1. "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 23 performances - 1995
2. KLM's last DC-10 goes out of service - 1994
3. Bangladesh moslem call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin - 1993
4. Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m (1:12.54) - 1993
5. Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse - 1993
6. Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27) - 1993
7. "Christmas Carol" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 22 performances - 1992
8. Gen Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus - 1992
9. Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts - 1991
10. NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80 - 1991
11. Patrick Manning becomes premier of Trinidad and Tobago - 1991
12. Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode - 1991
13. KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions - 1990
14. 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2) - 1989
15. Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello pres - 1989
16. Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA vs. WA) - 1989
17. Patti Rizzo/Mike Hill wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship - 1989
18. 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1) - 1988
19. Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Washington Caps) - 1988
20. New York Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2 - 1988
21. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1988
22. USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned - 1988
23. Czechoslovak party leader Gustav Husak resigns - 1987
24. Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) - 1986
25. U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee - 1986
26. New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton - 1984
27. New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0 - 1984
28. Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured - 1983
29. Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die - 1983
30. "Peg" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 5 performances - 1983
31. Members of Red Brigades kidnap Brig Gen James L Dozier - 1981
32. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1980
33. Mauritania provisional constitution published - 1980
34. Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph - 1979
35. OPEC raises oil prices 18% - 1978
36. Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda - 1978
37. Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41 - 1977
38. Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1st U.S. TV appearance (SNL) - 1977
39. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1977
40. Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national - 1976
41. 1st time New York Islanders shut-out New York Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th - 1975
42. John Paul Stevens appointed to Supreme Court - 1975
43. Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life - 1975
44. Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait - 1973
45. New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan - 1972
46. WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast - 1972
47. Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir - 1971
48. "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US - 1971
49. Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting - 1971
50. Gdansk, Poland shipworkers strike - 1970
51. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1970
52. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1970
53. 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show - 1969
54. USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings - 1969
55. WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
56. Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert - 1965
57. British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia - 1965
58. David Levy begins his search for comets - 1965
59. Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine - 1965
60. Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents ) - 1965
61. Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea - 1963
62. West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules - 1963
63. Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People and Places) - 1962
64. Current constitution of Monaco promulgated - 1962
65. Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil - 1961
66. India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies - 1961
67. Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die - 1961
68. "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 835 performances - 1960
69. Pablo Casals' oratorio "El Pesebrio," premieres - 1960
70. "Take Me Along" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 448 performances - 1960
71. 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) - 1959
72. "On The Beach," is 1st film to premiere on both sides of Iron Curtain - 1959
73. US successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile - 1957
74. 1st fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary, Indiana) - 1954
75. WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
76. Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad - 1953
77. FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications - 1953
78. Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants - 1951
79. Burma recognizes People's Republic of China - 1949
80. "Regina" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 86 performances - 1949
81. NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow - 1947
82. WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1947
83. Bradman and Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea - 1946
84. U.S. V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM - 1946
85. Green Bay Packers win NFL championship - 1944
86. Japanese-Americans released from detention camps - 1944
87. M-Ocean View streetcar resumes service and is extended to Market St - 1944
88. U.S. Army announces end of excluding Jap-Americans from West Coast - 1944
89. US destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed - 1944
90. Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1943
91. Allies in London sentence German war criminals - 1942
92. Dutch and Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor - 1941
93. German submarine U-31 sunk - 1941
94. German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa - 1941
95. British troops occupies Sollum - 1940
96. German pocket battleship Graf Spee scuttled by its crew off Uruguay - 1939
97. Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire - 1938
98. Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and dummy Charlie McCarthy, appear on TV - 1936
99. B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, Eng vs. India at Bombay - 1933
100. Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118) - 1933
101. NFL starts official stats as Bears beat Giants 23-21 in champ game - 1933
102. Spain's 2nd Government of Lerroux forms - 1933
103. Cards trade Jim Bottomley to Reds for Estel Crabtree and Ownie Carroll - 1932
104. John McGraw backs NL President John Heydler's designated hitter idea - 1928
105. Bradman scores 118 on 1st-class cricket debut, 188 mins 8 fours - 1927
106. U.S. submarine 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard - 1927
107. Victoria score 793 against Queensland, Bill Ponsford 437 - 1927
108. German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army - 1926
109. KYA-AM in San Francisco, California begins radio transmissions - 1926
110. Lithuanian military state under gen Augustine Woldemaras - 1926
111. Col William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination - 1925
112. Russia and Turkey sign non-aggresion pact - 1925
113. 1st U.S. diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, New York - 1924
114. Greek king George II overthrown by army/republic - 1923
115. Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate - 1922
116. AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it - 1920
117. British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru - 1920
118. Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands - 1920
119. South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa - 1920
120. Austria parliament approves 8-hour day - 1919
121. Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland - 1914
122. Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate - 1914
123. Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities - 1914
124. Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels - 1909
125. Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan - 1907
126. At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) - 1903
127. Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin - 1902
128. 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy - 1900
129. New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million - 1900
130. Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, D.C. - 1895
131. George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) - 1895
132. Cricket day 3 1T Aus vs. Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn - 1894
133. Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France - 1893
134. Tsjaikovski's ballet "Casse-noisette," premieres in St. Petersburg - 1892
135. Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris - 1887
136. France declares Madagascar a protectorate - 1885
137. Violent bread riots in Montreal - 1875
138. Franz Schubert's "Unvolendete" Symphony," premieres - 1865
139. Battle of Franklin, TN - 1864
140. Gen U.S. Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee - 1862
141. Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County - 1860
142. 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized - 1852
143. HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire - 1832
144. Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons - 1821
145. Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain - 1819
146. 1st impeachment trial against a U.S. senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins - 1798
147. Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city - 1792
148. New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street - 1791
149. Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City - 1790
150. Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov - 1788
151. France recognizes independence of English colonies in America - 1777
152. George Washingtons army returns to Valley Forge Pa - 1777
153. Bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland - 1745
154. Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue - 1728
155. England declares war on Spain - 1718
156. French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine - 1638
157. Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands - 1587
158. Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands - 1572
159. Pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII - 1538
160. Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia - 1526
161. Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition - 1526
162. St. Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0283
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