1. Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play - 1996
2. Thomas Hamilton kills 16 kindergardeners, their teacher and himself - 1996
3. 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win - 1995
4. Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms - 1995
5. Hungarian Forint devalued 9% - 1995
6. Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators - 1995
7. 33.3% of Austria votes for ultra-right FP - 1994
8. Cuba Godding, Jr. (26) weds Sara Kapfer (26) - 1994
9. Donna Andrews wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship - 1994
10. Oil tank/airship crash at Bosporus (huge fire/15+ killed) - 1994
11. President Mangope of Bophuthaswana deposed - 1994
12. Blizzard of '93 hits north-east U.S. - 1993
13. 570 die in a Turkish earthquake - 1992
14. FCC rules companies can own 30 AM and 30 FM stations (formerly 12) - 1992
15. Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit - 1992
16. Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines and cleanup of Valdez oil spill - 1991
17. Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada - 1990
18. 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown - 1989
19. FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in U.S. - 1989
20. U.S. space shuttle STS-29 launched - 1989
21. 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby. win - 1988
22. Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) - 1987
23. John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering - 1987
24. Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 mins and 3 secs - 1987
25. Soyuz T-15 carries 2 cosmonauts to Soviet space station Mir - 1986
26. Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow) - 1985
27. Michael Secrest (U.S.) begins 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards - 1985
28. Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird - 1984
29. WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield - 1984
30. 1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14 - 1983
31. "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 770 performances - 1983
32. Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship - 1982
33. Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) - 1982
34. Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess and Thierbach (GDR) - 1982
35. Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA) - 1982
36. Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) - 1982
37. Attempt on Pope John Paul II by Mehemet Ali Agca - 1981
38. NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul - 1981
39. Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:13.60) - 1980
40. Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto - 1980
41. Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR - 1980
42. European Monetary System is established, ECU created - 1979
43. Gairy dictatorship in Grenada overthrown by New Jewel Movement - 1979
44. Isle's Mike Bossy's 5th career hat trick - 1979
45. Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house - 1978
46. Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test - 1977
47. Bernard Slade's "Same Time, Next Year," premieres in New York City - 1975
48. Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris - 1974
49. Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia - 1974
50. "Irene" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 605 performances - 1973
51. Minskoff Theater opens at 200 W 45th St. New York City - 1973
52. Syria adopts constitution - 1973
53. Live at Fillmore East recorded - 1971
54. 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam - 1970
55. Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer - 1970
56. SF city employees begin 4-day strike - 1970
57. Apollo 9 returns to Earth - 1969
58. Beatles release "Lady Madonna" in the UK - 1968
59. Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death - 1967
60. Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You ...," premieres in New York City - 1967
61. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lagunita Golf Invitational - 1966
62. Beatles' "Eight Days a Week," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks - 1965
63. Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds - 1965
64. Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack - 1964
65. 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska - 1963
66. Hindemith and Wilder's opera "Long Christmas Dinner," premieres in New York City - 1963
67. Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations - 1963
68. Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty - 1962
69. Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes President of U.S. Communist Party - 1961
70. Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavywgt boxing title - 1961
71. John F. Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress - 1961
72. Landslide in U.S.S.R., kills 145 - 1961
73. Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender - 1961
74. Pablo Picasso (79) marries his model Jacqueline Rocque (37) - 1961
75. Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1960
76. NFL's Chicago Cardinals moves to St. Louis - 1960
77. White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number - 1960
78. Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia - 1958
79. Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba - 1957
80. NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win - 1956
81. Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal - 1955
82. Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1955
83. Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron - 1954
84. Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu - 1954
85. 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms - 1951
86. Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany - 1951
87. General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record) - 1950
88. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman - 1949
89. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button - 1949
90. 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42 - 1948
91. 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win - 1947
92. "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 581 performances - 1947
93. Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands - 1945
94. Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman - 1945
95. U.S.S.R. recognizes Italian Badoglio government - 1944
96. Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata) - 1943
97. Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight - 1943
98. Frank Dixon wins Knights of Columbus mile (4:09.6) - 1943
99. Julia Flikke, Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in U.S. army - 1942
100. A Bougne forms AGRA (Amis du Grand Reich Allemand) - 1941
101. Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische - 1940
102. Anschluá-Austria annexed by Nazi Germany - 1938
103. Driving tests introduced in Great Britain - 1935
104. Josef Gobbels becomes German minister of Information and Propaganda - 1933
105. Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory - 1930
106. Bradman scores 123 Aust vs. England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton - 1929
107. 450 die in St. Francisquito Valley Dam burst (Calif) - 1928
108. Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in New York City - 1928
109. NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games - 1925
110. Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution - 1925
111. German Republic day - 1924
112. Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (New York City) - 1923
113. George Bernard Shaws "Back to Methusaleh V," premieres in New York City - 1922
114. NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St. Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games - 1922
115. WRR-AM in Dallas Texas begins radio transmissions - 1922
116. Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China - 1921
117. Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails - 1920
118. 1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set - 1918
119. American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms - 1918
120. Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit - 1915
121. Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures - 1913
122. Stanley Cup: Quebec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (NB) in 2 games - 1912
123. Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in New York City - 1911
124. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ont), 7-4 - 1911
125. Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated - 1904
126. British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state - 1900
127. Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die - 1895
128. J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate - 1894
129. Great Blizzard of 1888 rages - 1888
130. Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs - 1887
131. Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins - 1884
132. U.S. adopts Standard Time - 1884
133. Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match - 1878
134. Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial - 1868
135. US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service - 1865
136. Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers - 1861
137. Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly - 1852
138. Friedrich Hebbel's "Maria Magdalena," premieres in Konigsberg - 1846
139. Charles Darwin departs Valparaiso for Andes crossing - 1835
140. Cherubini's opera "Medee," premieres in Paris - 1797
141. John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia - 1790
142. Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) - 1781
143. Gotthold Lessing's "Emilia Calotti," premieres in Brunswick - 1772
144. 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet - 1759
145. 1st U.S. Moravian bishop, David Nitschmann, consecrated in Germany - 1735
146. Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000 - 1677
147. Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam - 1656
148. Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard - 1639
149. Academe Franeaise opens - 1634
150. Battle at Tondibi: Moroccans army under Judar beats sultan Askia Ishaq II of Songhai - 1591
151. Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots - 1569
152. Battle at Oosterweel: Spanish troops destroy Geuzenleger - 1567
153. Cardinal Granvelle flees Brussels - 1564
154. Spanish fleet occupies Djerba, at Tripoli - 1560
155. Cortez lands in Mexico - 1519
156. German king Koenraad II von Hohenstaufen crowned - 1138
157. 12th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet - 0607
158. St. Felix III begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0483
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