1. Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus vs. Pakistan, MCG - 1997
2. UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in New York City) - 1995
3. Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54) - 1994
4. "2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 29 performances - 1992
5. 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins - 1991
6. US and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (US time) - 1991
7. 2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering - 1990
8. Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague - 1989
9. U.S.S.R. announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars - 1989
10. 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins - 1988
11. Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks - 1988
12. NFL St. Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix - 1988
13. Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam - 1986
14. "Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds - 1985
15. 11th American Music Award: Michael Jackson - 1984
16. Paul and Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis - 1984
17. Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth - 1981
18. Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Bjorn Borg - 1981
19. John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK - 1981
20. Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and husband - 1981
21. Paul McCartney jailed in Tokyo for 10 days on marijuana possession - 1980
22. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran flees Iran for Egypt - 1979
23. 5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and C Twitty - 1978
24. Soyuz 27 returns to Earth - 1978
25. Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders - 1977
26. "Donny and Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV - 1976
27. Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive" - 1976
28. "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published - 1974
29. L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon - 1974
30. New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame - 1974
31. NBC presents 440th and final showing of "Bonanza" - 1973
32. U.S.S.R.'s Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of Moon - 1973
33. Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ - 1972
34. Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB - 1972
35. Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7) - 1971
36. AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed - 1970
37. Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya - 1970
38. Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause - 1970
39. NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4) - 1970
40. Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space - 1969
41. 21st NHL All-Star Game: Toronto beat All-Stars 4-3 at Toronto - 1968
42. Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," premieres in New York City - 1968
43. 1st black government installed in Bahamas - 1967
44. Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent - 1967
45. Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US - 1966
46. Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center - 1966
47. AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-14 - 1965
48. "Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 125 performances - 1965
49. "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV - 1965
50. Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3 - 1965
51. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1965
52. AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City A's to Louisville - 1964
53. "Hello, Dolly!" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 2,844 performances - 1964
54. Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb - 1963
55. Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres - 1963
56. Shooting begins on "Dr. No" - 1962
57. Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" - 1962
58. "Conquering Hero" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 8 performances - 1961
59. Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain - 1961
60. William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw," premieres in New York City - 1958
61. 3 B-52s leave California for 1st non-stop round world flights - 1957
62. Cavern Club (Beatle's) opens on Matthews Street in England - 1957
63. Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine - 1956
64. Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open - 1955
65. NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19 - 1955
66. "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1928 performances - 1954
67. 27th Australian Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62) - 1953
68. 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64) - 1953
69. Egyptian Premier Gen Naguib disbands all political parties - 1953
70. KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
71. New Dutch bible translation finished - 1952
72. US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary - 1952
73. Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi - 1951
74. World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, New York City) - 1951
75. Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel - 1950
76. KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, California (NBC) 1st broadcast - 1949
77. "Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 23 performances - 1949
78. WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, D.C. (CBS) 1st broadcast - 1949
79. 35 Haganah members are ambushed and killed in Gush Etzyon - 1948
80. Vincent Aurial elected president of France - 1947
81. Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg - 1945
82. U.S. 1st and 3rd army meet at Houffalise - 1945
83. General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London - 1944
84. 1st U.S. air raid on Ambon - 1943
85. -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record) - 1943
86. German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow - 1943
87. Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad - 1943
88. William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a general in U.S. army - 1942
89. U.S. Vice Admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor - 1941
90. War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets - 1941
91. Comic strip "Superman" debuts - 1939
92. Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing - 1938
93. 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla - 1936
94. Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president - 1936
95. Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular - 1936
96. Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test - 1933
97. Bradman scores 223 Australia vs. WI, 297 mins, 26 fours - 1931
98. Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense - 1925
99. Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council - 1925
100. 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933 - 1920
101. 1st assembly of League of Nations in Paris - 1920
102. Georgia declares independence - 1920
103. Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th - 1919
104. Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific International Expo gold coin - 1915
105. Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia - 1914
106. British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland - 1913
107. Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east - 1911
108. British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole - 1909
109. David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole - 1909
110. Pinnacles National Monument, California established - 1908
111. Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco) - 1906
112. Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months - 1905
113. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals - 1905
114. John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal - 1897
115. 128 degrees F (53 degrees C), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record) - 1889
116. Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes - 1887
117. Pendleton Act creates basis of U.S. Civil Service system - 1883
118. Quebec Rugby Football Union forms - 1883
119. January record 13" of snow falls in New York City (broken Jan 7, 1996) - 1879
120. Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop - 1877
121. Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman - 1871
122. Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War - 1870
123. Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit - 1868
124. Confederate brig-gen John Pegram marries Hetty Cary - 1865
125. Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die - 1865
126. Gen Wm Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks) - 1865
127. SF Dramatic Chronicle started - 1865
128. Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee - 1864
129. Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde - 1832
130. Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies - 1819
131. French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Neth - 1795
132. Battle at Cape St. Vincent: Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet - 1780
133. Vermont declares independence from NY - 1777
134. Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks - 1776
135. Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) - 1765
136. British Museum opens in London - 1759
137. England and Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster - 1756
138. English parliament passes laws against Catholicism - 1581
139. Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain - 1556
140. Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow - 1547
141. English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting - 1531
142. Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip - 1493
143. Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade - 1325
144. Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed - 1219
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