1. "Art," opens at Royale Theater New York City - 1998
2. Australian Ladies Masters Golf - 1998
3. 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV - 1997
4. "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City - 1997
5. Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory - 1996
6. New toll-free 888 area code introduced - 1996
7. 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelipha, Sheryl Crow - 1995
8. Belgium ends military conscript - 1995
9. Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland - 1995
10. Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay - 1995
11. Part of Houston begins using new area code 261 - 1995
12. Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol, resigns - 1995
13. 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins - 1994
14. Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated as president of Finland - 1994
15. Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution - 1994
16. Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians - 1993
17. George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees - 1993
18. New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney, is named the Mighty Ducks - 1993
19. Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40) - 1992
20. "Little Hotel on the Side" closes at Belasco New York City after 41 performances - 1992
21. Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle U.S. record (54.48 secs) - 1992
22. "Visit" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances - 1992
23. U.S. Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens - 1991
24. Benin nullifies its constitution - 1990
25. Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay - 1990
26. Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981 - 1989
27. Comet du Toit at perihelion - 1989
28. Julianne Philips and Bruce Springsteen divorce - 1989
29. Courtney Gibbs Eplin, 21, (Texas), crowned 37th Miss USA - 1988
30. Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran - 1988
31. Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile - 1988
32. Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist - 1988
33. Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open - 1987
34. Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center - 1985
35. Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks - 1985
36. Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter - 1985
37. Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit - 1984
38. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. #3931 Batten, #4529 Webern, #4530 Smoluchowski, #4818 Elgar, #5502 Brashear and #5943 Lovi - 1984
39. Tamara McKinney becomes 1st U.S. woman skier to win the World Cup - 1983
40. Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people - 1983
41. 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees - 1982
42. 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation - 1982
43. New York Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents - 1982
44. Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data - 1982
45. Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike in Maze Prison - 1981
46. Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic - 1981
47. "Sophisticated Ladies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 767 performances - 1981
48. CTUC, Commonwealth Trade Union Council, established - 1980
49. Hilbert van der Duim becomes world champion all-round skater - 1980
50. Patti Smith and MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith wed in Detroit - 1980
51. Snow falls in Florida - 1980
52. "Sweeney Todd" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 557 performances - 1979
53. Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery - 1978
54. "Timbuktu!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 243 performances - 1978
55. Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards - 1977
56. U.S. extends territorial waters to 200 miles - 1977
57. 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win - 1975
58. Eagles' "Best of My Love" reaches #1 - 1975
59. George Harrison announces his concert tour of U.S. in November - 1974
60. Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. NZ cricket at Wellington - 1974
61. Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides - 1974
62. Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens - 1973
63. Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race - 1973
64. Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth" - 1972
65. David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones," premieres in New York City - 1972
66. KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting - 1972
67. Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points - 1972
68. Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C. - 1971
69. Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM - 1971
70. Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round ladies skater - 1970
71. Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released - 1970
72. Kreisky's soc-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election - 1970
73. White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain - 1970
74. After 88 weeks Sgt Pepper drops off the charts - 1969
75. Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium - 1969
76. New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires - 1969
77. "Red, White, and Maddox" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 41 performances - 1969
78. NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement, Star Trek will return - 1968
79. Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands - 1968
80. Singers Johnny Cash (36) and June Carter (38) wed - 1968
81. Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect - 1968
82. Dominica and St. Lucia gain independence from Britain - 1967
83. House of Representatives expels Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (307 to 116) - 1967
84. Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London - 1967
85. WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, MD (IND) 1st broadcast - 1967
86. Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria - 1966
87. Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) - 1966
88. Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct - 1965
89. Gas explosion kills 28 in apartment complex (La Salle, Quebec) - 1965
90. WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1965
91. 200,000 French mine workers strike - 1963
92. American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95 - 1962
93. K-Mart opens - 1962
94. U.S. / British nuclear test experiment in Nevada - 1962
95. Uganda became a self-governing country - 1962
96. Cellist Jacqueline du President debut in Wigmore Hall - 1961
97. President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp - 1961
98. Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years - 1959
99. Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament - 1959
100. Gary Sobers 365* vs. Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara - 1958
101. Sobers completes 446 stand for 2nd wicket with Conrad Hunte, 260 - 1958
102. West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan - 1958
103. Kokomo the Chimp becomes Today Show animal editor - 1957
104. KTWO TV channel 2 in Casper, WY (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting - 1957
105. "Ziegfeld Follies of 1957" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 123 performances - 1957
106. Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 - 1955
107. KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast - 1955
108. Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw - 1955
109. 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in U.S. House of Representatives injuring 5 representatives - 1954
110. In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone - 1954
111. Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die - 1954
112. Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War - 1954
113. U.S. explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll - 1954
114. Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open - 1953
115. KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
116. KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins - 1953
117. WJZ-AM in New York City becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission - 1953
118. WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
119. Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns - 1952
120. Helgoland, in North Sea, returned to West Germany by Britain - 1952
121. Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa - 1950
122. Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London) - 1950
123. U.S.S.R. issues golden rubles - 1950
124. Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ - 1949
125. The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals - 1949
126. International Monetary Fund begins operation - 1947
127. British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years - 1946
128. Panama accepts its new constitution - 1946
129. British 43rd Division under Gen Essame occupies Xanten - 1945
130. Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi - 1945
131. Fieldmarshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander - 1945
132. Franklin D. Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference - 1945
133. U.S. infantry regiment captures Monchengladbach - 1945
134. Massive strikes in Northern Italian towns - 1944
135. U-358 sinks in Atlantic - 1944
136. Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided - 1943
137. 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat - 1942
138. Baseball decides that players in milt can't play when on furlough - 1942
139. J. Milton Cage Jr's "Imaginary Landscape No 3," premieres in Chicago - 1942
140. Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java - 1942
141. Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews - 1942
142. Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia - 1942
143. 1st U.S. commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville, Tennessee - 1941
144. "Captain America" appears in a comic book - 1941
145. Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner - 1941
146. German troops invade Bulgaria - 1941
147. Himmler inspects Auschwitz concentration camp - 1941
148. 12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind," R Donat and V Leigh win - 1940
149. Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published - 1940
150. 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut) - 1937
151. Governer Wouters inaugurates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles - 1937
152. U.S. Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day - 1937
153. Henry Pu Yi crowned emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria - 1934
154. Primo Carnera beats Tommy Loughran in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1934
155. Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks - 1933
156. Charles Lindbergh, Jr. (20 months), kidnapped in New Jersey; found dead May 12 - 1932
157. Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records - 1928
158. Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank - 1927
159. Germany's prohibition of Communist Party KPD lifted - 1924
160. Allies occupy Ruhrgebied: killing railroad striker - 1923
161. Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England - 1921
162. Rwanda ceded to England - 1921
163. Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia - 1921
164. Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy - 1920
165. Demonstrations for Korean independence from Japan begin - 1919
166. 1st federal land bank chartered - 1917
167. Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic - 1916
168. Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum - 1914
169. 1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, ND - 1913
170. Federal income tax takes effect, 16th amendment - 1913
171. Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane - 1912
172. Isabella Goodwin, 1st U.S. woman detective, appointed, New York City - 1912
173. 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history - 1910
174. 1st U.S. university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota - 1909
175. England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs. Australia - 1904
176. Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians - 1896
177. Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the U.S. rank of ambassador - 1893
178. 1st U.S. edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published - 1890
179. Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery - 1880
180. Library of Hawaii founded - 1879
181. Guernsey Cattle Club forms in Farmington, Connecticut - 1876
182. Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 - 1875
183. Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park - 1872
184. J Milton Turner named minister to Liberia - 1871
185. Postage stamps showing scenes are issued for 1st time - 1869
186. Howard University, Washington D.C., chartered - 1867
187. Most of Nebraska becomes 37th U.S. state (expanded later) - 1867
188. Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana - 1866
189. Louis Ducos du Hauron patents movie machine (never built) - 1864
190. Rebecca Lee (U.S.) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree - 1864
191. Present seal of San Francisco adopted (its 2nd) - 1859
192. SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbor and is never seen again - 1854
193. Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) - 1847
194. President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas - 1845
195. Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law - 1815
196. Egyptian king Muhammad Ali Pasha oversees ceremonial murder of 500 - 1811
197. French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel - 1811
198. Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed - 1809
199. Ohio becomes 17th state - 1803
200. 1st National Meeting in the Hague - 1796
201. U.S. Presidential Succession Act passed - 1792
202. 1st U.S. census authorized - 1790
203. Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized - 1785
204. E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain - 1784
205. Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation - 1781
206. Pennsylvania becomes 1st U.S. state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only) - 1780
207. "The Spectator" begins publishing (London) - 1711
208. Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem, Massachusetts) - 1692
209. Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city - 1642
210. Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians - 1634
211. Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV - 1591
212. English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower - 1587
213. Spanish occupier Estacio de Sa founds Rio de Janeiro - 1565
214. Blood bath at Vassy: Gen de Guise allows 1200 huguenots murder - 1562
215. Jacoba of Bavaria marries Frank van Borselen - 1434
216. Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten - 1420
217. French Maillotin uprises against taxes - 1382
218. Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis, conquerors Damascus - 1260
219. Balderik becomes bishop of Utrecht - 0918
220. Slave export by Christians to heathen areas prohibited - 0743
221. John VII begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0705
222. St. Felix III ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0492
223. St. Gelasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0492
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