1. President Clinton faces sexual harrament charges from Paula Jones - 1998
2. NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking cameraman - 1997
3. 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan killing 5,372 die - 1995
4. Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup - 1995
5. "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 322 performances - 1995
6. Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis - 1995
7. 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage - 1994
8. Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment - 1994
9. 14th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards - 1993
10. Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45") - 1993
11. Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews) - 1992
12. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel - 1991
13. Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title - 1991
14. Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. led allies vs Iraq - 1991
15. Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) - 1991
16. 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin - 1990
17. Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract - 1990
18. Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 1990
19. Who, Simon and Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & - 1990
20. Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach - 1989
21. Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded - 1989
22. Murden and Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis) - 1989
23. Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami - 1989
24. Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti - 1988
25. "Teddy and Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 77 performances - 1988
26. President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran - 1987
27. Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1986
28. Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England) - 1985
29. Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws - 1984
30. 10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers - 1983
31. Alabama Gov George C Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time - 1983
32. Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians - 1983
33. Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege - 1981
34. NASA launches Fltsatcom-3 - 1980
35. New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers - 1979
36. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran - 1979
37. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1979
38. KC releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams - 1977
39. NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14 - 1977
40. Zaire president Mobutu visits Belgium - 1977
41. Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency - 1976
42. "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1 - 1976
43. Styne, Comdem and Green's musical "Lorelei," premieres in New York City - 1974
44. City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi - 1973
45. New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life - 1973
46. Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd - 1972
47. Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB - 1971
48. 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft - 1970
49. AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3 - 1970
50. John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass) - 1970
51. Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s - 1970
52. Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK - 1969
53. Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US - 1969
54. Soyuz 5 lands - 1969
55. Soyuz 4 and 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft - 1968
56. B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die - 1966
57. Martin Luther King, Jr. opens campaign in Chicago - 1966
58. Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km - 1963
59. Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 67 points vs LA - 1963
60. A NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m - 1962
61. Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in SF - 1962
62. Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba - 1961
63. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational - 1960
64. NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21 - 1960
65. "Say, Darling" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 332 performances - 1959
66. 9-county commission recommends creation of BART - 1957
67. Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance) - 1957
68. Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage - 1955
69. Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) - 1954
70. NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9 - 1954
71. Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister) - 1954
72. China refuses cease-fire in Korea - 1951
73. 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities - 1950
74. "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances - 1950
75. Netherlands and Indonesia agree to a cease fire - 1948
76. Trial of 11 U.S. Communist party members begins in New York City - 1948
77. Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die - 1947
78. United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting - 1946
79. Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation - 1945
80. Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work - 1945
81. Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) - 1945
82. Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary - 1945
83. Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean - 1944
84. Tin Can Drive Day - 1943
85. Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert - 1939
86. Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman - 1938
87. Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants - 1934
88. Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated - 1934
89. New York Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract - 1934
90. Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled - 1933
91. Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater" - 1929
92. 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented - 1928
93. George Burns marries Gracie Allen - 1926
94. Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied - 1923
95. Origin of Brown lunation numbers - 1923
96. Paul Deschanel elected president of France - 1920
97. U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands - 1917
98. 1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NY - 1916
99. Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in New York City - 1916
100. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens - 1915
101. Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine - 1915
102. Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus," premieres in Berlin - 1914
103. Raymond Poincare elected president of France - 1913
104. Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen - 1912
105. Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly - 1911
106. Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow," premieres in New York City - 1911
107. Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago - 1905
108. Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater - 1904
109. US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific - 1899
110. Felix Faure installed as president of France - 1895
111. French president Casimir-Perier resigns - 1895
112. -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record) - 1893
113. Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic - 1893
114. Brits beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan - 1885
115. 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office - 1882
116. Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction - 1874
117. 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873) - 1871
118. General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN - 1864
119. Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia - 1863
120. BBT Ft. Henry, Tennessee by USS Lexington - 1862
121. Flush toilet patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest!) - 1861
122. British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) - 1852
123. Johannes van den Bosch appointed Governor-General of Dutch-Indies - 1832
124. Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander - 1827
125. Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 U.S. families to settle in Texas - 1821
126. Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery - 1779
127. 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol - 1775
128. R B Sheridan's "Rivals," premieres in London - 1775
129. Capt James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S) - 1773
130. German Diet declares war on Prussia - 1757
131. Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats and massacres Scots - 1746
132. Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53 - 1718
133. Brandenburg and Sweden sign Treaty of Konigsberg - 1656
134. France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex in treaty with Spain - 1601
135. French king Henri IV declares war on Spain - 1595
136. Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar - 1584
137. Edict of St. Germain recognizes Huguenots in France - 1562
138. Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III - 1536
139. Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna - 1501
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