2015 Event Nigerian troops rescue 93 women and 200 girls from Boko Haram encampments in the Sambisa Forest; the 'Chibok girls', kidnapped by the militants last year and taken into the forest, were not among those rescued 2013 Event One of the rarest mammals on earth, the saola, an Asian unicorn is released by WWF; the photo was taken by a camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam in September 2013, last seen 15 years ago 2013 Event The Rim wildfire burning in Yosemite National Park has consumed 225 square miles of forest, and is only 7 percent contained 1997 Event Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks 1995 Event 67th Academy Awards - "Forest Gump," Jessica Lange and Tom Hanks win 1994 Death Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79 1989 Event George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1988 Event Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert 1982 Event Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY 1981 Birthday Robert Earnshaw, born in Mufulira, Zambia, Welsh international soccer player, striker, plays for Nottingham Forest 1976 Death Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies 1976 Death Paul M Frank Forest, dies at 80 1975 Death Jean Kurt Forest, composer, dies at 65 1972 Event Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India 1969 Birthday John Forest, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles 1968 Death Conrad Richter, U.S. writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78 1967 Event Monkees perform at Forest Hills, New York, Jimi Hendrix is opening act 1964 Birthday Hank Azaria, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, director, voice actor in 'The Simpsons', appeared in films, 'Godzilla', 'The Birdcage', 'Huff' 1963 Birthday Cindy Schreyer, Forest Park Georgia, LPGA golfer, 1993 Sun-Times Challenge 1962 Event Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play and coach 1961 Birthday Hans Segers, soccer goaltender, PSV, Nottingham Forest, Wimbledon 1961 Birthday Forest Whitaker, born in Longview, Texas, actor, Bloodsport, Platoon, Stakeout 1961 Death Lee de Forest, inventor of the electron Tube, dies at 87 1960 Birthday Mark Derwin, Park Forest, Illinois, actor, AC Mallet-Guiding Light 1956 Birthday David Caruso, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, producer, known for television series, 'CSI: Miami', appeared in films, 'First Blood', 'China Girl', 'An Officer and a Gentleman' 1953 Birthday Christine Ebersole, Park Forest, Illinois, actress, SNL, Valerie, Tootsie 1950 Event Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England 1949 Death Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy and Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83 1948 Birthday Donna Karan, Forest Hills, New York, fashion designer, Coty Award-1977 1947 Event Series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States) 1946 Event Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in New York City 1946 Birthday Al Green, Forest City Arkansas, singer, Lets Stay Together 1944 Event Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City 1939 Event Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest 1938 Event 1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland) 1937 Birthday Michael Landon, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, Bonanza, Highway to Heaven 1937 Birthday Tom Paxton, Chicago, folk singer and songwriter, Forest Lawn 1937 Event Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming 1933 Birthday Pete Wilson, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-R-California, 1983 -1988, Governor-R-California 1991 - 1999 1931 Birthday Roone Arledge, born in Forest Hills, New York, head of sports broadcasting, ABC 1929 Birthday Joan Shawlee, born in Forest Hills, New York, actress, Prehistoric Women 1926 Birthday Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC 1926 Event Forest fire burns 900 acres and kills 2 in San Luis Obispo, California 1924 Event Forest Peters of Montana State University hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals 1924 Event Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service 1923 Event Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City) 1922 Birthday Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary, TUC 1921 Birthday Jack Fletcher, born in Forest Hills, New York, actor, Grady, Bob Crane Show 1918 Event Cloquet Minnesota and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die 1918 Event Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800 1915 Birthday William Proxmire, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards 1915 Birthday Forest Sagendorf, cartoonist 1910 Birthday Phil Hanna, River Forest, Illinois, singer, Once Upon a Tune 1909 Birthday Jean Kurt Forest, composer 1908 Birthday David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor, Beat Girl, I Accuse 1907 Event 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee De Forest 1906 Event U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting 1906 Birthday Clancy Cooper, actress, Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains 1905 Birthday Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, jazz pianist, Deep Forest 1905 Event 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine 1905 Event U.S. Forest Service forms 1894 Event Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die 1892 Birthday Claire DuBrey, Bonner's Ferry ID, actress, Lightnin' in the Forest 1891 Event National Forest Service organized 1890 Birthday Conrad Richter, writer, Light in the Forest 1890 Birthday J Patrick O'Malley, Forest City, Pennsylvania, actress, Courage of Black Beauty 1887 Birthday H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist 1885 Event 1st U.S. state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission 1883 Event Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia 1882 Event Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria 1880 Event John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1873 Birthday Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor, Audion vacuum, radio, tube 1869 Birthday Henriette Georgia Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet, Women in Forest 1869 Event Cleveland's Forest City play their 1st game, vs Cincinnati Red Stockings 1863 Birthday Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer, Forest King 1858 Birthday William Watson, British poet, Prince's Quest, Father of Forest 1845 Birthday Hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor, Forest, Stella 1524 Event Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest 1100 Death William II, Rufus, king of England, shot in New Forest at 44
