1. "1776," closes at Criterion Theater New York City - 1997
2. CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Saskatchawan, 47-23 - 1997
3. 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards - 1996
4. "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances - 1996
5. Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease - 1995
6. Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery - 1995
7. "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 32 performances - 1993
8. Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter at Belmont - 1993
9. Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum - 1993
10. Manuel Noriega claims U.S. denied him a fair trial - 1990
11. 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops - 1989
12. "Gypsy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 477 performances - 1989
13. South Africa President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act - 1989
14. Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years - 1988
15. Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs - 1988
16. Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson - 1988
17. Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins parliamentary election - 1988
18. Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel - 1988
19. Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz - 1987
20. Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago" - 1987
21. 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center - 1984
22. Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record - 1984
23. Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket - 1984
24. John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him" - 1984
25. Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose - 1983
26. 5th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 5-lands at Edwards AFB - 1982
27. Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike - 1982
28. Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight - 1982
29. Tom Stoppard's "Real Thing," premieres in London - 1982
30. Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis - 1981
31. Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch) - 1981
32. "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances - 1981
33. Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards - 1980
34. Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas" - 1979
35. Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft - 1978
36. Rod Carew wins AL MVP award - 1977
37. Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec - 1976
38. Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 - 1976
39. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open - 1975
40. 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away - 1974
41. John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" - 1974
42. Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record) - 1974
43. John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album - 1973
44. President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline - 1973
45. Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit - 1973
46. "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 5 performances - 1972
47. 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported - 1969
48. Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury - 1966
49. Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP - 1966
50. Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) - 1965
51. Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Prototype Community of Tomorrow - 1965
52. Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission - 1964
53. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1964
54. Toledo, OH newspaper strike began - 1963
55. Touch-tone telephone introduced - 1963
56. Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic) - 1962
57. Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 73 points vs New York Knicks - 1962
58. Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries - 1961
59. NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP - 1960
60. "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 1443 performances - 1959
61. Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Philadelphia 111-89 - 1957
62. "Copper and Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 36 performances - 1957
63. Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 - 1957
64. 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell) - 1955
65. Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry" - 1955
66. KLM orders 8 DC-8's - 1955
67. Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco - 1955
68. Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election - 1952
69. Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops - 1950
70. U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps - 1950
71. U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat - 1950
72. Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel - 1948
73. 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis - 1947
74. Yeshiva College (Univesity), chartered in NY, 1st U.S. Jewish College - 1945
75. U.S. 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen - 1944
76. Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed - 1942
77. German troops conquer Kertsh (probably) - 1941
78. Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail - 1939
79. German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland - 1939
80. K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India - 1938
81. German air force begins bombing of Madrid - 1936
82. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Jumbo," premieres in New York City - 1935
83. Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator - 1933
84. Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. - 1933
85. New York Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0 - 1926
86. American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY) - 1925
87. Philip Barry's "In a Garden," premieres in New York City - 1925
88. Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL and major-league football record) - 1924
89. Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite - 1922
90. Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help - 1922
91. 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut - 1920
92. Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Bela Kuns Soviet Republic - 1919
93. Hungarian People's Republic declared - 1918
94. British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa - 1917
95. Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in New York City - 1916
96. I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City - 1916
97. U.S.S.R. La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000 - 1916
98. Federal Reserve System formally opens - 1914
99. Pope Benedict XV calls for peace - 1914
100. EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms - 1909
101. Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting New York's Metropolitan Opera - 1908
102. Oklahoma becomes 46th state - 1907
103. Neth/Russ Count Witte becomes premier of Russia - 1905
104. V Herbert and H Smith' musical "Babette," premieres in New York City - 1903
105. 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds - 1901
106. 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan - 1894
107. French capt Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa - 1894
108. British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger - 1882
109. Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians - 1875
110. William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities - 1875
111. Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I - 1870
112. Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia - 1864
113. Union Gen William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War - 1864
114. Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities - 1863
115. Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow - 1859
116. Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens - 1856
117. Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City) - 1841
118. N E Guerin of New York patents cork-filled life preserver - 1841
119. Charles Darwins voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society - 1835
120. New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business - 1824
121. Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards - 1811
122. Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French - 1805
123. 1st edition of New York Evening Post - 1801
124. Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress - 1798
125. 1st gun salute - for U.S. Andrea Doria at Ft. St. Eustatius - 1776
126. British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution - 1776
127. West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname - 1771
128. Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac - 1764
129. English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel - 1763
130. Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia - 1700
131. Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia - 1683
132. French troops occupy Freiburg - 1677
133. 1st colonial prision organized, Nantucket Mass - 1676
134. Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein - 1632
135. Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen - 1572
136. Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca - 1532
137. French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever - 1380
138. Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany - 0013
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