1. "Annie," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City - 1997
2. NHL announce Might Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan - 1997
3. Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld vs. Vic) - 1996
4. 15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins - 1995
5. 24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen - 1995
6. "Defending the Caveman," opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 671 perf - 1995
7. Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup - 1995
8. "Moliere Comedies" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 56 performances - 1995
9. Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec) - 1994
10. Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:22.60) - 1994
11. Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26) - 1994
12. Talk show hostess Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman - 1994
13. Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo - 1994
14. Mike Tyson sentenced to 10 years in rape of Desiree Washington - 1992
15. NHL New York Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years - 1992
16. Fuel pipe explodes under 58th street and Lexington Ave, New York City - 1991
17. Marc Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner," premieres in London - 1991
18. Orlando Thunder beats San Antonio Riders in their 1st WLAF game 35-34 - 1991
19. Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final - 1991
20. 62nd Academy Awards - "Driving Miss Daisy," D Day-Lewis, J Tandy win - 1990
21. 1st free elections in U.S.S.R.; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins - 1989
22. Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic - 1989
23. Janet B. Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10) - 1988
24. August Wilson's "Fences," premieres in New York City - 1987
25. Hyderabad beat Delhi on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy - 1987
26. NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit - 1987
27. National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) - 1987
28. Geffen records signs Guns and Roses - 1986
29. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1983
30. Ground-breaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial - 1982
31. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder release "Ebony and Ivory" in the U.K. - 1982
32. Soap opera "Capitol" premieres - 1982
33. Police and Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia - 1981
34. Soyuz T-4 lands - 1981
35. Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police) - 1980
36. 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Mich State beats Indiana St. 75-64 - 1979
37. Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt - 1979
38. Michigan State Spartans snaps Indiana State's 33-game win streak - 1979
39. Padres and Giants announce plans to play exhibition series in Tokyo but Giant players reject it - 1979
40. Elvis Costello releases his 1st record "Less Than Zero" - 1977
41. AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M - 1976
42. Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album - 1976
43. "Tommy" premieres in London - 1975
44. Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win and NHL record of 17 straight loses - 1975
45. George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title - 1974
46. Romanian Communist Party names party leader Ceausescu president - 1974
47. 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76 - 1973
48. Soap "Young and Restless" premieres - 1973
49. Susan Shaw, is 1st woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange - 1973
50. UCLA wins their 7th straight NCAA basketball title - 1973
51. Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic - 1972
52. Los Angeles Lakers broke NBA record by winning 69 of 82 games (69-13) - 1972
53. "Only Fools Are Sad" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 144 performances - 1972
54. Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence - 1971
55. "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings - 1971
56. "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV - 1971
57. 500th nuclear explosion announced by the U.S. since 1945 - 1970
58. Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark - 1970
59. "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 80 performances - 1970
60. Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl - 1970
61. Marcus Welby MD, a TV movie is shown on ABC-TV - 1969
62. Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use - 1969
63. Soviet weather satellite Meteor 1 launched - 1969
64. 21st Tony Awards: Homecoming and Cabaret win - 1967
65. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open - 1967
66. Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio - 1967
67. "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1,348 performances - 1964
68. Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature - 1962
69. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival - 1961
70. Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem - 1960
71. Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami - 1960
72. USC captures NCAA swimming title - 1960
73. Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs. WI age 15 years 124 days - 1959
74. 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge over River Kwai," Woodward and Guinness win - 1958
75. U.S. Army launched America's third successful satellite, "Explorer III" - 1958
76. Medic Alert Foundation forms - 1956
77. Red Buttons debuts on TV in Studio One - 1956
78. "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US - 1955
79. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island - 1954
80. Dr. Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio - 1953
81. 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns 80-63 - 1952
82. F Durrenmatt's "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi," premieres in Munich - 1952
83. Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open - 1951
84. USAF flag approved - 1951
85. 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 - 1949
86. British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg) - 1945
87. De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34 - 1945
88. Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine - 1945
89. Japanese resistance ends on Iwo Jima - 1945
90. Kamikazes attack U.S. battle fleet near Kerama Retto - 1945
91. U.S. 7th Army crosses Rhine at Worms - 1945
92. Venray soccer team forms - 1945
93. 705 British bombers attack Essen - 1944
94. Battle of Komandorski Islands, Pacific Ocean - 1943
95. Elsie S. Ott becomes 1st woman awarded U.S. Air Force Medal - 1943
96. 1st "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz and Birkenau Camps - 1942
97. 1st 700 Jews from Polish Lvov-district reach concentration camp Belzec - 1942
98. 20 tons of gelignite in a stone quarry at Easton Pennsylvania, kills 21 - 1942
99. German offensive in North-Africa under Col-general Rommel - 1942
100. Ernest Hemingway and Benjamin Glazer premiere in New York City - 1940
101. NBC radio performance of Howard Hanson's 3rd Symphony - 1938
102. Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replace his 40 with 36 oz bat - 1937
103. Spinach growers of Crystal City, Texas, erect statue of Popeye - 1937
104. William H. Hastie becomes 1st black federal judge (Virgin Islands) - 1937
105. 1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio - 1936
106. 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech - 1936
107. Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska - 1936
108. "RvJ" Mitchell and Mjr Sorley discuss armament of Spitfire - 1935
109. Driving tests introduced in Britain - 1934
110. Iraq and Trans-Jordan sign peace treaty - 1931
111. Leo Bentley bowls 3 consecutive perfect games in Lorain, Ohio - 1931
112. New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies - 1931
113. Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway - 1930
114. Alfred Hugenberg purchases German film company UFA - 1927
115. Gaumont-British Film Corporation forms - 1927
116. ACD de Graeff appointed Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies - 1926
117. The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America - 1926
118. Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," in London - 1924
119. Stanley Cup: Ott Senators beat Vanc Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 1 - 1923
120. Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 - Seattle is 1st U.S. team to win Stanley Cup - 1917
121. Birdman of Alcatraz receives solitary - 1916
122. Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators - 1915
123. Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War - 1913
124. Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously - 1913
125. U.S. forbid immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers and the sick - 1910
126. William H. Lewis appointed asst attorney general of U.S. - 1910
127. August Strindberg's "Bjalb-jarle-ti," premieres in Stockholm - 1909
128. American Hotel opens in Amsterdam - 1903
129. King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day - 1895
130. Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! South Africa vs. England - 1889
131. Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) vs. South Africa at Newlands - 1889
132. South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs. England - 1889
133. 1st cremation in England - 1886
134. Eastman Film Co. manufactures 1st commercial motion picture film - 1885
135. Louis Riel's forces defeat Canadian forces at Duck Lake, Sask - 1885
136. Hastings College of Law founded - 1878
137. Sabi Game Reserve, world's 1st official designated game reserve, opens - 1878
138. 7.8 earthquake shakes Owens Valley, California - 1872
139. Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher - 1872
140. Paris Commune founded - 1871
141. Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves - 1863
142. Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch) - 1862
143. 1st sighting of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit inside Mercury - 1859
144. NSW's 1st 1st-class game, vs. Victoria at Melbourne NSW won - 1856
145. Joseph Francis, New York City, patents a corrugated sheet-iron lifeboat - 1845
146. Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid - 1845
147. 1st Henley Royal Regatta - 1839
148. 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" - 1824
149. Franz Grillparzer's "Das Goldene Vliess," premieres in Vienna - 1821
150. Earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas; about 20,000 die - 1812
151. Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana - 1804
152. Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase - 1804
153. Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine - 1799
154. Pro-royalist uprising in Vendee region of France - 1793
155. Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency - 1790
156. 1st British Sunday newspaper appears (Brit Gazette and Sunday Monitor) - 1780
157. King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands - 1692
158. England takes control of Bombay India - 1668
159. University of Utrecht opening ceremony - 1636
160. Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea - 1534
161. King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France - 1526
162. Tichborne family of Hampshire England started tradition of giving a Gallon of flour to each resident to keep deathbed promise - 1150
163. Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence - 1147
164. John XIX crowns Conrad II the Salier Roman German emperor - 1027
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