2015 Event France�s far-right National Front party has expelled one of its founders, Jean-Marie Le Pen, after continued conflict over his anti-Semitic remarks; current party leader Marine Le Pen, his daughter, seeks to move the party away from its past 2014 Event A new front has opened along the Russian- Ukrainian border, with thousands of Russians assisting rebels in Ukraine; Russia claims that it is neither sending nor supporting these forces, but that the troops are fighting with the rebels voluntarily 2010 Event Jean Leonard Rugambage, a Rwandan journalist, is shot dead in front of his home in Kigali; the exiled chief editor of Umuvugizi believes the government is responsible 1995 Death Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89 1994 Event Cessna crashes in White House front yard 1994 Event Rwandese Patriot Front occupies Kigali 1994 Death Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92 1992 Death Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70 1992 Event Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of U.N. 1992 Event Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round 1990 Event Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asstistant General Manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) 1985 Event French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1985 Event Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago) 1979 Death Ludwig Renn, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany, dies at 90 1972 Death Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71 1971 Death Edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81 1969 Event Seattle Pilots last game in Seattle, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473 1969 Birthday Craig Logan, born in Scotland, rock bassist, Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey 1969 Event Nayif Hawatimah forms Dem People's Front for Liberation of Palestine 1967 Event People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established 1967 Death George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64 1965 Death Arnold Meijer, leader (Fascist Nationally Front), dies 1963 Death Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 1962 Event Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms 1959 Birthday Mel Gaynor, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock drummer, Simple Minds-Water Front 1957 Birthday Paul Kagame, born in Ruhango, Rwanda, politician, President of the Republic of Rwanda, formerly led the Rwandan Patriotic Front ending the Rwandan genocide 1957 Event San Francisco Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall 1956 Birthday Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front 1956 Birthday Derek Forbes, rocker, Simple Minds-Water Front 1956 Event M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon 1951 Birthday Earl Howe, born in England, British politician, Conservative, front bench member, House of Lords, Health spokesman 1950 Event U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops 1950 Death Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77 1949 Event "Front Page," debuts on CBS-TV 1946 Event Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) 1945 Event General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken 1944 Event Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy 1944 Event General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy 1944 Event Russian offensive in central front sector 1944 Event Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front 1943 Event Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front 1943 Event German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Eisenhower visits front 1942 Event Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front 1942 Death Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81 1941 Event German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union 1941 Death Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies 1941 Event 1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front 1941 Event Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish cafe Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe) 1938 Event Yankees sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium 1937 Event Queensland all out for 93 vs. SA in front of 10,436 1937 Event French People's front government-Blum falls 1937 Event Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France 1936 Event 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government 1936 Event French People's Front wins elections 1936 Event Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections 1935 Event Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels 1934 Event French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms 1931 Event German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism 1931 Event 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front" 1929 Birthday Bob Bouma, Dutch TV host, For a Postcard in the Front Row 1928 Event Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1924 Event Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees 1923 Birthday Herschel Bernardi, actor, Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front 1918 Event Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front) 1918 Event Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I 1917 Event 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House 1917 Event General Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for 1st time 1917 Event 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I 1916 Event Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack 1916 Event Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front 1914 Birthday Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front 1914 Event Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front 1914 Event General von Hindenburgs named commander of German armies on Eastern Front 1913 Event Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse 1908 Birthday Lew Ayres, Minnesota, actor, All Quiet on Western Front, Dr. Kildare 1906 Birthday Jeffrey Lynn, actor, Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front 1905 Birthday Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front 1898 Birthday Erich Maria Remarque, novelist, All Quiet on the Western Front 1898 Birthday Frank McHugh, actor, Front Page, Gold Diggers 1935, Mighty Joe Young 1893 Birthday Ben Hecht, New York City, novelist/playwright/screenwriter, Front Page 1890 Birthday Adolphe Menjou, Pittsburgh, actor, Front Page, Star is Born 1889 Birthday Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1889 Birthday Walter Catlett, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities 1883 Birthday Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer, Along the water front 1881 Birthday Paul L E von Kleist, German general-Field Marshal, Eastern Front 1872 Birthday Leon Blum, French premier, People's front government 1865 Event Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg 1864 Event Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill) 1862 Event Battle of Front Royal, Virginia 1862 Event Battle at Front Royal, Virginia 1862 Event General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid 1776 Event Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette" 1675 Event Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom
