| 0535 |
John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 0615 |
St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 0685 |
St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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| 1360 |
Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French
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| 1429 |
French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orléans
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| 1450 |
Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
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| 1521 |
Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther
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| 1541 |
Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
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| 1624 |
Hung king Bethlen G bor & emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
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| 1639 |
William Coddington founds Newport RI
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| 1660 |
English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
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| 1721 |
Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
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| 1741 |
France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
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| 1784 |
Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
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| 1792 |
British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
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| 1792 |
US establishes military draft
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| 1794 |
US Post Office established
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| 1823 |
"Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
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| 1834 |
Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
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| 1834 |
Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
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| 1840 |
Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
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| 1842 |
Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
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| 1846 |
1st major battle of Méxican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
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| 1847 |
Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
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| 1858 |
John Brown holds antislavery convention
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| 1861 |
Richmond Va, is named the capital of the Confederacy
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| 1862 |
Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
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| 1863 |
Confederación Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
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| 1864 |
Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
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| 1864 |
Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
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| 1864 |
Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
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| 1866 |
Australian Rules Football is created
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| 1871 |
English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
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| 1877 |
1st Westminster Dog Show held
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| 1878 |
1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
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| 1879 |
George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
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| 1881 |
Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
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| 1882 |
David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
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| 1885 |
Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
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| 1886 |
Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
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| 1895 |
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
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| 1896 |
Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
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| 1897 |
22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¬
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| 1900 |
250 grave robbers shot to death
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| 1900 |
Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
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| 1900 |
John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
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| 1901 |
In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4
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| 1902 |
Mt Pelée erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
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| 1906 |
Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
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| 1907 |
Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
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| 1907 |
Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1909 |
Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
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| 1909 |
Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
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| 1915 |
41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
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| 1916 |
German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
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| 1919 |
1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
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| 1919 |
Appingedam soccer team forms
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| 1920 |
46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
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| 1921 |
Sweden abolished capital punishment
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| 1923 |
Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* v Somerset at Bath
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| 1924 |
Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
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| 1924 |
Memel territories given to Lithuania
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| 1924 |
Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
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| 1925 |
51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
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| 1925 |
French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
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| 1926 |
1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
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| 1926 |
A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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| 1926 |
Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
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| 1929 |
Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
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| 1929 |
NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
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| 1931 |
Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London
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| 1935 |
Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
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| 1936 |
Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
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| 1937 |
63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
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| 1938 |
Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
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| 1941 |
German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
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| 1942 |
Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
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| 1942 |
German summer offensive opens in Crimea
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| 1942 |
1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
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| 1943 |
69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
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| 1943 |
Adm Cunningham of Brit fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
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| 1944 |
1st eye bank opens (NYC)
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| 1944 |
33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
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| 1944 |
U-575 sinks Asphodel
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| 1945 |
Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
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| 1945 |
Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
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| 1945 |
Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
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| 1945 |
V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
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| 1946 |
Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
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| 1947 |
A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon
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| 1948 |
Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours
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| 1949 |
West German constitution approved
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| 1950 |
Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
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| 1951 |
Dacron men's suits introduced
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| 1951 |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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| 1952 |
"Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
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| 1952 |
"Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
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| 1952 |
Mad Magazine debuts
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| 1953 |
WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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| 1954 |
1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
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| 1956 |
John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London
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| 1958 |
Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
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| 1958 |
VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
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| 1959 |
3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
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| 1960 |
USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
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| 1960 |
Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open
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| 1961 |
1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas
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| 1961 |
Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
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| 1962 |
"Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 perfs
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| 1962 |
1st Atlas Centaur Launch
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| 1962 |
London trolley buses go out of service
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| 1963 |
"Dr No" premieres in US
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| 1963 |
JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
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| 1965 |
1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
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| 1966 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
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| 1966 |
Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
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| 1966 |
Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
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| 1967 |
Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
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| 1968 |
Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
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| 1968 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
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| 1969 |
Cambodia recognizes German DR
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| 1969 |
Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
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| 1970 |
Beatles release "Let it Be" album
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| 1970 |
Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
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| 1970 |
NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
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| 1971 |
"Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
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| 1971 |
Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
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| 1972 |
Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
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| 1973 |
Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
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| 1973 |
Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
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| 1974 |
50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
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| 1974 |
Canada govt of Trudeau falls
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| 1974 |
FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II
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| 1976 |
"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
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| 1977 |
David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
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| 1977 |
Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
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| 1978 |
ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
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| 1978 |
Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
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| 1979 |
Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
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| 1980 |
Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
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| 1980 |
World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
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| 1981 |
Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
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| 1982 |
Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
|
| 1983 |
Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
|
| 1984 |
Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
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| 1984 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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| 1984 |
Minn Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
|
| 1984 |
Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
|
| 1984 |
USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
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| 1985 |
20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
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| 1985 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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| 1987 |
Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
|
| 1988 |
"Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
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| 1988 |
François Mitterrand elected president of France
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| 1988 |
Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
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| 1988 |
Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
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| 1988 |
Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
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| 1989 |
Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
|
| 1989 |
US space shuttle STS-30 lands
|
| 1990 |
Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
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| 1991 |
CIA director William H Webster resigns
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| 1993 |
ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
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| 1993 |
Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1993 |
16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
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| 1994 |
"Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs
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| 1994 |
500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
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| 1994 |
Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
|
| 1994 |
Ernesto Pérez Balladares elected president of Panama
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| 1994 |
José Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
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| 1994 |
Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
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| 1994 |
Pres Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
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| 1996 |
NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
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| 1996 |
S Afr's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
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| 1997 |
Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
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