1918 Birthday Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer, Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady 1917 Birthday Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer and actor, My Fair Lady 1917 Event 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) 1915 Birthday William Goyen, born in Trinity, Texas, writer, storyteller, married actress Doris Roberts, wrote The House of Breath, The Fair Sister, Wonderful Plant 1915 Event World's Fair in San Francisco opens 1915 Birthday Jann Willem Holsbergen, author, Zakenmensen Fair as Gold 1914 Birthday Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator, Fair Employment Practices 1912 Birthday Alice Faye, Ann Leppert, New York City, actress, Barricade, State Fair 1910 Event Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair) 1908 Birthday Rex Harrison, Reginald Carey, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Cleopatra 1908 Birthday Rex Harrison, born in England, actor, My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle 1908 Event Frederick Delius' "Brigg Fair," premieres 1905 Birthday Myrna Loy, Helena, Montana, actress, Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair 1903 Birthday Wilfrid Hyde-White, England, actor, My Fair Lady, Peyton Place 1900 Event World's Fair in Paris opens, 50 million visitors 1899 Birthday Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Texas, actor, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail 1897 Birthday Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager, My Fair Lady 1894 Event Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park 1894 Event Columbus World's fair in Chicago destroyed by fire 1893 Birthday Isobel Elsom, actress, My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger 1892 Birthday Emory Parnell, St. Paul Minnesota, actress, Rocket Man, County Fair 1891 Birthday Fay Bainter, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair 1888 Birthday Gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress, My Fair Lady 1888 Birthday Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist, Fair Folks 1883 Event Amsterdam World's Fair opens 1883 Event 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair 1880 Birthday Donald Meek, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Stage Fair, Stagecoach 1876 Event Centennial Fair opens in Philadelphia 1873 Event Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna 1864 Event Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties 1864 Event Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmont 1864 Event Battle of Fair Gardens, TN 1863 Death Edwin Vose Sumner, U.S. Union-general-major (Fair Oaks), dies at 66 1862 Death Charles Davis Jameson, U.S. Union Brigadier General (Fair Oaks), dies at 35 1862 Event 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties) 1862 Event Battle of Seven Pines Virginia (Fair Oaks) 1854 Event Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair 1853 Event 1st U.S. World's fair opens, Crystal Palace New York 1852 Death John Howard Payne, actor and playwright (Fair Warning), dies 1811 Birthday William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist, Vanity Fair 1620 Event 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) 1306 Event King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France
