1. Pluto again becomes outermost planet - 1999
2. "Cabaret," opens at Club Expo Theater New York City - 1998
3. Welch's/Circle K Golf Championship - 1998
4. Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals - 1997
5. 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win - 1994
6. Experts from AL certify Indian's Jacobs Field is properly lit - 1994
7. Vinod Kambli scores 227 vs. Zimbabwe, his 2nd consecutive Test 200 - 1993
8. Brandie Burton wins LPGA Ping/Welch's Golf Championship - 1992
9. U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation - 1992
10. 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King - 1991
11. Sergei Bubka pole vaults record 20' - 1991
12. Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil - 1991
13. Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil - 1990
14. Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position - 1989
15. "Les Miserables," opens at Royal Alexandra Theatre Toronto - 1989
16. New York Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform - 1989
17. Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop - 1988
18. NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK - 1988
19. NFL's St. Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix - 1988
20. 13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby - 1987
21. Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes and Joel Garner - 1987
22. NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket - 1987
23. "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 761 performances - 1987
24. "Sweet Charity" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 368 performances - 1987
25. U.S. Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay - 1987
26. Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme - 1986
27. Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title - 1985
28. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1985
29. 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields - 1984
30. Tanzania adopts constitution - 1984
31. Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy - 1983
32. Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan - 1982
33. KGB-AM in San Diego, California changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP) - 1982
34. Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days - 1982
35. "Broadway Follies" opens/closes at Nederlander Theater New York City - 1981
36. Patty Hayes wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic - 1981
37. Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker - 1981
38. Apparat releases Newdos + 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80 - 1979
39. Isle's Bryan Trottier's 5th career hat trick - 1979
40. Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test - 1979
41. A's trade Vida Blue to Giants for 7 players and $390,000 - 1978
42. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1978
43. Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon - 1978
44. "Eight is Enough" premiers on ABC-TV - 1977
45. U.S. House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions - 1977
46. Failed coup in Niger - 1976
47. Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec) - 1975
48. Brazilian president Garastazu Medici resigns - 1974
49. Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama - 1972
50. Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112 - 1972
51. NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle - 1972
52. CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show" - 1971
53. Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet - 1971
54. Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan - 1970
55. Gary Geld and Peter Udell's "Purlie," premieres in New York City - 1970
56. "Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 689 performances - 1970
57. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigns - 1969
58. Violent Chinese-Russian border dispute - 1969
59. Bob Beamon sets indoor long jump record (27'2-3/4") - 1968
60. British minister of Foreign affairs George Brown resigns - 1968
61. Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri - 1968
62. LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" - 1968
63. U.S. Mint stops buying and selling gold - 1968
64. Uprising in South Yemen - 1968
65. AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum - 1967
66. Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil - 1967
67. WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, Tennessee (PBS) 1st broadcast - 1967
68. 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Striesand - 1966
69. Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles - 1966
70. Lyndon Baines Johnson asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote - 1965
71. T.G.I. Friday's 1st restaurant opens in New York City - 1965
72. WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1965
73. Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton) - 1964
74. Lyndon Baines Johnson asks for a War on Poverty - 1964
75. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1964
76. WFAN TV channel 14 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting - 1963
77. 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter - 1962
78. Donald Jackson of Canada, is 1st to land a triple lutz ice skate jump - 1962
79. KATU TV channel 2 in Portland, OR (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1962
80. "No Strings" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 580 performances - 1962
81. Richard Rodger's musical "No Strings," premieres in New York City - 1962
82. Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season - 1962
83. South Africa withdraws from British Commonwealth - 1961
84. Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established, 1st underwater park - 1960
85. National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated - 1960
86. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1959
87. Richard Rogers' "No Strings" opens on Broadway - 1959
88. Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s - 1959
89. WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1959
90. "Body Beautiful" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 60 performances - 1958
91. KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting - 1958
92. Oscar Robertson of Cin scores a NCAA midwest region-record 56 pts - 1958
93. Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled - 1958
94. U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test - 1958
95. Britain becomes the 3rd nation to explode a nuclear bomb - 1957
96. "My Fair Lady" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 2,715 performances - 1956
97. Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champ - 1956
98. Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses - 1955
99. U.S. Air Force unveils self-guided missile - 1955
100. WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1955
101. "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar - 1954
102. WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1954
103. Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1953
104. West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1 - 1953
105. "2 in the Aisle" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 276 performances - 1952
106. Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean - 1952
107. Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company - 1951
108. "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 269 performances - 1950
109. Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in New York City - 1950
110. New York City hires Dr. Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" - 1950
111. WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1949
112. WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1949
113. Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs. Western Australia - 1948
114. Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine - 1948
115. WCAU TV channel 10 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1948
116. John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy - 1947
117. British premier Attlee agrees with India's right to independence - 1946
118. 17th Academy Awards - "Going my Way," Bing Cosby and Ingrid Bergman win - 1945
119. Bert Shepard (1 legged WW II vet) tries out as a pitcher for Senators - 1945
120. Billboard publishes its 1st album chart (King Cole Trio is #1) - 1945
121. Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens - 1945
122. Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York - 1945
123. Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing - 1944
124. Allied reconnaissance flight over Java - 1943
125. Red Army evacuates Kharkov - 1943
126. Blizzard in North Dakota kills 151 - 1941
127. Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest - 1940
128. Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ - 1939
129. 1st blood bank forms (Chicago, Illinois) - 1937
130. 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh North Carolina) - 1937
131. George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs. England at Kingston - 1935
132. U.S. Information Service opens - 1934
133. NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination - 1933
134. 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, New York - 1930
135. 1st streamlined submarine of U.S. navy, USS Nautilus, launched - 1930
136. Mussolini modifies Italy electoral system (abolishes right to choose) - 1928
137. Belgium's "black monday," franc falls - 1926
138. Lenin is hit with his 3rd stroke - 1923
139. 1st southern radio station begins (WSB, Atlanta Georgia) - 1922
140. American Legion forms (Paris) - 1919
141. Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS] - 1917
142. Gen Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos - 1916
143. University of Gent goes under Dutch control - 1916
144. Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea - 1915
145. 1st presidential press conference (Woodrow Wilson) - 1913
146. Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court - 1913
147. Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins - 1912
148. 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole" - 1908
149. Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote - 1907
150. Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd. - 1906
151. Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa - 1903
152. Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th - 1901
153. 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden - 1897
154. 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City) - 1892
155. New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) - 1892
156. 6 U.S. and German warships perish in harbor of Apia Samoa, 200 die - 1889
157. 1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan) - 1887
158. 1st performance of Cesar Franck's "Lesson Djinns" - 1885
159. Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia vs. England at MCG - 1877
160. 1st U.S. cardinal (John McCloskey) invested - 1875
161. Cincinnati Red Stockings beat Antioch 41-7 - 1869
162. Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team - 1869
163. Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university - 1867
164. Red River Campaign-Union forces reach Alexandria, Louisiana - 1864
165. Gen John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin, Tennessee - 1862
166. Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine - 1855
167. Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes - 1827
168. University of Toronto is chartered - 1827
169. Maine admitted as 23rd state - 1820
170. 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River - 1812
171. Battle of Guilford Court House, South Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) - 1781
172. Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Capt Cook - 1778
173. French King Louis XV declares war on England - 1744
174. Sister St. Stanislas Hachard, 1st U.S. nun, takes her vows, N Orleans - 1729
175. King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence - 1672
176. Spanish king Philip II puts 25,000 gold coins on head of prince Willem of Orange - 1580
177. General Francois de Guise enters Paris - 1562
178. Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France - 1560
179. Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after 1st new world voyage - 1493
180. Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews - 1391
181. Conservative "Popolo Grasso" regain power in Florence Italy - 1382
182. France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel - 1360
183. Battle at Riade: German King Henry I beats Magyaren - 0933
184. Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker of Italy - 0493
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