1. "1776," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City - 1997
2. Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo - 1997
3. 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2) - 1995
4. Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1995
5. "Company" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances - 1995
6. "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances - 1995
7. Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record - 1995
8. Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar - 1995
9. Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864 - 1995
10. U.N. Security Council votes unanimous for U.S. led forces to enter Somalia - 1992
11. Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion - 1991
12. Muslim Shites release U.S. hostage Alan Steen - 1991
13. White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns - 1991
14. NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants - 1990
15. Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1989
16. 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB) - 1988
17. New York Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48) - 1988
18. Sri Lanka all out 55 vs. WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs - 1986
19. 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB - 1985
20. 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India - 1984
21. Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc - 1984
22. 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB) - 1983
23. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1983
24. "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff New York City after 16 performances - 1983
25. 1st New Jersey Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4 - 1982
26. 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record) - 1982
27. 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December - 1982
28. New Jersey Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini) - 1982
29. Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez - 1982
30. Beth Daniel/Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1981
31. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1981
32. NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty - 1980
33. 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB) - 1979
34. Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400 - 1979
35. Iran accepts constitution - 1979
36. "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances - 1978
37. Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1978
38. Dr. Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq - 1976
39. Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed - 1975
40. Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT] - 1973
41. Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die - 1972
42. Miss Teenage America Pageant - 1971
43. President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term - 1971
44. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1970
45. John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar - 1969
46. Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters - 1968
47. 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) - 1967
48. Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4) - 1967
49. Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia - 1967
50. Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed NY-Chicago luxury train - 1967
51. US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss - 1966
52. Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow - 1965
53. U.S.S.R. launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon - 1965
54. KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1964
55. Police arrests 800 sit-in students at Univeristy of California at Berkeley - 1964
56. "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV - 1964
57. Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge - 1962
58. Pravda criticizes western art - 1962
59. Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion - 1961
60. Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein - 1961
61. George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal - 1961
62. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1961
63. "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 873 performances - 1960
64. Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in New York City - 1960
65. State of emergency on Cyprus ends - 1959
66. Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses - 1958
67. 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB) - 1957
68. England and France pull troops out of Egypt - 1956
69. KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft. Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast - 1956
70. Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52) - 1956
71. KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1955
72. Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres - 1954
73. William Walton's opera "Troilus and Cressida," premieres in London - 1954
74. Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party - 1953
75. "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 583 performances - 1953
76. Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet - 1953
77. 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii - 1952
78. Marcos Perez Jimenez elected president of Venezuela - 1952
79. Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7) - 1950
80. Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts - 1950
81. Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast - 1950
82. KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (CBS) begins - 1949
83. 1st U.S. woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in - 1948
84. Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial - 1948
85. Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 - 1948
86. "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss) - 1948
87. Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City - 1947
88. 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB) - 1946
89. U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain - 1946
90. British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece - 1944
91. Hungarian death march of Jews ends - 1944
92. Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe - 1944
93. NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves - 1944
94. US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hurtgenwald - 1944
95. 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB) - 1943
96. Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins - 1943
97. Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres - 1943
98. Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins - 1943
99. Hitler views Poltava Ukraine - 1941
100. Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres - 1939
101. AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric - 1938
102. Italian colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica annexed to Libya - 1934
103. KYW-AM in Chicago, Illinois moves to Philadelphia Penn - 1934
104. Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000 - 1933
105. Joe Lilliard QBs Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946 - 1933
106. 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6 - 1932
107. Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany - 1932
108. Alka Seltzer goes on sale - 1931
109. Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium) - 1930
110. Otto Ender forms Austrian government - 1930
111. Richard Rodgers/L Hart's musical "Evergreen," premieres in London - 1930
112. Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak - 1929
113. Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) - 1926
114. 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.) - 1923
115. 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City - 1922
116. 9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0 - 1921
117. Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty - 1920
118. Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed - 1914
119. Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer - 1912
120. Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact - 1912
121. Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) - 1910
122. Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres - 1908
123. George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in New York City - 1907
124. Panglima Polim surrenders to Capt Colijn at Atjeh - 1903
125. Milwaukee is dropped from the AL and replaced by St. Louis Browns - 1901
126. Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia - 1893
127. 48th Congress (1883-85) convenes - 1883
128. Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa - 1881
129. Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel - 1878
130. Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on U.S. trial jury - 1868
131. Paid fire department replaces volunteer companies - 1866
132. Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia - 1864
133. Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN - 1863
134. Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" - 1847
135. RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms - 1844
136. 1st U.S. mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) - 1835
137. 1st U.S. dental society organized (NY) - 1834
138. Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens - 1833
139. Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US - 1828
140. Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) - 1818
141. 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) - 1775
142. Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague - 1699
143. English parliamentary election set for every 3 years - 1694
144. Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden - 1685
145. Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford - 1678
146. Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen - 1676
147. 1st annulment by court decree passes - 1639
148. Galileo invents telescope - 1621
149. Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia - 1586
150. 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form - 1557
151. Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics - 1347
152. St. Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III - 0741
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