1. 18th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Jose - 1999
2. "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV - 1997
3. "7 Guitars" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City - 1996
4. Katie Beam, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 35th Miss Teenage America - 1996
5. "Seven Guitars," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City - 1996
6. Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovette split-up - 1995
7. Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield - 1995
8. World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge - 1995
9. Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed - 1994
10. Italy's right-wing alliance under Silvio Berlusconi wins election - 1994
11. 13th Golden Raspberry Awards: Shining Through wins - 1993
12. 22nd Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Helen Alfredsson - 1993
13. Conservatives win French parliamentary election - 1993
14. Type II supernova detected in M81 (NGC 3031) - 1993
15. 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal - 1992
16. Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31) - 1992
17. PBA National Championship Won by Eric Forkel - 1992
18. Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son - 1991
19. Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient - 1990
20. Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 points in a game - 1990
21. President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal - 1990
22. New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court - 1989
23. Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway - 1987
24. Extremist Sikhs kill 13 hindus in Ludhiana India - 1986
25. John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA - 1986
26. International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley - 1985
27. Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in New York City - 1985
28. STS 51-D vehicle moves to launch pad - 1985
29. 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000 - 1982
30. 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62 - 1982
31. Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open - 1982
32. JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador - 1982
33. Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec) - 1981
34. France performs nuclear test - 1981
35. Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70) - 1981
36. Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua - 1981
37. Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs) - 1981
38. British government of Callaghan falls - 1979
39. Lazarus and Vosburgh's "Day in Hollywood and night in Ukraine," premieres - 1979
40. Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pennsylvania (no deaths) - 1979
41. 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59 - 1977
42. 49th Academy Awards - "Rocky," Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway win - 1977
43. Morarji Desai forms government in India - 1977
44. Washington Caps win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses also - 1975
45. Rock group Raspberries breakup - 1974
46. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1972
47. Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game - 1972
48. 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win - 1971
49. 1,086 die when 7.4 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey) - 1970
50. Pope Paul VI names JGM Willebrands cardinal - 1969
51. "Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 65 performances - 1967
52. U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam - 1967
53. Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational - 1965
54. 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska - 1964
55. AFL's New York Titan's become the New York Jets - 1963
56. Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India - 1962
57. Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees - 1962
58. Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African and 1st Filipino cardinal - 1960
59. Scotch factory explodes burying 20 fire fighters (Glasgow Scotland) - 1960
60. 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama - 1959
61. 1st National Curling Championship held - 1957
62. NZ cricket all out for 26 vs. England at Eden Park - 1955
63. 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win - 1954
64. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open - 1954
65. WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting - 1954
66. 7th Tony Awards: Crucible and Wonderful Town win - 1953
67. KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1953
68. "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 365 performances - 1953
69. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright - 1953
70. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins - 1953
71. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright - 1952
72. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button - 1952
73. 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year - 1950
74. 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win - 1948
75. Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London - 1945
76. 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 - 1944
77. Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking - 1944
78. NBA rookie of the year in 1966, Rick Barry - 1944
79. 234 RAF bombers attack Lubeck - 1942
80. 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 - 1942
81. British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire - 1942
82. Raid on lock/dock St. Nazaire - 1942
83. Sea battle at Cape Matapan: British fleet under Cunningham defeats Italy - 1941
84. Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down - 1939
85. Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in New York City - 1939
86. Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship - 1939
87. Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco - 1939
88. Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket - 1935
89. German Reichstag confers dictatorial powers on Hitler - 1933
90. 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston) - 1930
91. Constantinople and Angora changes names to Istanbul and Ankara - 1930
92. Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador - 1929
93. Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St. New York City - 1927
94. WGN-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions - 1924
95. 1st microfilm device introduced - 1922
96. Stanley Cup: Toronto St. Pats (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2 - 1922
97. Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford - 1920
98. Thomas Masaryk elected president of Czechoslovakia - 1920
99. Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa by Turkish authorities - 1917
100. Puccini's "La Rondine," premieres in Monte Carlo - 1917
101. 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) - 1910
102. Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used - 1905
103. 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record) - 1902
104. The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan) - 1896
105. 1st world weightlifting championship held - 1891
106. U.S. Salvation Army officially organized - 1885
107. Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum and James A Bailey - 1881
108. San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine - 1871
109. 1st ambulance goes into service - 1866
110. Skirmish at Bealeton Station, Virginia - 1862
111. 1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra - 1859
112. During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia - 1854
113. Dutch princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia separate - 1849
114. Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US - 1845
115. Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid - 1844
116. Felix Mendelssohn marries Cecile Jeanrenaud - 1837
117. Senate censure President Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of U.S. - 1834
118. Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 - 1804
119. New York State abolished slavery - 1799
120. Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine - 1797
121. Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church - 1796
122. Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) - 1794
123. Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts - 1774
124. English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) - 1738
125. Karel V's son Philip II crowned king of Spain - 1556
126. Origin of Fasli Era (India) - 1556
127. Bloemkamp Abbey (Oldeklooster) attacked and destroyed - 1535
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