1. "Proposals," opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances - 1997
2. San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year - 1997
3. Los Angeles Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year - 1996
4. Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt - 1995
5. Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians - 1995
6. 24th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37 - 1994
7. 25th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21 - 1994
8. Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tadzjikistan - 1994
9. George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing HW championship - 1994
10. Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Golf Cup - 1994
11. Actress Allison Angrim (32) weds Robert Schoonover (44) - 1993
12. Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavywgt boxing title - 1993
13. Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter - 1993
14. Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St. Petersburg - 1991
15. Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii - 1991
16. Maximus 2.0 BBS released - 1991
17. "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" opens at Gershwin New York City for 32 performances - 1991
18. Robert M. Gates, becomes 15th director of CIA - 1991
19. Russian president Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party - 1991
20. Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame - 1990
21. Braves Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year - 1990
22. Fire destroys some of Universal Studio's stages - 1990
23. Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected - 1990
24. 18th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:07 - 1988
25. 19th New York City Marathon won by Steve Jones in 2:08:20 - 1988
26. Japan and MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7) - 1988
27. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic - 1988
28. Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title - 1988
29. Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards - 1987
30. Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young - 1986
31. Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill - 1986
32. Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern - 1986
33. 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB - 1985
34. Exploratory well at Ranger Tx, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil - 1985
35. M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia - 1985
36. Space shuttle Challenger lands at Edwards AFB California - 1985
37. President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D) - 1984
38. Willie Hernandez wins AL MVP Award - 1984
39. Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament - 1983
40. Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California - 1983
41. Tor Bay Buccaneers James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings - 1983
42. Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections - 1983
43. Joe Altobelli succeeds Earl Weaver as Oriole manager - 1982
44. Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award - 1981
45. Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title - 1981
46. Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran - 1979
47. Iranian general Gholan Reza Azhari forms government - 1978
48. Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule - 1978
49. 1st Emmy Sports Award presentation - 1977
50. 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga - 1977
51. "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 43 performances - 1977
52. Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP - 1976
53. Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years - 1976
54. 1st appearance of Sex Pistols - 1975
55. "Hello, Dolly" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 51 performances - 1975
56. Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award - 1974
57. Abe Beame eleceted 1st Jewish mayor on New York City - 1973
58. Coleman Young elected mayor of Detroit - 1973
59. "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 7 performances - 1971
60. U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians - 1971
61. Boog Powell wins AL MVP - 1970
62. Twins Jim Perry wins AL Cy Young Award - 1970
63. 1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Balt and Denny McLain, Det) - 1969
64. Nixon elected 37th President of U.S., defeating Hubert Humphrey - 1968
65. Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike - 1968
66. Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curaeao, kills 15 - 1967
67. U.S. launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9 - 1967
68. 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC) - 1966
69. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Amarillo Ladies' Golf Open - 1966
70. Lunar Orbiter 2 launched - 1966
71. WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1964
72. BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote - 1962
73. Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected Senator - 1962
74. Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts - 1962
75. Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more - 1962
76. Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery - 1962
77. U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa - 1962
78. U.S. government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith - 1961
79. AL announces that Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959 - 1958
80. Belgium government of Eyskens and Lilar forms - 1958
81. Wilber Snyder beats V Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ - 1958
82. Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France - 1957
83. "Rumple" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 45 performances - 1957
84. Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary - 1956
85. President Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E. Stevenson (D) - 1956
86. 11th Ryder Cup: U.S., 8-4 at Thunderbird Ranch and CC California - 1955
87. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1955
88. French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy - 1953
89. Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as manager of Baltimore Orioles - 1953
90. Masao Oki's symphony "Atomic Bomb," premieres - 1953
91. Dmitri Sjostakovitch's cantata "About our Fatherland," premieres - 1952
92. Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pittsburgh Pirates - 1950
93. Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea - 1950
94. King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India - 1950
95. Greeks civil war ends - 1949
96. HUAC begins investigation of 7 radio commentators - 1945
97. Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula - 1943
98. Soviet forces reconquer Kiev - 1943
99. Stalin says: "The issue of German fascism is lost" - 1943
100. Nazis execute 12,000 Minsk ghetto Jews - 1942
101. Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta finds Ampat Serangkai - 1942
102. Einsatz group kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine - 1941
103. Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor - 1941
104. USA lends Soviet Union $1 million - 1941
105. Franklin D. Roosevelt re-elected president - 1940
106. WGY-TV (Schenectady, New York), 1st coml TV station, begins service - 1939
107. WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, New York (CBS) 1st broadcast - 1939
108. 3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time, charity all star game - 1938
109. RCA displays TV for press - 1936
110. Terence Rattigans "French Without Tears," premieres in London - 1936
111. 1st test flight of British Hurricane aircraft - 1935
112. English prince Henry (under George V) weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott - 1935
113. Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane - 1935
114. NFL Philadelphia Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0 - 1934
115. German election - KPD defeats NSDAP - 1932
116. Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds - 1928
117. Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E Smith (D) for pres - 1928
118. Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor - 1928
119. Stanley Baldwin becomes PM of England - 1924
120. Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver - 1923
121. U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks" - 1923
122. King George V proclaims Irish Free state - 1922
123. 1st Dutch radio program: Soiree Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" - 1919
124. Republic of Poland proclaimed - 1918
125. Supreme commander of the army Gen Cutters resigns - 1918
126. 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok) - 1915
127. Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek government - 1915
128. Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa - 1913
129. Francisco Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico - 1911
130. SDAP/NVV initiate campaign for general males/female suffrage - 1910
131. Leonid Andreyevs "Dui Nashey Zhizni," premieres in St. Petersburg - 1908
132. Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected New York Governor beats William Randolph Hearst - 1906
133. USA recognizea independence of Panama - 1903
134. Battle at Bothaville: gen-mjr Charles Knox beats Boers - 1900
135. President William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan - 1900
136. Peter Pan opens in New York at Empire Theater - 1897
137. Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats President Grover Cleveland (D), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes - 1888
138. U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close - 1885
139. British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea - 1884
140. Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game - 1884
141. NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race - 1883
142. Canada celebrates 1st Thanksgiving Day - 1879
143. Henrik Ibsens "Samfundets Stotter," premieres in Oslo - 1878
144. Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa - 1871
145. President Grant re-elected - 1871
146. 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4) - 1869
147. Maastricht-Venlo railway in Netherlands opens - 1865
148. Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid) - 1864
149. NY-SF direct telegraphic link forms - 1862
150. Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres - 1861
151. Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th pres - 1860
152. 1st Hawaiian fire engine - 1850
153. Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use - 1850
154. Spain grants Dominican Rep independence - 1844
155. Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain - 1813
156. Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians - 1792
157. King Carlos II of Spain becomes of age (at 15) - 1676
158. Brandenburg and Poland sign unity of Bromberg - 1657
159. Battle at Lutzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies - 1632
160. Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia - 1572
161. Zealand hit by heavy storm - 1534
162. Treaty of Wallingford signed - 1153
163. Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain - 0355
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