History Hop Tags - Eastern

313-04-30

Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.

351-03-15

Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.

365-07-21

Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria

529-04-07

First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.

668-09-15

Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.

1041-12-10

Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, Byzantium Emperor dies of results of dropsy. His wife Empress Zoe elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.

1046-03-05

Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.

1054-07-16

Three Roman legates fracture relations between Western and Eastern Christian churches by placing invalid Papal Bull of Excommunication on altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Often dated as start of the East-West Schism.

1261-12-25

John IV Lascaris of the restored Eastern Roman Empire is deposed and blinded by orders of his co-ruler Michael VIII Palaeologus.

1497-06-24

John Cabot claims Eastern Canada for England (believes he found Asia in Nova Scotia)

1529-04-22

Treaty of Saragosa: Spain & Portugal divide eastern hemisphere

1784-08-23

Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it

1812-04-30

(Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state

1825-01-27

U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears."

1832-05-30

The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is opened.

1865-08-02

Trans Atlantic Cable being laid by SS Great Eastern snaps & is lost

1882-05-23

6" of snow falls in eastern Iowa

1883-12-09

New Brunswick adopts Eastern Standard Time (until 1902)

1884-01-04

Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)

1885-09-06

Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.

1886-08-31

1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die

1893-07-24

For only time in history of US Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago

1900-06-25

Russia mobilizes its army in eastern Siberia preparatory to acting against the Chinese, but also in an attempt to diminish the influence of Japan on the Asian mainland

1902-06-15

Canada's Maritime Provinces switch from Eastern to Atlantic time

1914-08-02

Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia

1914-09-18

Gen Paul von Hindenburg named commander of German armies on Eastern Front

1914-10-06

The Russians fall back along the Eastern Front in Poland and Galicia

1914-11-01

Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front

1915-07-15

The Austro-German forces launch an offensive along the Eastern Front

1916-06-04

General Aleksei Brusilov begins a massive Russian offensive on the Eastern Front (WWI)

1922-12-16

Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes

1927-04-03

Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone

1928-05-01

Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service

1928-10-08

Eastern Soccer League forms in USA

1930-08-18

Eastern Airlines begins passenger service

1930-10-29

1st Eastern Canada night CF game: Oshawa vs Toronto Balmy Beach

1933-12-23

Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die

1935-01-01

Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM

1939-08-23

Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: Eastern Europe divided between Hitler & Stalin

1939-09-17

Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner

1941-10-11

1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front

1941-10-15

1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe

1942-05-15

Gasoline 1st rationed in US (17 Eastern States)

1942-07-29

Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd

1942-08-24

Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands between United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy

1944-04-01

Japanese troops conquer Jessami, Eastern India

1945-01-12

The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Nazis in Eastern Europe

1945-03-27

British premier Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine

1947-02-12

Daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia

1947-05-31

Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft Deposit & Perryville Md, kills 53

1950-05-30

Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open

1950-11-15

Arthur Dorrington, 1st black man in organized hockey is signed (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League)

1951-07-01

Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open

1952-06-08

Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open

1953-01-23

NFL's National & American conference become Eastern & Western conf

1953-06-07

Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open

1953-08-07

Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet

1954-04-26

Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva

1954-10-05

Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US

1955-06-05

Louise Suggs wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open

1955-11-06

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1955-11-22

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1956-09-13

Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes

1957-09-26

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1960-09-01

Mickey Wright wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open

1960-10-05

Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)

1961-04-30

1st shuttle flights between Washington DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern)

1961-06-18

Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open

1961-09-01

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1961-09-05

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1961-09-13

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1961-09-17

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1961-10-12

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1962-02-02

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1962-08-07

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1962-08-25

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1962-10-14

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1962-10-22

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1962-10-28

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1962-11-01

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1962-11-17

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1963-07-07

Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open

1964-03-15

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1964-05-16

USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1964-06-21

Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open

1964-07-19

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1964-11-16

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1965-01-16

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1965-02-08

Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84

1965-03-03

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1965-05-11

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1965-07-29

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1965-10-08

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1965-11-21

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1966-02-13

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1966-07-21

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1966-08-05

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1966-09-07

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1966-10-19

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1966-12-18

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1967-02-26

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1967-03-25

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1967-04-20

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1967-05-28

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1967-07-15

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1967-08-04

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1967-09-16

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1967-09-22

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1967-10-17

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1967-11-22

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1968-01-18

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1968-04-24

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1968-07-12

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1968-08-20

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1968-09-05

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1968-11-09

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1968-12-18

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-03-07

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-05-16

USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-07-04

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-07-23

USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-09-11

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-09-13

Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title

1969-10-01

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-11-30

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-12-28

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1969-12-30

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1970-01-29

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1970-03-27

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1970-05-27

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1970-07-21

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1970-07-24

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1970-09-06

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1970-12-17

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1971-03-22

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1971-04-25

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1971-05-25

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1971-10-09

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1971-10-21

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1971-11-29

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1971-12-15

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1971-12-30

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1972-02-10

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1972-03-10

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1972-03-28

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1972-08-16

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1972-08-26

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1972-09-02

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1972-11-02

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1972-12-10

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1972-12-28

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1972-12-29

Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Everglades killing 101

1973-04-19

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1973-07-23

USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1973-10-26

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1974-01-30

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1974-04-16

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1974-05-16

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1974-05-31

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1974-07-10

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1974-09-13

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1974-12-16

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1974-12-27

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1975-02-20

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1975-03-11

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1975-04-27

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1975-06-24

Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, kills 113

1975-10-05

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1975-10-29

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1975-12-13

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1976-01-15

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1976-04-21

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1976-05-19

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1976-07-23

USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1976-08-04

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1976-08-28

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1976-10-06

US Pres Gerald Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"

1976-11-23

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1976-12-30

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1977-04-25

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1977-05-29

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1977-08-17

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1977-10-29

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1977-12-26

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1977-12-30

Carter holds 1st news conference by US pres in Eastern Europe (Warsaw)

1978-04-23

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1978-05-29

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1978-07-05

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1978-07-28

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1978-08-29

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1978-09-20

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1978-10-15

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1978-11-04

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1978-11-29

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1978-12-14

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1979-02-01

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1979-02-16

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1979-05-06

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1979-05-24

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1979-07-07

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1979-07-18

USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1979-08-04

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1979-08-18

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1979-09-14

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1979-09-15

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1979-09-27

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1979-10-18

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1979-10-28

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1979-11-30

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1979-12-02

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1979-12-21

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1979-12-23

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1980-04-04

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1980-04-25

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1980-07-13

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1980-07-31

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1980-09-25

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1980-09-30

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1980-12-14

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1981-03-29

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1981-04-22

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1981-05-27

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1981-07-05

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1981-07-17

USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1981-09-13

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1981-10-07

In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3

1981-10-11

Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series

1981-11-22

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1981-12-24

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1981-12-27

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1982-02-19

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1982-04-25

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1982-07-04

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1982-08-23

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1982-12-05

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1982-12-26

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1983-03-30

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1983-04-12

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1983-07-28

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1983-09-11

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1983-10-06

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1983-10-26

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1983-11-29

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1983-12-26

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1984-02-19

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1984-03-01

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar, #5502 Brashear & #5943 Lovi

1984-03-29

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1984-04-15

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1984-04-25

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1984-07-14

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1984-09-15

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1984-10-18

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1984-10-27

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1984-11-23

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1984-12-02

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1984-12-28

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1985-02-10

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1985-04-19

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1985-07-11

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1985-07-25

USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1986-02-24

Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million

1987-02-26

USSR resumes nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1987-03-12

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1987-04-03

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1987-04-17

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1987-05-06

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1987-08-02

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1987-09-16

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1987-09-18

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1987-10-16

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1987-11-15

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1987-12-12

Rollermania at Madison Square Garden, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers

1987-12-13

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1987-12-27

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1988-02-06

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1988-04-03

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1988-05-04

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1988-09-14

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1988-10-18

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1988-11-12

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1988-11-30

Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed

1988-12-17

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1988-12-28

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1989-01-22

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1989-02-17

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1989-03-03

Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines

1989-03-04

Eastern Airlines machinists strike

1989-03-09

Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy

1989-03-31

Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle

1989-04-12

Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through

1989-05-25

Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots

1989-06-04

Eastern Europe's 1st partial free elections in 40 years held in Poland, Solidarity Party comes to power

1989-07-08

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1989-07-21

Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors

1989-08-06

Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines

1989-10-04

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1989-10-19

USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1989-11-22

Eastern Airlines pilots & flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired

1989-11-23

Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines

1989-12-19

American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route

1990-04-18

Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines

1991-01-18

Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.

1991-01-19

Eastern Airlines shuts down operation

1992-03-13

An earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale kills over 500 in Erzincan, eastern Turkey.

1994-05-25

Mark Messier guarantees his New York Rangers will beat the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which he would help deliver on by scoring a natural hat trick in the game

1994-08-05

Antonov-12 crashes at Boda, Eastern Siberia, 47 killed

1995-09-11

Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423

1996-01-08

Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths

1998-01-04

A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.

1999-01-22

Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.

1999-02-24

A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61.

1999-04-01

Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.

1999-05-07

Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.

2001-10-29

ExxonMobil announces that a consortium it leads will spend $4 billion over 5 years to develop large offshore oil and natural gas fields in Russia's far eastern Sakhalin region

2002-03-01

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.

2002-05-31

The New Jersey Nets defeat the Boston Celtics 96-88 in Game 6 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Championship, winning the series 4 games to 2 to advance to their first NBA Finals appearance.

2002-06-06

Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

2004-11-27

Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

2006-01-08

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea.

2006-03-20

Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country's banana crop.

2006-03-20

Over 150 Chadian soldiers are killed in eastern Chad by members of the rebel UFDC. The rebel movement sought to overthrow Chadian president Idriss Deby.

2007-11-29

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as south as Trinidad.

2014-11-04

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko orderes army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities in case of a new rebel offensive in the regions

2014-11-11

The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain vote in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence

2014-11-15

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes under the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning

2014-11-23

A suicide bomber kills 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan

2015-10-30

22 dead as two boats sink in eastern Aegean Sea

2016-02-29

Suicide bombings kill 40 in eastern Iraq, eight west of Baghdad

2018-02-27

At least 30 killed in eastern Ghouta in 48 hours; aid convoys ready - UN

401-04-10

Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor

1278-04-17

Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1320)

1350-06-27

Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor

1840-07-12

Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist

1870-05-03

Frank Terry, An Eastern Westerner

1881-08-08

Paul L E von Kleist, German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front)

1881-11-08

Frank Speck, Brooklyn New York, American Anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans)

1895-06-22

James Arthur Calata, Anglican clergyman and African National Congress (ANC) leader, Rabula, Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape.

1923-12-17

Bill Fili, In the Jaws of Hell: Eastern Europe During World War II

1924-02-13

Paul Swearingen, In the Jaws of Hell: Eastern Europe During World War II

1928-03-03

Gudrun Pausewang, Eastern Bohemia, German writer

1928-03-14

Frank Borman, Gary Ind, astronaut (Gem 7, Ap 8)/CEO (Eastern Airline)

1939-03-08

Badi Uzzaman, Eastern Promises

1939-07-26

Wopko Jensma, Middelburg, Eastern Province, South African poet and graphic designer

1939-08-06

Michael Sarne, Eastern Promises

1939-11-25

Lalita Ahmed, Eastern Promises

1940-05-19

Frank Lorenzo, airline executive (Continental, Texas Air, Eastern)

1940-08-05

Ivan Nalbantov, Eastern Plays

1947-9-28

Jesse Eastern, The Ribald Tales of Canterbury

1949-04-03

Robert Lantos, Eastern Promises

1950-07-18

David M. Thompson, Eastern Promises

1951-09-07

Mark R McCumber, Jacksonville FL, PGA golfer (1979 Doral-Eastern)

1953-08-29

Doña Croll, Eastern Promises

1953-10-01

Alan Robson, Eastern State Penitentiary

1957-08-11

Bill Alfonso, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1963-01-03

Jerome Young, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1963-01-03

Vic Grimes, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1963-06-12

Jerry Lynn, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1963-06-19

Jim Fullington, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1963-07-24

Szilárd Podmaniczky, Eastern Sugar

1963-12-12

Jason Knight, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1964-05-21

Nancy Daus-Sullivan, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1964-08-16

Sharunas Bartas, Eastern Drift

1964-10-23

John Colley, Eastern Promises

1964-12-12

Terry Brunk, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1965-02-26

James Mitchell, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1965-08-07

John Hindley, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1965-08-26

Bobby Duncum Jr., Eastern Championship Wrestling

1967-10-11

Peter Senerchia, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1969-03-14

Trisa Hayes, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1969-08-17

Dick Togo, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1969-08-26

Angel Orsini, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1970-06-18

Denise Riffle, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1970-08-15

Dawn Ponte, Kent RI, dance skater (& Frey-1995 Eastern Jr champ)

1970-11-12

Donna Adamo, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1971-02-14

Tommy Dreamer, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1971-03-01

Shepherd Clark, Atlanta Ga, figure skater (1994, 97 Eastern Sr champ)

1971-04-21

Brian Knighton, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1971-07-14

Mark LoMonaco, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1971-07-14

Joey Styles, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1971-12-27

Jason Hawes, Eastern State Penitentiary

1972-02-19

Francine Fournier, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1972-04-11

Jonathan Rechner, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1972-04-14

Brian Wall, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1972-07-09

Summer Haze, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1972-08-01

Devon Hughes, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1972-08-27

Carlene Moore, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1972-10-04

Murray Happer, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1973-06-04

Mikey Whipwreck, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1973-09-13

Philip Dulebohn, Washington DC, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr - 3rd)

1973-10-07

Radoslaw Kaim, Eastern Promises

1973-12-07

Donald Haviland, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1974-02-19

Dan Morrison, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1974-02-22

Brian J. Cano, Eastern State Penitentiary

1974-07-16

Chris Chetti, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1974-10-10

Nadine Naidoo, The Eastern Bride

1975-02-19

Paul Frey, Boston MA, dance skater (& Ponte-1995 Eastern Jr champ)

1975-06-08

Kamen Kalev, Eastern Plays

1975-9-20

Joel Gertner, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1976-08-10

Michael DePoli, Eastern Championship Wrestling

1977-01-07

Judit Rezes, Eastern Sugar

1977-07-07

Péter Kokics, Eastern Sugar

1977-08-16

Zhubin Rahbar, Sometimes, It's the White Guy: Or How I Learned That Fanatics Aren't Always Middle Eastern

1977-10-27

Gergo Danka, Eastern Promises

1977-12-08

Cliff Crooks, Eastern Promise

1980-06-17

Brittney McConn, Largo Fla, figure skater (1997 Eastern Sr champ)

1980-08-22

Philip Th. Pedersen, Eastern Army

1981-04-10

Lisa Sparkle, Eastern Sugar

1981-05-29

Xinyi Zhang, Eastern Bandits

1981-07-07

James Francis Flynn, Eastern College

1983-02-12

Josef Altin, Eastern Promises

1984-10-21

Kerri Heidkamp, Eastern College

1985-01-20

Robert Roman Ratajczak, Eastern Promises

1985-9-22

Tatiana Maslany, Eastern Promises

1991-08-16

Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Eastern Promises

1998-07-16

Darien Smalling, Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy

437-10-29

Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. This unifies the two branches of the House of Theodosius

408-05-01

Arcadius, Eastern Roman emperor (b. 337/338)

876-09-28

Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804)

1912-02-16

St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836)

1948-10-26

Frank Terry, An Eastern Westerner

1950-02-06

Frank Speck, American Anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans) dies at 68

2000-01-24

Bobby Duncum Jr., Eastern Championship Wrestling

2007-06-22

Nancy Daus-Sullivan, Eastern Championship Wrestling

2011-06-14

Badi Uzzaman, Eastern Promises

2015-01-18

Paul Swearingen, In the Jaws of Hell: Eastern Europe During World War II