Today In History

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December 12

December 12th 1988         3 trains collide in London, 40 die

December 12th 1990        US accuses Iraq of dragging its feet on dates for talks

December 12th 1990        US ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait

December 12th 1991        Tampa Bay Bucaneer Dexter Manley, retires after failing drug test

December 12th 1991        Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection

December 12th 1991        NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81

December 12th 1991        Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community

December 12th 1991        Actor Richard Gere marries super model Cindy Crawford

December 12th 1992        NY Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals

December 12th 1992        Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World

December 12th 1992        Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada

December 12th 1992        6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)

December 12th 1992        58th Heisman Trophy Award: Gino Torretta, Miami-Fla (QB)

December 12th 1993        "Any Given Day" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances

December 12th 1993        "Kentucky Cycle" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 34 performances

December 12th 1993         WAQX 104.3 (Q-104) rock format replaces WNCN classic format in NYC

December 12th 1995        Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36
(need 2/3 vote)

December 12th 1995        NBA referees return to work after striking

December 12th 1995        Israeli PM Shimon Peres address both house of US congress

December 12th 1995        CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31

December 12th 1996        Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since Nov 22, Moises Alou

December 12th 1996        Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain)

December 12th 1997        Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris

December 12th 1997        Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin

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December 12

December 12, 1987 Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game

December 12, 1987 Okla's sets NCAA record of 33 steals vs Centenary

December 12, 1987 Rollermania at MSG, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers

December 12, 1986 David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 vs. England at Adelaide

December 12, 1986 James "Bone Crusher" Smith TKO's WBA champ Tim Witherspoon in MSG

December 12, 1986 Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed

December 12, 1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested

December 12, 1985 248 U.S. soldiers and 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash

December 12, 1985 DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die

December 12, 1985 NASA launches space vehicle S-207

December 12, 1983 A truck bomb explodes at U.S. Embassy in Kuwait

December 12, 1982 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador New York City after 6 perf

December 12, 1982 $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in New York City

December 12, 1982 57th Australian Womens Tennis: C Evert beats M Navratilova (63 26 63)

December 12, 1982 Joanne Carner/John Mahaffey wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic

December 12, 1981 "1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 37 performances

December 12, 1981 Gambia and Senegal sign agreement to be known as Senegambia in Feb 1982

December 12, 1981 Wayne Gretzky scores quickest 50th goal (game 39)

December 12, 1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs

December 12, 1979 Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce

December 12, 1979 Rhodesia becomes independent nation of Zimbabwe

December 12, 1977 Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves

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December 13

December 13, 2003 American forces captuer Sadam Hussen outside of Tikrit

December 13, 2001 Terrorists break into parliament building in New Delhi, murder at least 12

December 13, 2000 Al Gore concedes presidential election, George W. Bush named president

December 13, 1997 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB)

December 13, 1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays

December 13, 1995 Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center

December 13, 1995 US Federal Court votes that Cable companies must carry local stations

December 13, 1994 American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15

December 13, 1993 Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't

December 13, 1993 Dow Jones hits record 3764.43

December 13, 1993 Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed

December 13, 1993 Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), lands

December 13, 1992 "Show Off" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances

December 13, 1992 Dawn Coe-Jone wins Pizza-La LPGA Match Play Golf Championship

December 13, 1992 FCC fines Infinity Broadcasting $600,000

December 13, 1991 Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconcilliation

December 13, 1991 NY assembly speaker Mel Miller is convicted of federal mail fraud

December 13, 1991 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games

December 13, 1990 "Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 45 performances

December 13, 1990 Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die

December 13, 1990 President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid

December 13, 1989 Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games

December 13, 1988 3 men end 29-hr all-466-station subway ride in New York City

December 13, 1988 Arafat addresses United Nations in Geneva

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December 14

December 14th 1985        US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin

December 14th 1986        Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, Calif on 1st
non-stop, non-refueled flight around world

December 14th 1987        Allan Border scores 205 v NZ to become Australia's top rungetter

December 14th 1987        Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new

December 14th 1988        US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)

December 14th 1988        Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures

December 14th 1988        NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses

December 14th 1988        CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights

December 14th 1990        Louis Jordan's revue "Five Guys Named Moe," premieres in London

December 14th 1990        Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days
later

December 14th 1991        57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)

December 14th 1991        Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed

December 14th 1992        Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him

December 14th 1993        Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria

December 14th 1995        AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant

December 14th 1995         "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki

December 14th 1996        12th Soap Opera Digest Awards

December 14th 1996        62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)

December 14th 1997        "View From the Bridge," opens at Criterion Theater NYC

December 14th 1997        Diners Club Senior Golf Match

December 14th 1997        Juli Inkster & Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches

December 14th 1997        Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals

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December 14

December 14, 1997 "View From the Bridge," opens at Criterion Theater New York City

December 14, 1997 Diners Club Senior Golf Match

December 14, 1997 Juli Inkster and Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches

December 14, 1997 Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals

December 14, 1996 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards

December 14, 1996 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)

December 14, 1995 "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki

December 14, 1995 AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant

December 14, 1993 Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria

December 14, 1992 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him

December 14, 1991 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)

December 14, 1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed

December 14, 1990 Louis Jordan's revue "Five Guys Named Moe," premieres in London

December 14, 1990 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later

December 14, 1988 CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights

December 14, 1988 NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses

December 14, 1988 Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures

December 14, 1988 U.S. agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)

December 14, 1987 Allan Border scores 205 vs. NZ to become Australia's top rungetter

December 14, 1987 Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new

December 14, 1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world

December 14, 1985 US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin

December 14, 1984 Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football

December 14, 1983 "Peg" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 5 performances

December 14, 1982 Marcel Dionne, LA, becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals

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December 15

December 15, 1997 San Francisco 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16

December 15, 1996 Dottie Pepper and Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches

December 15, 1996 Jim Colbert and Bob Murphy wins Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches

December 15, 1996 Tom Lehman and Duffy Waldoff wins Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches

December 15, 1995 Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland

December 15, 1994 "Tuna Christmas" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 20 performances

December 15, 1994 John Bruton becomes Ireland's premier

December 15, 1994 Liberia militia kills 48 inhabitants of Monrovia

December 15, 1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed

December 15, 1993 Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns

December 15, 1993 John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops

December 15, 1993 Lee Aspen resigns as secretary of defense

December 15, 1993 Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed

December 15, 1993 British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination

December 15, 1992 Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year

December 15, 1992 WNew AM (1130) New York City resigns air, replaced by WBBR

December 15, 1991 "Nick and Nora" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 9 performances

December 15, 1991 Deb Richard wins JBP Cup LPGA Match Play Golf Championship

December 15, 1990 Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter

December 15, 1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks

December 15, 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston

December 15, 1986 150 killed during race riot in Karachi

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December 15

In 1791, the Bill of Rights went into effect following ratification by Virginia.

In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a confrontation with Indian police.

In 1938, groundbreaking ceremonies for the Jefferson Memorial took place in Washington, D.C., with President Franklin D. Roosevelt taking part.

In 1939, the motion picture "Gone With the Wind" had its world premiere in Atlanta.

In 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, who was a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris.

In 1944, during World War II, American forces invaded Mindoro Island in the Philippines.

In 1948, former State Department official Alger Hiss was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges of perjury. (He was convicted in 1950.)

In 1961, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court.

In 1964, Canada's House of Commons approved dropping the "Red Ensign" flag in favor of a new design.

In 1965, two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, maneuvered to within ten feet of each other while in orbit.

In 1978, Cleveland became the first major U.S. city since the Great Depression to default on its loans.

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December 16

December 16, 1997 President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy"

December 16, 1994 Davy Jones (Monkees), charged with DWI

December 16, 1993 "Red Shoes" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 5 performances

December 16, 1993 Shannen Doherty (Brenda) is fired from Beverly Hills 90210

December 16, 1991 Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez

December 16, 1991 U.N. reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote

December 16, 1990 Jean-Bertrand Aristide elected President of Haiti

December 16, 1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions

December 16, 1989 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)

December 16, 1989 Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia

December 16, 1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud

December 16, 1987 Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea

December 16, 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission

December 16, 1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding

December 16, 1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time

December 16, 1982 Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets

December 16, 1981 Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls

December 16, 1980 Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State

December 16, 1979 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)

December 16, 1979 QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys

December 16, 1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR

December 16, 1976 Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief U.S. Delegate to UN

December 16, 1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins

December 16, 1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination prog following reports of paralysis

December 16, 1976 Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea

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December 17

December 17th 1988         NY Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2

December 17th 1988        Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300
games (Wash Caps)

December 17th 1988        77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1)

December 17th 1989        78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2)

December 17th 1989        Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello pres

December 17th 1989        Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA v WA)

December 17th 1989        Patti Rizzo/Mike Hill wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship

December 17th 1990        KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions

December 17th 1991         Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode

December 17th 1991        Patrick Manning becomes premier of Trinidad & Tobago

December 17th 1991        NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80

December 17th 1991        Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts

December 17th 1992        "Christmas Carol" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 22 performances

December 17th 1992        Gen Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus

December 17th 1993        Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27)

December 17th 1993        Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse

December 17th 1993        Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m (1:12.54)

December 17th 1993        Bangladesh moslem call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin

December 17th 1994        KLM's last DC-10 goes out of service

December 17th 1995        "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC
after 23 perfs

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December 17

December 17, 1987 Czechoslovak party leader Gustav Husak resigns

December 17, 1986 U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee

December 17, 1986 Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England)

December 17, 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton

December 17, 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0

December 17, 1983 "Peg" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 5 performances

December 17, 1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured

December 17, 1983 Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die

December 17, 1981 Members of Red Brigades kidnap Brig Gen James L Dozier

December 17, 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

December 17, 1980 Mauritania provisional constitution published

December 17, 1979 Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph

December 17, 1978 OPEC raises oil prices 18%

December 17, 1978 Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda

December 17, 1977 Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41

December 17, 1977 Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1st U.S. TV appearance (SNL)

December 17, 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

December 17, 1976 Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national

December 17, 1975 1st time New York Islanders shut-out New York Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th

December 17, 1975 John Paul Stevens appointed to Supreme Court

December 17, 1975 Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life

December 17, 1973 Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait

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December 18

December 18th 1988         5th meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets win & eliminate Giants from playoffs

December 18th 1989        "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years

December 18th 1989        Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," premieres in NYC

December 18th 1990        NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion

December 18th 1990        NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando,
Tampa-St Petersburg, & Wash DC as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion

December 18th 1991        DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood

December 18th 1991        General Motors announces closing of 21 plants

December 18th 1992        FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet
stations

December 18th 1993        Kevin Scott skates world record 1K (1:12.54)

December 18th 1994        "Comedy Tonight" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 8 performances

December 18th 1994        "What's Wrong With this Pic?" closes at Circle in Sq
NYC after 12 perf

December 18th 1994        Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges

December 18th 1994        General Hospital stars Kristina Malandro & Jack Wagner wed

December 18th 1994        Norman, Couples & Azinger wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Golf Challenge

December 18th 1994        Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election

December 18th 1996         Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England

December 18th 1996        TV industry execs agree to adopt a ratings system

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December 18

December 18, 1987 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari

December 18, 1987 Ivan F. Boesky sentenced to 3 years for insider trading

December 18, 1986 Mr Gates, serves as acting director of CIA

December 18, 1985 "Jerry's Girls" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 139 performances

December 18, 1985 U.N. Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"

December 18, 1984 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)

December 18, 1983 NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak

December 18, 1982 Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds

December 18, 1980 Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden

December 18, 1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws

December 18, 1980 IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike

December 18, 1980 Vietnam adopts constitution

December 18, 1979 Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)

December 18, 1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

December 18, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test

December 18, 1977 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond

December 18, 1977 Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off

December 18, 1976 "A Star is Born," with Barbra Striesand, premieres

December 18, 1976 Wonder Woman debuts on ABC

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December 19

December 19th 1985         "Wind in the Willows" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 4 perfs

December 19th 1985        Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart

December 19th 1985        STS 61-C scrubbed at T -13s because of SRB auxiliary power problem

December 19th 1986        Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hrs of community service & fined $500

December 19th 1986        Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers & accuses owners of collusion against free agency

December 19th 1986        USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile

December 19th 1987        Bruins' Linseman & Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart

December 19th 1987        Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ

December 19th 1988        Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt,
Germany-5,000 evacuated

December 19th 1988        Oklahoma's College football team gets 3 year probation

December 19th 1988        NASA unviels plans for lunar colony & manned missions to Mars

December 19th 1989        American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route

December 19th 1989        Larry Bird (Celtics) begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games

December 19th 1991        NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession

December 19th 1991        Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin

December 19th 1991         6,000th episode of One Life To Live

December 19th 1991        "Christmas Carol" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 14 perfs

December 19th 1993        "Red Shoes" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 5 performances

December 19th 1993        Guinee general Lansana re-elected president

December 19th 1995        Queen Elizabeth askes Prince Charles & Diana to divorce

December 19th 1996        "Once Upon a Matress," opens at Broadhurst NYC for 187 performances

December 19th 1997        MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy

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December 20

December 20th 1985         Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)

December 20th 1986        White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, NY

December 20th 1987        Nancy Lopez/Miller Barber wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship

December 20th 1987        Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die

December 20th 1987        76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0)

December 20th 1987        "Nuts" with Barbra Striesand premieres

December 20th 1988        Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's dept store, London

December 20th 1988        NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years

December 20th 1988        Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected pres of Sri Lanka

December 20th 1989        Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor

December 20th 1989        US troops invade Panama & oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him

December 20th 1990        Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns

December 20th 1990        Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-NJ Knights for $11 million

December 20th 1990        Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15

December 20th 1991        NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators

December 20th 1991         Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia

December 20th 1992        Northwest & KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability"

December 20th 1992        Slobodan Milosevic re-elected president of Serbia

December 20th 1993        Donald Trump weds Marla Maples

December 20th 1995        "Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 14 performances

December 20th 1995        American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive

December 20th 1998        Wendy's Three-Tour Golf Challenge

December 20th 1999        Portugal returns Macau to China

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December 20

December 20, 1984 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library

December 20, 1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

December 20, 1983 El Salvador adopts constitution

December 20, 1983 Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals

December 20, 1983 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins

December 20, 1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon

December 20, 1981 "Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1522 performances

December 20, 1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10)

December 20, 1981 Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark

December 20, 1981 Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls," premieres in New York City

December 20, 1980 NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio

December 20, 1980 U.S.S.R. formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin

December 20, 1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail

December 20, 1977 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut

December 20, 1977 RAF-terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years

December 20, 1976 "Music Is" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 8 performances

December 20, 1976 Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns

December 20, 1975 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles

December 20, 1975 Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht

December 20, 1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state

December 20, 1974 George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in UK

December 20, 1973 AL President Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees

December 20, 1973 Dutch Antillean government of Evertsz forms

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December 21

December 21, 1997 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season

December 21, 1997 Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game

December 21, 1997 Lexus Senior Golf Challenge

December 21, 1997 Wendy's Three-Tour Senior Golf Challenges

December 21, 1997 Wendy's Three-Tour LPGA Challenge

December 21, 1996 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning

December 21, 1995 Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup

December 21, 1995 San Francisco Giants announce plans to build a new stadium to open in 2000

December 21, 1994 Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street New York City

December 21, 1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die

December 21, 1991 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)

December 21, 1991 El Sayid Nosair acquitted of killing Meir Kahane

December 21, 1991 US actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner

December 21, 1991 Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States

December 21, 1990 Steve and Mark Waugh complete 464* partnership for NSW vs. WA

December 21, 1989 Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25)

December 21, 1989 Dan Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon

December 21, 1988 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine

December 21, 1988 NY bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die

December 21, 1988 Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien

December 21, 1987 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man

December 21, 1987 Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir

December 21, 1987 Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov launched

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December 22

December 22nd 1988         Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA & BC coast

December 22nd 1988        South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa

December 22nd 1988        2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ

December 22nd 1989        After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu

December 22nd 1989        Chad adopts its Constitution

December 22nd 1990        Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president

December 22nd 1990        Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen

December 22nd 1990        Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait

December 22nd 1992        Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die

December 22nd 1994        Italian govt of Berlusconi resigns

December 22nd 1994         "Christmas Carol" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 18 perfs

December 22nd 1995        David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with NY Yankees

December 22nd 1996        Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yds for TD

December 22nd 1996        Wendy's Three Tour Golf Challenge

December 22nd 1996        Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with Eng need 1 to win

December 22nd 1997        Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract

December 22nd 1997        Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA

December 22nd 1997        Nancy Kerring & Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on Feb 5

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December 23

December 23rd 1979         USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

December 23rd 1979        NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks

December 23rd 1980        Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in NYC

December 23rd 1981        Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033

December 23rd 1983        Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter

December 23rd 1984        Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG

December 23rd 1986        Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling

December 23rd 1987        Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of Pres
Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison

December 23rd 1990        Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia

December 23rd 1990        "Lettice & Lovage" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 284 perfs

December 23rd 1991         NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns

December 23rd 1994        Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players

December 23rd 1996        4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history

December 23rd 1997        Chic Bull coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins (682 games)

December 23rd 1997        Colo Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals

December 23rd 1997        Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Okla bombing

December 23rd 1997        US Agriculture Dept estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18

December 23rd 1997        Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow

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December 24

December 24th 1971         Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later

December 24th 1973        Ferryboat capsized off coast of Equador, drowning 200

December 24th 1974        Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year

December 24th 1979        1st Ariane-rocket launched

December 24th 1980        Americans remembered Iran hostages by shining lights for 417 seconds

December 24th 1981        USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

December 24th 1981        Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa & Lisa Evers marry

December 24th 1982        Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in
a Honolulu holiday basketball classic

December 24th 1984        Palace coup in Mauritania

December 24th 1986        French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released

December 24th 1986        Iran offensive against Iraqi islands of Shatt al-Arab

December 24th 1989        Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at Vatican embassy

December 24th 1989        Charles Taylor enters Liberia to unseat President Samuel K Doe

December 24th 1990        Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon & Barry Jones

December 24th 1990        Saddam says Israel will be Iraq's 1st target

December 24th 1991         Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of Soviet Union

December 24th 1992        Pres Bush pardons Caspar Weinberger of Iran-contra affair

December 24th 1994        4 Moslem fundamentalists capture Air France pilot in Algiers

December 24th 1997        1st time a Channukah candle is officially lit in Vatican City

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December 24

December 24, 1970 9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane

December 24, 1970 Walt Disney's "Aristocats" is released

December 24, 1968 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis

December 24, 1968 WATU (now WAGT) TV channel 26 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting

December 24, 1967 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

December 24, 1966 "Joyful Noise" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 12 performances

December 24, 1966 Luna 13 lands on Moon

December 24, 1966 USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129

December 24, 1964 Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek

December 24, 1963 Greek and Turks riot in Cyprus

December 24, 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.

December 24, 1961 Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game

December 24, 1960 Dutch bishops question papacy values

December 24, 1956 "I Love Lucy" Christmas show airs, never put in syndication

December 24, 1956 Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt

December 24, 1954 Council for the Children Protection forms in Neth

December 24, 1954 Laos gains its independence

December 24, 1953 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)

December 24, 1953 KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting

December 24, 1953 KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting

December 24, 1953 Rene Coty elected President of France

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December 25

Happy Christmas

December 25, 2003 Union des Transports Africains de Guinee flight 141 crashes on takeoff from Cotonou Airport

December 25, 1997 For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion

December 25, 1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show

December 25, 1994 "Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 8 performances

December 25, 1991 Last day of a washout Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka at Gujranwala

December 25, 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of U.S.S.R.

December 25, 1990 "Godfather III" premieres

December 25, 1989 Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded

December 25, 1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured

December 25, 1984 NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points

December 25, 1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade

December 25, 1982 Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians

December 25, 1979 Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur

December 25, 1979 U.S.S.R. airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan

December 25, 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets Egyptian President Sadat in Egypt

December 25, 1976 Egyptian SS Patria sinks in Red Sea, about 100 killed

December 25, 1976 Takeo Fukuda becomes Japanese premier

December 25, 1974 Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia

December 25, 1973 Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 yr cycle tour (799,405 miles)

December 25, 1972 England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi

December 25, 1971 Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24

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December 26

December 26, 2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa

December 26, 2003 Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran

December 26, 1995 Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs. Aust, MCG)

December 26, 1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds

December 26, 1994 Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27)

December 26, 1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille

December 26, 1994 President brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-mo pregnant Molly Nartin (25)

December 26, 1993 Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed

December 26, 1993 Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41)

December 26, 1993 Floyd, Nicklaus and Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn

December 26, 1992 NY Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75

December 26, 1991 Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years

December 26, 1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction

December 26, 1991 Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India

December 26, 1991 New York Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with second left

December 26, 1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship

December 26, 1990 Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's NY-New Jersey Knights

December 26, 1990 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds

December 26, 1989 ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG

December 26, 1988 "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 64 performances

December 26, 1988 Anti African student rebellion in China PR

December 26, 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik

December 26, 1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed

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December 27

December 27, 1996 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21

December 27, 1995 Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 vs. SL, MCG)

December 27, 1993 "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 7 performances

December 27, 1993 Actress Teri Garr weds John O'Neil

December 27, 1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93

December 27, 1992 "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 45 performances

December 27, 1992 "Les Miserables" opens at Ostregaswerks, Copenhagen

December 27, 1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song and Dance Act" opens at Gershwin New York City for 10 per

December 27, 1992 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000

December 27, 1992 Harry Connick, Jr. is caught with 9mm gun in New York's JFK airport

December 27, 1992 Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament

December 27, 1991 "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV

December 27, 1991 Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)

December 27, 1991 Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawks coach

December 27, 1989 Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games

December 27, 1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades

December 27, 1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass

December 27, 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.

December 27, 1986 "Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.

December 27, 1986 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and Restless wins

December 27, 1985 Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi

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December 28

December 28, 1997 Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship

December 28, 1996 India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning

December 28, 1994 Billy Ray Cyrus, Achy Breaky Heart, weds Leticia Finley

December 28, 1994 Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 vs. Eng, MCG)

December 28, 1994 Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection

December 28, 1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49

December 28, 1993 Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms

December 28, 1993 John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521
pts)

December 28, 1991 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York
City

December 28, 1991 Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25

December 28, 1991 Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen

December 28, 1991 Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venez, crowned 41st Miss World

December 28, 1991 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year

December 28, 1990 2 die in a New York City subway accident

December 28, 1990 Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Penn State, 24-17

December 28, 1989 Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czech

December 28, 1989 Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die

December 28, 1988 John Tarrant, 1st Aust born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission

December 28, 1988 US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism

December 28, 1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.

December 28, 1987 In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are
found at his home near Dover Ark

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December 28

December 28, 1986 Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors wins Davis Cup

December 28, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

December 28, 1985 Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement

December 28, 1984 Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old

December 28, 1984 Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India

December 28, 1984 TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run

December 28, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.

December 28, 1983 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)

December 28, 1983 Gavaskar achieves his 30th century, beating Bradman's 29

December 28, 1983 U.S. say they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984

December 28, 1983 Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5M contract with Yomiuri Giants

December 28, 1981 Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo

December 28, 1981 Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98

December 28, 1980 Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US

December 28, 1978 30th hat trick in Islander history (Mike Bossy)

December 28, 1976 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances

December 28, 1976 Genie Francis joind "General Hospital" as Laura Vining

December 28, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

December 28, 1976 Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa

December 28, 1975 "Hail Mary Pass"-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass

December 28, 1975 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music)

December 28, 1975 Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die

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December 29

December 29th 1989         Vaclav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia

December 29th 1989        Wayne Gretzky & Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by AP

December 29th 1990        Olympic gymnist Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley

December 29th 1991        Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei

December 29th 1991        12th United Negro College Fund

December 29th 1991        "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 14 perfs

December 29th 1992        Gov Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr killer) clemency

December 29th 1993        Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment

December 29th 1993        Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed)

December 29th 1994        Shane Warne takes a hat-trick v England at cricket MCG

December 29th 1994        Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down

December 29th 1994        Billionaire J Paul Getty Jr marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados

December 29th 1994         Bangladesh govt of Zia resigns

December 29th 1994        B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed

December 29th 1996        "Dreams & Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC

December 29th 1996        "Skylight" closes at Royale Theater NYC after

December 29th 1996        "Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC

December 29th 1997        Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30

December 29th 1997        Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu

December 29th 1997        Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care

December 29th 1997        Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China.

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December 30

December 30th 1978         Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach

December 30th 1979        Rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer break up

December 30th 1979        Togo adopts constitution

December 30th 1980        "Wonderful World of Disney," last performance on NBC-TV

December 30th 1981        Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season

December 30th 1982        Anthony Shaffers "Whodunnit," premieres in NYC

December 30th 1982        England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG

December 30th 1982        US Assay Office in New York City, NY closes

December 30th 1984        Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) & Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed

December 30th 1985        IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released

December 30th 1985        Pakistan restores constitution

December 30th 1987        Premier Mugabe elected president of Zimbabwe

December 30th 1987         Australia hang on for draw v NZ at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short

December 30th 1988        Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US

December 30th 1988        Former Soviet Pres Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery)

December 30th 1988        Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 govt fuel standard

December 30th 1988        North subpoenas Reagan & Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming
trial

December 30th 1989        10th United Negro College Fund raises $12,000,000

December 30th 1989        Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50m freestyle (27.15 sec)

December 30th 1990        11th United Negro College Fund raises $10,000,000

December 30th 1990        "Miser" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 93 performances

December 30th 1992        Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney

December 30th 1992        Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win v West Indies

December 30th 1993        "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" closes at Palace NYC after 7 perfs

December 30th 1993        Singer Deni Hines (22) weds INXS guitarist Kirk Pengilly (35)

December 30th 1993        Vatican recognizes Israel

December 30th 1995        Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10

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December 30

December 30, 2006 Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad

December 30, 1997 An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt

December 30, 1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)

December 30, 1973 1st picture of a comet from space (Comet Kohoutek-Skylab)

December 30, 1973 Miami Dolphins beat Oakland Raiders 27-10 in AFC championship game

December 30, 1973 Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in NFC championship game

December 30, 1972 Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks

December 30, 1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders)

December 30, 1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.

December 30, 1970 Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles

December 30, 1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.

December 30, 1968 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Mazama and Winthrop, Washington (state record)

December 30, 1967 Beatles' "Hello Goodbye," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks

December 30, 1967 Great Western Forum opens in LA

December 30, 1965 Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as president of the Phillipines

December 30, 1964 Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," premieres in New York City

December 30, 1963 "Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV

December 30, 1963 Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar

December 30, 1963 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship

December 30, 1962 Green Bay Packers beat New York Giants 16-7 in NFL championship game

December 30, 1961 Moscow: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 4th Symphony (out 1936)

December 30, 1959 George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned

December 30, 1958 French franc devalued

December 30, 1957 Israeli government of Ben-Gurion, resigns

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December 30

December 30, 1956 New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 in NFL championship game

December 30, 1954 "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 165 performances

December 30, 1954 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)

December 30, 1954 Harold Arlen/Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City

December 30, 1952 Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US

December 30, 1950 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union

December 30, 1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China

December 30, 1948 "Kiss Me, Kate" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 1077 performances

December 30, 1947 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)

December 30, 1947 King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne

December 30, 1947 Romanian republic proclaimed

December 30, 1944 King George II of Greece, abdicates his throne

December 30, 1943 Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps and cash

December 30, 1941 Al Capone's son Sonny marries in Miami Beach

December 30, 1941 Nazibezetters oblige artsen member to become of Artsenkamer

December 30, 1941 Nazis require Dutch physicians to join Nazi organization

December 30, 1941 Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament

December 30, 1940 California's 1st freeway, (Arroyo Seco Parkway), opens

December 30, 1939 Bradman scores 267 SA vs. Vic, world record 34th double cricket century

December 30, 1939 O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days

December 30, 1938 Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin

December 30, 1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant

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December 30

BirthDays

December 30, 1983 Rachel and Ross Trudeau, twins of Jane Pauley and Gerry Trudeau

December 30, 1980 Eliza Dushku, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, This Boy's Life, True Lies, Journey

December 30, 1978 Dikla Hamdy, Miss Israel Universe 1997

December 30, 1976 Rhoshii Wells, born in Austin, Texas, middleweight boxer 1996 Olympics bronze

December 30, 1976 Solveig Lilja Gudmundsdottir, Miss Iceland Universe 1997

December 30, 1975 Tiger Woods, golfer

December 30, 1973 Don Reid, NBA guard and forward, Detroit Pistons

December 30, 1973 Robert Walker, Australian rower 1996 Olympics

December 30, 1973 Ato Boldon, Athlete

December 30, 1972 Kerry Collins, NFL quarterback for the Carolina Panthers

December 30, 1972 Loren Meyer, NBA center, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks

December 30, 1972 Maureen Flannigan, actress, Evie-Out of This World

December 30, 1971 Scotty Lewis, WLAF defensive end for the Frankfurt Galaxy

December 30, 1971 Steve Hardin, NFL/WLAF offensive tackle, Ind Colts, Rhein Fire

December 30, 1971 Sylvester Wright, NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles

December 30, 1971 Thomas Strzalkowski, Krakow Poland, U.S. fencer-sabre 1996 Olympics

December 30, 1970 Grant Carter, CFL defensive end for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

December 30, 1970 Gus Nketia, Auckland NZ, 100m sprint 1996 Olympics

December 30, 1970 Kevin Salvadori, NBA center for the Sacramento Kings

December 30, 1970 Robert Hall, WLAF wide reciever for the Amsterdam Admirals

December 30, 1969 Anthuan Maybank, Georgetown, South Carolina, 200m/400m runner

December 30, 1969 Jeff Thomason, NFL tight end, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31

December 30, 1969 Michelle McGann, West Palm Beach, Florida, golfer, 1995 Sara Lee Classic

December 30, 1968 Kevin Dahl, Regina, NHL defenseman for the Calgary Flames

December 30, 1968 Sean Higgins, NBA guard and forward, Philadelphia 76ers, Portland Trailblazers

December 30, 1967 Colleen Miller, Winnipeg Manitoba, rower 1996 Olympics

December 30, 1965 Brad McNamara, cricketer, NSW all-rounder

December 30, 1965 David Baker, Sheffield England, U.K. cyclist

[dwarakesh]

December 31

December 31st 1991         Daniel R McCarthy elected NY Yankee managing general partner

December 31st 1991        CPN, Communist Party of Netherland, last day of existance

December 31st 1992        Target date for Europe's single market

December 31st 1992        WCBS TV news anchor Carol Martin weds Joe Terry

December 31st 1993        Barbra Striesand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years

December 31st 1993        Loveboat actress Jill Whelan (27) weds Brad St John (33)

December 31st 1994        Anti Apartheid Group of Netherlands (AABN) disbands

December 31st 1994        1st snowless December in Baltimore Maryland

December 31st 1995        Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria

December 31st 1995        Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip

December 31st 1995        62nd Sugar Bowl: Virginia Tech beats Texas

December 31st 1995        "Tempest" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 71 performances

December 31st 1995        "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 48 perfs

December 31st 1995        "Paul Roebson" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 14 performances

December 31st 1995        "Heiress" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 340 performances

December 31st 1995         "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 308 performances

December 31st 1995        "Danny Gans on Broadway" closes at Neil Simon NYC

December 31st 1997        S Afr & US surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the
head

December 31st 1997        Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba

December 31st 1997        More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809

December 31st 1997        Microsoft buys Hotmail E-mail service

December 31st 1997        Marv Levy, retires as coach of Buffalo Bills

December 31st 1997        Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268

December 31st 1998        US movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year

December 31st 1999        Control of Panama Canal reverts to Panama00690901

[VelMurugan]

December 31

December 31, 1990 Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting

December 31, 1990 United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace

December 31, 1989 "Me and My Girl" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 1420 performances

December 31, 1989 "Threepenny Opera" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances

December 31, 1989 Actress Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever) weds Joe Petruzzi

December 31, 1989 Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles

December 31, 1989 Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year

December 31, 1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97

December 31, 1986 Russian TU-144 flies for 1st time faster than sound

December 31, 1986 WIS-AM in Columbia South Carolina changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG)

December 31, 1984 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash

December 31, 1984 New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in NH

December 31, 1984 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th PM succeeds his mom, Indira

December 31, 1984 Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, vs. England at Calcutta

December 31, 1984 US leaves UNESCO

December 31, 1983 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain

December 31, 1983 Jose Happart installed as mayor of Voeren Belgium

December 31, 1983 Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup

December 31, 1982 CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years

December 31, 1982 NBC radio cancels almost all of its network daily features

December 31, 1982 TV soap "Doctors" ends 19 year run

December 31, 1981 CNN Headline News debuts

December 31, 1981 Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution

December 31, 1981 Netherlands unemployment stands at record 475,000

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December 31

December 31, 1980 A Jewish owned hotel in Nairobi Kenya is bombed killing 18

December 31, 1980 New York Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks

December 31, 1980 Senegal president Leopold Senghor resigns

December 31, 1979 Winterland Rock Concert Hall in San Francisco closes after 556 concerts

December 31, 1978 "Magic Show" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 1859 performances

December 31, 1978 "Runaways" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 199 performances

December 31, 1978 CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy

December 31, 1978 Iran shah names Chapour Bakhtiar premier

December 31, 1978 Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US

December 31, 1977 "Bubbling Brown Sugar" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 766 performances

December 31, 1977 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 124 performances

December 31, 1977 Amir Sheikh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah becomes leader of Kuwait

December 31, 1977 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam

December 31, 1977 Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa

December 31, 1977 Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado

December 31, 1976 TV soap "Somerset" ends 6 year run

December 31, 1976 The Cars played their 1st gig

December 31, 1975 42nd Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13 beats Penn State 6

December 31, 1974 41st Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 13 beats Florida 10

December 31, 1974 Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yank contract

December 31, 1974 Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin

December 31, 1974 Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac

December 31, 1974 New York Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 years for record $3.75 million

December 31, 1974 Popular Electronics displays Altair 8800 computer

December 31, 1973 40th Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame 24 beats Alabama 23

December 31, 1973 61st Australian Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61)

[vasanth]

December 31

BirthDays

December 31, 1977 Ildiko Kecan, Miss Hungary Universe 1997

December 31, 1975 Cole Ford, kicker for the Oakland Raiders

December 31, 1973 Curtis Myden, Calgary Alberta, 200m/400m swimmer, Oly-2 bronze-96

December 31, 1973 George Jones, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers

December 31, 1973 Hiroyuki Miura, hockey defenseman, Team Japan 1998

December 31, 1972 Chris Parker, running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars

December 31, 1972 Cole Ford, NFL kicker for the Oakland Raiders

December 31, 1972 Joseph Mulrey McIntyre, rocker, New Kids-Lovin' You Forever

December 31, 1972 Kelvin Kinney, defensive end for the Washington Redskins

December 31, 1971 Brent Barry, NBA guard for the Los Angeles Clippers

December 31, 1971 Erin Warren, Winchester Massachusetts, luger 1994 Olympics

December 31, 1971 Heath Shuler, NFL quarterback, Washington Redskins, NO Saints

December 31, 1970 Bryon Russell, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

December 31, 1970 Dan Howe, Kingston Ontario, canoeist 1996 Olympics

December 31, 1970 Dunstan Anderson, NFL defensive end, Dolphins, NO Saints, Rhein Fire

December 31, 1970 Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen

December 31, 1970 Michel Brunet, Gatineau Quebec, ice dancer, 1996 Canadians-2nd

December 31, 1969 Martha Byrne, actress, Lily-As the World Turns

December 31, 1967 Brad Daluiso, NFL place kicker for the New York Giants

December 31, 1966 Paula Barbieri, model/girlfriend of OJ Simpson/actress, Dangerous

December 31, 1965 Michelle Dobek, Holyoke, Massachusetts, golfer, 1995 GHP Heartland Classic-45th

December 31, 1965 Gong Li, Chinese Actress

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January 1

January 1st 1994         Jacobs Field opens with "Gateway's New Year's Eve Countdown to '94"

January 1st 1994        International Year of Family

January 1st 1994        Howard Stern's New Year's Eve Beauty Pageant

January 1st 1994        Carquest Bowl 4: Boston College beats Virginia, 32-13

January 1st 1994        Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)

January 1st 1994        "Grand Night after Singing" closes at Criterion NYC after 52 perfs

January 1st 1994        "Flying Karamzov Brothers" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 50 perfs

January 1st 1995        for"Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater NYC 20 performances

January 1st 1995        Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi

January 1st 1995        Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)

January 1st 1995        International Year of Tolerance

January 1st 1995        Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil

January 1st 1995        Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory

January 1st 1995        Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union

January 1st 1995        "Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances

January 1st 1995         "Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 57 perfs

January 1st 1996        After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin

January 1st 1996        Cura‡ao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)

January 1st 1998        US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733

January 1st 1998        Mongolia switches from a 46 hour to 40 hour work week

January 1st 1998        All Calif bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free

January 1st 1999        International Year of Elderly

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January 2

January 2nd 1985         Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts

January 2nd 1985        90th hat trick in Islander history-Brent Sutter

January 2nd 1986        191.66 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange

January 2nd 1986        NY Islander, Mike Bossy, scores his 500th goal

January 2nd 1987        Troops of Chad Pres Habr‚ conquer Fada oasis

January 2nd 1987        Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ

January 2nd 1988        Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn

January 2nd 1988        Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement

January 2nd 1989        Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship

January 2nd 1989        UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game

January 2nd 1990        Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson)

January 2nd 1990        Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)

January 2nd 1991        Colorado wins its 1st AP national title poll

January 2nd 1992        Test debut of Shane Warne, v India at Sydney

January 2nd 1993        "Gypsy Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 55 performances

January 2nd 1994         Battles between army & rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57

January 2nd 1994        "Shakespeare after My Father" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 266 perf

January 2nd 1994        "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont NYC after 40 perfs

January 2nd 1995        Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed

January 2nd 1995        Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21

January 2nd 1995        Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)

January 2nd 1997        Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM

January 2nd 1998        Autopsy of Chris Farley shows he overdosed of opiates & cocaine

[VelMurugan]

January 2

January 2, 1984 Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century

January 2, 1984 Miami beats Nebraska in Orange Bowl for college football championship

January 2, 1984 Riot in Tunis kills over 100

January 2, 1984 Wilson Goode, sworn-in as Phila's 1st black mayor

January 2, 1983 "Annie" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 2,377 performances

January 2, 1983 "Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 767 performances

January 2, 1983 Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ

January 2, 1983 Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"

January 2, 1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes

January 2, 1982 "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 48 performances

January 2, 1982 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64)

January 2, 1982 Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins

January 2, 1982 San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT

January 2, 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 200 m butterfly (2:05.65)

January 2, 1981 Sylvester Clarke knocks out spectator with brick, WI vs. Pakistan

January 2, 1980 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62)

January 2, 1979 30th Islander shut-out opponent-Glenn Resch 9-0 vs Vancouver

January 2, 1979 Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (v WI)

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January 2

January 2, 1978 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey

January 2, 1978 Rhino Records releases their 1st album "Wildmania"

January 2, 1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing

January 2, 1975 U.S. Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species

January 2, 1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon

January 2, 1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres

January 2, 1972 "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 505 performances

January 2, 1972 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game

January 2, 1972 Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars

January 2, 1972 Miami Dolphins beat Baltimore Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game

January 2, 1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66

January 2, 1970 Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam

January 2, 1970 U.S. population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)

January 2, 1969 "Fig Leaves Are Falling" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances

January 2, 1969 "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy

January 2, 1969 Lorraine Hansberry's "To be Young, Gifted and Black," premieres in New York City

January 2, 1968 "Zizi" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances

January 2, 1968 Christian Barnard performs 2nd heart transplant

January 2, 1968 KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, California (IND) begins broadcasting

January 2, 1966 1st Jewish child born in Spain since 1492 expulsion

January 2, 1966 Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns 23-12 in NFL championship game

January 2, 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a drive to register black voters

January 2, 1965 New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath

January 2, 1965 Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day

January 2, 1964 Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan

[vasanth]

January 2

BirthDays

January 2, 1986 Camilla Belle, American Actress

January 2, 1980 Stephanie Stiegler, born in Santa Monica, California, pairs skater, & Zimmerman

January 2, 1978 Devin Doherty, actor, Jimmy Clayton-Swan's Crossing

January 2, 1978 Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese Musician

January 2, 1977 Randy Harrison, American Actor

January 2, 1976 Paz Vega, Spanish Actress

January 2, 1974 Juha Lind, NHL forward, Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Dallas

January 2, 1974 Nelly, American Musician

January 2, 1973 Abu Wilson, running back for the Indianapolis Colts

January 2, 1973 Chris Woodruff, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star, 1993 NCAA Division I

January 2, 1973 Fredric Ford, WLAF CB for the Scotland Claymores/NFL cornerback, Eagles

January 2, 1973 Sarah Schwald, Bellingham Wash, 1.5k runner

January 2, 1972 Jeff Jackson, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies

January 2, 1972 Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs

January 2, 1972 Mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman, Team Sweden, Los Angeles Kings

January 2, 1972 Taye Diggs, American Actor

January 2, 1971 Aamer Nazir, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler 1993-

January 2, 1971 Aaron Williams, NBA center, Seattle Supersonics

January 2, 1971 Brad Parpan, WLAF quarterback for the Rhein Fire

January 2, 1971 Horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

January 2, 1971 Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals

January 2, 1970 Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender, Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998

January 2, 1970 Anthony Stuart, cricketer, Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997

January 2, 1970 Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32

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January 3

January 3rd 1987         "Oh Coward!" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 56 performances

January 3rd 1988        Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut

January 3rd 1988        Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century

January 3rd 1989        Jim & Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!)

January 3rd 1989        Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its 1st commercial advertisement

January 3rd 1990        Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities

January 3rd 1991        LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against NY Islanders

January 3rd 1991        Israel reopens consulate in USSR after 23 years

January 3rd 1992        32 Cubans defect to the US via helicopter

January 3rd 1992        Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* v India at Sydney

January 3rd 1993        Junk bond king Michael Milkin is released from jail after 22 months

January 3rd 1993        "Tommy Tune Tonite!" closes at Gershwin NYC after 10 performances

January 3rd 1993        "Secret Garden" closes at St James Theater NYC after 706 performances

January 3rd 1993         "Lost in Yonkers" closes at Richard Rodgers NYC after 780 perfs

January 3rd 1993        "Christmas Carol" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 22 perfs

January 3rd 1993        "Catskills on Broadway" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 452 perfs

January 3rd 1994        35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's
Field

January 3rd 1994        Tupolev-154M crashes at Irkutsk, Siberia: 122 killed

January 3rd 1994        100s killed in Venezuela in prison revolt

January 3rd 1994        "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 13 performances

January 3rd 1997        Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV

January 3rd 1997        Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick v England at Harare

January 3rd 1997        Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series v England 3-0

January 3rd 1998        "Side Show," closes at Richard Rodgers NYC after 91 performances

January 3rd 1998        Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke

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January 3

January 3, 1985 Azharuddin scores 110 in 1st Test innings

January 3, 1985 Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews

January 3, 1984 Syria frees captured U.S. pilot after appeal from Jesse Jackson

January 3, 1983 Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs Minnesota

January 3, 1981 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75)

January 3, 1981 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 34, Austin Carr

January 3, 1981 Greg Chappell scores 204 vs. India at the SCG

January 3, 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims female record 100 m butterfly (58.91)

January 3, 1980 Gold hits record $634 an ounce

January 3, 1978 Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win

January 3, 1977 Apple Computers incorporated

January 3, 1977 Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games)

January 3, 1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

January 3, 1974 Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain

January 3, 1974 Burma accepts its constitution

January 3, 1974 Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London

January 3, 1974 Miguel Pinero's "Short Eyes," premieres in New York City

January 3, 1974 New York Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager

January 3, 1973 George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million

January 3, 1971 "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 72 performances

January 3, 1971 Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game

January 3, 1971 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game

January 3, 1970 "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 84 performances

January 3, 1970 "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1508 performances

January 3, 1970 Marxist government takes over in Congo

January 3, 1970 WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting

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January 3

January 3, 1969 John Lennon's "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ

January 3, 1969 Rep Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. seated by Congress

January 3, 1967 "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes

January 3, 1967 Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion

January 3, 1967 WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting

January 3, 1966 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE

January 3, 1964 Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You"

January 3, 1963 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting

January 3, 1962 Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome

January 3, 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro

January 3, 1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor

January 3, 1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

January 3, 1959 Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state

January 3, 1958 Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland

January 3, 1958 Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town

January 3, 1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa

January 3, 1955 Jose Ramon Guizado becomes president of Panama

January 3, 1952 "Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV

January 3, 1952 Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38

January 3, 1951 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents

January 3, 1951 Fred Wilt wins AAU Sullivan Memorial Trophy (U.S. athlete of 1950)

January 3, 1949 "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV

January 3, 1948 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) vs. India MCG

January 3, 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised

[vasanth]

January 3

BirthDays


January 3, 1984 Ashlee Simpson, American Musician

January 3, 1980 Angela Ruggiero, ice hockey defenseman, USA, 1998 Olympics

January 3, 1979 Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician

January 3, 1977 Beata Handra, born in San Francisco, California, dance skater, & Sinek-1997 Pac Coast Sr 3rd

January 3, 1976 Mendel Witzenhauser, soccer player, Ajax, VVV

January 3, 1976 Sean William Scott, American Actor

January 3, 1976 Seann William Scott, American Actor

January 3, 1975 Jason Marsden, actor, General Hospital, Eddie-Munsters Today

January 3, 1975 Danica McKellar, American Actress

January 3, 1974 Stefan Ustorf, Kaufbeuren Ger, NHL right wing for the Washington Capitals

January 3, 1974 Todd Warriner, Blenheim, NHL left wing for the Toronto Maple Leafs

January 3, 1973 Paula Knoll, Moorhead Minnesota, Miss America-Minnesota 1996

January 3, 1973 Tyrone Brown, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons

January 3, 1972 Charles Johnson, NFL wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

January 3, 1972 Deborah Carter, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz

January 3, 1972 Jacques Wildberger, composer

January 3, 1971 Cory Cross, Lloydminster, NHL defenseman, Tampa Bay Lightning

January 3, 1971 Ku'ualoha Taylor, Hawaii, Miss USA, Hawaii-Miss Congeniality-1996

January 3, 1971 Rene van Rijswijk, Dutch soccer player, RKC

January 3, 1971 Dylan Moran, Irish Comedian

January 3, 1970 James Brown, NFL tackle for the New York Jets

January 3, 1970 Tony Farmer, NBA forward, Charlotte Hornets

January 3, 1970 Trudi Jeffrey, Brisbane QLD, golfer, 1990 Australian, Jr. Champion

January 3, 1970 Yogi Johl, Vancouver BC, 130 kg Greco Roman wrestler 1996 Olympics

January 3, 1970 Stephanie Herseth, American Politician

January 3, 1969 Matt LaBounty, defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks

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January 4

January 4, 2007 Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the House, by a vote of 233-202

January 4, 2006 Ehud Olmert becomes Prime Minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke

January 4, 1998 "Funny Thing Happened," closes at St. James New York City after 715 perform

January 4, 1998 "Ivanov," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 51 performances

January 4, 1998 "Triumph of Love," closes at Royale Theater New York City

January 4, 1996 "Father" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 52 performances

January 4, 1995 Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House

January 4, 1994 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)

January 4, 1993 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)

January 4, 1992 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)

January 4, 1991 AT&T workers in Newark accidentally snap a cable

January 4, 1991 Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal

January 4, 1991 Iraq agrees to send Aziz to Geneva to meet Baker on Jan 9th

January 4, 1991 Jan Krzystof Bielecki becomes premier of Poland

January 4, 1989 Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion

January 4, 1989 U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean

January 4, 1989 VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president

January 4, 1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase Md

January 4, 1986 David Boon's second Test century, 131 vs. India at Adelaide

January 4, 1986 NCAA basketball's David Robinson blocks a record 14 shots

January 4, 1984 "Night Court" starring Harry Anderson premieres on NBC TV

January 4, 1984 Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game

January 4, 1983 U.S. Football League holds its 1st player draft

January 4, 1982[/b] Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"

January 4, 1982 Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show

January 4, 1982 Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm

January 4, 1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network

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January 5

January 5th 1992         "Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 32 performances

January 5th 1992        "6 Degrees of Separation" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 496 perf

January 5th 1993        Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG

January 5th 1993        Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident

January 5th 1993        Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame

January 5th 1994        Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)

January 5th 1994        Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)

January 5th 1994        Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71)

January 5th 1995        Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed

January 5th 1995        AFC beats NFC 41-13 in the pro bowl

January 5th 1996        Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement

January 5th 1996        Muralitharan no-balled for throwing in ODI v WI at the Gabba

January 5th 1997        "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC

January 5th 1997        "Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater NYC

January 5th 1997        "Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater NYC

January 5th 1998         Ice storm knocks out electricity in Quebec & Ontario

January 5th 1998        Vandals decapitate Copenhagen's Little Mermai

[VelMurugan]

January 5

January 5, 1991 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 77 performances

January 5, 1991 Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving title

January 5, 1991 Kevin Bradshaw of U.S. International scores NCAA Div 1 record 72 pts

January 5, 1990 J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL

January 5, 1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test

January 5, 1989 Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990

January 5, 1987 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ

January 5, 1985 Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot

January 5, 1985 Discovery moves to launch pad for STS 51-C mission

January 5, 1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws

January 5, 1984 Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings

January 5, 1982 Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation

January 5, 1981 "Nightline" with Ted Koppel extended from 20 mins to 30 mins

January 5, 1981 British police arrest Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver later convicted of "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women

January 5, 1977 Kenya president Jomo Kenyatta disbands parliament

January 5, 1976 MacNeil-Lehrer Report premieres on PBS

January 5, 1976 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"

January 5, 1976 Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies

January 5, 1975 "Wiz" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1672 performances

January 5, 1975 Charlie Smalls' "Wiz," premieres in New York City

January 5, 1975 Salyut 4 with crew of 2 is launched for 30 days

January 5, 1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks

January 5, 1974 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"

January 5, 1973 Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel

January 5, 1973 Netherlands recognizes German DR

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January 5

January 5, 1972 Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)

January 5, 1972 NASA announces development of space shuttle

January 5, 1972 New York City transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents

January 5, 1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle

January 5, 1972 West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed

January 5, 1971 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG

January 5, 1971 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak

January 5, 1971 US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found

January 5, 1970 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike

January 5, 1970 KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting

January 5, 1970 Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC

January 5, 1969 "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 82 performances

January 5, 1969 Bollingen prize for poetry presented to John Berryman and Karl Shapiro

January 5, 1969 Neville Williams' "Chronology of the Expanding World" completed

January 5, 1969 U.S.S.R. Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus)

January 5, 1968 Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law

January 5, 1968 Dubcek succeeds President Novotny as party leader of Czechoslovakia

January 5, 1967 KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, California (IND) begins

January 5, 1964 Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel

January 5, 1964 San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship

January 5, 1963 "Camelot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 873 performances

January 5, 1963 "Carnival!" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 719 performances

January 5, 1963 San Diego beats Boston 51-10 in AFL championship game

January 5, 1962 Tony Sheridan and Beatles produce "My Bonnie" and "The Saints"

January 5, 1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

[vasanth]

January 5

BirthDays

January 5, 1985 Frankie Muniz, American Actor

January 5, 1980 Garette Patrick Ratliff, actor, Return to Blue Lagoon

January 5, 1979 Sarah Price, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1997

January 5, 1979 Nick Stahl, American Actor

January 5, 1978 January Jones, American Actress

January 5, 1975 Ray Morgan, announcer, I'd Like to See

January 5, 1975 Warrick Dunn, running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

January 5, 1975 Bradley Cooper, American Actor

January 5, 1975 Kylie Bax, New Zealander Model

January 5, 1974 Calvin Collins, center/guard for the Atlanta Falcons

January 5, 1974 John Drew Nichols, born in Oklahoma, rocker, PC Quest-Can You See

January 5, 1974 Michelle Scerri, born in Melbourne, Australia, golfer, 1995 Tasmanian

January 5, 1972 Joseph Patton, NFL guard for the Washington Redskins

January 5, 1971 Eric Smith, NFL/WLAF wide receiver, Chicago Bears, Scotland Claymores

January 5, 1971 Hillary Butler, WLAF linebacker for the Frankfurt Galaxy

January 5, 1971 Jason Bates, born in Downey, California, infielder for the Colorado Rockies

January 5, 1971 Corin Nemec, American Actor

January 5, 1970 James Patton, NFL defensive end for the Buffalo Bills

January 5, 1969 David Dixon, NFL guard for the Minnesota Vikings

January 5, 1969 Derrick Ned, NFL fullback for the New Orleans Saints

January 5, 1969 Kurt Barber, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets

January 5, 1969 Marilyn Manson, singer and musician

January 5, 1968 Carl Evans, Actor, Guilding Light

January 5, 1968 Felton Spencer, NBA center, Utah Jazz

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January 6

January 6th 1986         Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland

January 6th 1986        STS 61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem

January 6th 1987        Astronomers at U of Calif see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy

January 6th 1987        100th US Congress convenes

January 6th 1990        NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44)

January 6th 1991        "Gypsy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 477 performances

January 6th 1991        "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV

January 6th 1991        Jorge Serrano El¡as elected president of Guatemala

January 6th 1991        Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)

January 6th 1992        Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings

January 6th 1992        Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG

January 6th 1992        Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA

January 6th 1992         NY Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul

January 6th 1993        Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones

January 6th 1993        Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a

January 6th 1993        Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews

January 6th 1994        Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44)

January 6th 1994        Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)

January 6th 1994        Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard

January 6th 1994        Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88

January 6th 1994        "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 37 performances

January 6th 1995        Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939)

January 6th 1996        Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44)

January 6th 1997        "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC

January 6th 1998        Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach

January 6th 1998        Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame

[VelMurugan]

January 6

January 6, 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41 B mission

January 6, 1984 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee

January 6, 1981 50th hat trick in Islander history - John Tonelli scored 5 goals

January 6, 1980 "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances

January 6, 1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India

January 6, 1980 Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat

January 6, 1978 1st postage stamp copyrighted by U.S. (Carl Sandburg stamp)

January 6, 1978 US hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary

January 6, 1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols

January 6, 1976 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

January 6, 1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million

January 6, 1975 "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host

January 6, 1975 "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV

January 6, 1974 "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio

January 6, 1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike

January 6, 1973 "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock

January 6, 1972 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn

January 6, 1972 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley

January 6, 1972 Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from U.S.S.R.

January 6, 1971 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones

January 6, 1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate

January 6, 1969 Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame"

January 6, 1969 WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting