1. ITT LPGA Tour Championship - 1998
2. O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" - 1996
3. Rosemary West, found guilty in England, of killing 10 women - 1995
4. "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" opens at Richard Rodgers New York City for 320 perf - 1993
5. Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec) - 1992
6. Washington Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women - 1992
7. New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension - 1991
8. George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia - 1990
9. Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister - 1990
10. Prof Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia - 1990
11. Aneta Kreglicka of Poland, 24, crowned 39th Miss World - 1989
12. Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon - 1989
13. Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired - 1989
14. Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract - 1989
15. U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit - 1989
16. Patriots shutout Indianapolis 24-0 - 1987
17. Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick in 2 for heavyweight WBC boxing title - 1986
18. Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals - 1986
19. Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61-C - 1985
20. Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens - 1985
21. PNP/MAN win Antilian parliamentary election - 1985
22. Fred Rogers of PBS' "Mr Rogers? Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution - 1984
23. Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas - 1982
24. 69th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-23 - 1981
25. Browns' QB Brian Sipe sets club record by being intercepted 6 times - 1981
26. "Marlowe" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 48 performances - 1981
27. San Diego Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21) - 1981
28. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1981
29. Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak - 1980
30. Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins - 1977
31. Algeria Constitution goes into effect - 1976
32. Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts - 1976
33. Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain - 1975
34. Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore - 1974
35. U.N. General Assembly recognizes Palestine right to sovereignty - 1974
36. Belgium government of Eyskens resigns - 1972
37. Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak - 1972
38. Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07) - 1972
39. U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China - 1972
40. "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 144 performances - 1971
41. Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard - 1969
42. 1st interracial TV kiss, Star Trek-Kirk and Uhura - 1968
43. Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album - 1968
44. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1968
45. BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles - 1967
46. Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York - 1967
47. U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land - 1967
48. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1967
49. 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (QB) - 1966
50. Bob Dylan weds Sara Lowndes - 1965
51. "Man of La Mancha" opens at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City for 2329 performances - 1965
52. Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title - 1965
53. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational - 1964
54. WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1964
55. Beatles release their 2nd album "With the Beatles" in UK - 1963
56. Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as 36th U.S. president - 1963
57. Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues - 1961
58. Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star - 1961
59. St. Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws - 1961
60. French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons - 1960
61. AFL's 1st draft - New York Titans choice George Izo, QB, Notre Dame - 1959
62. Boston Patriots enters AFL - 1959
63. Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP - 1957
64. Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY - 1957
65. Simon and Garfunkel appear on "American Bandstand" as "Tom and Jerry" - 1957
66. 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne - 1956
67. Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games - 1956
68. RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss - 1955
69. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1955
70. Humane Society forms - 1954
71. A's Harry Byrd selected AL Rookie of Year - 1952
72. 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft. Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18 - 1950
73. 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY - 1950
74. "Day before Spring" opens at National Theater New York City for 167 performances - 1945
75. Jim Benton, Cleveland end, gains 303 yards (NFL record) - 1945
76. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen - 1944
77. FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan - 1943
78. Lebanon declares independence from French administration - 1943
79. RAF begins air bombing of Berlin - 1943
80. U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island - 1943
81. Gen-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov - 1942
82. Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man - 1942
83. British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis - 1941
84. NZ troops conquer Ft. Capuzzo Libya - 1941
85. 500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis - 1940
86. 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst CC Pinehurst NC - 1936
87. China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight - 1935
88. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show - 1934
89. Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered - 1932
90. Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite," premieres - 1931
91. 1st Irish Sweepstake run - 1930
92. 1st U.S. football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0) - 1930
93. Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit - 1930
94. Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG - 1929
95. "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly (Paris) - 1928
96. 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc) - 1927
97. George Gershwin's "Funny Face," premieres in New York City - 1927
98. Neil Simon Theater (Alvin) opens at 250 W 52nd St. New York City - 1927
99. Imperial Conference ends-giving autonomy inside British Commonwealth - 1926
100. Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college - 1925
101. England orders Egyptians out of Sudan - 1924
102. Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death - 1923
103. British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader - 1922
104. Library Ave in Bronx named - 1922
105. Wilhelm Cuno forms new German government - 1922
106. 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam - 1919
107. Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week - 1919
108. Bathe: grand duke Frederik II resigns - 1918
109. King Albert I's triumphant procession through Brussels - 1918
110. Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland - 1918
111. Polish forces attack Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov) - 1918
112. NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands - 1917
113. Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing - 1914
114. Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs - 1910
115. 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0 - 1908
116. International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help - 1906
117. British, Italian, Russ, French and Aust-Hung fleet attack Lesbos - 1905
118. Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army) - 1899
119. Opera "Iris" premieres (Rome) - 1898
120. Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia - 1886
121. T Thomas Fortune starts New York Freeman (New York Age) newspaper - 1884
122. Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague - 1872
123. Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties - 1864
124. Union General O Howard orders plunderers, shot to death - 1864
125. Battle of Ft. McRee, FL - 1861
126. Opera "La Perle Du Bresil" is produced (Paris) - 1851
127. Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts - 1842
128. Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) - 1831
129. Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen - 1809
130. Strasbourg Alsace-Lorraine, prohibits circumcision and wearing of beards - 1794
131. King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden - 1714
132. Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland - 1707
133. Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden - 1699
134. Purcells "Welcome to All the Pleasures," premieres in London - 1683
135. English king Charles II adjourns parliament - 1675
136. Spain delegates "New Laws" against slavery in America - 1542
137. Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope - 1497
138. Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements - 1346
139. Frederik II Hohenstaufen crowned Roman-German Emperor - 1221
140. St. Symmachus begins his reign as Pope replacing Anastasius II - 0498
141. [Felix II] ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0365
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