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2013 Event - County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro

2012 Event - British Prime Minister David Cameron announces Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as the location for the 39th G8 summit in June 2013

2012 Event - Twenty inches of rainfall in Escambia County, Florida damages roadways and bridges, and leaving parts of the Florida Panhandle and coastal Alabama under water

2012 Event - Ireland is struck by another earthquake off of the County Mayo coast

2012 Event - In China, violent rainfalls and flooding in the Hunan Province destroy a bridge and 3,500 homes, causing Pinhjiang County to evacuate 28,000 people

2012 Event - In Illinois, a Cook County Circuit Court rules that the tax Amazon.com levied on Internet businesses by the U.S. state of Illinois is unconstitutional

2012 Event - Evidence of citrus greening, a disease that has killed millions of citrus trees in Brazil and Florida, is found in a residential area of Los Angeles County, California

2011 Event - An investigation into the death of American actress Natalie Wood is reopened by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after fresh information surfaces; Wood drowned in 1981

2011 Event - At the Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland, archeologists believe they found a fort from 1680 built to protect the 'friendly' Piscataway Indians

2011 Event - Casey Anthony, cleared of murdering her daughter Caylee and set to be released from the Orange County, Florida jail, attracts major crowds unhappy with the judgement

2011 Event - Iowa's Monona County, located in the midwestern United States, is hit by a tornado

2011 Event - Florida's Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Alvarez, and County commissioner Natacha Seijas are ousted in recall elections

2010 Event - Tibet's Galongla Tunnel, built at an altitude of 3,750 meters, is completed, linking Medog county to the outside world

2010 Event - At least 54 homes are destroyed and 8 people are missing after wildfires hit Boulder County, Colorado

2010 Event - Wildfire concerns cause over 3,500 people to evacuate Boulder County, Colorado

1996 Event - Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yankees win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)

1994 Event - Orange County California files for bankruptcy

1994 Event - Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed

1993 Event - U.S. warship Harlan County anchors off Port-au-Prince Haiti

1993 Event - Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium

1990 Event - Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 minutes in county cricket, world record

1990 Event - Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway

1989 Event - Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons

1988 Event - 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence

1981 Event - Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta

1981 Birthday - Larisa Oleynik, born in Santa Clara County, California, actress, starred in 'The Secret World of Alex Mack' television series and film, '10 Things I Hate About You'

1978 Death - Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79

1977 Event - 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee

1976 Event - In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks"

1975 Event - 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee

1973 Event - 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 Birthday - Tiffany M Sloan, Orange county California, playmate, Oct, 1992

1972 Event - 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad

1971 Death - Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40

1970 Birthday - Nicole Jeray, Cook County, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1995 Sprint Champ-22nd

1968 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open

1967 Birthday - Martha Nix, Orange County California, actress, Serena-Waltons

1966 Event - 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset

1966 Event - Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium opens; Pirates beat Braves 3-2

1965 Birthday - Zahid Sadiq, born in Kenya, cricketer, right-handed batsman, played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, England

1964 Birthday - Tish Certo, Niagara Falls, New York, LPGA golfer, 1981 Erie County, New York Champ

1964 Birthday - Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox

1962 Event - Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s

1962 Event - Marin County withdraws from BART district

1962 Event - San Mateo County withdraws from BART district, San Francisco Bay area

1960 Event - Moise Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence

1960 Birthday - Barry McGuigan, born in Clones, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, professional boxer, world featherweight champion, number one featherweight challenger in the World Boxing Association

1960 Birthday - Eric Shea, born in Los Angeles County, California, actor, appeared on television episodes and in films 'Yours, Mine and Ours' 1968, film 'The Poseidon Adventure' 1972

1958 Birthday - Debra Jensen, born in Orange County, California, playmate, January, 1978

1958 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Berke Breathed, cartoonist, Vegetarian, Bloom County, Outland

1957 Birthday - Mike Gatting, born in Kingsbury, England, cricketer, played for the Middlesex County Cricket Club, ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships

1955 Event - Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County

1955 Event - 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw

1954 Event - Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem

1953 Event - Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless

1952 Event - 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed

1952 Birthday - Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor, Remington Steele, Golden Eye

1949 Birthday - Joyce McKinney, born in Avery County, North Carolina, Miss Wyoming, 1972

1945 Birthday - Gary Stewart, Latcher County, Kentucky, country singer, She's Actin' Single

1944 Death - Han Yong-woon, Zen teacher, dies in Seoul County, Korea at 65

1944 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Robert Landers, Tarrant County, Texas, PGA golfer, Ft. Worth-1976, 78, 80

1943 Birthday - 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 Birthday - 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 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Lord Mountevans, born in England, born Edward Patrick Broke Evans, 3rd Baron Mountevans of Chelsea in the County of London

1941 Event - German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica

1940 Birthday - Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA

1939 Birthday - Harold W. Reid, Augusta County, Virginia, singer, Statler Bros-Class of '57

1938 Birthday - Kenny Rogers, singer, Through the Years, actor, Coward of the County

1938 Birthday - Stuart Bell, born in County Durham, England, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough

1937 Birthday - 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 Birthday - 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 Event - John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, OH, jail

1933 Birthday - John Denison-Pender, born in England, John Willoughby Denison-Pender, Lord Pender, 3rd Baron Pender of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall

1933 Birthday - Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry

1933 Event - Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side

1932 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Raman Subba Row, CEO, Test/County Cricket Board

1931 Birthday - Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance

1931 Birthday - Betty Johnson, born in Guilford County, North Carolina, singer, Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed

1930 Birthday - Geoffrey Littler, CEO, County NatWest Group

1927 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Jerry Clower, Amite County Mississippi, country comedian, Nashville on Road

1926 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Russell Baker, Loudoun County, Virginia, columnist/humorist, New York Times

1925 Birthday - Frank Chamberlain, CEO, Test and County Cricket Board

1925 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress, L Shaped Room

1923 Birthday - 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 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Tom "Stubby" Fouts, Carroll County, Indiana, actor, Polka-go-round

1918 Birthday - 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 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Glenn Ford, Quebec, Canada, actor, Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway

1915 Event - Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga

1915 Event - Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life

1909 Birthday - Robert Trout, Wake County, North Carolina, newscaster, ABC

1909 Birthday - Richard Howorth, cricketer, English all-rounder, three county doubles

1907 Birthday - Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, country singer, 16 Tons

1904 Birthday - Sally Rand, Hickory County, Missouri, stripper, fan dance

1903 Event - George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in New York City

1903 Birthday - Veronica Turleigh, County Donegal Ireland, actress, Promoter

1892 Birthday - Emory Parnell, St. Paul Minnesota, actress, Rocket Man, County Fair

1888 Birthday - Matt Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, Coquette, Deluge

1886 Birthday - Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor, She Done Him Wrong

1879 Birthday - Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher

1877 Birthday - Alben W. Barkley, Graves County, Kentucky, 35th Vice President-D 1949 - 1953

1870 Event - Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection

1865 Event - Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

1862 Birthday - Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County, Iowa, actress, Son of Dracula

1860 Event - Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County

1853 Birthday - Leland Hone, cricketer, England keeper 1879 without county experience

1850 Event - San Francisco County Government established

1845 Death - John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, dies in Allen County Indiana

1828 Birthday - Andrew Taylor Still, born in Lee County, Virginia, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine

1817 Event - 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland

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

1812 Event - Rare tornado hits Westchester County, New York

1796 Birthday - Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists

1775 Event - Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain

1765 Event - People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax

1679 Event - New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony

1643 Event - 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts)

1622 Event - County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges

1587 Event - Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break

1134 Event - Storm flood ravages Zeeland county

1077 Event - German king Henry IV gives away bisdom Utrecht county Staveren

1064 Event - German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland

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