1. 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switz 2:28:43 - 1997
2. 28th New York City Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12 - 1997
3. "Barrymore," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 240 performances - 1997
4. Ralphs Senior Golf Classic - 1997
5. Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup - 1997
6. Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam - 1997
7. USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International - 1997
8. "Hughie," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City - 1996
9. "Busker Alley," premieres at St. James Theatre, New York - 1995
10. "Sacrilege" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 21 performances - 1995
11. Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M - 1995
12. Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed - 1994
13. 1st commemorative bricks are laid at Bob Feller Memorial - 1993
14. Actor Roger Moore (James Bond) has his enlarge prostate removed - 1993
15. Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of NJ - 1993
16. Dow Jones hits record 3697.64 - 1993
17. Ehud Olmert elected mayor of Jerusalem - 1993
18. Rudolph Guliani (R) elected 107th mayor of New York City - 1993
19. 1st test flight of Airbus A330 - 1992
20. Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou - 1991
21. Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song - 1991
22. Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49 - 1991
23. 1st NBA game at Target Center, Minnesota Timberwolves beat Mavericks 98-85 - 1990
24. "Meet Me in St. Louis" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 253 performances - 1989
25. 1st Mrs. America beauty pageant - 1988
26. Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities - 1988
27. Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash - 1988
28. Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year (3rd straight for Oakland A's) - 1988
29. Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple schlerosis - 1987
30. Harrison releases "Cloud 9" and McCartney releases "All the Best" - 1987
31. 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06 - 1986
32. 17th New York City Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06 - 1986
33. Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship - 1986
34. Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge - 1985
35. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1984
36. Abp Hickey conducts papal investigation of Abp Hunthausen, Seattle - 1983
37. President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day - 1983
38. Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die - 1982
39. Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament - 1982
40. Peter Shaffers musical "Amadeus," premieres in London - 1979
41. Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31 - 1978
42. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1978
43. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1978
44. Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award - 1977
45. Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president - 1976
46. New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City - 1976
47. San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young - 1976
48. Ed Giacomin as a Red Wing returns to Mad Sq Garden beats Rangers 6-4 - 1975
49. Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89 - 1975
50. Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs - 1974
51. Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for OF Dave May - 1974
52. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1974
53. "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV - 1973
54. OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms - 1973
55. Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle - 1972
56. Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award - 1972
57. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1972
58. "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances - 1971
59. Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0 - 1971
60. Cleve Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Philadelphia 141-87) - 1970
61. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open - 1969
62. NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer and St. L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each - 1969
63. "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 17 performances - 1968
64. KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1966
65. CBS purchases 80% of Yanks for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20% - 1964
66. Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi Arabia - 1964
67. Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC vs. E African XI - 1963
68. "Tambourines to Glory" opens at Little Theater New York City for 24 performances - 1963
69. John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled - 1962
70. "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances - 1961
71. Max Frisch' "Andorra," premieres in Zurich - 1961
72. Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad - 1960
73. George Weiss, at 66, resigns as GM of New York Yankees - 1960
74. Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover" - 1960
75. Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222 - 1960
76. Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed - 1959
77. "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances - 1959
78. 1st titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio - 1957
79. Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion - 1956
80. Israel captures Gaza and Sheham - 1956
81. Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer discover polio virus - 1955
82. David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government - 1955
83. Charles C. Diggs, Jr. elected Michigan's 1st black congressman - 1954
84. J. S. Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC) - 1954
85. Taiwan and U.S. sign military pact - 1954
86. Pakistan becomes islamic republic - 1953
87. "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances - 1950
88. Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP - 1950
89. Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state - 1949
90. WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1948
91. 7th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 11-1 at Portland CC Ore - 1947
92. Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (& last) time - 1947
93. Auschwitz begins gassing inmates - 1944
94. Canadian troops occupy Knokke - 1944
95. U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald - 1944
96. Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed - 1943
97. 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir - 1942
98. Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II) - 1942
99. German troops occupy Rostov - 1941
100. Babe Ruth applies for job of St. Louis Browns' manager - 1938
101. Jimmie Foxx wins his 3rd AL MVP - 1938
102. AL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP - 1937
103. 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London - 1936
104. Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan - 1934
105. Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in New York City - 1931
106. Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty - 1930
107. Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Phila - 1928
108. Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle - 1924
109. Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists - 1923
110. Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven) - 1923
111. Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down - 1923
112. Allies deliberate over German mark - 1922
113. Australian Qantas airways begins service - 1922
114. Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in New York City - 1921
115. KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station - 1920
116. Warren G. Harding elected president - 1920
117. Ft. Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France - 1916
118. 1st U.S. election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio - 1915
119. Great Britain annexes Cyprus - 1914
120. Russia declares war on Turkey - 1914
121. V Herbert and H Blossoms "Only Girl," premieres in New York City - 1914
122. St. Louis Browns mgr George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League - 1913
123. Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published - 1907
124. British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing - 1904
125. Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St. New York City - 1903
126. New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St. New York City - 1903
127. Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal - 1899
128. French government-Dupuy forms - 1898
129. Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem - 1898
130. 29th Belmont: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 2:11 - 1895
131. Paul Verlaine visits Netherlands - 1892
132. North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state - 1889
133. Dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms - 1881
134. James A. Garfield (R) elected president - 1880
135. In a 6-day footrace a Mr. Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km - 1879
136. Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast - 1875
137. Cobblestone paving of Washington St. between Dupont and Kearny starts - 1854
138. Franklin Pierce elected as president of U.S. - 1852
139. Louis Napoleon takes power in France - 1851
140. Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan - 1841
141. 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola - 1835
142. Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams - 1824
143. Treaty of Fulda - 1813
144. Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen Jackson vs indians - 1811
145. Gen Washington bids farewell to his army - 1783
146. Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms - 1772
147. English Ohio Trade Company forms 1st trade post - 1749
148. Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland - 1722
149. 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia - 1648
150. 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III - 1642
151. Zealand/South Holland flooded - 1532
152. Utrecht conquerors Ijsselstein - 1418
153. English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais - 1355
154. King Alfonso IV of Aragon crowned - 1327
155. Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II - 0676
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