1. Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec and Ontario - 1998
2. Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermaid - 1998
3. "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City - 1997
4. "Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater New York City - 1997
5. "Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City - 1997
6. Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement - 1996
7. Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI vs. WI at the Gabba - 1996
8. AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl - 1995
9. Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed - 1995
10. Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82) - 1994
11. Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71) - 1994
12. Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71) - 1994
13. Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG - 1993
14. Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident - 1993
15. Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame - 1993
16. "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 496 perf - 1992
17. "Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 32 performances - 1992
18. "On Borrowed Time" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 99 performances - 1992
19. "Peter Pan" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances - 1992
20. Ravi Shastri scores 206 at SCG before being Warne's 1st crick Test wkt - 1992
21. Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving title - 1991
22. Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts - 1991
23. "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 77 performances - 1991
24. J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL - 1990
25. 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test - 1989
26. Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990 - 1989
27. Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ - 1987
28. Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot - 1985
29. Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission - 1985
30. Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws - 1984
31. Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings - 1984
32. Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation - 1982
33. British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women - 1981
34. "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins - 1981
35. Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament - 1977
36. Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea" - 1976
37. Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies - 1976
38. MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS - 1976
39. 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks - 1975
40. Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in New York City - 1975
41. Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days - 1975
42. "Wiz" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1672 performances - 1975
43. Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother" - 1974
44. Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel - 1973
45. Netherlands recognizes German DR - 1973
46. Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178) - 1972
47. NASA announces development of space shuttle - 1972
48. New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents - 1972
49. President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle - 1972
50. West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed - 1972
51. 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG - 1971
52. Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak - 1971
53. US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found - 1971
54. 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike - 1970
55. KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1970
56. Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC - 1970
57. Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro - 1969
58. "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 82 performances - 1969
59. Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed - 1969
60. U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) - 1969
61. Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law - 1968
62. Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia - 1968
63. KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California (IND) begins - 1967
64. Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel - 1964
65. San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship - 1964
66. "Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 873 performances - 1963
67. "Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 719 performances - 1963
68. San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game - 1963
69. Tony Sheridan and Beatles produce "My Bonnie" and "The Saints" - 1962
70. US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba - 1961
71. Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating - 1960
72. "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premieres on TV - 1959
73. Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter" - 1959
74. Dodgers' Jackie Robinson retires rather than be traded to New York Giants - 1957
75. Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East - 1957
76. Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" - 1956
77. KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast - 1955
78. Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea - 1953
79. Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris - 1953
80. Flying Enterprise sinks - 1952
81. Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open - 1951
82. Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in New York City - 1950
83. General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra - 1949
84. President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal" - 1949
85. "Show Boat" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 417 performances - 1946
86. Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty" - 1945
87. Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam - 1945
88. Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II - 1943
89. William H Hastie, civilian aide to secretary of war, resigns to protest segregation in armed forces - 1943
90. 55 German tanks reach North-Africa - 1942
91. British/Australian troops conquer Bardia Lybia - 1941
92. FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal - 1940
93. Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia - 1940
94. Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt - 1937
95. Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr) - 1937
96. Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also) - 1934
97. National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball - 1934
98. Work on Golden Gate Bridge begins, on Marin County side - 1933
99. 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League - 1931
100. Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" - 1930
101. Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia - 1929
102. Fox Studios exhibits Movietone - 1927
103. Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox - 1927
104. James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hr day and $5 daily minimum wage - 1926
105. French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings - 1925
106. James Gleason and Richard Tabers "Is zat so?," premieres in New York City - 1925
107. Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA - 1925
108. Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office - 1925
109. Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees - 1920
110. New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth - 1920
111. National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party - 1919
112. Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege - 1919
113. British premier Lloyd George demand for unified peace - 1918
114. Austria-Hungary offensive against Montenegro - 1916
115. Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hr day to $5.00/8-hr day - 1914
116. 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria) - 1912
117. Portuguese expel Jesuits - 1911
118. SF has it's 1st air meet - 1911
119. Colombia recognizes Panama's independence - 1909
120. Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara - 1905
121. National Association of Audubon Society incorporates - 1905
122. -34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record) - 1904
123. -42 degrees F (-41.1 degrees C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) - 1904
124. England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 and 8-68 - 1904
125. San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use - 1903
126. Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton - 1899
127. German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays - 1896
128. Isaac Albeniz' opera "Pepita Jiminez," premieres in Barcelona - 1896
129. French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent - 1895
130. Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London - 1895
131. Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days - 1895
132. 1st successful auroral photograph made - 1892
133. Dutch Heidemaatschappij established - 1888
134. 1st U.S. school of librarianship opens at Columbia University - 1887
135. Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris - 1875
136. President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi - 1875
137. 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft. Sumter - 1861
138. Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan and Gaines at Mobile Bay - 1861
139. 1st steamboat sails, Red River - 1859
140. Steamship San Francisco wrecked - 300 die - 1854
141. California Exchange opens - 1850
142. James Clark Ross (UK) is 1st to enter pack ice near Ross Ice Shelf - 1841
143. Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date - 1840
144. Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo - 1836
145. Kiowa Indians record this as the night the stars fell - 1834
146. 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad) - 1828
147. Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire - 1822
148. Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France - 1809
149. Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement - 1804
150. 1st Swedenborgian temple in U.S. holds 1st service, Baltimore - 1800
151. British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va - 1781
152. Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution - 1776
153. Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens - 1757
154. Engl/Hannover/Saxony-Poland/Austria sign anti-Prussian/Russian pact - 1719
155. Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles - 1717
156. Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans - 1709
157. Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg - 1675
158. Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone," premieres in Venice - 1649
159. Petition in Recife Brazil leads to closing of their 2 synagogues - 1638
160. William Louis of Nassau becomes governor/viceroy of Drenthe - 1593
161. Great fire in Eindhoven Neth - 1554
162. Pope Clemens VII forbids English king Henry VIII to re-marry - 1531
163. Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan - 1500
164. Battle at Nancy, Burgundy vs Switz, 7000+ killed - 1477
165. French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris - 1463
166. Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara - 1438
167. Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand - 1349
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