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1997 Event - Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of U.K.

1995 Event - Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)

1995 Event - Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec)

1994 Event - Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec)

1992 Event - Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA

1988 Event - Bonnie Blair (U.S.) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1

1988 Event - Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec)

1987 Event - Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec)

1978 Event - Down 9-7 in 10th with 2 outs, Yankees Paul Blair hits a 3 run home run

1976 Birthday - Elisa Blair, Australian rower 1996 Olympics

1973 Event - "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres

1972 Birthday - Selma Blair, American Actress

1972 Birthday - Donald Blair, CFL slot back for the Edmonton Eskimos

1971 Birthday - Blair Pocock, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman 1993

1970 Birthday - Kelly Blair, Prosser Wash, heptathlete

1966 Birthday - Blair Hartland, cricketer, New Zealand opener

1965 Birthday - Willie Blair, Paintsville, Kentucky, pitcher for the San Diego Padres

1964 Birthday - Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor, Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident

1964 Birthday - Bonnie Blair, born in Champaign Illionis, speed skater, 5 Gold Medals 1988, 1992, 1994 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1988 Olympics

1963 Birthday - Blair Piercy, Vancouver, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Cordova Bay Open

1962 Birthday - Blair Rasmussen, NBA center for the Atlanta Hawks

1959 Birthday - Linda Blair, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St

1957 Birthday - Blair Cunningham, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock drummer, Haircut 100

1954 Death - Blair Moody, Sen-Michigan, dies at 52

1953 Event - Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show

1953 Birthday - Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, Labour, 1997-

1952 Birthday - Ron Blair, born in Macon, Georgia, rock bassist, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

1951 Event - 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair

1950 Event - Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House

1950 Birthday - Blair Thornton, rock guitarist, Bachman-Turner-Overdrive

1950 Birthday - Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath

1949 Birthday - Blair Brown, born in Washington D.C., actress, Altered States, Molly Dodd

1932 Birthday - Bob Blair, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s

1931 Birthday - Lionel Blair, Montreal, choreographer, Spotlight

1923 Birthday - Betsy Blair, actress, Marty

1921 Birthday - Janet Blair, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, actress, Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family

1909 Birthday - Jayson Blair, American Journalist

1902 Birthday - Blair Moody, New Haven, Connecticut, Senator-Michigan

1883 Death - Montgomery Blair, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford), dies at 70

1877 Birthday - Blair Fairchild, composer

1876 Death - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85

1875 Death - Francis Preston Blair, Jr., famed St. Louis lawyer, dies at 54

1864 Event - Battle of Blair's Landing Louisiana

1861 Event - Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South

1834 Event - 1st black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter

1821 Birthday - Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky, Rep-Missouri

1818 Birthday - Austin Blair, Gov/MC, Union

1817 Birthday - James Blair Steedman, Major General Union volunteers

1814 Birthday - John Blair Smith Todd, Brigadier General Union volunteers

1813 Birthday - Montgomery Blair, Franklin County, Kentucky, lawyer, Dred Scot V Sandford

1800 Death - Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian

1791 Birthday - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor, Washington Globe

1746 Death - Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland

1718 Birthday - Hugh Blair, Scottish Theologian

1699 Birthday - Robert Blair, Scottish poet, Grave













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