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2008 Gordon B. Hinckley, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, of natural causes, at 97
2002 XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City 2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City 1996 Virginia Cherrill, actress (Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights), dies at 88 1995 Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002 1995 Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres 1994 Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman 1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City 1990 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions 1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions 1990 1st Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 11 -4 at Lake Nona CC FLA 1989 Freddy Adu, born in Tema, Ghana, athlete, soccer phenomenon, played for D.C. United, Real Salt Lake 1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consec win streak 1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City 1987 Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81 1986 Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746 1986 Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster 1985 -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) 1984 Ramiro Cortes, composer, Fulbright Fellow, taught composition at University of California, University of Utah, dies at 50 in Salt Lake City, Utah 1984 Matt de Waal finishes 14,290-mi round trip from Salt Lake City (106d) 1984 Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana 1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City 1981 Naomi Grabow, born in lake Arrowhead, California, pairs skater, & Benjamin Oberman 1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York 1980 LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open 1980 Florence Lake, dies 1980 Deidra Graham, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, gymnast, alternate for the 1996 Olympics 1980 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York 1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics 1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York 1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up 1979 Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater 1979 Emerson, Lake and Palmer disband after 10 years together 1978 Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City Florida at 12 1977 Tania Joy Gibson, born in Lake Barrington, Illinois, Miss America-Illinois 1997 1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior 1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks 1974 Lake Isaac in Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation dedicated 1973 Veronica Lake, Constance Ockleman, actress (Ramrod), dies at 58 1972 Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96 1972 Steve Konowalchuk, Salt Lake City, NHL center for the Washington Capitals 1972 Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs 1971 Tonja Marie Christensen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, playmate, Nov, 1991 1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 1971 Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing for the New York Rangers 1971 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record) 1970 Chad Ogea, Lake Charles, Louisiana, pitcher, Cleveland Indians 1969 Jim Mckenzie, Gull Lake, NHL left wing, Winnipeg Jets 1969 Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mount Lake Park, Maryland, Miss Maryland-America 1991 1969 King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts 1969 Nikki Nelson, Topaz Lake Nev, country singer, Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry 1968 Ricki Lake, New York City, actress, Hairspray, talk show host, Ricki 1968 Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, 1996 Olympics 1968 Lyle Odelein, Quill Lake Sask, NHL defenseman, Team Canada, Montreal 1967 Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1967 Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72 1967 Pat Elynuik, Foam Lake, NHL right wing, Ottawa Senators 1967 Carnell Lake, NFL strong safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers 1967 Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1967 WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Tim Pugh, Lake Tahoe California, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals 1967 Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner 1965 Daren Puppa, Kirkland Lake, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning 1964 Paula Schnurr, Kirkland Lake Ontario, 1.5k, Olympics-8-92, 96 1963 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga 1963 Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) 1963 Dan Reed, rocker/actor, HOTS, Lake Consequence 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Salt Lake City Golf Open 1962 Kirk Alan Triplett, born in Moses Lake, Washington, PGA golfer, 1992 Shell Houston-2nd 1961 Jim Laver Carter, born in Spring Lake, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1995 Anheuser-Busch 1960 Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego, Oregon, actress, Frankie Reed-Sisters 1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open 1959 River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana) 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open 1958 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational 1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Domonic L Pudwill Gorie, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USN/astronaut, sk: STS-91 1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open 1957 Martha Elizabeth Thomsen, Moses Lake Wash, playmate, May, 1980 1956 Bill Murchison, Jr., Lake Charles, Louisiana, Nike golfer, 1994 Boise Open-2nd 1955 Clarence Gilyard, Jr., Moses Lake Wash, actor, Chips, Duck Factory 1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record) 1955 Dean Dillon, born in Lake City, Tennessee, country singer, Chair 1955 Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75 1954 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 1950 Ronald E McNair, Lake City, South Carolina, astr, STS-41B, 51L-Challenger disaster 1949 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Robert Palmer, born in Batley, England, singer, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 1948 KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast 1947 Greg Lake, born in Dorset, England, singer, songwriter, guitarist, performed "Karn Evil 9" with the Trans Siberian Orchestra, played "Lucky Man" with Jethro Tull 1947 Paul McCandless, rocker, Torches on the Lake 1947 Carl Palmer, drummer, Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake and Palmer 1947 William J. Jefferson, born in Lake Providence, Lousiana, Representative-D-Louisiana 1991 - 2009 1947 John Wiley Bryant, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Representative-D-Texas 1983 - 1997 1946 Leslie L Byrne, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-D-Virginia 1993 - 1995 1946 Talia Shire, Coppola, Lake Success, New York, actress, Adrienne-Rocky 1946 Mike Murdock, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, author, televangelist, pastor, Wisdom Center ministry, Fort Worth, Texas, hosts Wisdom Keys with Mick Murdock television program, mentored with Jimmie Swaggart, preached with Tammy Faye Bakker 1945 David Smith Monson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1985 - 1987 1944 Keith Emerson, born in England, Emerson, Lake and Palmer-Brain Salad Surgery 1944 Phyllis Frelich, Devil's Lake ND, actor, Love is Never Silent 1943 Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (U.S.) torpedoed and sinks 1942 Oliver Eugene Lake, composer 1942 Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx 1942 Robin Morgan, Lake Worth, Florida, actress, Dagmar-Mama 1940 Frances FitzGerald, New York City, journalist/author, Fire in the Lake 1940 Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated 1940 "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY 1939 Henson Moore, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Representative-R-Louisiana 1975 - 1987 1938 Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins 1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1937 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record) 1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York 1935 Douglas Marland, West Sand Lake, New York, soap opera writer, General Hospital 1934 Wilford Brimley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Gus-Our House, Cocoon 1933 Pete Wilson, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-R-California, 1983 -1988, Governor-R-California 1991 - 1999 1933 U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah closes 1932 James V. Hansen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Representative-R-Utah 1981 - 2003 1932 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York 1932 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport) 1932 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, New York 1932 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Michigan 1930 Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens 1930 Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer, Moon River, Andy Williams Show 1929 John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1928 Earl Brown, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Stovall-Operation Petticoat 1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 1928 Joi Lansing, born in Salt Lake City Utah, actress, Bob Cummings Show 1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses 1927 Paula Hawkins, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Senator-R-Florida, 1981 - 1987 1926 Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage 1926 Dick Williams, born in Wall Lake, Iowa, choral director, Andy Williams Show 1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th home run of the season 1925 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming) 1925 Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle 1925 KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions 1923 Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's 1921 Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947 1921 Berkley Bedell, born in Spirit Lake, Iowa, Representative-D-Iowa 1975 - 1987 1919 Veronica Lake, Constance Ockleman, actress, I Married a Witch 1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1918 Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie 1916 Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks 1915 William Proxmire, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, Senator-D-Wisconsin, 1957 - 1989, Golden Fleece Awards 1915 Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die 1915 Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show 1914 Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo 1914 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York 1913 Paul Langton, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Leslie-Peyton Place 1913 Loretta Young, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Farmer's Daughter, Stranger 1909 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens 1909 Ann Sothern, Harriette Lake, ND, actress, Lady in a Cage 1908 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized 1908 Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah 1908 Virginia Cherrill, actress, Lake Extra, Brat, City Lights, Delicious 1906 Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake, Indiana, actress, Father of Bride, Julia 1905 Arthur Lake, born in Corbin, Kentucky, actor, Dagwood-Blondie 1898 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake 1897 Natacha Rambova, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, costume designer 1895 Alice Lake, born in Brooklyn, New York, silent screen actress, Glamour, Wicked 1895 Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg 1895 Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St. Petersburg 1893 Frank Borzage, born in Salt Lake City, director, 7th Heaven, Strange Cargo 1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated 1890 President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned 1887 Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo 1885 Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask 1880 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, New York 1879 Mayhew Lake, composer 1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet 1872 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California) 1870 George A. Smith, born in Salt Lake City Utah, 8th President of Mormon church 1870 1st U.S. National Wildlife Preserve, Lake Meritt in Oakland California 1866 Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed 1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou 1860 Excursion steamer "Lady Elgin" drowns 340 in Lake Michigan 1859 Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 1858 Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa 1856 Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th President of Mormon church 1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake 1855 Anatoli Liadov, St. Petersburg, Russia, composer, Enchanted Lake, 1855 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer, Bewitched Lake, 1852 Just past midnight, a sharp jolt causes Lake Merced to drop 30' (9m) 1847 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200 1847 Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah 1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah 1832 1st Curling club in U.S. (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens 1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah 1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River and Lake Erie opened 1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British 1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats British in Battle of Lake Erie 1776 Brigadier General Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British 1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet, Lady of Lake 1755 Battle at Lake George: English army beats France 1567 Samuel de Champlain, explorer, Lake Champlain 1520 Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats Swedes at Lake Asunde |
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