1. "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater New York City - 1997
2. 9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins - 1997
3. Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge - 1997
4. Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic - 1997
5. Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) - 1997
6. Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic - 1997
7. Albert Belle shows off his arm by hitting Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic in the hand prior to a game - 1996
8. "Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 308 performances - 1995
9. 1st scheduled Indians night game at Jacobs Field is rained out - 1994
10. Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home - 1994
11. Liberal Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) resigns - 1994
12. Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself - 1994
13. Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records - 1994
14. 1st test flight of Ilyushin IL-96M (Moscow) - 1993
15. Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers) - 1993
16. 1st game at Camden Field, Baltimore Orioles beat Indians 2-0 - 1992
17. 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51 - 1992
18. Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses - 1992
19. Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0 - 1992
20. Oriole Park at Camden Yards opens, beating Cleveland 2-0 - 1992
21. Serbian troops begin siege of Sarajevo - 1992
22. U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography - 1992
23. Voting begins on choice of Elvis postage stamps - 1992
24. Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use - 1991
25. Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy - 1991
26. New York - New Jersey Knights 1st home game (Giant Stadium) lose to Frankfurt 27-17 - 1991
27. Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher - 1991
28. Orel Hershiser ends his record 59 consecutive scoreless streak - 1989
29. Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington - 1988
30. New Jersey Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to Isles 4-3 (OT) in 1st round - 1988
31. 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr - 1987
32. Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy - 1987
33. Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler - 1987
34. 15th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley - 1986
35. Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs - 1986
36. Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale - 1985
37. Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final - 1985
38. Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab - 1985
39. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1985
40. 1st time 11 people in space - 1984
41. Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead - 1983
42. Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands - 1982
43. Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279 - 1982
44. Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo - 1981
45. 9th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young - 1980
46. Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season - 1980
47. Post It Notes, introduced - 1980
48. Rod Stewart and Alana Collins wed - 1979
49. Karnataka beat Uttar Pradesh by inn and 193 to win Ranji Trophy - 1978
50. Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released - 1977
51. Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0 - 1977
52. 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones" - 1976
53. Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 mins 26 secs (Stan Gilbertson) - 1975
54. "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances - 1975
55. "Rocky Horror Show" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 45 performances - 1975
56. 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam" - 1974
57. Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16 - 1974
58. Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 - 1974
59. Harbor strike in Gent/Antwerp, Belgium - 1973
60. Indies troops invade Sikkim - 1973
61. Pioneer 11 launched toward Jupiter and Saturn - 1973
62. Roberto Clemente Day, Pirates retire his number - 1973
63. Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks - 1973
64. Egypt drops diplomatic relations with Jordan - 1972
65. 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution - 1968
66. Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis - 1968
67. Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) - 1968
68. HemisFair 1968 opens in San Antonio, Texas - 1968
69. Premier Pompidou forms new French government - 1967
70. Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India - 1966
71. Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite - 1965
72. Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations - 1964
73. 31st Academy Awards - "Gigi," Susan Hayward and David Niven win - 1959
74. Arnold Palmer wins 1st major golf tournament-Masters - 1958
75. New York City ends trolley car service - 1957
76. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) - 1957
77. Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison - 1956
78. "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances - 1955
79. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1955
80. Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam - 1955
81. Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit - 1954
82. TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons - 1954
83. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island - 1954
84. 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286 - 1952
85. John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson - 1950
86. 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 - 1947
87. 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win - 1947
88. Coevorden freed from nazis - 1945
89. Japanese giant battleship Yamato heads to Okinawa - 1945
90. Massive kamikaze-attack on U.S. battle fleet near Okinawa - 1945
91. U.S. Marines explore Tsugen Shima near Okinawa - 1945
92. Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis - 1944
93. British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II - 1943
94. British offensive at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia - 1943
95. Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested - 1943
96. 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280 - 1941
97. Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) - 1941
98. British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa - 1941
99. German bombardment on Piraeus (munitions ship explodes) - 1941
100. Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces - 1941
101. Great Britain and Poland sign military pact - 1939
102. U.S. and U.K. agree on joint control of Canton and Enderbury Island in the Pacific - 1939
103. Teflon invented by Roy J Plunkett - 1938
104. 3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285 - 1936
105. ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam - 1936
106. Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia - 1936
107. H Levitt sinks 499 basketball free throws, misses and sinks 371 more - 1935
108. 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany - 1934
109. 1st broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC-radio - 1931
110. 1st Scottsboro trial begins - 9 blacks accused of rape - 1931
111. 1st transcontinental glider tow completed - 1930
112. Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar - 1930
113. Stanley Cup: Montl Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), 3 games to 1 - 1926
114. 1st film shown on an British Air flight - 1925
115. 4 planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight - 1924
116. Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament - 1924
117. Volkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern - 1924
118. French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau - 1920
119. U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I - 1917
120. German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare - 1916
121. Electric starter 1st appeared in cars - 1912
122. 1st credit union forms in US - 1909
123. North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson - 1909
124. 1st animated cartoon copyrighted - 1906
125. General railroad strike against "worgwetten" (anti-strike laws) - 1903
126. James J Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title - 1900
127. 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history - 1896
128. Andy Bowen and Jack Burke box 7 hours 19 mins to no decision (111 rounds) - 1893
129. Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated - 1893
130. French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan - 1890
131. George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time - 1889
132. City of Vancouver BC incorporated - 1886
133. Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga - 1886
134. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band" - 1883
135. 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented - 1869
136. Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife - 1868
137. Battle of Sayler's Creek, 1/3rd of Lee's army cut off - 1865
138. Battle of Shiloh, Union defeats Confederacy in SW Tennessee - 1862
139. U.S. recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform - 1859
140. Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophete," premieres in Paris - 1849
141. Jews of Prussia granted equality - 1848
142. Cornerstone laid for 2nd Mormon temple, Nauvoo, Missouri - 1841
143. Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York - 1830
144. English militia shoots prisoners, 100's killed - 1815
145. 1st U.S. Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City - 1789
146. English king George II fires minister William Pitt, Sr. - 1757
147. Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover - 1727
148. Duke of Newcastle becomes English minister of Foreign Affairs - 1724
149. Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards - 1722
150. Slave revolt in New York - 1712
151. France declares war on Netherlands - 1672
152. France and Saksen sign alliance - 1664
153. King Charles II signs Carolina Charter - 1663
154. Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established - 1652
155. John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown - 1652
156. Heeren XIX asks "to secure Eylands Curaeao" - 1634
157. A Willaert installed as singer of cardinal Ippolito I d'Este - 1516
158. Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France - 1362
159. Italian poet Petrarch 1st sets eyes on his beloved Laura - 1327
160. Charles the Great affirms Pippins promise of Quiercy - 0774
161. Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran descended to Earth - 0610
162. Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beats Visigoten - 0402
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