1. Portugal returns Macau to China - 1999
2. Wendy's Three-Tour Golf Challenge - 1998
3. American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive - 1995
4. "Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 14 performances - 1995
5. Donald Trump weds Marla Maples - 1993
6. Northwest and KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability" - 1992
7. Slobodan Milosevic re-elected president of Serbia - 1992
8. NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning and Ottawa Senators - 1991
9. Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia - 1991
10. Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15 - 1990
11. Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-New Jersey Knights for $11 million - 1990
12. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns - 1990
13. Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor - 1989
14. US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him - 1989
15. Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London - 1988
16. NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years - 1988
17. Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected President of Sri Lanka - 1988
18. 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) - 1987
19. Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die - 1987
20. Nancy Lopez/Miller Barber wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship - 1987
21. "Nuts" with Barbra Striesand premieres - 1987
22. White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, New York - 1986
23. Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points) - 1985
24. Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC - 1985
25. Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st) - 1985
26. 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library - 1984
27. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1984
28. El Salvador adopts constitution - 1983
29. Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals - 1983
30. New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins - 1983
31. PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon - 1983
32. Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10) - 1981
33. Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark - 1981
34. "Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1522 performances - 1981
35. Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls," premieres in New York City - 1981
36. NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio - 1980
37. U.S.S.R. formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin - 1980
38. H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail - 1978
39. 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut - 1977
40. RAF-terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years - 1977
41. Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns - 1976
42. "Music Is" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 8 performances - 1976
43. Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles - 1975
44. Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht - 1975
45. Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state - 1974
46. George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in UK - 1974
47. AL President Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees - 1973
48. Dutch Antillean government of Evertsz forms - 1973
49. Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point - 1973
50. Neil Simons "Sunshine Boys," premieres in New York City - 1972
51. Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns - 1971
52. Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader - 1970
53. Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1 - 1969
54. 474,300 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam - 1967
55. "Graduate," starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, premieres - 1967
56. Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull - 1967
57. Brussels: Nuclear Planning Group established - 1966
58. NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season - 1966
59. Nuclear Planning Group forms in Brussels - 1966
60. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1966
61. Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government - 1964
62. Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners - 1963
63. Massemba-Debate elected President of Congo-Brazzaville - 1963
64. Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins - 1963
65. D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow - 1962
66. Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show - 1962
67. Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR - 1960
68. Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs. Australia at Kanpur - 1959
69. Elvis Presley given draft notice to join U.S. Army for National Service - 1957
70. Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra - 1956
71. Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses - 1956
72. KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting - 1953
73. KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
74. KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1952
75. "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY - 1950
76. Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty and the Beast," premieres - 1949
77. Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia - 1948
78. Darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres - 1946
79. Rationg of auto tires ends in US - 1945
80. Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market - 1944
81. Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!) - 1944
82. Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions - 1944
83. Terence Rattigans "O Mistress Mine," premieres in London - 1944
84. "International" is no longer U.S.S.R. National Anthem - 1943
85. 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta - 1942
86. Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon - 1941
87. Japanese troops lands on Mindanao - 1941
88. Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000 - 1940
89. Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service - 1939
90. Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system - 1938
91. Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia - 1937
92. Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii - 1935
93. Bolivia and Paraguay sign weapon cease fire - 1933
94. Queensland all out 74 vs. Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 - 1932
95. Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI vs. Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) - 1930
96. Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager - 1929
97. Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park - 1929
98. 1st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que - 1928
99. Ethel Barrymore Theater opens at 243 W 47th St. New York City - 1928
100. Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring - 1926
101. Pope Pius XI convicts fascist pursuit in Italy - 1926
102. Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord," premieres in New York City - 1926
103. Adolf Hitler freed from jail early - 1924
104. 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (U.S.S.R.) - 1922
105. Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president - 1922
106. AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7 - 1921
107. Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut vs. England SCG - 1920
108. Bob Hope became an American citizen - 1920
109. Canadian National Railways established (North America's longest, 50,000 KM) - 1919
110. U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration - 1919
111. Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in New York City - 1918
112. Russian secret police in Czech forms under Felix Dzerzjinski - 1917
113. Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia - 1915
114. J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in New York City - 1912
115. Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faote Maroe," premieres in Paris - 1912
116. Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 - 1907
117. Venezuela (under vice-president Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet - 1906
118. Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft) - 1900
119. Day Six 1T Aus vs. Eng Australia need 177 to win, all out 166 - 1894
120. England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket - 1894
121. 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia - 1893
122. Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne - 1892
123. Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York - 1892
124. Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses - 1891
125. International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls - 1883
126. Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten - 1880
127. NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" - 1880
128. Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park - 1879
129. De Clear-Alkmaar railway opens - 1865
130. Battle of Holly Spring, MS - 1862
131. Brig-gen Nathan B Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky - 1862
132. Battle of Dranesville, VA - 1861
133. South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede - 1860
134. Hawaiian post office established - 1850
135. England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium - 1830
136. Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde," premieres in Vienna - 1823
137. Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50 - 1820
138. Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to U.S. for $27M - 1803
139. 1st successful U.S. cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI) - 1790
140. England declares war on Netherlands - 1780
141. Bonnie Prince Charlie's army meets de Esk - 1745
142. Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 - 1699
143. Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben - 1694
144. Prince Willem III's troops pull into London - 1688
145. 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery - 1669
146. Corporation Act enforced in England - 1661
147. Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg - 1626
148. Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va - 1606
149. Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published - 1600
150. English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen - 1585
151. Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal - 1448
152. Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna - 1192
153. Benedictus IX and Silvester III and names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II - 1046
154. Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI, - 1046
155. General Vespasianus occupies Rome - 0069
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