2013 Event Three American economists win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller The famous painting, 'Liberty Leading the People' by Eugene Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 is vandalized while on loan to the Louvre-Lenz museum in Lens, France 2012 Event John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry 2011 Event Two South African farm workers begin trial for murdering white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche 2004 Death Eugene Roche, actor, Slaughterhouse Five, dies at 77 1998 Event "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 1,503 performance 1997 Event "Eugene Onegin," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City "Eugene Onegin," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Death Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer, co-discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy comet that had a spectacular collision with Jupiter in 1994, dies at 69 Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80 Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin 1996 Death Eugene Izzi, mystery writer, hangs himself at 43 Eugene Polyakov, dancer, dies at 95 Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76 Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant, dies at 70 1995 Death Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80 Eugene Wigner, physicist (Nobel prize for physics-1963), dies at 92 1994 Death Eugene Tanner, Jr., singer, dies at 58 1994 Event "Grease," opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater New York City for 1,503 performances Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84 1993 Event "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 445 performances 1992 Death Eugene A. Chappie, Representative-R-California 1981 -1986 1992 Event "5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 445 performances 1991 Event "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 14 performances "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 14 performances 1991 Death Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66 "Penn and Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City "La Bete" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 24 performances Eugene Forsey, Canadian Politician "La Bete" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 24 performances 1990 Event "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 149 performances "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 149 performances 1988 Event Eugene Marino installed as 1st black U.S. archbishop Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop 1987 Event Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor "Big River" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 1005 performances 1985 Death Eugene Carson Blake, Secretary-General World Council of Churches, dies at 78 1985 Event "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 1005 performances Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 Eugene List, U.S. concert pianist, dies at 66 1984 Death E J Andre, actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74 1982 Event "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 63 perf "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 36 performances "Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 36 performances 1972 Event Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon 1969 Birthday Eugene Chung, NFL guard, Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts 1969 Event "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances 1968 Event Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon 1967 Event Senator Eugene McCarthy begins run for U.S. presidency 1967 Birthday Rebecca Schaeffer, Eugene Oregon, actress, Patti-My Sister Sam 1966 Death Eugene O'Brien, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85 1965 Event Mary Mills wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open 1964 Event "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 15 performances "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 15 performances 1964 Birthday Bryan Tooley, Eugene Ore, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics Mary Mills wins LPGA Eugene Ladies' Golf Open "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 302 performances 1963 Event Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Eugene Ladies' Golf Open 1963 Death Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Le siecle of Gueux), dies at 89 1963 Birthday Eugene Robinson, NFL safety, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 "She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 302 performances G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank 1962 Event Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open 1962 Birthday Brandel Eugene Chamblee, born in St. Louis, Missouri, PGA golfer, 1994 Honda-3rd 1962 Death Eugene Goossens, British composer (Perseus), dies at 69 1961 Event "Let It Ride" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 68 performances "Let It Ride" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 68 performances "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 27 performances 1961 Birthday Eugene Daniel, NFL center, Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Ravens "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 27 performances "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 100 performances "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 100 performances 1960 Birthday Harold Reynolds, born in Eugene, Oregon, professional baseball player, second baseman, played for the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels 1959 Birthday Todd Graff, New York City, actor, Five Corners, Dominic and Eugene 1958 Death Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi, dies at 70 1958 Event Eugene Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt 1956 Death Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies 1955 Death Marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57 1954 Death Eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65 1954 Event KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Death Eugene O'Neill, playwright (Nobel 1936), dies in Boston at 65 1953 Event Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3 1952 Event Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in New York City 1951 Birthday Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 Eugene Chadbourne, American Composer 1950 Event Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris 1950 Birthday Eugene Bowen, composer, Wonder's Edge Eugene Fodor, born in Turkey Creek, Colorado, violinist, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award 1948 Event 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 1947 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in New York City 1946 Birthday Eugene Levy, born in Hamilton, Canada, comedian/writer, SCTV 1946 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Iceman Cometh," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Eugene Clarke, Tipton Missouri, rock guitarist Eugene Terre Blanche, South Africa leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging 1942 Birthday Oliver Eugene Lake, composer Mark Lindsay, born in Eugene, Oregon, rock vocalist/sax, Paul Revers and Raiders 1942 Death Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer, dies at 78 1941 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner 1940 Birthday Eugene Record, U.S. singer, Chi Lites-Give it Away 1940 Death M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies 1940 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner 1939 Death Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France 1938 Birthday Frits Wols, Eugene W Wong Loi Sing, Suriname, Secretary-General, UNESCO 1937 Birthday Gene Chandler, Eugene Dixon, Chicago, rocker, Duke of Earl 1936 Event Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill 1935 Birthday Gene Cherico, born in Buffalo, New York, Eugene Valentino Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, accompanied singer Peggy Lee 1934 Birthday Eugene A. Cernan, born in Chicago, Captain USN/astronaut, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 17 1934 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in New York City 1933 Birthday Jerry [Eugene] Pournelle, U.S., sci-fi author, Mercenary, Red Dragon Nathan Eugene Brooks, born in Cleveland, Ohio, flyweight boxer 1952 Olympics gold 1932 Event 58th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2 1932 Death Eugene Francis Charles D'albert, composer, dies at 67 1931 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes Electra," premieres in New York City 1931 Birthday Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs Donald Eugene Webb, Oklahoma City, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1931 Death Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72 1929 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Paul M. Simon, born in Eugene, Oregon, Senator-D-Illinois 1985 - 1997 Eugene Roche, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five 1928 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," premieres in New York City Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder, Olympic-2 golds-1968 Eugene O'Neill's "Marco Millions," premieres in New York City 1926 Death Eugene V. Debs, American Politician 1926 Birthday Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant Robert Eugene Richards, Illinois, pole vaulter, Olympics gold 48, 52, 56 1926 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in New York City David Eugene Tudor, Philadelphia Penn, composer 1925 Death Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 1925 Birthday Eugene Istomin, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award-1943 1925 Event Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St. New York City 1924 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Welded," premieres in New York City 1922 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie) Eugene O'Neill's "Hairy Ape," premieres in New York City 1921 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in New York City 1921 Birthday Adrian Cruft, born Adrian Francis Cruft, son of Eugene Cruft, born in Britain, composer, dubbed a performer's composer, composed church, chamber and orchestral works Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in New York City 1920 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in New York City Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon 1920 Birthday Eugene A. Chappie, born in Sacramento, California, Representative-R-California 1981 -1986 1919 Death Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies 1918 Birthday W. Eugene Smith, U.S. photographer, Saipan, Walk to Paradise Garden 1918 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in New York City Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist and professor, Eastman School of Music 1918 Death Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 1917 Event Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in New York City 1917 Birthday Robert Eugene Ward, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, Pantaloon 1916 Event Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in New York City 1916 Birthday Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist Eugene J. McCarthy, born in Watkins, Minnesota, Senator-D-Minnesota, President candidate 1968 1914 Death Eugene Odene, French mayor of Senlis, executed 1914 Birthday Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist 1913 Event 45th Belmont: Roscoe Troxler aboard Prince Eugene wins in 2:18 1910 Birthday Eugene John Weigel, composer 1909 Birthday Eugene Ionesco, playwright 1909 Death Eugene Lefebvre, dies test piloting a Wright A aircraft 1909 Event Eugene Walter's "Easiest Way," premieres in New York City 1907 Event Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York) Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring 1907 Birthday Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism 1906 Birthday Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. Secretary-General of World council of Churches, 1966-72 1905 Event 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 1905 Birthday Eugene Bozza, composer 1904 Birthday Eugene Forsey, Canadian Politician 1904 Event 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2 1903 Birthday Andre Fleury, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, composer, organist, studied organ at the Paris Conservatory under Eugene Gigout, appointed professor of organ at Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris 1902 Birthday Eugene Paul Wigner, mathematician/physicist, A Bomb, Nobel 1963 Eugene Wigner, American Physicist 1899 Birthday Eugene Ormandy, Blau, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1898 Birthday Eugene Dabit, French writer/painter, Hotel du Nord Eugene R. Black, U.S., President of World Bank, 1953-62 1897 Birthday Marion Eugene Bauer, composer 1896 Birthday C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist, Le Jura plisse 1894 Event American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike 1893 Birthday Eugene Goossens, born in London, England, conductor and composer, Perseus 1891 Death Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 1889 Birthday Eugene Pallette, born in Winfield, Kansas, actor, Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro 1889 Death Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50 1888 Birthday Eugene O'Neill, born in New York City, dramatist, Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936 Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi 1882 Death Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday 1880 Birthday Eugene O'Brien, Boulder, Ohio, actor, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1880 Death Eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76 1879 Death Eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies 1878 Death Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56 1874 Birthday Eugene Baie, Belgian author, Sub rosa et sub umbra 1873 Death Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52 1864 Birthday Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem 1863 Birthday Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer 1862 Birthday Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer, Sous la robe 1859 Birthday Eugene D'Harcourt, composer 1858 Birthday Eugene Ysaije, born in Belgium, violinist, conductor and composer, Pierill Houiou Eugene Ysaye, composer Eugene Brieux, French playwright, Blanchette, Lesson Avaries 1857 Death Eugene Sue, French Novelist 1857 Birthday Eugene Augustin Lauste, developer, 1st sound-on-film recording 1855 Birthday Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs, American Politician 1850 Birthday Eugene Field, author/journalist, Little Boy Blue 1844 Birthday Eugene Gigout, composer 1838 Birthday Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer 1836 Birthday Henry Eugene Davies, Major General Union volunteers 1833 Birthday Lucius Eugene Polk, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1830 Birthday Eugene Asa Carr, Major General Union Army 1823 Event Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris 1822 Birthday Eugene Gautier, composer 1820 Birthday Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer 1816 Birthday John Eugene Smith, Major General Union Army 1814 Birthday Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer 1810 Birthday Eugene L Simonis, Belgian sculptor 1809 Birthday Georges Eugene Haussmann, born in Paris, France, architect 1807 Birthday Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1804 Birthday Eugene Sue, French Novelist 1799 Birthday Alexandr Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin, 5/26 OS Alexander S Pushkin, Russia, writer, Eugene Onegin 1798 Death Eugene Godecharle, composer, dies at 56 1798 Birthday Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher, Journal 1791 Birthday A Eugene Scribe, French dramatist, Bertrand et Raton 1742 Birthday Eugene Godecharle, composer 1732 Death Eugene JP earl the Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58 1674 Birthday Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo 1447 Event Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V 1447 Death Eugene IV, Gabriele Condulmer, Italian Pope (1431-47), dies 1431 Event Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV 1153 Death Eugene III, Bernardo, Italian Pope (1145-53), dies 1153 Event Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" and Pope Eugene III 1145 Event Bernardo elected Pope Eugene III 657 Event St. Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I St. Eugene I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 657 Death Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies 654 Event Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I
