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1997 American Express Senior Golf Invitational
1995 American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets 1994 United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5 1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52 1992 Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies 1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed 1991 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston 1991 Brad Davis, U.S., actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41 1991 Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41 1991 L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13 1990 Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies 1989 "Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 761 performances 1987 Rollermania at MSG, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers 1987 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood 1987 "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 761 performances 1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 1985 Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428 1984 Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1984 Longest pro football game, Los Angeles Express beats Michigan Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe's "Starlight Express," premieres 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic 1980 Ivan Triesault, actor (Von Ryan's Express, Desert Fox), dies at 81 1979 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda 1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years) 1976 Julian Rivero, actor (Via Pony Express), dies at 85 1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 1971 Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die 1969 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75 1968 Ohio Express' "Yummy Yummy Yummy" goes gold 1968 Yummy Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express hits #4 1962 Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) 1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands) 1961 Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52 1961 Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) 1960 Joseph Martin Mudd, born in Louisville, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1988 Federal Express 1960 Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66 1958 "Beautiful" Bobby Eaton, wrestler, SMW/ECW/NJPW/WCW, Midnight Express 1957 300 die as express train hits stalled train (Montgomery W Pakistan) 1955 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris 1955 Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300 1953 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) 1953 Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166 1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington D.C. station 1952 Barbara Loomis, rocker, BT Express 1951 Richard Thompson, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express 1951 William Risrook, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express 1950 Michael Jones, rocker, BT Express-Here Comes the Express 1950 Randy Quaid, born in Houston, Texas, actor, Midnight Express, Vacation, SNL 1949 Brad Davis, Tallahassee, Florida, actor, Roots, Chiefs, Midnight Express 1947 1st helicopter air mail and express service 1947 Carlos Ward, rocker, B T Express 1947 Ian Gomm, born in Chiswick, West London, songwriter, singer, guitarist, considered 'Best Rhythm Guitarist' by New Musical Express Magagine, 1971 1942 Nicholas Lloyd, editor, Daily Express 1940 John Hurt, England, actor, Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express 1938 "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47 1937 Vanessa Redgrave, born in London, actress, Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express 1933 Paris express train derails and kills 160, injures 300 (France) 1924 Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle 1922 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz 1920 John Junor, British editor in chief, Sunday Express 1913 Coral Browne, born in Melbourne, Australia, actress, Margaret-Time Express 1913 Karl Malden, born in Chicago, actor, Mike-Streets of SF, American Express 1908 Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author, Daily Express 1907 Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor, Berlin Express, Ship of Fools 1900 John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck 1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M 1891 1st travelers checks issued, American Express 1890 Agatha Christie, mystery writer, Murder on Orient Express 1890 Julian Rivero, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express 1888 Donald Calthrop, London, actor, Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express 1883 Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail 1861 Pony Express ends 1861 1st transcontinental telegram sent ending Pony Express 1861 Pony Express arrives in San Francisco with overland letters from New York 1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco from St. Joseph, Missouri 1860 1st Pony Express reaches Sacramento, California 1860 Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California 1850 Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo 1805 Henry Wells, founder, American Express Co and Wells Fargo and Co 1747 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives, dies in Paris 1715 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives |
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