1. Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House - 1997
2. 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000 - 1996
3. "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1622 performances - 1996
4. "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 18 performances - 1995
5. "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 280 performances - 1995
6. South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs - 1994
7. U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding - 1994
8. United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5 - 1994
9. AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499) - 1992
10. Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan - 1992
11. Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame - 1992
12. "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV - 1991
13. Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64 - 1990
14. Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far - 1990
15. Akhito becomes emperor of Japan - 1989
16. Cleve Cavs block 21 New York Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record - 1989
17. International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris - 1989
18. NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11) - 1989
19. French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum - 1987
20. Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest - 1987
21. Chicago Bears defeat New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX - 1986
22. Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes - 1986
23. STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems - 1986
24. US president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya - 1986
25. Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet - 1985
26. KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ) - 1985
27. "King and I" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 191 performances - 1985
28. Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame - 1985
29. Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win vs. England - 1983
30. Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala - 1983
31. "Fame" premieres on NBC TV - 1982
32. Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick - 1982
33. Minn ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends - 1980
34. Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge - 1979
35. Angola revises its constitution - 1978
36. Huyman Rights Charta '77 established in Prague - 1977
37. Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere) - 1975
38. Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah," premieres in New York City - 1975
39. Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage - 1975
40. "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 1050 performances - 1975
41. Dutch rations gasoline - 1974
42. British Darts Organisation founded in North London - 1973
43. Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational - 1973
44. Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 vs. Pakistan Never again - 1973
45. "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 14 performances - 1973
46. US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize - 1973
47. WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1973
48. Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die - 1972
49. Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice - 1972
50. Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) - 1972
51. William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice - 1972
52. -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record) - 1971
53. Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock" - 1970
54. U.S. Congress doubles president salary - 1969
55. 1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents - 1968
56. "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV - 1968
57. "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV - 1967
58. Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts - 1966
59. Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become NWA champ - 1966
60. France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold - 1965
61. Bahamas becomes self-governing - 1964
62. Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707) - 1964
63. 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents - 1963
64. AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27 - 1962
65. Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails - 1962
66. Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock - 1962
67. 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16 - 1961
68. Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps - 1961
69. U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government - 1959
70. U.S.S.R. shrinks army to 300,000 - 1958
71. Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs. NZ, 413 opening stand with Roy - 1956
72. Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City) - 1955
73. WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1955
74. President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb - 1953
75. French Plevin government falls - 1952
76. Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry" - 1950
77. "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 3 performances - 1950
78. Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) - 1950
79. 1st photo of genes taken at University of South California by Pease and Baker - 1949
80. US president Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan - 1948
81. Aust vs. Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882 - 1947
82. Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union - 1946
83. Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen - 1945
84. Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59 - 1944
85. WW II siege of Bataan starts - 1942
86. U.S. worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) - 1939
87. Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m) - 1936
88. Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in New York City - 1935
89. "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts - 1934
90. Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld - 1934
91. 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands - 1933
92. 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich - 1932
93. Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in New York City - 1930
94. 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies - 1929
95. "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres - 1929
96. "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears - 1929
97. Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London - 1927
98. Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Ill) - 1927
99. Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City - 1925
100. Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan - 1923
101. German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun - 1916
102. 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal - 1914
103. William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum - 1913
104. 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF - 1911
105. Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam - 1911
106. Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games - 1910
107. England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG - 1908
108. Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in New York City - 1907
109. Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st International radio distress signal - 1904
110. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" - 1903
111. Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel - 1903
112. Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's - 1899
113. Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook - 1896
114. Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing - 1894
115. Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin - 1893
116. Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns - 1892
117. W B Purvis patents fountain pen - 1890
118. Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" - 1888
119. Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont - 1879
120. Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock - 1868
121. Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson - 1868
122. Battle of Manassas Junction, VA - 1862
123. Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV - 1862
124. Florida troops takeover Ft. Marion at St. Augustine - 1861
125. Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris - 1842
126. HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago - 1835
127. 1st U.S. Railroad Station opens (Baltimore) - 1830
128. 1st printing in Hawaii - 1822
129. Liberia colonized by Americans - 1822
130. 2nd Bank of U.S. opens - 1817
131. 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard and Jeffries) - 1785
132. 1st U.S. seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia - 1784
133. 1st U.S. commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia - 1782
134. Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten - 1761
135. Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) - 1714
136. Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England - 1698
137. Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Neth, 1 dies - 1654
138. Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno - 1630
139. Germany and Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg - 1622
140. Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor - 1618
141. Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede - 1610
142. Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia - 1608
143. Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth - 1601
144. Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I - 1598
145. Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire - 1584
146. England signs an offensive and defensive alliance with Netherland - 1579
147. Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V - 1566
148. Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V - 1566
149. Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French - 1558
150. Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal - 1325
151. Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion - 0754
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