1. 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win - 1997
2. Donna Andrews and Mike Hulbert win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1996
3. "God Said, Ha!" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 22 performances - 1996
4. Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges - 1994
5. Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed - 1994
6. "What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 12 per - 1994
7. 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria - 1993
8. 4th Billboard Music Awards - 1993
9. Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53 - 1993
10. Storm hits West Europe, 11 killed in England - 1993
11. Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km) - 1992
12. NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993 - 1992
13. "Homecoming" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 49 performances - 1991
14. Kris Tschetter/Billy Andrade wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1991
15. "Nick and Nora" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 9 performances - 1991
16. Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States - 1991
17. Galileo Earth-1 Flyby - 1990
18. Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field) - 1990
19. Great Britain performs nuclear test - 1989
20. Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers and sink Bucks, 113-109 - 1988
21. Flyers' Ron Hextall becomes 1st goalie to actually score a goal - 1987
22. Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games - 1987
23. Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel - 1987
24. President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles - 1987
25. House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker - 1986
26. 60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62) - 1985
27. Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (New York Jet record) to Wesley Walker - 1985
28. Laurie Rinker/Larry Rinker wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic - 1985
29. 73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62) - 1984
30. Europe and 64 developing countries sign Lome III treaty - 1984
31. Ringo appears on Saturday Night Live - 1984
32. 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 - lands at Edwards AFB - 1983
33. Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of San Francisco Zen Center - 1983
34. Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot - 1982
35. Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hrs, police kill him he had no explosives - 1982
36. "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador New York City for 6 performances - 1982
37. Suriname army leader Bouterse murders 15 opponents - 1982
38. France performs nuclear test - 1981
39. Bravo network premieres on cable TV - 1980
40. Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park - 1978
41. 43rd Heisman Trophy Award: Earl Campbell, Texas (RB) - 1977
42. Portugal's premier Soares resigns - 1977
43. U.N. General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General - 1976
44. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1976
45. "Raisin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 847 performances - 1975
46. Greek monarchy rejected by referendum - 1974
47. Irish Republican Socialist Party forms - 1974
48. Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open - 1974
49. Soyuz 16 returns to Earth - 1974
50. 39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB) - 1973
51. "Seesaw" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 296 performances - 1973
52. United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45 - 1972
53. Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed - 1969
54. Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA - 1969
55. Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK - 1967
56. NHL California Seals change name to Oakland Seals - 1967
57. A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith - 1966
58. US and U.S.S.R. sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space - 1966
59. Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in New York City - 1965
60. Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as president of U.S.S.R. - 1965
61. Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council - 1965
62. 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die - 1963
63. "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 112 performances - 1963
64. Mickey Wright/Dave Ragan, Jr. wins LPGA Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Golf - 1963
65. 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York City - 1962
66. Failed coup in Brunei - 1962
67. Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft) - 1962
68. "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert New York City after 300 performances - 1962
69. Antwerp Belgium diocese forms - 1961
70. Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec) - 1961
71. South Africa vs. NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock - 1961
72. Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78 - 1961
73. Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium - 1960
74. Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta - 1959
75. President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs. Aust Test Cricket at Karachi - 1959
76. 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia - 1956
77. 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0 - 1956
78. Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks - 1956
79. 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB) - 1955
80. Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award - 1955
81. Turkish government of Menderes forms - 1955
82. Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in New York City - 1954
83. WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
84. 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB) - 1953
85. 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy) - 1952
86. French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die - 1952
87. Isaak Ben-Zwi elected President of Israel - 1952
88. AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games - 1951
89. "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 267 performances - 1951
90. Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa - 1949
91. "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 740 performances - 1949
92. Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," premieres in New York City - 1949
93. 14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (HB) - 1948
94. Jordan annexs Arabic Palestine - 1948
95. "Marinka" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 168 performances - 1948
96. "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater New York City for 11 performances - 1947
97. Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight - 1946
98. John Van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle," premieres in New York City - 1943
99. 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB) - 1942
100. Destruction Camp Chelmo opens - 1941
101. London: Dutch government declares Japan the war - 1941
102. Russian 16th army recaptures Krijukovo - 1941
103. SF 1st blackout, at 6:15 PM - 1941
104. US and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II - 1941
105. 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0 - 1940
106. Highest temperature for December in U.S. recorded in La Mesa California - 1938
107. LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police - 1938
108. Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua - 1936
109. NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers - 1936
110. Friedrich Wolf's "Professor Mamlock," premieres in Zurich - 1934
111. Coaxial cable patented - 1931
112. Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway New York City - 1930
113. Cole Porter's musical "NYCers," premieres in New York City - 1930
114. German-US friendship treaty signed - 1923
115. Labour/Liberals win British parliament - 1923
116. Salary and price freeze in Germany - 1923
117. Eamon de Valera publicly repudiates Anglo-Irish Treaty - 1921
118. Jean Sibelius' 5th Symphony in E, premieres - 1915
119. British and German fleets battle at Falkland Island - 1914
120. Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox - 1914
121. Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in New York City - 1914
122. Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF - 1913
123. Bird banding society found - 1909
124. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court - 1902
125. Natal: British fall/burst out belegerd Ladysmith - 1899
126. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" - 1896
127. Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out - 1895
128. American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president - 1886
129. Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850 - 1881
130. 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South-Africa - 1880
131. Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years - 1876
132. Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St. Petersburg - 1875
133. Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas - 1874
134. 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome - 1869
135. Pope Pius IX publishes encyclical Quanta cura ("Syllabus errorum") - 1864
136. 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile - 1863
137. Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South - 1863
138. Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic - 1863
139. President Lincoln offers amnesty for confederate deserters - 1863
140. 1st production of Dion Boucicaults "Poor of NY" - 1857
141. Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin - 1854
142. Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten," premieres in Breslau - 1852
143. Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller," premieres in Naples - 1849
144. Hector Berlioz's "La Damnation de Faust," premieres - 1846
145. Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres - 1813
146. 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published - 1794
147. 1st cremation in U.S., Henry Laurens - 1792
148. Capt Cook leaves Society Islands - 1777
149. George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ - 1776
150. Battle at Brihuega: English Gen Stanhope captured - 1710
151. Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi - 1326
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