1. "Bean" opens in US - 1997
2. "3 Sisters" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City - 1996
3. NFL/Heisman Trophy Winner Mike Rozier, is shot several times - 1996
4. Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai vs. Saurashtra - 1996
5. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on WXDX 105.9 FM - 1995
6. Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever) - 1995
7. Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament - 1993
8. 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105 - 1992
9. 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95 - 1991
10. "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 12 performances - 1991
11. Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Los Angeles Lakers - 1991
12. "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City - 1991
13. Cleveland Indian Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously - 1990
14. "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 11 performances - 1990
15. Mary Robinson elected as 1st female president of Ireland - 1990
16. "Those Were The Days" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 126 performances - 1990
17. Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year - 1989
18. Douglas Wilder elected 1st U.S. black governor (D-Va) - 1989
19. New York City elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) and female comp (Holtzman) - 1989
20. MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7) - 1988
21. Sugar Ray Leonard KO's Donnie LaLonde - 1988
22. Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires president Habib Bourguiba - 1987
23. Colombian troops end 27-hr siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice - 1985
24. STS 51-A launch scrubbed because of high shear winds - 1984
25. Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal - 1983
26. Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries - 1983
27. Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner) - 1982
28. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic - 1982
29. Turkey adopts constitution - 1982
30. "Your Arms are Too Short to Box" closes at Alvin New York City after 69 performances - 1982
31. France performs nuclear test - 1981
32. Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award - 1979
33. Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP - 1978
34. CDA-chairman W Aantjes resigns due to his war past - 1978
35. "Gone With the Wind" televised - 1976
36. Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland - 1975
37. 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o) - 1974
38. New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league - 1973
39. U.S. and Egypt announce restoration of full diplomatic links - 1973
40. President Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D) - 1972
41. "Purlie" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 689 performances - 1970
42. Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida - 1970
43. John and Yoko release their 2nd album "Wedding Album" in UK - 1969
44. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1968
45. Carl B. Stokes elected 1st black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio - 1967
46. Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting - 1967
47. Richard G. Hatcher elected mayor of Gary, Indiana - 1967
48. St. Louis Cardinals Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP - 1967
49. Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon - 1967
50. Jean-Claude van Itallie's "America Hurrah," premieres in New York City - 1966
51. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1966
52. Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US - 1966
53. Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open - 1965
54. NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966 - 1964
55. Carole Joan Crawford, 20, of Jamaica, crowned 13th Miss World - 1963
56. New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP - 1963
57. Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie - 1962
58. France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria - 1961
59. KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting - 1960
60. 13th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 8 -3 at Eldorado CC California - 1959
61. Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year - 1957
62. WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast - 1957
63. Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3 - 1954
64. U.S. spy plane shot down North of Japan - 1954
65. WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
66. Constitution of Jordan passes - 1951
67. Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan - 1950
68. French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta - 1950
69. King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament - 1949
70. "Bal Negre" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 54 performances - 1946
71. Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R) - 1944
72. Train crashes in tunnel of Aguadilla Spain; about 500 die - 1944
73. Detroit Lions 0, New York Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL - 1943
74. 1st U.S. president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French - 1942
75. Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km) - 1942
76. British air attack on Berlin, Mannheim and Ruhrgebied - 1941
77. Stravinsky's Symfonie in C premieres in Chicago - 1940
78. Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash - 1940
79. Battle of Madrid begins - 1936
80. 23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 - 1935
81. Arthur L Mitchell, becomes 1st black Democratic congressman (Ill) - 1934
82. Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports - 1933
83. 1st broadcast of "Buck Rogers in the 25th century" on CBS-radio - 1932
84. Bradman scores 238 NSW vs. Victoria, 200 mins, 32 fours - 1932
85. Chinese People's Republic proclaimed by Mao Tse Tung - 1931
86. Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City - 1929
87. Herbert Hoover (R) elected president - 1928
88. Italians liberal-national party joins fascist - 1925
89. Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in New York City - 1921
90. U.S. police raid offices of Union of Russian Workers - 1919
91. Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets - 1918
92. United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed - 1918
93. Vladimir Mayakovsky's "Misteriya Buff," premieres in Petrograd - 1918
94. Grand duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns czar of uprising - 1916
95. Jeannette Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) elected 1st woman Representative - 1916
96. Woodrow Wilson (D) re-elected president - 1916
97. Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) - 1915
98. Japan attack German concession on Chinese peninsula of Shanghai - 1914
99. Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver organizes in Mobile Alabama - 1909
100. Dutch capture Venezuelan navy - 1908
101. Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico - 1907
102. Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins - 1907
103. State Colorado accept female suffrage - 1893
104. Canadian Pacific Railway completed at Craigellachie - 1885
105. Edward Bouchet, is 1st black to recieve a PhD in U.S. college (Yale) - 1876
106. Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College - 1876
107. President Rutherford B Hayes and Samuel J Tilden claim presidential victory Tilden (D) wins election but Electoral college selects Hayes (R) - 1876
108. Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa - 1875
109. 1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol, by T Nast - 1874
110. U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month - 1872
111. London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded - 1865
112. 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes - 1864
113. Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA - 1863
114. Battle of Belmont, MO - 1861
115. Battle of Port Royal Bay, South Carolina (Ft. Walker, Ft. Beauregard) - 1861
116. General Zachary Taylor elected as president of US - 1848
117. State Gran Colombia disbands - 1831
118. St. Petersburg flood - 1824
119. James Monroe elected 5th U.S. president - 1820
120. 1st sitting of States-general in Hague - 1814
121. Battle of Tippecanoe, gave Harrison a presidential slogan - 1811
122. Lewis and Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean - 1805
123. French troops conquer Nijmegen - 1794
124. Lord Dunmore, promises freedom to male slaves who join British army - 1775
125. Organgist in Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap - 1747
126. France and Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty - 1733
127. Richard Steele's "Conscious Lovers," premieres in London - 1722
128. Jean Racines "Andromaque," premieres in Paris - 1667
129. 1st edition of "London Gazette" - 1665
130. Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV and Spanish king Philip IV - 1659
131. King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age - 1651
132. Anne Hutchinson banished from Mass bay colony as a heretic - 1637
133. Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler - 1631
134. Emilia of Nassau weds Dom Emanuel of Portugal - 1597
135. Queen Elizabeth I and Francois of Anjou wed - 1581
136. French king Henri II occupies Calais - 1558
137. University of Leuven convicts teaching of Luther - 1519
138. Medici's discharge Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence - 1512
139. Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other - 0921
140. 3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical council) opens - 0680
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