1. "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St. James New York City after 715 perform - 1998
2. "Ivanov," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 51 performances - 1998
3. "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater New York City - 1998
4. "Father" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances - 1996
5. Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House - 1995
6. 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome) - 1994
7. 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome) - 1993
8. 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome) - 1992
9. AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable - 1991
10. Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal - 1991
11. Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th - 1991
12. Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland - 1991
13. Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion - 1989
14. U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean - 1989
15. VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president - 1989
16. 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md - 1987
17. David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide - 1986
18. NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots - 1986
19. Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game - 1984
20. "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV - 1984
21. U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft - 1983
22. ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network - 1982
23. Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show" - 1982
24. Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show - 1982
25. Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm - 1982
26. 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63) - 1981
27. British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper" - 1981
28. "Frankenstein" opens and closes on Broadway - 1981
29. "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 578 performances - 1981
30. President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics - 1980
31. Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play - 1977
32. "Candide" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 740 performances - 1976
33. "Home Sweet Homer" opens and closes at Palace Theater New York City - 1976
34. Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828) - 1975
35. "Good News" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 16 performances - 1975
36. "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 120 performances - 1975
37. Ice thickness measured at 4776 m, Wilkes Land, Antarctica - 1975
38. Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0 - 1975
39. "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 341 performances - 1975
40. Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee - 1974
41. Congressional Black Caucus organizes - 1971
42. Dr. Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is - 1971
43. Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated - 1971
44. Beatles last recording session at EMI studios - 1970
45. Kansas City Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game - 1970
46. Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game - 1970
47. New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used - 1970
48. Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary - 1970
49. "Fig Leaves Are Falling" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 4 performances - 1969
50. France begins arms embargo against Israel - 1969
51. Duck hunter accidentally shoots endangered whooping crane in Texas - 1968
52. Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million - 1968
53. Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test - 1966
54. WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting - 1966
55. Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address - 1965
56. Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon - 1963
57. 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City) - 1962
58. Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants - 1961
59. European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm - 1960
60. Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity - 1959
61. Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere and burns up - 1958
62. "Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS) - 1957
63. Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000 - 1957
64. Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville - 1954
65. Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres - 1954
66. KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, Texas (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
67. During Korean conflict, Chinese forces capture Seoul - 1951
68. Burma declares independence from UK - 1948
69. "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 72 performances - 1947
70. "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances - 1947
71. Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam - 1945
72. US jeep-aircraft carrier Ommaney Bay sinks after kamikaze attack - 1945
73. Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in U.S. State Department - 1944
74. Thomas Mann completes his tetralogy, "Joseph and His Brothers" - 1943
75. NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24 - 1942
76. Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly to Florida - 1942
77. Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame - 1942
78. Resistance fighters counter d'Estienne d'Orves/Jan Doornik, 1st meet - 1941
79. Sergey Rachmaninov's "Symphonie Dances," premieres in Philadelphia - 1941
80. Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a U.S. graduate school - 1939
81. Hermann Goering appoints Reinhard Heydrich head of Jewish Emigration - 1939
82. Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade - 1936
83. Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa - 1936
84. Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue" - 1935
85. Fort Jefferson National Monument in Florida established - 1935
86. 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres - 1934
87. Bradman scores 167 for Australia vs. South Africa at the MCG - 1932
88. British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru - 1932
89. State of siege proclaimed in Honduras - 1932
90. Theodorus Pangalos resigns as Greek dictator - 1926
91. French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. "Every day in every way I am getting better and better" - 1925
92. 1st broadcast of "Barn Dance Show" (WBAP - Ft. Worth Texas) - 1923
93. Lenin's "Political Testament" calls for removal of Stalin - 1923
94. Eugene O'Neill's "Diff'rent," premieres in New York City - 1921
95. 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes - 1920
96. Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits - 1920
97. 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho - 1915
98. Trans-Caucausus Russian defeat Turkish troops - 1915
99. Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-ctr - 1912
100. George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London - 1907
101. South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win - 1906
102. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1 - 1904
103. Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US - 1904
104. Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs. England at the MCG - 1902
105. 1st installment of William Dean Howell's "Life and Letters" appears - 1898
106. AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, New York City - 1896
107. Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state - 1896
108. France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia - 1894
109. US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy - 1893
110. Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (SF-SF) - 1887
111. Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22) - 1885
112. Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario) - 1884
113. Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms - 1883
114. Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau - 1881
115. 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY - 1863
116. Battle of Helena, AK - 1862
117. Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson occupies Bath - 1862
118. President Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession - 1861
119. US Ft. Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama - 1861
120. Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris - 1843
121. Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens - 1843
122. President Washington delivers 1st State of the Union address - 1790
123. Andre Mechain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio) - 1781
124. Snowstorm hit Washington's army at Morristown, NJ - 1780
125. England declares war on Spain and Naples - 1762
126. Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City) - 1754
127. Benjamin Franklin arrives in London - 1725
128. Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance - 1717
129. King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament - 1642
130. Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew" - 1570
131. 1st Altenburger sermon (Luther and Karl von Miltitz) - 1519
132. Columbus left new world on return from 1st voyage - 1493
133. Flemish earl Louis and Luxembourg Duke Wenceslaus sign peace treaty - 1357
134. Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army - 0871
135. St. Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0274
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