1. General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby - 1995
2. George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title - 1995
3. 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda - 1994
4. Borge Ousland reaches North pole - 1994
5. Ice skater Tonya Harding sues ex-husband Jeff Gillooly for $42,500 - 1994
6. In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made - 1994
7. Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title - 1994
8. Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam - 1994
9. Candid Camera creator Allen Funt suffers a stroke at 78 - 1993
10. Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox - 1993
11. Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte - 1993
12. "Who's Tommy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 899 performances - 1993
13. 6.0 earthquake in California - 1992
14. Gas explodes in sewer, kills 200 in Guadalajara Mexico - 1992
15. "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes New York City 14 performances - 1992
16. Holocaust Museum dedicated in Washington D.C. - 1992
17. Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists - 1992
18. Earthquake strikes Costa Rica and Panama, kills 95 - 1991
19. Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park - 1991
20. Intel releases 486SX chip - 1991
21. Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show - 1991
22. Shalom America (Jewish cable network) is launched in Brooklyn and Queens - 1991
23. Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months - 1990
24. "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 33 performances - 1990
25. Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) - 1989
26. "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances - 1989
27. New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick and 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals - 1988
28. Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana) - 1988
29. Sri Lanka Air Force bomb Tamil, 100s killed - 1987
30. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1986
31. Vicki Fergon wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic - 1984
32. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1983
33. Rangers 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles win series 4-2 - 1983
34. Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth - 1983
35. Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) - 1983
36. Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) - 1983
37. Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season - 1982
38. Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton [03/23] - 1982
39. 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike - 1981
40. Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike - 1981
41. Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in 4 starts - 1981
42. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1981
43. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament - 1979
44. Mick Jaggar and Keith Richards give a benefit concert in Canada - 1979
45. Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony - 1978
46. Simon Peres becomes premier of Israel - 1977
47. Barbara Walters becomes 1st female nightly network news anchor - 1976
48. Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation - 1976
49. Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead - 1975
50. Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show - 1974
51. Apollo astronauts John Young and Charles Duke ride on Moon - 1972
52. Soyuz 10 launched - 1971
53. 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources - 1970
54. Flat Earth celebrated - 1970
55. New York Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher - 1970
56. New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19 - 1970
57. "Park" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances - 1970
58. Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings - 1970
59. 1st human eye transplant performed - 1969
60. Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for heavyweight boxing title - 1969
61. Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing - 1969
62. Martial Law goes into effect in Greece - 1967
63. Atlanta Braves win their 1st game, beating New York Mets 8-4 - 1966
64. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1966
65. Tanganyika and Zanzibar form republic Tanzania - 1964
66. World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens - 1964
67. Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Sunshine Golf Open - 1962
68. New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season - 1962
69. Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season - 1962
70. Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2 - 1962
71. Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria - 1961
72. Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, and 3 errors - 1959
73. Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings - 1959
74. All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies - 1957
75. Patty Berg wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open - 1956
76. Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust" - 1955
77. Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2 - 1955
78. Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government - 1954
79. NBA adopts 24-second shot clock and 6 team-foul rule - 1954
80. Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began - 1954
81. U.S.S.R. joins UNESCO - 1954
82. 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada - 1952
83. Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises," premieres in New York City - 1952
84. Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in New York City - 1951
85. WTVR TV channel 6 in Richmond, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1948
86. 1st NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2 - 1947
87. SED, Sozialistic Einheitspartei Deutschlands, party forms - 1946
88. Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated - 1945
89. Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 - 1945
90. Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea - 1944
91. Hitler and Mussolini meet at Salzburg - 1944
92. German counter attack in North-Tunisia - 1943
93. RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea - 1943
94. Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right) - 1940
95. New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike - 1937
96. Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address - 1933
97. Egypt and Iraq sign peace treaty - 1931
98. U.S., Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty - 1930
99. 1st performance of Roger Sessions' Symphony in E - 1927
100. Persia, Turkey and Afghanistan sign treaties of security - 1926
101. Hague Chambers of Commerce forms - 1924
102. South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR - 1922
103. France battles at Fort Douaumont - 1916
104. 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I - 1915
105. 2nd Battle of Ypres begins - 1915
106. New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time - 1915
107. Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win - 1914
108. Mexico ends diplomatic relations with U.S. - 1914
109. Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania - 1913
110. Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba - 1908
111. 10th anniversary Olympic games open at Athens, Greece - 1906
112. New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls - 1906
113. Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam - 1905
114. American Power Boat Association forms - 1903
115. New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st game, Senators win 3-1 before 11,950 - 1903
116. 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship - 1898
117. Baltimore James Hughes no-hits Boston Braves 8-0 - 1898
118. Cincinnati Red Theodore Breitenstein no-hits Pirates 11-0 - 1898
119. Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry - 1898
120. U.S. President McKinley orders blockade of Cuban harbors - 1898
121. New York City Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active) - 1897
122. Francis Dhanis army occupies Kasongo - 1893
123. Paul Kruger elected president of Transvaal for 3rd time - 1893
124. Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner" - 1889
125. Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 years 9 mos) - 1884
126. U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State - 1884
127. 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 - 1876
128. Philadelphia Nationals Wes Fisler scores baseball's 1st run - 1876
129. Tsjaikovsky completes his "Swan Lake" ballet - 1876
130. U.S. mints 2 cent coin (1st appearance of "In God We Trust") - 1864
131. Robert E. Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces - 1861
132. English steamship "Sirius" docks in New York City after Atlantic crossing - 1838
133. Baltic Club (Exchange) forms in London - 1823
134. R. J. Tyers patents roller skates - 1823
135. Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight - 1817
136. Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria arch duke Karl - 1809
137. Gioacchino Rossini (12) performs in Imola - 1804
138. Napoleon defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi - 1796
139. President Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in U.S. - 1793
140. Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress - 1769
141. Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris - 1728
142. 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed - 1722
143. Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft - 1692
144. Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet - 1677
145. Battle of Etna - Neth/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded - 1676
146. Netherlands and Munster sign peace treaty - 1674
147. King Charles II sits in on English parliament - 1671
148. Royal Society incorporates - 1662
149. Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament - 1659
150. English army claims king Charles I responsible for bloodshed - 1648
151. Treaty of Saragosa: Spain and Portugal divide eastern hemisphere - 1529
152. 1st slave revolt occurs in South Carolina - 1526
153. French king Francois I declares war on Spain - 1521
154. Henry VIII ascended to throne of England - 1509
155. Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal - 1500
156. Bastille begins being built in Paris - 1370
157. Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III - 1164
158. 19th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet - 1145
159. Pope Alexander II buried/Ildebrando chosen as Pope Gregory VII - 1073
160. Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye - 1056
161. St. Agapitus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0536
162. St. Gaius ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0296
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