1. An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt - 1997
2. Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10 - 1995
3. "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" closes at Palace New York City after 7 performances - 1993
4. Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35) - 1993
5. Vatican recognizes Israel - 1993
6. Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney - 1992
7. Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs. West Indies - 1992
8. 11th United Negro College Fund raises $10,000,000 - 1990
9. "Miser" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 93 performances - 1990
10. 10th United Negro College Fund raises $12,000,000 - 1989
11. Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50m freestyle (27.15 sec) - 1989
12. Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US - 1988
13. Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery) - 1988
14. Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard - 1988
15. North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial - 1988
16. Australia hang on for draw vs. NZ at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short - 1987
17. Premier Mugabe elected president of Zimbabwe - 1987
18. IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released - 1985
19. Pakistan restores constitution - 1985
20. Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) and Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed - 1984
21. Anthony Shaffers "Whodunnit," premieres in New York City - 1982
22. England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG - 1982
23. U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York closes - 1982
24. Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season - 1981
25. "Wonderful World of Disney," last performance on NBC-TV - 1980
26. Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up - 1979
27. Togo adopts constitution - 1979
28. "King and I" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 719 performances - 1978
29. Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach - 1978
30. Carter holds 1st news conf by U.S. President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw) - 1977
31. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1976
32. "Boccaccio" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 7 performances - 1975
33. Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force - 1975
34. Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought) - 1974
35. 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab) - 1973
36. Miami Dolphins beat Oakland Raiders 27-10 in AFC championship game - 1973
37. Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in NFC championship game - 1973
38. Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks - 1972
39. Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders) - 1971
40. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1971
41. Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles - 1970
42. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1969
43. -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Mazama and Winthrop, Washington (state record) - 1968
44. Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks - 1967
45. Great Western Forum opens in LA - 1967
46. Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as president of the Phillipines - 1965
47. Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," premieres in New York City - 1964
48. Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar - 1963
49. Green Bay Packers win NFL championship - 1963
50. "Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV - 1963
51. Green Bay Packers beat New York Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game - 1962
52. Moscow: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 4th Symphony (out 1936) - 1961
53. George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned - 1959
54. French franc devalued - 1958
55. Israeli government of Ben-Gurion, resigns - 1957
56. New York Giants win NFL championship - 1957
57. New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game - 1956
58. 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston) - 1954
59. Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City - 1954
60. "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 165 performances - 1954
61. Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US - 1952
62. Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union - 1950
63. India recognizes People's Republic of China - 1949
64. "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 1077 performances - 1948
65. 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) - 1947
66. King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne - 1947
67. Romanian republic proclaimed - 1947
68. King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne - 1944
69. Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps and cash - 1943
70. Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach - 1941
71. Nazibezetters oblige artsen member to become of Artsenkamer - 1941
72. Nazis require Dutch physicians to join Nazi organization - 1941
73. Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament - 1941
74. California's 1st freeway, (Arroyo Seco Parkway), opens - 1940
75. Bradman scores 267 SA vs. Vic, world record 34th double cricket century - 1939
76. O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days - 1939
77. Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin - 1938
78. United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant - 1936
79. Italian bombers destroy Swedish Red Cross unit in Ethiopia - 1935
80. -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record) - 1933
81. Government disallows NSB-membership for civil service - 1933
82. Jack Badcock scores 274 vs. Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton - 1933
83. Bradman out for a duck vs. England at cricket MCG - 1932
84. Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in New York City - 1929
85. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority incorporates - 1929
86. Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) - 1927
87. Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated) - 1926
88. Paul Eliot Greens "In Abraham's Bosom," premieres in New York City - 1926
89. NSW score 705 against Victoria, go from 8-475 to 9-701 - 1925
90. Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems - 1924
91. Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SSR - 1922
92. John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover - 1918
93. -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) - 1917
94. -37 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record) - 1917
95. Cromarty Harbour, Scot-British cruiser Natal explodes: 405 die - 1915
96. Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103) - 1913
97. Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs. Aust at MCG - 1911
98. Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of Republic of China - 1911
99. Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set - 1908
100. Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball - 1907
101. Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy - 1906
102. American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans - 1903
103. Fire at Chicago's Iriquois Theater kills 602 - 1903
104. Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony - 1897
105. Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5 - 1896
106. Russia signs military accord with France - 1893
107. Dr. Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal - 1892
108. Belgium: king Leopold II installs Order of African Star - 1888
109. Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony in E, premieres in Leipzig - 1884
110. Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres - 1879
111. Johnannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna - 1877
112. Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms - 1875
113. American Metrological Society forms (New York City) weights, measures and money - 1873
114. Philadelphia Knights of Labor forms - 1869
115. US, banks stops payments in gold - 1861
116. Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in U.S., incorporated in New York City - 1854
117. Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico - 1853
118. Opera "Stradella" after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg) - 1844
119. Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die - 1836
120. After gold discovery in Ga, Cherokees forced to move across Miss R - 1835
121. HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from NZ to Sydney - 1835
122. 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona) - 1817
123. Danzig surrenders to allied armies - 1813
124. Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston - 1809
125. French troops conquer Grave Neth - 1794
126. 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston) - 1731
127. Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die - 1703
128. Henry Purcell and Tates opera "Dido and Aeneas," premieres in Chesea - 1689
129. Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands - 1685
130. Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth - 1672
131. Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname - 1666
132. "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople - 1665
133. English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament - 1621
134. Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists - 1317
135. French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king - 0987
136. St. Felix I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0274
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