What happened in history on your birthday?

airplanenut · September 22, 2002 8:13AM

Since we now know how old we are, what happened on your birthdays in history (doesn't have to be coin related)

March 12, 1987 was the day I was born...

March 12, 1987- Les Miserables opens on Broadway and is still running strong

March 12, 1793- After 12 days of production, the chain cent is discontinued with 36,103 minted; it began on my brother's birthday, March 1

Jeremy

PS- Don't be embarassed to post the year of your birth

KlectorKid · September 22, 2002 8:23AM

dont know what happened on my B-day

LanLord · September 22, 2002 8:38AM

23, September

63BC Caesar Augustus was born.

Gemini · September 22, 2002 8:38AM

The only historic thing I know happened a wee bit later.
I was born on May 25 1941 and was baptized on December 7th 1941 "A day that will live in infamy"
It was pretty strange that so many years later the movie Pearl Harbor was to be released on my birthday May 25th.

kryptonitecomics · September 22, 2002 8:41AM

In my birth year the mint released a nice Double Die error....1972 DDO Lincoln Cent. Other than that I am not sure anything else significant happened.

joemon2 · September 22, 2002 8:43AM

I don't know what happened on my birthday- my memory ain't what it used to be.

ccrdragon · September 22, 2002 8:59AM

How about history after you were born?

I was born on March 30, 1962 and the assasination attempt on Ronald Reagan was on March 30 in either
'82 or '83.

Going back in history, I don't have a clue what happened.

airplanenut · September 22, 2002 9:10AM

<< <i>The only historic think I know is that I was born on May 25 1941 and was baptized on December 7th 1941 "A day that will live in infamy" It is pretty strange that so many years later the movie Pearl Harbor was to be released on my birthday May 25th. >>

My dad, cousin, and a really good friend are all 12/7s

Russ · September 22, 2002 10:06AM

I was born.

Russ, NCNE

jtryka · September 22, 2002 10:18AM

On my Birthday, December 12th:

1901 Marconi sends the first transatlantic wireless transmission
1805 Henry Wells of Wells Fargo was born
1900 US Steel formed
1941 The US siezed the French liner Normandie, which later caught fire and capsized in New York.

I also share my birthday with Frank Sinatra and Bob Barker!

Gilbert · September 22, 2002 10:18AM

Dang Russ,

You took the words right out of my mouth, er, off of my keyboard.

dddangerousdan · September 22, 2002 10:20AM

Somebody at the mint was thinking about me and made a coin with my initials on it. A 1956 d/s cent. It is now my icon

today in history

Edited to add link

DAN

Clankeye · September 22, 2002 10:25AM

The last day of the battle of Gettysburg

Franz Kafka is born

Tom Cruise is born

gsaguy · September 22, 2002 10:36AM

I was born on July 27, 1953. On that day, the Korean War officially ended.

GSAGUY

dan1ecu · September 22, 2002 10:52AM

September 7th. I don’t know what happened on that day, but I had to go back to school on my birthday many times.

Just curious Airplanenut - were you born in Israel? You seem to have an affinity for it.

Dan

stujoe · September 22, 2002 11:19AM

The only thing I can think of without going to a web search is that, on March 22, 1966 the US Mint was still punishing collectors by withholding mintmarks and proof sets.

Nickelchaser · September 22, 2002 11:25AM

I won't give you the date but I will give you some coin trivia so that you can figure
it out.

-Famous double die lincoln cent

-Franklin Half which looks like he could eat carrotts

smprfi · September 22, 2002 12:00PM

<< <i>I won't give you the date but I will give you some coin trivia so that you can figure
it out.

-Famous double die lincoln cent

-Franklin Half which looks like he could eat carrotts

>>

1955. Could you make it any easier?

BAJJERFAN · September 22, 2002 12:29PM

Billy Carter was borned. Thankfully not the same year. BTW I am 54 last time I looked.

gemseeker · September 22, 2002 1:04PM

A few people died on my birthday - Actors Lee Marvin, Ingrid Bergman (also her birthday), Brigham Young, and Anissa Jones (Buffy on tv show Family Affair) and the King of Pop Michael Jackson. Also the Communist Party in the Soviet Union was officially disbanded on my birthday and Strom Thurmond had a filibuster that lasted over 24 hours in Congress (I think he is still a member of the US Congress).

ClarkOfKent · September 22, 2002 1:10PM

The first moon walk & Carlos Santana's birthday. One before I was born, and one after.

Clark

gemseeker · September 22, 2002 1:11PM

An error on my previous post. My birthday is also Michael Jackson's birthday. Didn't mean to include him the other group.

CLASSICS · September 22, 2002 1:12PM

its been so long ago i cant remember. has anyone seen my glasses

mercury1 · September 22, 2002 1:14PM

I'm not sure the year but George Burns was born on my B-Day; Jan 20th

solid · September 22, 2002 1:33PM

The St. Valentines Day Massacre, though that was long before I was born!

Flash · September 22, 2002 3:29PM

I was born on October 14th:

Birthdates Which Occur on October 14:

---- Grover fictional muppet (Sesame Street)
1542 Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din 3rd Mogolkeizer of India (1556-1605)
1585 Heinrich Schtz German royal chaplain master/composer (Daphne)
1606 Johan Maetsuyker Dutch governor-general of Ceylon (1653-78)
1633 James II Stuart king of England/Scotland (James VII) (1685-88)
1639 Simon van de Pose governor of Cape colony (1679-99)
1644 William Penn English Quaker & founder of PA
1687 Robert Simson Scotland, mathematician
1712 George Grenville British PM (1763-65)
1730 Jean Joseph Rodolphe composer
1734 Francis Lightfoot Lee US farmer/signer (Decl of Independence)
1738 Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti composer
1740 Joannes Siberg Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05)
1753 Franz Anton Dimmler composer
1764 Charles-Henri Plantade composer
1774 Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck politician
1784 Ferdinand VII MF king of Spain
1789 Constantly of Crombrugghe Flemish monastery founder
1796 Adolf Ganz composer
1801 Joseph AF Plateau Belgium, physicist (blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs)
1827 James Sidney Robinson Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
and William GGVV Harcourt English lawyer/Min of Finance
1837 Ellison Capers Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908
1846 Kasimir F Badeni Polish/Austrian premier of Cisleithani‰
1853 Ciprian Porumbescu composer
1855 George Edwardes British composer (Gaiety Girl)
1857 Elwood Haynes auto pioneer, built one of 1st US autos
1859 Camille Chevillard composer
1861 Bjarni Thorsteinsson composer
1864 Maurice de Plessys French poet (Palace Occidental)
1867 Masaoka Shiki Japan, haiku & tanka poet/diarist (Salt Water Ballads)
1869 Joseph Duveen England, art connoisseur (Elgin marbles)
1871 Alexander von Zemlinsky Vienna Austria, composer (Der Schneeman)
1873 Jose Serrano Simeon composer
and Raymond C Ewry Indiana, polio victim who won 10 Olympic golds
1880 Otto V Ekelund Swedish poet/writer (Sak och sken)
1882 Eamon DeValera NY, Pres of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59)
1883 Adrianus PHA de Kleyn throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor)
1884 Jimmy Conlin Camden NJ, actor (Sin of Harold Diddlebock)
1888 Ernest Pingoud composer
and Katherine Mansfield New Zealand writer (Aloe, Garden Party)
1889 Jean Canneel Flemish sculptor
1890 Dwight D Eisenhower Denison Tx, (R) 34th Pres (1953-1961)/Gen (WW 2)
and Frank Conroy Derby England, actor (Call of the Wild)
1891 Paul the Keyser Flemish story teller (Ars Folklorica)
1892 Sumner Yes US diplomat (Good neighbor policy)
1894 Heinrich Lbke West German president (1959-69)
and Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka founder (Indonesian Communist)
and e. e. cummings Cambridge Mass, poet (Tulips & Chimneys)
1896 Lillian Gish silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)
1898 Cruys Voorbergh actor/director (Vliegende Hollander)
1899 Alan Washbond US, 2-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)
19-- Lee Lawson actress (Guiding Light)
and Rori King LA Calif, actress (Becky-I'm a Big Girl Now)
and Thomas Leopold Miami Fla, actor (Ted Knight Show, Steve Allen Show)
and Zakk Wylde rocker (Ozzy Osbourne)
1901 Willem A Wagenaar journalist/writer (Shanghai)
1904 Karel Srom composer
1905 Pentti Haanp„„ Fins writer: Yhdeks„n miehen saappaat
1906 Benita Hume London England, actress (Vicky-Halls of Ivy)
and Hannah Arendt Germany, historian (Origins of Totalitarianism)
1907 Allan Jones Scranton PA, actor/singer (A Day at the Races, Showboat)
and Barend Barendse Dutch sports reporter
and Pert Kelton Great Falls Mont, actress (Cavalcade of Stars)
1909 Bernd Rosemeyer German auto racer (Indy 500)
and Kalervo Tuukkanen composer
1910 Jef Keuleers Belgian worker's union leader
and John Wooden basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships)
1911 Le Duc Tho North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk
1912 Helmut Schelsky German sociologist (Sociology of Sex)
1914 Brendan Gill critic
1916 C Everett Koop surgeon general (1981-89)
1919 Edward L Feightner US admiral (WW II-Santa Cruz Islands)
1924 Robert Webber Santa Ana Calif, actor (79 Park Avenue)
1926 Bill Justis rocker
and Willy Alberti [Carel Verbrugge], Dutch singer
1927 Roger Moore London England, actor (Alaskans, Maverick, Saint)
1928 Gary Graffman NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award)
1929 Alfredo Santos Buenaventura composer
1930 Joseph-Desir‚ Kuku NWZA Mobutu Sese Seko president Za‹re (1965- )
and Robert Parker US saxophonist/soul singer (Barefootin')
1931 Rafael Puyana Bogot Colombia, baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957)
1935 La Monte Young Bern Idaho, composer (Compostion in 1990)
1938 John Dean III former White House counsel, Watergate figure
1939 Ralph Lauren fashion designer (Chaps)
1940 Christopher Timothy English actor (All Creatures Great & Small)
and Cliff Richards [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)
and Pat Finley Asheville NC, actress (Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show)
1941 Jim Courter (Rep-R-NJ, 1979- )
1942 Billy Harrison Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist (Them)
1943 Anthony Iannaccone composer
and Lance Rentzel NFL reciever (Minn, LA)/ex-husband of Joey Heatherton
and Noreen Corcoran Quincy Mass, actress (Kelly-Bachelor Father)
1944 Udo Kier Germany, actress (Warhol Dracula, Warhol Frankenstein)
1946 Justin Hayward England, vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1947 Charlie Joiner Many La, NFL receiver (Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego)
1950 Sheila Young Ochowicz Detroit Mich, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 Marcia Barrett St Catherine's Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M)
1952 Daisy Eshuijs singer/pianist/composer (Eye to Eye)
and Harry Anderson Newport RI, actor (Judge Harry Stone-Night Court)
and Margriet Eshuys singer/pianist
and Nikolai Adrianov USSR, gymnast (Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976)
1953 Greg Evigan South Amboy NJ, actor (BJ-BJ & the Bear)
and Marcel R Zeeuw Suriname lt-colonel (coup 1982)
and O N Klyushnikova cosmonaut
1956 Beth Daniel Charleston SC, LPGA golfer (1980 player of year)
1958 Thomas Dolby Cairo Egypt, rock vocalist (She Blinded Me With Science)
1959 A J Pero Staten Is, drummer (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It)
1960 John Aalberg Orland Norway, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
and Steve Cram English runner (world record mile/2 km)
1961 Melanie Wilson actress (Jennifer-Perfect Strangers)
and Mike Tramp Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction)
1964 Pieter Axe soccer player (FC Utrecht/SC Heerenveen)
1965 Karyn White singer
1967 Arleen Sorkin actress (Day of Our Life, America's Funniest Videos)
1969 Mark Verhoeven soccer player (MVV/NEC)
1970 Nina Kemppel Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)

Deaths Which Occured October 14:

530 Dioscurus anti-Pope (530), dies
1066 Harold II King of England (1066), dies
1092 Aboe Ali Hasan ibn Nizam al-Moelk writer (Sijasetname), assassinated
1536 Garcilaso de la Vega Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle
1570 Floris van Montmorency baron of Montigny, dies at 43
1660 Francesco Albana Italian painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72
1669 Antonio Cesti composer, dies at 46
1719 Arnold Houbraken painter/writer), dies at 59
1746 Fran‡ois F(a)gel lawyer/statesman, dies at 86
1775 Johann Jacob Rowalt composer, dies at 57
1790 William Hooper US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 48
1847 William Michael Rooke composer, dies at 53
1857 Ignacy Marceli Komorowski composer, dies at 33
1872 Albrecht FH prince of Prussia, dies at 63
1877 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart composer, dies at 68
1880 Victorio Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
1893 Conradus Leemans archaeologist, dies at 84
1900 Albert de Vriendt Flemish historical painter/etcher, dies
Sandor Erkel composer, dies at 54
1906 Paul C‚zanne French painter/water colors painter, dies at 67
1909 Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen composer, dies at 76
1919 Wilhelm von Siemens German industrial/son of Werner, dies
1923 George Elbridge Whiting composer, dies at 83
Marcellus Emants writer/poet (Refrained from Confession), dies
1930 Sam[uel] van Houten lib minister (Child labor laws), dies
1944 Erwin Rommel German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52
1957 Carl Natanael Berg composer, dies at 78
1958 Jean Poveigh composer, dies at 82
1959 Errol Flynn US actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50
1960 Abram F Joffe Russian physicist (crystal), dies
1966 Arcady Dubensky composer, dies at 75
1967 Marcel Aym‚ French writer (Lesson contes du chat perch‚), dies at 65
1972 Joseph Kaminski composer, dies at 68
1976 Edith Evans actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88
1977 Bing Crosby singer/actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
1981 Ingemar Liljefors composer, dies at 74
1983 Paul Fix actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure
1986 [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn US actor (Dr Strangelove), dies at 70
1987 Rodolfo Halffter composer, dies at 86
1988 Mary Morris actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
1989 Michael Carmine actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30
1990 Leonard Bernstein composer, dies of heart attack at 72
1992 John Hanc(o)ck actor (LA Law, Love & War), dies of heart attack at 51
1993 Guy Malary Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50
Mustafa Abada Algerian TV director, murdered
Walter Brown Newman US screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77

Holidays Which Occur October 14:

Bangladesh Durga Puja
Malagasy Rep Independence Day (1958)
Maryland Peggy Stewart Day-US sinks ship against taxes (1774)
Peo's Dem Rep of Yemen (South Yemen) Independence Day (1962)

Religious Observances on October 14:

Orth Protection (Intercession) of Mary (10/1 OS)
RC Burghard, 1st bishop of Wrzburg
RC Donatianus, bishop of Reims
RC Gaudentius, 1st bishop of Rimini
RC Hildegonda, daughter of earl Goswin of H”chstadt
RC Rusticus, bishop of Trier
222 RC Memorial of St Callistus I, pope (217-222), martyr (opt)
1582 Ang Commemoration of St Teresa of Avila

Highlights in History Which Occur October 14:

2 -BC- Venus-Jupiter in conjunction (Star of Bethlehem (?))
530 [Discorus] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1066 Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England
1468 Treaty of P‚ronne: Duke Charles the Stoute & French king Louis XI
1492 Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Mar¡a of Concepci¢n
1529 Sultan Suleiman II ceases Vienna
1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
1700 Rabbi Judah Hasid & Chayim Molocho arrive in Jerusalem
1745 French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland
1758 Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia
1774 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)
1st American colonial decl of rights with sinking of Peggy Stewart
1806 Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians
1834 1st black to obtain a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter
1843 British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy
1862 Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18
1863 Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
and Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Virginia (Bristoe Campaign)
1865 Cheyennes & Arapaho's sign "peaces treaty" then chased out Colorado
1867 15th & last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan
1877 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #176 Iduna
1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
and J Palisa discovers asteroid #244 Sita
1893 George Edwardes '"Gaiety Girl" premieres in London
1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa
1901 Justin Huntly McCarthy's "If I were King," premieres in NYC
1904 P Gotz discovers asteroids #547 Praxedis & #548 Kressida
1905 NY Giants beats Phila A's, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series
Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight world series shutout
1906 All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2
1908 Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 1 in 1st 5th World Series rematch
1912 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee
1913 Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439
1914 German troops occupy Brug
1920 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
1922 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue NYC
and 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #985 Rosina
1924 Arnold Sch”nbergs opera "Die glckliche Hand," premieres in Vienna
1925 Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee)
1926 Alan A Milnes' "Winnie-the-Pooh" published
1929 Phila A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series
and Philadelphia A's set world series record of 10 runs in an inning
1930 Ethel Mermans debuts on Broadway in "Girl Crazy"
and George Gershwin/Walter Donaldsons musical premieres in NYC
1931 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
and Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church & State
1933 Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations
1934 "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres
1938 Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities
1939 BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
and German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed
and Sugar rationed in Netherlands
1941 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk & Riga
1942 Dobbe resistances group overthrows Bonkarten distribution
and German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed
and Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1943 400 Jews escape in uprising at Sobibor extermination Camp in Poland
and Japan declares Philippine Independence (premier/pres Jos‚ Laurel)
and Outbreak attempt in Sobibor Concentration Camp
and US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt
1944 Allied troops land in Corfu
and British troops march into Athens
1945 Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Bears
1946 Netherland & Indonesia sign cease fire
1947 Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)
and Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower
1948 Batavia lt-governor-general Of Mook dismissed
and Large scale fighting between Israel & Egypt
1949 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition
and Chinese Red army occupies Canton
and Heavyweight Ezzard Charles KOs Pat Valentino
1950 Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
1951 Det Lion Jack Christiansen returns 2 punts for touchdowns vs LA Rams
and Organization of Central American States forms
1953 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
and Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die
and Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2775
and Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia
and Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment
and WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53
1956 Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in NYC
1957 Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1
1958 Brendan Behans' "Hostage," premieres in London
and Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
and Paul Osborn's "World of Suzie Wong," premieres in NYC
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen
and Peace Corps 1st suggested by JFK
1961 "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," premieres in NYC
1962 Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs NY Titans 56-17
and US U-2 espionage planes locate missile launchers in Cuba
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 Algeria & Morocco border conflict
and WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (ABC) begins
1964 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2070 Humason
and Martin Luther King Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize
and Martin Walser's "Der Schwarze Schwan," premieres in Stuttgart
and Philips begins experimenting with color TV
1965 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km
and Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of world series beating Twins 2-0
1966 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
and Dutch govt of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer
1968 1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)
and Gruener & Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas
and J.R. Hines of US runs 100m in world record 9.95 sec
1969 Palme govt forms in Sweden
and Race riots in Springfield Mass
and USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1970 Cleve Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
and USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1971 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances
and L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2446 Lunacharsky
1973 Egyptian tanks move further into Israel
1975 Pres Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside
1976 Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives Yanks pennant #30
and Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman
and Soyuz 23 carries 2 to Salyut 6, but returns without docking
1977 Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem at world series
and Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro
1978 1st TV movie from a TV series-"Rescue from Gilligan's Island"
and China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10
and making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1
1979 100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear energy
and Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3
and NHL's greatest scorer Wayne Gretzky scores his 1st NHL goal
1980 Asteroid #2630 discovered
and Bob Marley's last concert
and Pres nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
and Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3763
1982 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea
and Islanders assessed 108 penality minutes Penguins 125 (233 total)
and L G Karachkina discovers asteroids #3067, #3511 & #3750
and L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #3624
and NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
and Pres Reagan proclaims war against drugs
1983 Grenada leftist coup under vice-premier Coard
and US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut
1984 Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yds
and Detroit Tigers beat SD Padres, 4 games to 1 in 81st World Series
1985 C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3709
and On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7
1986 Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize
and IOC decides to stagger Winter & Summer Olympic schedule
and Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Elie Wiesel (against violence/racism)
and Tim Kides of West NY, NJ performs 25,000 leg raises in 11:57:15
1987 In Midland, Tx 1«-year-old Jessica McClure falls 22' (7m) down a well
1988 Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce & annulment
and NJ Devils raise their 1st pennant (Patrick Div Playoff Champs)
1989 Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards
1990 Jeff Goldblum & wife Geena Davis file for divorce
and SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs Atlanta (45-35)
1992 Atlanta Braves beat Pitts Pirates in 7 games for NL pennant
and Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant
1994 Nobel Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin & Shimon Peres
and Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus
1995 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds)
1973 Fire destroys 1,000 buildings causing $500 million damage.

Well, you asked!