2010 Lawyers for Allen Stanford, a man charged with running a $7 billion ponzi scheme, seek to postpone his trial for two years
2007 Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a bomb blast in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
1996 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21
1995 Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 vs. SL, MCG)
1993 "Candles, Snow, and Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 7 performances
1993 Actress Teri Garr weds John O'Neil
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93
1992 "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 45 performances
1992 "Les Miserables" opens at Ostregaswerks, Copenhagen
1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song and Dance Act" opens at Gershwin New York City for 10 per
1992 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1992 Harry Connick, Jr. is caught with 9mm gun in New York's JFK airport
1992 Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament
1991 "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
1991 Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
1991 Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawks coach
1989 Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games
1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass
1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1986 "Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
1986 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Young and Restless wins
1985 Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with New York Yankees
1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)
1983 Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
1982 Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory vs. India at Karachi
1981 Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310
1981 Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)
1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1980 Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
1979 "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV
1979 Red Army beats New York Rangers 5-2 at MSG
1979 Soviet troops invade Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin overthrown
1978 King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution
1976 Albania constitution goes into effect
1975 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)
1974 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
1974 FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party
1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1973 Los Angeles Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8
1972 "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 14 performances
1972 Belgium recognizes East Germany
1972 Los Angeles Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak
1972 New North Korean constitution comes into effect
1970 "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 2844 performances
1968 Apollo 8 returns to Earth
1968 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1966 "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 105 performances
1964 Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game
1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (quarterback)
1961 "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 205 performances
1961 Belgium and Congo resume diplomatic relations
1961 Styne/Comden/Green's musical "Subways are for Sleeping," premieres
1960 France performs nuclear test
1959 Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game
1956 45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1954 "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances
1954 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in New York City
1953 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game
1951 40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
1949 Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
1949 United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
1947 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
1945 Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave," premieres in New York City
1945 International Monetary Fund established - World Bank founded
1944 Greece: British premier Churchill flies back to London
1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government
1943 German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea
1943 Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower and Bedell Smith
1942 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use
1942 NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14
1941 Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city"
1941 Siberia: Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony
1939 1st American skimobiles, North Conway, New Hampshire
1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey)
1939 Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die
1937 Bradman scores 246 SA vs. Queensland, 364 minutes, 20 fours
1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany
1937 Mae West performs Adam and Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
1934 1st youth hostel in U.S. opens (Northfield, Mass)
1934 Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran
1934 Vernon Duke and James Hanley's musical premieres in New York City
1932 Radio City Music Hall opens (New York City)
1927 Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in New York City
1927 Philip Barry's "Paris Bound," premieres in New York City
1927 Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in U.S.S.R., Trotsky expelled
1926 Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square
1926 Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st U.S. Jewish soldier to die in WW I
1923 Unsuccessful attempt on prince-regent Hirohito of Japan
1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
1906 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI
1905 M A Noble scores 281 (369 minutes, 21 fours) NSW vs. Victoria
1904 Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan)
1904 W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin
1903 "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung
1900 Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS)
1897 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2
1892 Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St. John laid (New York City)
1892 N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle"
1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State
1871 World's 1st cat show (Crystal Palace, London)
1867 Ontario and Quebec legislatures hold 1st meeting
1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)
1862 Battle of Elizabethtown, Kentucky
1850 Hawaiian Fire Department established
1845 Ether 1st used in childbirth in U.S., Jefferson, Ga
1836 Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex)
1831 Darwin begins his voyage on board HMS Beagle
1831 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart England for South America
1825 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England
1741 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
1703 England and Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement
1679 Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
1503 Battle at Garigliano, Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France
1437 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia
537 St. Sofia-church in Constantinople, initiated
418 [Etalius] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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