1. Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7) - 1997
2. John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days - 1996
3. Marlon Brando makes anti-semetic remarks about hollywood on Larry King - 1996
4. "Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect" opens at Golden New York City for 347 performances - 1994
5. Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak - 1994
6. 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71 - 1993
7. 73,293 see Yankees beat Indians 9-1 - 1993
8. Colorado Rockies 1st game - lose to New York Mets 3-0 - 1993
9. Construction begins on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 1993
10. Florida Marlins 1st game - beat Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 - 1993
11. Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad - 1993
12. 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 - 1992
13. 4th Seniors Golf Tradition: Lee Trevino - 1992
14. Comedian Sam Kenison marries live-in girlfriend Maleeka - 1992
15. Dana Lofland wins Las Vegas LPGA Golf International - 1992
16. Game 2 of Mayor Challenge - New York Yankees sweep New York Mets 6-5 at Shea - 1992
17. Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution and dissolved Congress - 1992
18. "Search and Destroy" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 46 performances - 1992
19. Thailand General Suchinda Kraprayoon installed as president - 1992
20. Wrestlemania VIII, 62,167 at Hoosier Dome, Hulk Hogan DQs Sid Justice - 1992
21. Joe Dumaars (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 62 games - 1991
22. Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan - 1991
23. Southeast Airlines Embracer 120 crashes in Georgia, killing 23 - 1991
24. Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) launched - 1991
25. U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq - 1991
26. John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row - 1990
27. New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary - 1990
28. Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity - 1990
29. David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo - 1989
30. Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak - 1989
31. Solidarity grants legal status in Poland - 1989
32. Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their President candidate - 1988
33. 16th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King - 1987
34. Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children - 1987
35. Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title - 1987
36. Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m) - 1986
37. U.S. soldier and Turkish woman killed in West Berlin disco bombing - 1986
38. "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 13 performances - 1984
39. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421) - 1984
40. France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats - 1983
41. New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment - 1983
42. British fleet sails to Falkland Islands - 1982
43. Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season - 1982
44. Lord Carrington, British foreign sect resigns due to Falkland Is war - 1982
45. 10th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nancy Lopez - 1981
46. Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes - 1981
47. Baltimore manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper - 1979
48. Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia - 1979
49. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1977
50. Harold Wilson resigns as James Callaghan becomes PM of England - 1976
51. Tom Stoppard's "Dirty Linen," premieres in London - 1976
52. "Letter for Queen Victoria" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 18 performances - 1975
53. Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely - 1975
54. Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai - 1974
55. Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories) - 1974
56. NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie QBs, 1-19) - 1973
57. Pioneer 11 launched to Jupiter - 1973
58. Baseball season is delayed due to a strike - 1972
59. Mets trade Ken Singleton to Expos for Rusty Staub - 1972
60. Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole - 1971
61. Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy - 1971
62. U.S. Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life - 1971
63. WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1971
64. WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting - 1970
65. Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens - 1968
66. U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled - 1968
67. 76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds - 1967
68. ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit - 1967
69. WTVX TV channel 34 in Ft. Pierce-Vero Beach, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast - 1966
70. 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady," Rex Harrison and J Andrews win - 1965
71. Lava Lamp Day celebrated - 1965
72. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1965
73. 1st driverless trains run on London Underground - 1964
74. Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open - 1964
75. Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) - 1963
76. Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa - 1963
77. Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in New York City - 1962
78. Mgr J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp - 1962
79. NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m - 1962
80. St. Bernard Tunnel finished, Swiss and Italian workers shake hands - 1962
81. Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show" - 1961
82. Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council - 1961
83. 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284 - 1959
84. Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him - 1955
85. Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right" - 1954
86. Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1953
87. WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
88. Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title - 1952
89. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death - 1951
90. Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins - 1950
91. WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, Illinois (IND) begins broadcasting - 1948
92. 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony - 1946
93. Almelo Netherlands freed - 1945
94. Kuniaki Koiso resigns as PM of Japan; replaced by Kantaro Suzuki - 1945
95. 140 Lancasters bomb airplane manufacturer in Toulouse - 1944
96. Allies bomb Mortsel - 1943
97. Japanese troops conquer Indin - 1943
98. Poon Lim found after being adrift 133 days - 1943
99. In San Francisco, Castro and Fillmore streetcars replaced by buses - 1941
100. Membership in Hitler Youth becomes obligatory - 1939
101. Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland - 1938
102. Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die - 1936
103. Croatian Farmers Party wins Yugoslavian election - 1935
104. Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions - 1932
105. England out for 849 vs. WI Kingston, Sandham out for 325 - 1930
106. Lithuania signs Litvinov-pact - 1929
107. Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style - 1927
108. Belgian Workers Party wins parliamentary election - 1925
109. Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer - 1925
110. Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production - 1923
111. KOB-AM in Albuquerque, New Mexico begins radio transmissions - 1922
112. WDZ-AM in Decatur, Illinois begins radio transmissions - 1922
113. Eamon de Valera becomes president of Dail Eireann - 1919
114. Heavyweight Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in Havana - 1919
115. Polish Army executes 35 young Jews - 1919
116. French troops occupy Bois de Caillette - 1916
117. French begin Woevre-offensive - 1915
118. Jess Willard KOs Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title - 1915
119. MCC tour match vs. Jamaica finishes in a tie - 1911
120. Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer - 1911
121. British premier Henry Campbell-Bannerman resigns - 1908
122. St. Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland" - 1906
123. James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire," premieres in London - 1905
124. Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte," premieres in Paris - 1902
125. Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25 - 1902
126. Attempted assassination of Prince of Wales in Brussels, fails - 1900
127. 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens - 1896
128. Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices - 1895
129. Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of 3 Students" - 1895
130. 11 strikers killed in riot at Connellsville, Penn - 1894
131. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Empty House" - 1894
132. Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks) - 1893
133. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Copper Beeches" - 1889
134. Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller - 1887
135. Transvaal regains independence under British suzerainty - 1881
136. "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed, in Vienna - 1874
137. Johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus," premieres in Vienna - 1874
138. Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) - 1865
139. Siege of Yorktown, Virginia - 1862
140. Federals abandon Ft. Quitman, Texas - 1861
141. Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) - 1815
142. Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes - 1814
143. Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish - 1812
144. Isaac Quintard patents apple cider - 1806
145. 1st performance of Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D - 1803
146. George Washington casts 1st presidential veto - 1792
147. 1st U.S. Chamber of Commerce forms (New York City) - 1768
148. British take Grenada, West Indies, from French - 1762
149. British Museum forms and opens in 1759 - 1753
150. Adolf Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp crowns himself king of Sweden - 1751
151. French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty - 1739
152. Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island - 1722
153. Spanish troops/feudal barons strike down people's uprising in Naples - 1648
154. Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England - 1621
155. 2nd parliament of King James I begin session (no enactments) - 1614
156. Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe - 1614
157. New English king James I departs Edinburgh for London - 1603
158. Clemens Crabbeels becomes bishop of Hertogenbosch - 1585
159. 200 Brussel nobles offer Margaretha of Parma a petition - 1566
160. Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod defeats Teutonic Knights - 1242
161. Battle on the More of Pskov Estonia - 1242
162. Bishop John "Minchio," [domkop] elected as Pope Benedictus X - 1058
163. Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France - 0823
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