1. "Forever Tango!," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City - 1997
2. New York Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry - 1995
3. 94th U.S. Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont Pa - 1994
4. Ernesto Samper elected president of Colombia - 1994
5. Lisa Kiggens wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament - 1994
6. "Sally Marrand Her Escorts" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 50 performances - 1994
7. "She Loves Me" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City after 294 performances - 1994
8. Tigers tie record of hitting home runs in 25th consecutive games - 1994
9. "Twilight - Los Angeles 1992" closes at Cort New York City after 72 performances - 1994
10. Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* vs. England at Lord's - 1993
11. Mandy Smith (Bill Wyman's ex-wife) weds Pat van den Hauwe - 1993
12. "Batman Returns" opens - 1992
13. Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavywgt boxing title - 1992
14. Guardian Angel Curtis Sliwa is shot twice in New York City - 1992
15. Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South-Africa - 1992
16. New York Yankees 1st game in Baltimore Oriole's Camden Yards - 1992
17. 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie - 1991
18. Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police - 1991
19. New York Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987 - 1991
20. Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark - 1990
21. Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37) - 1989
22. 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 mins - 1988
23. 88th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Country Club Mass - 1988
24. Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie - 1988
25. Namphy takes control of Haitian government - 1988
26. Shirley Furlong wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1988
27. World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 miles long - 1988
28. Ben and Jerry Ice Cream and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia - 1987
29. ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed - 1987
30. Geffen records sign their 1st artist, Donna Summer - 1987
31. Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation - 1987
32. Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends - 1987
33. Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup - 1986
34. Reggie Jackson hits his 513th HR to move into 10th place - 1985
35. 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Nightline - 1984
36. "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair - 1984
37. Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1983
38. "Octopussy" premieres in US - 1983
39. Boeing commercial Chinook 2-rotor helicopter is certified - 1981
40. European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit - 1981
41. Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa - 1981
42. India's APPLE satellite, 1st to be stabilized on 3 axes, launched - 1981
43. Battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed - 1980
44. In New York 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as Yank mgr - 1979
45. Mali's constitution goes into effect - 1979
46. "Best Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St. New York City for 1577 performances - 1978
47. Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip - 1978
48. Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling - 1978
49. 77th U.S. Golf Open: Hubert Green shoots a 278 at Southern Hills Tulsa - 1977
50. Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg - 1977
51. Judy Rankin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic - 1977
52. Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint - 1977
53. Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks - 1977
54. King Charles XVI Gustaf of Sweden marries Dutchess Silvia Sommerlath - 1976
55. U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth - 1976
56. Kansas City Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0 - 1974
57. Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, suspends constitution - 1974
58. Pete Rose and Willie Davis both get career hit # 2,000 - 1973
59. "Rocky Horror Picture Show," stage production opens in London - 1973
60. 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer - 1972
61. Hurricane Agnes, kills 118 in New York and Florida - 1972
62. Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance - 1971
63. A Nikolayev and V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9 - 1970
64. Conservatives win British parliamentary election - 1970
65. Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published - 1970
66. Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days - 1970
67. State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances - 1969
68. 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign - 1968
69. Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army - 1967
70. Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD - 1967
71. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open - 1966
72. Algerian coup under colonel Houari Boumedienne, President Ben Bella fired - 1965
73. KYW-AM in Cleveland Ohio returns call letters to Philadelphia - 1965
74. Bob Dylan completes U.K. tour - 1964
75. Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden - 1964
76. Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27 - 1964
77. 2 Russian space missions return to Earth - 1963
78. Charter members of Canadian Football Hall of Fame chosen - 1963
79. Greek government of Pipinolis forms - 1963
80. Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth - 1963
81. Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer - 1961
82. Kuwait declares independence from U.K. - 1961
83. "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23 - 1961
84. New York Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs - 1961
85. U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God - 1961
86. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open - 1960
87. Loretta Lynn records "Honky Tonk Girl" - 1960
88. Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films - 1956
89. 55th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Fleck shoots a 287 at Olympic CC in SF - 1955
90. Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100 - 1955
91. Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history - 1955
92. 54th U.S. Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol GC in NJ - 1954
93. Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open - 1954
94. Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros - 1954
95. Albert W. Dent, elected president of National Health Council - 1953
96. WCSouth Carolina TV channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
97. WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast - 1953
98. "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host - 1952
99. Panama and Costa Rica recognize Israel - 1948
100. U.S.S.R. blocks access road to West Berlin - 1948
101. 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca - 1947
102. 1st TV sports spectacular-Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn - 1946
103. Battle of Philippines Sea, 300 Japanese aircraft shot down - 1944
104. French troops free Elba - 1944
105. Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" - 1944
106. Japanese troops conquer Changsha China - 1944
107. NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers merge, (dissolves on Dec 5) - 1943
108. "Shiek Of Arahy" Spike Jones and City Slickers peaks at #19 - 1943
109. Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 hits - 1942
110. Cheerios Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal - 1941
111. Romania orders Jews to evacuate Darabani - 1941
112. U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act - 1941
113. "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago - 1940
114. German 7th Armour division under gen-maj Rommel occupies Cherbourg - 1940
115. Goering orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses and ships - 1940
116. Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris - 1938
117. "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47 - 1938
118. Paul Waner (Pirates) homers off Pete Sivess (Phillies) in DH - 1938
119. Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th - 1938
120. Franco-troops conquer Bilbao Basques - 1937
121. Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl - 1936
122. German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis - 1936
123. Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown - 1936
124. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created - 1934
125. Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations - 1933
126. Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR - 1932
127. 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct - 1931
128. DeFord Bailey is 1st black to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry - 1926
129. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6) - 1924
130. Baldwin-Mellon-agreement concerning Britain entering the war - 1923
131. "Moon Mullins," Comic Strip, debuts - 1923
132. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2) - 1922
133. Turk and Christian of Palestine sign a friendship treaty against Jews - 1921
134. After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor - 1917
135. 54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club - 1914
136. Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College - 1912
137. 1st airship in service "Germany" - 1910
138. Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash) - 1910
139. 28th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Henry of Navarre wins in 1:56 - 1894
140. Lizzie Bordon acquitted - 1893
141. Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip" - 1889
142. Muhammad Ahmad becomes Mahdi of Sudan - 1881
143. Formal opening of U.S. Marine Hospital at Presidio - 1875
144. Maj Gen E R S Canby removes mayor of Columbia SC - 1868
145. 1st Belmont: J Gilpatrick aboard Ruthless wins in 3:05 - 1867
146. Siege of Richmond, Virginia - 1865
147. Union Gen Granger declares slaves are free in Texas - 1865
148. CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France - 1864
149. Skirmish at Pine Knob Georgia - 1864
150. Battle at Middleburg Virginia, 100+ casualties - 1863
151. Slavery outlawed in U.S. territories - 1862
152. Anaheim Post Office established - 1861
153. Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia - 1861
154. Swedish/Norwegian crown prince Charles weds Dutch princess Wilhelmina - 1850
155. Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott open 1st women's rights convention - 1848
156. 1st baseball game (Cartwright Rules)-NY Nines 23, Knickerbockers 1 - 1846
157. New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint - 1835
158. Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies) - 1829
159. Gioacchino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims," premieres - 1825
160. Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge - 1778
161. General Church of New Jerusalem established - 1770
162. Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians - 1754
163. Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king - 1669
164. Peace of Cherasco: Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers becomes duke of Mantua - 1631
165. Battle at Dragetsani: Turkish army beats Greece - 1621
166. Spanish Armada heavily destroyed in storm at Coruna - 1588
167. English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island, North Carolina - 1586
168. Garrison under Adrian van Swieten occupy Oudewater - 1572
169. Emperor Maximilian I and England sign treaty of Antwerp - 1502
170. French King Louis XI forms postal service - 1464
171. Duke Philip the Stout marries Margaretha van Male - 1369
172. Rabbenu Mir of Rothenbur imprisoned in fortress of Ensisheim - 1286
173. King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame - 1269
174. Pope Innocent III fires Adolf I as archbishop of Cologne - 1205
175. Louis IV, crowned king of France - 0987
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