1. 64th Golf Masters Championship: - 2000
2. Cleveland Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape - 1997
3. Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion - 1997
4. NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl" - 1997
5. 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274 - 1995
6. "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances - 1995
7. BPAA U.S. Open by Justin Hromek - 1994
8. Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30) - 1994
9. STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit - 1994
10. Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos - 1993
11. Florida drops rape charges against New York Mets Gooden, Boston and Coleman - 1992
12. John Majors, (C) elected PM of England - 1992
13. Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges - 1992
14. Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) - 1992
15. "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway - 1992
16. U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes - 1992
17. William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA - 1992
18. Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 - 1991
19. Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R. - 1991
20. "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV - 1990
21. Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees - 1990
22. New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 - 1990
23. World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City - 1990
24. 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283 - 1989
25. Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car - 1989
26. Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic - 1989
27. Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev - 1989
28. Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament - 1989
29. Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision - 1989
30. Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round - 1988
31. "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka - 1988
32. U.S. imposes economic sanctions on Panama - 1988
33. For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ - 1987
34. "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character - 1986
35. White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game - 1985
36. 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall and S Maclaine win - 1984
37. 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth - 1983
38. Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot - 1983
39. Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record - 1982
40. Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0 - 1981
41. U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru - 1981
42. Belgium's Marten's government resigns - 1980
43. Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles - 1980
44. Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 - 1980
45. 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win - 1979
46. Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hrs, begins - 1979
47. 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277 - 1978
48. Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam) - 1978
49. David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 - 1978
50. Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter) - 1978
51. Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years - 1977
52. U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use - 1976
53. Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life" - 1974
54. 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283 - 1973
55. Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam - 1973
56. Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme - 1973
57. 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286 - 1972
58. Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI - 1972
59. "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances - 1972
60. U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty - 1972
61. Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK - 1971
62. Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles - 1970
63. 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol) - 1969
64. Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3 - 1969
65. German DR adopts constitution - 1968
66. Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta - 1968
67. Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference - 1968
68. Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot - 1968
69. 1st Boeing 737 rolls out - 1967
70. 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280 - 1967
71. "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances - 1967
72. Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down - 1967
73. Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens - 1966
74. Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris - 1966
75. 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun - 1965
76. Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in U.K. - 1965
77. India and Pakistan engage in border fight - 1965
78. Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously - 1963
79. 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280 - 1962
80. 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win - 1962
81. John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium - 1962
82. 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3 - 1960
83. South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle - 1960
84. 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title - 1959
85. Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators) - 1959
86. Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot - 1959
87. NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury - 1959
88. Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C. - 1957
89. Suez Canal cleared for all shipping - 1957
90. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1955
91. WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting - 1954
92. Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya - 1953
93. "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue - 1953
94. Popular uprising in Bolivia - 1952
95. 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283 - 1950
96. 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win - 1950
97. Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance - 1950
98. U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages - 1949
99. Atomic Energy Commission confirmed - 1947
100. Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year - 1947
101. Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 - 1947
102. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 - 1946
103. Battleship Admiral Scheer sinks British aircraft carrier - 1945
104. Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 - 1945
105. NFL requires players to wear long stockings - 1945
106. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae - 1944
107. Battle of Bataan, US and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan - 1942
108. PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame - 1941
109. German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die - 1940
110. Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders - 1940
111. Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial - 1939
112. Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games - 1935
113. Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games - 1932
114. Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period - 1931
115. Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena - 1928
116. Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil" - 1928
117. Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss - 1928
118. Turkey passes separation of church and state - 1928
119. Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences - 1927
120. Babe Ruth rushed to hospital - 1925
121. Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin - 1923
122. Latvia proclaims independence - 1918
123. Battle of Arras begins - 1917
124. Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops - 1917
125. 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London - 1914
126. Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico - 1914
127. "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London - 1914
128. Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 - 1913
129. 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard) - 1912
130. Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York - 1912
131. 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens - 1906
132. 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz - 1894
133. 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn - 1878
134. Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk - 1872
135. American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves - 1870
136. Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada - 1869
137. Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto - 1866
138. Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama - 1865
139. Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox - 1865
140. Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities - 1864
141. National Galley opens in London - 1838
142. 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire - 1833
143. Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain - 1831
144. Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 - 1829
145. African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes in Philadelphia - 1816
146. Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance - 1814
147. Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace - 1808
148. Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India - 1783
149. Capt James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) - 1770
150. French troops occupy Mons - 1691
151. Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France - 1682
152. 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) - 1667
153. Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends - 1621
154. Spain and Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact - 1609
155. Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II - 1555
156. Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union - 1538
157. Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England - 1483
158. Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians - 1474
159. Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi - 1454
160. Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army - 1388
161. Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans - 1241
162. Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0715
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