1. Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die - 1997
2. 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96 - 1996
3. Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement - 1995
4. Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada - 1995
5. STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16 days - 1995
6. South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police - 1994
7. Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands - 1994
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy - 1994
9. Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in New York City - 1993
10. "Sisters Rosensweig" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 556 performances - 1993
11. Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets - 1993
12. "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 38 perf - 1992
13. Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame - 1992
14. Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion - 1992
15. Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury - 1992
16. Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell - 1991
17. Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round - 1991
18. Philadelphia '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey - 1991
19. Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games - 1991
20. 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists - 1990
21. 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends - 1990
22. A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch - 1990
23. Biggest U.S. art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston - 1990
24. Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open - 1990
25. 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth - 1989
26. California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios - 1989
27. Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capitals record of 7 pts in a game - 1989
28. Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen - 1989
29. Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica and Matthew) - 1987
30. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1987
31. Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld - 1986
32. Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money - 1986
33. Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC - 1985
34. Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle - 1985
35. Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open - 1984
36. Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident - 1982
37. Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto) - 1981
38. Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50 - 1980
39. Battles between Kurds and Iranians break in Sananday Iran - 1979
40. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic - 1979
41. "On the 20th Century" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 460 performances - 1979
42. 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario California - 1978
43. Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death - 1978
44. Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot" - 1977
45. U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia - 1977
46. Vietnam hands over MIA to U.S. - 1977
47. Kurds end fight against Iraqi army - 1975
48. Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US - 1974
49. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic - 1973
50. "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 296 performances - 1973
51. AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48 - 1972
52. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1972
53. Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U) - 1972
54. Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game - 1972
55. 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru - 1971
56. Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees - 1970
57. KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) suspends broadcasting - 1970
58. Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike - 1970
59. NFL selects Wilson as official football and scoreboard as official time - 1970
60. "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 7 performances - 1969
61. Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve - 1968
62. WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
63. WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
64. Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1 - 1967
65. Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock and spills oil - 1967
66. General Suharto forms government in Indonesia - 1966
67. "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 3 performances - 1966
68. Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 - 1966
69. "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 220 performances - 1965
70. Rolling Stones fined 5 pounds each for public urination - 1965
71. U.S.S.R. launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 mins) - 1965
72. France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria - 1963
73. Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers - 1963
74. "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 264 performances - 1963
75. WGSF TV channel 28 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1963
76. Algerian War ends after 7 years (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees - 1962
77. Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of U.S.S.R. - 1962
78. Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced - 1961
79. Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws - 1959
80. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill - 1959
81. Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958 - 1958
82. WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins - 1957
83. I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan - 1955
84. 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68 - 1953
85. Boston Braves move to Milwaukee - 1953
86. Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die - 1953
87. KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
88. NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903) - 1953
89. 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia) - 1952
90. Communist offensive in Korea - 1952
91. Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1951
92. CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship - 1950
93. "Touch and Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 176 performances - 1950
94. NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty ratified - 1949
95. WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1949
96. France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels - 1948
97. Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting - 1948
98. 1,250 U.S. bombers attacks Berlin - 1945
99. Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals - 1945
100. U.S. Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu - 1945
101. 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Illinois department store - 1944
102. Nazi Germany occupies Hungary - 1944
103. James Oglethorpe (U.S.) and Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed and sinks - 1943
104. Red Army evacuates Belgorod - 1943
105. 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out - 1942
106. Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters - 1942
107. Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain - 1940
108. Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties - 1938
109. New York 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women - 1938
110. President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes U.S. and British oil companies - 1938
111. Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die - 1937
112. Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission - 1933
113. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson - 1933
114. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner - 1933
115. 1st electric shavers go on sale in U.S. from Schick - 1931
116. Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain - 1931
117. Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game - 1930
118. Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad - 1929
119. 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) - 1922
120. British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to 6 years in prison for disobedience - 1922
121. WBT-AM in Charlotte North Carolina begins radio transmissions - 1922
122. 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged - 1921
123. Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 - 1921
124. Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar - 1920
125. Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City - 1919
126. Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms - 1918
127. Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam - 1918
128. Failed British attack in Dardanelles - 1915
129. French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed - 1915
130. White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China - 1914
131. North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law - 1911
132. 1st opera by an U.S. composer (Converse) performed at the Met, New York City - 1910
133. Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast - 1909
134. 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" - 1904
135. Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record - 1902
136. Schonberg's "Verklarte Nacht," premieres in Vienna - 1902
137. Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms - 1900
138. Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering - 1899
139. 200 blacks leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia - 1895
140. Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) - 1892
141. Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone - 1891
142. 1st U.S. state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) - 1890
143. Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) - 1881
144. President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington D.C. - 1877
145. Communards revolt in Paris - 1871
146. 1st U.S. National Wildlife Preserve, Lake Meritt in Oakland California - 1870
147. Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, Alabama - 1865
148. Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time - 1865
149. Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240 - 1864
150. Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform - 1859
151. Dutch Van der Brugghen government resigns - 1858
152. Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo - 1850
153. 1st Dutch public telegram - 1847
154. Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass - 1835
155. 1st railroad tunnel in U.S. completed, in Pennsylvania (275 m long) - 1834
156. Congress approves 1st pensions for government service - 1818
157. David Melville, Newport, Rhode Island, patents apparatus for making coal gas - 1813
158. "Converse," 1st U.S. opera, premieres in New York - 1810
159. 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France - 1793
160. Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer," premieres in London - 1773
161. Britain repeals the Stamp Act - 1766
162. Duke of Newcastle becomes English premier - 1754
163. Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers - 1673
164. Dutch States General and Anjou sign treaty - 1583
165. Prince Willem of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp - 1582
166. Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) - 1541
167. English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome - 1532
168. Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands - 1509
169. Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany - 1438
170. German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem - 1229
171. Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St. Edmonds England - 1190
172. Battle of El-Babein, Egypt: Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians - 1167
173. 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome - 1123
174. St. Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0731
175. St. Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0417
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