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2007 Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice 1998 President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky 1998 Linda Tripp begins to testify before a grand jury about the Lewinsky case 1998 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids, Michigan on WKLQ 94.5 FM 1996 Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84 1994 Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station 1994 Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34 1994 "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances 1993 "Grand Night For Singing" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances 1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 25 performances 1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances 1992 "Grand Hotel" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 1,018 performances 1992 Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne, dies at 74 1992 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1991 Yves Montand, actor (Idol, Grand Prix), dies of a heart attack at 70 1991 Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St. Petersburg 1991 "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances 1990 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different 1989 "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances 1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1989 Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977 1989 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title 1989 Danielle Riley Keough, grand daughter of Elvis Presley 1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade 1988 North Carolina federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy 1988 [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61 1988 U.S. and Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson and Akhmilovskaya wed 1988 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams 1988 Federal grand jury indicts North and Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair 1988 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by U.S. grand jury for drugs 1987 New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year 1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1987 Yankees blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams 1987 Cubs and Astro tie Oriole and Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game 1986 Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates 1986 Orioles, Dwyer and Sheets, and Rangers, Harrah, hit record 3 grand slams 1986 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon 1986 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking 1986 Spanish Grand Prix decided by 0.014 of a second 1984 Ernest Tubb, singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 70 1984 Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55 1984 A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime 1984 Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title 1984 Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer 1984 Oakland A's Dave Kingman hits 3 home runs including a grand slam 1984 Anna Anderson Manahan, Grand Duchess Anastasia, dies in Virginia 1983 Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3) 1982 Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week 1981 Katie Teft, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1980 Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79 1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams) 1979 Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year 1979 "Grand Tour" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 61 performances 1979 "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 61 performances 1978 Derrick Delmore, Camp Springs, Maryland, fig skater, 1996 Grand Prix champ 1978 Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year 1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam) 1978 Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires 1978 Ligeti's opera "Le Grand Macabre," premieres in Stockholm 1977 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer 1977 Floyd Mayweather, Grand Rapids, Michigan, featherweight boxer, Bronze Medal 1996 Olympics 1976 Rebecca Snyder, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, air pistol 1996 Olympics 1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed - Yankees win 9-7 1975 Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio 1997 1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville 1974 Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up 1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides 1973 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1 1973 Dean McAmmond, Grand Cache, NHL left wing for the Edmonton Oilers 1973 Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1972 WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast 1972 Ferde Grofe, U.S. composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80 1972 Shana Zadrick, born in Grand Junction, Colorado, model, Guess Jeans 1971 Bobby Jones, Jr., PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930), dies at 69 1971 Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer 1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam 1971 Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66 1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 1971 Federal grand jury indicts Reverend Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger 1970 Kimberly Ann Cooley, Grand Forks ND, Miss America-ND 1996 1970 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death) 1970 Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2 1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado 1969 Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open 1969 Ken Gernander, born in Grand Rapids, NHL center for the New York Rangers 1969 Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34 1969 Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988 1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special 1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 1966 Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game 1966 John VanderWal, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies 1966 Barry Klein, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rower 1996 Olympics 1965 New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam 1965 Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids, Michigan, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants 1964 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964 Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers 1964 Lisa Ann Poggi, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actress, Jolie-Loving 1962 WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 James Debarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Debarge 1962 Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning 1961 Brian Lee Diemer, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, steeplechase, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1961 KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting 1961 Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year 1961 El Debarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge-All this Love 1961 Baltimore Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins 1961 Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings 1960 Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer 1960 Record 4 grand slams hit today 1960 Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990 1959 Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60 1959 Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer, Italian Grand Prix-1988 1959 Mark DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist, DeBarge-Who's Johnny 1958 Randy DeBarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/bassist, Debarge 1957 Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln) 1957 Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix 1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian/US actor (Grand Illusion), dies at 71 1956 Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61 1956 On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yankees beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7 1956 Yogi Berra becomes 4th Yank to hit a World Series grand slam 1956 Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4 1956 Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats 1956 United DC-7 and TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 1956 Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69 1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season 1955 Fernand Leger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 1955 Bunny DeBarge, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, rocker, Debarge 1954 Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer, Portugal Grand Prix-1990 1954 Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles 1954 Philippe Alliot, race driver, grand prix 1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Riccardo Patrese, driver, Grand Prix 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series 1952 New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1951 Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yankees beat Giants 13-1 1951 Mel Schacher, born in Michigan, bassist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful 1950 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time 1950 Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4 1950 Clarence Ellis, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, football player, safety, played with National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, drafted in first round of 1972 NFL Draft 1950 Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry" 1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit 1949 WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies 1949 Pamela Reed, born in Tacoma, Washington, actress, Grand, Kindergarten Cop, Home Court 1948 Mark Farner, Michigan, guitar/vocalist, Grand Funk Railroad-Locomotion 1948 Don Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, musician, drummer, performed with Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, Silver Bullet Band and rock band Grand Funk Railroad 1948 Donald Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, rock drummer, Grand Funk Railroad 1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season 1948 Craig Frost, keyboardist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful 1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City 1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs 1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yankees 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam 1945 Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season 1945 Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st U.S. city to fluoridate its water 1943 Chris Amon, Grand Prix racer 1943 Helmut Marko, auto racer, Le Mans Grand Prix 1942 Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1941 A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand) 1939 Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game 1939 Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer, 27 Grand Prix 1938 Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam 1938 Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam 1938 Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam 1938 Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam 1938 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 1937 Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer 1936 Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam 1936 Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yankees beat A's 25-2 1936 Jack R Lousma, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Col USMC/astronaut, Skylab 3, STS-3 1936 John Paul Cain, Sweetwater, Texas, PGA golfer, 1989 Greater Grand Rapids 1935 Justin Tubb, born in San Antonio, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1935 Roger B Chaffee, Grand Rapids Michigan, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut 1934 Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, California, tennis, 1st woman grand slam, 1953 1933 Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship 1933 Goldie Hill, Karnes County, Texas, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1932 Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer, 50 Grand National victories 1931 Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite," premieres 1931 Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games 1931 63rd Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Twenty Grand wins in 2:29.6 1931 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 1930 WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yankees beat Red Sox 14-13 1929 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 1929 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes 1929 President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park 1928 Frederik II W, grand duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71 1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN 1927 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 1927 Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie 1927 Carl Smith, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor", for Senator Joseph McCarthy 1926 DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry 1926 Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1925 Jimmy Dickens, Bolt, West Virginia, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn 1925 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers 1925 Elizabeth Wilson, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Doc, East Side/West Side 1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run 1923 Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist, Le Grand Defi 1922 Judy Garland, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, actress and singer, Wizard of Oz 1922 Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish 1921 Yves Montand, France, actor/singer, Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix 1921 Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1964- 1921 Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1964- 1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal 1920 Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam 1920 Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam 1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series 1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1920 Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry 1919 Kitty Wells, born in Nashville, Tennessee, country singer, Grand Ole Opry 1919 Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 1918 Bathe: grand duke Frederik II resigns 1916 Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising 1916 Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam 1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam home run 1914 Alain-Fournier, French writer (Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27 1913 Machmud Shevket Pasha, Turks grand vizier, murdered 1913 New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens 1912 Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw 1911 Reed Hadley, born in Petrolia, Texas, actor, Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon 1911 Albert Remy, born in Sevres, France, actor, Grand Prix, Gigot, Train 1909 Joseph McCarthy, born in Grand Chute, Wisconsin Senator-R-Wisconsin 1947 - 1957 1907 David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City 1907 Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81 1905 Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 1905 Greta Garbo, born in Stockholm, actress, Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille 1905 Henry Fonda, Grand Is, Nebraska, actor, Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond 1904 New York City begins building Grand Central Station 1904 Bill Baird, Grand Is Nebr, puppeteer, Kukla Fran and Ollie, Muppet Show 1904 Henri-Georges Adam, French etcher/painter/sculptor, Grand Nude 1903 Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef 1902 John Wesley Powell, U.S. geologist (Grand Canyon), dies at 68 1902 Bobby Jones, Jr., born in Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer, Grand Slam 1930 1902 Ray Teal, Grand Rapids, Michigan, actor, Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza 1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League 1900 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids) 1898 Wiley Post, Grand Plain, Texas, aviator/parachutist, crashed in Alaska 1898 Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat 1897 Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion 1896 Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London 1896 Charlotte A E M W, grand duchess of Luxembourg, 1919-64 1895 Leo Sowerby, Grand Rapids, Michigan, composer, Pulitzer 1946 1894 Jean Renoir, French director, Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion 1892 Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite 1885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor, Grand Illusion 1883 Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust) 1883 Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights 1880 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1878 Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau 1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House 1878 A. 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"Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1876 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan) 1874 1st Grand International Rifle match held 1868 Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect 1866 1st national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) 1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi 1865 Grand Review begins in Washington D.C. 1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed 1863 Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana 1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA 1860 Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe 1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1841 King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon 1839 Treaty of London constitutes Belgium an independent kingdom and Luxembourg a Grand Duchy 1839 Jem Mason on Lottery wins 1st Grand National Steeplechase (Britain) 1835 Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris 1833 Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 1828 Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies 1826 Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden, 1856-1907 1825 1st grand opera in U.S. sung in English, New York City 1824 Theodore Gericault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies 1818 Grand duchy of Bathe forms 1817 Adolf WAKF, grand duke of Luxembourg, 1890-1905 1814 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia 1812 Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe 1777 Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag 1772 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66 1772 Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Netherlands, 1814-40 1761 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl/Grand Pensionary 1736 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72 1733 Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64 1733 Francois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64 1720 "Le Grand St. Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000 1717 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London 1706 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary, 1749- 1697 Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter, Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal 1694 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 1691 Mustafa Koprulu, Turkish grand vizer, dies in battle 1688 Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Netherlands grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 1676 Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Koprulu as Turkish grand vizier 1665 Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris 1664 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary, 1727-36 1655 Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker 1653 Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede/Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71 1627 Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier, Grand Mademoiselle 1612 Antoine Arnauld, Grand Arnauld, French lawyer/theologist 1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 1577 Jacob Cats, Father Cats, Dutch grand pensionary/poet, Houwelyck 1570 Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies 1569 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane 1547 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch Grand Pensionary 1478 Grand Duke Ivan II of Moscow occupies Novgorod 1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 1291 Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated 1202 Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies 1194 Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies |
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