1. 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace - 1998
2. Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut state lottery - 1998
3. 10th American Comedy Award - 1996
4. 2nd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - 1996
5. Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 vs. Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup vs. Kenya - 1996
6. 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield - 1995
7. American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets - 1995
8. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix Arizona on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM - 1995
9. Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec) - 1994
10. United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by 2 wickets to win ICC Trophy - 1994
11. Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaine - 1992
12. Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over" - 1991
13. SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17 - 1990
14. Yanks beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985) - 1989
15. 18th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,200,000 - 1988
16. 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers - 1988
17. Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am - 1988
18. Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories) - 1988
19. Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament - 1988
20. 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100 - 1987
21. Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die - 1987
22. Ken Ludwig's "Lend me a Tenor," premieres in London - 1986
23. U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 flies by Halley's Comet at 8,889 km - 1986
24. Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame - 1985
25. Mexican authorities find body of U.S. drug agent Enrique C. Salaazar - 1985
26. Mike Tyson KOs Hector Mercedes in 1 round in his 1st pro fight - 1985
27. Yul Brynner appears in his 4,500th performance of "King and I" - 1985
28. Anne-Marie Palli wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic - 1983
29. Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections - 1983
30. New Bedford, Mass woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table - 1983
31. "On Your Toes" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 505 performances - 1983
32. U.S. Football League begins its 1st season - 1983
33. NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT) - 1982
34. Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) - 1982
35. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1981
36. Soyuz 39 returns to Earth - 1981
37. Walter Cronkite signs-off as anchorman of CBS Evening News - 1981
38. Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann - 1981
39. Emmy 7th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 1st time - 1980
40. French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar) - 1980
41. Princess Theater (Latin Quarter, Cotton Club) opens at 200 W 48th New York City - 1980
42. Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot and crippled by a sniper in Georgia - 1978
43. Ice Dance Championship at Gothenburg won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS) - 1976
44. Ice Pairs Championship at Gothenburg won by Rodnina and Zaitsev (URS) - 1976
45. Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB) - 1976
46. Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill - 1976
47. An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo - 1974
48. Ian and Greg Chappell score cricket - 1974
49. "Over Here" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 341 performances - 1974
50. In an exhibition game with the Pirates, Twins Larry Hisle becomes the 1st designated hitter (he hits 2 home runs and knocks in 7 RBIs) - 1973
51. Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner - 1972
52. Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes - 1972
53. Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs. West Indies at Port-of-Spain - 1971
54. Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK - 1970
55. 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards - 1967
56. Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison - 1967
57. Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted - 1967
58. Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva asks for political asylum in US - 1967
59. WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
60. Barry Sadlers' "Ballad of the Green Berets" becomes #1 (13 weeks) - 1966
61. 1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford - 1965
62. Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ vs. India in 1st Test Cricket innings - 1965
63. "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St. New York City after 1415 performances - 1965
64. Constantine succeeds Paul I as king of Greece - 1964
65. Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali - 1964
66. Liz Taylor's 4th divorce (Eddie Fisher) - 1964
67. Tom O'Hara runs world record mile (3:56.4) - 1964
68. St. Louis vote to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals - 1962
69. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1962
70. U.S. promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression - 1962
71. 1st London minicabs introduced - 1961
72. Dutch guilder revalued 4.74% - 1961
73. Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12 year government jubilee - 1961
74. President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament - 1960
75. 11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr - 1959
76. Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles) - 1959
77. Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from U.K. - 1957
78. Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot" - 1955
79. Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open - 1955
80. Malenkov becomes chairman of the U.S.S.R. - 1953
81. Belgium extends conscription to 24 months - 1951
82. Silly Putty invented - 1950
83. XB-45, 1st U.S. 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, California - 1947
84. France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation - 1946
85. 117 SD-prisoners executed at Savage Farm - 1945
86. Assassination attempt on Hohere, SS Police fuhrer Rauter - 1945
87. Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio - 1945
88. Erich Honnecker andErich Hanke flee nazis - 1945
89. Federico Garcia Lorca's "La Casa," premieres in Buenos Aires - 1945
90. USAF begins daylight bombing of Berlin - 1944
91. Battle at Medenine, North-Africa: Rommels assault attack - 1943
92. Sukarno asks for cooperation with Japanese occupiers - 1943
93. 1st U.S. telecast from an airplane, New York City - 1940
94. Belgium ends Locarno-pact - 1936
95. Frank Bartell (Czech), cycles record 80.584 mph in Los Angeles - 1935
96. Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif's "Yellowjacket," premieres in New York City - 1934
97. Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday - 1933
98. Maxwell Anderson's "Both your Houses," premieres in New York City - 1933
99. Poland occupies free city Danzig (Gdansk) - 1933
100. Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food - 1930
101. Turkey and Bulgaria sign friendship treaty - 1929
102. China asks for a seat in the Security council - 1926
103. British Labour government cuts military budget - 1924
104. Cards announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms - 1923
105. Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract - 1922
106. GB Shaw's "Back to Methusaleh III/IV," premieres in New York City - 1922
107. Police in Sunbury Penn issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee - 1921
108. NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, 3 games to 1 with 1 tie - 1919
109. U.S. naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle - 1918
110. Greek King Constantine I fires premier Venizelos - 1915
111. Gerhart Hauptmann's "Griselda," premieres in Vienna - 1909
112. Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance - 1906
113. Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands - 1906
114. Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Soc of Civil Engineers - 1906
115. Census Bureau forms - 1902
116. "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann - 1899
117. 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" - 1896
118. England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2 - 1895
119. J. T. Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 mins) England vs. Australia - 1895
120. 1st U.S. alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, MA - 1886
121. 1st U.S. nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, New York City - 1886
122. Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king - 1882
123. Battle of Natural Bridge, Florida - 1865
124. President Lincolns 2nd Inaugural Ball - 1865
125. Battle of Pea Ridge, AR (Elkhorn Tavern) - 1862
126. Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army - 1861
127. Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens - 1857
128. Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to Louise Colet - 1855
129. Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "La Traviata," premieres in Venice - 1853
130. Dion Boucicault's "Love in a Maze," premieres in London - 1851
131. Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lugt," premieres in Vienna - 1838
132. 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight - 1836
133. HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia - 1836
134. Toronto incorporated with William Lyon Mackenzie as its 1st mayor - 1834
135. Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan - 1831
136. Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy - 1831
137. Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan - 1831
138. Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck Germany - 1816
139. Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in U.S. - 1810
140. 1st college orchestra in U.S. founded, at Harvard - 1808
141. Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine - 1799
142. 1st Negro Mason in U.S. initiated, Boston - 1775
143. Spain and England sign (1st) Convention of Pardo - 1728
144. Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg - 1714
145. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing - 1665
146. King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant - 1664
147. Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent - 1646
148. Emperor Ferdinand II delegates Restitutie-edict - 1628
149. Earl Mauritius conquerors Breda "turfschip of Breda" - 1590
150. Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht - 1579
151. Magellan discovers Guam - 1521
152. Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa - 1460
153. Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V - 1447
154. Treaty of Paris - 1323
155. Aken, [Philips van Zwaben], crowned Roman-Catholic German King - 1205
156. Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar - 1079
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