1. "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances - 1997
2. Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice - 1997
3. 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win - 1996
4. Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth - 1996
5. Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes - 1996
6. Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) - 1996
7. Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS) - 1996
8. Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA) - 1996
9. Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA) - 1996
10. U.S. issues newly-redesigned $100 bill - 1996
11. Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years - 1995
12. Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32) - 1994
13. Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37) - 1994
14. "Candida" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances - 1993
15. Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI - 1992
16. Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup - 1992
17. Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands - 1992
18. 63rd Academy Awards - "Dance with Wolves," Kathy Bates and J Irons win - 1991
19. Allan Border takes 5-68 vs. WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown - 1991
20. 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins - 1990
21. Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 - 1990
22. "Lettice and Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 284 performances - 1990
23. Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic - 1990
24. "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago - 1989
25. "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan - 1988
26. NASA launches space vehicle S-206 - 1988
27. Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money - 1988
28. Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified - 1987
29. Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump - 1986
30. Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA) - 1986
31. Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes - 1986
32. 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win - 1985
33. Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General - 1985
34. Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open - 1984
35. Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec) - 1983
36. Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000m (1:12.58) - 1983
37. Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season - 1982
38. Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest - 1979
39. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament - 1979
40. Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties - 1976
41. "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances - 1976
42. "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City for 48 performances - 1976
43. Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew - 1975
44. Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly" - 1974
45. 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win - 1973
46. Carol Mann wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic - 1973
47. Majid Khan and Mushtaq Mohammad both out for 99 in Test vs. Eng - 1973
48. 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76 - 1972
49. America's LP "America" goes #1 - 1972
50. Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals - 1972
51. "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 5 performances - 1972
52. UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title - 1972
53. Boston Patriots become New England Patriots - 1971
54. European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers - 1971
55. Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold - 1971
56. Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) - 1970
57. Andes Pact signed in Peru - 1969
58. John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) - 1969
59. Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as president - 1969
60. KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
61. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1968
62. 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64 - 1967
63. The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1 - 1967
64. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1967
65. Who and Cream make U.S. debut at Murray the K's Easter Show - 1967
66. Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled - 1966
67. U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional - 1966
68. Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama - 1965
69. West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution - 1965
70. Britain sets memorial for the late President John F. Kennedy - 1964
71. Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64) - 1964
72. KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting - 1963
73. "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances - 1962
74. French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested - 1962
75. "13 Daughters" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 28 performances - 1961
76. 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cin beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) - 1961
77. 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes - 1961
78. Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona - 1961
79. Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) - 1961
80. "Gypsy" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 702 performances - 1961
81. Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered - 1961
82. 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) - 1960
83. DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York City) - 1960
84. Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires - 1960
85. Italian government Tambroni forms - 1960
86. Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate - 1959
87. French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary - 1959
88. Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times - 1958
89. West German parliament desires German atomic weapons - 1958
90. NBA modifies the free-throw rule - 1957
91. Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market) - 1957
92. East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R. - 1955
93. 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity," Holden and A Hepburn win - 1954
94. Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity) - 1954
95. RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000 - 1954
96. 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win - 1951
97. E Purcell and EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab - 1951
98. SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied - 1949
99. 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47 - 1947
100. Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia - 1947
101. Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111 - 1947
102. Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. NZ, Christchurch) - 1947
103. 1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto" - 1946
104. U.S. 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen - 1945
105. U.S. 4th Armored div arrives at Hanau and Aschaffenburg - 1945
106. U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa - 1945
107. RAF Sgt Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute - 1944
108. 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt nazi registration - 1943
109. Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio - 1943
110. 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp - 1942
111. Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon South Carolina, incorporated - 1941
112. Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart - 1939
113. 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase - 1938
114. It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads - 1937
115. Italy and Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) - 1937
116. Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot - 1937
117. Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page - 1937
118. 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground - 1936
119. Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s) - 1936
120. 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns - 1935
121. 1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284 - 1934
122. Hal Kemp and his Orch record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis - 1931
123. Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama - 1931
124. Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier - 1924
125. Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in 2 - 1924
126. British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy - 1923
127. Greek Independence Day - 1920
128. Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City - 1916
129. Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title - 1916
130. Women are allowed to attend a boxing match - 1916
131. 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21 - 1915
132. German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea - 1915
133. Great Dayton Flood - 1913
134. Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn - 1913
135. L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay - 1911
136. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls - 1911
137. Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ - 1910
138. Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup - 1907
139. Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South - 1905
140. Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine - 1902
141. 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa - 1901
142. U.S. Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis - 1900
143. Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in New York City - 1898
144. Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece - 1896
145. Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) - 1895
146. Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon Oh for Wash - 1894
147. 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town vs. England - 1889
148. Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber - 1888
149. 1st demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York City) - 1882
150. Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0) - 1876
151. Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida - 1865
152. Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg - 1865
153. Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely) - 1865
154. SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 - 1865
155. Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid) - 1864
156. 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded - 1863
157. Skirmish at Brentwood Tennessee - 1863
158. Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse - 1857
159. A. E. Burnside patents Burnside carbine - 1856
160. Friedrich Hebbel's "Agnes Bernauer," premieres in Munich - 1852
161. Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" - 1847
162. Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) - 1821
163. Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack - 1820
164. Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians - 1817
165. Netherlands Bank established - 1814
166. 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex - 1813
167. 1st railway passenger service began in England - 1807
168. British Parliament abolishes slave trade - 1807
169. George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs - 1807
170. France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens - 1802
171. Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington - 1776
172. English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill - 1774
173. Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia - 1753
174. England, France and Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty - 1700
175. Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000 - 1669
176. 1st horse race in America takes place - 1668
177. Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) - 1655
178. Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay - 1647
179. Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland - 1634
180. Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. - 1609
181. Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies - 1598
182. Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer - 1584
183. Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal - 1581
184. Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland - 1571
185. Council of Pisa opens - 1409
186. Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland - 1306
187. William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England - 1133
188. Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0708
189. Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded - 0421
190. 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus - 0031
191. Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word - 0001
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