1. MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy - 1997
2. "Once Upon a Matress," opens at Broadhurst New York City for 187 performances - 1996
3. Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles and Diana to divorce - 1995
4. Guinee general Lansana re-elected president - 1993
5. "Red Shoes" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 5 performances - 1993
6. 6,000th episode of One Life To Live - 1991
7. Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin - 1991
8. "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 14 performances - 1991
9. New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession - 1991
10. American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route - 1989
11. Larry Bird, of the Celtics, begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games - 1989
12. NASA unviels plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars - 1988
13. Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation - 1988
14. Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany - 5,000 evacuated - 1988
15. Bruins' Linseman and Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart - 1987
16. Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ - 1987
17. Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency - 1986
18. Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500 - 1986
19. U.S.S.R. frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile - 1986
20. Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart - 1985
21. STS 61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem - 1985
22. "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 4 performances - 1985
23. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1984
24. China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty - 1984
25. Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people - 1984
26. Scotty Bowman becomes NHL's all time winningest coach - 1984
27. UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 - 1984
28. Wayne Gretzky, 23, is 18th and youngest NHL-er to score 1,000 points - 1984
29. Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St. Kitts - 1980
30. Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages - 1980
31. Mutaual Broadcasting cancels Sears Radio Theater - 1980
32. France performs nuclear test - 1978
33. Indira Gandhi ambushed in India - 1978
34. Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms - 1977
35. Jo Ann Washam/Chi Chi Rodriguez wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Champ - 1976
36. John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi - 1976
37. Piper Cherokee crashes into Balt Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt - 1976
38. President Brezhnev receives his 5th Lenin order - 1976
39. John Paul Stevens becomes a Supreme Court Justice - 1975
40. Ron Wood joined the Rolling Stones - 1975
41. Dave Kryskow scores Washington Capitals 1st NHL shorthanded goal - 1974
42. "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US - 1974
43. Nelson A. Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st VP - 1974
44. Grenada adopts constitution - 1973
45. "Molly" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 68 performances - 1973
46. Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth - 1972
47. CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons) - 1971
48. "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 97 performances - 1971
49. NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp - 1971
50. Stanley Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres - 1971
51. Beatle's 7th Christmas album is released - 1969
52. WCWB (now WMGT) TV channel 41 in Macon, Georgia (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1968
53. French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%) - 1965
54. Zanzibar becomes independent from UK - 1963
55. Nyasaland secedes from Rhodesia and Nyasaland - 1962
56. Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission - 1962
57. Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched - 1962
58. British government begins decimal coin system - 1961
59. Indonesian President Sukarno proclaims general mobilization - 1961
60. Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die) - 1960
61. Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding) - 1960
62. Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight - 1960
63. 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 - 1959
64. 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere") - 1958
65. "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1375 performances - 1957
66. Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" - 1955
67. KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1953
68. Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker" - 1952
69. Nazi General Christiansen leaves Nethe - 1951
70. General Eisenhower named NATO commander - 1950
71. Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion - 1950
72. Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland - 1949
73. WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1949
74. 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra - 1948
75. 8th largest snowfall in New York City history (15.3") - 1948
76. Cleveland Browns beats Buffalo Bills 49-7 in AAFC championship game - 1948
77. Philadelphia Eagles shutout Chicago Cards 7-0 in NFL championship game - 1948
78. Noel Cowards musical "Pacific 1860," premieres in London - 1946
79. War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi - 1946
80. Austrian Republic re-establishes - 1945
81. Jean Giraudoux' "La Folle de Chaillot," premieres in Paris - 1945
82. Military coup in Bolivia - 1943
83. German submarine U-574 sinks - 1941
84. Hitler takes complete command of German Army - 1941
85. US Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II - 1941
86. Russian air and ground attack against Finnish positions near Summa - 1939
87. Japan agress to fleet treaty of 1922 and 1930 - 1934
88. Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized - 1933
89. British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas - 1932
90. Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG - 1931
91. Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia - 1931
92. James Weldon Johnson resigns as executive secretary of NAACP - 1930
93. 1st autogiro (predecessor of helicopter) flight in US - 1928
94. Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings - 1924
95. Mrs Theres Vaughn, 24, confessed in court to being married 62 times - 1922
96. 1st U.S. indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass) - 1920
97. American Meteorological Society found - 1919
98. Robert Ripley began his "Believe It or Not" column (New York Globe) - 1918
99. 1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto) - 1917
100. Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game - 1917
101. Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo - 1916
102. Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title - 1913
103. 1st city ordinace requiring white and black residential areas (Balt) - 1910
104. Rayon 1st commercially produced, Marcus Hook, Penn - 1910
105. 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Penn - 1907
106. Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239 - 1907
107. Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 - 1904
108. Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan - 1903
109. Cricket day 5 1T Aus vs. Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113 - 1894
110. Canadian Rugby Union forms - 1891
111. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet" - 1890
112. Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii - 1889
113. Stanley's expedition reaches Fort Bodo, East-Africa - 1888
114. Jake Kilrain and Jem Smith fight 106 round bare knuckle draw - 1887
115. Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State - 1884
116. Opera "Herodiade" is produced (Brussels) - 1881
117. Albert L Jones (New York City), patents corrugated paper - 1871
118. Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tenn (80 casualties) - 1862
119. Battle of Black Water - 1861
120. Grading started for Market Street RR - 1859
121. Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams - 1854
122. Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England - 1843
123. US recognizes independence of Hawaii - 1842
124. HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin approaches NZ - 1835
125. South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws - 1828
126. Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law - 1823
127. 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky - 1795
128. Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam - 1788
129. English government of Pitt, Jr. forms - 1783
130. Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for winter - 1777
131. Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" - 1776
132. Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack" - 1732
133. Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris - 1696
134. King James II's wife and son flee to France - 1688
135. Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) - 1686
136. Battle at Dreux: Anne de Montmorency and huguenots under Conde captured - 1562
137. Dutch west coast hit by hurricane - 1551
138. King Henry II of England crowned - 1154
139. Seldjuken under Toghril Beg occupy Baghdad - 1055
140. St. Anastasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0401
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