1. "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 79 performances - 1997
2. CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton - 1996
3. "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City - 1996
4. Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship - 1996
5. Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup - 1996
6. Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan vs. NZ Lahore - 1996
7. Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship - 1996
8. Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%) - 1995
9. Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales - 1993
10. End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood - 1993
11. Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 - 1992
12. 1st International flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico) - 1991
13. 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21 - 1991
14. After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21 - 1991
15. Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year - 1991
16. Rachmon Nabijev elected President of Tadzjikistan - 1991
17. U.S. 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched - 1991
18. Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia - 1989
19. Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon - 1989
20. Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record - 1989
21. Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR - 1987
22. Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year - 1986
23. "Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 48 performances - 1986
24. Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana - 1986
25. 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24 - 1985
26. Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed - 1985
27. PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians and Lebanese - 1983
28. Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI vs. India Bombay - 1983
29. Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year - 1982
30. Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan - 1982
31. 1st air-launched cruise missile tested - 1981
32. Ronald Reagan, Jr. marries Doria Palmieri - 1980
33. Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders - 1979
34. U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange - 1979
35. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1977
36. Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St. Louis (55-14) - 1977
37. NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak - 1976
38. Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award - 1976
39. "Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 7 performances - 1975
40. 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7 - 1974
41. Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty - 1974
42. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic - 1974
43. Miss Teenage America Pageant - 1973
44. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1972
45. Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year - 1971
46. Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000 - 1971
47. Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey - 1971
48. 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB) - 1970
49. Apollo 12 returns to Earth - 1969
50. Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial - 1969
51. West German President Heinemann visits Netherlands - 1969
52. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational - 1968
53. 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) - 1966
54. 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog - 1966
55. The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper" - 1966
56. Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes President of Zaire - 1965
57. 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB) - 1964
58. Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP - 1964
59. For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washington D.C. permitted to vote - 1964
60. Rebellion ends in Zaire - 1964
61. 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald - 1963
62. Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea - 1962
63. Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) - 1960
64. Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community - 1958
65. Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing - 1957
66. 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27 - 1956
67. "Pajama Game" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1063 performances - 1956
68. 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship - 1955
69. Air Force One, 1st U.S. Presidential airplane, christened - 1954
70. France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria - 1954
71. Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954 - 1953
72. Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opens in London (still running) - 1952
73. "17" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 180 performances - 1951
74. 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14 - 1951
75. British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge - 1951
76. "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 56 performances - 1951
77. "Guys and Dolls" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1200 performances - 1950
78. U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas - 1950
79. U.S. infantry division conquerors Chonju, Korea - 1950
80. Britain nationalizes it's steel and iron industry - 1949
81. Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs - 1949
82. Ireland votes for independence from UK - 1948
83. WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1948
84. John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published - 1947
85. Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists - 1947
86. U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo - 1944
87. Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk - 1942
88. French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx" - 1942
89. Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar - 1941
90. "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated - 1941
91. U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine - 1941
92. Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon," premieres in New York City - 1938
93. National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball - 1938
94. Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," premieres in New York City - 1936
95. Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize - 1936
96. King George II returns to Greece after 12 years - 1935
97. CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto - 1934
98. SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven," premieres in New York City - 1934
99. 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days - 1930
100. KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions - 1926
101. 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) - 1925
102. Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St. New York City - 1925
103. 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java) - 1924
104. Radio Belgium's 1st transmission - 1923
105. Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" - 1922
106. Bela Can forms Hungarian Communist Party - 1918
107. Serbian leader flees to Albania - 1915
108. Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party - 1914
109. Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms - 1914
110. Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel - 1905
111. Clyde Coleman of New York City patents automobile electric starter - 1903
112. George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in New York City - 1903
113. Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston - 1897
114. 1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont - 1896
115. Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris - 1887
116. Southern University forms - 1880
117. Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire - 1874
118. National Rifle Association organized in New York City - 1871
119. American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) - 1869
120. Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mt begins in Tennessee - 1863
121. M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo" - 1862
122. Luik-Vise-Maastricht railway opens - 1861
123. Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" - 1859
124. Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Prov Government - 1835
125. South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification - 1832
126. Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen," premieres in Freiburg - 1800
127. Destructive eruption of Vesuvius - 1759
128. Thames River freezes - 1715
129. 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila - 1703
130. General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III - 1688
131. English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans - 1655
132. Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France - 1643
133. Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) - 1642
134. 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event) - 1639
135. John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London - 1628
136. Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy - 1601
137. Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins - 1587
138. Battle at Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James - 1542
139. Thames River freezes - 1434
140. Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary - 1105
141. Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0642
142. Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope - 0496
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