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Henry VIIIOct 30, 1534

ColumbusOct 12, 1792

Elizabeth Cady StantonJul 19, 1848

Babe RuthJun 8, 1921

Archer John Porter MartinJun 7, 1941

Arthur AsheSep 9, 1968

Mother TeresaSep 13, 1997

Roger ClemensMay 6, 1998

Mariah CareyOct 21, 2001

Ronald ReaganJun 11, 2004

Yasser ArafatJan 9, 2005

Oscar PetersonJun 8, 2007

Hillary ClintonNov 30, 2007

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Held - Historical Events
Date Event
1120-01-16

The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.

1491-11-16

An auto de fe, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.

1534-10-30

English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church in England - a role formerly held by the Pope

1601-10-21

Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto

1602-12-11

A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. Commemorations/celebrations on Fête de l'Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.

1630-10-19

In Boston the 1st general court is held

1672-06-25

1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass

1673-02-20

1st recorded wine auction held (London)

1715-08-01

First Doggett's Coat and Badge race (Waterman's race) held on Thames River (London Bridge to Chelsea)

1754-06-19

Albany Congress held by seven British colonies & Iroquois indians

1770-03-05

Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Native African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die. Later held up as early black martyr. Galvanised anti-British feelings

1775-06-23

1st regatta held on Thames, England

1776-09-24

First St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster

1780-05-04

The Derby horse race is held for the first time.

1792-10-12

First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York

1793-05-19

Netherlands captures French island of St Maarten (held until 1795)

1796-07-04

1st Independence Day celebration is held

1800-11-17

Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incompleted Capitol building

1808-01-12

The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.

1808-03-02

The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh.

1811-01-09

1st Women's Golf Tournament held

1812-04-05

Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French & Spanish

1814-01-22

1st Knights Templar grand encampment in US held, NYC

1815-07-15

1st flat horse race held at English race track Cheltenham on Nottingham Hill

1817-07-12

1st flower show held (Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland)

1835-12-05

- 10th: Assault on Mexican-held San Antonio by Texan rebels

1839-06-14

First Henley Regatta held (it became the Henley Royal Regatta in 1851)

1839-09-11

1st Canadian track & field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)

1848-07-19

1st US women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY, organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott

1849-09-01

California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey

1853-12-30

A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon (ornithopod dinosaur) created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.

1859-06-28

1st dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England)

1863-10-29

International Committee of Red Cross forms as result Geneva held conference (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)

1868-05-31

1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio

1869-04-18

1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian

1872-06-18

Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall

1874-09-26

1st Grand International Rifle match held

1876-07-20

1st US intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins

1877-04-02

1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn

1877-05-08

1st Westminster Dog Show held

1883-10-22

1st NY Horse Show held (Madison Sq Garden)

1884-07-04

1st US bullfight held (Dodge City Ks)

1888-07-04

1st organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Ariz

1891-03-28

1st world weightlifting championship held

1891-11-10

1st Women's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)

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

1893-09-11

First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held.

1895-10-05

The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.

1896-09-07

A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, RI

1897-05-18

Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)

1899-02-02

The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne.

1901-12-14

1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)

1902-01-08

1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)

1903-09-11

The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

1904-08-29

1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis)

1904-12-31

The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square, then known as Longacre Square, in New York, New York.

1905-04-17

The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York which held that the "right to free contract" was implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

1907-05-28

Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held

1908-08-14

The first beauty contest is held in Folkestone, England.

1909-05-30

National Conference on the Negro is held

1909-08-29

World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins

1910-01-10

1st international air meet in US held, in LA

1910-02-23

1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)

1910-05-10

1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)

1910-08-14

6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC

1910-10-01

Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)

1913-09-15

1st US milch goat show held, Rochester, NY

1914-01-28

1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)

1914-03-20

1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven

1914-07-09

1st US duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, NY

1914-09-09

Meeting held at Gaelic League headquarters between Irish Republican Brotherhood and other extreme republicans; initial decision made to stage an uprising while Britain is at war

1916-04-01

1st US national women's swiming championships held

1916-04-10

1st professional golf tournament held

1917-07-20

WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn

1921-06-08

Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, & held in jail until 4 PM

1921-06-19

Census held in Great Britain

1921-09-07

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.

1922-03-18

The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah, for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, is held in New York City.

1922-04-21

The first Aggie Muster is held as a remembrance for fellow Aggies who had died in the previous year.

1922-08-20

1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris

1923-10-04

Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns decision

1924-11-27

In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.

1925-06-10

Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto Arena.

1925-09-03

1st international handball match held

1926-03-26

The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America

1929-04-04

1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held

1930-06-18

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute held.

1930-09-15

1st intl bridge match is held in London. US team defeats England

1931-07-04

1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium

1933-02-26

Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field

1934-08-19

The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.

1935-09-24

Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi

1936-03-08

The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.

1937-01-20

1st US Presidential Inauguration day held on Jan 20th, (previously March 4th)

1938-01-16

1st jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall (Benny Goodman)

1939-07-09

A meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg South Africa, launch the Passive Resistance Campaign against apartheid and racial policy in South Africa

1940-10-16

Lottery for 1st US WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st

1941-04-06

Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces

1941-06-07

Chemists Archer John Porter Martin and Richard L. M. Synge give the first demonstration of partition chromatography (separation of mixtures) at a meeting of the Biochemical Society held at the National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead

1944-07-23

US forces invade Japanese-held Tinian in WW II

1945-09-08

US invades Japanese-held Korea

1945-10-17

Loyalty Day in Argentina, mass demonstrations held to release Juan Perón

1946-03-31

The first election is held in Greece after World War II.

1946-09-20

The first Cannes Film Festival is held.

1947-11-01

First Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii

1948-04-03

1st US figure skating championships held

1949-02-20

1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)

1949-04-09

UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages

1950-05-13

The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone.

1950-07-07

1st Farnborough airshow held

1953-10-05

The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.

1954-01-07

Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.

1954-08-10

At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held.

1955-08-08

Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy

1956-05-05

World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo

1957-03-28

1st National Curling Championship held

1959-10-21

Players Association approves 2 All-Star Games in 1960, to be held in KC & NY

1961-09-01

1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade

1963-07-31

Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown)

1963-07-31

Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, & Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)

1964-12-18

During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to funeral home

1966-08-14

Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles

1968-08-01

The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.

1968-08-24

Northern Ireland's first civil rights march held; many more marches would be held over the following year and Loyalists organized counter-demonstrations to get the marches banned

1968-09-09

1st US Open, held as an "open", Arthur Ashe wins, defeating Tom Okker

1969-02-24

Northern Ireland Stormont parliament election held leading to fragmentation of the Unionist party into 'Official Unionist' and 'Unofficial Unionist'

1970-04-16

Protestant Unionist Ian Paisley wins seat formerly held by Terence O'Neill in the Stormont (North Ireland Parliament

1970-04-22

1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources

1970-09-11

88 of the hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.

1971-04-10

The Republican commemorations is held in Belfast of the Easter Rising (in 1916 in Dublin), revealing conflicts between the two wings of the Irish Republican Army

1971-04-25

The Northern Ireland census is held

1972-01-17

Seven men who were held as internees escape from the prison ship HMS Maidstone in Belfast Lough, North Ireland

1972-01-22

An anti-internment march is held at Magilligan strand, County Derry; as the march nears the internment camp it is stopped by members of the Green Jackets and the Parachute Regiment of the British Army, who used barbed wire to close off the beach

1972-02-01

1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)

1972-02-06

A Civil Rights march is held in Newry, County Down; there is a very large turn-out for the march with many people attending to protest at the killings in Derry the previous Sunday

1972-02-21

The first session of the Widgery Tribunal, investigating the events of 'Bloody Sunday' (30 January 1972), is held in Coleraine, County Derry

1972-06-20

Secret Meeting Between IRA and British Officials held

1972-12-29

President of Sinn Féin Ruairi O Bradaigh is arrested and held under new legislation in Republic of Ireland

1972-12-31

Martin McGuinness is arrested and held under the new Republic of Ireland legislation

1975-05-04

Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots

1976-07-03

Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers

1977-06-11

Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland

1978-02-18

1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii

1978-05-03

"Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US

1978-10-04

Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I

1979-09-05

Earl Mountbatten's funeral held in London

1979-11-08

ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")

1980-01-29

6 Iranian-held US hostages escape with help of Canadians

1980-09-25

The first congress of the Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan held in Kabul.

1981-01-20

52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed

1981-01-25

52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US

1981-10-10

Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo

1982-08-28

The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco.

1982-11-13

A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.

1982-11-15

Funeral service held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev

1983-01-22

Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96

1983-10-30

The first democratic elections are held in Argentina after seven years of military rule.

1985-03-13

Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)

1985-05-13

Philadelphia police attack a house held by group "Move", 11 killed

1985-06-09

American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped & held hostage in Lebanon

1986-03-15

Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme

1986-09-12

US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped & held hostage in Beirut

1986-12-24

French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released

1987-05-26

US Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail

1988-10-03

Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)

1988-10-16

"Smile Jamaica" concert for Hurricane Gilbert victims held in London

1989-06-04

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

1989-08-05

General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.

1990-03-19

1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)

1990-04-27

50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)

1990-06-23

A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty

1990-10-04

Regional elections held, in what is East Germany

1990-10-13

1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 yrs held in St Basil's Cathedral

1990-10-21

The first Apple Day, is held in Covent Garden, London.

1991-05-30

Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable

1991-06-08

Victory parade held in Wash DC (Persian Gulf War)

1991-06-23

A peace summit, brokered by the clergy and business and attended by all major political parties, but boycotted by the Conservative Party, is held to end the violence in South Africa

1991-12-02

Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio

1991-12-04

Muslim Shites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)

1992-04-20

All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium

1993-05-13

6th annual business person run held in Wall Street

1995-06-03

1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards held at Pantages Theatre, Hollywood

1995-10-16

Million Man March held in Wash DC (over 800,000 black men attend)

1996-01-29

6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"

1997-07-21

NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault

1997-09-13

Mother Teresa's State Funeral held in India

1997-10-30

Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured

1998-05-06

Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.

1999-07-15

The inaugural game at the Seattle Mariners' Safeco Field was held in Seattle, Washington.

2000-10-01

United States wins the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40) in Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia

2001-09-14

Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.

2001-10-21

"United We Stand" benefit concert for September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks victims, held at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. Event organized and headlined by Michael Jackson, also featuring pop stars Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, The Backstreet Boys, and others.

2002-04-29

The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years.

2003-03-02

The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics is held at Chung Cheng University.

2003-09-20

A referendum is held in Latvia to decide the country's accession to the European Union.

2004-03-21

In Malaysia, the 11th Federal and State elections are held, returning the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional to power with an increased majority.

2004-06-11

Ronald Reagan's funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral.

2004-11-21

The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.

2005-01-09

Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.

2005-09-07

First presidential election was held in Egypt.

2006-10-22

A Panama Canal expansion proposal is approved by 77.8% of voters in a National referendum held in Panama.

2007-04-04

15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.

2007-06-08

Jazz legend Oscar Peterson is forced to cancel his appearance at the Carnegie Hall all-star performance (held in his honour), owing to illness

2007-11-25

The first European Parliament election and a referendum on changing the voting system (called by the President and declared invalid because of insufficient turnout) were held in Romania.

2007-11-30

Hillary Clinton presidential campaign office hostage crisis: Leeland Eisenberg entered the campaign office of Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire with a device suspected of being a bomb and held three people hostage for 5 hours.

2009-11-01

The inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is held at the Yas Marina Circuit.

2010-12-08

With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.

2011-11-18

Former Filipino President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is arrested and held at Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City under charges of electoral sabotage

2013-01-08

2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government are exchanged for 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels

2014-11-09

Celebrations held in Germany to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; white balloons marking a stretch of the wall symbolize its disappearance

2016-10-03

Kim Kardashian Held at Gunpoint in Paris Hotel, Spokeswoman Says

2016-12-09

Russia says over 8000 have fled rebel-held Aleppo in last 24 hours

2017-04-24

North Korea detained a professor who is US citizen; at least 3rd American held

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Held - Notable Birthdays

Thomas Alva EdisonFeb 11, 1847

Held - Birthdays
Date Event
1844-05-02

Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents

1847-02-11

Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)

1867-06-12

Fred Held, The Key to Power

1871-03-27

Maxwell Held, Love's Law

1872-03-08

Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (d. 1918)

1872-03-08

Anna Held, Elevating an Elephant

1872-03-18

Anna Held, Polish actress and singer (d. 1918)

1889-08-31

Tom Held, San Francisco

1890-03-30

Walter Clinton, Held by the Enemy

1903-05-02

Ernst Rottluff, Held Henry

1908-11-11

Martin Held, The Captain from Köpenick

1909-12-23

Barney Ross, Barney Ross of Chicago, in Defense of His World's Championship Welterweight Title Against Henry Armstrong of California, Featherweight Champion, Held at the Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, New York

1910-08-07

Hans Held, Der Störenfried

1912-12-22

Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles (1938)

1913-04-08

Vladimir Leib, Fast ein Held

1926-06-14

Hermann Kant, Held for Questioning

1927-10-25

Franklin "Bud" Held, javelin world champ (1949, 51, 53-55)

1928-10-12

Al Held, US, painter/sculptor (hard edge-style)

1928-12-02

Fred Düren, Held for Questioning

1930-07-12

Wolfgang Held, Bear Ye One Another's Burden

1930-10-28

Barbara Brecht-Schall, Der Held der westlichen Welt

1931-9-19

Karl Held, That Darn Cat!

1932-03-25

Woody (Woodson) Held, baseball player

1933-04-22

Horst Hiemer, Held for Questioning

1936-03-22

Manfred Hilbig, Der Held

1936-03-25

Bunny Kacher, Held for Ransom

1937-02-21

Ron Clarke, Australia, runner (held 19 world records)

1940-02-08

Ted Koppel, America Held Hostage

1942-08-07

Siegfried Held, Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund gegen TSV 1860 München

1947-10-27

Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/US hostage held in Lebanon (1985-91)

1954-04-25

Alexander Van Heteren, Held for Questioning

1955-01-05

Vicki Cos, A Hand Held Out in Darkness

1958-10-19

Alexander Held, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

1959-02-24

Andrea Held, The Three Musketeers

1965-10-15

Daniel Held, Milwaukee Wisc, 10k runner

1968-05-28

Tom Rowles Caldwell, Held Up

1968-07-07

Marnie Sha Held, Episode #1.182

1970-10-17

Olaf Held, Short Film

1970-11-21

David Rempel, Held Hostage

1972-03-03

Thomas M. Held, Aus (m)einem Tagebuch

1974-06-14

Johannes Claerbout, Held

1988-10-25

Thomas Van Goethem, De held van Aarschot

1990-10-04

Ethan J. Greene, Held

Held - Notable Weddings

Neil ArmstrongJun 12, 1994

Held - Weddings
Date Event
1919-05-31

1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)

1994-06-12

Astronaut Neil Armstrong marries 2nd wife Carol Held Knight

2001-10-05

"The Golden Boy" professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya (28) weds Puerto Rican pop singer Millie Corretjer (27) in a secret ceremony held at "El Invernino" in San Juan

2005-06-05

"All My Children" cast members Alexa Havins (24) weds actor Justin Bruening (25) in a seaside ceremony held on Cinnamon Bay on the island of St. John

2005-06-22

"21 Jump Street" actress Holly Robinson Peete (40) weds former pro quarterback Rodney Peete (39) in an outdoor ceremony held at the Wynn Las Vegas resort

2006-04-23

"Rascal Flatts" guitarist Joe Don Rooney (30) weds Playboy's 2005 Playmate of The Year Tiffany Fallon (31) in an intimate ceremony held on the beach at San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

Held - Notable Deaths

Gaius MariusJan 13, -86

Wild Bill HickokAug 2, 1876

Held - Deaths
Date Event
86

Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (held the office of consul seven times), dies at 70

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1876-08-02

Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's

1918-08-12

Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872)

1918-08-12

Anna Held, Elevating an Elephant

1930-06-13

Henry Segrave, British racing driver who held land speed records and the water speed record (b. 1896)

1942-11-21

Maxwell Held, Love's Law

1959-12-09

Kurt Held, Die schwarzen Brüder

1979-06-01

Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91

1985-12-14

Heinz Suhr, Ein mittlerer Held

1988-05-22

Liane Held Carrera, The Hero of Bunko Hill

1992-01-31

Martin Held, The Captain from Köpenick

1993-10-22

Elie A Cohen, physician (held in Auschwitz), dies at 84

1998-05-30

Vladimir Leib, Fast ein Held

1999-08-20

Johannes Claerbout, Held

2014-09-17

Wolfgang Held, Bear Ye One Another's Burden

2015-03-02

Fred Düren, Held for Questioning

2015-08-31

Barbara Brecht-Schall, Der Held der westlichen Welt

2017-02-14

Tom Cruise's mother Mary Lee South dies aged 80, memorial held at Church of Scientology


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