1. Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley - 1997
2. "Ivanov," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 51 performances - 1997
3. Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to Kansas City Royals - 1997
4. Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played - 1997
5. New York Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak - 1997
6. "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released - 1995
7. FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC - 1995
8. Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview - 1995
9. "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 48 performances - 1995
10. STS 74 (Atlantis 15), lands - 1995
11. "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances - 1994
12. Kosmos 2294/2295/2296 launches - 1994
13. Patti Davis weds Paul Hayeland - 1994
14. "Shadow Box" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances - 1994
15. Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed - 1993
16. Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo - 1993
17. Winnie Mandela's driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg - 1993
18. Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire - 1992
19. Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP - 1991
20. Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP - 1990
21. Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year - 1990
22. Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership - 1990
23. U.S. 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space - 1990
24. Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP - 1989
25. "Les Miserables," opens a Bus and Truck tour in Tampa - 1988
26. Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees - 1986
27. UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS - 1986
28. New York Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP - 1985
29. McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger - 1984
30. Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year - 1984
31. 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war - 1983
32. Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0 - 1983
33. "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff New York City for 16 performances - 1983
34. New York Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing - 1983
35. Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live - 1982
36. Anatoly Karpov, U.S.S.R. retains world chess championship - 1981
37. Burundia adopts its constitution - 1981
38. El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive" - 1981
39. Ringo releases "Stop and Smell Roses" album - 1981
40. Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A's - 1980
41. Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight - 1980
42. UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting - 1980
43. Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed - 1979
44. U.S.'s 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at University of Minnesota Hospital - 1979
45. Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset - 1977
46. Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions - 1977
47. Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards - 1977
48. George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live - 1976
49. Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open - 1976
50. Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Rep nomination for president - 1975
51. Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP - 1974
52. The U.S. files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T - 1974
53. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1971
54. U.N. General Assembly accepts membership of China PR - 1970
55. Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans - 1969
56. Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia Kanpur - 1969
57. Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal - 1969
58. San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP - 1969
59. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1968
60. At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million - 1967
61. Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year - 1967
62. "Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 1166 performances - 1966
63. Dallas sacks Pittsburgh QBs an NFL record 12 times - 1966
64. Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage - 1966
65. "Pickwick" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 56 performances - 1965
66. U.N. Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia - 1965
67. WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1965
68. Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow - 1964
69. Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP - 1962
70. U.S.S.R. agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, and U.S. lifts blockade - 1962
71. WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1961
72. U.N. adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights - 1959
73. WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal - 1959
74. Morton Wishengrad's "Rope Dancers," premieres in New York City - 1957
75. Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India vs. NZ - 1955
76. Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. NZ - 1955
77. KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1954
78. Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH) - 1953
79. Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP - 1952
80. George Axelrods "7 Year Itch," premieres in New York City - 1952
81. Prague show trial against 14 communists (9 Jewish) begin - 1952
82. Snowdonia becomes a National Park in Wales - 1951
83. Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 - 1949
84. U.S. balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record) - 1948
85. 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey) - 1947
86. Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten - 1947
87. "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC - 1947
88. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei - 1947
89. U.N. General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps - 1947
90. Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in New York City - 1946
91. 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany - 1945
92. Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres - 1945
93. Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague - 1945
94. 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) - 1944
95. Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees - 1944
96. Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda - 1944
97. U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean - 1943
98. U.S. forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island - 1943
99. 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski - 1942
100. British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya - 1942
101. Hitler names fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding - 1942
102. NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over - 1942
103. Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines - 1942
104. Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note - 1941
105. German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia - 1941
106. German air raid on Birmingham fails - 1940
107. Hungary joins 3 Power pact - 1940
108. 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over U.S. radio (by Father Coughlin) - 1938
109. Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's HR, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 - 1934
110. Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in New York City - 1934
111. New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui and Gutt (3 bankers) - 1934
112. Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period - 1934
113. Earthquake at Uden Netherlands - 1932
114. Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T) - 1931
115. 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on U.S. radio - 1929
116. Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show - 1929
117. Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 - 1928
118. WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia begins radio transmissions - 1928
119. Garrett Morgan invents and patents traffic signal - 1923
120. Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in New York City - 1922
121. Nobel Peace Prize awarded to U.S. president Woodrow Wilson - 1920
122. 1st municipally owned airport in U.S. opens (Tucson Az) - 1919
123. 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) - 1917
124. Ukrainian Republic declared - 1917
125. 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7 - 1915
126. U.S. State Department starts requiring photographs for passports - 1914
127. Gustav Mahlers "Tie Song of the Erde" premieres in Munich - 1911
128. Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero - 1910
129. Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game - 1909
130. George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London - 1906
131. Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race - 1902
132. Opera "Griselidis" is produced (Paris) - 1901
133. U.S. intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua - 1894
134. Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions - 1890
135. Gustav Mahlers 1st Symphony - 1889
136. William Bundy patents timecard clock - 1888
137. Rival cities of Buda and Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary - 1873
138. 1st national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) - 1866
139. Howard University founded (Wash, DC) - 1866
140. Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle - 1866
141. Howard University forms in Washington D.C. - 1865
142. Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee - 1862
143. Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under Gen Braxton Bragg - 1862
144. Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks and Faces," premieres in London - 1852
145. Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay - 1833
146. Jews expelled from Nikolayev and Sevastopol Russia - 1829
147. 1st Seminole War begins in Florida - 1817
148. 2nd Peace of Paris: France and allies - 1815
149. Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance - 1815
150. Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna - 1805
151. Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday - 1795
152. New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights - 1789
153. Britain declares war on Holland - 1780
154. Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French - 1759
155. English minister William Pitt Sr resigns - 1755
156. Sweden and Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm - 1719
157. Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden - 1637
158. Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War - 1616
159. Duke of Parma conquerors Aalst - 1583
160. Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine - 1521
161. Friesland hit by heavy hail storm - 1520
162. 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies - 1431
163. Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo beats nobles - 1347
164. Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht - 1342
165. Edward I proclaimed King of England - 1272
166. Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope - 1168
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