1. 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34 - 1997
2. 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 - 1997
3. Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit - 1997
4. 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin - 1996
5. Barb Mucha wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship - 1996
6. Chicago Bulls win NBA record 72 games (72-8) - 1996
7. "Delicate Balance," opens at Plymouth Theater New York City - 1996
8. Matabeleland beat Mashonaland Country Dist to win Logan Cup - 1996
9. Wayne James scores 99 and 99 and ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final - 1996
10. Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92 - 1995
11. FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing - 1995
12. Eddie Murray sets record for switch hit HRS in a games (11 times) - 1994
13. "Picnic" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances - 1994
14. Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed - 1994
15. Brazil votes against a monarchy - 1993
16. Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria - 1993
17. "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 30 performances - 1993
18. "High Rollers" opens at Helen Hayes theater on Broadway - 1992
19. Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill - 1992
20. 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus - 1991
21. Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th - 1991
22. Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17) - 1991
23. "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks - 1990
24. National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards - 1990
25. Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history - 1990
26. George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers - 1989
27. Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom - 1989
28. 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence - 1988
29. Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know" - 1988
30. Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games - 1987
31. Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history - 1987
32. Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season - 1987
33. Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka) - 1987
34. Tamil bomb attack in Colombo Sri Lanka, 115 killed - 1987
35. 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 - 1986
36. 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51 - 1986
37. Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz) - 1986
38. Geraldo Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV and finds nothing - 1986
39. Bomb attacks in NATO/AEG-Telefunken building in Brussels - 1985
40. Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead - 1985
41. Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06 - 1985
42. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament - 1985
43. After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose" - 1984
44. Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS - 1984
45. Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph - 1984
46. Montreal Expo David Palmer no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 in a perfect 5 inn game - 1984
47. 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom - 1983
48. Soyuz T-8 is launched - 1983
49. Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game - 1982
50. Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant - 1982
51. Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress - 1982
52. U.S. furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia - 1981
53. 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11 - 1980
54. 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course - 1980
55. Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWWW Detroit Mich - 1980
56. "Carmelina" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 17 performances - 1979
57. "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 2377 performances - 1977
58. Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6 - 1977
59. Broadway play "Annie" opens, 1st of 2,377 performances - 1977
60. C Strouse and M Charnins musical "Annie," premieres in New York City - 1977
61. Zia ur-Rahman appointed president of Bangladesh - 1977
62. Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing - 1976
63. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1976
64. 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24 - 1975
65. 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55 - 1975
66. Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years - 1975
67. Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24) - 1975
68. 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win - 1974
69. 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice - 1974
70. John Young and Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16) - 1972
71. Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched - 1972
72. Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland - 1971
73. Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 HRs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records - 1970
74. 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 - 1969
75. 22nd Tony Awards: Rosencranz and Guilderstern and Hallelujah Baby! win - 1968
76. Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open - 1968
77. Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games) - 1967
78. EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands - 1967
79. Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to U.S. - 1967
80. Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier - 1967
81. Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in New York City - 1967
82. Emperor Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) visits Kingston Jamaica - 1966
83. New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season - 1965
84. Pirates and Cubs combine for 9 HRs, Pirates win 8-5 - 1964
85. Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time - 1963
86. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sunshine Women's Golf Open - 1963
87. Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington - 1962
88. Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO - 1961
89. French army revolts in Algeria - 1961
90. USAF Maj Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m - 1961
91. Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil - 1960
92. 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod - 1959
93. Alf Dean using a rod and reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark - 1959
94. Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1957
95. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fidei Donum - 1957
96. Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1 - 1956
97. Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season - 1955
98. J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City - 1955
99. Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die - 1955
100. Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of U.S.S.R. - 1954
101. USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam - 1954
102. BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route) - 1952
103. 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 - 1951
104. Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1 - 1951
105. 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US - 1948
106. 2nd NBA Championship: Balt Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 4 games to 2 - 1948
107. SED, Socialistic Einheitspartei Germany forms in East Germany - 1946
108. Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory - 1945
109. He Shima Okinawa conquered in 5 days, 5,000 die - 1945
110. Ivor Nivello's "Perchance to Dream," premieres in London - 1945
111. Russia army arrives at outskirts of Berlin - 1945
112. U.S. 7th Army occupies Neurenberg - 1945
113. NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3) - 1944
114. Greece surrenders to nazi-Germany - 1941
115. 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio - 1940
116. Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer - 1940
117. King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties - 1935
118. Moe Berg, Senators catcher, plays AL record 117th cons errorless game - 1934
119. Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322 - 1930
120. Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Moskva Golid," premieres in Moscow - 1930
121. Chuvash Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Chuvash ASSR - 1925
122. No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral - 1925
123. Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels," premieres in London - 1925
124. John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London - 1920
125. U.S. Marines occupy Vera Cruz, Mexico, stay 6 months - 1914
126. German passenger ship Imperator runs aground - 1913
127. Gideon Sundback of Sweden patents the zipper - 1913
128. Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Det Tigers 5-0 - 1910
129. Frederick A. Cook claims to reach North Pole, he didn't - 1908
130. Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) - 1904
131. Phillies' pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat - 1898
132. Spanish-American War begins - 1898
133. George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man," premieres in London - 1894
134. Black Longshoremen strike for higher wages in St. Louis Mo - 1892
135. Potters Field reopened as Madison Park - 1884
136. New York installs 1st firehouse pole - 1878
137. Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Inscrutabili - 1878
138. Ship Azor leaves Charleston with 206 blacks for Liberia - 1878
139. Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington - 1865
140. Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Baha'i Feast of Ridvan (Jalal 13, 20) - 1863
141. Congress establishes U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado - 1862
142. Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston - 1862
143. Alexander Douglas patents the bustle - 1857
144. 1st train crosses Mississippi River's 1st bridge, Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport Iowa - 1855
145. Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico - 1836
146. Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary - 1828
147. Franz Grillparzer's "Sappho," premieres in Vienna - 1818
148. New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British - 1794
149. John Adams sworn in as 1st U.S. VP (9 days before Washington) - 1789
150. Russian tsarina Catharina II ends noble privileges - 1785
151. Spain and Naples-Austria sign peace accord - 1739
152. William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England - 1689
153. England and Sweden sign trade agreement - 1654
154. Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship - 1649
155. 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun - 1600
156. France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant - 1572
157. Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats sultan Ibrahim Lodi - 1526
158. Battle at Villalar: Emperor Charles I beats Communards - 1521
159. Henry the VIII becomes King of England - 1509
160. Maximilian of Habsburg marries Maria of Bourgondie at proxy - 1477
161. Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople - 1453
162. Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike - 1420
163. Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights - 0953
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