1. Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee - 1998
2. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville North Carolina on WRCQ 103.5 FM - 1997
3. 26th Easter Seal Telethon - 1996
4. Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final - 1996
5. Camilla Parker Bowles and her husband Andrew divorce - 1995
6. "Damn Yankees" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 510 performances - 1994
7. IRS investigates Darryl Strawberry - 1994
8. "Philoktetes Variations," with Ron Vawter, premieres in Brussels - 1994
9. Howard Stern radio show premieres in Boston (WBCN 104.1 FM-evenings) - 1993
10. Charges are filed in Florida against New York Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman and Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April) - 1992
11. Gas explodes in coal mine at Zonguldak Turkey, 100s die - 1992
12. Mike Bossy's #22 is 2nd # retired by New York Islanders - 1992
13. 25 die as United Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in Colorado Springs - 1991
14. "Big Love" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 41 performances - 1991
15. Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* vs. WI at Kingston - 1991
16. Four Los Angeles Police severly beat Rodney King, captured on amateur video - 1991
17. Iraqi generals and Gen Schwarzkopf meet to discuss cease fire - 1991
18. Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the U.S.S.R. - 1991
19. Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec) - 1991
20. Miguel Trovoada installed as president of Sao Tome e Principal - 1991
21. Switzerland votes on lowering voting age from 20 to 18 - 1991
22. United Airlines crashes near Colorado Springs, kills 25 - 1991
23. Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA - 1990
24. Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines - 1989
25. Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra - 1989
26. Ray Dandridge, 3rd baseman in Negro Leagues, eleected to Hall of Fame - 1987
27. Betsy King wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic - 1985
28. Bill (Willie) Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million - 1985
29. "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis, premieres - 1985
30. "My One and Only" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 767 performances - 1985
31. National Union of Mine Workers in England end a 51 week strike - 1985
32. New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6) - 1984
33. Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1) - 1984
34. Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ) - 1982
35. Isle's Mike Bossy 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals - 1981
36. New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie - 1981
37. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1980
38. 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI vs. Australia) - 1978
39. Charles Chaplin's remains are stolen in Switzerland - 1978
40. Ice Pairs Champs at Tokyo won by Irina Rodnina/Alexandr Zaitsev (URS) - 1977
41. Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal - 1977
42. Libyan Socialist Arabs People's Republic forms - 1977
43. Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.) - 1977
44. Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA) - 1977
45. Mozambique closes border with Rhodesia - 1976
46. "Goodtime Charley" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 104 performances - 1975
47. Linda McCartney is charged in U.S. with possession of marijuana - 1975
48. Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4 - 1974
49. George Foreman KOs Ken Norton - 1974
50. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic - 1974
51. "Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 9 performances - 1974
52. World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die) - 1974
53. "Shelter" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 31 performances - 1973
54. White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000 - 1973
55. Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E Lee, and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia - 1972
56. South African Broadcasting lifts its ban on the Beatles - 1971
57. Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa - 1971
58. Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days) - 1969
59. Greece, Portugal and Spain's embassies bombed in the Hague - 1968
60. "Here's Where I Belong" opens/closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City - 1968
61. Jean Beliveau (Mont) becomes 2nd NHLer to score 1,000 pts - 1968
62. Grenada gains partial independence from Britain - 1967
63. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1967
64. White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game) - 1967
65. Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al) - 1966
66. James Goldman's "Lion in Winter," premieres in New York City - 1966
67. Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee - 1966
68. Rock group Buffalo Springfield forms - 1966
69. Twister hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die - 1966
70. WRFT (now WVFT) TV channel 27 in Roanoke, Virginia (IND) begins broadcasting - 1966
71. Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1 - 1965
72. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1965
73. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1965
74. Senegal adopts constitution - 1963
75. British Antarctic Territory forms - 1962
76. King Hassan II's ascends to throne of Morocco - 1961
77. 9th largest snowfall in New York City history, 14.5" - 1960
78. 1st U.S. probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched - 1959
79. British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis - 1959
80. San Francisco Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park - 1959
81. KTVU TV channel 2 in Oakland-San Francisco, California (IND) 1st broadcast - 1958
82. Nuri ash Said becomes premier of Iraq - 1958
83. Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then" - 1957
84. Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Markham and Jones (GRB) - 1957
85. Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul (CAN) - 1957
86. Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA) - 1957
87. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open - 1957
88. Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss (U.S.) - 1957
89. Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2) - 1956
90. Indonesian government of Harahap resigns - 1956
91. Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY - 1956
92. Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) - 1956
93. Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance - 1955
94. Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee - 1953
95. Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed - 1953
96. Puerto Rico approves their 1st self written constitution - 1952
97. Bill Mikvy (Temple) scores NCAA basketball record 73 pts - 1951
98. 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name - 1950
99. U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill - 1946
100. U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button - 1946
101. Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarters - 1945
102. RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511 - 1945
103. Roermond/Venlo Neth, freed - 1945
104. U.S. 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall - 1945
105. U.S. and Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor - 1945
106. 1st performance of corporal Samuel Barber's 2nd Symphony - 1944
107. Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die - 1943
108. F Ryerson and Cohn Claues' "Harriet," premieres in New York City - 1943
109. U.S. defeats Japan and wins Battle of Bismark Sea - 1943
110. 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane - 1942
111. Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Goring in Berlin - 1941
112. Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label - 1940
113. American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors) - 1938
114. Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down - 1937
115. Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test vs. South Africa - 1936
116. Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms - 1935
117. John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol - 1934
118. German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested - 1933
119. Mount Rushmore dedicated - 1933
120. New York City premiere of "King Kong" - 1933
121. Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller) - 1931
122. "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem - 1931
123. International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida) - 1926
124. German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed - 1924
125. Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock," premieres in Dublin - 1924
126. U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague - 1923
127. Italian fascists occupy Fiume and Rijeka - 1922
128. WWJ-AM in Detroit Michigan begins radio transmissions - 1922
129. Toronto's Dr. Banting and Dr. Best announce discovery of insulin - 1921
130. Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating Quebec Bulldogs - 1920
131. 1st international air mail service from U.S., Seattle-Victoria, British Columbia - 1919
132. Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike - 1919
133. Richard Goring's "Seeschlacht," premieres in Berlin - 1918
134. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Germany, Austria and Russia sign - 1918
135. Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations - 1917
136. Great monarch Michael resigns after 1 day as czar - 1917
137. Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS) - 1917
138. Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created - 1915
139. Ida B Wells-Barnett demonstrates for female suffrage in Washington D.C. - 1913
140. 1st U.S. federal cemetery with Union and Rebel graves opens, Missouri - 1911
141. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Wanderers, 8-3 - 1909
142. Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France - 1906
143. U.S. Forest Service forms - 1905
144. North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses - 1903
145. Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce - 1901
146. U.S. Steel Corporation organizes - 1900
147. Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar - 1899
148. George Dewey becomes 1st in U.S. with rank of Admiral of the Navy - 1899
149. 1st Greek-language publication in U.S. begins, "NY Atlantis" - 1894
150. 4th and last British government of Gladstone resigns - 1894
151. Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized - 1893
152. Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture - 1893
153. 1st cattle tuberculosis test in U.S. made, Villa Nova, Penn - 1892
154. Congress creates U.S. Courts of Appeal - 1891
155. Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department) created - 1891
156. American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa - 1887
157. Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller - 1887
158. 1st U.S. state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission - 1885
159. American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates - 1885
160. Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed government) - 1885
161. U.S. Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail - 1885
162. Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in U.S. navy - 1883
163. New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings - 1882
164. 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) - 1879
165. U.S. Geological Survey director authorized in Department of the Interior - 1879
166. Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) - 1878
167. Rutherford B. Hayes is sworn in as the 19th president - 1877
168. 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal) - 1875
169. Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years - 1875
170. Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris) - 1875
171. Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps - 1873
172. U.S. Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively - 1873
173. Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent - 1871
174. Congress establishes the civil service system - 1871
175. University of South Carolina opens to all races - 1869
176. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established - 1865
177. Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks - 1865
178. 1st U.S. wartime military conscription bill enacted - 1863
179. Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences - 1863
180. Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada - 1863
181. Federal ironclad ships bomb Fort McAllister Georgia - 1863
182. Free city delivery replaces zone postage; 449 letter carriers hired - 1863
183. Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress - 1863
184. Idaho Territory forms - 1863
185. Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences - 1863
186. Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces - 1862
187. General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid - 1862
188. Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom - 1861
189. Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use - 1855
190. Congress authorizes registered mail - 1855
191. Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress - 1853
192. U.S. Assay Office in New York City authorized - 1853
193. Congress authorizes smallest U.S. silver coin (3 cent piece) - 1851
194. Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin - 1849
195. Home Department (Interior Department), forms - 1849
196. Minnesota Territory is organizes - 1849
197. Territory of Minnesota organizes - 1849
198. US Department of the Interior established by Congress - 1849
199. Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps - 1847
200. 1st time, U.S. Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto - 1845
201. Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery - 1845
202. Florida becomes 27th state - 1845
203. Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US - 1843
204. 1st performance of Felix Mendelssohn's 3rd "Scottish" Symphony - 1842
205. 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) - 1842
206. Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada - 1838
207. Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 - 1837
208. US president Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas - 1837
209. Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at New Orleans Louisiana - 1835
210. Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri - 1820
211. Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi - 1817
212. US declares war on Algiers for taking U.S. prisoners and demanding tribute - 1815
213. Office of surgeon general of the U.S. Army forms - 1813
214. U.S. passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims) - 1812
215. Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms - 1805
216. 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins - 1803
217. 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia - 1801
218. 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D - 1794
219. Richard Allen founded AME Church - 1794
220. 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages) - 1791
221. Congress establishes U.S. Mint - 1791
222. US commodore Esek Hopkins occupies Nassau Bahamas - 1776
223. Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness - 1746
224. Duke Bernard van Saksen-Weimar occupies Rheinfelden - 1638
225. 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole) - 1634
226. Piet Heyn conquerors 22 ships in Bay of Salvador Brazil - 1627
227. Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV - 1431
228. Austrian civil war ends - 1409
229. Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker - 0493
230. St. Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius - 0468
231. Origin of Saka Era (India) - 0078
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