2012 Event Australia's Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after the Warragamba Dam overflows, causing evacuations in the Sydney suburbs Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point 2011 Event The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces the 2015 UCI World Championships will be held in Richmond, Virginia 1989 Death Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS 1981 Event Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia 1977 Event Henry L. Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond 1976 Birthday Jeff O'Neill, Richmond Hill, NHL center, Hartford Whalers 1974 Birthday Doris Glenn Easterly, Richmond, Virginia, diver 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Brandon Pollard, Richmond, Virginia, soccer defender, 1996 Olympics gold 1972 Birthday Kevin Sally, Richmond Hill Ontario, archer 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Elvis Stojko, Richmond Hill Ontario, 1994 Olympics silver 1971 Birthday Brian Storey, Richmond BC, 470 yachter 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Michael Foster, Richmond, Virginia, drummer, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime 1968 Birthday Sandy Beasley, Richmond BC, softball outfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche 1967 Birthday Bill Leverty, Richmond, Virginia, guitarist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime 1967 Birthday Richmond Webb, NFL tackle for the Miami Dolphins 1966 Event WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Birthday Laura Richmond, Fort Dix, New Jersey, playmate, Sep, 1988 1965 Birthday Mitch Richmond, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, NBA guard, Sac Kings, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1964 Event WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Birthday Dale Sveum, born in Richmond, California, hitting coach for the Milwaukee Brewers, formerly, manager for the Milwaukee Brewers 1963 Birthday Rob Andrew, born in Richmond, England, professional rugby player, director, played for Nottingham and Newcastle, nickname 'Squeaky' 1961 Event U.S. Constellation crashes at Richmond, Virginia, 74 die 1960 Birthday Stoney Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, actor, White Shadow, Insiders 1959 Birthday Robert Wrenn, born in Richmond, Virginia, Nike golfer, 1987 Buick Open 1958 Birthday Joe Frank Edwards, Jr., Richmond, Virginia, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-89 1956 Event WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open 1954 Birthday Caroline Aaron, born in Richmond, Virginia, actress, Crimes and Misdemeanors 1952 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open 1951 Birthday Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1994 Kemper Open-2nd 1951 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open 1950 Event 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY 1949 Birthday Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond, Virginia, PGA golfer, 1972 Sahara 1949 Event 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA 1948 Birthday Sarah Purcell, Richmond, Indiana, actress/TV hostess, Real People 1948 Event WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Birthday Larry Ragland, Richmond, Virginia, comedian, Keep on Truckin' 1945 Birthday George Miller, born in Richmond, California, Representative-D-California 1975 - 1940 Birthday Fran Tarkenton, born in Richmond, Virginia, NFL QB, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings 1939 Birthday Max Robinson, Richmond, Virginia, black news anchor, ABC Evening News 1937 Birthday Warren Beatty, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Bonnie and Clyde,Shampoo, Dick Tracy 1936 Birthday Ralph Taeger, born in Richmond Hill, New York, actor, Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo 1934 Birthday Shirley MacLaine, born in Richmond, Virginia, actress/mystic, Irma la Douce 1931 Birthday Ronnie Schell, Richmond Cal, comedian, Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World 1931 Birthday Tom Wolfe, Richmond Virginia, journalist and author, wrote The Right Stuff 1931 Birthday Mark Richmond, CEO, Science and Engineering Research Council 1930 Birthday Owen B. Pickett, born in Richmond, Virginia, Representative-D-Virginia 1987 - 2001 1930 Birthday Carl Franklin, Richmond California, actor, Fantastic Journey 1929 Birthday 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector 1929 Birthday John Turner, born in Richmond, England, L, 17th Canadian PM, 1984 1927 Birthday William Smithers, born in Richmond, Virginia, actor, Witness, Peyton Place, Attack! 1927 Birthday Lord Fanshawe of Richmond, MP 1927 Birthday Jack Cassidy, born in Richmond Hill, Virginia, actor, Oscar/Jetman-He and She 1926 Birthday John Hamilton-Jones, CEO, Richmond Enterprises, British Major-General 1923 Birthday Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author, Sky Music 1913 Birthday Morton Gould, born in Richmond Hill, New York, prolific composer, Verdun 1907 Death Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer, dies at 73 1900 Birthday Norman Foster, born in Richmond, Indiana, actor, Skyscraper Souls 1899 Birthday Vera Reynolds, Richmond, Virginia, silent screen actress, Lawless Woman 1899 Birthday Freeman Gosden, Richmond, Virginia, radio actor, Amos-Amos 'n' Andy 1893 Birthday Julia Faye, Richmond, Virginia, actress, 10 Commandments, Samson and Delilah 1891 Birthday Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor, Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman 1889 Event Single tornado kills 119, injures 146, New Richmond, Wisconsin 1889 Event Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia 1882 Birthday Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1880 Event 1st baseball perfect game, John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland 1880 Event John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1867 Event Jesse James-gang rob bank in Richmond Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken) 1867 Event Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Virginia streetcars 1865 Event Siege of Richmond, Virginia 1865 Event Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Virginia and Petersberg 1865 Event CSA President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia 1864 Event Union troops ambush and kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI 1863 Event Bread revolt in Richmond Virginia 1862 Event Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, Kentucky 1862 Event U.S. begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond 1862 Death John Tyler, 10th U.S. President (1841-45), dies in Richmond Virginia at 71 1861 Event Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi 1861 Event Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia 1861 Event Richmond, Virginia is designated Confederate Capital 1861 Event Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederacy 1858 Event Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning 1834 Birthday Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer 1807 Event Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Virginia (acquitted) 1805 Event American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England 1781 Event British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va 1456 Death Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies
