1. John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker - 1997
2. New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game - 1997
3. 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11 - 1995
4. 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22 - 1995
5. 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins - 1994
6. Aruba government of Oduber falls - 1994
7. Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark - 1994
8. "Little More Magic" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 30 performances - 1994
9. "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 72 performances - 1994
10. Val Skinner wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship - 1994
11. Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights - 1993
12. STS-56 (Discovery) lands - 1993
13. Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46) - 1991
14. Railroad workers go on strike in U.S. - 1991
15. Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die - 1990
16. 18th Boston Women's Marath won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Nor in 2:24:33 - 1989
17. 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06 - 1989
18. Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week - 1989
19. Polish labor union granted legal status - 1989
20. Soviet-U.S. agreement allows Soviets to fight U.S. pros - 1989
21. Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50) - 1988
22. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star/Centinela Hospital Golf Classic - 1988
23. Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points - 1987
24. New York Richard Wilbur appointed as U.S. poet laureate - 1987
25. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1987
26. IBM produces 1st megabit-chip - 1986
27. Netherlands and Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651) - 1986
28. Pulitzer prize awarded to Larry McMurtry for "Lonesome Dove" - 1986
29. Braves pitcher Pascual Perez suspended due to cocaine usage - 1984
30. Libyan embassy demonstration, 1 shot dead - 1984
31. 1st National Coin Week begins - 1983
32. Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29) - 1983
33. In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters - 1983
34. India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket - 1983
35. Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in one Stanley Cup playoff game - 1983
36. Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic - 1983
37. Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter - 1983
38. Canada adopts its constitution - 1982
39. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1982
40. Isle Potvin's 3 playoff power-play goals tie NHL record vs Oilers - 1981
41. Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot - 1981
42. Brian Clark's "Whose Life is it Anyway?," premieres in London - 1979
43. 63,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record) - 1978
44. 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52 - 1978
45. 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13 - 1978
46. Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden" - 1978
47. Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election - 1977
48. "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 864 performances - 1977
49. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament - 1977
50. NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs - 1976
51. Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea National Day) - 1975
52. Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead - 1975
53. Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt - 1974
54. 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59 - 1973
55. 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oreg in 2:16:03 - 1973
56. 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26 - 1972
57. 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39 - 1972
58. Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats - 1972
59. Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed - 1972
60. Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (FAR) - 1971
61. People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman - 1971
62. Apollo 13 returns back safely to Earth - 1970
63. Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released - 1970
64. Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons - 1969
65. Czechoslovakia's Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek deposed - 1969
66. Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0 - 1969
67. Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy - 1969
68. The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert - 1969
69. A's 1st game in Oakland-Alameda Stadium, lose 4-1 to Baltimore Orioles - 1968
70. "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 72 performances - 1968
71. Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off - 1967
72. Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20 - 1967
73. 100th International soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1) - 1966
74. Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational - 1966
75. 1st game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3 - 1964
76. "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 3 performances - 1964
77. Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base) - 1964
78. "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 375 performances - 1964
79. Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world - 1964
80. 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro - 1961
81. 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment," Burt Lancaster and Liz Taylor win - 1961
82. American Samoa sets up a constitutional government - 1960
83. Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn - 1960
84. Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens - 1958
85. Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns - 1956
86. Kominform disbands - 1956
87. Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain - 1956
88. U.S.S.R.'s Cominform (Parliament) dissolves - 1956
89. Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament - 1956
90. Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1955
91. Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Washington D.C.'s Griffith Stadium - 1953
92. New York Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4 - 1951
93. Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit - 1947
94. Syria declares independence from French administration - 1946
95. 8th Air Force bombs Dresden - 1945
96. German occupiers flood Wieringermeer Neth - 1945
97. Mussolono flees from Salo to Molan - 1945
98. U.S. troops lands in Mindanao - 1945
99. Admiral Yamamoto flies from Truk to Rabaul - 1943
100. SS-lt-general Jurgen Stoop arrives in Warsaw - 1943
101. 12 Lancasters bombs MAN-factory in Augsburg - 1942
102. Operations begin to destroy Sobibor Concentration Camp - 1942
103. British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis - 1941
104. Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing) - 1941
105. Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in 1 for heavyweight boxing title - 1939
106. SN Behrman's "No Time for Comedy," premieres in New York City - 1939
107. Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact - 1939
108. Cartoon characters Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and Petunia Pig, debut - 1937
109. Provincial-National elections (Musserts NSB achieves 7.9%/44 chairs) - 1935
110. New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5 - 1934
111. Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating New York Giants 23-21 - 1933
112. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery - 1932
113. Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR - 1930
114. Japan's Wakarsoeki government falls/Baron Tanaka becomes premier - 1927
115. New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery - 1925
116. Paul Painleve follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier - 1925
117. Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer merged to form MGM - 1924
118. Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14 - 1923
119. American Professional Football Association forms (NFL) - 1920
120. 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson's "Ragging The Baby To Sleep") - 1912
121. Ellis Island, New York - 11,745 immigrants arrive - 1907
122. U.S. Supreme Court judges maximum work day unconstitutional - 1905
123. 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession - 1900
124. Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) - 1895
125. 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1 - 1892
126. "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain - 1875
127. 1st pro baseball games-Cin Reds 24, Cin amateurs 15 - 1869
128. Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination - 1865
129. Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina - 1864
130. Bread revolt in Savannah, Georgia - 1864
131. Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges - 1864
132. R Grierson's: La Grange, Tennessee to Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 1863
133. Indianola Texas - "Star of West" taken by Confederacy - 1861
134. Virginia is 8th state to secede - 1861
135. Thorbecke government resigns - 1853
136. U.S. Marine Hospital at Presidio San Francisco forms - 1853
137. Guatemala forms republic - 1839
138. Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N - 1824
139. 1st U.S. school for deaf (Hartford, Conn) - 1817
140. Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of U.S. ships - 1808
141. Battle of Warsaw - 1793
142. Francis Williams, 1st U.S. black college graduate, publishes poems - 1758
143. French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands - 1747
144. Charles VI Habsburg becomes king of Austria - 1711
145. 1st successful U.S. newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell - 1704
146. 1st commercial fishery established - 1629
147. Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais - 1596
148. Siena surrenders for Spanish troops - 1555
149. Sir Thomas Moore confined in London Tower - 1534
150. Giovanni Verrazano, a florentine navigator, discovers New York Bay - 1524
151. Martin Luther is excommunicated from Roman Catholic Church - 1521
152. Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies - 1492
153. Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown - 1421
154. Benedict III ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0858
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