1. "Eugene Onegin," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City - 1997
2. "Old Neighborhood," opens at Booth Theater New York City - 1997
3. STS 87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit - 1997
4. Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox - 1996
5. "God Said, Ha!," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 22 performances - 1996
6. "Sex and Longing" closes at Cort Theater New York City - 1996
7. Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), launches into space - 1996
8. 83rd CFL Grey Cup: Balt Stallions defeats Calgary Stampeders, 37-20 - 1995
9. "Beatle Anthology" premieres on ABC-TV - 1995
10. Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss New York USA - 1995
11. "Sacrilege" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 21 performances - 1995
12. "School for Scandal" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 23 performances - 1995
13. Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16 - 1995
14. Aishwarya Rai, 21, of India, crowned 44th Miss World - 1994
15. Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson - 1994
16. Algerian Moslem fundamentalists uprising, 27 killed - 1993
17. Curaeaose vote to remain part of Dutch Antilles - 1993
18. "3 From Brooklyn" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 45 performances - 1992
19. Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken wins his 2nd AL MVP - 1991
20. Greyhound files reoganization plan so they can be traded publically - 1990
21. Iraq announces it will free all German hostages - 1990
22. Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds wins NL MVP - 1990
23. U.S. beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950 - 1989
24. LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays - 1988
25. France performs nuclear test - 1987
26. Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP - 1986
27. Tina Howe's "Coastal Disturbances," premieres in New York City - 1986
28. Herb Gardner's "I'm Not Rappaport," premieres in New York City - 1985
29. President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time - 1985
30. Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die - 1984
31. New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year - 1984
32. Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization" - 1983
33. CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jean ad featuring Brooke Shields - 1980
34. Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract - 1979
35. Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time - 1978
36. Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders - 1977
37. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel - 1977
38. Egyptian president Sadat visits Israel - 1977
39. Libya drops diplomatic relations with Egypt - 1977
40. George Harrison releases "This Song" - 1976
41. Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail - 1976
42. Reds 2nd baseman Joe Morgan is named NL MVP - 1975
43. Elections in Suriname, premier Sedney's PNP doesn't win a chair - 1973
44. "Ambassador" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 9 performances - 1972
45. "Dear Oscar" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City after 5 performances - 1972
46. Gershwin Theater (Uris) opens at 1633 Broadway New York City - 1972
47. KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI suspends broadcasting - 1972
48. Willy Brandts SPD wins West German election - 1972
49. Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark - 1970
50. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1970
51. Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become 3rd and 4th humans on Moon - 1969
52. WENY TV channel 36 in Elmira, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1969
53. Mali military coup, president Modibo Keita flees - 1968
54. Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen wins AL Rookie of Year - 1968
55. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational - 1967
56. Mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ - 1966
57. ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report - 1965
58. Kellogg's Pop Tarts pastries created - 1965
59. Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal - 1963
60. Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons - 1962
61. KOET (now KULC) TV channel 9 in Ogden, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1962
62. SN Behrman's "Lord Pengo," premieres in New York City - 1962
63. Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria - 1962
64. Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Titans (49-13) - 1961
65. Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team - 1960
66. Ford cancels Edsel - 1959
67. "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC - 1959
68. First 2 F-27 Fokker's Friendships delivered on Aer Lingus - 1958
69. Antonin Novotny appointed president of Czechoslovakia - 1957
70. KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1955
71. U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business - 1953
72. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits Hanoi - 1953
73. North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH - 1952
74. Spain joins UNESCO - 1952
75. Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday - 1951
76. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1951
77. U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe - 1950
78. Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco - 1949
79. Belgian government of Spaak, forms - 1948
80. 200" mirror arrives at Mt. Palomar - 1947
81. Bradman scores 119 South Australia vs. Victoria, 183 mins, 8 fours - 1946
82. U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean - 1943
83. Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden" - 1942
84. Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along Don front - 1942
85. Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler - 1940
86. German air raid on Birmingham fails - 1940
87. Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship - 1939
88. Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing) - 1933
89. Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game - 1932
90. Shaft and Thyssen demand Hitler become German chancellor - 1932
91. 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover - 1928
92. British mine strikes after 28 weeks ends - 1926
93. Bela Bartok's "Tancsuite," premieres - 1923
94. Demonstration for a French Language University in Ghent - 1922
95. U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations - 1919
96. New York receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy - 1911
97. Ferenc Moln rs "Tester," premieres in Budapest - 1910
98. Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper denies corruption - 1909
99. London selected to host 1908 Olympics - 1906
100. Carrie Nation attempts to address Senate - 1903
101. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Sussex Vampire" - 1896
102. Frederick E. Blaisdell patents the pencil - 1895
103. 1st mushroom on a stamp (China 1 and 5 Ap) - 1894
104. Dutch troops occupy and plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok - 1894
105. 1st newspaper color supplement (New York World) - 1893
106. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" - 1887
107. Natl Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter - 1879
108. William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (New York City) convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment - 1874
109. Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score and 7 years..." - 1863
110. Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper - 1861
111. Lord Tennyson becomes British poet laureate - 1850
112. Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens - 1837
113. Storm causes St. Petersburg flood, killing 10,000 - 1824
114. Jakob˜nen Club forms in Paris - 1794
115. Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain - 1794
116. Battle at Narva: Swedish king Karel XII beats Russians - 1700
117. 1st protestant ministry society in New England - 1644
118. Rabbi Isaiah b Abraham aha-Levi Horowitz arrives in Israel - 1621
119. Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast - 1620
120. Pope Paul III opens council of Trente - 1544
121. Giulio de' Medici chosen as Pope Clemens VII - 1523
122. Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan - 1521
123. Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage - 1493
124. League of Cologne goes against Danish king Waldemar IV - 1367
125. Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree "Unam sanctam" - 1302
126. Pope Deusdedit/Adeodatus I elected to succeed Boniface IV - 0615
127. Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0498
128. St. Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0461
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