1. USAir Arena closes, hosting Washington Wizards - 1997
2. CNN/fn, the financial network by Turner Enterprises, launched - 1995
3. "Garden District" closes at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City - 1995
4. Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding - 1994
5. "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 40 performances - 1993
6. 80th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 24-10 - 1992
7. "Sea Gull" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 48 performances - 1992
8. "Solitary Confinement" closes at Nederlander New York City after 25 performances - 1992
9. Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, vs. Australia at the Gabba - 1991
10. TV show "Roc" has a gay wedding episode - Can't Help Loving that Man - 1991
11. Expos President Claude Brochu agrees to buy club from Charles Bronfman - 1990
12. "Shogun - The Musical" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 72 performances - 1990
13. U.N. Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq - 1990
14. 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome) - 1989
15. India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns - 1989
16. 75th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 38-36 - 1987
17. "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 177 performances - 1987
18. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1987
19. Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes - 1987
20. Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost - 1987
21. New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season - 1987
22. Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs Isles) It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal - 1987
23. Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, vs. NZ, Hyderabad - 1984
24. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1983
25. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1982
26. Greg Chappell scores 201 vs. Pakistan at Gabba - 1981
27. "My Fair Lady" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 119 performances - 1981
28. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1979
29. U.N. observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by U.S. and about 20 other countries - 1978
30. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1978
31. Free agent Reggie Jackson signs 5 year pact with New York Yankees - 1976
32. New York Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract - 1976
33. Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii - 1975
34. President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped - 1975
35. 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World - 1971
36. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1971
37. Charles Ives' "Yale-Princeton," premieres - 1970
38. Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250) - 1970
39. Beatles' "Come Together/Something" reaches #1 - 1969
40. John and Yoko release their 1st album "Two Virgins" in UK - 1968
41. British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen - 1967
42. Robert McNamara elected president of World bank - 1967
43. 1st NBA game at Oakland Coliseum Arena - Warriors beat Bulls 108-101 - 1966
44. "Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 16 performances - 1965
45. Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups - 1965
46. Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English - 1964
47. Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - 1963
48. Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy - 1963
49. Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year - 1962
50. Great-Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde - 1962
51. Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss - 1961
52. John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA - 1961
53. Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit - 1961
54. 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB) - 1960
55. 46th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 35-28 - 1958
56. NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants - 1957
57. "Bells Are Ringing" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 925 performances - 1956
58. Turkish government of Menderes resigns - 1955
59. American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service - 1953
60. WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1953
61. 40th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11 - 1952
62. Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war - 1952
63. 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada - 1951
64. Winston Churchill re-elected British premier - 1951
65. National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms - 1950
66. Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa - 1949
67. Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 - 1949
68. 1st opera to be televised, "Othello," broadcast from the Met (New York City) - 1948
69. KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1948
70. "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie" debuted on NBC - 1948
71. 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9 - 1947
72. U.N. General Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews - 1947
73. Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities - 1946
74. Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed - 1945
75. Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day) - 1944
76. John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery - 1944
77. Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia - 1943
78. U-86 sinks in Atlantic Ocean - 1943
79. US aircraft carrier Hornet launched - 1943
80. US rations coffee - 1942
81. 29th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 18-16 - 1941
82. Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet - 1941
83. Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8) - 1939
84. U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Finland - 1939
85. Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany - 1938
86. Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands - 1937
87. Michael Savage becomes 1st Labour premier of NZ - 1935
88. Chicago Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally - 1934
89. English King George V weds princess Marina of Greece/Denmark - 1934
90. 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania) - 1933
91. Japan begins persecution of communists - 1933
92. Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee," premieres in New York City - 1932
93. France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union - 1932
94. U.S.S.R. and France sign no attack treaty - 1932
95. Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong) - 1929
96. Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager - 1926
97. W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife," premieres in New York City - 1926
98. 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3 - 1924
99. NHL's Montreal Forum opens - 1924
100. Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0 degrees C - 1921
101. Z Parenteau and Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki," premieres in New York City - 1921
102. Serbia annexes Montenegro - 1918
103. Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin - 1916
104. US declares martial law in Dominican Republic - 1916
105. 5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2 - 1913
106. Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der arne Heinrich," premieres in Vienna - 1902
107. East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened - 1901
108. Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa - 1900
109. 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England) - 1897
110. 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point - 1890
111. US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii - 1887
112. Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph - 1877
113. Compulsory education proclaimed in England - 1870
114. 4th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia - 1864
115. Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station) - 1864
116. Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians - 1864
117. Battle of Ft. Sanders, Tennessee (Ft. Loudon), 8-900 casualities - 1863
118. Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore - 1847
119. 1st Italian opera in U.S., "Barber of Seville" premieres (New York City) - 1825
120. Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes minister of Finance - 1813
121. Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia - 1812
122. Dessalines and Christophe declare St. Domingue (Haiti) independent - 1803
123. Sir James Jay invents invisible ink - 1775
124. French commandant Belˆtre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers - 1760
125. Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle - 1745
126. King Philip II devalues Spanish currency - 1596
127. Doornik surrenders to duke of Parma - 1581
128. Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands - 1573
129. L˜fland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland - 1561
130. Treaty of Freiburg] French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty - 1516
131. Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred - 1349
132. Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome - 0799
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