| 1997 | Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship |
| 1996 | India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning |
| 1994 | Billy Ray Cyrus, Achy Breaky Heart, weds Leticia Finley |
| 1994 | Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 vs. Eng, MCG) |
| 1994 | Tammy Wynette admitted to the hospital with bile duct infection |
| 1993 | Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49 |
| 1993 | Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms |
| 1993 | John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts) |
| 1991 | 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, New York City |
| 1991 | Blockbuster Bowl 2: Alabama beats Colorado, 30-25 |
| 1991 | Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen |
| 1991 | Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venezuela, crowned 41st Miss World |
| 1991 | Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of Year |
| 1990 | 2 die in a New York City subway accident |
| 1990 | Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Penn State, 24-17 |
| 1989 | Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czechoslovakia |
| 1989 | Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die |
| 1988 | John Tarrant, 1st Australia born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission |
| 1988 | U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism |
| 1988 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1987 | In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark |
| 1986 | Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors wins Davis Cup |
| 1985 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1985 | Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement |
| 1984 | Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old |
| 1984 | Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India |
| 1984 | TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run |
| 1984 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1983 | 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) |
| 1983 | Gavaskar achieves his 30th century, beating Bradman's 29 |
| 1983 | U.S. say they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984 |
| 1983 | Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5M contract with Yomiuri Giants |
| 1981 | Cleveland Metroparks Administrative offices move from downtown to Zoo |
| 1981 | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98 |
| 1980 | Mexico terminated fishing agreements with US |
| 1978 | 30th hat trick in Islander history (Mike Bossy) |
| 1976 | "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 167 performances |
| 1976 | Genie Francis joind "General Hospital" as Laura Vining |
| 1976 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1976 | Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa |
| 1975 | "Hail Mary Pass"-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass |
| 1975 | 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music) |
| 1975 | Earthquake in Pakistan, 4,000 die |
| 1975 | Gary Cosier scores 109 vs. West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut |
| 1975 | Red Army beats New York Rangers 7-3 at MSG |
| 1974 | 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed |
| 1973 | Akron Ohio's Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby |
| 1973 | Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes "Gulag Archipelag" |
| 1973 | Comet Kohoutek at perihelion |
| 1972 | Kim Il-song, becomes president of North Korea |
| 1972 | Martin Bormanns skeleton found in Berlin (Hitlers deputy) |
| 1972 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1971 | Hasj falls from now on under(neath) the Opiumwet |
| 1970 | "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" opens at Majestic New York City for 19 performances |
| 1970 | Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution |
| 1969 | Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in New York City |
| 1969 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1969 | Dallas Cowboy kicker Mike Clark, attempting an on-side kick against Cleveland, missed the ball |
| 1968 | 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival |
| 1968 | 57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1) |
| 1968 | Beatles' "Beatles-White Album," goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks |
| 1968 | Israeli assault on Beirut Airport |
| 1968 | KVOF (KUDO, now KWBB) TV channel 38 in SF, California (IND) 1st broadcast |
| 1967 | KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1967 | Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange |
| 1966 | 13 die in a train crash in Everett Mass |
| 1966 | China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| 1964 | Premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' Stefan Rasin |
| 1964 | Principal filming of "Dr. Zhivago," begins |
| 1963 | "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater New York City after 4 performances |
| 1963 | "Jennie" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 82 performances |
| 1963 | Merle Haggard 1st appearance on country chart with "Sing a Sad Song" |
| 1962 | U.N. troops occupies Elizabethstad Katanga |
| 1961 | Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in New York City |
| 1958 | Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville) hit #1 |
| 1958 | What might be called greatest NFL game, Colts beat Giants 23-17 |
| 1957 | CBS states it won't broadcast baseball where minor league games are on |
| 1957 | U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test |
| 1956 | Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV |
| 1955 | 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) |
| 1954 | 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2) |
| 1954 | KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl, WA (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| 1953 | WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-7 in NFL championship game |
| 1950 | Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea |
| 1949 | 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs |
| 1948 | Israeli Defence Forces crosses Egyptian border |
| 1948 | Middel-Java as a whole in Dutch hands |
| 1948 | U.S. announced a study to launch an Earth satellite |
| 1947 | Chicago Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game |
| 1945 | Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance |
| 1944 | Eisenhower and Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium |
| 1944 | Former Washington 3rd baseman Buddy Lewis wins Distinguished Flying Cross |
| 1944 | Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town," premieres in New York City |
| 1943 | All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed |
| 1942 | Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus |
| 1942 | Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly Atlantic 100 times |
| 1941 | State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia |
| 1940 | Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148 |
| 1938 | Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. South Africa |
| 1937 | Fascist Octavian Goga becomes Prime Minister of Romania/begins spread of Judaism |
| 1935 | W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City |
| 1931 | Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China |
| 1928 | Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made |
| 1928 | Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End blues" |
| 1927 | George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in New York City |
| 1926 | Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW vs. Vic |
| 1926 | Imperial Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service |
| 1926 | Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 against NSW |
| 1926 | Victoria all out for 1107 against NSW at the MCG Crowd 22,348 |
| 1925 | George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in New York City |
| 1923 | George Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan," premieres in New York City |
| 1915 | SF City Hall dedicated by Mayor James Rolph |
| 1912 | National Council of Young Israel convenes |
| 1912 | SF Municipal Railway starts operation at Geary St. (MUNI) |
| 1910 | Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (New York City) |
| 1908 | Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy; 80,000 die |
| 1908 | Messina, Italy struck by an earthquake (nearly 80,000 died) |
| 1906 | Ecuador adopts its constitution |
| 1905 | Intercollegiate Athletic Association of U.S. founded (becomes NCAA in 1910) |
| 1905 | NSW all out for 805 vs Victoria, win by innings and 253 |
| 1904 | 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) |
| 1903 | Clyde Fitch's "Glad of It," premieres in New York City |
| 1903 | Electric lamp sets fire to Iroquois theater in Chicago; 602 die |
| 1902 | 1st indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (MSG, New York City) |
| 1902 | Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US |
| 1897 | Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris |
| 1895 | World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris |
| 1893 | French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu |
| 1887 | Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted |
| 1879 | North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) |
| 1878 | Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Quod apostolici muneris (socialism) |
| 1877 | John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill |
| 1869 | William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum |
| 1864 | Battle of Egypt Station, MS |
| 1850 | Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire |
| 1849 | M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine and oil on his clothing and sees cleaning effect |
| 1846 | Iowa becomes 29th state |
| 1836 | Spain recognizes independence of Mexico |
| 1832 | John Calhoun becomes 1st Vice President to resign over differences with President Jackson |
| 1828 | 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed |
| 1821 | Naples: Gioacchini Rossini moves to Bologna |
| 1816 | American Colonization Society organizes |
| 1732 | 1st known ad for "Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette) |
| 1614 | Sperm whale beached at Noordwijk |
| 1065 | Westminister Abbey opens in London |
| 801 | Louis the Vrome occupies Barcelona |
| 418 | St. Boniface I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
