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2002 Death - Ian McNaughton, director, Monty Python's Flying Circus, dies at 76 1997 Death - John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81 1995 Death - Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at 80 1994 Death - Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82 1994 Event - Circus performers Marissa Young (24) and Matt Richardson (21) wed 1993 Death - Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83 1991 Event - "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin New York City after 32 performances 1991 Event - "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" opens at Gershwin New York City for 32 performances 1979 Death - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 1978 Death - Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 1977 Event - Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini," premieres in Amsterdam 1974 Event - "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC 1973 Event - John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC 1971 Death - Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57 1971 Event - New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business 1970 Death - Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87 1969 Event - Monty Python's Flying Circus begins airing on BBC 1969 Event - BBC orders 13 episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus 1968 Event - Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired 1968 Event - Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas 1968 Death - John Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73 1966 Death - Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1964 Event - "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances 1964 Event - "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances 1961 Event - Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil 1961 Event - Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die 1961 Death - Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 1960 Event - Bil Keane's "Family Circus" cartoon strip debuts 1960 Death - Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71 1959 Death - Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 1956 Event - Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent 1945 Birthday - Micky Dolenz, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Circus Boy and singer, Monkees 1944 Event - World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1944 Event - 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut 1941 Birthday - Graham Chapman, England, comedian, Monty Python's Flying Circus 1940 Event - Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan 1938 Death - Bertram Wagstaff Mills, circus proprietor, dies 1934 Birthday - Gunther Gebel-Williams, lion tamer, Ringling Bros Circus 1933 Birthday - Kathryn Grant Crosby, Houston Texas, actress, Mr Cory, Big Circus 1932 Event - Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity 1926 Event - Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus 1922 Birthday - Leo V Gordon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War 1919 Birthday - Merce Cunningham, choreographer, Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus 1918 Event - Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68, Ivanhoe, Illinois 1916 Birthday - John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter 1914 Birthday - Ralph Herman, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, orchestra leader, Circus Time 1911 Death - Oscar Carre, circus director, dies at 64 1911 Death - Oscar Carre, circus director, dies at 64 1907 Event - Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus 1906 Death - James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at 58 1905 Birthday - Charles Finney, U.S., author, Circus of Dr. Lao 1903 Birthday - John Ringling North, circus director, Ringling Bros 1903 Birthday - Chill Wills, born in Seagoville, Texas, actor, Fronteir Circus, Rounders 1900 Birthday - Fritz Feld, Berlin Germany, actor, Jack Benny Show, At the Circus 1898 Birthday - Emmett Kelly, Sedan, Kansas, circus clown, Weary Willie 1898 Birthday - Robert Keith, Fowler, Indiana, actor, Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One 1897 Birthday - Robert Ringling, circus master 1894 Birthday - Johnnie Gough, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Smooth as Satin, Circus Kid 1892 Birthday - Joe E Brown, born in Holgate, Ohio, comedian, Buck Circus Hour 1891 Death - Phineas T Barnum, U.S. circus promoter (B and Bailey), dies at 88 1889 Death - John Sanger, circus entrepreneur, dies 1889 Birthday - Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor, Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway 1888 Birthday - Lee Moran, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Circus Clown 1888 Birthday - Bobby Clark, vaudevillan, World's funniest circus clown 1887 Event - Amsterdam's Oscar Carres Circus Theater opens 1884 Event - Ringling Brothers circus premieres 1884 Death - Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 1883 Birthday - Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter 1883 Event - Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430 1882 Event - Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo 1881 Event - Barnum and Bailey Circus debuts 1880 Birthday - Grock, Adrien Wettach, Swiss clown/circus director 1873 Event - P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (New York City) 1859 Event - Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name 1847 Birthday - James Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario, Barnum and Bailey 1846 Birthday - Oscar Carre, Dutch circus director 1835 Event - P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US 1810 Birthday - Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter, Barnum and Bailey 1810 Birthday - Phineas T Barnum, circus magnate 1793 Event - President Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in U.S. 1777 Event - Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus 64 Event - Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire |
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