1. President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy" - 1997
2. Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI - 1994
3. "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 5 performances - 1993
4. Shannen Doherty (Brenda) is fired from Beverly Hills 90210 - 1993
5. Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez - 1991
6. U.N. reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote - 1991
7. Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti - 1990
8. KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions - 1990
9. Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL) - 1989
10. Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia - 1989
11. Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud - 1988
12. Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea - 1987
13. Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission - 1985
14. Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding - 1983
15. Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time - 1983
16. Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets - 1982
17. Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls - 1981
18. Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State - 1980
19. 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0) - 1979
20. QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys - 1979
21. Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR - 1978
22. Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN - 1976
23. Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins - 1976
24. Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis - 1976
25. Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea - 1976
26. 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV - 1975
27. Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn - 1975
28. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1974
29. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1974
30. O. J. Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season - 1973
31. Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect - 1972
32. Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0) - 1972
33. Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan - 1971
34. Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released - 1971
35. India's army occupies Dacca, West Pakistani troops surrenders - 1971
36. 1st successful landing on Venus (U.S.S.R.) - 1970
37. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1970
38. Brit House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty - 1969
39. "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing - 1969
40. KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin begins broadcasting - 1968
41. Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago - 1967
42. Beatles release "Everywhere its Christmas" in UK - 1966
43. Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe," in the UK - 1966
44. Gemini 6 returns to Earth - 1965
45. Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit - 1965
46. Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga - 1965
47. U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean - 1964
48. David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres - 1962
49. Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy - 1962
50. New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31) - 1962
51. "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden New York City after 55 performances - 1961
52. TWA 266 and United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134 - 1960
53. "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 172 performances - 1960
54. Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48 - 1959
55. Bogota warehouse fire kills 82 - 1958
56. "Fanny" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 888 performances - 1956
57. 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters) - 1953
58. Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A - 1953
59. "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances - 1950
60. Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism" - 1950
61. Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier - 1949
62. "Lend an Ear" opens at National Theater New York City for 460 performances - 1948
63. Cleveland Rams win NFL championship - 1945
64. Battle of Bulge begins in Belgium - 1944
65. Gen Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie - 1944
66. German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill) - 1944
67. US 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid - 1944
68. "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200 - 1943
69. Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia and Balkan - 1942
70. Sarawak occupied by Japanese - 1941
71. British air raid on Mannheim - 1940
72. Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago - 1940
73. Bradman scores 251* SA vs. NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes - 1939
74. Bradman scores 143 South Aust vs. NSW, 11 fours 91 singles - 1938
75. John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in New York City - 1936
76. Abe de Vries and Sipke Castelein win Elfstedentocht - 1933
77. Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed - 1932
78. German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism - 1931
79. Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award - 1930
80. Chicago Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1 - 1929
81. Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia - 1927
82. Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris - 1926
83. Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner - 1926
84. WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions - 1926
85. Noel Coward's "Vortex," premieres in London - 1924
86. Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs) formally organizes - 1922
87. NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket - 1922
88. 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die - 1920
89. Jack Dempsey KOs Carl Morris in 14 seconds - 1918
90. Albert Einstein publishes the General Theory of Relativity - 1915
91. French offensive in Artois (Petain) - 1914
92. Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week - 1913
93. 1st U.S. postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued - 1912
94. Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia - 1912
95. US pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office - 1909
96. 1st credit union in U.S. forms (Manchester NH) - 1908
97. Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York) - 1907
98. Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise - 1907
99. "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published - 1905
100. Majestic Theater, New York City, becomes 1st in U.S. to employ women ushers - 1903
101. Boer general Kritzinger captured - 1901
102. Boer army under gen Kritzinger take Cape colony - 1900
103. 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated - 1897
104. Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres - 1893
105. Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA vs. NSW - 1892
106. Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN - 1890
107. Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" - 1886
108. Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State - 1884
109. Republic of South-Africa forms - 1880
110. Anton Bruckner's 3rd Symphony in D, premieres - 1877
111. Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities - 1864
112. Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution - 1862
113. Dutch government decides to vacate Schokland Island - 1858
114. Earthquake in Naples, Italy - 1857
115. Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa - 1838
116. Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City - 1835
117. Great North Holland Canal opens - 1824
118. Leaders of Molukkas uprising hanged in Ambon - 1817
119. 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri - 1811
120. Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate - 1809
121. Big tea party in Boston harbor-indians welcome (Boston Tea Party) - 1773
122. Van Ritter von Glucks opera "Alceste" premiers - 1767
123. Russian army occupies Kolberg - 1761
124. Prussian Libya falls to Silezie - 1740
125. English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution - 1689
126. General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland - 1659
127. Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector - 1653
128. Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000 - 1631
129. Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay) - 1617
130. Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king Istvan Bathory - 1577
131. King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants - 1538
132. King Henry VI of England crowned king of France - 1431
133. Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding John VIII - 0882
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