1. 4th Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - 1998
2. 22nd People's Choice Awards: Apollo 13, Tom Hanks wins - 1996
3. New York City Mayor Guiliani visits Israel - 1996
4. Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed - 1995
5. Chiel Meijering's "St. Louis Blues," premieres in Arnhem - 1995
6. Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64 - 1995
7. 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral - 1994
8. 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and Color Me Badd win - 1992
9. Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22) - 1992
10. Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs - 1991
11. Laura Davies wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic - 1991
12. Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup - 1991
13. Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec) - 1991
14. Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05) - 1991
15. 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally - 1990
16. Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (URS) - 1990
17. Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) - 1990
18. Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA) - 1990
19. Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti - 1990
20. Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN) - 1990
21. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1990
22. Avalanche at Klosters, a Swiss Ski resort, nearly kills Prince Charles - 1988
23. New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night - 1988
24. Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer - 1987
25. Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame - 1986
26. Bonnie Lauer wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational - 1985
27. Dallas Maverick coach Dick Motta is 4th NBA coach to win 700 games - 1985
28. French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) - 1985
29. Ice Pairs Championship at Tokyo won by Elena Valova and O Vasiliev (URS) - 1985
30. India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" - 1985
31. Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS) - 1985
32. Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page - 1984
33. Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame - 1983
34. President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya - 1982
35. Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL) - 1982
36. Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun - 1982
37. Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame - 1982
38. Willard Scott becomes the weather forcaster on the Today Show - 1980
39. Soyuz 28 returns to Earth - 1978
40. Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO - 1977
41. Dog spectacles patented in England - 1975
42. "Rocky Horror Show" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances - 1975
43. Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic - 1974
44. Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election - 1974
45. Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs. Eng Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six - 1974
46. "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 9 performances - 1974
47. BPAA U.S. Open by Mike McGrath - 1973
48. Morocco adopts constitution - 1973
49. 1st black U.S. political convention opens in Gary, Indiana - 1972
50. Gen Lon Nol becomes President and prince Sirik Matak premier of Cambodia - 1972
51. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1972
52. Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18 - 1971
53. Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" and "I Can Do It" - 1970
54. South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia - 1970
55. James Earl Ray pleads guilty in murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1969
56. Ferry boat sinks in harbor of Wellington, New Zealand (200 killed) - 1968
57. 5 time Horse of the Year, Kelso, retires - 1966
58. Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg - 1966
59. North Vietnamese capture U.S. Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley - 1966
60. Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged - 1965
61. U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany - 1964
62. Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training - 1963
63. Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 70 points vs. Syracuse - 1963
64. Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida - 1962
65. U.S.S.R. agrees to stop nuclear testing - 1960
66. Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck - 1959
67. Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City - 1959
68. Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet - 1959
69. Thousands of soccer fans riot in Italy - 1957
70. General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios - 1956
71. Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) - 1956
72. Military coup by general Fulgencio Batista in Cuba - 1952
73. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner - 1951
74. "Where's Charley?" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 56 performances - 1951
75. Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 - 1949
76. 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca - 1948
77. Train derailment kills 185 near Aracaju Brazil - 1946
78. Germany blows-up Wessel Bridge on Rhine - 1945
79. Japan declares Vietnam Independence - 1945
80. Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army - 1945
81. Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombing - 1945
82. U.S. troops lands on Mindanao - 1945
83. Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets - 1941
84. 1st U.S. opera telecast, W2XBS, New York City, I Pagliacci - 1940
85. 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India - 1939
86. Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games) - 1934
87. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis - 1934
88. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner - 1934
89. Major earthquake in Long Beach, California - 1933
90. Nevada becomes 1st U.S. state to regulate narcotics - 1933
91. British Labour party removes fascist Sir Oswald Mosley - 1931
92. Albania mobilize by threat of Serbian, Croatian and Slovenes - 1927
93. Bavaria lifts ban on Hitler's speeches - 1927
94. Run on Belgian banks - 1926
95. Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran - 1925
96. KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions - 1922
97. State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa - 1922
98. NHL's Quebec Bulldog Jim Malone scores 6 goals vs Ottawa Senators - 1920
99. British expedition Army in Belgium captures Neuve Chapelle - 1915
100. Suffragettes in London damages painter Rokeby's Venus of Velasquez - 1914
101. Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Sydney (NS) Millionaires in 2 games - 1913
102. William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 - 1913
103. China ends slavery - 1910
104. Pittsburgh Courier, begins publishing - 1910
105. Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title - 1909
106. 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Sonatine" - 1906
107. Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France - 1906
108. London Underground opens Bakeroo line (Baker Street to Waterloo Line) - 1906
109. Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) - 1905
110. Harry Gammeter, Cleveland, patents multigraph duplicating machine - 1903
111. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montreal AAA in 2 games - 1903
112. Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri - 1902
113. Battle at Driefontein, South-Africa (Boers vs. British army) - 1900
114. Bronx acquires O'Brien Square - 1896
115. Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 - 1896
116. Ivory Coast becomes a French colony - 1893
117. New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before - 1893
118. 1st performance of Cesar Franck's "Psyche" - 1888
119. HW Boxing champ John L Sullivan draws Charlie Mitchell in 30 rounds - 1888
120. General Wolseley opens new legislative council in Pretoria - 1880
121. Salvation Army of England sets up U.S. welfare and religious activity - 1880
122. 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) - 1876
123. Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student - 1874
124. Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina - 1865
125. Grant is named commander of the Union armies - 1864
126. Red River campaign LA - 1864
127. Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar - 1862
128. U.S. issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000) - 1862
129. Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. president to do so - 1849
130. 1st money minted in Hawaii - 1847
131. John Stone, Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver - 1791
132. Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy - 1791
133. Franklin College founded - 1789
134. Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples - 1734
135. English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania - 1681
136. French King Louis XIV ends office of premier - 1661
137. King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later - 1629
138. England declares war on Spain - 1624
139. Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 pounds to aid Dutch rebellion - 1578
140. Bishop Tomas de Berlanga discovers Galapagos Islands - 1535
141. Emperor Charles V marries princess Isabella of Portugal - 1526
142. Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire - 0418
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