2015 Event Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emphasizes that the country's recent nuclear agreement with the West does not change its opposition to the U.S. and to American policies in the Middle East 2014 Event After two years of hostility between Japan and China over control of certain islands in the East China Sea, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Linping shake hands during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit 2014 Event Germany commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with a balloon-release ceremony and celebrations throughout the country; the wall had been built through Berlin to separate communist East Germany from West Germany 2014 Event The Superbowl takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey; the Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8, a historic win for the Seahawks, who haven't won a major championship in 30 years 2013 Event An 7.3-magnitude earthquake off of Japan's east coast prompts the country's emergency agencies to issue a tsunami warning 2013 Event The east coast of India expects Cyclone Phailin to make landfall today 2013 Event Britain, France and Germany close embassies in Yemen; Canada closes its embassy in Bangladesh; the U.S. closes 22 embassies in the Middle East and North America due to intelligence of an impending Al-Qaeda attack 2013 Event The oldest European remains of a white man are discovered in Australia; the Manning River Skull may belong to a man born in 1650, predating the country's history that Captain James Cook was the first to land on Australia's east coast in 1770 2013 Event The first case of the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome conavirus is announced in Italy 2013 Event Thousands of people on Australia's east coast are threatened by over 130 wildfires burning, and are forced to leave their homes 2012 Event The U.S. East Cost prepares for Hurricane Sandy, which caused damage throughout the Caribbean and resulted in 67 deaths 2012 Event In east London, archeologists find remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577 and was where some of Shakespeare's plays were performed 2012 Event People in East Asia, the North Pacific and the Western United States have the opportunity today to view a rare annular solar eclipse 2012 Event Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, dies at 43 of an acute asthma attack 2011 Event The Israeli interior ministry grants its final approval for building 1,600 settler homes in the disputed East Jerusalem 2011 Event A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people 2011 Event Saudi Arabia bans all protests after demonstrations have taken place east of the country 2010 Event Plans to build 625 more homes in close to the West Bank, adjacent to Arab East Jerusalem, were announced 2010 Event In the Swiss Alps, final breakthrough occurs on the east bore of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, now the world's longest railway tunnel 2010 Event Hurricane Earl shifts toward the east coast of the U.S., placing most of North Carolina's coast on hurricane watch 2010 Event Iran calls upon Muslims around the world to act in protest in response to Israel's plans to build in East Jerusalem 1998 Event 48th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 135-114 at New York City 1998 Event World League of American Football becomes NFL East 1997 Death Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar, dies at 69 1997 Event Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China 1997 Event 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland 1997 Event 47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena 1996 Event 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio 1996 Event 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston 1995 Event 45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix 1994 Event B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed 1994 Event Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed 1994 Death Detlef Macha, East Germany cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35 1994 Death Erich Honecker, president of East Germany (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81 1994 Event 44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis 1994 Event 45th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 9-8 at New York Rangers 1994 Event East beats West 9-8 in 45th NHL All Star Game at MSG in New York City 1993 Event 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka 1993 Death Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79 1993 Event Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villagers in East Turkey 1993 Event 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City 1992 Death Earnest FH Happel, East German soccer/trainer/coach, dies 1992 Event 1st time AL East and West champs have same record (96-66)-Tor and Oak 1992 Event Toronto Blue Jays win AL East title 1992 Event Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title 1992 Event Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East 1992 Event West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game 1992 Event 42nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 153-113 at Orlando 1992 Event NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113 1991 Event Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain 1991 Event Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain 1991 Event Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans 1991 Event 41st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 116-114 at Charlotte 1991 Event Big East Football conference forms 1990 Event East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany 1990 Event Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title 1990 Event East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact 1990 Event US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge 1990 Event East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems 1990 Event East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3 1990 Event East and West Germany merge their economies 1990 Death Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany 1990 Event West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st 1990 Event 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss 1990 Event 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 1990 Event 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami 1989 Event East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution 1989 Event East Berlin opens its borders 1989 Event East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns 1989 Event Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany 1989 Event Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title 1989 Event East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czechoslovakia) 1989 Event Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1989 Event Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East) 1989 Event 39th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 143-134 at Houston 1988 Event Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1988 Event Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium 1988 Event 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago 1988 Death Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83 1987 Event Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East 1987 Event 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle 1986 Event Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed 1986 Event Mets clinch NL East Championship 1986 Event Bomb attack in East Beirut, 25 killed 1986 Death John P. East, Senator-R-North Carolina, dies at 55 1986 Event Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record) 1986 Event 36th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 139-132 at Dallas 1985 Event Hurricane Juan ravages U.S. Gulf states and east coast, 49 die 1985 Event West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to East Germany 1985 Event "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, New Jersey 1985 Event 35th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 140-129 at Indiana 1984 Event Yankees clinch AL East 1984 Event Cubs clinch NL East title 1984 Event Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place) 1984 Event Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m 1984 Event 34th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver 1983 Event Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales 1983 Event Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m 1983 Event 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA 1982 Event Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win AL East championship 1982 Event Cards clinching NL East title 1982 Death Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53 1982 Event 32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey 1981 Event Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon 1981 Event 31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland 1980 Event Mike Schmidt's 2-run home run clinches NL East title for Phillies 1980 Birthday Raegan Tomaster, East Patgchogue, New York, gymnast alternate for 1996 Olympics 1980 Event Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record 1980 Event 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington 1979 Event Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open 1979 Event East Germany frees dissidents Rudolf Bahro and Nico Hubner 1978 Event Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open 1978 Event Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1978 Event Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed 1978 Event Yankees win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding 1978 Event Phillies clinch NL East title 1978 Event Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title 1978 Death Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation 1978 Event Soyuz 31 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 East German) to Salyut 6 1978 Birthday Michael East, American Athlete 1977 Event Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open 1977 Event Yankees win 2nd consecutive AL East title 1977 Event Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title 1977 Event Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in East Germany 1976 Event East Germany banishes singer Nina Hagen 1976 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship 1976 Event East Germany deprives singer/poet Wolf Biermann citizenship 1976 Event Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title 1976 Birthday Jana Kandarr, born in Halle, East Germany, professional tennis player, performed in Australian Open in 2000, WTA tournaments in 1996 and 2001 1976 Death Oskar Brusewitz, East German vicar, sets self on fire 1976 Event Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman 1976 Event Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor 1976 Event 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia 1976 Event East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to 1975 Birthday Nick Farrell, East York Ontario, boxer 1996 Olympics 1975 Event Indonesian army occupies East Timor 1975 Event Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament 1975 Event Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor 1975 Event 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio 1974 Event Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open 1974 Event East Germany amends constitution 1974 Event U.S. and East Germany establish diplomatic relations 1974 Event 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago 1974 Event 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia 1974 Event 24th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 134-123 at Seattle 1973 Birthday Ralph Intranuovo, East York, NHL center for the Edmonton Oilers 1973 Event Willi Stoph succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1973 Event West Germany and East Germany admitted to UN 1973 Death Walter Ulbricht, President East Germany, dies at 80 1973 Event Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m 1973 Birthday Larry Page, born in East Lansing, Michigan, computer scientist, Google co-founder, named a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum 1973 Death Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously, dies of cancer in East Berlin, at age 39 1973 Event 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah 1973 Event 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at New York Rangers 1973 Event 23rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 104-84 at Chicago 1973 Event Netherlands recognizes East Germany 1972 Event Belgium recognizes East Germany 1972 Event Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany 1972 Event WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156 1972 Event 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville 1972 Event 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota 1972 Event 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA 1972 Event Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr 1971 Event Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan 1971 Birthday Donna Faber, born in East Orange, New Jersey, tennis star 1971 Event John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in New York City 1971 Event Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 1971 Event Bill Graham closes down Fillmore and Fillmore East 1971 Event Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence 1971 Event Live at Fillmore East recorded 1971 Event 4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina 1971 Event 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston 1970 Event 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die 1970 Event Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East 1970 Event China launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red" 1970 Birthday Heike Friedrich, born in East Germany swimmer, world record 200m 1970 Event West German chancellor and East German premier Willy Brandt meet 1970 Event 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana 1970 Event 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia 1970 Event 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at St. Louis 1970 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13 1970 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3 1969 Birthday Katrin Krabbe, Neubrandenburg, East Germany, 100m/200m, World Champ 1991 1969 Event New York Mets clinch NL East pennant 1969 Event 1st performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Fillmore East, New York) 1969 Event Cambodia recognizes East Germany 1969 Event Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 1969 Event 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville 1969 Event 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montreal 1969 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25 1969 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7 1968 Event University church in Leipzig, East Germany, blown up 1968 Event East Germany adopts constitution 1968 Event New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect 1968 Event 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution 1968 Event Fillmore East opens 1968 Event AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 25-24 1968 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-20 1968 Event 1st ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 120 at Indiana 1967 Event Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 1967 Event Israel annexes East Jerusalem 1967 Event Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem 1967 Birthday John Child, East York Ontario, beach volleyballer 1996 Olympics bronze 1967 Event 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum 1967 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10 1967 Event AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23 1966 Event Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East 1966 Birthday Samantha Karen Fox, born in East End London, England, singer, Touch Me 1966 Event Snow storm in north east U.S. kills 165 1966 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 36-7 1965 Birthday Katarina Witt, born in Staaken, East Germany, figure skater, Gold Medals 1984, 1988 Olympics 1965 Event Hurricane hits north east US/Canada 1965 Birthday Charnele Brown, East Hampton, New York, actress, Kim-A Different World 1965 Birthday Silke Horner, born in East Germany, swimmer, world record 100m-breast stroke 1965 Birthday Rica Reinisch, born in East Germany, 100m/200m backstroke, 1980 Olympics gold 1965 Event East German president Ulbricht visits Egypt 1965 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14 1965 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 34-14 1965 Birthday Carin Garbarra, East Orange, New Jersey, soccer forward 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Cindy Brooks, East Hampton CT, rower 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Heike Drechsler, Gera, East Germany, sprinter, 1988 world record 1964 Birthday Maxi Gnauck, born in East Germany, uneven parallel bars, 1980 Olympics gold 1964 Event Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of East Germany 1964 Event East Germany government allows short visits to West Germany 1964 Event U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1964 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 27-24 1964 Event 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston 1964 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17 1963 Event West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules 1963 Event Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK 1963 Event John F. Kennedy's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House 1963 Birthday Ines Diers, born in East Germany, 400m freestyle swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold 1963 Event 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga 1963 Birthday Caren Metschuck, born in East Germany, 100m butterfly swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold 1963 Birthday Gabriele Reinsch, born in East Germany, discus thrower, world record 1988 1963 Event Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston 1963 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 21-14 1963 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-20 1962 Death Hanns Eisler, composer (North Vietnam/East German National Anthem), dies at 64 1962 Birthday Joetta Clark, East Orange, New Jersey, 800m runner, Olympic-1992 1962 Event East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall 1962 Birthday Jackie Joyner-Kersee, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, heptathele won Olympic gold 1988, 1992 1962 Birthday Birgit Fischer, born in East Germany, 500m kayaker, 1980 Olympics gold 1962 Event 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany 1962 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30 1962 Event AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27 1961 Birthday Cornelia Oschkenat, born in East Germany, hurdler, 50m indoor 1961 Birthday Kathrin Dorre, East German marathoner 1988 Olympics bronze 1961 Event East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon 1961 Event East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin 1961 Event East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1961 Event 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin 1961 Event Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany 1961 Event East Germany limits traffic to West Berlin 1961 Birthday Karin Enke, born in Dresden, East Germany, speed skater, Gold Medals 1980, 1984 Olympics 1961 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31 1960 Event West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany 1960 Event East Germany limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners 1960 Death Wilhelm Pieck, president of East Germany (1949-60), dies at 84 1960 Event East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin 1960 Birthday Gisela Beyer, born in East Germany, discus thrower, Olympics-4th place-1980 1960 Birthday Misha Mck, East Orange, New Jersey, actress, Gerri-Me and Mrs. C 1960 Event 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia 1960 Birthday Alfrederick Joyner, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, triple jumper, Gold Medal 1984 Olympics 1960 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21 1959 Birthday Ronald Weigel, East Germany speed walker, 5 km indoor 1959 Birthday Petra Felke, born in East Germany, javelin thrower, world record 1988 1959 Event American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 1959 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 28-21 1958 Birthday Ramona Neubert, born in East Germany, long jumper/pentathlete, 1980 Olympics 1958 Birthday Marlies Gohr, born in East Germany, sprinter, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1958 Birthday Christine Lathan-Brehmer, born in East Germany, 400m runner, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1958 Birthday Frank Ullrich, East Germany, world biathlon champion 1958 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7 1957 Birthday Jeff East, born in Kansas, Missouri, American actor, best-known for role of Clark Kent in 1978 film "Superman" 1957 Event German Dem Rep recalls East Mark and issues new currency 1957 Birthday Bogdan Musiol, born in East Germany, bobsled 1980 Olympics bronze 1957 Death Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77 1957 Event 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) 1957 Event 42.0 cm rain falls on East St. Louis, Illinois, state record 1957 Birthday Timothy Busfield, born in East Lansing, Michigan, actor, Elliot-30 Something 1957 Birthday John M. Ford, born in East Chicago, Indiana, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?' 1957 Birthday Mary Cadorette, born in East Hartford, Connecticut, actress, Vicky-3's a Crowd 1957 Event East Germany accepts 22 Russian divisions 1957 Birthday Marita Koch, born in East Germany, 400m sprinter, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics, Silver Medal 1980 Olympics 1957 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 19-10 1957 Event Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East 1956 Birthday Ilona Briesenick-Slupianek, born in East Germany, shot-putter, 1980 Olympics gold 1956 Birthday Hans-Georg Beyer, born in East Germany, team handball player, 1980 Olympics gold 1956 Death Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) 1956 Event East Germany frees almost 19,000 prisoners 1956 Event East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves 1956 Birthday Michael Nikolay, born in East Germany, gymnast, Olympics 1956 Birthday Evelin Jahl, born in East Germany, discus thrower, Olympic-2 gold-1976 1956 Event East Germany forms own army (National People's Army) 1956 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 31-30 1955 Death James Dean, U.S. actor (East of Eden, Giant), dies 1955 Event Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania 1955 Event East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R. 1955 Birthday Barbel Wockel-Eckert, born in East Germany, sprinter, Olympic-4 gold-1976, 80 1955 Birthday [Kater]Nina Hagen, born in East Berlin, East Germany, actress, Blue Angel 1955 Event South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect 1955 Event NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19 1954 Birthday Ullrich Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold 1954 Birthday Walter Diessner, born in East Germany, 4 man cox 1976 Olympics gold 1954 Birthday Hans-Jurgen Gerhardt, born in East Germany, bobsled, 1980 Olympics gold 1954 Event West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany 1954 Event 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) 1954 Birthday John Kimmel, born in East Orange, New Jersey, John C. Kimmel, horse trainer, trained at University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, trained famous horses, Better Than Honour, Premium Tap, wins include Florida Derby, 2004, Pennsylvania Derby, 2007, among others 1954 Birthday Gunther Tiersch, born in East Germany, 8 man cox, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1954 Event NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9 1954 Birthday Norbert Hahn, born in East Germany, 2 man luge, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1953 Event Riots in East Germany for reunification 1953 Birthday Hans Rinn, born in East Germany, 2 man lugist, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1952 Birthday Tamara Danz, born in Breitungen, Germany, singer with famous band Gitarreros, known as "Tina Turner of the East" 1952 Birthday Monika Zehrt, born in East Germany, 400m runner, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1952 Birthday Margit Schumann, born in East Germany, luge 1976 Olympics gold 1952 Birthday Johanna Klier-Schaller, born in East Germany, 100m hurdler 1976 Olympics gold 1952 Event East German SED decides to form East Germany army 1952 Birthday Ulrich Wehling, born in East Germany, cross country, Gold Medal 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics 1952 Birthday Robert Ainsworth, born in Coventry, England, Robert William Ainsworth, politician, Labor Party, 2009, assumed roles of Secretary of State for Defense, since 1992, serves as a Member of Parliament for Coventry North East 1952 Event Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 1952 Birthday Seigfried Brietzke, born in East Germany, coxless rower, Gold Medals 1972, 1976, 1980 Olympics 1952 Birthday Rosemarie Ackermann, born in East Germany, high jumper 1976 Olympics gold 1952 Birthday Andrew Smith, born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Andrew David Smith, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Oxford East 1951 Birthday Bernd Landvoigt, born in East Germany, coxless pairs, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Birthday Jorg Landvoigt, born in East Germany, coxless pairs, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Birthday Timothy Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Paper Chase, East of Eden 1951 Birthday Bernhard Germeshausen, born in East Germany, bobsled, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1951 Birthday Judi Brown, born in East Lansing, Michigan, 400m hurdler 1984 Olympics silver 1951 Birthday Nils Lofgren, Chicago, guitarist, singer and songwriter, East Street Band 1951 Birthday Burglinde Pollak, born in East Germany, pentathlete, Olympics-bronze-1972 1951 Birthday Angela Voigt, born in East Germany, long jumper, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics 1951 Birthday John Bentley, born in Deptford, South East London, rocker, bass player, played for Squeeze 1980 - 1982, appeared on albums Argybargy and East Side Story 1951 Event 1st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston 1950 Birthday Roland Matthes, born in East Germany, 100m/200m backstroke, 4 Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics, Silver Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics, Bronze Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics 1950 Event East German premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification 1950 Birthday Waldemar Cierpinski, born in East Germany, marathoner, Gold Medal 1976, 1980 Olympics 1950 Event KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites 1950 Event East Germany recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland 1950 Birthday Annelie Ehrhardt, born in East Germany, 100m hurdler, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1950 Event East Germany and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border 1950 Birthday Wayne Powers, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Laverne and Shirley, 13 East 1950 Birthday Renate Stecher, born in East Germany, sprinter, 3 Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics, Silver Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1976 Olympics 1950 Birthday Tony Banks, born in East Sussex, England, singer, musician, pianist, keyboard player, guitarist, founding member of Genesis 1949 Event Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 1949 Event Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of East Germany 1949 Event Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president of East Germany 1949 Birthday Jerry Costello, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1988 - 1949 Event East Germans constitution approved 1949 Birthday Anna-Maria Muller, born in East Germany, Luge, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1948 Event Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin 1948 Birthday Don Boyd, director, Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock 1948 Birthday Jimmy Hood, born in Lesmahagow, Scotland, Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East, Labor Party, worked as a mining engineer 1948 Birthday Manfred Kokot, East German runner, world record 50 m indoor 1947 Event John D Rockefeller, Jr. donates New York City East River site to the U.N. 1947 Birthday Adam Ingram, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Stathaven, Lesmahagow 1946 Birthday Ruth Fuchs, born in East Germany, javelin thrower, Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics 1946 Event SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany 1946 Event Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR 1946 Event Dutch troops land on East Bali 1945 Event "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle) 1945 Birthday Niaz Ahmed, cricketer, 1st and last East Pakistani to play Test cricket 1945 Birthday Michael Martin, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, Speaker of the House of Commons 1945 Event German ship "Cap Arcona" sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed 1945 Birthday Uwe Beyer, born in East Germany, shot-putter 1976 Olympics gold 1945 Birthday Walter Charles, born in East Strousberg, Pennsylvania, actor, Fletch Lives, Weeds 1945 Event 1st U.S. units reach east coast of Okinawa 1945 Event Operation Varsity: British, U.S. and Canadian airborne landings East of Rhine 1945 Birthday Bill Boner, born in East Nashville, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1979 - 1987 1944 Birthday Dick Durbin, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1944 Event U.S. 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris 1944 Event Adam Clayton Powell elected 1st black congressman from East 1944 Event 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs 1944 Birthday Alan Horwarth, born in Britain, politician, Baron Howarth of Newport, Member of Parliament for Statford-on-Avon and Newport East, educated at King's College, Cambridge, Conservative Party 1943 Event British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy 1943 Birthday Dave Peverett, born in Dulwich, South East London, rocker, singer, guitarist, founded, sang and played rhythm guitar for Foghat 1943 Birthday Wolfgang Scheidel, born in East Germany, luge, 1972 Olympics gold 1942 Death Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried 1942 Event Nightly "dim-out" begins along East Coast 1942 Event Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of U.S. east coast 1942 Event Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Event German U-boats begin harassing shipping on U.S. east coast 1941 Event 1st U.S. WW II bombing mission in Far East, Luzon, Philippines 1941 Event Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor 1941 Death GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies 1941 Birthday Margritta Gummel, born in East Germany, shot putter, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1941 Birthday Baroness Hollis of Heigham, history lecturer, University of East Anglia 1941 Birthday Meinhard Nehmer, born in East Germany, 2 man bobsledder 1976 Olympics gold 1940 Birthday Dionne Warwick, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer, Solid Gold, Way to San Jose 1940 Birthday Thomas Kohler, born in East Germany, luger, Gold Medals 1964, 1968 Olympics 1939 Event Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey 1939 Birthday Eberhard Koellner, born in East Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz 31 backup 1939 Event Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: East Europe divided between Hitler and Stalin 1939 Birthday Hugh Dykes, born in England, served as Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East, member of the European Parliament, Vice President of the British-German Association 1939 Event All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends 1938 Event 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska 1938 Birthday Karin Balzer, born in East Germany, hurdler, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1937 Birthday Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference, 1979 1937 Birthday Sigmund Jaehn, born in East Germany, cosmonaut, Soyuz 31/29 1937 Birthday Joseph Wambaugh, born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police writer, Onion Fields 1936 Birthday Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin 1936 Birthday Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist 1936 Birthday Bill Zeliff, born in East Orange, New Jersey, Representative-R-New Hampshire 1991 - 1997 1936 Birthday Roy Beggs, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, John Robert Beggs, Ulster Unionist Party, Member of Parliament for East Antrim 1983 - 2005, known for his Euroscepticism, strong support of Northern Ireland's grammar schools 1935 Death William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies 1934 Event FDIC pays off 1st insured depositors, Fon du Lac Bank, East Peoria, Illinois 1934 Birthday Michael Mates, born in England, born Michael John Mates, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for East Hampshire 1933 Birthday Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society 1933 Birthday Brigitte Reimann, born in Burg bei Madgeburg, East Berlin, writer, wrote 'Franziska Linkerhand' published posthumously 1932 Event Steamboat SS Observation explodes in New York City East River (71 killed) 1932 Event Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic 1932 Birthday Ann Harding, U.S., actress, East is West, Janie 1932 Event British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru 1931 Birthday Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orchestra 1930 Birthday Harry Glass, born in East Germany, 1st E German Olympic medalist, bronze-1956 1929 Birthday Betsy Palmer, born in East Chicago, Indiana, actress, Mr Roberts, Friday the 13th 1929 Birthday Bill Walker, born in Dundee, Scotland, politician, deputy chairman, Scottish Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire 1929 Event 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies 1928 Birthday Warren Oates, born in Depoy, Kentucky, actor, East of Eden, Stoney Burke 1928 Birthday Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis, middle east scholar 1927 Birthday Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 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 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, born in East Orange, New Jersey, author and feminist, 'In the Last Analysis' and 'Writing a Woman's Life' 1925 Event 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans 1925 Birthday Julie Harris, Grosse Pt, Michigan, actress, Bell Jar, East of Eden 1925 Birthday Brian Aldiss, born in East Dereham, England, science fiction author, 'The Helliconia Trilogy' and 'Hothouse' 1925 Birthday Roy Hughes, born in Pontllanfraith, Wales, born Royston John Hughes, Baron Islwyn, politician, Labor Party, union organizer, Member of Parliament for Newport, Member of Parliament for Newport East 1925 Birthday Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side 1924 Event KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies 1923 Birthday Alan B. Shepard, Jr., East Derry, New Hampshire, Rear Admiral USN astronaut, Mercury 3, Apollo 14 1923 Birthday Gerald Gotting, East Germany president, CDU 1923 Event 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies 1922 Birthday Joan Caulfield, East Orange, New Jersey, actress, Liz-My Favorite Husband 1922 Birthday Andre Asriel, born in Germany, composer, winner of 1951 National Prize for East Germany 1921 Birthday Marilyn Maxwell, actress, East of Sumatra 1921 Birthday Gordon MacRae, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer and actor, Oklahoma, Carousel 1921 Birthday Cyd Charisse, Tula Finklea, Amarillo, Texas, dancer/actress, East Side 1920 Birthday Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tilsit East Prussia, actor, Kafka, Music Box 1920 Event Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins 1920 Event W Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez," premieres in London 1920 Event British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony 1919 Birthday Jo Van Fleet, Oakland, actress, Gunfight at OK Corral, East of Eden 1919 Event Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1918 Event Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea 1917 Event Riots in East St. Louis Mo 1917 Event Race riots in East St. Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed) 1917 Event Race riot in East St. Louis Illinois, 1 black killed 1916 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in New York City 1916 Birthday Jack Elam, Miami, Arizona, actor, The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo 1916 Event Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa 1916 Event Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage 1916 Birthday Owen Chadwick, chancellor, University of East Anglia 1915 Event 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok) 1915 Birthday Abel Ehrlich, born in Cranz, East Prussia, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 1915 Birthday Frank Thistlethwaite, vice chancellor, University of East Anglia 1914 Event General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia 1914 Birthday Willi Stoph, president East Germany 1912 Birthday Erich Honecker, Germany, President, East Germany 1911 Event Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east 1911 Birthday Jan Boon, Tjalie Robinson, Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong 1908 Birthday Alan Baxter, East born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches 1906 Birthday Esmond Knight, East Sheen, England, actor, Hamlet, Sleeping Murder 1905 Event Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa 1905 Event Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima 1905 Event British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya 1905 Birthday Charles Melvin Price, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1945 - 1988 1904 Event Side-wheeler "General Slocum" burns in New York's East River (1,031 die) 1901 Event East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened 1899 Birthday Lucie Mannheim, born in Berlin, actress, East Meets West, 39 Steps 1898 Birthday Hanns Eisler, German/U.S. composer/East German minister for propaganda 1897 Event White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City 1893 Birthday Walter Ulbricht, president East Germany 1893 Event Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast 1891 Event "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M 1890 Event King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company 1889 Event 1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for east 1888 Event East Africa Company political and commercial rights 1888 Event Great blizzard of '88 strikes the North East U.S. 1887 Event Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors 1882 Event Hatfields of south WV and McCoys of east Kentucky feud, 100 wounded or die 1882 Birthday Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor, Gorilla Man, Way Down East 1875 Event Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa 1875 Event Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast 1875 Birthday Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor, Dutch East Indies 1873 Death Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70 1873 Birthday Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher 1870 Birthday Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, East Africa 1870 Event Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East 1862 Birthday Connie Mack, born in East Brookfield, Massachusetts, HOF baseball executive/manager, Philadelphia A's 1900 - 1950 1862 Event Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston 1862 Birthday David Hilbert, Konigsberg East Prussia, mathematician 1861 Event 1st telegraph line linking West and East coasts completed 1858 Event Government of India transferred from East India Company to Crown 1854 Death Karl Adolph von Basedow, East Germany (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55 1851 Event John F. Loudon discovers tin on East Indian Island of Billiton 1851 Birthday Johannes B van Heutsz, Lieutenant-General and / Dutch East Indies 1849 Event 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from east coast 1839 Birthday Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia, OS 1839 Event Aden conquered by British East India Company 1822 Event Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory 1814 Birthday Ellen Wood, English author, East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey 1812 Birthday Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet, Lettere a Maria 1811 Death Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch director-general of East Indies Co, dies at 49 1804 Event Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 1803 Birthday Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, 1856-61 1800 Event Dutch East Indies Company dissolves 1795 Death Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet (East Uraguay), dies at 54 1780 Birthday Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General, Netherlands East Indies 1762 Birthday Sebastiaan C. Nederburgh, director-general, East Indies Company 1761 Death Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 1758 Event Russian troops occupy Konigsberg, East Prussia 1752 Event East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed 1741 Birthday Theodor Gotlieb von Hippel, East Prussian author/mayor of Koningsberg 1732 Event VOC fires Netherlands-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare 1714 Event A highway in Bronx is laid out, later renamed East 233rd Street 1704 Birthday Jacob Mossel, governor-general, Dutch East Indies 1685 Birthday Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company 1668 Event English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1653 Death Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, dies at 48 1653 Death Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at 48 1645 Death Anton van Diemen, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51 1641 Event United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed 1635 Birthday Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general, Dutch East Indies 1621 Event John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1619 Birthday Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general, Netherlands East Indies 1615 Death Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns 1609 Event Pieter Both sworn in as 1st Governor-General of East Indies 1609 Event Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. 1602 Event United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms 1601 Event John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London 1600 Event British East India Company chartered 1597 Event 1st Dutch East India Company ships returned from Far East 1547 Birthday Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet 1539 Death Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65 1534 Event Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea 976 Event Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 921 Event Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other 918 Death Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies 876 Death Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 876 Death Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies 856 Death Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies 423 Death Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies 384 Birthday Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic, 395-423 379 Event Theodosius installed as co-emperor of East Roman Empire
