1. 63rd Golf Masters Championship: - 1999
2. Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season - 1996
3. "King and I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 perform - 1996
4. 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277 - 1993
5. Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) - 1993
6. Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie - 1993
7. BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence - 1992
8. Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne) - 1992
9. Euro-Disney opens near Paris - 1992
10. Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hr) - 1992
11. Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 - 1992
12. "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater New York City - 1991
13. New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television" - 1991
14. Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands - 1991
15. U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration - 1991
16. Angels Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0 - 1990
17. New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) - 1990
18. New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary - 1990
19. 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila - 1989
20. Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 - 1989
21. Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens - 1988
22. Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals - 1987
23. Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) - 1987
24. A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in New York City for $22,000 - 1986
25. Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days - 1986
26. Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km - 1986
27. KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM - 1986
28. Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead - 1985
29. Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair - 1984
30. Chinese troops invade Vietnam - 1984
31. Gen Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union - 1984
32. Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth - 1984
33. U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president - 1984
34. 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins - 1983
35. 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280 - 1983
36. 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win - 1983
37. NASA launches RCA-F - 1983
38. 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284 - 1982
39. Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2 - 1982
40. Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1981
41. Race riot in London area of Brixton - 1981
42. Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him - 1981
43. Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen - 1981
44. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment - 1980
45. Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" - 1980
46. Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala - 1979
47. Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile - 1977
48. 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271 - 1976
49. Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer) - 1975
50. JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers - 1975
51. WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested - 1974
52. Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC - 1972
53. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1972
54. 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279 - 1971
55. "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater New York City for 1 performance - 1971
56. WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting - 1971
57. Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days - 1970
58. Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks - 1970
59. San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970 - 1970
60. South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse - 1969
61. Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president - 1968
62. President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act - 1968
63. West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration - 1968
64. WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
65. Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr - 1967
66. "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances - 1967
67. Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," premieres - 1967
68. 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288 - 1966
69. Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire - 1966
70. 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271 - 1965
71. 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 - 1965
72. "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 9 performances - 1964
73. John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty - 1963
74. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1963
75. Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty) - 1963
76. New York Mets make a losing debut - 1962
77. 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1 - 1961
78. Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns - 1961
79. Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial - 1961
80. 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) - 1960
81. Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR - 1959
82. Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory - 1959
83. "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances - 1959
84. Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco - 1958
85. Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires - 1957
86. Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically - 1957
87. French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria - 1956
88. Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites - 1956
89. Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted - 1955
90. Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open - 1954
91. Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare - 1953
92. President Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur - 1951
93. Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco - 1950
94. U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia - 1950
95. 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279 - 1948
96. Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball - 1947
97. Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum - 1945
98. SS burns and shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen - 1945
99. U.S. captures Tsugen Shima - 1945
100. U.S. soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald" - 1945
101. U.S. troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen - 1945
102. RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague - 1944
103. Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft - 1943
104. Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized - 1942
105. Germany blitzes Conventry, England - 1941
106. Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis - 1941
107. Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets - 1941
108. Hungary leaves League of Nations - 1939
109. Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in New York City - 1936
110. Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 - 1936
111. Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia - 1933
112. KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions - 1929
113. Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam - 1929
114. Chilean gen Carlos Ibanez names himself president - 1927
115. Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent - 1926
116. Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco - 1925
117. 1st men's college swimming championships begin - 1924
118. Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections - 1924
119. WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions - 1924
120. Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax - 1921
121. KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) - 1921
122. Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR - 1921
123. Babe Ruth beats New York Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox - 1917
124. George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres - 1914
125. Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid - 1912
126. Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village - 1911
127. New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards - 1907
128. Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity - 1906
129. Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa - 1902
130. U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut - 1900
131. Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US - 1899
132. President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration - 1898
133. Anaheim completes it's new electric light system - 1895
134. 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews - 1891
135. Ellis Island designated as an immigration station - 1890
136. River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die - 1881
137. Spelman College founded - 1881
138. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organizes - 1876
139. Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan - 1876
140. Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates - 1865
141. Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction - 1865
142. Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House) - 1863
143. Rebels surrender Ft. Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender - 1862
144. Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans - 1856
145. Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust - 1848
146. Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini - 1830
147. 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba - 1814
148. Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig - 1801
149. Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty - 1713
150. William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain - 1689
151. Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III - 1677
152. Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht - 1580
153. Venlo joins Union of Utrecht - 1579
154. Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda - 1567
155. England and France sign Peace of Troyes - 1564
156. Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns - 1564
157. English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland - 1551
158. Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army - 1512
159. King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI - 1471
160. Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0672
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