1. 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls and Babyface win - 1998
2. Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip - 1998
3. President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" - 1998
4. 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63) - 1997
5. Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant - 1997
6. "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 308 performances - 1997
7. Superbowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots, 35-21 in Pasadena - 1997
8. "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg - 1996
9. New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern - 1995
10. West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide - 1993
11. 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (63 36 64 62) - 1992
12. Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect - 1992
13. "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 41 performances - 1992
14. Superbowl XXVI: Washington Red Skins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minnesota Superbowl MVP: Mark Rypien, Washington, QB - 1992
15. 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61) - 1991
16. Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church - 1991
17. "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances - 1991
18. Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter - 1991
19. Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame - 1991
20. New York Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50) - 1991
21. Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic - 1990
22. Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) - 1990
23. Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG - 1989
24. AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988 - 1989
25. "Black and Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 829 performances - 1989
26. Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan - 1989
27. Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney - 1989
28. US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus - 1989
29. Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor - 1988
30. "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 4,000+ performances - 1988
31. 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama - 1987
32. Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title - 1987
33. Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ - 1986
34. Superbowl XX: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Richard Dent, Chicago, DE - 1986
35. Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic - 1986
36. Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda - 1986
37. 42th Golden Globes: Amadeus wins - 1985
38. Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season - 1985
39. Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders - 1984
40. U.S. Navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst, NJ - 1984
41. Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California - 1983
42. Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins - 1982
43. Mauno Koivisto elected president of Finland - 1982
44. Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs. Australia at Adelaide Oval - 1981
45. 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro - 1980
46. Islanders and Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game - 1980
47. Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations - 1980
48. Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4 minutes - 1980
49. "Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS - 1979
50. Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Neth - 1979
51. Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void" - 1978
52. International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit - 1978
53. Mario Soares forms Portuguese government - 1978
54. Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40 - 1978
55. Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki - 1977
56. 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20 - 1976
57. Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals - 1976
58. David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in New York City - 1976
59. Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon - 1976
60. NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 23-20 - 1976
61. Edward Albee's "Seascape," premieres in New York City - 1975
62. Belgium government of Leburton forms - 1973
63. Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute - 1972
64. Charles Manson convicted of murder - 1971
65. Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes - 1971
66. Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City - 1970
67. "Red, White, and Maddox" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 41 performances - 1969
68. Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die - 1968
69. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. - 1967
70. Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2) - 1966
71. South Vietnam milt coup under general Nguyen Khanh - 1965
72. Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone - 1963
73. "Milk and Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 543 performances - 1963
74. Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's - 1962
75. Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard - 1962
76. David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia - 1962
77. "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools - 1962
78. U.S. launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km) - 1962
79. 1st woman "personal physician to president"-JG Travell - 1961
80. "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1 - 1961
81. Danny Heater scores 135 pts in basketball game (Boys' HS) - 1960
82. High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points - 1960
83. Oakland enters AFL - 1960
84. Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot - 1960
85. Italy government of Fanfani resigns - 1959
86. KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting - 1959
87. H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense - 1958
88. Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It" - 1958
89. Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational - 1958
90. Bernanos and Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres - 1957
91. Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms - 1957
92. India annexes Kashmir - 1957
93. Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of Milwaukee Braves - 1957
94. 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - 1956
95. Buddy Holly's 1st formal recording session - 1956
96. Hank Greenberg and Joe Cronin are elected to Hall of Fame - 1956
97. Porkkala military base returned to Finland by U.S.S.R. - 1956
98. Ground breaking begins on Disneyland - 1954
99. Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - 1951
100. India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion - 1950
101. WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1949
102. Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed - 1948
103. KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die - 1947
104. Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp - 1945
105. 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland - 1942
106. Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel - 1942
107. Nazi's forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains - 1940
108. Federal Hall National Monument established - 1939
109. Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind" - 1939
110. Franco conquers Barcelona - 1939
111. Bradman scores 128 NSW vs. Victoria, 96 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes - 1934
112. Nazi Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years - 1934
113. British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead) - 1932
114. KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW - 1932
115. Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty - 1931
116. Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs," premieres in New York City - 1931
117. Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories) - 1930
118. Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence - 1929
119. Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in New York City - 1927
120. Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London) - 1926
121. Charles Jewtraw, U.S. 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal - 1924
122. Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London - 1922
123. Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms - 1921
124. Toronto St. Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers - 1921
125. Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window - 1920
126. President Hoover calls for "wheatless" and "meatless" days for war effort - 1918
127. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established - 1915
128. 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike - 1914
129. Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index - 1914
130. Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro - 1913
131. Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego - 1911
132. Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden - 1911
133. Heavy rains cause floods in Paris - 1910
134. 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed - 1907
135. J M Synge's "Playboy of Western World" opens; police are called - 1907
136. Arnold Schonberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna - 1905
137. Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea - 1905
138. Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart - 1900
139. Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army - 1897
140. Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in New York City - 1891
141. Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians - 1887
142. Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor - 1886
143. Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum - 1885
144. 1st Dutch Wagner version of Elizabeth aria - 1884
145. France government of Gambetta falls - 1882
146. Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl - 1881
147. Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green - 1875
148. British Rugby Union forms - 1871
149. U.S. income tax repealed - 1871
150. Virginia rejoins US - 1870
151. 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms - 1863
152. War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops - 1863
153. Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order - 1862
154. Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede - 1861
155. 1st German-language daily newspaper in U.S. published, New York City - 1850
156. Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain - 1841
157. Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol - 1838
158. Michigan admitted as 26th U.S. state - 1837
159. Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan - 1833
160. Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library - 1802
161. Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty - 1797
162. Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna - 1790
163. John Odell signs contract for 336 pounds to build St. Peter's church (Bronx) - 1789
164. Capt Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales - 1788
165. Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol - 1784
166. England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty - 1748
167. Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne - 1736
168. Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey - 1699
169. Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night - 1697
170. Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr - 1689
171. France declares war on England and Munster - 1666
172. Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife - 1654
173. Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die - 1531
174. English king Edward III proclaimed king of France - 1340
175. 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet - 0066
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