1. NFL Pro Bowl - 2000
2. All-Star Florida Marlin catcher Darren Daulton, retires - 1998
3. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Indianapolis IN on WNAP 93.1 FM - 1998
4. Paul Simon's "The Capeman," premieres - 1998
5. Minuteman III launches - 1997
6. 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win - 1995
7. Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air - 1995
8. Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured - 1995
9. Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show" - 1995
10. 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62) - 1994
11. 82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64) - 1994
12. Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76) - 1994
13. Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wkts - 1994
14. Superbowl XXVIII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 30-13 in Atlanta Superbowl MVP: Emmitt Smith, Dallas, RB - 1994
15. 100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism and racism - 1993
16. 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62) - 1993
17. Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) lands - 1992
18. 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis and George Michael wins - 1989
19. 5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor - 1989
20. Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter - 1989
21. Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore - 1989
22. Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS vs. N Tvl) - 1988
23. Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ - 1983
24. Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic - 1983
25. Superbowl XVII: Washington Red Skins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: John Riggins, Washington, RB - 1983
26. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners - 1982
27. 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins - 1981
28. Edward Albee's "Lady from Dubuque," premieres in New York City - 1980
29. Rhodesia agrees to new constitution - 1979
30. Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - 1978
31. Mutual Broadcasting Network begins airing Larry King Show on radio - 1978
32. 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever - 1977
33. Allan Border scores 36 in his 1st-class innings (NSW vs. Qld) - 1977
34. Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr president of Hall of Fame - 1977
35. 1st-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg - 1976
36. George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977) - 1976
37. William E. Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA - 1976
38. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1974
39. 1st Kiss concert (Queens New York) - 1973
40. 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at New York Rangers - 1973
41. Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts - 1973
42. KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens New York) - 1973
43. Bloody Sunday: British soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die - 1972
44. Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth - 1972
45. "Ari" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 19 performances - 1971
46. Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his 1st Test bowl, vs. England - 1971
47. UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak - 1971
48. Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert - 1969
49. U.S. / Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere - 1969
50. Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey" - 1968
51. Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on U.S. embassy in Saigon - 1968
52. -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record) - 1966
53. -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record) - 1966
54. Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2) - 1966
55. Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 11th string quartet - 1966
56. State funeral of Winston Churchill - 1965
57. "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3 - 1965
58. Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam - 1964
59. Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail - 1964
60. 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit - 1962
61. U.N. General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) - 1962
62. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1962
63. Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC - 1961
64. John F. Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corp - 1961
65. KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, Arizona (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1961
66. Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide - 1961
67. CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft - 1960
68. Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands - 1960
69. Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI vs. England - 1960
70. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss - 1960
71. U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins - 1960
72. Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test vs. England, Adelaide Oval - 1959
73. Paul Hindemith's symphony "Pittsburgh," premieres - 1959
74. 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas Tx - 1958
75. Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars - 1958
76. Dore Schary's "Sunrise at Campobello," premieres in New York City - 1958
77. House of Lords passes bill allowing women in - 1958
78. U.S. Congress accepts the Eisenhower-doctrine - 1957
79. Elvis Presley records his version of "Blue Suede Shoes" - 1956
80. KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1956
81. KTXS TV channel 12 in Sweetwater-Abilene, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1956
82. Martin Luther King, Jr's home bombed - 1956
83. Belgium ends trade agreement with U.S.S.R. - 1954
84. Italy's Fanfani government resigns - 1954
85. Lehmer verifies: 2^521-1 and 2^607-1 (183 ciphers) Mersenne-prime # - 1952
86. Paul Creston's 4th Symphony, premieres - 1952
87. Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio - 1951
88. "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV - 1950
89. 5th Winter Olympic games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland - 1948
90. 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime - 1946
91. German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed, 4,800 killed - 1945
92. "Wilhelm Gustloff" torpedoed off Danzig by Soviet sub-c 7,700 die - 1945
93. U.S. invades Majuro, Marshall Islands - 1944
94. 6 British Mosquito's daylight bomb Berlin - 1943
95. German assault on French in Tunisia - 1943
96. German under officers shot down in Haarlem Neth - 1943
97. Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul to general-fieldmarshal - 1943
98. Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing - 1943
99. USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean - 1943
100. Japanese troops land on Ambon - 1942
101. Australian troops conquer Derna Libya - 1941
102. Benjamin Britten's "Lesson Illuminations" premieres in London - 1940
103. Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race - 1940
104. Hassett's second 122 of the game for Vic can't stop a NSW win - 1940
105. Heavy aftershocks destroy some of Chile - 1939
106. Hitler calls for extermination of European Jews - 1939
107. 2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov and 16 others sentenced to death - 1937
108. New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname - 1936
109. Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season - 1936
110. Ezra Pound meets Mussolini, reads from a draft of "Cantos" - 1935
111. 1st theatrical presentation sponsored by U.S. government, New York City - 1934
112. Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days - 1934
113. Hitler proclamation on German unified states - 1934
114. Adolph Hitler named German Chancellor, forms government with Von Papen - 1933
115. Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match - 1933
116. "Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio - 1933
117. Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval - 1932
118. Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" premieres at Los Angeles Theater - 1931
119. Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Banya," premieres in Leningrad - 1930
120. 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US - 1928
121. Bradman scores 134 not out (225 mins, 13 fours) NSW vs. Vic - 1928
122. Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude," premieres in New York City - 1928
123. Left wins national election in Thuringen - 1927
124. Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople - 1925
125. Ponsford scores second 110 of the game in Vic win over NSW - 1924
126. Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW - 1922
127. World Law Day, 1st celebrated - 1922
128. French rapist-murderer Henri-Desire Landru sentenced to death - 1921
129. Quebec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game - 1920
130. Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with U.S. Army - 1919
131. 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball) - 1917
132. German submarine attack on Le Havre - 1915
133. No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Vic vs. Tas - 1915
134. House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill - 1913
135. 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba - 1911
136. C. J. Eady (Tas) 1st Australian to score twin centuries (v Vic) - 1895
137. SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed - 1895
138. Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years - 1895
139. Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit - 1894
140. U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham - 1894
141. Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in SCG Test - 1892
142. Capt Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out - 1892
143. John Herschel uses camera obscura to photograph 48" (120cm) telescope - 1889
144. Victoria beat NSW after following on (NSW all out 63 needed 76) - 1889
145. Harry Moses 297 not out for NSW against Victoria - 1888
146. England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney Test - 1883
147. French President MacMahon resigns - 1879
148. Storm flood ravages Dutch coastal provinces - 1877
149. U.S. Navy's 1st ironclad warship, the Monitor, launched - 1862
150. Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester - 1858
151. William Wells Brown published 1st Black drama, "Leap to Freedom" - 1858
152. 1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast - 1854
153. Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugenie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman - 1853
154. Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco - 1847
155. Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington D.C. - 1835
156. Edward Bransfield aboard Williams discovers Antarctica (UK claim) - 1820
157. Keats composes his sonnet, "When I Have Fears" - 1818
158. Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols - 1815
159. Prussia takes possession of Hanover - 1806
160. Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River - 1804
161. U.S. population: 5,308,483; Black population 1,002,037 (18.9%) - 1800
162. Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument - 1798
163. Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks - 1797
164. Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr. Greathead, the inventor - 1790
165. Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland - 1781
166. Capt Cook reaches 71 degrees 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) - 1774
167. England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty - 1713
168. Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia and Poland sign peace treaty - 1667
169. Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War - 1648
170. King Charles I handed over to English parliament - 1647
171. Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 40 pounds - 1647
172. Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII - 1592
173. Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland - 1544
174. Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland - 1522
175. Bell chimes invented - 1487
176. Battle at Velke Kostolany: Hung king Matyas Corvinus beats Bratrici - 1467
177. Gunther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king - 1349
178. Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred - 1349
179. Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV - 1077
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