1. Ken Griffey, Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP - 1997
2. "Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater New York City - 1997
3. U.N. pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq - 1997
4. Joel Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 - 1 (35th known Mersenne prime) - 1996
5. Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP - 1996
6. "Three Sisters," closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City - 1996
7. Sweden agrees to join European Union - 1994
8. 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka - 1993
9. Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed - 1993
10. Pakistan minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president - 1993
11. Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title - 1992
12. Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state - 1991
13. Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award - 1991
14. Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award - 1990
15. Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" and "Ou Est Le Soleil" - 1989
16. 1st condom commercial on BBC TV - 1987
17. Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World - 1986
18. NASA launches space vehicle S-199 - 1986
19. U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran - 1986
20. Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award - 1985
21. Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000 - 1985
22. David Levy finds his 1st comet - 1984
23. Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award - 1984
24. Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic - 1983
25. Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini - 1982
26. Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C. - 1982
27. Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains" - 1981
28. Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend - 1980
29. U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn - 1980
30. British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year - 1979
31. Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president - 1979
32. Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL - 1979
33. NASA launches HEAO - 1978
34. 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot - 1977
35. Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77) - 1977
36. Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open - 1977
37. "Musical Jubilee" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 92 performances - 1975
38. Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP - 1974
39. "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 103 performances - 1973
40. Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously - 1973
41. Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars) - 1971
42. Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh - 1970
43. Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed - 1970
44. Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup - 1970
45. VP Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion - 1969
46. Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP - 1968
47. NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City - 1967
48. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open - 1966
49. "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 248 performances - 1965
50. "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89 - 1965
51. Bob Petit (St. Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points - 1964
52. Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor - 1964
53. WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1961
54. Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain) - 1960
55. Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt - 1960
56. New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League - 1958
57. Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses - 1956
58. 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba - 1955
59. Argentine gen Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president - 1955
60. Dmitri Shostakovitch' 4th String Quartet, premieres - 1953
61. False fingernails 1st sold - 1952
62. KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1952
63. Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan) - 1951
64. U.S. win 1st world championship bridge contest - 1950
65. "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances - 1948
66. 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA - 1946
67. Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI vs. the MCC - 1946
68. Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India - 1945
69. Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal - 1942
70. Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 - 1942
71. British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean - 1941
72. German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic - 1941
73. Walt Disney's "Fantasia" released - 1940
74. America's 1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified - 1938
75. NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio - 1937
76. Anti-British riots in Egypt - 1935
77. 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn - 1933
78. Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st U.S. woman senator - 1931
79. WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City - 1930
80. Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC - 1928
81. NY-New Jersey Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens - 1927
82. Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java - 1926
83. Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY - 1922
84. George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in New York City - 1922
85. Marc Connelly/George Kaufman's "'49ers," premieres in New York City - 1922
86. "Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released - 1921
87. U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty - 1921
88. Hudson River frozen at Albany - 1920
89. Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont abdicates throne - 1918
90. Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - 1918
91. Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg - 1918
92. British offensive at Ancre Belgium - 1916
93. 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob - 1913
94. 259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry Ill - 1909
95. Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game - 1909
96. French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor) - 1907
97. C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland - 1906
98. Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League - 1900
99. 1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii - 1895
100. Serbian army occupies Bulgaria - 1885
101. Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms - 1875
102. National Bowling Association organized in New York City - 1875
103. American Philological Association organized in NY - 1868
104. 1st U.S. gold certificates issued - 1865
105. PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport - 1865
106. U.S. issues 1st gold certificates - 1865
107. Battle of Holly Spring, MS - 1862
108. "New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300 - 1854
109. 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands and Orange" - 1851
110. Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked - 1851
111. Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California - 1849
112. Mt. Rainier in Washington State erupts - 1843
113. 1st U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY - 1839
114. Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides" - 1830
115. Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" - 1789
116. English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon - 1781
117. American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal - 1775
118. Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish earl of Mar - 1715
119. Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders - 1715
120. Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn - 1673
121. Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament - 1642
122. King Philip II's "Letters out Segovia" reaches Brussels - 1565
123. Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei - 1565
124. English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason - 1553
125. England signs on to the Saint League - 1511
126. English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers - 1002
127. Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra) - 0866
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