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2003 - It was reported by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.) that there ...
2003 - It was reported by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.) that there was no monster in Loch Ness. The investigation used 600 separate sonar beams and satellite navigation technology to trawl the loch. Reports of sightings of the "Loch Ness Monster" began in the 6th century.
1996 - At the Atlanta Olympics a pipe bomb exploded at the public Centennial Olympic Park. One person was killed and more than 100 were injured.
1995 - The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC, by U.S. President Clinton and South Korean President Kim Young-sam.
1983 - Metallica began their first tour entitled "Kill 'em all for one." The tour ended on September 3, 1983.
1983 - Madonna self-titled debut album was released. The first single was "Borderline."
1974 - The U.S. Congress asked for impeachment procedures against President Richard Nixon.
1974 - Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" was released.
1965 - In the U.S., the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act was signed into law. The law required health warnings on all cigarette packages.
1953 - The armistice agreement that ended the Korean War was signed at Panmunjon, Korea.
1940 - Bugs Bunny made his official debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon "A Wild Hare."
Triple H (wrestler, born Hunter Hearst Helmsley) 1969 Karl Mueller (bass player for Soul Asylum, died of throat cancer in 2005) 1962 Bill Engvall (commedian famous for the "Here's Your Sign" routine, part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour) 1957 Betty Thomas ("Hill Street Blues" TV series) 1947 Jerry Van Dyke ("Coach" TV series) 1931 Norman Lear (TV show creator/director, "All in the Family", "The Jeffersons", "Sanford and Son", "The Facts of Life", "Who's the Boss?", "Silver Spoons", "227", "Maude") 1922
2000 - Kathie Lee Gifford made her final appearance as co-host of the ABC talk show "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee."
1993 - The 10,000 Maniacs played their last show with lead singer Natalie Merchant. Merchant left the group to pursue a solo career.
1976 - An earthquake in northern China, killed at least 242,000 people.
1973 - Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band" was released.
1951 - The Walt Disney film "Alice in Wonderland" was released.
1914 - World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
Leah Luv [pornstar (2003-) known for wearing braces] 1984 Elizabeth Berkley ("Saved By the Bell" TV series, also nude in "Showgirls") 1972 Sally Struthers (Gloria from "All in the Family" TV series) 1948 Jim Davis (created "Garfield the Cat" in 1978) 1945 Jaqueline Kennedy Onasis (John F. Kennedy's widow) 1929 Beatrix Potter (wrote several books in the "Peter Rabbit" series) 1866
2005 - Astronomers announced that they had discovered a new planet larger than Pluto, and farther out, in orbit around the sun.
2004 - The first episode of sketch-comedy show "Blue Collar TV" aired on Comedy Central, starring Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall. The show was cancelled after only two seasons.
1998 - The first headlining tour for Matchbox 20 began in New Orleans, LA. The band broke up 5 years later.
1981 - England's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married.
1965 - The Beatles film "Help!" premiered.
1963 - Peter, Paul and Mary's "Blowin' In The Wind" was released.
1959 - The Isley Brothers recorded "Shout."
1957 - Jack Paar began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV when Steve Allen left after 4 years as host. The name of the show was changed to "The Jack Paar Show". Paar was host for five years. Johnny Carson followed as host in 1962 and it was again called "The Tonight Show."
1890 - Artist Vincent van Gogh commited suicide in Auvers, France.
Lauren Barlow (singer for rock band BarlowGirl, sang "Mirror", "Never Alone", "Let Go") 1985 Wanya Morris (Boys II Men) 1973 Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher on "Star Trek The Next Generation") 1972 Martina McBride (country singer, sang "This One's For The Girls" and "Heart Trouble") 1966 Geddy Lee (singer/bassist for Rush) 1953 Tony Sirico ("The Sopranos" TV Show) 1942 Benito Mussolini (dictator of Italy during WWII, allied with Hitler) 1883
2001 - Lance Armstrong became the first American to win three consecutive Tours de France.
2000 - Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt were married.
1975 - Jimmy Hoffa, former Teamsters union president, disappeared in Michigan. His remains were never found.
1974 - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power.
1965 - U.S. President Johnson signed into law Social Security Act that established Medicare and Medicaid. It went into effect the following year.
1956 - The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
1792 - The French national anthem "La Marseillaise" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was first sung in Paris.
1729 - The city of Baltimore was founded in Maryland.
Jaime Pressly ("Joe Dirt", "Not Another Teen Movie", "My Name is Earl") 1977 Hilary Swank ("The Next Karate Kid", "Boys Don't Cry", "Million Dollar Baby") 1974 Tom Green (Comedian who had a MTV show and movie "Freddy Got Fingered") 1971 Christine Taylor (Ben Stiller's wife, played Marsha in two "Brady Bunch" movies, also: "Dodgeball", "Zoolander", "The Wedding Singer") 1971 Christopher Nolan (director: "Memento", "Insomnia", "Batman Begins", "The Prestige", "Following") 1970 Vivica A. Fox ("Independence Day", "Kill Bill", "Batman and Robin", "Soul Food", "Boat Trip", "Idle Hands", "Ella Enchanted") 1964 Lisa Kudrow ("Friends") 1963 Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus in "The Matrix", also: "Assault on Precinct 13", "Event Horizon", "Mission Impossible 3", "Mystic River", "The Color Purple", "Apocalypse Now") 1961 Richard Linklater (director: "Before Sunrise", "Before Sunset", "Dazed and Confused", "Tape", "Fast Food Nation") 1961 Delta Burke ("Designing Women") 1956 Arnold Schwarzenegger (California governor, "The Terminator", "The 6th Day", "Junior", "Predator", "Kindergarten Cop", "Collateral Damage", "End of Days") 1947 Paul Anka (Teen singer: "Put Your Head on My Shoulder") 1941 Buddy Guy (Chicago blues guitarist) 1936 Henry Ford (Ford motor company founder invented the assembly line to improve production) 1863 Emily Bronte (author of "Wuthering Heights") 1818
1995 - Selena's "Dreaming of You" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart. It was her first English album. Selena became the first Latin artist to debut at No. 1.
1976 - Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper" was released
1948 - U.S. President Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field.
1928 - MGM’s Leo the lion roared for the first time. He introduced MGM’s first talking picture, "White Shadows on the South Seas."
Dean Cain (played Superman on the series "Lois and Clark") 1966 J.K. Rowling (author of the "Harry Potter" novels) 1965 Wesley Snipes ("Blade") 1962
1994 - Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley announced that they had been married 11 weeks earlier in the Dominican Republic.
1988 - Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" opened.
1981 - MTV made its debut at 12:01am. The first video shown was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
1979 - CBS aired the last episode of "Good Times."
1973 - The movie "American Graffiti" opened. It was Harrison Ford's first movie.
1960 - Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was released.
1944 - In Warsaw, Poland, an uprising against Nazi occupation began. The revolt lasted two months.
1893 - Shredded wheat was patented by Henry Perky and William Ford.
1876 - Colorado became the 38th state to join the United States.
1834 - Slavery was outlawed in the British empire with an emancipation bill.
1291 - Switzerland was founded.
Khamani Griffin (Eddie Murphy's son in "Daddy Day Care") 1998 Tempestt Bledsoe (Vanessa Huxtable on "The Cosby Show") 1973 Adam Duritz (Counting Crows' singer: "Mr. Jones", "A Long December", "Hanging Around", "Rain King", "Einstein on the Beach", "American Girls") 1964 Coolio (rapper had a one-hit-wonder with "Gangsta's Paradise") 1963 Richard Roeper (The duo "Ebert and Roeper" rate movies with a thumbs up or down) 1959 Robert Cray (Blues/Rock guitarist) 1953 Jerry Garcia (singer for The Grateful Dead) 1942 Herman Melville (author of "Moby Dick") 1819 Francis Scott Key (wrote the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", better known as the US anthem "The Star Spangled Banner") 1779 William Clark (The Lewis and Clark expedition explored the wild American Northwest) 1770
2000 - Madonna's video "Music" premiered.
1990 - Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait. Iraq claimed that Kuwait had driven down oil prices by exceeding production quotas set by OPEC.
1961 - The Beatles began their engagement as regular headliners at Liverpool's Cavern Club. They performed about 300 shows over the next two years.
1892 - Charles A. Wheeler patented the first escalator.
1824 - In New York City, Fifth Avenue, the street of shops, was opened.
1776 - Members of the Continental Congress began adding their signatures to the Declaration of Independence.
Gen Padova (Pornstar 2001-) 1981 Edward Furlong (John Connor in "T2", American History X") 1977 Victoria Jackson ("SNL" cast member from 1986-1992) 1959 Lance Ito (Judge in OJ Simpson's murder trial) 1950 Was Craven (directed: "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "The People Under the Stairs", "Scream", "Cursed", "Red-Eye") 1939 Peter O'Toole ("Lawrence of Arabia") 1932 Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker on "All in the Family", also "In the Heat of the Night") 1924
2004 - In New York, the Statue of Liberty re-opened to the public. The site had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
1988 - The Iran-Contra hearings ended. No ties were made between U.S. President Reagan and the Nicaraguan Rebels. Several of Reagan's top staff, however, were charged.
1987 - Def Leppard released their album "Hysteria." The album contained their biggest hit: "Pour Some Sugar On Me."
1971 - Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new band Wings.
1949 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed. The league was formed by the merger between the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League.
1923 - Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th president of the U.S. after the sudden death of Warren G. Harding.
1914 - Germany declared war on France. The next day World War I began when Britain declared war on Germany.
1900 - Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. was founded.
1750 - Christopher Dock completed the first book of teaching methods. It was titled "A Simple and Thoroughly Prepared School Management."
Carmen Hayes (African-American pornstar 2002-) 1980 Evangeline Lilly ("Lost") 1979 Tom Brady (American football quarterback for the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl in 2002) 1977 Ed Roland (singer and songwriter for Collective Soul: "Shine", "December", "Run", "Precious Declaration", "Why", "Better Now", "Counting The Days", "Hollywood") 1963 James Hetfield (singer and guitarist for Metallica: "Nothing Else Matters", "Hero of the Day", "One", "Unforgiven", "Enter Sandman") 1963 John C. McGinley ("Seven", "The Rock", "Wild Hogs", "Scrubs") 1959 Jay North (child actor played "Dennis the Menace" from 1959-63) 1951 John Landis (directed "Thriller" and "Black or White" by Michael Jackson, also: "Animal House", "Blues Brothers", "BT 2000", "Coming To America", "Trading Places", "Three Amigos") 1950 Martha Stewart 1941 Martin Sheen ("Apocalypse Now", "The West Wing") 1940 Tony Bennett (singer famous for singing standards) 1926
1989 - The final episode of "Highway to Heaven" aired. It was episode 111, entitled "Merry Christmas from Grandpa."
1987 - The soundtrack "Dirty Dancing" was released.
1984 - Phil Collins and Jill Tavelman were married.
1958 - Billboard Magazine introduced its "Hot 100" record chart, which was part popularity and a barometer of the movement of potential hits. The first number one song was Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool."
1957 - The Everly Brothers appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and introduced their upcoming singles, "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Bye Bye Love."
1956 - Elvis Presley's song "Hound Dog" were released.
1944 - Nazi police raided a house in Amsterdam and arrested eight people. Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was one of the people arrested. Her diary would be published after her death.
1914 - Britain declared war on Germany in World War I. The U.S. proclaimed its neutrality.
Cole and Dylan Sprouse (twins that played 5-year-old Julian in "Big Daddy") 1992 Jeff Gordon (Nascar racer) 1971 Barack Obama (US President) 1961 Billy Bob Thornton ("Sling Blade", "The Man Who Wasn't There", "Monster's Ball", "A Simple Plan", "Bad Santa", "Friday Night Lights: Movie", "The Astronaut Farmer", "The Alamo") 1955 Louis Armstrong (Jazz trumpet player/singer: "What a Wonderful World", "Hello Dolly") 1901
1966 - The Beatles album "Revolver" was released. The album included the hits "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine."
1957 - American Bandstand made its network debut on ABC-TV. The show was hosted by Dick Clark. Until this day the show had been a local show in Philadelphia since 1952.
1944 - Polish insurgents liberated a German labor camp in Warsaw. 348 Jewish prisoners were freed.
Ashley Spalding aka Kaylani Lei (Chinese-American pornstar 2002-) 1980 Rita Gacs aka Rita Faltoyano (Hungarian-born pornstar 2000-) 1978 Stephany Schwarz aka Jewel De'Nyle (pornstar and adult director 1998-) 1977 Maureen McCormick (Marsha Brady on "The Brady Bunch" series) 1956 Loni Anderson ("WKRP in Cincinnati") 1946 Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon) 1930
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