1. 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio - 2002
2. Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers - 1998
3. 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT) - 1997
4. "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV - 1997
5. Pioneer 10, ends its mission - 1997
6. 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65 - 1996
7. 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle - 1996
8. 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan - 1996
9. "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 17 performances - 1996
10. Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy - 1996
11. "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 66 performances - 1996
12. Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast - 1996
13. Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands - 1996
14. Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title - 1996
15. 1st game at Coors Stadium Colorado (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1) - 1995
16. Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy - 1995
17. Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike - 1995
18. James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girl Tina Sinatra - 1994
19. Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens - 1994
20. Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy - 1992
21. U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya - 1992
22. 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67 - 1991
23. 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott - 1991
24. Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years - 1991
25. Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az - 1991
26. Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union - 1991
27. Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in New York City - 1991
28. Soviet Republic of Georgia endorsed independence, Warsaw Pact dissolves - 1991
29. St. Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal - 1991
30. "Carol and Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV - 1990
31. Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4) - 1990
32. Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws - 1990
33. Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle - 1989
34. Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium - 1988
35. New York Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night - 1988
36. Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved" - 1988
37. 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73 - 1987
38. 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes - 1986
39. 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 - 1986
40. English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead - 1986
41. 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000 - 1985
42. 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65 - 1985
43. El Salvador's President Duartes Christian-Democrats win election - 1985
44. Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan and Mr. T beat Piper and Orndorf - 1985
45. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1984
46. Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people - 1983
47. Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in New York City - 1983
48. Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil - 1982
49. Rock group Doobie Brothers split up - 1982
50. 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins - 1981
51. 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro and Sissy Spacek win - 1981
52. Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title - 1980
53. Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1980
54. President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry - 1980
55. Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National and retires - 1978
56. U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite - 1978
57. Wings release "London Town" album - 1978
58. Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in New York City - 1977
59. Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth - 1976
60. New Jersey Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator - 1976
61. 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55 - 1975
62. John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs - 1975
63. Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs. Islanders, on 60 shots - 1973
64. Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision - 1973
65. Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down - 1972
66. South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion - 1971
67. William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre - 1971
68. Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee - 1970
69. George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined 250 pounds each for illegal drugs - 1969
70. Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he will not seek re-election - 1968
71. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open - 1968
72. Seattle's AL club is named Pilots - 1968
73. 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London) - 1967
74. 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in New York City - 1966
75. Labour Party wins British parliamentary election - 1966
76. U.S.S.R. launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter - 1966
77. U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam - 1965
78. President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military - 1964
79. Los Angeles ends streetcar service after 90 years - 1963
80. Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia - 1961
81. Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in New York City - 1960
82. Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India - 1959
83. U.S. Navy forms atomic sub division - 1958
84. U.S.S.R. suspends nuclear weapons tests, and urges U.S. and Britain to do same - 1958
85. Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Aust, Kingston - 1955
86. U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan - 1955
87. U.S.S.R. offers to join NATO - 1954
88. US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established - 1954
89. Department of Health, Education and Welfare established - 1953
90. U.N. Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general - 1953
91. U.S. tanks exceed 38 degrees of latitude in Korea - 1951
92. Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province - 1949
93. Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe - 1948
94. Belgian government of Acker, forms - 1946
95. 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine - 1945
96. Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen - 1945
97. Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City - 1945
98. U.S. artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa - 1945
99. Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars - 1944
100. U.S. errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326 - 1943
101. Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa - 1941
102. Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco - 1941
103. Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956) - 1940
104. Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany - 1939
105. Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49) - 1935
106. Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) - 1934
107. 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Georgia) - 1933
108. Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps - 1933
109. German Republic gives power to Hitler - 1933
110. 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall - 1932
111. Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine - 1932
112. German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands - 1926
113. WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts) - 1925
114. Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established - 1924
115. London public transport strike ends - 1924
116. 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs - 1923
117. French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die - 1923
118. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edm Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games - 1923
119. KFI-AM in Los Angeles California begins radio transmissions - 1922
120. Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam - 1922
121. Albert Einstein lectures in New York on his new theory of relativity - 1921
122. British coal miners goes on strike - 1921
123. British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law - 1920
124. Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann - 1919
125. 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect - 1918
126. U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands - 1917
127. Dutch government ends all miltary engagements - 1916
128. Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years - 1909
129. Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time - 1909
130. Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt - 1907
131. GB Shaws German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin" - 1906
132. German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger - 1905
133. Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ) - 1903
134. Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands - 1900
135. Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening, also know as the zipper - 1896
136. 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution - 1889
137. Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate - 1885
138. 1st performance of Cesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit" - 1883
139. Utrecht begins water pipe system - 1883
140. 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana) - 1880
141. Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title - 1878
142. British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown - 1877
143. Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust vs. Eng MCG - 1877
144. 1st black to vote in U.S. (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy New Jersey) - 1870
145. Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China - 1868
146. Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) - 1865
147. Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg - 1865
148. Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA - 1863
149. Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River - 1862
150. Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans - 1861
151. Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to U.S. - 1854
152. U.S. population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)) - 1850
153. Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF - 1849
154. 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B - 1841
155. Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends - 1831
156. Quebec and Montreal incorporated - 1831
157. Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris - 1814
158. French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names - 1808
159. Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar - 1796
160. Jews are expelled from Prague - 1745
161. Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey - 1683
162. France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord - 1667
163. English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown - 1657
164. Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru - 1651
165. Pope Urbanus VIII and duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara - 1644
166. Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France - 1547
167. Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St. Lazarus - 1521
168. France and Spain signs ceasefire - 1504
169. Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews - 1492
170. Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV - 1084
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