1. 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB) - 1997
2. Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays - 1996
3. Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center - 1995
4. US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations - 1995
5. American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15 - 1994
6. Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't - 1993
7. Dow Jones hits record 3764.43 - 1993
8. Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed - 1993
9. Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), lands - 1993
10. Dawn Coe-Jone wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship - 1992
11. FCC fines Infinity Broadcasting $600,000 - 1992
12. "Show Off" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances - 1992
13. Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation - 1991
14. NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud - 1991
15. Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games - 1991
16. Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die - 1990
17. "Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 45 performances - 1990
18. President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid - 1990
19. Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games - 1989
20. 3 men end 29-hr all-466-station subway ride in New York City - 1988
21. Arafat addresses United Nations in Geneva - 1988
22. Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election - 1987
23. Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28 - 1987
24. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1987
25. David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 vs. India at Adelaide - 1985
26. Test debut of Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (v India) - 1985
27. Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke - 1984
28. 9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT) - 1983
29. British Airways incorporates - 1983
30. Islander's Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers - 1983
31. KYA-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KOIT - 1983
32. Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor - 1983
33. 71st Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (63 63 62) - 1982
34. Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die - 1982
35. 70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1) - 1981
36. Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists - 1981
37. "Perfectly Frank" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 16 performances - 1980
38. "Oklahoma!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 301 performances - 1979
39. Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland - 1979
40. Susan B. Anthony dollar, 1st U.S. coin to honor a woman, issued - 1978
41. 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash - 1977
42. Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur - 1976
43. Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) - 1976
44. 1st time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay - Richard Pryor as host - 1975
45. Australian Conservatives and Liberals win parliamentary election - 1975
46. Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament - 1975
47. Roy Fredericks hits 169 vs. Aust at WACA, hundred in 71 balls - 1975
48. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1975
49. Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley - 1974
50. Malta becomes a republic - 1974
51. MPLA/FNLA accord about combat against Portuguese Libya - 1973
52. World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit) - 1973
53. John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed - 1971
54. Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut vs. England at the WACA - 1970
55. Neil Simon's "Gingerbread Lady," premieres in New York City - 1970
56. Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" - 1969
57. Billy Martin fired as Twins' manager - 1969
58. Playland at Beach reopens - 1968
59. President Da Costa e Silva disbands parliament/grabs power - 1968
60. United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL - 1967
61. Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II - 1967
62. 1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam - 1966
63. 1st U.S. bombing of Hanoi - 1966
64. Test debut of Clive Lloyd, vs. India Bombay, 82 and 78 - 1966
65. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1966
66. Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow - 1965
67. In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border - 1964
68. Shirley Englehorn and Sam Snead wins Haig and Haig Mixed Foursome Golf - 1964
69. Capital records signs right of 1st refusal agreement with Beatles - 1963
70. Relay 1 communication satellite launched - 1962
71. Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein - 1961
72. Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann - 1961
73. Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller - 1961
74. Italy beats U.S. in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years U.S. not in finals) - 1960
75. Laos General Fumi Nosavang occupies Vientiane - 1960
76. Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus - 1959
77. Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to Giants for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000 Robinson retires - 1956
78. KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
79. Future British Prime Minister Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher - 1951
80. James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial - 1950
81. "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances - 1950
82. AL votes down proposal to revive spitball - 1949
83. Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem - 1949
84. "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International New York City after 11 performances - 1947
85. Maine Turnpike opens to traffic - 1947
86. Leon Blum elected French premier - 1946
87. Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 - 1944
88. Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in New York City - 1944
89. 150 U.S. Marauders bomb Schiphol - 1943
90. Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader - 1942
91. Washington Redskins defeat Chicago Bears 14-6, to win NFL title - 1942
92. German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union - 1941
93. Lawine battlers destroy Haaraz, Peru; about 3,000 die - 1941
94. U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal - 1941
95. Battle at La Plata - 3 British cruisers vs German Graf Spee - 1939
96. Los Angeles freezes at 28 degrees F - 1938
97. Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Washington D.C. - 1936
98. Green Bay Packers win NFL championship - 1936
99. Mark Hellinger Theater (Warner Bros) opens at 237 W 51st St. New York City - 1934
100. George Sisler's career ends when Boston Braves release him - 1930
101. Theodore Steeg forms French government - 1930
102. Clip-on tie designed - 1928
103. George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York City) - 1928
104. KOA-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions - 1924
105. Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps - 1922
106. F Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse) - 1920
107. League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague - 1920
108. Netherland breaks contact with kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slavia - 1920
109. Ross and Smith land in Australia from a flight from London - 1919
110. U.S. Army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany - 1918
111. Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France) - 1918
112. Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian and Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol - 1916
113. Esme Stuart Lennox Robinsons premieres in Dublin - 1916
114. French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle - 1916
115. Mona Lisa stolen in Aug 1911 returned to Louvre - 1913
116. George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut vs. Australia SCG - 1907
117. German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam - 1907
118. German chancellor Bernhard von Bulow disbands the Parliament - 1906
119. Italo Marcioni patents ice cream cone (NJ) - 1903
120. Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk - 1903
121. Test debut of S F Barnes vs. Aust SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings - 1901
122. Battle at Nooitgedacht: generals The la Rey/Smuts beat Britten - 1900
123. 1st complete execution of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony - 1895
124. Belgium rules on women/child labor law - 1889
125. 1st federal fish hatching steamer lauched (Wilmington Delaware) - 1879
126. Battle of Ft. McAllister, GA - 1864
127. Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia (Marye's Heights) - 1862
128. Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV - 1861
129. "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold - 1843
130. HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonie - 1833
131. Gioacchino Rossini arrives in London - 1823
132. Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston - 1816
133. 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft. William and Mary, NH - 1774
134. Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter - 1769
135. 1st music store in America opens (Phila) - 1759
136. Willem KH Friso tests his mothers potatoes - 1742
137. England and Russia sign trade agreement - 1734
138. Jean Racines "Britannicus," premieres in Paris - 1668
139. New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman - 1642
140. Emperor Ferdinand II delegates 1st anti-Reformation decree - 1621
141. Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world - 1577
142. Spanish army beats Geuzen fleet under Admiral Lumey - 1572
143. Sweden/Denmark signs Peace of Stettin - 1570
144. Council of Trent (19th ecumenical council) opens - 1545
145. Pope Paul III opens council of Trente - 1545
146. Pope Coelestinus V ends term - 1294
147. Boudouin with the Iron Arm weds Charles de Kales' daughter Judith - 0863
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