1. 70th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, Titanic wins eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win lead acting awards - 1998
2. 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins - 1997
3. Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING - 1997
4. Liberty Legends of Senior Golf - 1997
5. "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City - 1997
6. Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational - 1997
7. Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title - 1997
8. Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record) - 1995
9. "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers New York City for 548 performances - 1995
10. Amy Fisher's lover Joey Buttafuoco is released from jail - 1994
11. Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28) - 1994
12. Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor - 1994
13. Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months and 9 days - 1994
14. Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev - 1994
15. Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) - 1994
16. Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed) - 1994
17. Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 802 goals scored - 1994
18. Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns - 1993
19. New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl - 1993
20. Florida Marlins begin selling tickets - 1992
21. 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 - 1991
22. 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee - 1991
23. Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m) - 1991
24. Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill - 1990
25. 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature - 1989
26. Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter - 1989
27. Soap "Bold and Beautiful" premieres - 1987
28. U.S. offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf - 1987
29. West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns - 1987
30. 6th Golden Raspberry Awards: Rambo: First Blood Part II wins - 1986
31. Heavyweight Trevor Berbick KOs Pinklon Thomas - 1986
32. Penny Pulz wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open - 1986
33. Billy Joel weds supermodel Christie Brinkley - 1985
34. Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-D mission - 1985
35. Julian Lennon's 1st concert (San Antonio Texas) - 1985
36. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1985
37. Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91) - 1984
38. Ice Dance Championship at Ottawa won by J Torvill and Chris Dean (GRB) - 1984
39. Ice Pairs Championship at Ottawa won by Underhill and Paul Martini (CAN) - 1984
40. Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR) - 1984
41. Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA) - 1984
42. U.S. president Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars" missile defense plan (SDI) - 1983
43. Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees - 1982
44. Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals - 1982
45. Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions - 1981
46. Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men - 1981
47. Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan - 1980
48. Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament - 1980
49. France performs nuclear test - 1980
50. Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt - 1980
51. Larry Holmes TKOs Osvaldo Ocasio in 7 for heavyweight boxing title - 1979
52. Wings release "Goodnight Tonight" - 1979
53. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1978
54. International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying) - 1976
55. Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic - 1975
56. After a 5 year run soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" ends - 1973
57. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1973
58. Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in U.S. - 1973
59. Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars - 1972
60. New York Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx - 1972
61. Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce - 1971
62. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1971
63. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1970
64. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Charlotte Golf Invitational - 1969
65. Rally for Decency (Miami) - 1969
66. 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55 - 1968
67. Rev Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from DC - 1968
68. 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church - 1966
69. Gemini 3 launched, 1st U.S. 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young) - 1965
70. Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed - 1965
71. UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva - 1964
72. 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cin 60-58 (OT) - 1963
73. Rolf Hochhuth's "Der Stellvertreter," premieres in Berlin - 1963
74. John F. Kennedy visits SF - 1962
75. Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days - 1962
76. Wake Forest coach "Bones" McKinney becomes 2nd person to play and coach - 1962
77. William DeWitt buys Cin Reds for $4,625,000 - 1962
78. Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit - 1960
79. 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs) - 1957
80. U.S. Army sells last homing pigeons - 1957
81. 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71 - 1956
82. Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day) - 1956
83. Sudan becomes independent - 1956
84. Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds - 1952
85. Wages in France increase 11% - 1951
86. 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford and De Havilland win - 1950
87. "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances - 1950
88. Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government - 1950
89. U.N. World Meteorological Organization established - 1950
90. Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City - 1949
91. John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 m)) - 1948
92. 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40 - 1946
93. British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine - 1945
94. Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa - 1945
95. Premier Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen - 1945
96. Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die - 1944
97. Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 m without a parachute and lives - 1944
98. German counter attack on U.S. lines in Tunisia - 1943
99. 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported - 1942
100. Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean - 1942
101. U.S. move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers - 1942
102. 1st radio broadcast of "Truth or Consequences" on CBS - 1940
103. All-India-Moslem League calls for a Moslem homeland - 1940
104. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis frees 74 St. L Cardinals minor leaguers - 1938
105. Los Angeles Railway Co. starts using PCC streetcars - 1937
106. Italy, Austria and Hungary sign Pact of Rome - 1936
107. U.S. Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 - 1934
108. Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers - 1933
109. Kroll Opera in Berlin opens - 1933
110. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson - 1930
111. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner - 1930
112. 1st telephone installed in White House - 1929
113. NHL Championship: Mont Canadiens outscore Pitt Pirates, 6-4 in 2 games - 1926
114. Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution - 1925
115. Frank Silver and Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas" - 1923
116. 1st airplane lands at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. - 1922
117. KMJ-AM in Fresno California begins radio transmissions - 1922
118. WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions - 1922
119. Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms - 1920
120. Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted - 1919
121. Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan Italy - 1919
122. Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms - 1919
123. Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River - 1918
124. Crepy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed - 1918
125. Lithuania proclaims independence - 1918
126. Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) - 1918
127. Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest U.S. - 1917
128. Zion Mule Corp forms - 1915
129. Dixie Cup invented - 1912
130. 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st U.S. auto speedway) - 1910
131. Wright brothers obtain airplane patent - 1903
132. Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast - 1901
133. Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier," premieres in Milan - 1896
134. 1st jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall - 1891
135. President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization - 1889
136. Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war - 1881
137. Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die - 1881
138. Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin) - 1880
139. Slavery abolished in Puerto Rico - 1873
140. University of California founded (Oakland California) - 1868
141. Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto - 1867
142. General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro North Carolina - 1865
143. Encounter at Camden AR - 1864
144. Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign - 1862
145. London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr. Train of New York, begins operating - 1861
146. Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia) - 1858
147. Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, New York City) - 1857
148. Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic) - 1849
149. Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) - 1840
150. 1st known use of term OK (Boston) - 1839
151. 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) - 1839
152. Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale - 1836
153. Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes - 1835
154. British Parliament passes reform bill - 1832
155. Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain - 1808
156. Lewis and Clark reach Pacific coast - 1806
157. Murder attempt on Czar Paul I - 1801
158. 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) - 1794
159. Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine - 1794
160. Lt-general Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland - 1794
161. Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death" - 1775
162. Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later - 1752
163. English premiere of Handel's "Messiah" - 1743
164. George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premieres in London - 1743
165. English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth - 1708
166. France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk - 1657
167. French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont - 1630
168. English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander - 1593
169. Friesland joins Union of Utrecht - 1579
170. Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike - 1568
171. 1st dated edition of Maimonides "Mishna Torah" published - 1490
172. Maimonides Mishneh Torah published - 1490
173. Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" and Pope Eugene III - 1153
174. 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet - 1066
175. Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy - 1026
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