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2009 Hugh Leonard, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon', dies at age 82
2001 William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89 2000 Robert Northshield, TV news producer, Sunday Morning, dies at 78 1997 Charles Kuralt, news anchor for CBS Sunday Morning, dies at 62 1996 Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1996 Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311 1995 Sunday New York News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 1995 Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 1994 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer (Never on Sunday), dies at 68 1994 Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 68 1993 Elton John awarded $518,700 from Sunday Mirror false report his diet 1993 Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61 1993 Will Weng, Sunday Times crossword puzzle editor (1968-78), dies at 86 1992 Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37 1991 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium, Mets beat Cubs 6-0 1991 Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at 86 1990 "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London 1989 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence 1989 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8 1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05 1987 1st "Scrub Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players 1986 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms 1985 "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth New York City after 604 performances 1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 1984 "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth New York City for 604 performances 1983 Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84 1982 Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies 1974 Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57 1973 St. Patrick Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday 1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13 1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die 1969 Tracey Gold, New York City, actress, Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday 1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset 1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0 1963 Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game 1960 Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die 1960 Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses 1959 Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1959 Morrissey, British rock vocalist, Everyday is Like Sunday 1957 Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted 1956 Charles Moore, British editor-in-chief, Sunday Telegraph 1955 Maria Shriver, newscaster, Sunday Today 1951 AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games 1949 Andrew Nell, editor, Sunday Times 1949 David Sullivan, English softporno/newspaper publisher, Sunday Sport 1946 Andrea Mitchell, New York City, newscaster, NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA 1946 Bob Dotson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, newscaster, Primetime Sunday 1942 Sandy Gilmour, Montclair, New Jersey, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday 1936 John Dancy, born in Jackson, Texas, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday 1936 Bekim Fehmiu, actor, Black Sunday, Permission to Kill, Cagliostro 1935 Billy Sunday, American Athlete 1935 Tony Campolo, born in America, pastor, speaker, author, promotes evangelical reform, leader, 'Red Letter Christian' movement, focusing on Christ's teachings, wrote, 'A Reasonable Faith', known for famous sermon, 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming!' 1934 Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York 1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday 1933 Jack Perkins, born in Cleveland, Ohio, newscaster, Prime Time Sunday, NBC Magazine 1933 Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15 1933 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal) 1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports 1932 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yankees beat Red Sox 13-2 1931 British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday 1931 Wolfgang Kohlhaase, born in Berlin, actor, director and writer, Solo Sunday 1929 Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field 1927 Robert Shaw, born in England, actor, Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday 1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath 1926 Hugh Leonard, born in Dublin, Ireland, writer, winner, Jacob's Award, for 'Wuthering Heights', wrote Sunday Independent column 'The Curmudgeon' 1926 Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist, Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper 1925 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer and conductor, Never on Sunday 1925 Melina Mercouri, Athens Greece, actress/politician, Never on a Sunday 1924 Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle 1921 Babe Ruth's 1st World Series homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays 1920 John Junor, British editor in chief, Sunday Express 1919 Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work 1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) 1919 Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3 1918 Washington 1st Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings 1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington D.C. 1917 Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws 1917 Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn 1916 Marshall Field IV, publisher/editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times 1911 Jules Dassin, Middletown CT, director, Circle of Two, Never on Sunday 1911 William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph 1905 Bloody Sunday: Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 1901 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday, New York 1894 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World) 1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass 1892 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1 1883 Cub's Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out 1862 Billy Sunday, American Athlete 1849 U.S. had no president, Polks term ends on a Sunday, Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (President pro tem) term ended March 3rd 1822 1st edition of London Sunday Times 1815 Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law 1811 Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies 1796 1st U.S. newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) 1795 Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday 1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published 1780 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (British Gazette and Sunday Monitor) 1736 Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer |
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