1. 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch - 1997
2. Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 - 1997
3. Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award - 1997
4. President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery - 1997
5. Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi - 1996
6. Crufts show at NEC Birmingham, (1995 winner, Joshua, an Irish setter) - 1996
7. 1st time 13 people in space - 1995
8. Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped - 1994
9. Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard - 1994
10. 3,000th performance of "Nunsense" - 1993
11. "Conversations with My Father" closes at Royale New York City after 462 performances - 1993
12. "Face Value" closes at Cort Theater New York City after * performances - 1993
13. Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57) - 1993
14. Meg Mallon wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship - 1993
15. Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days - 1993
16. "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances - 1993
17. Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) - 1993
18. Farm Aid V - 1992
19. New York Met Daryl Boston, Vince Coleman and Dwight Gooden accused of rape - 1992
20. Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication - 1992
21. British Court of Appeal frees "Birmingham 6" who had been unjustly sentenced in August 1975 to life imprisonment - 1991
22. Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave - 1991
23. Ice Dance Championship at Munich won by Isabel and Phil Duchesnay (FRA) - 1991
24. Ice Pairs Championship at Munich won by N Mishkutenok and A Dmitriev - 1991
25. Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) - 1991
26. 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson - 1990
27. Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress - 1990
28. New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl - 1987
29. Providence, with Billy Donovan's 25 points, beats Austin Peay 90-87 - 1987
30. Skier Piotr Fijas jumps record 194m - 1987
31. Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt - 1987
32. European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) - 1986
33. 11th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins 4 awards - 1985
34. Michael Secrest (U.S.) completes 24-hr ride of 516 miles, 427 yards - 1985
35. Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-C mission - 1984
36. OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years - 1983
37. Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic - 1982
38. Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century - 1982
39. 3rd Emmy Sports Award presentation - 1980
40. Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund W Germany won by Regoczy and Sallay - 1980
41. Ice Pairs Championship at Dortmund won by Cherkasova and Shakhrai (U.S.S.R.) - 1980
42. Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers) - 1980
43. Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch - 1980
44. Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead) - 1978
45. NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge) - 1978
46. Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race - 1976
47. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1976
48. Liam Cosgrave appointed president of Ireland - 1973
49. NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC - 1972
50. Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV - 1971
51. Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes - 1971
52. South Vietnamese troops flee Laos - 1971
53. The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes - 1971
54. Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct - 1969
55. Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. NZ - 1969
56. CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA - 1968
57. POM performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia - 1968
58. 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith - 1967
59. John F. Kennedy's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial - 1967
60. Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany - 1965
61. Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death in Lee Harvey Oswald murder - 1964
62. "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway New York City after 112 performances - 1964
63. SF Guy Rogers ties NBA record with 28 assists - 1963
64. Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France - 1962
65. Gordie Howe (Det Red Wings) is 2nd NHLer to score 500 goals - 1962
66. George Weiss becomes President of New York Mets - 1961
67. 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield California - 1960
68. Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelipha) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points - 1960
69. Recording Industry Association of American created - 1958
70. RIAA certifies 1st gold record (Perry Como's Catch A Falling Star) - 1958
71. South Africa government disallows ANC - 1958
72. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1958
73. U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test - 1958
74. Indonesian government of Sastroamidjojo resigns - 1957
75. Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League) - 1956
76. Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal - 1955
77. Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game - 1954
78. KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins - 1954
79. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1954
80. NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak - 1954
81. KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
82. Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Communist Party - 1953
83. During Korean War, U.S. / U.N. forces recapture Seoul - 1951
84. Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany - 1951
85. FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins - 1950
86. Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco - 1948
87. Belgian government of Spaak, forms - 1946
88. RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm - 1945
89. Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies - 1941
90. Xavier Cugat and Orch record "Babalu" - 1941
91. 27 killed, 15 injured when truck full of migrant workers collides with a train outside McAllen, Texas - 1940
92. England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day - 1939
93. Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia - 1939
94. Battle of the Century: Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio - 1937
95. Pope Pius XI publishes anti-nazi-encyclical Mit brennender Sorge - 1937
96. Federal Register, 1st magazine of the U.S. government, publishes 1st issue - 1936
97. 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars - 1935
98. Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation - 1933
99. Winston Churchill wants to boost air defense - 1933
100. 1st theater built for rear movie projection (New York City) - 1931
101. Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland - 1923
102. German Supreme Court prohibits NSDAP - 1923
103. President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes - 1923
104. KGU-AM in Honolulu Hawaii begins radio transmissions - 1922
105. KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions - 1922
106. WGR-AM in Buffalo New York begins radio transmissions - 1922
107. 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF - 1918
108. Battle of Verdun - German attack on Mort-Homme ridge, West of Verdun - 1916
109. German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile - 1915
110. Serbia and Turkey sign peace treaty - 1914
111. John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation - 1913
112. King Vittorio Emanuel III of Rome injured during assassination attempt - 1912
113. Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms - 1909
114. Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers beat Toronto Trolley Leaguers, 6-4 - 1908
115. Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club forms - 1906
116. 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, Florida - 1903
117. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in 2 games - 1903
118. WB Yeats and Lady Gregory's "Hour-glass," premieres in Dublin - 1903
119. 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 6th Symphony in A - 1901
120. Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics - 1900
121. U.S. currency goes on gold standard - 1900
122. Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2 - 1899
123. Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) - 1896
124. August Strindberg's "Froken Julie," premieres in Copenhagen - 1889
125. 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21") - 1888
126. Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," premieres in London - 1885
127. "Mikado" opera premieres in London - 1885
128. Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres - 1875
129. California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible - 1870
130. Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris - 1864
131. Union troops occupy Fort de Russy, Louisiana - 1864
132. Battle of New Bern NC: General Burnside conquers New Bern - 1862
133. -5.3 degrees F (-20.7 degrees C) in Groningen - 1845
134. Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall) - 1843
135. Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid - 1840
136. HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia - 1836
137. General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama - 1826
138. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) - 1821
139. Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 - 1812
140. Luigi Chiaramonti crowned Pope Pius VII - 1800
141. Eli Whitney patents cotton gin - 1794
142. 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) - 1743
143. Prince Willem KHF van Orange marries George II's daughter Mary Anne - 1734
144. Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen - 1689
145. Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno - 1653
146. England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) - 1644
147. England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1629
148. Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League - 1590
149. Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Neth - 1559
150. Ferdinand I appointed Holy Roman emperor - 1558
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