0066 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
1666 France declares war on England & M�nster
1689 Jean Racine's "Esther" premieres in Saint-Cyr
1697 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
1699 Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
1736 Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1784 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol
1788 Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony
1789 John Odell signs contract for �336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)
1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
1797 Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty
1802 Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
1833 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia" premieres in Milan
1837 Michigan admitted as 26th US state
1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
1850 1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, New York City NY
1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede
1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order
1863 War Department authorizes Massachusetts Governor to recruit black troops
1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
1870 Virginia rejoins the US
1871 US income tax repealed
1871 British Rugby Union forms
1875 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
1881 Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl
1882 France government of Gambetta falls
1884 1st Dutch Wagner version of Elizabeth aria
1885 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum
1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor
1887 Battle of Dogali Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
1891 Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua" premieres in New York City NY
1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army
1900 Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer" premieres in Stuttgart
1905 Arnold Sch�nberg's "Pelleas und Melissande" premieres in Vienna
1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea
1905 World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed
1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called
1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego CA
1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden
1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike
1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index
1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established
1918 US food administrator Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort
1920 Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window
1921 Toronto St Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers
1921 Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms
1922 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony" premieres in London
1924 Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal
1926 Television 1st demonstrated (John L Baird, London)
1927 Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children" premieres in New York City NY
1929 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence
1930 Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories)
1931 Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
1931 Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs" premieres in New York City NY
1932 KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW
1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead)
1934 Bradman scores 128 New South Wales vs Victoria, 96 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes
1934 Nazi Germany & Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
1939 Federal Hall National Monument established
1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind"
1939 Franco conquers Barcelona
1940 Nazis forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains
1942 1st US force in Europe during WWII goes ashore in Northern Ireland
1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel
1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die
1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 India becomes a republic ceasing to be a British dominion
1951 Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR
1956 Buddy Holly's 1st formal recording session
1956 Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1957 Bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites" premieres
1957 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms
1957 India annexes Kashmir
1957 Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as president of Milwaukee Braves
1958 Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"
1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan as Israeli minister of Defense
1958 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational
1959 Italy government of Fanfani resigns
1959 KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City OK, (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Danny Heater scores 135 points in basketball game (Boys' High School)
1960 Oakland enters the AFL
1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on the 23rd ballot
1961 1st woman "personal physician to President"-JG Travell
1961 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1
1962 US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km)
1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure & bans it from all Catholic schools
1962 Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard
1962 David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia
1963 "Milk & Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 543 performances
1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone
1965 South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh
1966 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2 06.2)
1967 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
1969 "Red, White, & Maddox" opens at Cort Theater New York City NY for 41 performances
1970 Pendleton, Ford & Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac" premieres in New York City NY
1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes
1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
1973 Belgium government of Leburton forms
1975 Edward Albee's "Seascape" premieres in New York City NY
1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
1976 6th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 23-20
1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
1976 David Mamet's "American Buffalo" premieres in New York City NY
1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki
1978 Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination Void"
1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
1978 Mario Soares forms Portuguese government
1978 Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40
1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland
1979 Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands
1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro!
1980 Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
1980 Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4� minutes
1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval
1982 Islanders score 4 goals within 1 38, 5 within 2 37 vs Penguins
1982 Mauno Koivisto elected President of Finland
1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters & a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst New Jersey
1985 Coy Scottberg is born. Happy Beefday Coy
1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
1985 42th Golden Globes Amadeus wins
1986 Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ
1986 Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Richard Dent, Chicago, Defensive End
1986 Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1986 Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda
1987 14th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama
1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title
1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1988 "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City NY for 4,000+ performances
1989 AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
1989 Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan
1989 US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus
1989 "Black & Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City NY for 829 performances
1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG
1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs West Indies, Sydney
1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica & South Atlantic
1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as assistant GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office)
1991 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City NY after 497 performances
1991 65th Australian Womens Tennis Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61)
1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
1991 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 points in a quarter
1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
1991 New York Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50)
1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City NY for 41 performances
1992 80th Australian Mens Tennis Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (63 36 64 62)
1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect
1992 Super Bowl XXVI Washington Redskins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minnesota; Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien, Washington, Quarterback
1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
1996 "Les Miserables" opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
1997 "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City NY after 308 performances
1997 85th Australian Mens Tennis Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63)
1997 Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant
1997 Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots, 35-21 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard, Green Bay, Kick Returner
1998 25th American Music Award Spice Girls & Babyface win
1998 Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip
1998 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"
1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France
1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die
1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
1666 France declares war on England & M�nster
1689 Jean Racine's "Esther" premieres in Saint-Cyr
1697 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night
1699 Venice, Poland & Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey
1736 Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne
1748 England, Netherlands, Austria & Sardinia sign anti-French treaty
1784 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over the eagle as America's symbol
1788 Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay New South Wales as a penal colony
1789 John Odell signs contract for �336 to build St Peter's church (Bronx)
1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
1797 Russia, Prussia & Austria sign treaty
1802 Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library
1833 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia" premieres in Milan
1837 Michigan admitted as 26th US state
1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
1850 1st German-language daily newspaper in US published, New York City NY
1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede
1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order
1863 War Department authorizes Massachusetts Governor to recruit black troops
1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms
1870 Virginia rejoins the US
1871 US income tax repealed
1871 British Rugby Union forms
1875 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green
1881 Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl
1882 France government of Gambetta falls
1884 1st Dutch Wagner version of Elizabeth aria
1885 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum
1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor
1887 Battle of Dogali Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians
1891 Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua" premieres in New York City NY
1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army
1900 Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer" premieres in Stuttgart
1905 Arnold Sch�nberg's "Pelleas und Melissande" premieres in Vienna
1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea
1905 World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa
1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed
1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of the Western World" opens; police are called
1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego CA
1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden
1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro
1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike
1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index
1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established
1918 US food administrator Hoover calls for "wheatless" & "meatless" days for war effort
1920 Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window
1921 Toronto St Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers
1921 Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms
1922 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony" premieres in London
1924 Charles Jewtraw, US 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal
1926 Television 1st demonstrated (John L Baird, London)
1927 Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children" premieres in New York City NY
1929 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence
1930 Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories)
1931 Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty
1931 Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs" premieres in New York City NY
1932 KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW
1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead)
1934 Bradman scores 128 New South Wales vs Victoria, 96 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes
1934 Nazi Germany & Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
1939 Federal Hall National Monument established
1939 Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind"
1939 Franco conquers Barcelona
1940 Nazis forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains
1942 1st US force in Europe during WWII goes ashore in Northern Ireland
1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel
1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp
1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die
1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in US Armed Forces signed
1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 India becomes a republic ceasing to be a British dominion
1951 Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR
1956 Buddy Holly's 1st formal recording session
1956 Hank Greenberg & Joe Cronin are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1957 Bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites" premieres
1957 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms
1957 India annexes Kashmir
1957 Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as president of Milwaukee Braves
1958 Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"
1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan as Israeli minister of Defense
1958 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational
1959 Italy government of Fanfani resigns
1959 KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City OK, (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Danny Heater scores 135 points in basketball game (Boys' High School)
1960 Oakland enters the AFL
1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on the 23rd ballot
1961 1st woman "personal physician to President"-JG Travell
1961 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1
1962 US launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mile (37,000-km)
1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's "Twist" is impure & bans it from all Catholic schools
1962 Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard
1962 David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia
1963 "Milk & Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 543 performances
1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone
1965 South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh
1966 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2 06.2)
1967 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die
1969 "Red, White, & Maddox" opens at Cort Theater New York City NY for 41 performances
1970 Pendleton, Ford & Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac" premieres in New York City NY
1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes
1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
1973 Belgium government of Leburton forms
1975 Edward Albee's "Seascape" premieres in New York City NY
1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon
1976 6th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 23-20
1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals
1976 David Mamet's "American Buffalo" premieres in New York City NY
1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai & Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki
1978 Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination Void"
1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit
1978 Mario Soares forms Portuguese government
1978 Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40
1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland
1979 Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands
1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro!
1980 Islanders & Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game
1980 Israel & Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1980 Mary Decker became 1st woman to run a mile in under 4� minutes
1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval
1982 Islanders score 4 goals within 1 38, 5 within 2 37 vs Penguins
1982 Mauno Koivisto elected President of Finland
1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders
1984 US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters & a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst New Jersey
1985 Coy Scottberg is born. Happy Beefday Coy
1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
1985 42th Golden Globes Amadeus wins
1986 Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ
1986 Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Richard Dent, Chicago, Defensive End
1986 Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1986 Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda
1987 14th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama
1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title
1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1988 "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City NY for 4,000+ performances
1989 AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
1989 Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan
1989 US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus
1989 "Black & Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City NY for 829 performances
1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG
1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs West Indies, Sydney
1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica & South Atlantic
1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as assistant GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office)
1991 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City NY after 497 performances
1991 65th Australian Womens Tennis Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61)
1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church
1991 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 points in a quarter
1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
1991 New York Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50)
1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City NY for 41 performances
1992 80th Australian Mens Tennis Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (63 36 64 62)
1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect
1992 Super Bowl XXVI Washington Redskins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minnesota; Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien, Washington, Quarterback
1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
1996 "Les Miserables" opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
1997 "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City NY after 308 performances
1997 85th Australian Mens Tennis Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63)
1997 Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant
1997 Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots, 35-21 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard, Green Bay, Kick Returner
1998 25th American Music Award Spice Girls & Babyface win
1998 Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip
1998 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people, I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky"
