1. Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke - 1998
2. "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 91 performances - 1998
3. Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final Today show on NBC-TV - 1997
4. Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs. England at Harare - 1997
5. Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series vs. England 3-0 - 1997
6. 100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt - 1994
7. 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field - 1994
8. "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 13 performances - 1994
9. Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed - 1994
10. "Catskills on Broadway" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 452 performances - 1993
11. "Christmas Carol" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 22 performances - 1993
12. Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months - 1993
13. "Lost in Yonkers" closes at Richard Rodgers New York City after 780 performances - 1993
14. "Secret Garden" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 706 performances - 1993
15. "Tommy Tune Tonite!" closes at Gershwin New York City after 10 performances - 1993
16. 32 Cubans defect to the U.S. via helicopter - 1992
17. Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney - 1992
18. Israel reopens consulate in U.S.S.R. after 23 years - 1991
19. LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against New York Islanders - 1991
20. Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities - 1990
21. Jim and Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!) - 1989
22. Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement - 1989
23. Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut - 1988
24. Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British Prime Minister this century - 1988
25. "Oh Coward!" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 56 performances - 1987
26. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts 1st female artist Aretha Franklin - 1987
27. Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in New York City - 1987
28. "Smile" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 48 performances - 1987
29. Azharuddin scores 110 in 1st Test innings - 1985
30. Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews - 1985
31. Syria frees captured U.S. pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson - 1984
32. Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota - 1983
33. 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75) - 1981
34. Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr - 1981
35. Greg Chappell scores 204 vs. India at the SCG - 1981
36. Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91) - 1981
37. Gold hits record $634 an ounce - 1980
38. Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win - 1978
39. Apple Computers incorporated - 1977
40. Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games) - 1977
41. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1976
42. Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain - 1974
43. Burma accepts its constitution - 1974
44. Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London - 1974
45. Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," premieres in New York City - 1974
46. New York Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager - 1974
47. George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million - 1973
48. Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game - 1971
49. Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game - 1971
50. "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 72 performances - 1971
51. "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances - 1970
52. "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances - 1970
53. Marxist government takes over in Congo - 1970
54. WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1970
55. John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ - 1969
56. Rep Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. seated by Congress - 1969
57. Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion - 1967
58. "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes - 1967
59. WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting - 1967
60. Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE - 1966
61. Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You" - 1964
62. WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1963
63. Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome - 1962
64. Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro - 1962
65. Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor - 1961
66. US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba - 1961
67. Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state - 1959
68. Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland - 1958
69. Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town - 1958
70. 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa - 1957
71. Jose Ramon Guizado becomes president of Panama - 1955
72. Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38 - 1952
73. "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV - 1952
74. 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents - 1951
75. Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950) - 1951
76. "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV - 1949
77. Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs. India MCG - 1948
78. 1st opening session of Congress to be televised - 1947
79. William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee - 1947
80. Allies land on west coast of Burma, conquer Akyab - 1945
81. British Premier Winston Churchill visits France - 1945
82. Cato-Meridian School, New York, installs germicidal lamps in every room - 1945
83. Greek General Plastiras forms government - 1945
84. John Patrick's "Hasty Heart," premieres in New York City - 1945
85. US aircraft carriers attack Okinawa - 1945
86. 1st missing persons telecast (New York City) - 1943
87. Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa - 1943
88. American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) Command forms - 1942
89. Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) - 1941
90. Italian counter offensive in Albania - 1941
91. Sergei Rachmaninov's "Symphonic Dances" premieres in Philadelphia - 1941
92. WPG-AM in Atlantic City New Jersey consolidates with WBIL and WOV as "new" WOV - 1940
93. Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in U.S. House of Representatives - 1939
94. March of Dimes established to fight polio - 1938
95. Nels Stewart of Montreal Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record) - 1931
96. 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS pres - 1929
97. Bradman scores 112 vs. England at MCG - his 1st Test century - 1929
98. Greek gen Theodorus Pangulos names himself dictator - 1926
99. Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator - 1925
100. British egyptologist Howard Carter finds sarcophagus of Tutankhamun - 1924
101. 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar - 1922
102. Turkey makes peace with Armenia - 1921
103. Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres - 1920
104. New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000 - 1920
105. US employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor - 1918
106. Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in New York City - 1914
107. South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free - 1912
108. US postal savings bank inaugurated - 1911
109. British miners strike for 8 hour working day - 1910
110. Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, vs. England at MCG - 1902
111. Gerhart Hauptmanns "Schluck und Jau," premieres in Berlin - 1900
112. Perihelion Passage - 1900
113. Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid - 1896
114. 1st U.S. college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin - 1890
115. Admissions convention meets in Ellensburg, WA, asks for statehood - 1889
116. 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C. - 1888
117. 1st free kindergarten in U.S. opens in Florence, Mass - 1876
118. 1st patent list issued by U.S. Patent Office - 1872
119. Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, New York - 1871
120. Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883 - 1870
121. Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors - 1868
122. Con Orem and Hugh O'Neill box 193 rounds before darkness ends match - 1865
123. Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson moves north from Winchester - 1862
124. Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy - 1861
125. US Ft. Pulaski and Ft. Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia - 1861
126. 1st Chinese arrive in Hawaii - 1852
127. California town of Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco - 1847
128. 1st deep sea sounding - 1840
129. Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic - 1833
130. 1st U.S. building and loan association organized, Frankford, Penn - 1831
131. Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community - 1825
132. Danish national anthem "Kong Kristian...," 1st sung - 1780
133. Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ - 1777
134. East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed - 1752
135. Tax revolt in Haarlem Neth - 1750
136. Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow, - 1746
137. Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland - 1667
138. Russia and Poland sign Truce of Androsovo - 1667
139. Dutch Premier Van Joost speaks of "Hostage rights of Aemstel" - 1638
140. Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens - 1638
141. Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church - 1521
142. Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop - 1431
143. Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht - 1407
144. Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent - 1338
145. Duke Alberik II of Spoleto appoints his son Pope Leo VII - 0936
146. St. Felix I begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0269
147. St. Anterus ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0236
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