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2004 Laura Branigan, singer, How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?, dies at 47

1998 Phil Hartman, comic, Saturday Night Live, dies at 49

1997 "ER" is performed live on TV

1996 Jane Baxter, actress (We Live Again, Blossom Time), dies at 87

1994 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, Live at BBC, is released in Britain

1994 Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (John F. Kennedy, 8 Seconds, Want to Live), dies at 33

1994 Flintstones live action movie opens in theaters

1994 Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63

1994 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1993 Barbra Striesand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years

1993 Jerry Hunt, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques, dies in Canton, Texas, of suicide

1993 Ron Wood releases "Slide On Live"

1993 Tom Fuccella, actor (Paul-One Life to Live), dies of AIDs at 56

1993 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47

1992 Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ

1992 Lou Krugman, actor (I Want to Live), dies of cancer at 78

1991 6,000th episode of One Life To Live

1991 Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode

1991 Peter Willes, British actor/producer (Way We Live), dies

1991 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1990 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida

1990 Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records

1990 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address

1990 Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida

1990 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity

1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)

1990 Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting

1989 Hayden Panettiere, actress, One Life to Live

1989 Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live

1988 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1987 Michael Roman, actor, Al-One Life to Live

1987 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show

1987 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins

1986 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts)

1986 Jane Dornnacker, WNBC-AM New York City helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes

1986 Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1

1986 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert

1986 "John Lennon: Live in New York City" album is released

1985 "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief

1985 1st live telecast of Easter Parade

1985 Actress Judith Licht (Who's the Boss) marries Robert Desiderio (One Life to Live)

1984 Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live

1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow

1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair

1984 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Nightline

1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater

1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade

1983 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington D.C.

1982 Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live

1982 1st live orchestra on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony)

1982 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time

1982 John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33

1981 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)

1981 Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies

1980 Paul and Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live

1980 Chester H Lauck, actor (2 Weeks to Live, Goin' to Town), dies at 78

1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway

1979 Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in U.S.S.R.

1979 House of Representatives begins live television broadcasts via C-SPAN

1979 Pink Floyd premiered their live version of "The Wall" in Los Angeles

1978 U.S. House of Representatives allows live radio coverage

1978 Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86

1977 Chris McKenna, Queens, New York, actor, Joey-One Live to Live

1977 Canada begins regular live TV coverage of Parliament

1977 "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released

1977 Supreme Court rules "Live Free or Die" may be covered on New Hampshire licenses

1977 Coneheads debut on "Saturday Night Live"

1976 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live

1976 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies

1976 Andy Milonakis, born in Katonah, New York, actor, comedian, uses comedy to deflect from his congenital growth-hormone condition, giving him the voice, appearance of an adolescent boy, appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live television show

1976 Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive"

1975 1st time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay - Richard Pryor as host

1975 "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin

1975 Saturday Night Live premieres with George Carlin as host

1975 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time

1974 "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52

1973 "Live and Let Die," James Bond film premieres

1973 "Live and Let Die" premieres in U.S.

1973 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Live and Let Die"

1972 Smokey Robinson and Miracles final live performance

1972 Michael Bays, born in Enrico, California, actor, Bronx Zoo, Days of Our Live

1972 Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden

1972 "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 173 performances

1971 "To Live Another Summer" opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 173 performances

1971 Live at Fillmore East recorded

1971 Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74

1970 Chad Taylor, musician, Live

1970 Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell

1970 John H O'Hara, U.S. journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at 65

1969 Plastic Ono Band's (John, Yoko and Eric Clapton) 1st live performance

1969 Mark Brettschneider, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Jason-One Life to Live

1969 Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44

1969 Beatles perform last live gig (42-minute concert on roof of Apple HQs)

1968 1st live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7)

1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV

1968 "One Life to Live" premieres on TV

1968 Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres

1968 Yasmine Bleeth, born in New York City, actress, Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch

1968 Susan Haskell, actress, Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business

1967 Sean Moynihan, Burlington, Vermont, actor, Powell-One Life to Live

1967 Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy, Texas, rock drummer, Slaughter-Stick it Live

1967 Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!'

1967 "You Only Live Twice" premieres in U.S.

1967 Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58

1967 Jeff Bankett, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Tyler-1 Life to Live

1966 Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded "Got Live if you Want It"

1966 Janis Joplin's 1st live concert, Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco

1966 Thorsten Kaye, soap actor, Patrick-One Life to Live, Silencers

1966 Bronwen Booth, London, actress, Andy-One Life to Live, Eternal Evil

1965 Ellen Cleghorne, comedienne, Saturday Night Live

1965 Rob Schneider, actor, Saturday Night Live, Men Behaving Badly

1965 Fia Porter, Mexia, Texas, actress, Audrey Ames-One Life to Live

1964 Leonard Stabb, actor, Hunter Guthrie-One Life to Live, Guiding Light

1964 Mark Allen Slaughter, born in Las Vegas, guitarist, Slaughter-Stick it Live

1964 Robert Kelker-Kelly, born in Wichita, Kansas, Bo-Days of our Live

1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in U.S.; Washington D.C. Coliseum

1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald

1963 C[live] S[taples] Lewis, Hamilton, author (Silver Chair), dies at 64

1963 Jessica Tuck, New York City, actress, Megan-1 Life to Live

1963 Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton, New Jersey, guitarist, Slaughter-Stick it Live

1962 Karen Witter, California, actress, Tina-One Life to Live, playmate, Mar, 1982

1962 Holly Gagnier, Louisiana, actress, One Life to Live

1962 Tonja Walker, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Alex-One Life to Live

1962 1st Europe-U.S. live TV program (via Telstar)

1961 Hilda Doolittle, U.S. poet (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75

1961 John Viscardi, New York City, actor, Father Tony-One Life to Live

1961 Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor, John F. Kennedy, 8 Sceonds, I Want to Live

1961 Harry Enfield, comedian, Dermot-Men Behaving Badly, Saturday Live

1961 Roma Downey, Derry Ire, actress, 1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel

1961 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union

1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona

1961 Kassie Wesley, born in Kentucky, actress, Evil Dead 2, Blair-One Life to Live

1961 Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show

1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy)

1960 Valerie Pettiford, New York City, actress, Sheila Price-One Life to Live

1960 Fiona Hutchison, born in Miami, Florida, actress, One Life to Live, Guiding Light

1959 Ben Elton, London, UK, actor, Stark, Friday Night Live

1959 Shelley Burch, born in Tucson, Arizona, actress, One Life to Live, Identity Crisis

1959 "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV

1958 Dana Strum, Washington D.C., rock bassist, Slaughter-Stick it Live

1957 James De Paiva, Hayward California, actor, Max Holden-One Life to Live

1957 Andrea Evans, actress, Young and Restless, Tina-One Life to Live

1957 Hillary Bailey Smith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Nora-One Life to Live

1957 Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88

1956 Sandra Guiboard, born in U.S. AFB West Germany, actress, Donna-One Life to Live

1956 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess, Live at 3

1956 Julie Montgomery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred

1956 Mark Handley, born in Hollywood, California, writer, screenwriter, playwright, married, lived in log cabin with his wife to live in isolation, wrote play Idioglossia, which became the film, Nell, starring Jodie Foster, 1994, directed by Michael Apted

1955 Steven Wright, droll comedian, Steven Wright Live

1955 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba

1955 Marcia McCabe, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, actress, Alicia Grande-1 Live to Live

1955 Marcia McCabe, actress, Alice-One Life to Live

1954 Yanni, new age musician, Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance

1954 James Belushi, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Sat Night Live, Trading Places

1953 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City)

1953 Michael Zaslow, Inglewood California, actor, One Life to Live, Guiding Light

1953 Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris, Florida, hostess, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee

1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)

1952 George Strait, Pearsall, Texas, country singer, All My Exes Live in Texas

1952 Laraine Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, comedienne and actress on Saturday Night Live

1951 Gerald Anthony, actor, Marco Dane-General Hospital, One Life to Live

1951 Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company

1951 Kim Zimmer, Michigan, actress, Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live

1950 Pamela Stephenson, Auckland New Zealand, actress, Superman 3, Sat Night Live

1950 Graham Parker, musician, Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning

1950 Nathan Purdee, actor, Nathan-Young and Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live

1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel

1950 Robert S. Woods, born in California, actor, Bo-One Life to Live, Waltons

1949 Denny Albee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Dr. Janssen-One Life to Live

1949 Judith Light, Trenton, New Jersey, Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live

1948 Johnny Ramone, New York, pop guitarist, Ramones-Love Live

1948 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90

1948 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC

1947 Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist, Live in Montreux

1947 Linda Thorson, born in Toronto, actress, Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live

1946 Jacqueline Courtney, New Jersey, actress, Another World, One Life to Live

1946 Erika Slezak, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Viki-One Life to Live

1946 Dan Millman, born in America, author, wrote, published 14 self-help books focusing on human potential, wrote 'The Life You Were Born to Live'

1945 Catherine Burns, New York City, actress, Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher

1945 Robin Strasser, New York City, actress, Dorian-One Life to Live, Another World

1944 Timmy Thomas, U.S. singer and songwriter, Why Can't We Live Together

1943 Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House

1943 Jerry Hunt, born Waco, Texas, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques

1943 Winfred "Blue" Lovett, U.S. singer, Manhattans-One Life to Live

1943 Roger Smalley, born in Manchester, England, composer, pianist, conductor, studied with Alexander Goehr, specialty, improvisation, live electronics

1943 Mary Frann, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live

1943 Sign on Munich facade: "Out with Hitler! Long live freedom!" done by "White Rose" student group, caught on 2/18, beheaded on 2/22

1943 Kenneth Kelley, U.S. singer, Manhattans, One Life to Live

1942 Patricia Elliot, born in Gunnison, Colorado, actress, Renee-Empire, One Life to Live

1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy

1940 George Reinholt, Philadelphia, actor, Steve-Another World, One Life to Live

1935 Cornelis B Vaandrager, Cor Vaan, Dut poet, Long Live Joop Massaker

1934 McKinley Mitchell, U.S. gospel/singer, The Town I Live In

1934 Al Freeman, Jr., born in Texas, actor, One Life to Live, My Sweet Charlie

1933 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington

1932 Ellen Burstyn, born in Detroit, actress, Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here

1931 Regis Philbin, host, Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee

1930 Kenny Ball, born in Essex, England, musician, lead trumpet player, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, appeared in film Live It Up!, featured with Joe Brown, Brenda Lee on Kapp Records

1930 Gregory Corso, beat poet, Happy Birthday of Death, Long Live Man

1928 Anne Sexton, Newton Massachusetts, poet, Live or Die; Pulitzer 1967

1928 Vic Damone, Vito Farinola, Brooklyn, singer, Street Where You Live

1925 Phil Carey, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, actor, Asa Buchanan-One Life to Live

1925 President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations

1922 Karel and Josef Capek's "World We Live In," premieres in New York City

1921 James Clifton, Spokane, Washington actor, Live and Let Die

1920 Lewis Gilbert, born in London, England, director/actor, You Only Live Twice

1918 Jack McCoy, born in Akron, Ohio, TV host, Live Like a Millionaire

1918 Susan Hayward, born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, actress, I Want to Live, Tulsa

1918 Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News, Virginia, jazz singer, Is it live or Memorex

1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas

1916 Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live

1913 MacDonald Carey, born in Sioux City, Iowa, actor, One Life to Live, Dream Girl

1912 Helen Craig, born in San Antonio, Texas, actress, Snake Pit, They Live by Night

1909 Jane Baxter, Feodora Forde, Bremen Germany, actress, We Live Again

1908 Philip Coolidge, Concord, Massachusetts, actor, I Want to Live, Tingler

1902 Chester H Lauck, Allene AR, actor, Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live

1901 Grace Moore, U.S., soprano, One Night to Live

1898 C[live] S[taples] Lewis, UK, sci-fi author, Silver Chair

1892 Peggy Wood, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, One Life to Live, Mama

1878 Ethel Griffies, actress, Billy Liar, Birds, We Live Again

1866 Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990, 124 years

1858 U.S. citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan

1843 Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside of ghetto in Italy

1837 Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace

1829 Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls

1735 Robert Walpole is 1st British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street

1516 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice


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