2015 Event The four remaining original copies of the Magna Carta have been put on display at the British Library in London; access is limited to scholars and to 1,215 viewers from all over the world who were selected by lottery 2014 Event One World Trade Center opens today, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States 2014 Event Former Press Secretary James S. Brady dies at age 73; Brady's death has been ruled a homicide due to a gunshot wound made 33 years earlier by John W. Hinckley, Jr.; Hinckley was found to be insane and was not charged with the original crime 2014 Event The original lyrics to 'Like a Rolling Stone', handwritten by Bob Dylan on hotel stationery, sells for $2 million at auction 2014 Event Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announces reduction of at least 45,000 jobs, expanding the original plan for 34,000 cuts; Whitman seeks to refocus and align HP with changing computing habits such as use of cloud services rather than servers 2014 Event The cast has been announced for the next film in the "Star Wars" series, due out in 2015; the cast includes some original cast members as well as actors new to the franchise 2012 Event A study describing the Big Bang, published in 'Physical Review', suggests it is actually a phase change ruled by event symmetry, a theory which best supports how spacetime could originate from original matter 2010 Event Sony takes its original cassette Walkman off the market 2010 Event Plans are made for original, handwritten Harry Potter manuscripts to be displayed at Scotland's Wigtown Book Festival 2004 Death Fay Wray, actress, the original King Kong, dies at 96 2004 Death Uta Hagen, actress/teacher, starred in original Broadway cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, dies at 84 2003 Death Dorothy Loudon, actress, Original Broadway production of Annie, dies at 70 2002 Death Keene Curtis, actor, starred in original Broadwayproduction of Annie, dies at 77 2002 Death Signe Hasso, actress, original movie version of Heaven Can Wait, dies at 91 2002 Death Joe Cobb, actor, an original Our Gang cast member, dies at 84 2002 Death John Agar, actor, the original The Thing, dies at 81 2000 Death John Colicos, actor, in the original Battlestar Gallactica, dies at 71 1999 Death Susan Strasberg, actress/writer, original Anne in Broadway's The Diary of Anne Frank, dies at 60 1997 Event Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin 1997 Event Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to Kansas City Royals 1996 Death Ethel Jane Cain, original U.K. Speaking Clock voice, dies at 87 1996 Death Fitzroy Maclean, the original James Bond, dies at 85 1990 Event Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy Prime Minister Howe 1990 Event Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF 1989 Event Billy Smith, last original New York Islander, retires 1976 Death Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72 1971 Event Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland 1962 Birthday Craig Kilborn, born in Kansas City, Missouri, comedian, actor, original host of 'The Daily Show', anchor for ESPN's 'Sports Center', host 'The Late Late Show' 1962 Birthday Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle' 1959 Event 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest 1951 Birthday Larry Burnett, born in America, musician, original member of band, Firefall, a pop-rock group 1951 Birthday Barry Goudreau, born in America, guitarist, vocalist, original guitarist for Boston, the rock band, recorded his first solo LP using Brad Delp and Fran Cosmo, and Sib Hashian 1948 Event Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS) 1944 Birthday Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath 1943 Event Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest 1938 Event 1st play telecast with original Broadway cast, "Susan and God" 1935 Event Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national on NBC Radio Network 1925 Birthday Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent 1921 Birthday Bobby Todd, U.S. comic/actor, Original Sin 1917 Event 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey 1916 Event Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down 1910 Birthday Ai Qing, born in Eastern China, modern Chinese poet, original name Jiang Zheng Han, influenced by Kant and Hegel, modern poet Mayakovsky and Belgian poet Verhaeren 1909 Birthday Ethel Jane Cain, original U.K. Speaking Clock voice 1904 Birthday Ted Mack, born in Denver, Colorado, TV host, Original Amateur Hour 1883 Event Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust) 1871 Event Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation 1858 Birthday Tommy Garrett, cricketer, original Australian Test player 1854 Event Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin 1850 Birthday Horatio Herbert Kitchener, England, original Order of Merit member 1850 Event Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300 1790 Event Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution 1771 Event Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy 1758 Death Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher 'Original Sin', dies at 54 1703 Birthday Jonathan Edwards, U.S., theologian/philosopher, Original Sin 1640 Event Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin
