1. Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30 - 1997
2. Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu - 1997
3. Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care - 1997
4. Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China - 1997
5. "Dreams and Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City - 1996
6. "Skylight" closes at Royale Theater New York City after - 1996
7. "Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City - 1996
8. B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed - 1994
9. Bangladesh government of Zia resigns - 1994
10. Billionaire J Paul Getty, Jr. marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados - 1994
11. Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down - 1994
12. Shane Warne takes a hat-trick vs. England at cricket MCG - 1994
13. Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment - 1993
14. Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed) - 1993
15. Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency - 1992
16. 12th United Negro College Fund - 1991
17. Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei - 1991
18. "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 14 performances - 1991
19. Olympic gymnist Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley - 1990
20. Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBC's "Today" show - 1989
21. Vaclav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia - 1989
22. Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by AP - 1989
23. Soviet Red Army Team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum - 1988
24. Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes - 1988
25. 5th United Negro College Fund - 1984
26. Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period - 1984
27. Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections - 1984
28. Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI - 1983
29. Graeme Yallop completes 268 vs. Pakistan at cricket MCG - 1983
30. US announced withdrawal from UNESCO - 1983
31. Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica - 1982
32. Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins) - 1982
33. Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A - 1980
34. Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum - 1979
35. Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government - 1978
36. Spain constitution goes into effect - 1978
37. Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, vs. England at the MCG - 1978
38. Ronald Ribman's "Cold Storage," premieres in New York City - 1977
39. 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City - 1975
40. Murray Schisgal's "All Over Town," premieres in New York City - 1974
41. Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Everglades killing 101 - 1972
42. Life magazine ceases publication - 1972
43. Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson and Max Walker vs. Pakistan at MCG - 1972
44. New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause - 1969
45. Baltimore Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game - 1968
46. Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes - 1968
47. New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game - 1968
48. Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" 1st airs - 1967
49. Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus - 1967
50. CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year - 1965
51. Supremes release "My World is Empty Without You" - 1965
52. "Thunderball" premieres in US - 1965
53. 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2) - 1963
54. Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 years 8 days - 1962
55. Saul Levitt's "Andersonville Trial," premieres in New York City - 1959
56. Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game - 1958
57. TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts - 1958
58. Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game - 1957
59. Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas - 1957
60. Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13 - 1955
61. Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being - 1954
62. 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale in Elmsford, New York - 1952
63. Flying Enterprise in difficulty in Canal - 1951
64. 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) - 1949
65. Hungary nationalized its industries - 1949
66. Canada recognizes Israel - 1948
67. "Rape of Lucretia" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 23 performances - 1948
68. US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit - 1948
69. Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine - 1947
70. Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced - 1944
71. Gen Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles - 1944
72. Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II) - 1940
73. NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14 - 1940
74. Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins - 1938
75. 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie - 1937
76. Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) - 1937
77. Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ - 1937
78. Pan Am starts San Francisco-to-Auckland, New Zealand service - 1937
79. 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (MSG) - 1934
80. Federico Garcia Lorca's "Yerma," premieres in Madrid - 1934
81. Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Treaty of 1930 - 1934
82. Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cin Reds - 1933
83. Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey - 1931
84. Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat NSW - 1931
85. Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans - 1930
86. Police arrest Sukarno and 100s PNI-leaders - 1929
87. Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index - 1926
88. Victoria (1107) beat NSW (221 and 230) by an innings 656 runs - 1926
89. Dutch Constitution proclaimed - 1922
90. Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage - 1922
91. William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM - 1921
92. The netherlands/Venezuela recover diplomatic relations - 1920
93. Yugoslav government bans Communist Party - 1920
94. 1st movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn," premieres in Chicago - 1913
95. Proclamation restores "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins - 1911
96. SF Symphony formed - 1911
97. Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc - 1908
98. Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906) - 1906
99. French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad and Ubangi-Shari - 1903
100. General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia - 1900
101. English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up - 1899
102. Dr. L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg - 1895
103. Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio) - 1891
104. US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD - 1890
105. Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany) - 1885
106. 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die - 1876
107. Frederic A Bartholdi (Statue of Liberty sculptor) weds Jeanne-Emilie - 1876
108. 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York - 1867
109. Fire Department celebrates 1st annual ball - 1864
110. Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman - 1862
111. Bowling ball invented - 1862
112. Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht," premieres in Weimar - 1857
113. Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants - 1852
114. 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) - 1851
115. Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration) - 1848
116. Texas admitted as 28th state - 1845
117. King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon - 1841
118. Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a U.S. steamboat docked at Buffalo - 1837
119. Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine - 1837
120. British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812 - 1813
121. 1st nautical almanac in U.S. published by Samuel Stearns, Boston - 1782
122. English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia - 1778
123. Great Alliance occupies Gent - 1708
124. Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenee," premieres in Paris - 1705
125. Charles V, German emperor, buried - 1558
126. Isabella of Poland and King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu - 1541
127. St. Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning - 1539
128. Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France - 1503
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