1. 72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63) - 1998
2. STS 89 (Endeavour 12) lands - 1998
3. Barcelona opera theater "Gran Teatro del Liceo" burns down - 1994
4. Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36 - 1994
5. 81st Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (62 61 26 75) - 1993
6. "St. Joan" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 49 performances - 1993
7. Superbowl XXVII: Dallas Cowboys beat Buffalo Bills, 52-17 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Troy Aikman, Dallas, QB - 1993
8. MTA raised tolls on most New York City bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 - 1992
9. Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires - 1992
10. Nugget's Michael Adams becomes shortest NBA player to get a triple-double - 1991
11. Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude - 1991
12. 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing - 1990
13. 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds - 1990
14. Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ - 1990
15. Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil - 1988
16. Superbowl XXII: Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in San Diego Superbowl MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB - 1988
17. 44th Golden Globes: Platoon, Marlee Matlin win - 1987
18. United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp - 1987
19. Mary Lund of Minn, is 1st female recipient of an artificial heart - 1986
20. "Harrigan 'n Hart" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 5 performances - 1985
21. South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence - 1985
22. 36th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-6 at NJ - 1984
23. Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network - 1984
24. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1984
25. 10 Arabian oryx, extinct except in zoos, released in Oman - 1982
26. 12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13 - 1982
27. 32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey - 1982
28. Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59) - 1982
29. Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek - 1982
30. NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 16-13 - 1982
31. U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton - 1982
32. 38th Golden Globes: Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter - 1981
33. Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1:13.39) - 1981
34. "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1 - 1981
35. Police storm occupied Spanish embassy in Guatemala City, killing 41 - 1980
36. "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 101 performances - 1978
37. Israel turns 3 milt outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements - 1978
38. Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad - 1977
39. Joe Sewell, Amos Rusie, and Al Lopez elected to baseball Hall of Fame - 1977
40. Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308 - 1976
41. "Love Rollercoaster" by Ohio Players hits #1 - 1976
42. Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold - 1975
43. John Lennon releases "#9 Dream" - 1975
44. UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship - 1975
45. McDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres - 1974
46. Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral - 1972
47. Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal - 1972
48. Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana - 1972
49. U.S. launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998) - 1972
50. & Dave Bancroft and George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame - 1971
51. Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands - 1971
52. Jake Beckley, Joe Kelley, Harry Hooper, Rube Marquard, Chick Hafey - 1971
53. "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on U.K. pop chart - 1971
54. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn - 1971
55. U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich - 1971
56. Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges - 1970
57. Beatles perform last live gig (42-min concert on roof of Apple HQs) - 1969
58. Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA - 1969
59. Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten years - 1968
60. Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia - 1968
61. Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32"), at Agata, U.S.S.R. - 1968
62. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1968
63. Viet Cong's Tet offensive begins - 1968
64. Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers - 1966
65. U.S.S.R. launches Luna 9 towards Moon - 1966
66. Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame - 1965
67. U.S. report "Smoking and Health" connects smoking to lung cancer - 1964
68. Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" and "Ruby Baby" - 1963
69. Gen Charles P. Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA - 1962
70. Samuel Gravely assumes command of destroyer escort "USS Falgout" - 1962
71. David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel - 1961
72. Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2 - 1961
73. Houston voters approve bond to finance luxury domed stadium - 1961
74. Kanhai completes twin tons (117 and 115) vs. Aust at Adelaide - 1961
75. NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign - 1961
76. USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights - 1961
77. Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress and singer Phyllis Newman in New York City - 1960
78. Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become head of AL - 1959
79. "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host - 1958
80. James van Allen discovers radiation belt - 1958
81. U.S. launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1 - 1958
82. Liz Taylor's 2nd divorce (Michael Wilding) - 1957
83. Trans-Iranian oil pipe line finished - 1957
84. French government of Mollet forms - 1956
85. Juscelino Kubitschek becomes president of Brazil - 1956
86. RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer - 1955
87. Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835 - 1953
88. NY, Cleveland, and Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues - 1953
89. "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die - 1953
90. Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1 centuries - 1952
91. Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - 1952
92. President Truman approves building of hydrogen bomb - 1950
93. 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago) - 1949
94. J D Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears in NY - 1948
95. Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway - 1948
96. Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic - 1946
97. US 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath - 1945
98. Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June - 1944
99. U-592 sunk off Ireland - 1944
100. U.S. forces invade Kwajalein Atoll - 1944
101. 39 U boats sunk this month (203,100 ton) - 1943
102. Chile breaks contact with Germany and Japan - 1943
103. Gen Friedrich von Paul surrenders to Russian troops at Stalingrad - 1943
104. 62 U boats sunk this month (327,000 ton) - 1942
105. 21 U boats sunk this month (127,000 ton) - 1941
106. Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands - 1941
107. Joe Louis KOs Red Burman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title - 1941
108. 40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton) - 1940
109. C Turney and J Horwin's "My Dear Children," premieres in New York City - 1940
110. "Green Hornet" radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit - 1936
111. Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce - 1934
112. French government of Daladier takes power - 1933
113. Hitler promises parliamentary democracy - 1933
114. U.S. railway unions accept 10% wage reduction - 1932
115. NHL's Quebec Bulldogs' Joseph Malone scores a record 7 goals - 1931
116. Philip Barry's "Tomorrow and Tomorrow," premieres in New York City - 1931
117. 1st U.S. glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, NJ - 1930
118. Erich Maria Remarques publishes "Im West nieces Neues" in Berlin - 1929
119. Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey - 1929
120. Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company - 1928
121. International allies military command in Germany disbands - 1927
122. NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants - 1927
123. Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola - 1925
124. 1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in U.S. (New York City) begins publication - 1920
125. Joe Malone, Quebec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a game - 1920
126. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates - 1920
127. Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship - 1917
128. Dutch Girl Guides form - 1916
129. 1st German poison gas attack, against Russians - 1915
130. Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site - 1911
131. Strongest instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter - 1906
132. 1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach - 1905
133. Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor - 1905
134. Bela Bartok's symphony "Kossuth," premieres - 1904
135. Boer general John Smuts and De la Rey conqueror Mud river Transvaal - 1901
136. Chekhov's "Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater - 1901
137. Winnipeg Victorias sweep Montreal Shamrocks in 2 for Stanley Cup - 1901
138. Jose Marti and others leave New York City for invasion of Spanish Cuba - 1895
139. "Westminster Gazette" begins publishing - 1893
140. Jesse James gang robs train at Gads Hill, Missouri - 1874
141. Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky - 1871
142. Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24) - 1865
143. Gen Robert E Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies - 1865
144. 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army - 1863
145. Telescope maker Alvin Clark discovers dwarf companion of Sirius - 1862
146. Friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in Weimar - 1861
147. State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans - 1861
148. Western railroads blocked by snow - 1855
149. Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute) - 1854
150. Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk - 1851
151. SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded - 1851
152. Corn Laws abolished in Britain - 1849
153. John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House - 1842
154. Franz Grillparzer's "Die Ahnfrau," premieres in Vienna - 1817
155. British vice-admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao - 1804
156. Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog - 1779
157. Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam) - 1696
158. Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris - 1679
159. Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft - 1675
160. Spanish government goes bankrupt - 1627
161. Wisselbank of Amsterdam established - 1609
162. Catholic League disjoins - 1596
163. Battle of Gembloers - 1578
164. Spanish king Philip II marries Elisabeth van Valois - 1560
165. Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other - 1531
166. By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon - 1504
167. Charles becomes king of Italy - 0876
168. St. Silvester I begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0314
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