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2003 Robert McCloskey, writer/illustrator, Make Way for Ducklings, dies at 78
1996 Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics vs. Worcs 1996 Martin Moxon and Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks vs. Glam 1995 Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote) 1995 Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence 1995 Andy and Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pak, brotherly record 1994 Sohail and Inzamam make world record ODI partnership of 263 1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia 1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep National Convention 1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft 1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft 1991 Yves Montand, actor (Lets Make Love, Z), dies at 70 1991 Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick 1991 Willy T. Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500 1991 Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand vs. SL, world record 1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame 1990 Pakistan make 3-0 drubbing of New Zealand, Waqar Younis 29 series wkts 1990 Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101 1990 Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best 1989 Jay Stewart, annoucer on Lets Make a Deal, commits suicide 1987 Alan and Colin Wells make 303* partnership for Sussex vs. Kent 1987 Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young and Sutton) 1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia 1986 Rutan and Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling 1985 Qasim Omar (206) and Javed Miandad (203*) make 397 stand vs. SL 1984 Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs 1983 Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs. India 1982 Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies 1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats 1982 Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64 1980 McCosker (168) and Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW vs. WA 1980 Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56 1980 Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49 1977 Dusty Baker 30th home run joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-home run hitters 1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1975 Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space 1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs 1974 Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. New Zealand cricket at Wellington 1973 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days 1973 Mushtaq and Asif Iqbal make 350 stand for 4th wicket vs. New Zealand 1972 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI 1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet 1970 PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan 1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand 1970 Milwaukee Brewers make their 1st trade (with Oakland A's) 1968 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love and Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson 1968 Supremes and Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" 1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA 1967 U.S.S.R. Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch 1967 Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng 1967 Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54 1967 Who and Cream make U.S. debut at Murray the K's Easter Show 1965 Sonny and Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand" 1965 The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV 1964 New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61 World Series 1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit 1963 "Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV 1962 New York Mets make a losing debut 1961 Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star 1960 Rene Froger, Dutch singer, Everything Can Make a Man Happy 1958 "Make Me Laugh," TV Game Show; last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979 1957 May and Cowdrey make 411 stand vs. WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs 1956 To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yankees release Phil Rizzuto 1955 Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax 1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia 1955 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas and Loretta Young 1953 "Make Room for Daddy," starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV 1953 Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs. India 1952 Angela Cartwright, England, Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space 1951 "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances 1951 "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances 1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio 1951 Crystal Gayle, born in Kentucky, country singer, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 1950 "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1950 "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium 1950 James Dunn, U.S. vocalist, Stylistics-You make me feel Brand New 1949 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 429 performances 1948 Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start and goes 7 innings 1948 Leo Sayers, rocker, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing 1947 Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa 1946 "Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 323 performances 1946 "Three to Make Ready" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 323 performances 1945 "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 429 performances 1944 Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots 1943 Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement 1943 British and U.S. troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia 1943 German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier 1940 2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium 1939 British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949 1937 Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1937 Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt 1936 Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player 1934 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180 1934 Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430 1934 Gene Allison, U.S. R&B-singer, You Can Make It If You Try 1934 Ponsford and Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes vs. Eng 1933 Packers make 5 1st downs, Giants make 0, but still win 10-7 1932 "Make Mine Music," debuts 1932 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks vs. Essex 1931 Piccard and Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon 1930 West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England 1927 Pat Carroll, Shrevport, Louisiana, comedienne/actress, Make Room for Daddy 1926 Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole 1923 Bill Ponsford and Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict 1923 Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host, Lets Make a Deal 1920 NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 1918 Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France) 1917 Hans Conried, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy 1914 Johnny Johnston, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Make that Spare 1912 Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs. Australia at MCG 1911 Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse 1910 David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music 1908 C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Australia 1906 C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland 1903 Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk 1903 Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace 1902 Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record 1895 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) 1889 Athene Seyler, London, actress, Make Mine Mink 1887 Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday 1883 Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and and passballs count as errors prior to 1888) 1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates) 1869 John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress 1868 Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash 1866 1st U.S. company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut 1865 Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower 1864 Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St. Albans, Vermont 1859 R C Carrington and R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare 1809 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia 1783 Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight 1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight 1775 1st U.S. joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" |
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