1. Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Rus) - 1997
2. Wrestlemania XIII - 1997
3. "Night of the Iguana" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 68 performances - 1996
4. New Jersey officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295 - 1995
5. New York City agrees to sell it's 2 owned radio stations (WNew York City AM and FM) - 1995
6. 66th Academy Awards - "Schindler's List," Tom Hanks and Holly Hunter win - 1994
7. Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff named chairwoman of Museum of National History - 1994
8. Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend - 1994
9. Watne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe's NHL record of 801 goals - 1994
10. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament - 1993
11. Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint - 1993
12. South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl - 1993
13. 2nd WLAF season begins - 1992
14. Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi - 1992
15. 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide - 1991
16. Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome - 1991
17. Tatsumi Fujinami beats Ric Flair for NWA wrestling championship - 1991
18. U.N. Security Council panel decided to lift the food embargo on Iraq - 1991
19. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 149 performances - 1990
20. Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president - 1990
21. "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV - 1990
22. "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV - 1990
23. 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral - 1989
24. 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams, Jr. - 1988
25. 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange - 1986
26. Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) and 3 km (4:18.02) - 1986
27. Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million - 1986
28. Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame - 1985
29. Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South-Africa, 19 killed - 1985
30. Border scores 100* vs. WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings - 1984
31. NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule - 1984
32. Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon - 1984
33. Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan - 1984
34. Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled - 1983
35. Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard - 1982
36. "Little Johnny Jones" opens and closes at Alvin Theater New York City - 1982
37. Movie "Annie" premieres - 1982
38. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament - 1982
39. On TV show Dallas, J.R. is shot - 1980
40. Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel - 1979
41. Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training) - 1978
42. Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years - 1975
43. Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall - 1974
44. Frank Mahovlich becomes 5th NHLer to score 500 goals - 1973
45. U.S. Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-yr residency to vote - 1972
46. Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown - 1971
47. Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic - 1971
48. Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2" - 1971
49. WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury, MD (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1971
50. 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69 - 1970
51. John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) - 1969
52. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1969
53. Hill, Hawkins and Coghill's musical premieres in London - 1968
54. Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases - 1968
55. Portuguese socialist Mario Soares banished to Sao Tome - 1968
56. "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City AL franchise - 1968
57. Supreme Court reverses Mass ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene - 1966
58. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open - 1965
59. Martin Luther King, Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama - 1965
60. U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact - 1965
61. 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83 - 1964
62. Beatles' "She Loves You," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks - 1964
63. UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0) - 1964
64. Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed - 1963
65. David Hendon and Douglas Cross' musical premieres in London - 1963
66. A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds - 1962
67. Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control - 1962
68. Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control - 1962
69. Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts' # 36 - 1962
70. Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000) - 1961
71. Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club - 1961
72. Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa and outlaws ANC - 1960
73. 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70 - 1959
74. "Juno" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 16 performances - 1959
75. 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award - 1958
76. U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test - 1958
77. Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in New York City - 1957
78. 28th Academy Awards - "Marty," Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine win - 1956
79. Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece - 1955
80. Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums" - 1955
81. KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
82. NBA record 106 fouls and 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) - 1953
83. "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 94 performances - 1952
84. 31 storms crosses 6 states killing 340 in South-Central U.S. - 1952
85. Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever - 1952
86. Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths - 1952
87. 2,900,000 U.S. soldiers in Korea - 1951
88. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage - 1951
89. WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, Florida (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting - 1949
90. "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio - 1948
91. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur - 1947
92. President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States - 1947
93. Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ vs. England at Christchurch - 1947
94. Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933 - 1946
95. U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) - 1946
96. 1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa - 1945
97. During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany - 1945
98. Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police - 1945
99. General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy - 1944
100. Assassination attempt on Hitler fails - 1943
101. British 8th army opens assault on Mareth line, Tunisia - 1943
102. Convoy QP9 departs Great Britain to Murmansk - 1942
103. Heavy German assault on Malta - 1942
104. Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in 13 for heavyweight boxing title - 1941
105. Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland - 1939
106. Ponce massacre, police kill 19 at Puerto Rican Nationalist parade - 1937
107. Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris - 1935
108. Persia officially renamed Iran - 1935
109. Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play - 1934
110. Fire destroys Hakodate Japan, killing about 1,500 - 1934
111. Hitler, Goring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning and top army meet in Berlin - 1933
112. KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland - 1931
113. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson - 1931
114. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner - 1931
115. Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee - 1927
116. Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens - 1925
117. Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar - 1925
118. 1st foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City) - 1924
119. Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US - 1924
120. U.S. foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses U.S.S.R. recognition - 1923
121. KGW-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions - 1922
122. Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St. New York City - 1921
123. During WW I Germany launches Somme offensive - 1918
124. 1st female U.S. Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh - 1917
125. JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies - 1916
126. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld - 1914
127. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott - 1914
128. Flood in Ohio, kills 400 - 1913
129. Moran and MacFarland (U.S.) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin) - 1909
130. U.S. invades Honduras - 1907
131. British and French accord about West-Africa - 1899
132. A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years - 1891
133. Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law - 1890
134. Arthur Pinero's "Sweet Lavender," premieres in London - 1888
135. 2nd French government of Ferry resigns - 1885
136. U.S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House - 1874
137. Journalist Henry M. Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa - 1871
138. Otto von Bismarck elevated Furst - 1871
139. 1st U.S. professional women's club, Sorosis, forms in New York City - 1868
140. Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes - 1866
141. Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman - 1865
142. Battle at Henderson's Hill (Bayou Rapids) Louisiana - 1864
143. Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon - 1863
144. U.S. extradition treaty with Sweden - 1860
145. 1st Zoological Society incorporates in Philadelphia - 1859
146. Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh - 1859
147. Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in U.S., incorporated - 1859
148. Earthquake hits Tokyo; about 107,000 die - 1857
149. Yosemite Valley discovered in California - 1851
150. Origin of Baha'i Era-Baha'i calendar starts here (Baha 1, 1) - 1844
151. Preacher William Miller of Mass predicts the world will end today - 1843
152. Charles Darwin and Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass - 1835
153. Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna - 1826
154. Fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses - 1824
155. French civil Code of Napoleon adopted - 1804
156. Capt Hopley Yeaton of NH becomes 1st commissioned officer in USN - 1791
157. Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State - 1790
158. Fire destroyed 856 buildings in New Orleans Louisiana - 1788
159. Gustavus Vassa petitions Queen Charlotte, to free enslaved Africans - 1788
160. Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament - 1702
161. Czar Peter the Great begins tour through West-Europe - 1697
162. 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London - 1681
163. King James I addresses English House of Commons - 1610
164. Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus - 1492
165. Battle of Beauge-French beat British - 1421
166. 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany - 1349
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