1. 100th episode of "Ellen," airs - 1998
2. Charles Barkley pleads not guilty to an assault charge - 1998
3. "Holiday" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 49 performances - 1996
4. Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions - 1996
5. "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 97 performances - 1996
6. 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo - 1995
7. 16th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 23 awards - 1995
8. Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m) - 1994
9. Kathleen Kinmont files for divorce from Lorenzo Lamas - 1994
10. Russian manned space craft TM-17, lands - 1994
11. "Anna Christie" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 54 performances - 1993
12. David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS - 1993
13. Polish ferry boat capsizes in storm, 50 die - 1993
14. "Barbara DeAngelis Show" premieres on CBS-TV - 1991
15. Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as president of Guatemala - 1991
16. Valentin Pavlov become new premier of U.S.S.R. - 1991
17. 11th ACE Cable Awards - 1990
18. Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf - 1990
19. "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV - 1990
20. 1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradfort England - 1989
21. 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris - 1989
22. Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped - 1989
23. "Romance/Romance" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 297 performances - 1989
24. Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - 1987
25. Constitution of Guatemala takes effect - 1986
26. Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954 - 1986
27. 16 indicted by U.S. for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees - 1985
28. M Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors and Evert) - 1985
29. Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand - 1984
30. FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish - 1981
31. "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens - 1980
32. Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec - 1980
33. President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday - 1979
34. Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF) - 1978
35. "Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC) - 1976
36. Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves - 1976
37. Anita Wold (Norway) sets women's ski jump distance record-98 m - 1975
38. U.S.S.R. breaks trade agreement with US - 1975
39. World Football League founded - 1974
40. Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in California - 1973
41. Superbowl MVP: Jake Scott, Miami, S - 1973
42. Superbowl VII: Miami Dolphins beat Washington Red Skins, 14-7 in LA - 1973
43. Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV - 1973
44. "Sanford and Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV - 1972
45. WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1972
46. WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1972
47. WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1972
48. John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs - 1971
49. 25 members of U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers - 1969
50. Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later - 1969
51. Superbowl II: Green Bay Packers beat Oakland Raiders, 33-14 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB - 1968
52. 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF - 1967
53. Earthquake in Sicily kills 231 - 1967
54. New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments - 1967
55. Sonny and Cher release "Beat Goes On" - 1967
56. David Bowie releases his 1st record (Can't Help Thinking About Me) - 1966
57. 14th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-107 at Boston - 1964
58. Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 vs. England, 21 maiden overs in a row - 1964
59. Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination - 1964
60. George C Wallace sworn in as governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!" - 1963
61. NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-30 - 1962
62. Chicago Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL - 1961
63. Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded - 1960
64. U.S. Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant - 1960
65. Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad - 1956
66. Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti" - 1956
67. Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres in Phila - 1955
68. New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe - 1954
69. Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend," premieres in London - 1954
70. Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica," premieres in Manchester - 1953
71. WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
72. Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito) - 1953
73. Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends - 1952
74. Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26 - 1952
75. "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV - 1952
76. NFL Pro Bowl: 1st since 1942, Americans beat Nationals 28-27 - 1951
77. "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances - 1950
78. US recalls all consular officials from China - 1950
79. Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die - 1949
80. 2 jetties collapse in Ganges-160 Hindu pilgrims are crushed - 1946
81. Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow - 1944
82. Alex Smart (Mont) is 1st NHLer to score hat trick in his 1st game - 1943
83. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill confer in Casablanca concerning WW II - 1943
84. Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw - 1943
85. Japanese troops land at oil center Balikpapan in Borneo - 1942
86. Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers - 1940
87. NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7 - 1940
88. All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends - 1939
89. Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica - 1939
90. National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY) - 1938
91. L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America - 1936
92. Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use - 1935
93. 1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in U.S. installed, Hialeah - 1932
94. Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race - 1932
95. Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign - 1929
96. Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs New York Rangers - 1927
97. Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin - 1925
98. Allies direct Fiume (Rijeka) in Italy - 1924
99. John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge MCQuade buy New York Giants - 1919
100. Finland and U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar - 1918
101. Dutch South Sea dike cracks - 1916
102. Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords - 1914
103. Raymond Poincare becomes premier of France - 1912
104. Coop. Far. Central Management forms - 1909
105. Roger Hartigan scores century on Test debut vs. Eng Adelaide (116) - 1908
106. Hubbell, Shubert and Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in New York City - 1905
107. Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome - 1900
108. Joe Darling hits the 1st six in Tests (out of the ground) - 1898
109. 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed - 1897
110. U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional - 1878
111. I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature - 1874
112. "Celluloid" registered as a trademark - 1873
113. P B S Pinchback elected to Senate - 1873
114. North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh - 1868
115. South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority - 1868
116. Battle of Cosby Creek, TN - 1864
117. General Sherman begins his march to the South - 1864
118. Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana - 1863
119. Ft. Pikens, Florida falls into state hands - 1861
120. French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed - 1858
121. Conspiracy in New Mexico against US - 1847
122. King of Denmark cedes Norway to King of Sweden by treaty of Kiel - 1814
123. Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in U.S. (NY) - 1813
124. Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets - 1799
125. King of Naples flees before advancing French armies - 1799
126. Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife - 1794
127. Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10) - 1785
128. Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris - 1784
129. Congress ratifies peace treaty between U.S. and England - 1783
130. Bonnie Prince Charlie's army leaves Glasgow - 1746
131. England and Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo - 1739
132. Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne - 1724
133. German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam - 1717
134. Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches" - 1699
135. Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany - 1690
136. Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish - 1659
137. United East Indian Company conquerors city of Malakka, 7,000 killed - 1641
138. 1st Connecticut constitution (Fundamental Orders) adopted in Hartford - 1639
139. Rodger Ludlow publishes"Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" - 1639
140. Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome - 1601
141. Charles V and Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid - 1526
142. Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders - 1526
143. English king Henry III marries Eleonora of Provence - 1236
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