1. NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season - 1998
2. Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth - 1997
3. Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs - 1997
4. DMSP Titan 2 launched - 1997
5. STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches - 1997
6. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin Texas on KJFK 98.9 FM - 1996
7. "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 45 performances - 1996
8. 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn - 1994
9. 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72 - 1994
10. Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 home runs in 1993 hits 3 home runs on opening - 1994
11. KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed - 1994
12. Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706 - 1994
13. Los Angeles Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment - 1994
14. Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications - 1994
15. Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery - 1994
16. 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 - 1993
17. 5th Seniors Golf Tradition: Tom Shaw - 1993
18. Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament - 1993
19. Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna - 1993
20. Game 1 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees beat New York Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad - 1992
21. John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca - 1992
22. Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case - 1992
23. Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania - 1992
24. "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 28 performances - 1991
25. Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident - 1990
26. "Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV - 1990
27. Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody - 1990
28. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle - 1989
29. New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2 - 1989
30. 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79 - 1988
31. Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards) - 1988
32. Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV - 1988
33. Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs - 1988
34. Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts - 1987
35. Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season - 1986
36. Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal - 1985
37. Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London - 1984
38. Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary - 1984
39. 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 - 1983
40. 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched - 1983
41. 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little - 1982
42. Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio) - 1981
43. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1980
44. 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin - 1976
45. Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand - 1976
46. Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes - 1975
47. USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155 - 1975
48. Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th - 1974
49. 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating - 1972
50. "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 524 performances - 1971
51. Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec) - 1971
52. Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson - 1970
53. Denton Cooley gets 1st temporary artificial heart - 1969
54. Apollo 6 launched atop Saturn V; unmanned - 1968
55. "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 28 performances - 1968
56. Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station - 1967
57. Dutch De Young government forms - 1967
58. Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station - 1967
59. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1966
60. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational - 1965
61. "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 9 performances - 1964
62. Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks - 1964
63. 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win - 1960
64. Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra - 1960
65. Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center - 1960
66. Senegal declares independence from France - 1960
67. Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan (dissolved 1960) - 1959
68. 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England) - 1958
69. Eugene Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt - 1958
70. Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris - 1957
71. Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London - 1956
72. British government signs military treaty with Iraq - 1955
73. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open - 1954
74. KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
75. Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan and Eva Peron in Buenos Aires - 1951
76. Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES - 1950
77. Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement - 1949
78. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.) - 1949
79. WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1949
80. 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie - 1948
81. Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect - 1947
82. Largest group of sunspots on record - 1947
83. U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization forms - 1947
84. Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) - 1945
85. U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany - 1945
86. U.S. tanks and infantry conquer Bielefeld - 1945
87. British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia - 1944
88. De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists - 1944
89. German troops conquer Banghazi - 1941
90. R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher and Higher," premieres in New York City - 1940
91. Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq - 1939
92. 5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285 - 1938
93. 4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283 - 1937
94. U.S. Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of New Jersey, 73 die - 1933
95. George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in New York City - 1932
96. Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, University of Pittsburgh - 1932
97. Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century - 1930
98. Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149) - 1930
99. 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held - 1929
100. "New Moon" musical opens in London - 1929
101. Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president - 1926
102. WAAB (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) becomes 1st U.S. radio station with "W" calls - 1922
103. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2 - 1921
104. Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem - 1920
105. Battle of Somme, ends - 1918
106. Food riot in Amsterdam - 1918
107. U.S. Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I - 1916
108. "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in Los Angeles - 1914
109. Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia - 1912
110. Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet - 1912
111. Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP - 1911
112. Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 - 1905
113. Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million - 1902
114. Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII - 1900
115. British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet - 1900
116. South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) - 1899
117. Announcement of Gold in Yukon - 1896
118. Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st U.S. woman mayor (Argonia, Kansas) - 1887
119. Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 - 1870
120. Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse - 1865
121. Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas - 1864
122. Battle of Yorktown begins - 1862
123. U.S. begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond - 1862
124. Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) - 1859
125. City of Los Angeles incorporated - 1850
126. Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro - 1832
127. Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) - 1828
128. Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars - 1818
129. Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor - 1737
130. Russian and Prussian troops occupy Wismar - 1716
131. King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church - 1687
132. English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence - 1686
133. English king Charles II ends Decl of Breda (freedom of religion) - 1660
134. Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates - 1655
135. Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels - 1625
136. Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark - 1588
137. Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world - 1581
138. Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders - 1558
139. Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov - 1552
140. Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits - 1541
141. University of Basle in Swizerland forms - 1460
142. Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne - 1081
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