1. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and Papas and Eagles - 1998
2. Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tueday night programming - 1998
3. Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit - 1997
4. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM - 1997
5. Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Aust one-day Series - 1997
6. 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston - 1996
7. Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup - 1996
8. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan - 1996
9. WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format - 1996
10. 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike - 1995
11. "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 276 performances - 1995
12. Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) - 1995
13. Adm Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA - 1993
14. William J. Clinton inaugurated as 42nd president - 1993
15. Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup - 1992
16. Score begins selling international soccer cards - 1992
17. 13th UCP Telethon - 1991
18. "Black and Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 829 performances - 1991
19. Buffalo Bills beat Los Angeles Raiders 51-3 for AFC title - 1991
20. Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic - 1991
21. "Les Miserables," opens at Pantages Theatre, LA - 1991
22. Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title - 1991
23. "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City or 45 performances - 1991
24. "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 72 performances - 1991
25. US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles - 1991
26. 47th Golden Globes: Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win - 1990
27. U.S. 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space - 1990
28. Bush inaugurated as 41st president and Quayle becomes 44th vice pres - 1989
29. Reagan becomes 1st President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive - 1989
30. Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket - 1989
31. Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06) - 1988
32. Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham - 1988
33. Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon - 1987
34. Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera and Beaters' "At This Moment" - 1987
35. 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. - 1986
36. Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Canal) - 1986
37. Milt coup in Lesotho under gen-mjr Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan - 1986
38. Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago) - 1985
39. Superbowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB - 1985
40. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners - 1984
41. 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky - 1982
42. Honduras constitution goes into effect - 1982
43. Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament - 1982
44. 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed - 1981
45. Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA - 1981
46. Frank C Carlucci, ends term as deputy director of CIA - 1981
47. Islander Glenn Resch's 25th and last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0 - 1981
48. Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president - 1981
49. President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow - 1980
50. Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, QB - 1980
51. Superbowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena - 1980
52. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne - 1980
53. U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner - 1980
54. Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie" - 1978
55. George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA - 1977
56. Mr. Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA - 1977
57. 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Phila - 1976
58. 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10 - 1975
59. Terrence McNally's "Ritz," premieres in New York City - 1975
60. 4th NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-13 - 1974
61. 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia - 1974
62. A college basketball game ends 210-67 - 1974
63. Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball - 1974
64. Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8) - 1971
65. John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan - 1971
66. 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia - 1970
67. 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at St. Louis - 1970
68. Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano - 1970
69. Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as president - 1969
70. University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula) - 1969
71. Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69 - 1968
72. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming - 1968
73. U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood - 1968
74. Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV) - 1965
75. Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man" - 1965
76. Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain - 1965
77. JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return - 1965
78. "Meet The Beatles" album released in US - 1964
79. "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances - 1962
80. Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury - 1961
81. Francis Poulenc's "Gloria," premieres in Boston - 1961
82. Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration - 1961
83. Yugoslav ex-vice-president Milovan Djilas flees - 1961
84. Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo - 1960
85. Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki, premieres in Moscow - 1959
86. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open - 1958
87. KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1958
88. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open - 1957
89. Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election - 1957
90. Morton Gould's "Declaration," premieres in Washington, D.C. - 1957
91. Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville - 1956
92. 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn - 1955
93. -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record) - 1954
94. Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' "Concertino opus 94," premieres - 1954
95. 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower) - 1953
96. 1st U.S. telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY - 1953
97. British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone - 1952
98. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open - 1952
99. "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 35 performances - 1950
100. Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands - 1950
101. J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen - 1949
102. President Truman announces his point 4 program - 1949
103. Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA - 1947
104. F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government - 1946
105. Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president - 1945
106. RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin - 1944
107. Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F - 1943
108. Operation-Weiss: Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian and Croatian - 1943
109. Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain - 1942
110. Japanese invade Burma - 1942
111. Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews - 1942
112. Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in New York City - 1941
113. Charles Ives' 1st Sonate "Concord," premieres - 1939
114. Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews - 1939
115. 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after) - 1937
116. -45 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Boca, California (state record) - 1937
117. Edward VIII succeeds British king George V - 1936
118. Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria - 1934
119. 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit) - 1930
120. 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona" - 1929
121. 2nd German government of Luther begins - 1926
122. U.S.S.R. and Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to U.S.S.R. - 1925
123. Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris - 1922
124. British submarine K5 leaves with man and mouse - 1921
125. Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR - 1921
126. Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR - 1921
127. Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire - 1921
128. Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws - 1920
129. Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910) - 1910
130. 1st basketball game played (Mass) - 1892
131. U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor - 1887
132. Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs. Aust MCG - 1883
133. British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana - 1879
134. California Stock Exchange Board organized - 1872
135. "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard - 1870
136. Hiram R. Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis - 1870
137. Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress - 1869
138. Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee - 1868
139. Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends - 1866
140. Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes - 1860
141. Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England - 1850
142. China cedes Hong Kong to British - 1841
143. Dumont D'Urville discovers Adelie Land, Antarctica - 1840
144. Dutch King Willem II crowned - 1840
145. 1st U.S. geology book published by William Maclure - 1809
146. Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris - 1807
147. John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice - 1801
148. Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples - 1800
149. Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga - 1788
150. Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Is), no takers - 1785
151. Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War - 1783
152. 1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published - 1781
153. 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass - 1778
154. Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia - 1667
155. Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid - 1648
156. Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden - 1613
157. Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king - 1513
158. Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs - 1503
159. Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns - 1356
160. Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland - 1320
161. 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester - 1265
162. Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III - 1045
163. Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50) - 0250
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