1. America On Line, begins service in Japan - 1997
2. Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams - 1997
3. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte North Carolina on WXRC 95.7 FM - 1997
4. 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9 - 1996
5. 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 - 1996
6. "Apple Doesn't Fall" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 1 performance - 1996
7. Indians loses 1st game at Jacobs Field, Kansas City wins 2-1 - 1994
8. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (21 days after his divorce) weds Mary Richardson - 1994
9. WMMS-FM's Jeff and Flash, and entire station staff, are fired - 1994
10. Billionaire Leona Helmsly is sent to jail for tax evasion - 1992
11. Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight - 1992
12. Lincoln Hospital in Bronx loses its accreditation - 1992
13. New York Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438) - 1992
14. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame - 1992
15. 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18 - 1991
16. 95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06 - 1991
17. East-Europe Bank forms in London - 1991
18. Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa - 1991
19. Former child actor Adam Rich charged with burglary - 1991
20. Magic Johnson sets NBA record for career assistswith 9,898 - 1991
21. Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week - 1991
22. Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road - 1991
23. "Secret Garden" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 706 performances - 1991
24. Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins) - 1991
25. Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best - 1990
26. "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV - 1990
27. 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England - 1989
28. South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries - 1989
29. Students in Beijing pro-democracy protests - 1989
30. Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48) - 1989
31. Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois - 1989
32. Meteorite exploded above Indonesia - 1988
33. Wendy Wasserstein's "Heidi Chronicles," premieres in New York City - 1988
34. Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres in New York City - 1987
35. "Barbara Cook: A Concert..." opens at Ambassador New York City for 13 performances - 1987
36. U.S. air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing - 1986
37. Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs. England in Antigua Test Cricket - 1986
38. 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06 - 1985
39. 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05 - 1985
40. Challenger moves to launch pad for 51-B mission - 1985
41. South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites - 1985
42. 48th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 277 - 1984
43. Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament - 1984
44. Extremist Sikhs plunder 40 stations in Punjab India - 1984
45. "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 13 performances - 1984
46. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1984
47. Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead - 1983
48. Tokyo Disneyland opens - 1983
49. Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display - 1982
50. Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story - 1981
51. 43rd Golf Masters Championship: Fuzzy Zoeller wins, shooting a 280 - 1979
52. 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy - 1978
53. Great Britain performs nuclear test - 1978
54. 1st baseball game at Montreal's Olympic Stadium - 1977
55. Yankee stadium reopens, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0 - 1976
56. 1st appearance of San Diego Chicken - 1975
57. Gabon amends constitution - 1975
58. Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead - 1975
59. 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11 - 1974
60. 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39 - 1974
61. Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed - 1974
62. 2nd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright - 1973
63. Walt Disney Store opens - 1973
64. Barbra Striesand, James Taylor, Carole King and Quincy Jones perform at a benefit for George McGovern for President - 1972
65. 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton," George C Scott and Glenda Jackson win - 1971
66. "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 35 performances - 1971
67. "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 8 performances - 1970
68. Libyan leader Gadaffi launches "Green Revolution" - 1970
69. WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, PR ([M]) begins broadcasting - 1970
70. WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, PR ([P]) begins broadcasting - 1970
71. North Korea shoots at U.S. airplane above Japanese sea - 1969
72. Houston Astros beat New York Mets, 1-0, in 24 innings - 1968
73. "Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 457 performances - 1967
74. KHET TV channel 11 in Honolulu, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1966
75. Rolling Stones release "Aftermath" - 1966
76. James Baldwin's "Amen Corner," premieres in New York City - 1965
77. NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold - 1965
78. Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (world's longest) - 1964
79. Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia - 1964
80. "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances - 1963
81. U.S. national debt above $300,000,000,000 - 1962
82. "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances - 1961
83. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U - 1960
84. Fidel Castro begins U.S. goodwill tour - 1959
85. U.S. Secretary of States John Foster Dulles resigns - 1959
86. 10th Emmy Awards: Gunsmoke, Robert Young and Jane Wyatt - 1958
87. 1st baseball game in California, San Francisco Giants beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-0 - 1958
88. Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery - 1957
89. KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1957
90. Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million - 1957
91. Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1956
92. Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois - 1955
93. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1955
94. KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
95. Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1 - 1954
96. WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
97. Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow - 1954
98. Malans National Party wins South African elections - 1953
99. WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
100. 1st B-52 prototype test flight - 1952
101. Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card - 1952
102. Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Montreal Canadiens in 4 games - 1952
103. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1952
104. Michael Gorsira is 1st person in charge of Curacao - 1951
105. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri - 1949
106. 1st Jewish-Arab military battle, arabs defeated - 1948
107. Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created - 1948
108. KCPX (now KTVX) TV channel 4 in Salt Lake City, UT (ABC) 1st broadcast - 1948
109. Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut - 1947
110. Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio - 1947
111. British and Canadian troops liberate Nazi camp of Bergen-Belsen - 1945
112. Franklin D. Roosevelt buried on grounds of Hyde Park home - 1945
113. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Communium interpretes dolorum - 1945
114. U.S. troops occupy concentration camp Colditz - 1945
115. Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase - 1943
116. George VI awards George Cross to people of Malta - 1942
117. 1st helicopter flight of 1 hr duration, Stratford, Connecticut - 1941
118. British troops land at Narvik, Norway - 1940
119. Albert Lebrun elected president of France - 1939
120. Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 3 games to 2 - 1937
121. 1st walk across American backwards begins - 1931
122. Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco forms - 1928
123. Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke) - 1927
124. Switzerland and U.S.S.R. agree to diplomatic relations - 1927
125. NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 - 1925
126. Flemish-Walloon riots in Louvain Belgium, 1 dead - 1924
127. WHO-AM in Des Moines Iowa begins radio transmissions - 1924
128. 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City) - 1923
129. Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics - 1923
130. Banting, MacLeod and Best discover insulin - 1922
131. Poodle Dog Restaurant closes - 1922
132. Black Friday- Labour Party strike of mine workers fails - 1921
133. New Canadian small cent coin is released - 1920
134. Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents - 1918
135. Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid - 1915
136. New York Giant Rube Marquard no-hits Bkln, 2-0 - 1915
137. Titanic sinks at 2:27 AM off Newfoundland as band plays on - 1912
138. Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St. New York City - 1911
139. Walter Johnson pitches a record tying 4 strike outs in an inning - 1911
140. Taft is 1st President to throw out a 1st ball at a baseball game - 1910
141. Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo - 1909
142. New York Giant Red Ames 2nd no-hitter, loses in 13 on a 7 hitter to Dodgers - 1909
143. Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US" - 1902
144. 1st British motorized burial - 1901
145. An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs - 1900
146. International Exposition opens in Paris - 1900
147. 1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece - 1896
148. Josephine Blatt (U.S.) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record) - 1895
149. General Electric Company, forms and is incorporated in New York - 1892
150. Harley Procter introduces Ivory Soap - 1878
151. 1st telephone installed: Boston-Somerville, Massachusetts - 1877
152. New York legislature passes compulsory education law - 1874
153. Last day U.S. silver coins allow to circulate in Canada - 1870
154. Otto von Bismarck elevated to earl - 1865
155. President Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater - 1865
156. General Steeles' Union troops occupies Camden, Arkansas - 1864
157. Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by President Lincoln - 1861
158. Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists - 1858
159. Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops - 1853
160. Earl G. Andrassy sentenced to death in Hungary - 1851
161. City of San Francisco incorporated - 1850
162. 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut - 1817
163. James Ross discovers North Magnetic pole - 1800
164. Bank of England hands out 1st 5 pound note - 1793
165. England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty - 1788
166. 1st balloon flight in Ireland - 1784
167. Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy - 1776
168. Bottle opener invented - 1738
169. Johann S Bachs "Matthaus Passion" premieres in Leipzig - 1729
170. Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar - 1716
171. Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina - 1715
172. Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden - 1697
173. French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain - 1689
174. England and Netherlands signs peace treaty - 1654
175. Swedish and Saxon army beat Earl Tilly - 1632
176. Hugo the Great arrives in France - 1621
177. Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Broth - 1595
178. Fleming Pieter Stevens appointed royal painter of Rudolf II (Prague) - 1594
179. Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal - 1581
180. French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War - 1450
181. Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue - 1250
182. Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople - 1205
183. British Army liberates Belsen concentration camp - 1045
184. Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy - 0069
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