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1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yankees win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
1994 Orange County California files for bankruptcy 1994 Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed 1993 U.S. warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti 1993 Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium 1990 Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 minutes in county cricket, world record 1990 Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway 1989 Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons 1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence 1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1978 Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1976 In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks" 1975 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee 1973 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners 1973 Tiffany M Sloan, Orange county California, playmate, Oct, 1992 1972 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad 1971 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1970 Nicole Jeray, Cook County, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Sprint Champ-22nd 1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open 1967 Martha Nix, Orange County California, actress, Serena-Waltons 1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset 1966 Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2 1965 Zahid Sadiq, born in Kenya, cricketer, right-handed batsman, played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, England 1964 Tish Certo, Niagara Falls, New York, LPGA golfer, 1981 Erie County, New York Champ 1964 Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox 1962 Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s 1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district 1962 San Mateo County withdraws from BART district, San Francisco Bay area 1960 Moise Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence 1960 Barry McGuigan, born in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, professional boxer, world featherweight champion, number one featherweight challenger in the World Boxing Association 1958 Debra Jensen, born in Orange County, California, playmate, January, 1978 1958 Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Berke Breathed, cartoonist, Vegetarian, Bloom County, Outland 1955 Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County 1955 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw 1954 Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem 1953 Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless 1952 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed 1952 Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor, Remington Steele, Golden Eye 1949 Joyce McKinney, born in Avery County, North Carolina, Miss Wyoming, 1972 1945 Gary Stewart, Latcher County, Kentucky, country singer, She's Actin' Single 1944 Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65 1944 William Westwood, born in England, born William Gavin Westwood, 3rd Baron Westwood of Gosforth in the County of Northumberland, Peerage of the United Kingdom 1944 Robert Landers, Tarrant County, Texas, PGA golfer, Ft. Worth-1976, 78, 80 1943 Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement 1943 Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Tom McNally, born in England, Thomas McNally, Baron McNally, politician, Liberal Party, Liberal Democrat leader in the House of Lords, life peer, Baron of Blackpool in the County of Lancashire 1943 Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London 1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica 1940 Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1939 Harold W. Reid, Augusta County, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57 1938 Kenny Rogers, singer, Through the Years, actor, Coward of the County 1938 Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough 1937 Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman 1934 Simon Mackay, born in Scotland, born Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw of Tanlawhill in the County of Dumfries, Lord Tannlaw, crossbench member of the House of Lords, director or family company Inchape 1933 John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail 1933 John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall 1933 Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1933 Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side 1932 Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Raman Subba Row, CEO, Test/County Cricket Board 1931 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance 1931 Betty Johnson, born in Guilford County, North Carolina, singer, Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed 1930 Geoffrey Littler, CEO, County NatWest Group 1927 John Gilbert, born in England, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Dudley East, life peer as Baron Gilbert, of Dudley in the County of West Midlands 1926 Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road 1926 Cranley Onslow, born in England, politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking, called for lower middle class taxes, life peer as Baron Onslow of Working in Surrey County 1925 Russell Baker, Loudoun County, Virginia, columnist/humorist, New York Times 1925 Frank Chamberlain, CEO, Test and County Cricket Board 1925 Charles Henry Plumb, born in England, Charles Henry Plumb, Lord Plumb, Baron Plumb of Coleshill, County of Warwickshire, Conservative Party, politician, leading figure, National Farmers Union 1923 Patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress, L Shaped Room 1923 Pamela Sharples, born in England, Baroness Sharples, BConservative Party, made a Life Peer of Chawton in the County of Hampshire, after husband, Sir Richard Sharples, was assassinated 1919 Robert Lowry, born in Ireland, judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Baron Lowry of Crossgar in the County of Down 1918 Tom "Stubby" Fouts, Carroll County, Indiana, actor, Polka-go-round 1918 Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire 1916 Francis Cockfield, born in Horsham, England, born Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield of Dover in the County of Kent, politician, Conservative Party, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1916 Glenn Ford, Quebec, Canada, actor, Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway 1915 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga 1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life 1909 Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC 1909 Richard Howorth, cricketer, English all-rounder, three county doubles 1907 Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, country singer, 16 Tons 1904 Sally Rand, Hickory County, Missouri, stripper, fan dance 1903 George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in New York City 1903 Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress, Promoter 1892 Emory Parnell, St. Paul Minnesota, actress, Rocket Man, County Fair 1888 Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, Coquette, Deluge 1886 Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, She Done Him Wrong 1879 Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher 1877 Alben W. Barkley, Graves County, Kentucky, 35th Vice President-D 1949 - 1953 1870 Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection 1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" 1862 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County, Iowa, actress, Son of Dracula 1860 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County 1853 Leland Hone, cricketer, England keeper 1879 without county experience 1850 San Francisco County Government established 1845 John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, dies in Allen County Indiana 1828 Andrew Taylor Still, born in Lee County, Virginia, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine 1817 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland 1813 Montgomery Blair, Franklin County, Kentucky, lawyer, Dred Scot V Sandford 1812 Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York 1796 Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists 1775 Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain 1765 People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax 1679 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony 1643 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts) 1622 County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges 1587 Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break 1134 Storm flood ravages Zeeland county 1077 German king Henry IV gives away bisdom Utrecht county Staveren 1064 German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland |
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