1. "Capeman," opens at Marquis Theater New York City - 1998
2. Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Ft. Lauderdale Fla - 1998
3. Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR - 1998
4. Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, 6 die - 1998
5. Woman's Clinic in Birmingham Alabama bombed, 1 killed - 1998
6. 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins - 1996
7. 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line" - 1996
8. Last day of Test cricket for David Boon - 1996
9. Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open - 1995
10. Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide - 1995
11. Superbowl MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, QB - 1995
12. Superbowl XXIX: San Francisco 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami - 1995
13. Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman - 1993
14. Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years - 1991
15. "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 320 performances - 1991
16. Exxon Valdez capt Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill - 1990
17. 77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62) - 1989
18. Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt - 1989
19. Dottie Mochrie wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic - 1989
20. Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43 - 1989
21. Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop - 1989
22. Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129 - 1989
23. L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion - 1989
24. NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 34-3 - 1989
25. Orlando Arena opens - 1989
26. U.S.S.R.'s Phobos II enters Martian orbit - 1989
27. Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15 - 1988
28. Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers - 1988
29. Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938) - 1988
30. United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s - 1988
31. Lisa files for separation from husband New York Met Darryl Strawberry - 1987
32. William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA - 1987
33. 193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange - 1986
34. Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda - 1986
35. Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39 - 1985
36. Pop stars in LA record "We Are The World" - 1985
37. 34th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 154-145 (OT) at Denver - 1984
38. Actress Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) marries Robert Altman - 1984
39. NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 45-3 - 1984
40. President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term - 1984
41. Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic of Deer Creek - 1984
42. Space Shuttle 41-B (STS-11) Challenger launched - 1984
43. 40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET and Tootsie win - 1983
44. "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on U.K. pop chart - 1983
45. Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak - 1982
46. Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians - 1982
47. AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million - 1981
48. 6 Iranian held U.S. hostages escape with help of Canadians - 1980
49. Cleve Cavaliers beat Los Angeles Lakers 154-153 in quadruple OT - 1980
50. 9th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 13-7 - 1979
51. Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" - 1979
52. Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, D.C. - 1979
53. Emerson, Lake and Palmer disband after 10 years together - 1979
54. NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 13-7 - 1979
55. President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years - 1979
56. Joanne Carner wins Colgate Triple Crown Match-Play Golf Championship - 1978
57. Zeiss planetarium in Hague destroyed by fire - 1976
58. 1st Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King - 1975
59. "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater New York City for 5 performances - 1975
60. W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2 - 1975
61. 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago - 1974
62. 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville - 1972
63. Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs. England at Adelaide - 1971
64. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1970
65. Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars - 1969
66. Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Aust vs. W Indies - 1969
67. Nauru adopts constitution - 1968
68. Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - 1967
69. Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ - 1967
70. "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 107 performances - 1967
71. WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1967
72. Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs. England, Adelaide - 1966
73. Snow storm in north east U.S. kills 165 - 1966
74. "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 608 performances - 1966
75. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming - 1966
76. U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen - 1966
77. 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria - 1964
78. Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and "Sie Leibt Dich" - 1964
79. Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana) - 1964
80. NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million - 1964
81. Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove," premieres - 1964
82. Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit - 1964
83. Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas elected to football hall of fame - 1963
84. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen - 1961
85. U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord - 1961
86. Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released - 1959
87. Murderer, Charles Starkweather, captured by police in Wyoming - 1958
88. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward wed - 1958
89. Graham Greene's "Potting Shed," premieres in New York City - 1957
90. Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Der Besuch der Alten Dame," premieres in Zurich - 1956
91. John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962) - 1955
92. Arnold Schoenberg's "De Profundis," premieres in Cologne - 1954
93. 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres - 1953
94. Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million - 1951
95. Liz Taylor's 1st divorce, Conrad Hilton, Jr. - 1951
96. "Where's Charley?" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 56 performances - 1951
97. Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ and Switz recognize Israel - 1949
98. Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players - 1948
99. "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 188 performances - 1948
100. Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in New York City - 1947
101. 285 German bombers attack London - 1944
102. New Zealand's Kiwi cruiser collides with Jap sub I-1 at Guadalcanal - 1943
103. Sidney Kingsley's "Patriots," premieres in New York City - 1943
104. 1st broadcast of Roy Plomley's "Desert Island Discs" on BBC - 1942
105. German and Italian troops occupy Banghazi - 1942
106. Peru and Ecuador sign Protocol of Rio (boundary determiniation) - 1942
107. 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson - 1936
108. German president von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor - 1933
109. Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide - 1932
110. Seeing Eye Guide Dog Organization forms - 1929
111. 4th German government of Marx forms - 1927
112. British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader - 1925
113. Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland - 1924
114. 1st flight of autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain) - 1923
115. Union of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador dissolved - 1922
116. Hurricane hits Washington and Oregon - 1921
117. Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co. - 1920
118. Secretary of state proclaims 18th amendment (prohibition) - 1919
119. English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch - 1917
120. 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place - 1916
121. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates - 1913
122. Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA - 1912
123. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates - 1908
124. Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km - 1906
125. 1st athletic letters given (University of Chicago football team) - 1904
126. Dutch railroad workers strike - 1903
127. American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis - 1900
128. Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed - 1900
129. Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer - 1896
130. King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed - 1895
131. 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe - 1886
132. Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established - 1879
133. Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina - 1872
134. Battle of Moorefield, WV (Rosser's Raid) - 1864
135. Battle at Bear River, Washington: U.S. Army vs indians - 1863
136. Kansas becomes 34th state - 1861
137. American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX - 1860
138. Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery - 1856
139. Henry Clay introduces a comprise bill on slavery to U.S. Senate - 1850
140. Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press) - 1848
141. Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" 1st published (New York City) - 1845
142. Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood - 1839
143. President Jackson orders 1st use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute - 1834
144. John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress - 1802
145. Australia Day - 1788
146. Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich - 1781
147. Paris churchyard Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual - 1732
148. John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London - 1728
149. Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia - 1676
150. Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees - 1613
151. Deventer and Zutphen surrender to Spain - 1587
152. Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet - 1574
153. Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden - 1523
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