| 1998 | "Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater |
| 1997 | Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER) |
| 1997 | Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi |
| 1997 | Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments |
| 1996 | Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage |
| 1995 | "Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 25 performances |
| 1995 | "Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances |
| 1995 | 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway |
| 1995 | Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 |
| 1995 | Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) |
| 1995 | Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election |
| 1995 | Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament |
| 1995 | Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers |
| 1995 | NBA New York Knicks beat New York Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) |
| 1995 | Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) |
| 1994 | 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Netherlands |
| 1994 | Lara scores 167 for WI vs. England at Georgetown |
| 1994 | Largest omelet (1,383 ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan |
| 1994 | New Jersey Devils club record 41st win of the season |
| 1993 | Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova and A Zhulin (RUS) |
| 1993 | Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (CAN) |
| 1993 | Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire |
| 1992 | "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances |
| 1992 | British Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson announce separation |
| 1991 | Kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers |
| 1991 | Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses |
| 1991 | St. Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season |
| 1991 | NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day |
| 1990 | 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) |
| 1989 | Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight |
| 1989 | Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova and S Ponomarenko (USR) |
| 1989 | Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva and S Grinkov (U.S.S.R.) |
| 1989 | Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson |
| 1989 | Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) |
| 1989 | Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) |
| 1988 | Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) |
| 1987 | Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec) |
| 1987 | Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company |
| 1987 | Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1987 | PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn |
| 1987 | Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85) |
| 1985 | "Spin Magazine" begins publishing |
| 1985 | NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket |
| 1985 | Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile |
| 1984 | "Kate and Allie," premieres |
| 1984 | John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York |
| 1984 | KSD-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA |
| 1984 | Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River |
| 1984 | Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering |
| 1984 | STS-41-C vehicle moves to launch pad |
| 1982 | National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 |
| 1981 | Emmy 8th Daytime Awards - Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time |
| 1981 | 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident |
| 1981 | Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4 |
| 1979 | House of Representatives begins live television broadcasts via C-SPAN |
| 1978 | 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb |
| 1978 | Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic |
| 1977 | "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box New York City after 390 performances |
| 1977 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1977 | Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33) |
| 1976 | Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years |
| 1975 | "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances |
| 1975 | Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports |
| 1974 | Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour |
| 1973 | Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" |
| 1972 | "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 173 performances |
| 1972 | Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic |
| 1972 | India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty |
| 1972 | Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts |
| 1971 | Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half |
| 1970 | West German chancellor and East German premier Willy Brandt meet |
| 1969 | British invade Anguilla |
| 1969 | Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention |
| 1968 | Howard University students seize administration building |
| 1967 | French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France |
| 1967 | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Golf Classic |
| 1966 | "Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 3 performances |
| 1966 | 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65 |
| 1966 | Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins |
| 1965 | Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies |
| 1965 | Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania |
| 1964 | Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger" |
| 1962 | "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances |
| 1962 | Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal |
| 1960 | "Redhead" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 455 performances |
| 1960 | 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55 |
| 1959 | "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 84 performances |
| 1958 | Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London |
| 1958 | Sobers completes a century in each innings vs. Pakistan |
| 1957 | Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score |
| 1956 | Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minnesota Lakers-133, St. Louis Hawks-75 |
| 1955 | 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63 |
| 1954 | 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City |
| 1954 | 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico |
| 1954 | U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
| 1954 | U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
| 1954 | Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings vs. England |
| 1953 | Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in New York City |
| 1953 | 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) |
| 1951 | Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny," published |
| 1950 | 5th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| 1950 | City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT |
| 1949 | 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
| 1948 | Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, New York City |
| 1947 | Belgian government of Spaak, forms |
| 1947 | Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan |
| 1946 | French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion become overseas depts |
| 1946 | Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of U.S.S.R. |
| 1945 | 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan |
| 1945 | Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities |
| 1945 | British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) |
| 1945 | U.S. Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure |
| 1944 | Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London |
| 1943 | Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks |
| 1942 | Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty |
| 1942 | Thoroughbred Racing Association of U.S. formed in Chicago |
| 1941 | Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena" |
| 1940 | Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt |
| 1940 | French government of Daladier, falls |
| 1938 | Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes |
| 1937 | Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism |
| 1931 | Nevada legalizes gambling |
| 1930 | Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi |
| 1928 | "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) |
| 1927 | Bloody battles between communists and nazis in Berlin |
| 1925 | Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop |
| 1920 | U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) |
| 1918 | Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time |
| 1918 | S. Potter becomes 1st U.S. pilot to shoot down a German seaplane |
| 1917 | U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees |
| 1915 | Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) |
| 1914 | Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game |
| 1907 | 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) |
| 1906 | Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich |
| 1897 | Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game |
| 1895 | Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service |
| 1892 | 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England vs. South Africa (Cape Town) |
| 1885 | Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Sask |
| 1883 | Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes |
| 1877 | Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match |
| 1870 | The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan |
| 1866 | Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die |
| 1865 | Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC |
| 1864 | Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris |
| 1859 | Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris |
| 1831 | 1st U.S. bank robbery (City Bank, New York/$245,000) |
| 1822 | Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city |
| 1803 | Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar |
| 1799 | Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna |
| 1775 | 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) |
| 1775 | Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement |
| 1748 | English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US |
| 1702 | James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England |
| 1682 | Nationally Council accept independence of French church |
| 1644 | 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide |
| 1628 | Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen |
| 1571 | Spanish troops occupy Manila |
| 1563 | Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots |
| 1540 | Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" |
| 1524 | Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas |
| 1452 | Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor |
| 1227 | Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX |
