- 1901: Britain's Queen Victoria died at age 82.
                     - 1905: Thousands of demonstrating Russian workers were fired on by
                       Imperial army troops in St. Petersburg on what became known as
                       "Bloody Sunday."
                     - 1929: The Yankees announced they would put numbers on the backs of
                       their uniforms, becoming the first team to permanently do so.
                     - 1938: "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play,
                       was performed publicly for the first time.
                     - 1953: "The Crucible," Arthur Miller's drama about the Salem witch
                       trials of the 17th century, opened on Broadway.
                     - 1957: "Truth or Consequences" became the first national show to be
                       videotaped.
                     - 1961: Olympic gold medalist/track star Wilma Rudolph set a world
                       indoor mark in the women's 60-yard dash. She ran the race in 6.9
                       seconds.
                     - 1962: Baseball Writers elected Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson into
                       the Baseball Hall of Fame. Also: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
                       began filming "Cleopatra."
                     - 1968: "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiered on NBC. Also: the NBA
                       announced it would grant expansion teams to Milwaukee and Phoenix.
                     - 1970: The first regularly scheduled commercial flight of the Boeing
                       747 began in New York and ended in London some 6 1/2 hours later.
                     - 1973: The Supreme Court handed down its "Roe v. Wade" decision,
                       which legalized abortion, using a trimester approach.
                     - 1980: PGA began a senior golf tour.
                     - 1986: A judge in New Delhi, India, found a Sikh defendant guilty of
                       murder and conspiracy and two other Sikhs guilty of conspiracy in
                       the 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
                     - 1987: Pennsylvania treasurer R. Budd Dwyer, convicted of defrauding
                       the state, proclaimed his innocence at a news conference before
                       shooting himself to death in front of spectators. Also: Phil Donahue
                       became the first talk show host to tape a show from inside the
                       Soviet Union.
                     - 1995: At the age of 104, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of
                       President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Sens. Robert F., and Edward M.
                       Kennedy, died in Hyannis Port, Mass.
                     - 1997: The Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation's first
                       female secretary of state.

                     *Happy Birthday*
                     ----------------
                     - Linda Blair, 40, actress, "The Exorcist"
                     - Mike Bossy, 42, NHL forward, led NY Islanders to four Stanley Cups
                     - D.J. Jazzy Jeff, 34, rapper
                     - Olivia D'Abo, 32, actress, "The Wonder Years," "The Single Guy"
                     - Balthazar Getty, 24, actor, "Lost Highway"
                     - John Hurt, 59, actor, "Alien," "Contact"
                     - Diane Lane, 36, actress, "Jack"
                     - Piper Laurie, 67, actress, 'The Hustler," "Carrie"
                     - Steve Perry, 50, singer, Journey
                     - Ann Sothern, 90, actress
                     - Joseph Wambaugh, 62, novelist/screenwriter, "The Onion Field"
                     - Jeff Smith, 60, chef, "The Frugal Gourmet"