2011 Event An undersea fiber-optic cable arrives in Cuba, linking it to Venezuela. Venezuela offered to help Cuba speed its internet connection when the U.S. refused 1994 Death Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 1972 Event 44th Academy Awards - "French Connection," G Hackman and Jane Fonda win 1971 Event 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses 1969 Death James Anderson, actor (Connection, Five), dies at 48 1959 Event Jack Gelber's "Connection," premieres in New York City 1940 Birthday Chuck Woolery, born in Kentucky, TV game show host, Love Connection 1939 Birthday William Friedkin, Chicago, dir, Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection 1932 Birthday Jack Gelber, U.S., playwright, Connection, Apple 1930 Event Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service 1929 Event 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and West-Indies 1929 Event 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies 1928 Event 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US 1928 Birthday Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter, French Connection 1923 Birthday Dexter Gordon, U.S., tenor saxophonist/actor, Connection 1891 Event London-Paris telephone connection opens 1883 Event 1st direct U.S. - Brazil telegraph connection 1863 Event RR and ferry connection between San Francisco and Oakland inaugurated 1861 Event Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South 1851 Event Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked 1851 Event Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked
