2014 Event Petro Poroshenko is inaugurated as the new Ukrainian president; Poroshenko took a firm stand on keeping Ukraine united and suggested plans to ease tensions in the eastern part of the country, including an offer of amnesty for separatists 2014 Event President Obama meets with Ukrainian acting Prime Minster Yatsenyuk and vows to 'stand with Ukraine' in its conflict with Russia 2012 Event Pope Benedict XVI's former butler receives orders from the Vatican to stand trial for his alleged involvement in leading allegations of corruption in the Holy See 2010 Event Roza Otunbayeva says Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev must stand trial over riots; gunfire disrupts a rally in support of the former President in the city of Osh 1998 Death Tammy Wynette, singer, Stand by Your Man, dies at 55 1998 Event Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand 1996 Event O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" 1996 Event Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs vs. Essex 1995 Event World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh, Jr. and P Dharmani 1995 Event Andy and Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pak, brotherly record 1994 Event Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed 1994 Death Bill Hicks, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand', dies of pancreatic cancer and liver cancer 1993 Death River Phoenix, actor (Stand By Me), dies of drug overdose at 23 1991 Event Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand vs. SL, world record 1990 Event "Stand Up Tragedy" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 13 performances 1990 Event "Stand Up Tragedy" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 13 performances 1990 Event Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best 1990 Event On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long 1989 Event Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor complete 329 opening stand vs. England 1987 Event David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia 1985 Event Qasim Omar (206) and Javed Miandad (203*) make 397 stand vs. SL 1984 Event Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" 1983 Event Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs. India 1982 Birthday Ryan Cabrera, born in Dallas, Texas, musician, pop rock, hit singles include, 'On the Way Down', '40 Kinds of Sadness', 'True', albums include, 'You Stand Watching' 1980 Event McCosker (168) and Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW vs. WA 1980 Event Greg Chappell 235 and Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad 1980 Birthday Natasha Bobo, Watsonville California, actress, Sally-Together We Stand 1977 Event Doug Walters scores 250 vs. New Zealand, 217 stand for 7th wicket w/Gilmour 1976 Death Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60 1975 Event John Lennon releases "Stand by Me" 1973 Event Mushtaq and Asif Iqbal make 350 stand for 4th wicket vs. New Zealand 1972 Birthday Wil Wheaton, born in California, actor, Star Trek Next Generation-Wesley, Stand By Me 1972 Event Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI 1972 Birthday Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 1971 Birthday Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor, Sam-Together We Stand 1971 Birthday Corey Feldman, born in Encino, California, actor, License to Drive, Stand by Me 1971 Birthday Scott Grimes, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, actor, Together We Stand 1970 Birthday River Phoenix, Madras Ore, actor, Little Nikta, Stand By Me 1970 Birthday Katie O'Neill, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Together We Stand 1969 Event Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1968 Birthday Ming Na-Wen, actress, ER, One Night Stand, Lien-As the World Turns 1967 Event Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng 1967 Birthday Tim Vine, born in London, Enlgand, actor, comedian, performs stand up comedy, television, appears at festivals, tours through the United Kingdom include 'Current Puns' and 'Punslinger', achieved Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour 1966 Birthday Kiefer Sutherland, actor, Young Guns, Stand by Me, Lost Boys 1966 Birthday John Cusack, born in Chicago, actor, Stand By Me, Sure Thing, Better Off Dead 1966 Event Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs. England, Adelaide 1965 Event Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies 1964 Event Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval 1962 Birthday Lou Diamond Phillips, Philippines, actor, La Bamba, Stand and Deliver 1961 Birthday Bill Hicks, born in Valdosta, Georgia, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand' 1961 Birthday Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show 1960 Event Singer Ben E King records "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand By Me" 1960 Event Sobers and Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt vs. England 1960 Birthday Michael Stipe, U.S. rock vocalist, REM-Losing My Religion, Stand 1959 Event "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer and Spencer hits #91 1958 Birthday Aaron Tippin, born in Pensacola, Florida, singer, You've Got to Stand for Something 1958 Event Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260 1958 Birthday Julian Sands, actor, One Night Stand 1957 Event 2 male attorneys "stand in" as actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico 1957 Event May and Cowdrey make 411 stand vs. WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs 1957 Birthday Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism 1956 Birthday Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor, Stand and Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die 1956 Event Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs. New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy 1955 Event Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia 1954 Event Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio and records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" 1952 Event Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38 1949 Event "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont) 1947 Event Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa 1947 Birthday Ann Peebles, born in Missouri, singer, I Can't Stand the Rain 1947 Birthday Barbara Rhodes, born in Poughkeepsie, New York, actress, Don't Just Stand There 1947 Birthday Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor, Miami Vice, Stand and Deliver, Triumph 1946 Birthday John Akkerman, Dutch guitarist/composer, Focus-Can't Stand Noise 1946 Event Bradman and Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea 1945 Birthday Rob Reiner, born in Bronx New York, actor and director, All in the Family, Stand By Me 1944 Birthday Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian, How to be a Stand Up 1944 Birthday Charley Musselwhite, blues musician, Stand Back, Louisiana Fog 1942 Event RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism 1942 Birthday Tammy Wynette, Redbay Alabama, country singer, Stand by your Man 1938 Birthday Ben E[arl] King, Nelson, North Carolina, singer, Stand by Me 1937 Event Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt 1934 Event New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time 1934 Event Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up and Cheer" 1932 Event Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks vs. Essex 1928 Event World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW vs. Vic 1928 Birthday Johnny Mann, born in Baltimore, Maryland, music director, Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer 1923 Event Bill Ponsford and Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict 1915 Birthday Allan Jackson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, newscaster, Youth Takes a Stand 1912 Event Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs. Australia at MCG 1903 Birthday Rex Lease, West Virginia, actor, Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand 1884 Event 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Australia 1877 Event General strike brings U.S. railroad to a stand still 1865 Event At Ft. Towson, General Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable Confederate army 1858 Event Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" 1806 Birthday Stand Watie, Brigadier General Confederate Army
