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2000 Deborah Laake, writer, Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, dies at 47
1999 Brian Moore, writer, The Secret Passion of Judith Hearn, dies at 77 1998 Federal rules that the Secret Service must testify in the Lewinsky case 1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 1993 Garry Moore, TV host (I've Got A Secret), dies of emphysema at 78 1993 Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad 1993 "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances 1991 Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret U.S. documents 1991 "Secret Garden" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 706 performances 1988 STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission 1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) 1988 Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90 1988 Israel launches 1st satellite, for secret military reconnaissance 1987 Madeleine Carroll, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81 1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran 1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal 1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran 1986 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita 1986 Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at 77 1985 Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula 1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary 1983 Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 1982 Kate Maberly, actress, Secret Garden 1979 Daisy Eagan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actresss, Secret Graden 1979 Melville Cooper, TV panelist (I Got a Secret), dies at 82 1978 Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75 1977 Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 1976 Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67 1974 Jerry O'Connell, New York City, actor, Scream 2, Andrew-My Secret Identity 1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run 1973 Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden 1973 U.S. ends secret bombing of Cambodia 1973 Heidi Klum, born in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, model, Victoria's Secret 'Angel', television host, fashion designer, television producer 'Project Runway' 1973 Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House 1967 New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments 1965 David Whyte, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1965 Nathan, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1964 U.S. diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy 1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral 1963 Carl Fysh, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1962 Steve Alexander, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia 1960 Eg White, rocker, Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret 1959 Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow 1959 Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Batman Forever 1958 Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87 1957 Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1956 Lucy Gutteridge, actress, Top Secret, Trouble With Spies 1956 Juliet Stevenson, Essex England, actress, Secret Rapture, Life Story 1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany 1954 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres 1953 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb 1952 "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host 1951 Prime Minister Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad 1951 Anne Twomey, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker 1949 Lukas D. Barnard, head of South Africa secret service, NIS 1948 Spider Robinson, Canada, sci-fi author, 3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret 1947 David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret 1946 Joanna Lumley, Kashmir India, actress, Abs Fab, OHM's Secret Service 1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada 1945 Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist, Holland's secret service 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary 1944 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat 1944 Jim Abrahams, Shorewood, Wisconsin, director, Hot Shots, Top Secret 1943 Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress, Secret Policeman's Ball 1943 Susan Jameson, actress, Secret World of Polly Flint 1942 Johnny Rivers, Ramistella, New York City, singer, Secret Agent Man 1942 Willy Bogner, Jr., Munich, director, On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1941 Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies 1940 George Greenstein, author, Secret of a Jewish Baker 1938 LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police 1934 Alan Bennett, England, playwright/actor, Secret Policeman's Other Ball 1934 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police 1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) 1933 German Secret State Police, Gestapo, established 1932 Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret 1931 Eileen Diss, theatrical designer, August, Secret Places, Betrayal 1923 Andrew Duggan, actor, Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War 1921 Hans Warren, Dutch writer, poet and critic, Secret Diary 1920 Louise Allbritton, born in Oklahoma City, actress, Celia-Stage Door, Got a Secret 1918 Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents 1918 David Opatoshu, New York City, actor, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada 1917 Russian secret police in Czechoslovakia forms under Felix Dzerzjinski 1917 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress, Dr. Kildaire, I've Got a Secret 1917 Faye Emerson, born in Elizabeth, Louisiana, actress, I've Got a Secret 1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family 1915 Henry Morgan, born in New York City, comedian/TV panelist, I've Got a Secret, Arena 1915 Garry Moore, Thomas Garrison Morfit, Balt, host, I've Got a Secret 1914 Germany and Turkey signs secret treaty 1914 Chapman Pincher, British journalist/author, about secret service 1911 British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany 1909 Astrid Allwyn, Manchester CT, actress, Charlie Chan's Secret 1908 Paul Stewart, born in New York City, actor, Top Secret USA, Deadline 1906 Dick White, head of British secret service, MI-5/MI-6 1906 Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer, Secret Resistance 1906 Madeleine Carroll, England, actress, 39 Steps, Secret Agent 1902 Sipyagain, Russian Minister of Interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated 1902 Walter Keirnan, New Havens, Connecticut, TV panelist, I've Got a Secret 1901 Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast 1900 Laura Hobson, New York City, TV writer/panelist, I've Got a Secret 1899 Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin 1896 Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist, I Got a Secret 1896 William Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in New York City 1894 British and Belgian secret accord on dividing Central-Africa 1893 Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret 1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent and Henry Morton Stanley 1872 Britain introduces secret ballot voting 1865 Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department 1860 U.S. Secret Service created 1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden 1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin 1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty 1784 Patrice F earl de Neny, South Netherlands Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 1776 Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati 1753 Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty 1739 French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty 1727 France and Bavaria renew secret treaty 1725 Spain and Austria sign secret treaty 1716 Patrice F earl De Neny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council 1714 Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty 1678 King Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty 1676 Kings Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty 1671 French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty 1669 France and Brandenburg sign secret treaty 1585 English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I 1570 King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II 1552 France signs secret treaty with German Protestants 1544 Scottish earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII 1532 Henry VIII and Francois I signs secret treaty against emperor Karel V 1531 Pope Clemens VII and Francois I 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