| 2013 | New research on the Shroud of Turin supports that it may actually been used as Jesus Christ's burial cloth; researchers used mechanical and thermal measurements to date the shroud between 300 BC and 400 AD |
| 2013 | A transistor-like transcriptor is built out of DNA and RNA molecules by American bioengineers at Stanford University |
| 2012 | U. K. government officials announce that Viaspan, a solution used to preserve some donor organs, could be contaminated with bacteria after tests identified Bacillus cereus was present in the solution used to test Viaspan's sterility |
| 2012 | In New Delhi, India, leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India meet for the 2012 BRICS summit |
| 2011 | In London, England, international leaders take part in a conference focused on military action and the future of Libya |
| 2011 | James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calls for the Federal Reserve to limit its purchase of U.S. Treasuries because they 'feed the fire' of inflation |
| 2010 | At least 38 are killed and 60 injured when two female suicide bombers carry out two separate terrorist attacks at Moscow Metro stations Lubyana and Park Kultury |
| 1999 | 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg |
| 1998 | 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC |
| 1998 | 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship |
| 1997 | 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition) |
| 1997 | Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna |
| 1997 | PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith |
| 1996 | 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men |
| 1996 | Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens |
| 1996 | New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game |
| 1995 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago, Illinois on WCKG 105.9 FM |
| 1994 | Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys |
| 1994 | Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border |
| 1994 | Serbs and Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia |
| 1993 | 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win |
| 1993 | Queensland all out for 75 vs. NSW in Sheffield Shield Final |
| 1992 | "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale New York City for 462 performances |
| 1992 | 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins |
| 1992 | 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie |
| 1992 | Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in New York City |
| 1992 | Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS) |
| 1992 | Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS) |
| 1992 | Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA) |
| 1992 | Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS) |
| 1992 | NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC |
| 1989 | 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL |
| 1989 | 1st U.S. private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM) |
| 1989 | 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster win |
| 1989 | 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins |
| 1989 | I. M. Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris |
| 1989 | Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering |
| 1988 | "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 46 performances |
| 1988 | U.S. Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras |
| 1987 | 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 |
| 1987 | Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic |
| 1987 | Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant |
| 1987 | Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party |
| 1986 | Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia |
| 1985 | Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece |
| 1985 | Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist |
| 1984 | NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis |
| 1984 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1982 | 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins |
| 1982 | 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62 |
| 1982 | 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda and K Hepburn win |
| 1982 | Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy |
| 1981 | "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 770 performances |
| 1981 | Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open |
| 1981 | Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m |
| 1981 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1979 | Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs. Pakistan at WACA |
| 1979 | Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London |
| 1979 | Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy |
| 1979 | Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad |
| 1976 | 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68 |
| 1976 | 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students |
| 1975 | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open |
| 1975 | Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers |
| 1974 | Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos |
| 1973 | Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP |
| 1973 | U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution |
| 1971 | 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre |
| 1971 | Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines |
| 1971 | Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor |
| 1971 | Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced |
| 1971 | Royal Albert Hall opens |
| 1971 | WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1970 | "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances |
| 1970 | Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II |
| 1969 | Communist New People's Army found in Philippines |
| 1968 | Students seize building at Bowie State College |
| 1967 | WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1966 | "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin New York City for 129 performances |
| 1966 | Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1963 | Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone" |
| 1962 | Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army |
| 1962 | Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show" |
| 1961 | 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Washington D.C. residents to vote for president |
| 1961 | After a 4 year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge |
| 1961 | KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, Missouri (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1960 | Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres |
| 1959 | "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon premieres |
| 1959 | Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore |
| 1958 | U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss |
| 1958 | U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins |
| 1953 | Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open |
| 1951 | "King and I" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 1246 performances |
| 1951 | 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday and J Ferrer win |
| 1951 | Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying |
| 1949 | Turkey recognizes Israel |
| 1948 | Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten |
| 1948 | Yankees and Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game |
| 1947 | "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 111 performances |
| 1946 | 1st Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand |
| 1946 | Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon |
| 1943 | Meat, butter and cheese rationed in U.S. during WW II |
| 1943 | Meat rationed in U.S., 784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's |
| 1942 | British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea |
| 1942 | British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die |
| 1942 | German submarine U-585 sinks |
| 1941 | 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem" |
| 1941 | 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 |
| 1941 | WPAT radio in New Jersey begins broadcasting (country music format) |
| 1940 | Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title |
| 1936 | 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis |
| 1936 | Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates |
| 1935 | French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage |
| 1934 | Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt |
| 1932 | Jack Benny debuts on radio |
| 1929 | Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in 2 games |
| 1928 | Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York City) |
| 1927 | Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona |
| 1924 | Bayern and Vatican reach accord |
| 1919 | Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) and Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic |
| 1912 | Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" |
| 1906 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games |
| 1897 | Japan adopts Gold Standard |
| 1886 | Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke |
| 1882 | Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men |
| 1879 | Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow |
| 1871 | Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London |
| 1867 | British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes |
| 1867 | Congress approves Lincoln Memorial |
| 1865 | Battle of Quaker Road, VA |
| 1864 | Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece |
| 1864 | Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas |
| 1860 | Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in New York City |
| 1852 | Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day |
| 1850 | Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die |
| 1849 | Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India |
| 1848 | Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam |
| 1827 | 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna |
| 1814 | Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians |
| 1804 | Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti |
| 1798 | Republic of Switzerland forms |
| 1795 | Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna |
| 1673 | English king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions |
| 1638 | 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) |
| 1461 | Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) |
| 502 | Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power |
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