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My granddaughters Birthday,,she turned 15 !
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March 14 Events in History - March 14 Birthdays - March 14 Deaths
2012 Britain has 2.67 million people unemployed, its highest unemployment rate since 1995 2012 A 6.8 magnitude earthquake causes a small tsunami to hit the coast of Aomori prefecture on the Japanese island of Hokkaido 2011 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame 2011 The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake 2010 No reports of damage or casualties are reported after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits central Japan 1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch 1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award 1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery 1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi 1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) 1995 1st time 13 people in space 1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped 1994 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard 1993 "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances 1993 "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances 1993 "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances 1993 3,000th performance of "Nunsense" 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57) 1993 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship 1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days 1993 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) 1992 Farm Aid V 1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication 1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave 1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) 1991 Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev 1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 1987 Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87 1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m 1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41-C mission 1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years 1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic 1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay 1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.) 1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers) 1980 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch 1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) 1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland 1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC 1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV 1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes 1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct 1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. New Zealand 1968 POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA 1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith 1967 John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller 1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany 1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances 1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder 1963 SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists 1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1962 Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals 1961 George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets 1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California 1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points 1958 RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) 1958 Recording Industry Association of American created 1958 South Africa government disallows ANC 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test 1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns 1955 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal 1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game 1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak 1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party 1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul 1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany 1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins 1948 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco 1946 Belgian government of Spaak, forms 1945 RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm 1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies 1941 Xavier Cugat and Orchestra record "Babalu" 1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas 1939 England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day 1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia 1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio 1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge 1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue 1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars 1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation 1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense 1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland 1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP 1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes 1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions 1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions 1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun 1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt 1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4 1906 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms 1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida 1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games 1903 WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin 1901 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A 1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics 1900 U.S. currency goes on gold standard 1899 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2 1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) 1889 August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen 1888 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21") 1885 "Mikado" opera premieres in London 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London 1875 Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres 1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 1864 Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris 1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana 1862 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern 1845 -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen 1843 Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall) 1840 Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid 1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia 1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama 1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) 1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 1800 Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) 1734 Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne 1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen 1653 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno 1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 1559 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands 1558 Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor I knew about every single one of these Phuque, swear to god! |
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Edited by
mssilverfox
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Sat 03/16/13 07:58 AM
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It means only 5 more days till I get birthday cake. :) Another March birthday! Congrats Penny and MG!! My son, daughter and I all have March birthdays... |
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It means only 5 more days till I get birthday cake. :) Aaaaaawwww,Penny!!??? HAPPY,HAPPY BIRTHDAY(in advance!!) May you live to see your children loose their teeth!! Hip,Hip....Hip,Hip,Hooooooorraaaaay!!!! |
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It means my weekend is over and I gotta go back to work....
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It means only 5 more days till I get birthday cake. :) 5 more days till you split the cake with me. happy birthday |
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It means only 5 more days till I get birthday cake. :) Another March birthday! Congrats Penny and MG!! My son, daughter and I all have March birthdays... |
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Edited by
krupa
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Sat 03/16/13 12:26 PM
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March 14 Events in History - March 14 Birthdays - March 14 Deaths 2012 Britain has 2.67 million people unemployed, its highest unemployment rate since 1995 2012 A 6.8 magnitude earthquake causes a small tsunami to hit the coast of Aomori prefecture on the Japanese island of Hokkaido 2011 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame 2011 The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake 2010 No reports of damage or casualties are reported after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits central Japan 1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch 1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award 1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery 1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi 1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) 1995 1st time 13 people in space 1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped 1994 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard 1993 "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances 1993 "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances 1993 "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances 1993 3,000th performance of "Nunsense" 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57) 1993 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship 1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days 1993 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) 1992 Farm Aid V 1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication 1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave 1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) 1991 Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev 1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 1987 Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87 1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m 1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41-C mission 1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years 1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic 1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay 1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.) 1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers) 1980 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch 1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) 1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland 1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC 1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV 1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes 1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct 1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. New Zealand 1968 POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA 1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith 1967 John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller 1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany 1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances 1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder 1963 SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists 1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1962 Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals 1961 George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets 1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California 1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points 1958 RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) 1958 Recording Industry Association of American created 1958 South Africa government disallows ANC 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test 1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns 1955 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal 1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game 1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak 1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party 1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul 1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany 1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins 1948 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco 1946 Belgian government of Spaak, forms 1945 RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm 1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies 1941 Xavier Cugat and Orchestra record "Babalu" 1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas 1939 England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day 1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia 1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio 1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge 1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue 1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars 1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation 1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense 1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland 1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP 1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes 1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions 1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions 1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun 1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt 1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4 1906 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms 1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida 1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games 1903 WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin 1901 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A 1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics 1900 U.S. currency goes on gold standard 1899 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2 1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) 1889 August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen 1888 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21") 1885 "Mikado" opera premieres in London 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London 1875 Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres 1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 1864 Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris 1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana 1862 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern 1845 -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen 1843 Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall) 1840 Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid 1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia 1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama 1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) 1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 1800 Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) 1734 Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne 1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen 1653 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno 1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 1559 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands 1558 Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor I knew about every single one of these Phuque, swear to god! I love Xaviar Cougat! That man could play the Schmitt out of a xylophone...dad had all his records. |
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B.J. Day is today?
I thought EVERYDAY was B.J. day! |
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Edited by
luv2roknroll
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Sat 03/16/13 01:38 PM
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It means I get to wear this STUNNING outfit, for 4 more days!! Woooooooo hoooooooooo!! |
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March 14 Events in History - March 14 Birthdays - March 14 Deaths 2012 Britain has 2.67 million people unemployed, its highest unemployment rate since 1995 2012 A 6.8 magnitude earthquake causes a small tsunami to hit the coast of Aomori prefecture on the Japanese island of Hokkaido 2011 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame 2011 The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake 2010 No reports of damage or casualties are reported after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits central Japan 1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch 1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 1997 Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award 1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery 1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi 1996 Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) 1995 1st time 13 people in space 1994 Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped 1994 Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard 1993 "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances 1993 "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances 1993 "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances 1993 3,000th performance of "Nunsense" 1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57) 1993 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship 1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days 1993 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) 1992 Farm Aid V 1992 Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication 1991 Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave 1991 Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) 1991 Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev 1991 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1991 British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment 1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 1987 Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87 1987 Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m 1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1985 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards 1985 Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hour ride of 516 miles, 427 yards 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41-C mission 1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years 1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic 1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century 1980 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation 1980 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay 1980 Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.) 1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers) 1980 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch 1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) 1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland 1972 NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC 1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV 1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes 1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct 1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. New Zealand 1968 POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA 1967 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith 1967 John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial 1967 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career home run #500 off Stu Miller 1965 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany 1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances 1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder 1963 SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists 1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1962 Gordie Howe (Detroit Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals 1961 George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets 1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California 1960 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points 1958 RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) 1958 Recording Industry Association of American created 1958 South Africa government disallows ANC 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1958 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test 1957 Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns 1955 Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal 1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game 1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak 1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party 1951 During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul 1951 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany 1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins 1948 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco 1946 Belgian government of Spaak, forms 1945 RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm 1941 Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies 1941 Xavier Cugat and Orchestra record "Babalu" 1940 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas 1939 England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day 1939 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia 1937 Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio 1937 Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge 1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue 1935 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars 1933 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation 1933 Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense 1931 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) 1923 Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland 1923 German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP 1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes 1922 KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions 1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions 1918 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF 1916 Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun 1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1914 Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty 1912 King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt 1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4 1906 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms 1903 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida 1903 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games 1903 WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin 1901 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A 1900 Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics 1900 U.S. currency goes on gold standard 1899 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2 1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) 1889 August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen 1888 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21") 1885 "Mikado" opera premieres in London 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London 1875 Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres 1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 1864 Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris 1864 Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana 1862 Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern 1845 -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen 1843 Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall) 1840 Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid 1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia 1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama 1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) 1812 Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 1800 Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII 1794 Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1743 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) 1734 Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne 1689 Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen 1653 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno 1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 1590 Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 1559 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands 1558 Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor I knew about every single one of these Phuque, swear to god! All that and no one recorded a single BJ....astounding! |
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