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2005 - YouTube, a popular ...
2005 - YouTube, a popular video-sharing website, is established.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins the Daytona 500, six years to the day when his father won his only Daytona 500.
2002 - The movie "Cross Roads," starring Britney Spears, opened in theaters.
1998 - Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 after 20 years of disappointment.
1995 - Metallic began recording their sixth album "Load." Singles included "Hero of the Day", "Mama Said", and "Until It Sleeps."
1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.
1964 - The Beatles released the single "Eight Days a Week" from the album "Meet The Beatles."
1764 - The city of St. Louis was established.
Matt Hoopes (rock band Relient K) 1981 Chris Farley ("Sat. Night Live", "Tommy Boy" comedian died in 1997) 1964 Matt Groening (Creator of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama") 1954 Jane Seymour (British actress known as "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman") 1951 Susan B. Anthony (women's rights activist) 1820 Gaileo Galilei (scientist invented the thermometer and telescope) 1564
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2005 - The NHL (hockey) announced the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to a labor dispute. It was the first time a major sports league in North America lost an entire season to a labor dispute.
1991 - The 300th episode of "Saturday Night Live" aired on NBC.
1968 - In the U.S., the first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, AL.
1959 - Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.
1946 - The first commercially designed helicopter was tested in Connecticut.
Tabitha Stevens (Pornstar 1995-2005) 1970 John McEnroe (Tennis champ) 1959 Tracy Marrow aka Ice-T (rapper and actor on "Law and Order: SVU") 1958 LeVar Burton ("Roots", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Reading Rainbow") 1957 Kim Jong-il (North Korean dictator) 1941 Sonny Bono (married Cher, sang "I Got You Babe", and died in a skiing accident) 1935 Hugh Beaumont (Played the dad Ward Cleaver on "Leave It To Beaver") 1909
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2000 - Microsoft released Windows 2000.
1996 - The 400th episode of "Saturday Night Live" aired on NBC.
1992 - In Milwaukee, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison. He was later beaten to death in prison.
1990 - Aerosmith appeared on "Saturday Night Live." The performed the Wayne's World theme song while appearing in the skit as themselves.
1976 - The Eagles released their "Greatest Hits." The album has since become one of the biggest-selling albums of all-time.
1966 - The Beach Boys began recording "Good Vibrations."
1965 - Comedienne Joan Rivers made her first guest appearances on "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson" on NBC-TV.
1960 - The Everly Brothers signed with Warner Bros. Records in a 10-year contract worth $1 million. Their hits included "Bye Bye Love", "Wake Up Little Susie", and "All I Have To Do Is Dream."
1955 - Little Richard sent his first audition tape to Specialty Records.
1933 - Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead three years after Chic Young’s popular strip first debuted.
1933 - "Newsweek" was first published.
1876 - Julius Wolff was credited with being the first to can sardines.
1801 - The U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was elected president and Burr became vice president.
Poppy Morgan (Pornstar 2004-) 1983 Paris Hilton 1981 Vivian West (Pornstar 2005-) 1981 Kelly Carlson ("Nip/Tuck" series) 1976 Jerry O'Connell [starred in 3 TV series: "My Secret Identity (1988-91)", "Sliders (1995-99)", and "Crosong Jordan (2002-)"] 1974 Denise Richards ("Starship Troopers", "Wild Things", "James Bond's The World Is Not Enough") 1972 Billie Joe Armstrong (singer and guitarist for Green Day) 1972 Dominic Purcell (Australian actor starred in 2 American series: "John Doe" and currently plays Lincoln Burrows on "Prison Break") 1970 Michael Jordan (Basketball player for the Chicago Bulls) 1963 Loreena McKennitt (sings modern New Age and Celtic music and has had several mainstream hits: "The Mummer's Dance", "All Soul's Night", "The Old Ways", "Huron Beltane Fire Dance") 1957 Rene Russo (Former model turned actress: "Lethal Weapon", "Ransom", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Big Trouble", "Showtime") 1954
2001 - NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr., was killed in a crash during the Daytona 500 race.
1987 - The song "Sign O' The Times" was released by Prince.
1959 - Ray Charles recorded "What'd I Say."
1930 - Pluto was discovered.
1885 - Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published.
Rhianna (R&B singer of "Pon de Replay") 1988 Molly Ringwald (Actress in the '80s: "16 Candles" and "The Breakfast Club") 1968 Dr. Dre (rapper) 1965 Matt Dillon ("Wild Things", "There's Something About Mary") 1964 Vanna White ("Wheel of Fortune") 1957 John Travolta 1954 Yoko Ono (married John Lennon) 1933
1987 - A controversial, anti-smoking ad aired for the first time on television. It featured Yul Brynner who died shortly after of lung cancer.
1985 - Cherry Coke was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company.
1968 - The children's series "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" debuted. The show ran for 895 episodes and ended in 2001.
1945 - During World War II, about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
1942 - Approximately 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin.
1881 - Kansas became the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages.
1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph).
Haylie Duff (Hilary's lesser-known sister) 1985 Sunset Thomas (Pornstar 1991-2004 later worked at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch brothel in Las Vegas) 1972 Justine Bateman (TV's "Family Ties") 1966 Seal Samuel (Pop-rock singer: "Crazy", "Kiss from a Rose", "Don't Cry", married Heidi Klum) 1963 Jeff Daniels ("Dumb and Dumber", "Gettysburg", "Arachnophobia") 1955 Amy Tan (Chinese-American author of "The Joy Luck Club") 1952 Tony Iommi (Guitarist for Black Sabbath: "Iron Man", "Paranoid", "War Pigs") 1948 Smokey Robinson (singer for The Miracles helped define the Motown sound of the 1960s) 1940 Nicolas Copernicus (Scientist who was the first to say that the Earth travels around the Sun) 1473
1992 - Paula Abdul and actor Emilio Estevez ("The Mighty Ducks", "The Breakfast Club") announced their engagement.
1970 - John Lennon's "Instant Karma" was released in the U.S.
1962 - John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
1872 - The toothpick is patented.
1792 - U.S. President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act thereby creating the U.S. Post Office.
Chris Thile (Mandolin/guitar player for Nickel Creek: "When You Come Back Down", "This Side", "When in Rome") 1981 Ed Graham (drummer for The Darkness: "I Believe in a Thing Called Love") 1976 Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys member has released a popular Christian album: "Welcome Home", "Wish") 1975 Brendon Small (Creator of the cartoon/comedy series "Home Movies" and "Dr. Katz") 1975 Kurt Cobain (Lead singer of Nirvana, married Courtney Love, committed suicide) 1967 Cindy Crawford (model) 1966 French Stewart ("3rd Rock From the Sun") 1964 Charles Barkley (Basketball player) 1963 Joel Hodgson (creator and human star of the movie spoof series "Mystery Science Theater 3000") 1960 Sidney Poitier (The first African-American to win an Oscar for "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?", also "In The Heat Of The Night") 1924 Harry Goz (played Captain Murphy on the cartoon/comedy series "Sealab 2021") 1932
2000 - David Letterman returned to his Late Night show about five weeks after having an emergency quintuple heart bypass operation.
1965 - Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims.
1858 - The first electric burglar alarm was installed in Boston, MA.
Charlotte Church (Classical soprano began at age 11) 1986 Jennifer Love Hewitt (TV: "Party of 5", "Time of Your Life", "Ghost Whisperer") 1979 Chuck Palahniuk (author of the book "Fight Club") 1962 Kelsey Grammer (played Frasier Crane on "Cheers" and "Frasier") 1955 Alan Rickman (played Severus Snape in "Harry Potter") 1946 Rue McClanahan (Blanche on "The Golden Girls") 1935 Nina Simone (Jazz and soul singer from the '60s) 1933
2006 - At least six men stage Britain's biggest ever robbery, stealing £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
1997 - Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut and colleagues announced that an adult sheep had been successfully cloned. Dolly, the first cloned sheep to be born was born in July 1996.
1989 - Milli Vanilli won a Grammy for Best New Artist. It was admitted later that they were not the vocalists on the album.
1968 - Genesis released its first single, "The Silent Sun" from their debut album "From Genesis to Revolation." Peter Gabriel was the singer and Phil Collins joined 2 albums later.
1956 - Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time with "Heartbreak Hotel."
1924 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.
1879 - In Utica, NY, Frank W. Woolworth opened his first 5 and 10-cent store.
1819 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
Penny Flame (Pornstar 2002-) 1983 Jenna Haze (born Jennifer Corrales, pornstar 2001-) 1982 Drew Barrymore 1975 Jeri Ryan ("Star Trek Voyager", "Boston Public") 1968 Steve "Crocodille Hunter" Irwin 1962 Lady Baden Powell (married Lord B-P and founded Girl Scouts) 1889 Lord Baden-Powell (married Lady B-P and founded Boy Scouts) 1857 Frederic Chopin (Classical pianist and composer) 1810 George Washington (American General during the American Revolutionary War and 1st US President 1789-97) 1732
2005 - The New York, NY, city medical examiner's office annouced that it had exhausted all efforts to identify the remains of the people killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, due to the limits of DNA technology. About 1,600 people had been identified leaving more than 1,100 unidentified.
1997 - NBC-TV aired "Schindler's List." It was completely uncensored.
1991 - During the Persian Gulf War, ground forces crossed the border of Saudi Arabia into the country of Iraq. Less than four days later the war was over due to the surrender or withdraw of Iraqi forces.
1974 - Columbia Records released Billy Joel's "Piano Man."
1963 - The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It prohibited poll taxes in federal elections.
1954 - The first mass vaccination of children against polio began in Pittsburgh, PA.
1940 - Walt Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio" was released.
1919 - The Fascist Party was formed in Italy by Benito Mussolini.
1886 - Charles M. Hall completed his invention of aluminum.
1836 - In San Antonio, TX, the siege of the Alamo began.
Dakota Fanning (Child actress: "Trapped", "Taken", "War of the Worlds", "Uptown Girls", "Dreamer", "The Cat in the Hat", "I Am Sam") 1994 Kristin Davis ("Sex and the City") 1965 Michael Dell (Founded his company at 19 from his dorm room) 1965 Patricia Richardson (Tim Allen's TV wife on "Home Improvement") 1951 Johnny Winter (White-haired blues/rock guitarist) 1944 George Handel (Wrote the "Hallelujah chorus" in his famous classical piece "Massiah") 1865 Johannes Gutenberg (Invented the printing press and printed the Bible) 1400
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