1. Control of Panama Canal reverts to Panama - 1999
2. US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year - 1998
3. Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268 - 1997
4. Marv Levy, retires as coach of Buffalo Bills - 1997
5. Microsoft buys Hotmail E-mail service - 1997
6. More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809 - 1997
7. Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba - 1997
8. South African and U.S. surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head - 1997
9. 62nd Sugar Bowl: Virginia Tech beats Texas - 1995
10. Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip - 1995
11. "Danny Gans on Broadway" closes at Neil Simon New York City - 1995
12. "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 308 performances - 1995
13. "Heiress" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 340 performances - 1995
14. Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria - 1995
15. "Paul Roebson" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 14 performances - 1995
16. "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 48 performances - 1995
17. "Tempest" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 71 performances - 1995
18. 1st snowless December in Baltimore Maryland - 1994
19. Anti Apartheid Group of Netherlands (AABN) disbands - 1994
20. Barbra Striesand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years - 1993
21. Loveboat actress Jill Whelan (27) weds Brad St. John (33) - 1993
22. Target date for Europe's single market - 1992
23. WCBS TV news anchor Carol Martin weds Joe Terry - 1992
24. CPN, Communist Party of Netherland, last day of existance - 1991
25. Daniel R McCarthy elected New York Yankee managing general partner - 1991
26. Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83 - 1991
27. J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner - 1991
28. U.S.S.R., last day of existence - 1991
29. Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds - 1990
30. Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting - 1990
31. United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace - 1990
32. Actress Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever) weds Joe Petruzzi - 1989
33. Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles - 1989
34. Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year - 1989
35. "Me and My Girl" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 1420 performances - 1989
36. "Threepenny Opera" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances - 1989
37. Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97 - 1986
38. Russian TU-144 flies for 1st time faster than sound - 1986
39. WIS-AM in Columbia South Carolina changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG) - 1986
40. Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash - 1984
41. New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH - 1984
42. Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira - 1984
43. Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, vs. England at Calcutta - 1984
44. US leaves UNESCO - 1984
45. Brunei gains complete independence from Britain - 1983
46. Jose Happart installed as mayor of Voeren Belgium - 1983
47. Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup - 1983
48. CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years - 1982
49. NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features - 1982
50. TV soap "Doctors" ends 19 year run - 1982
51. CNN Headline News debuts - 1981
52. Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution - 1981
53. Netherlands unemployment stands at record 475,000 - 1981
54. A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18 - 1980
55. New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks - 1980
56. Senegal president Leopold Senghor resigns - 1980
57. Winterland Rock Concert Hall in San Francisco closes after 556 concerts - 1979
58. CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy - 1978
59. Iran shah names Chapour Bakhtiar premier - 1978
60. "Magic Show" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 1859 performances - 1978
61. "Runaways" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 199 performances - 1978
62. Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US - 1978
63. Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait - 1977
64. "Bubbling Brown Sugar" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 766 performances - 1977
65. Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam - 1977
66. Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa - 1977
67. "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 124 performances - 1977
68. Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado - 1977
69. The Cars played their 1st gig - 1976
70. TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run - 1976
71. 42nd Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13 beats Penn State 6 - 1975
72. 41st Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 13 beats Florida 10 - 1974
73. Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yank contract - 1974
74. Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin - 1974
75. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac - 1974
76. New York Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 years for record $3.75 million - 1974
77. Popular Electronics displays Altair 8800 computer - 1974
78. 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23 - 1973
79. 61st Australian Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61) - 1973
80. Johan Cruyff chosen European soccer Player of year - 1973
81. 39th Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14 beats Penn State 0 - 1972
82. Leap second day; also in 1973-79, 1987 - 1972
83. Miami Dolphins beat Pittsburgh Steelers 21-7 in AFC championship game - 1972
84. Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3 in NFC championship game - 1972
85. KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1971
86. Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA - 1971
87. Congress authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin - 1970
88. Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to disolve Beatles - 1970
89. President Allende nationalizes Chilean coal mines - 1970
90. Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out - 1970
91. Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi - 1969
92. 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144) - 1968
93. 1st test flight of Tupolev TU 144 - 1968
94. New York Jets win AFL championship - 1968
95. 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 147-118 - 1967
96. "Henry, Sweet Henry" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 80 performances - 1967
97. Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7 in AFL championship game - 1967
98. Packers beat Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game (-13 degrees F) - 1967
99. Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 and stays there for 7 weeks - 1966
100. Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs. WI Calcutta, 2-92 - 1966
101. Toboggan Chutes begin operation in Cleveland Metroparks - 1966
102. Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph) - 1964
103. Indonesia proclaims expelled from the UN - 1964
104. Chicago Bears win NFL championship - 1963
105. Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years) - 1963
106. Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir played music together for the 1st time - 1963
107. American Basketball League announces suspension of operation - 1962
108. Dutch leave New Guinea - 1962
109. Katanga becomes part of Democratic Republic of Congo - 1962
110. "Match Game" debuts on NBC with host Gene Rayburn - 1962
111. Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cin for 10 yrs - 1962
112. 1st performance of Beach Boys - 1961
113. Beach Boys play their debut gig under that name - 1961
114. Failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon - 1961
115. Green Bay Packers shutout New York Giants 37-0 in NFL championship game - 1961
116. "lrma La Douce" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 527 performances - 1961
117. Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion - 1961
118. 47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2) - 1958
119. Cubans dictator Batista flees - 1958
120. International Geophyscial Year ends - 1958
121. Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X - 1958
122. AAU awards Bobby Morrow, James Sullivan Memorial Trophy - 1957
123. "Vamp" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 60 performances - 1955
124. Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president - 1953
125. WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (NBC) begins - 1953
126. Willie Shoemaker shatters record, riding 485 winners in a year - 1953
127. 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced - 1951
128. Jockeys W Shoemaker and Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year - 1950
129. 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia - 1949
130. Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike - 1948
131. French troops leave Lebanon - 1946
132. President Truman officially proclaims end of WW II - 1946
133. Bradman scores 112, his 1st post-War century, SA vs. Aust Services - 1945
134. Ratification of United Nations Charter completed - 1945
135. 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah - 1944
136. Japanese army evacuates harbor city Akyab - 1944
137. New York City's Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at Paramount Theater - 1943
138. 60 U boats sunk this month (330,000 ton) - 1942
139. Battle in Barents Sea - 1942
140. Potatoes rationed in Holland - 1942
141. Young Park (2) in the Bronx named in honor of Samuel Young - 1941
142. 37 U boats sunk this month (213,000 ton) - 1940
143. 25 U boats sunk this month (81,000 ton) - 1939
144. Dr. R N Harger's "drunkometer," 1st breath test, introduced in Indiana - 1938
145. Charles Darrow patents Monopoly - 1935
146. CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party - 1935
147. Helen Richey becomes 1st woman to pilot an airmail transport - 1934
148. John P O'Brien sworn-in as mayor of New York City - 1932
149. Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages - 1930
150. U.S. tobacco industry produced 123 billion cigarettes in 1930 - 1930
151. Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini illius magistri - 1929
152. Ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month - 1927
153. 14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry - 1925
154. Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies - 1924
155. 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester - 1923
156. BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID - 1923
157. H Tierney/J McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in New York City - 1923
158. Last San Francisco firehorses retired - 1921
159. Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, vs. Eng at MCG - 1920
160. Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager - 1918
161. Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members - 1917
162. Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000 - 1914
163. Marie Curie receives her 2nd Nobel Prize - 1911
164. U.S. tobacco industry produced 9 billion cigarettes in 1910 - 1910
165. For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year - 1907
166. G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera - 1907
167. French/British/Italian treaty concerning rights on Abyssinia - 1906
168. Boers and British army sign peace treaty - 1902
169. Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into New York City (1/1/1898) - 1897
170. 25th auto built in US - 1896
171. Ellis Island (New York City) opens as a U.S. immigration depot - 1890
172. Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace - 1879
173. Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in U.S.) - 1879
174. Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp - 1879
175. Gilbert/Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres in New York City - 1879
176. Opera "Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York City) - 1879
177. J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) - 1870
178. Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee - 1862
179. Battle of Stone's River, Tennessee (Stone River, Monfreesboro) - 1862
180. President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to Union - 1862
181. Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee - 1862
182. Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sank off Cape Hatteras, NC - 1862
183. 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record - 1861
184. Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves - 1859
185. Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada - 1857
186. Future president and Mrs. Rutherford B Hayes marry - 1852
187. Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons - 1841
188. End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism - 1805
189. Import of African slaves banned by all of the Northern states - 1783
190. Bank of North America, 1st U.S. bank opens - 1781
191. English fleet beat Dutch Merchant vessels - 1779
192. Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors - 1776
193. Battle of Quebec; Americans unable to take British stronghold - 1775
194. Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg - 1762
195. British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal - 1758
196. Russia joins the Alliance of Versailles - 1756
197. Bonnie Prince Charlies army meets with de Esk - 1745
198. James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble) - 1744
199. Duke of Marlborough fired as English army commander - 1711
200. Great Alliance captures Bridge - 1708
201. Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701 - 1700
202. Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham - 1688
203. 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope - 1687
204. Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens - 1680
205. France and England sign Boyne-treaty - 1670
206. France and Brandenburg sign secret treaty - 1669
207. Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor/Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Mikulov - 1621
208. Admiral Steven van der Haghen's fleet reaches Bantam - 1604
209. British East India Company chartered - 1600
210. Willem van Orange demands freedom of conscience/religion - 1564
211. Cesare Borgia (son of pope Alexander VI) occupies Urbino - 1502
212. 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily - 1492
213. Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army - 0870
214. Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China - 0765
215. 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz - 0406
216. St. Silvester I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0335
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