1. Nichirei Golf International - 1998
2. "Tempest" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 71 performances - 1995
3. Moslem fundamentalists in Mostaganem Algeria murder 5 children - 1994
4. Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems - 1993
5. Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. NZ - 1993
6. STS-58 (Columbia) lands - 1993
7. 22nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Lisa Ondieki in 2:24:40 - 1992
8. 23rd New York City Marathon won by Willie Mtolo in 2:09:29 - 1992
9. New York Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games - 1992
10. Space Shuttle STS 52 (Columbia 13) lands (scheduled) - 1992
11. New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules and Traffic signs enforced - 1991
12. Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy PM Howe - 1990
13. "Oh, Kay!" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 77 performances - 1990
14. Sandra Miller awarded $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts - 1990
15. "Les Miserables," opens at Curran Theatre, San Francisco - 1989
16. Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup - 1989
17. Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights - 1989
18. Actor Jeff Goldblum and actress Gena Davis wed in Las Vegas - 1988
19. Chris Sabo, wins NL Rookie of Year award - 1988
20. Staten Island ferry gets 1st pay phones - 1988
21. 18th New York City Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein in 2:11:01 - 1987
22. 22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01) - 1987
23. Fukumi Tani wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship - 1987
24. New Orleans Saints shutout Atlanta Falcons 38-0 - 1987
25. New York Jets retire Don Maynards #13 - 1987
26. Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine - 1986
27. Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita - 1986
28. Netherlands decides definative sites for cruise missiles - 1985
29. Nostalgia Television begins on cable - 1985
30. 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105 - 1984
31. Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4 - 1984
32. Larry Shues "Foreigner," premieres in New York City - 1984
33. Willem de Kooning's "Two Women" sells for $1,980,000 - 1984
34. Andrew "Dice" Clay and George Wendt appear in "Trick or Treatment" - 1982
35. Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract - 1982
36. 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents - 1981
37. 3rd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets up 2-1 with 26-7 win - 1981
38. Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day) - 1981
39. Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament - 1981
40. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1980
41. A. L. Webber musical "Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres - 1979
42. Bolivia military coup under Gen Busch, President Guevara flees - 1979
43. Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million - 1979
44. Federal government makes a $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler - 1979
45. Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster - 1979
46. New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award - 1978
47. Islander Goran Hogosta's only shut-out Flames 9-0-Trottier 4 goals - 1977
48. President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981 - 1977
49. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1977
50. Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule - 1976
51. "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances - 1976
52. West German Gens Krupinski/Franke admit to being Nazis - 1976
53. Fire kills 189 in less than 25 min (Sao Paulo Brazil) - 1974
54. U.N. affirms independence of Cyprus - 1974
55. "Molly" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 68 performances - 1973
56. 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer" - 1972
57. Germaoin Gagnon scores 1st Islander hat trick - 1972
58. Eisenhower dollar put into circulation - 1971
59. 1st regular season Giants-Jets game, Giants win 22-10 at Shea - 1970
60. Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die - 1970
61. Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 144 die - 1970
62. KGTF TV channel 12 in Agana, GU (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1970
63. Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks - 1969
64. Detroit Tiger Denny McLain unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award - 1968
65. Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X) - 1968
66. "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 36 performances - 1968
67. U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team - 1968
68. University of Suriname opens - 1968
69. Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created - 1966
70. NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day) - 1966
71. Sandy Koufax becomes 1st 3-time Cy Young Award winner - 1966
72. William Dana in X-15 reaches 93 km - 1966
73. 1st concert at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco - 1965
74. Ernie Terrel beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing - 1965
75. Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt) - 1965
76. George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts - 1964
77. Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Denver (49-39) - 1964
78. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Las Cruces Ladies' Golf Open - 1964
79. Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon - 1964
80. Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases - 1962
81. Greece enters European Common Market - 1962
82. KYVE TV channel 47 in Yakima, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1962
83. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island - 1962
84. U.S.S.R. launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars - 1962
85. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1962
86. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
87. WNYC TV channel 31 in New York, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1962
88. WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1962
89. Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year - 1960
90. Benelux treaty goes into effect - 1960
91. 1st NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask (Jacques Plante) - 1959
92. Jim Brown scores 5 TDs in Cleveland Browns 38-31 win over Balt - 1959
93. Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo - 1959
94. WOV-AM in New York City changes call letters to WADO - 1959
95. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1958
96. KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1957
97. KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, MT (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1957
98. WICZ TV channel 40 in Binghamton, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1957
99. World longest suspension bridge opens (Mackinac Straits Mich) - 1957
100. Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union - 1956
101. Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms - 1956
102. Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and PEPSU merge as Punjab protection - 1956
103. Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact - 1956
104. Nobel for physics awarded to Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen - 1956
105. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Laetamur admodum - 1956
106. Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado - 1955
107. Algeria begins rebellion against French rule - 1954
108. General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba - 1954
109. India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements - 1954
110. KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1954
111. U.S. Senate admonishes Joseph Mccarthy because of slander campaign - 1954
112. Emile Zatopek runs world record 10K (29:01.6) and 6 mile (28:08.4) - 1953
113. KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1953
114. KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
115. WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
116. 1st hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific - 1952
117. 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico - 1951
118. Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins NL MVP - 1951
119. Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella wins 1st of his 3 NL MVP - 1951
120. Jet magazine founded by John H. Johnson - 1951
121. Johnny Mercers "Top Banana," premieres in New York City - 1951
122. "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances - 1951
123. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1951
124. 1st negro player in NBA, (Celtic's Charles Cooper) Ft. Wayne Ind - 1950
125. 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov - 1950
126. Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House - 1950
127. Mao's Red army conquerors Mukden, Manchuria - 1948
128. President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey - 1948
129. 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii - 1947
130. Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose," a large wooden airplane - 1947
131. "Medium and The Telephone" closes at Barrymore New York City after 211 performances - 1947
132. U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ and UK - 1947
133. Charles S. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Fisk University - 1946
134. Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated - 1946
135. German "Country" Nedersaksen forms - 1946
136. Marken soccer team forms - 1946
137. New York Knicks 1st basketball game beat Toronto Huskies 68-66 - 1946
138. Right foot of Cleveland Indian's owner Bill Veeck is amputated - 1946
139. WABC becomes WCBS radio in New York City - 1946
140. WEAF radio changes call letters to WNBC (New York City) - 1946
141. West German state of Niedersachsen formed - 1946
142. 1st issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson - 1945
143. Mary Coyle Chase' "Harvey," premieres in New York City - 1944
144. Zeeuws and Flanders freed - 1944
145. Dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay area - 1943
146. U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island - 1943
147. 10th day of battle at El Alamein - 1942
148. John H. Johnson publishes 1st issue of Negro Digest - 1942
149. Vice-admiral Cunningham becomes British commander-in-chief - 1942
150. Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia - 1941
151. Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor - 1941
152. 1st U.S. air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa - 1940
153. Dutch "Curfew" forms (12 AM - 4 AM) - 1940
154. 1st animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed - 1939
155. 1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry - 1939
156. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sertum laetitiae - 1939
157. German colonel-general Gerd von Runstedt retires - 1938
158. NL batting champ Ernie Lombardi is named MVP - 1938
159. Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico - 1938
160. Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis" - 1936
161. Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded - 1936
162. T. S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral," premieres in London - 1935
163. Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program - 1932
164. Dupont introduces synthetic rubber - 1931
165. Lundy, part of British Isles, issue their own stamps - 1929
166. 1st celebration of Author's Day - 1928
167. Bradman scores a century each innings (131 and 133*), NSW vs. Qld - 1928
168. Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km - 1928
169. Air Commerce Act passes - 1926
170. VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam - 1925
171. 1st U.S. NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded - 1924
172. Forest Peters of Montana State U hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals - 1924
173. Bruno E. Lucander forms Aero E/Y (Finnair) - 1923
174. Ottoman Empire abolished - 1922
175. Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam - 1922
176. National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League - 1921
177. Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in New York City - 1920
178. Warren Harding elected 29th president - 1920
179. 102 die in a New York City BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn - 1918
180. Yugoslav battleship Viribus Unitis sunk by Italians - 1918
181. In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat - 1917
182. Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby - 1914
183. German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile - 1914
184. Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity - 1914
185. Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front - 1914
186. Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively - 1913
187. 1st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois - 1910
188. George Bernard Shaws "John Bull's Other Island," premieres in London - 1904
189. 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag - 1896
190. Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris - 1894
191. North and South Dakota entered the union as the 39th and 40th states - 1889
192. Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei - 1885
193. Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) - 1878
194. Dutch government of Heemskerk-Van Lynden resigns - 1877
195. King Willem III opens North Sea Canal (Amsterdam-IJmuiden) - 1876
196. U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) - 1870
197. Deli Me forms T B V tobacco in Sumatra - 1869
198. "Harpers Bazaar" publishes - 1867
199. 1st Civil Rights Bill passes - 1866
200. Zutphen-Fishing Dutch railway opens - 1865
201. Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia - 1863
202. Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops - 1863
203. Gen George B. McClellan made general in chief of Union armies - 1861
204. Dutch government of Thorbecke forms - 1849
205. 1st U.S. woman's medical school opens (Boston) - 1848
206. 1st published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game) - 1834
207. 1st president to live in white house (John Adams) - 1800
208. 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens - 1787
209. Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents - 1784
210. Continental Army dissolved; George Washington's "Farewell Address" - 1783
211. Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California - 1776
212. Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies - 1765
213. Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000 - 1755
214. Prince Eugenius of Savoye unveals statue of himself - 1721
215. French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty - 1671
216. French king Louis XIII occupies La Rochelle - 1628
217. Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings - 1623
218. Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Tempest" 1st presented - 1611
219. William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" 1st presented - 1604
220. Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed - 1570
221. Michelangelo's paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, 1st exhibited - 1512
222. Arch duke Albrecht VI van Habsburg occupies Vienna - 1462
223. Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels, accusing them of poisoning the wells - 1349
224. Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor - 1248
225. King John of England begins imprisoning Jews - 1210
226. 1st use of name "Austria" for Ostarrichi/in oorkonde - 0996
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