1. "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City - 1998
2. Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy - 1996
3. Congress party loses India national election - 1995
4. Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship - 1995
5. Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) - 1995
6. Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny - 1995
7. Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain - 1995
8. Letitia Vriesde runs S Amer indoor record 800m (2:00.35) - 1995
9. Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) - 1995
10. Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) - 1995
11. Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests - 1994
12. 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay - 1993
13. Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney - 1993
14. Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show - 1993
15. Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech - 1993
16. 5th Soul Train Music Awards - 1991
17. Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland - 1990
18. 15th People's Choice Awards - 1989
19. 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found in Philadelphia - 1989
20. Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election - 1989
21. David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game - 1987
22. Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North - 1987
23. Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) - 1987
24. "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances - 1987
25. Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN) - 1987
26. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1987
27. 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange - 1986
28. Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - 1986
29. Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points - 1985
30. British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships - 1984
31. National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike - 1984
32. Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49) - 1983
33. 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands - 1982
34. PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" - 1982
35. Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station - 1981
36. Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City - 1981
37. Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia - 1981
38. Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago - 1980
39. New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin - 1980
40. Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99) - 1978
41. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic - 1978
42. Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party - 1977
43. Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel - 1977
44. South African troops leave Angola - 1976
45. Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam - 1975
46. Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open - 1972
47. NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons - 1972
48. Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias - 1971
49. Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president - 1971
50. Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army - 1971
51. U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18 - 1970
52. 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins - 1969
53. 120 joints found at George and Patti Harrison's home - 1969
54. Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London - 1969
55. Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day) - 1968
56. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1968
57. Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet - 1967
58. Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority - 1967
59. Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record - 1966
60. Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins) - 1966
61. Love's 1st album released "Love" - 1966
62. Pioneer Plaza dedicated - 1966
63. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1966
64. 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2 - 1964
65. Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years - 1964
66. Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam - 1964
67. SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in New York City - 1964
68. WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1964
69. Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold - 1963
70. Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance - 1963
71. Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia - 1962
72. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open - 1961
73. Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections - 1959
74. U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood - 1959
75. British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day" - 1958
76. German DR accepts 22 Russian divisions - 1957
77. Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24) - 1956
78. 1st performance of Arnold Schonberg's "Moses und Aaron" - 1954
79. Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office - 1951
80. Communist troops driven out of Seoul - 1951
81. Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III - 1950
82. Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda" - 1950
83. -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March - 1948
84. Belgian government of Huysmans resigns - 1947
85. "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater New York City for 69 performances - 1947
86. President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism - 1947
87. Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland - 1946
88. 30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers - 1945
89. British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day - 1945
90. Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy - 1945
91. New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment - 1945
92. U.S.S.R. returns Transylvania to Romania - 1945
93. Soviet troops liberate Wjasma - 1943
94. British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal - 1942
95. German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands - 1941
96. Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus - 1940
97. Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies - 1939
98. Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) - 1938
99. England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages - 1935
100. Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia - 1934
101. Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail - 1934
102. Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin - 1934
103. Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat - 1933
104. Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax - 1930
105. Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1) - 1930
106. Denmark begins unilateral disarmament - 1926
107. Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium - 1926
108. British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement - 1925
109. Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) - 1919
110. George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in New York City - 1919
111. Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets - 1917
112. Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg - 1917
113. French airship sinks British submarine D3 - 1916
114. Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid - 1913
115. Capt Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane - 1912
116. Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low - 1912
117. Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St. New York City - 1912
118. Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3 - 1910
119. Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games - 1908
120. Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast - 1906
121. 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport) - 1904
122. Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund - 1904
123. New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL - 1903
124. Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds) - 1901
125. President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein - 1900
126. Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel - 1897
127. 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) - 1896
128. Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday - 1894
129. Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated - 1889
130. Start of South Africa's 1st Test, vs. England, Port Elizabeth - 1889
131. 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die) - 1888
132. Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women - 1884
133. British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa - 1877
134. Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony - 1877
135. Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa - 1868
136. Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax - 1868
137. Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa - 1868
138. Last French troops leave Mexico - 1867
139. Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri - 1865
140. Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists - 1860
141. Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice - 1857
142. 1st U.S. $20 gold piece issued - 1850
143. 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California - 1849
144. 2nd republic established in France - 1848
145. Austria declares war on France - 1799
146. U.S. Post Office established - 1789
147. Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago - 1773
148. 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine - 1755
149. Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy - 1737
150. Former English King James II lands in Ireland - 1689
151. 1st naturalization act in American colonies - 1664
152. New Jersey becomes a British colony - 1664
153. Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand - 1642
154. Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint - 1622
155. Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia - 1619
156. Bermuda becomes an English colony - 1609
157. England routes troops to Amiens - 1597
158. Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies - 1594
159. English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower - 1587
160. Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal - 1572
161. Jews are expelled from Syria - 1496
162. University of Vienna founded - 1365
163. Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples - 1350
164. Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II - 1144
165. Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome - 1054
166. Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III - 1000
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