1. "Cherry Orchard," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City - 1997
2. Energizer Senior Golf Tour Championship - 1997
3. Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup - 1997
4. "Scarlet Pimpernel," opens at Minskoff Theater New York City - 1997
5. Toray Japan Queens Cup - 1997
6. "Danny Gans on Broadway" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City - 1995
7. Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka - 1994
8. "Cinderella" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 14 performances - 1993
9. Serbian army fires on school in Sarajevo, 9 children died - 1993
10. Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada (KFBI) - 1992
11. Prix Goncourt awarded to Patrick Chamoiseau for "Texaco" - 1992
12. Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts - 1991
13. Tanzania government of Malecela forms - 1990
14. East Berlin opens its borders - 1989
15. MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7) - 1988
16. "Prince of Central Park" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 4 performances - 1988
17. Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic - 1986
18. Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore - 1986
19. Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion - 1985
20. "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances - 1985
21. Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba - 1985
22. Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed - 1985
23. 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. N Tvl B - 1984
24. Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title - 1984
25. Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43 - 1984
26. Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed - 1984
27. Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped - 1983
28. Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center - 1983
29. Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP, unanimously - 1982
30. Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time - 1982
31. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran - 1980
32. Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic - 1980
33. NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions - 1978
34. Reds' George Foster wins NL MVP - 1977
35. Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career - 1976
36. U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa - 1976
37. Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan) - 1973
38. Government De Uyl decides Palestijnse fugitives to support - 1973
39. Ringo releases "Ringo" album - 1973
40. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1972
41. David Storey's "Changing Room," premieres in London - 1971
42. John List kills family and moves to Colorado - 1971
43. Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins - 1970
44. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1968
45. 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module - 1967
46. Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon - 1967
47. "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 107 performances - 1966
48. Oakland Coliseum Arena opens - 1966
49. 1st New York Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St. Louis - 1965
50. 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout) - 1965
51. Hurricane hits north east US/Canada - 1965
52. Willie Mays named NL MVP - 1965
53. "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances - 1964
54. Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan - 1964
55. 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train - 1963
56. 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) - 1963
57. "Tovarich" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 264 performances - 1963
58. Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World - 1962
59. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1962
60. Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon," premieres in New York City - 1961
61. PGA eliminates caucasians only rule - 1961
62. USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m - 1961
63. Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, to become NWA champ - 1956
64. Michael Gazzo's "Hatful of Rain," premieres in New York City - 1955
65. NZ all out for 70 vs. Pakistan at Dacca - 1955
66. U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics - 1955
67. Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union - 1953
68. KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, MT (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
69. Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws - 1953
70. Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year - 1950
71. Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year - 1950
72. White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930 - 1950
73. Costa Rica adopts Constitution - 1949
74. President Truman ends wage/price freeze - 1946
75. Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize - 1944
76. Walcheren of nazi troops purged - 1944
77. German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish premier - 1942
78. Transport nr 44 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1942
79. Hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster - 1941
80. Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II - 1940
81. "Ninotchka," with Greta Garbo premieres - 1939
82. Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest O Lawrence (cyclotron) - 1939
83. Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents - 1939
84. Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil' Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day - 1938
85. Crystal Night - Germans break windows owned by Jews - 1938
86. Japans army conquers Shanghai - 1937
87. St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP - 1937
88. Albanian government of Frasheri falls - 1936
89. Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union forms - 1935
90. Japan invades Shanghai China - 1935
91. Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500 - 1932
92. 1st nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama - 1930
93. Giant Panda discovered, China - 1927
94. Pastor of Have begins blessing of motorcars/motors - 1927
95. German NSDAP form SS - 1925
96. Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st elected woman governor (of Texas) - 1924
97. Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees - 1923
98. Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini - 1921
99. Bavaria proclaims itself a republic - 1918
100. Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I - 1918
101. Republic Germany proclaimed - 1918
102. Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272 - 1915
103. Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes - 1913
104. Ferenc Moln rs "Farkas," premieres in Budapest - 1912
105. Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds - 1907
106. T. Roosevelt is 1st President to visit other countries (P Rico and Panama) - 1906
107. Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages - 1905
108. 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes - 1904
109. Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack - 1899
110. Opera "Ermine," premieres in London - 1885
111. American Chemical Society chartered in New York - 1877
112. Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston - 1872
113. Conf Gen Lee surrenders to Union Gen Grant at Appomattox - 1865
114. 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country - 1864
115. Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea" - 1864
116. U.S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him - 1862
117. 1st documented Canadian football game (at University of Toronto) - 1861
118. 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra - 1858
119. Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published - 1857
120. Franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres - 1854
121. Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun - 1853
122. Post office at Clay and Pike opens - 1848
123. 1st U.S. pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Phila - 1821
124. Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France - 1799
125. Russian troops occupy Warsaw - 1794
126. Spain, France and England signs Treaty of Seville - 1729
127. Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire - 1720
128. Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion - 1681
129. British king Charles II fires earl of Shaftesbury - 1673
130. Spanish troops lands in Ireland - 1580
131. Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland - 1569
132. Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower - 1541
133. Jews are expelled from Pressburg Hungary by Maria of Hapsburg - 1526
134. Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles - 1520
135. Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence - 1494
136. Peace of Etaples (Henry VII and Charles VIII) - 1492
137. Pope Martinus IV excommunicates king Pedro III of Aragonorth - 1282
138. Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery - 0694
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