1. Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft - 1997
2. FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash - 1997
3. Mavericks' A C Green ties Randy Smith's NBA record of 906 cons games - 1997
4. Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000 - 1997
5. Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500 - 1997
6. Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder - 1996
7. Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World - 1995
8. Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen - 1995
9. "Star Trek VII - Generations," premieres - 1994
10. 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador - 1993
11. Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution - 1993
12. NAFTA passes House of Representatives - 1993
13. North-Siberia record cold for November (-55 degrees C) - 1993
14. Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness - 1993
15. WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution - 1993
16. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas NV on KXTE 107.5 FM - 1992
17. "Malcolm X" with Denzel Washington premieres in US - 1992
18. Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92 - 1991
19. France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti - 1991
20. Moslem Shites release hostages Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland - 1991
21. 1st Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 11 -4 at Lake Nona CC FLA - 1990
22. "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 241 performances - 1990
23. NFL New York Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0 - 1990
24. Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait - 1990
25. Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so - 1989
26. 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station - 1987
27. Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair - 1987
28. Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP - 1987
29. Roger Clemens wins AL MVP - 1986
30. Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young - 1985
31. Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport - 1985
32. Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City (WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons) - 1985
33. Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us" - 1985
34. "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 9 performances - 1984
35. 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17 - 1984
36. Browns set team records for most sacks (11) - 1984
37. Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders - 1984
38. New Jersey Devils shutout New York Rangers 6-0 - 1984
39. Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World - 1982
40. Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP - 1981
41. Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP - 1980
42. "Heaven's Gate" premieres - 1980
43. Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969) - 1980
44. Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage - 1979
45. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1978
46. Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship - 1976
47. Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett - 1976
48. Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to U.S. - 1975
49. Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games - 1975
50. Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests - 1973
51. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1971
52. Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title - 1970
53. Johnny Bench wins NL MVP - 1970
54. Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds - 1970
55. Netherlands and Albania form diplomatic relations - 1970
56. Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon - 1970
57. Milt coup in Mali, President Keita ousted - 1968
58. British government devalues pounds from U.S. equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40 - 1967
59. Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow - 1966
60. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1966
61. U.S. RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays - 1966
62. Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP - 1965
63. Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP - 1964
64. J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar" - 1964
65. Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone - 1963
66. England's Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under Thames opens - 1963
67. King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco) - 1963
68. "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances - 1961
69. John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam - 1961
70. "Kwamina" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 32 performances - 1961
71. U.S. Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed - 1961
72. Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels - 1960
73. Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration - 1960
74. Washington Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year - 1959
75. 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens - 1958
76. Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay - 1958
77. Tunisia refuses Russian weapons - 1957
78. Morocco gains independence - 1956
79. Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight - 1955
80. Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal - 1954
81. Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage - 1953
82. British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt - 1951
83. Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft - 1951
84. "See it Now" premieres on TV - 1951
85. South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions - 1950
86. NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP - 1949
87. Arnold Schonberg's Prelude for orch and mixed choir, premieres - 1945
88. 1st U.S. ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated - 1943
89. 444 British bombers attack Berlin - 1943
90. U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean - 1943
91. Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in New York City - 1942
92. British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa - 1941
93. Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in New York City - 1941
94. Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia - 1941
95. George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb - 1940
96. Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die - 1939
97. Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco - 1936
98. Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined - 1936
99. 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March - 1932
100. "Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon - 1932
101. Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in New York City - 1930
102. Sjostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premiers in Lenningrad - 1930
103. Dr. Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope" - 1929
104. Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places - 1929
105. Stalin routes troops to Manchuria - 1929
106. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willie" - 1928
107. Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico - 1926
108. Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief - 1922
109. Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St. New York City - 1920
110. H Tierney and J McCarthy's musical "Irene," premieres in New York City - 1919
111. Brussels free Stofnar - 1918
112. Latvia declares independence from Russia - 1918
113. Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe - 1916
114. Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego) - 1913
115. Albania declares independence from Turkey - 1912
116. Britain's 1st seaplane flies - 1911
117. Opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance - 1911
118. U.S. invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya - 1909
119. Langdon Mitchells "New York Idea," premieres in New York City - 1906
120. George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London - 1905
121. Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway - 1905
122. Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives U.S. exclusive canal rights in Panama - 1903
123. Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt - 1902
124. Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW vs. Qld - 1899
125. 1st comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault - 1894
126. 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World) - 1894
127. Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus - 1893
128. Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii - 1889
129. Antonin Dvorak's "Husitska," premieres - 1883
130. Standard time zones forms by railroads in U.S. and Canada - 1883
131. National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland - 1874
132. Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" - 1865
133. State funeral of duke of Wellington (London) - 1852
134. Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti - 1835
135. Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven - 1833
136. Antarctica discovered by U.S. Navy Capt Nathaniel B. Palmer - 1820
137. 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes - 1805
138. Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America - 1805
139. Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent - 1805
140. Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape - 1804
141. Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French - 1803
142. Louvre officially opens in Paris - 1793
143. 1st Unitarian minister in U.S. ordained, Boston - 1787
144. Hessians capture Ft. Lee, NJ - 1776
145. Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report - 1755
146. Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle - 1745
147. Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant - 1742
148. France and Austria sign peace - 1738
149. Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris - 1718
150. Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC - 1667
151. St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated - 1626
152. Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope - 1497
153. French king Charles VIII occupies Florence - 1494
154. 1st English printed book "Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers" - 1477
155. Storm flood ravages Dutch coast - 1424
156. Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed - 1421
157. Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands - 1421
158. William Tell shoots apple off his son's head - 1307
159. Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV - 1210
160. Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I - 1105
161. Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto - 0794
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