1. Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season - 1997
2. Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game - 1997
3. Lexus Senior Golf Challenge - 1997
4. Wendy's Three-Tour LPGA Challenge - 1997
5. Wendy's Three-Tour Senior Golf Challenges - 1997
6. Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning - 1996
7. Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup - 1995
8. San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000 - 1995
9. Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street New York City - 1994
10. Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die - 1992
11. 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996) - 1991
12. El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane - 1991
13. Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States - 1991
14. US actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner - 1991
15. Steve and Mark Waugh complete 464* partnership for NSW vs. WA - 1990
16. Dan Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon - 1989
17. Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25) - 1989
18. Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine - 1988
19. NY bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die - 1988
20. Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien - 1988
21. 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man - 1987
22. Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir - 1987
23. Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov launched - 1987
24. 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) - 1986
25. Amy Alcott/Bob Charles wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship - 1986
26. Alice Miller/Don January wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship - 1985
27. ARCO Anchorage runs aground near Port Angeles, WA - 1985
28. Heart's "Heart," album goes #1 - 1985
29. Islander Kelly Hrudy's 1st shut-out win-Whalers 1-0 - 1984
30. U.S.S.R. launches Vega 2 for fly-by of Halley's Come - 1984
31. Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan - 1983
32. Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City - 1983
33. NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak - 1983
34. NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule - 1983
35. "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 669 performances - 1983
36. Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record) - 1981
37. Harold Carmichael ends NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions - 1980
38. Gary Unger plays in record 914th consecutive NHL game - 1979
39. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1979
40. Zimbabwe adopts constitution - 1979
41. "Broadway Musical" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City - 1978
42. Police in Des Plaines Ill, arrest John Wayne Gacy, Jr. for murder - 1978
43. 20th Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 3-0 vs Bruins - 1976
44. Patricia R. Harris named secretary of HUD - 1976
45. U.N. General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979 - Year of Child - 1976
46. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1976
47. 1st New York Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins) - 1975
48. 64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2) - 1975
49. Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57 - 1975
50. "Hello, Dolly" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 51 performances - 1975
51. Madagascar adopts constitution - 1975
52. "Very Good Eddie" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 307 performances - 1975
53. Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, U.S. and U.S.S.R. meet in Geneva - 1973
54. Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany - 1972
55. U.N. Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary General - 1971
56. WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, New York (IND) begins broadcasting - 1970
57. Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme on theEd Sullivan Show - 1969
58. Vince Lombardi (Redskins) coaches his last football game, losing - 1969
59. Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell and Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage - 1968
60. David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash premiere together in California - 1968
61. U.S.S.R. launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum - 1966
62. Angolin leaves Comecon - 1962
63. US and Cuba accord, releases bay of pigs captive - 1962
64. Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Ready Teddy" - 1961
65. John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister MacMillan meet in Bermuda - 1961
66. 10th largest snowfall in New York City history (13.7") - 1959
67. Citizens of Deerfield, Illinois block building of interracial housing - 1959
68. Shah of Persia marries Farah Diba - 1959
69. Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988) - 1959
70. Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st President of 5th Rep of France - 1958
71. Indonesia proclaims end to state of war - 1957
72. Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime) - 1954
73. KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
74. Broadway Tunnel opens in SF - 1952
75. WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1952
76. Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement - 1951
77. Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World," premieres in New York City - 1950
78. "Out of This World" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 157 performances - 1950
79. Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia - 1949
80. O'Neil Place in the Bronx erronously renamed O'Neill Place - 1948
81. State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence - 1948
82. Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086 - 1946
83. Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," premieres - 1946
84. "If the Shoe Fits" closes at Century Theater New York City after 20 performances - 1946
85. Morton Gould's "Minstrel Show," premieres in Indianapolis - 1946
86. "Billion Dollar Baby" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 219 performances - 1945
87. Gould/Comden/Green's "Billion Dollar Baby," premieres in New York City - 1945
88. Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP - 1944
89. U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal - 1942
90. Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point - 1941
91. Chicago bears win the NFL championship - 1941
92. David Diamond's 1st Symphony, premieres - 1941
93. German submarine U-567 sinks - 1941
94. Last NFL drop kick for an extra point (Ray McLean, Chicago Bears) - 1941
95. Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Referat IV B" - 1939
96. 1st feature-length color and sound cartoon premieres (Snow White) - 1937
97. O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW vs. South Aust - 1937
98. Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80 - 1936
99. Dried human blood serum 1st prepared, Univ of Pennsylvania - 1933
100. Fox signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract - 1933
101. Newfoundland reverts to being a crown colony - 1933
102. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, 1st joint movie (Flying Down to Rio) - 1932
103. Giants sign former outfielder Billy Southworth as a coach - 1932
104. 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx) - 1929
105. Soccer team DOS Struggle forms - 1926
106. Eisenstein's movie Potemkin premieres in Moscow - 1925
107. Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against NZ - 1925
108. Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation - 1923
109. Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional - 1921
110. Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally," premieres in New York City - 1920
111. J Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia - 1919
112. Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore and Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell and Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters and $15,000 - 1918
113. 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record) - 1915
114. 1st feature-length silent film comedy, "Tillie's Punctured Romance" released. (Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin) - 1914
115. "Tillie's Punctured Romance," 1st six-reel feature comedy debuts - 1914
116. 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World - 1913
117. Denmark, Norway and Sweden declare neutrality in Comende war - 1912
118. Explosion in coal mine in Hulton England, 344 mine workers dies - 1910
119. 1st junior high school established (Berkeley California) - 1909
120. Clyde Fitch' "City," premieres in New York City - 1909
121. University of Coopenhagen rejects Cook's claim that he was 1st to North Pole - 1909
122. Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget - 1907
123. Gerhart Hauptmann's "Michael Kramer," premieres in Berlin - 1900
124. Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovers radium - 1898
125. 18 students play 1st basketball game (Springfield College) - 1891
126. Pim Mulier 1st and only trip to "Alvesteddetocht" - 1890
127. Cheyennes, Arapho's, Sioux, Fetterman Massacre - 1866
128. Gen Sherman conquers Savannah - 1864
129. 1st U.S. skating club formed (Phila) - 1849
130. HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) - 1835
131. 1st stone arch railroad bridge in U.S. dedicated, Baltimore - 1829
132. Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam - 1788
133. John Jay becomes 1st U.S. Secretary of State (foreign affairs) - 1784
134. James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts - 1762
135. Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham - 1688
136. Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht - 1650
137. Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock - 1620
138. Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583 - 1582
139. Archbishop Granvelle installed - 1561
140. Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods - 1163
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