1. Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City) Tram, injuring 10 - 1998
2. Roland Clarkson discovers 2^3021377-1 (37th known Mersenne prime) - 1998
3. WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics and Detroit Shock - 1998
4. 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win - 1997
5. "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City - 1997
6. 15 day old siamese twins separated - Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies - 1996
7. 70th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61) - 1996
8. Catherine Roskam becomes the 1st New York female Episcopal bishop - 1996
9. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1996
10. Germany celebrates it's 1st Holocaust Rememberance Day - 1996
11. Monica Seles beats Anke Huber to win Australian Open - 1996
12. Shiv Chanderpaul scores 303* for Guyana vs. Jamaica at Kingston - 1996
13. 69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62) - 1995
14. Carlos Reina succeeds President Callejas in Honduras - 1994
15. "No Man's Land" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances - 1994
16. Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites - 1994
17. DC-3 crashes in Kinshasa, killing 12 - 1993
18. 19th American Music Award: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win - 1992
19. "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 7 performances - 1992
20. Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee - 1992
21. Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty) - 1992
22. President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair - 1992
23. 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats I Lendl (16 64 64 64) - 1991
24. Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands - 1991
25. Nadine Strossen is 1st female president of the ACLU - 1991
26. Superbowl XXV: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19 in Tampa Superbowl MVP: Ottis Anderson, New York Giants, RB - 1991
27. 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64) - 1990
28. German war criminals Fischer and Aus der Funten freed - 1989
29. Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games - 1989
30. Okla's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Ok grad student - 1989
31. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court - 1988
32. Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team - 1987
33. 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle - 1986
34. 15th Space Shuttle (51-C) Mission-Discovery 3 returns to Earth - 1985
35. "Doug Henning and His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York after 60 perf - 1985
36. Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic - 1985
37. Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25) - 1985
38. NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 22-14 - 1985
39. John and Yoko release "Milk and Honey" album - 1984
40. Los Angeles Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak - 1984
41. Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial - 1984
42. World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid - 1983
43. "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale New York City for 747 performances - 1982
44. Mauno Koivisto installed as president of Finland - 1982
45. Philadelphia trades Larry Bowa and Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus - 1982
46. Roberto S. Cordova installed as president of Honduras - 1982
47. West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup - 1982
48. "Comin' Uptown" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 45 performances - 1980
49. NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 37-27 - 1980
50. 36th Golden Globes: Midnight Express, Jon Voight and Jane Fonda - 1979
51. Islanders ends 23 undefeated games at home streak (15-0-8) - 1979
52. 1st broadcast of "Roots" mini-series on ABC TV - 1977
53. President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000) - 1977
54. 9th ABA All-Star Game: Denver 144 beats ABA 138 at Denver - 1976
55. "Laverne and Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV - 1976
56. Morocco-Algeria battles in Westerly Sahara - 1976
57. Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia - 1976
58. "Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 320 performances - 1974
59. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn - 1973
60. U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr - 1973
61. UCLA's basketball team wins 61st consecutive game (NCAA record) - 1973
62. US and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and milt draft - 1973
63. William Rogers and Nguyen Duy Trinh sign U.S. - North Vietnam treaty - 1973
64. Montgomery St. Station, last link in BART, 'holed thru' - 1971
65. Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG" - 1970
66. 14 spies hung in Baghdad - 1969
67. 9 Jews publically executed in Damascus Syria - 1969
68. Actress Thelma Ritter suffers a heart attack and she dies Feb 5th - 1969
69. Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years - 1969
70. "Darling of the Day" opens at George Abbott Theater New York City for 31 performances - 1968
71. Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee - 1967
72. Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records - 1967
73. New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker) - 1967
74. Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed - 1967
75. Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966 - 1966
76. 1st ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite - 1965
77. Ground breaking for "Dragon Gateway" at Grant Avenue - 1965
78. Barlow and Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval - 1964
79. "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US - 1964
80. Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican President bid - 1964
81. Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec - 1963
82. Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - 1963
83. "Family Affair" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 65 performances - 1962
84. "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV - 1961
85. Ferenc Munnich follows Kadar as premier of Hungary - 1958
86. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open - 1957
87. NFL's New York Giants switches games from Polo Grounds to Yankee Stadium - 1956
88. "Plain and Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 476 performances - 1955
89. Netherlands end Marshall aid - 1953
90. "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 320 performances - 1951
91. U.S. begins 126 nuclear tests at Nevada Test Site - 1951
92. 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win - 1950
93. Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China - 1949
94. 1st locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates - 1948
95. 1st tape recorder sold - 1948
96. Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) - 1945
97. Russia liberates Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland) - 1945
98. S Romberg, H&D Fields' musical premieres in New York City - 1945
99. Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested - 1945
100. Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, and Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves - 1944
101. Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed - 1944
102. 1st U.S. air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen) - 1943
103. -19 degrees F (-27.4 degrees C), Netherland's coldest day since 1850 - 1942
104. Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Jap assault on Pearl Harbor - 1941
105. -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record) - 1940
106. 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61) - 1934
107. French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair) - 1934
108. VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe - 1934
109. Otto Meisnner dines with British ambassador Rumbold - 1933
110. Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game - 1927
111. 1st public demonstration of television, John L Baird, London - 1926
112. U.S. Senate agrees to join World Court - 1926
113. Egyptian king Foead nominates Saad Zaghloel Pasja premier - 1924
114. Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square - 1924
115. "Tarzan of the Apes," 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater - 1918
116. Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record) - 1917
117. Communist party "Spartacus Letters" 1st published in Berlin - 1916
118. U.S. Marines occupy Haiti - 1915
119. Pasiphae, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte - 1908
120. Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec - 1906
121. Maurice Rouvier forms government in France - 1905
122. 5 workers killed on explosion during IRT subway construction (New York City) - 1902
123. Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention - 1900
124. British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana) - 1897
125. Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory - 1896
126. 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11 - 1894
127. Midwinter Fair opens in Golden Gate Park - 1894
128. Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania - 1891
129. National Geographic Society organizes in Washington D.C. - 1888
130. 1st British government of Salisbury resigns - 1886
131. Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp - 1880
132. 1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana) - 1870
133. After accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union - 1870
134. Manitoba and Northwest Territories incorporated - 1870
135. Battle of Fair Gardens, TN - 1864
136. Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va - 1864
137. President Monroe appoints 1st U.S. ambassadors to South America - 1823
138. 1st U.S. state university chartered, Athens Georgia - 1785
139. Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris - 1778
140. Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland - 1736
141. Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget - 1710
142. Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City - 1671
143. 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) - 1662
144. Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno - 1593
145. Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies - 1556
146. States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy - 1538
147. Dante becomes a Florentine political exile - 1302
148. Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0847
149. St. Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0672
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