1. 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province vs. N Transvaal - 1995
2. "Indiscretions" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater New York City after 221 performances - 1995
3. Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 103-89 - 1995
4. Soyuz TM-20 lands in Kazahkstan - 1994
5. United Center in Chicago opens - Bulls beat Charlotte Hornets, 89-83 - 1994
6. Elton John awarded $518,700 from Sunday Mirror false report his diet - 1993
7. Nia Peeples files for divorce from Howard Hewett - 1993
8. Sunday Mirror ordered to pay Elton John $518,700 for false report - 1993
9. "Timon of Athens" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances - 1993
10. New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR - 1992
11. New York Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio - 1992
12. Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain - 1991
13. 20th New York City Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45 - 1990
14. 21st New York City Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39 - 1990
15. "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" opens at Shubert New York City for 225 performances - 1990
16. Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mazda Japan 133 Golf Classic - 1990
17. Iraq says it is preparing for a "dangerous war" - 1990
18. Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia - 1990
19. Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence - 1989
20. Orlando Magic's 1st NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106 - 1989
21. Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon - 1989
22. 1st NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93 - 1988
23. Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year - 1987
24. Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel - 1987
25. NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989 - 1987
26. Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic - 1984
27. Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63% - 1984
28. Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed - 1983
29. Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4 - 1983
30. Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch premier - 1982
31. Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," premieres in New York City - 1981
32. Columbia shuttle launch scrubbed with 31 secs remaining - 1981
33. Dr. George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley - 1981
34. Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) - 1980
35. Libyan invasion in Chad - 1980
36. Ronald Reagan (R) defeats President Jimmy Carter (D) by a landslide - 1980
37. Sadaharu Oh, 40, pro baseball's all-time HR run king with 868, retires - 1980
38. Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards - 1980
39. 500 Iranian "students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) - 1979
40. 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available - 1978
41. Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran U - 1978
42. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1978
43. U.N. Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa - 1977
44. 1st mass-market free-agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich and McCovey, available - 1976
45. Orioles Jim Palmer wins his 2nd Cy Young Award - 1975
46. 1000s commemorates former premier Georgios Papandreou - 1973
47. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic - 1973
48. M. Medoff's "When you Comin' Back, Red Ryder?," premieres in New York City - 1973
49. New Orleans Saints 1st shutout victory, 13-0 vs Buffalo Bills - 1973
50. Bangladesh adopts constitution - 1972
51. Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders - 1972
52. Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee - 1970
53. Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces - 1968
54. WRDU (now WPTF) TV chan 28 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (NBC) 1st broadcast - 1968
55. WTOG TV channel 44 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast - 1968
56. Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113 - 1966
57. Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah - 1965
58. John Lennon utters his infamous "Rattle your jewelry" line - 1963
59. Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament - 1962
60. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island - 1962
61. Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece - 1961
62. "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe - 1960
63. Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP - 1959
64. Angelo G. Roncalli crowned as pope John XXIII - 1958
65. Belgian government of Eyskens, resigns - 1958
66. Democrats win U.S. congressional election - 1958
67. 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched - 1957
68. 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest - 1956
69. Israel captures Straits of Tiran and reach Suez Canal Egypt - 1956
70. U.S.S.R. sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest - 1956
71. "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 888 performances - 1954
72. Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City - 1954
73. Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Philadelphia A's - 1953
74. New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk - 1953
75. Earthquake and flood strike Kamshatka-South America - 1952
76. Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D) - 1952
77. 9th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 9 -2 at Pinehurst CC NC - 1951
78. New York Giants and New York Yanks score back-to-back TDs on kickoff returns - 1951
79. Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings - 1951
80. "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances - 1950
81. "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 269 performances - 1950
82. Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon - 1950
83. U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea - 1950
84. "One Man's Family" premieres on TV - 1949
85. T. S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature - 1948
86. "Park Avenue" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 72 performances - 1946
87. U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization formed - 1946
88. German troops reconquer Schmidt Hurtgenwald - 1944
89. RAF bombs Dinteloord, 54 killed - 1944
90. France arrests government of Lebanon - 1943
91. 13th day of battle at El Alamein: Afr corps draws back out Fuka-posing - 1942
92. Eggs and cake rationed in Netherlands - 1940
93. 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland - 1939
94. 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill - 1939
95. U.S. allows "cash and carry" arms sales during WW II - 1939
96. Pitts ends Detroit Lions' shutout streak at 7 games but loses 40-7 - 1934
97. Bradman scores 200 NSW vs. Queensland, 184 mins, 26 fours - 1933
98. Hermann Goering and Georgi Dimitrov duel - 1933
99. Young Park (1) in the Bronx named in honor of James Young - 1933
100. Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris - 1931
101. John Baldridge' "Berkeley Square," premieres in New York City - 1929
102. Jose Moncada elected president of Nicaragua - 1928
103. British Labour government of MacDonald, resigns - 1924
104. California legalizes pro boxing (illegal since 1914) - 1924
105. Nellie Tayloe Ross elected 1st U.S. female Governor (Wyoming) - 1924
106. U.S. president Calvin Coolidge re-elected - 1924
107. Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt - 1922
108. Kiel in hands of revolutionary sailors - 1918
109. Russia declares Turkey the war - 1914
110. Vogue holds 1st model show ("Fashion Fete," New York City) - 1914
111. Charles I of Austria marries Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma - 1911
112. France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo - 1911
113. Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust) It rained - 1910
114. Opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" is produced (Munich) - 1909
115. Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens in New York City - 1908
116. Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam - 1905
117. 1st stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium) - 1904
118. Clyde Fitch' "Way of the World," premieres in New York City - 1901
119. Dr. Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland - 1893
120. Great Britain proclaims Zanzibar as a protectorate - 1890
121. Prince of Wales opens 1st underground (Station Stockwell, London) - 1890
122. St. Aleksandr Borodons opera "Prins Igor," premieres in Petersburg - 1890
123. Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL - 1889
124. Edward MacDowell's "Ophelia," premieres - 1886
125. Grover Cleveland (D) beats James G Blaine (R) for 1st President term - 1884
126. 1st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio - 1880
127. Elkins patents refrigerating apparatus - 1879
128. James Ritty patents 1st cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his Dayton, Ohio saloon - 1879
129. John Brahms' 1st Symphony in C, premieres - 1876
130. "Pacific" collides with "Orpheus" off Cape Flattery Wash, 236 dies - 1875
131. Tonga adopts constitution - 1875
132. Samuel J. Tilden elected governor of New York - 1874
133. Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents gold crown - 1873
134. 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall - 1867
135. Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia - 1866
136. Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee - 1864
137. Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island - 1864
138. Richard Gatling patents Gatling gun - 1862
139. University of Washington founded in Seattle - 1861
140. James Buchanan elected U.S. president - 1856
141. Lighthouse forms on Alcatraz Island - 1854
142. Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg - 1846
143. 1st nationally observed uniform election day in US - 1845
144. Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill - 1842
145. 1st wagon train arrives in California - 1841
146. Carlo Goldoni's "Le Bourru Bienfaisant," premieres in Paris - 1771
147. Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam - 1675
148. Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word - 1646
149. Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Holly - 1645
150. Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands - 1631
151. Frederik V crowned king of Bohemia - 1619
152. Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium - 1576
153. English cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested - 1529
154. Danish/Norwegian king Christian II crowned king of Sweden - 1520
155. Flood ravages Dutch/Friese coast - 1519
156. Philip de Blank and Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain - 1501
157. Richarius becomes bishop of Luik - 0922
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