2014 Event Two boys in a New York town are rescued early this morning after being inadvertently buried in snow by a snow plow; the plow operator did not see the children as he cleared snow from a parking lot in which they were building a snow fort 2011 Event At the Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland, archeologists believe they found a fort from 1680 built to protect the 'friendly' Piscataway Indians 2011 Event Over 230,000 acres of land, including the town Fort Davis, are destroyed by wildfires in the state of Texas 1993 Death David Brian, U.S. actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78 1993 Event Pilar Fort, crowned 25th Miss Black America 1992 Event 81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1) 1989 Event Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas 1989 Birthday Jake Lloyd, born in Fort Collins, Colorado, actor, played young Anakin Skywalker in George Lucas' 'Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace' and 'ER' television show 1988 Event Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet 1986 Event Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness 1983 Event 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Tx 1982 Birthday Kelly Clarkson, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, songwriter, winner of first season of 'American Idol' television series, hits include, 'Thankful', 'Because of You' 1972 Event 10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hour record) 1972 Event 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, state record 1972 Birthday John Godina, born in Fort Sill Oklahoma, shot putter/discus thrower, 1996 Olympics silver 1971 Death G von Le Fort, writer, dies at 95 1971 Birthday Charles Johnson, born in Fort Pierce, Florida, catcher, U.S. Olympics 1992, Marlins 1971 Event Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site 1970 Birthday David Doster, Fort Wayne, Indiana, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1969 Event Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida 1968 Birthday Billy Brewer, born in Fort Worth, Texas, pitcher, New York Yankees 1968 Birthday Neal Fort, CFL tackle, Montreal Alouettes 1966 Birthday Jay Berger, Fort Dix, New Jersey, tennis star 1966 Birthday Laura Richmond, Fort Dix, New Jersey, playmate, Sep, 1988 1966 Birthday Randy Burridge, Fort Erie, NHL left wing for the Buffalo Sabres 1965 Birthday Vaden Todd Lewis, born in Fort Worth, Texas, guitarist, vocalist, hard rock, post-grunge genre, co-founded Burden Brother band, toured with Toadies band 1965 Birthday Hal Morris, born in Fort Rucker, Alabama, infielder for the Cincinnati Reds 1965 Death Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71 1965 Birthday Greg Swindell, Fort Worth, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians 1964 Birthday Trey Anastasio, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Phish rock band, ranked 73rd on 'Rolling Stone' 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 1963 Birthday Bob Friend, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Nike golfer, 1991 Fort Wayne Open 1963 Birthday Lisa Whelchel, Fort Worth Texas, actress, Blair-Facts of Life 1963 Birthday Norm Charlton, born in Fort Polk, Louisiana, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners 1962 Birthday Morgan Reeser, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 470 yachter, Olympic-8th-1992, 96 1962 Birthday Kimberly McArthur, born in Fort Worth Texas, playmate, January, 1982 1960 Birthday Mark Sanford, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, politician, Republican, 115th Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Air Force Reserve medical administration officer 1959 Birthday Neal Stephenson, born in Fort Meade, Maryland, author books include, 'The System of the World', ''Anathem', 'Quicksilver', 'The Confusion' 1957 Event WPTA TV channel 21 in Fort Wayne, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Event 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va 1955 Event KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Fort Wayne Golf Open 1954 Event 1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, NC 1952 Birthday Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music 1952 Birthday Sharon Gabet, Fort Wayne, Indiana, actress, Edge of Night, Another World 1950 Birthday Bill Owens, born in Fort Worth, Texas, politician, Republican party, 40th Governor of Colorado 1950 Birthday Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host, Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers 1950 Birthday Ernest Istook, born in Fort Worth, Texas, Representative-R-Oklahoma 1993 - 2007 1949 Birthday Randy Owen, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music 1949 Birthday Jeff Cook, Fort Payne, Alabama, country guitar/vocalist, Alabama - Mountain Music 1949 Birthday Shelley Long, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, actress, Diane-Cheers, Money Pit 1949 Event WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting 1949 Event Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Texas, covering 23,452 miles in 94 hours 1948 Event WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (NBC) begins 1948 Event WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting 1948 Event Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus 1946 Birthday Mike Murdock, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, author, televangelist, pastor, Wisdom Center ministry, Fort Worth, Texas, hosts Wisdom Keys with Mick Murdock television program, mentored with Jimmie Swaggart, preached with Tammy Faye Bakker 1945 Event General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland" 1944 Event Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen 1944 Event Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376 1943 Event Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (U.S.) torpedoed and sinks 1942 Birthday Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1994 Dallas Reunion 1942 Birthday Ray Floyd, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, PGA golfer, Masters 1976 1942 Birthday Raymond Loran Floyd, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1986 U.S. Open 1942 Event Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines 1942 Event Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 1941 Event Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500 1941 Event British attack Halfaya-pass and Fort Capuzzo in Egypt and Libya 1941 Birthday Hal Daub, born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Representative-R-Nebraska 1981 - 1989 1938 Birthday Ray Sharpe, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, songwriter, guitarist, Lee Hazlewood produced debut album, second album featured Duane Eddy and Al Casey on guitars, recorded with King Curtis 1935 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky 1935 Event Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established 1934 Birthday Van Williams, Fort Worth, Texas, actor, Green Hornet, Tycoon 1932 Birthday Bobby Day, Robert Byrd, Fort Worth, Texas, rock vocalist, Rockin' Robin 1932 Death Charles Fort, American Writer 1931 Birthday Larry Hagman, born in Fort Worth, Texas, actor, I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas 1931 Birthday Joan Vohs, St. Albans, New York, actress, Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina 1929 Event Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curaeao kidnap governor Fruytier 1929 Birthday Arthur Hill, born in Brompton Square, London, Arthur Robin Ian Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort. Conservative Party, House of Lords 1929 Birthday Marilyn Lloyd, born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Representative-D-Tennessee 1975 - 1995 1928 Birthday Dick York, Fort Wayne, Indiana, actor, Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind 1925 Birthday Fess Parker, Fort Worth Texas, actor, Davy Crockett, Old Yeller 1924 Birthday Norman Alden, Fort Worth, Texas, actor, Pilaski-Hennesey, Al-Fay 1922 Birthday Jim Wright, born in Fort Worth, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1987 - 1989, Speaker of House 1922 Event WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting 1921 Birthday John Agar, Chicago, actor, Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima 1918 Birthday Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash 1918 Death Cesar A Cui, Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83 1916 Event Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun 1916 Event German troops under Lt Rackow take Fort Vaux 1916 Event German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun 1916 Event French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured 1916 Event Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun 1916 Event French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun 1916 Event German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes 1916 Event France battles at Fort Douaumont 1916 Event German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun 1916 Event German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun 1915 Event 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record) 1914 Event German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught 1912 Birthday Byron Nelson, Fort Worth, Texas, PGA golfer, won 19 tournaments in 1945 1908 Event Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hour airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va 1908 Birthday Dennis O'Keefe, born in Fort Madison, Iowa, actor/dir, T-Men, Fighting Seabees 1907 Birthday Adrienne Ames, Fort Worth, Texas, actress, Death Kiss, Panama Patrol 1905 Event Mbunga-siege of Fort Mahenge German East-Africa broken 1905 Event Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa 1905 Event Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa 1902 Birthday Philip Ober, born in Fort Payne, Alabama, actor, General Stone-I Dream of Jeannie 1899 Event Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed 1896 Event Temperature hits 127 degrees F at Fort Mojave, California 1893 Birthday Irving Bacon, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, Branded Men, Fort Ti 1890 Event Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria) 1888 Event Stanley's expedition reaches Fort Bodo, East-Africa 1883 Event Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger 1879 Event Cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Fort Robinson 1876 Birthday G von Le Fort, writer 1874 Birthday Charles Fort, American Writer 1872 Birthday Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose 1866 Event Last Navaho chief Manuelito, turns self in at Fort Wingate 1866 Event Italian fleet under Admiral Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa 1865 Event Siege of Spanish Fort, AL-captured by Federals 1865 Event Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg 1865 Event Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely) 1865 Event Battle of Wilmington, North Carolina (Fort Anderson) occupied by Federals 1865 Event Union occupies Fort Anderson, NC 1865 Event Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC 1864 Event Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama 1864 Event Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama 1864 Death Griffin A Stedman, Union-Brigadier-General (Fort Stedman), dies in battle at 26 1864 Event Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD) 1864 Event Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tennessee 1864 Event Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana 1863 Event Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas 1863 Event Battle at Fort Esperanza Texas 1863 Event Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner South Carolina (1700 casualties) 1863 Event Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas 1863 Event Federal batteries and ships attacked Fort Sumter in SC 1863 Event Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina - Second assault US1500 CS174 1863 Event Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter 1863 Event Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia 1863 Event Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia 1863 Event General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman Ark 1862 Event Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory 1862 Event Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely 1862 Event Union troops occupy Fort Pulaski Georgia 1862 Event General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee 1861 Event Battle of Fort Hatteras NC 1861 Event Confederate troops occupy Fort Fillmore, New Mexico 1861 Event Skirmish at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Terr - Rebels attack Union troops 1861 Event 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe Virginia 1861 Event Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War 1860 Event Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby) 1857 Event 7.9 earthquake shakes Fort Tejon California 1846 Event Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas 1836 Event Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea 1835 Birthday Cesar A. Cui, Vilna Lithuania, fort architect/composer 1828 Event Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea 1816 Event U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves 1814 Event Americans capture Fort Erie Canada 1804 Event Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad 1802 Event Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France 1794 Event Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio 1778 Event 1st treaty between the U.S. and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) 1777 Event British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans 1776 Event British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution 1776 Event Presidio of San Francisco forms as a Spanish fort 1760 Event Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie 1759 Event British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) 1756 Event French capture Fort Oswego, New York 1755 Event British capture Fort Beausejour, expel Acadians 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland 1704 Death Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63 1679 Death Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45 1667 Event Abraham Crijnssen conquerors Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname 1667 Event Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River 1664 Event Dutch Fort Orange (Albany New York) surrenders to English 1663 Event Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army 1661 Event Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa 1658 Event Dutch troops occupy last Portugese Fort Jafnapatnam Ceylon 1655 Event Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram 1639 Event 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) 1637 Event WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa 1635 Death Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63 1633 Event Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Rhine at Cologne 1627 Event Prince Frederik Henry conquerors fort Groenlo 1621 Event French government army occupies Fort St. Jean d'Angely at La Rochelle 1616 Event Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England 1606 Event Spanish troops under Spinola occupies fort Rhine birch 1598 Event Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine 1592 Birthday Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch Governor, Fort Emmerik/Heusden 1571 Birthday Adrian A. Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect 1565 Event Spaniards capture Fort Caroline Florida and massacre the French
