1997 Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father and son to win 100 games
1997 NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
1996 NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes
1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
1995 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds)
1995 Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
1995 CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans
1994 Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle)
1993 YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning become 1st NHL expansion team to win opener (7-2)
1992 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits
1992 Rowdy Roddy Piper beats Mountie to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1991 Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
1991 Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ
1991 Subhana, becomes 1st Australian woman to become a Zen teacher
1991 Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil
1991 Latvia and Estonia vote to become independent of the U.S.S.R.
1991 WLAF's New York Knights become NY-New Jersey Knights
1991 Valentin Pavlov become new premier of U.S.S.R.
1990 Buffalo Bills become 6th 1st place NFL team to lose on same weekend
1990 East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany
1990 Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. become 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning
1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
1990 Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ
1990 Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ
1989 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in U.S.S.R., win 4-2
1989 George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
1987 Allan Border scores 205 vs. NZ to become Australia's top rungetter
1986 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992
1985 Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens
1985 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ
1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1984 Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ
1983 "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show
1983 Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
1982 KHJ (LA) and KFRC (SF) become 2nd and 3rd stereo AM stations
1982 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
1982 ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) and ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th and 6th ABC radio network
1981 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg and become college football's winningest coach
1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
1979 Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing
1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans
1978 On Old Timer's Day, New York Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as New York Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM
1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
1977 Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ
1977 Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1975 Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, to become NWA champ
1975 Nick Bockwinkle beats Verne Gagne in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
1975 Rick and Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out
1974 Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
1974 Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
1974 Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day
1973 Bruno Sammartino beats Stan Stasiak in NY, to become WWF champ
1973 Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ
1973 John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium
1973 Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ
1973 Harley Race beats Dory Funk, Jr. in Kansas City, to become NWA champ
1973 Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th-9th members of Common Market
1972 Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
1972 Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on Moon
1972 Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura become separate states of Indian union
1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station
1971 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots
1971 Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda
1971 Ivan Koloff beats Bruno Sammartino in NY, to become WWF champ
1969 Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become 3rd and 4th humans on Moon
1969 Dorey Funk, Jr. beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champ
1968 Borman, Lovell and Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon
1968 Maldives (in Indian Ocean) become a republic
1968 Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr. X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1968 Dick Beyers (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ
1968 Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL
1968 New Jersey Americans moved to Comack and become New York Nets (ABA)
1967 Antigua and St. Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK
1967 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
1966 Mad Dog Vachon beats Dick The Bruiser in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1966 Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1966 NFL and AFL announce plans to become NFC and AFC in 1970
1966 Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ
1965 Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher
1965 The Crusher beats Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Igor Vodic in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1965 Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who
1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1964 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1963 Verne Gagne beats The Crusher in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1963 Crusher beats Verne Gagne in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
1963 Verne Gagne beats Fritz Von Erich in Amarillo, to become NWA champ
1963 Fritz Von Erich beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1963 Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1963 Crusher Lisowski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1963 Bruno Sammartino beats Buddy Rogers in New York, to become WWF champ
1963 AFL's New York Titan's become the New York Jets
1963 AFL's Dallas Texans become Kansas City Chiefs
1962 Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1962 Rwanda and Burundi become independent
1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent
1962 Mister M (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne in Minn, to become NWA champ
1961 Outer Mongolia and Mauritania become 102nd and 103rd members of UN
1961 1st movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire
1961 Verne Gagne beats Gene Kiniski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1961 Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory
1961 Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1961 Buddy Rogers beats Pat O'Conner in Chicago, to become NWA champ
1961 Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1960 AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins and announces franchises in LA and Washington D.C. for 1961
1960 Tamara and Irina Press (U.S.S.R.) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
1960 Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1959 Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1959 Joe Cronin signs 7 year pact to become head of AL
1959 Pat O'Connor beats Dick Hutton in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
1958 Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community
1958 Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
1958 Wilber Snyder beats V Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1958 Verne Gagne beats Edouard Carpentier in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1958 William Faulkner says U.S. school degenerated to become babysitters
1958 Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc
1957 Dick Hutton beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1957 Edouard Carpentier beats Lou Thesz, to become NWA wrestling champ
1956 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, to become NWA champ
1956 Whipper Billy Watson beats Lou Thesz in Toronto, to become NWA champ
1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor
1953 St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1953 AL approves St. Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
1953 Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship
1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
1953 NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf
1953 J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club
1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
1950 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
1949 Walter and John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win
1948 Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champ
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy
1947 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
1947 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champ
1946 Fr Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion become overseas depts
1943 New York Yankees beat Cards 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series
1942 Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ
1942 Yvon Robert beats Bill Longson in Montreal, to become wrestling champ
1942 General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander
1942 Bill Longson beats Managoff and Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champ
1941 Nazibezetters oblige artsen member to become of Artsenkamer
1941 Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
1941 Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ
1940 Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
1940 Ray Steele beats B. Nagurski in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ
1939 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
1938 Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1937 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
1936 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
1936 Everett Marshall beats Ali Baba in Columbus, to become wrestling champ
1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1934 NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions
1934 U.S. declares the Philippines to become independent in 1945
1933 Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government
1932 Shaft and Thyssen demand Hitler become German chancellor
1932 Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th and 51st home runs to become 3rd to hit 50
1932 Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor
1932 WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine
1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town
1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
1929 New York Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
1928 New York Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series
1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)
1927 NHL's Toronto St. Patricks become Maple Leafs
1925 Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics
1924 New York Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series
1923 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium
1922 AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears
1921 NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
1915 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
1908 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m
1908 Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female
1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan become 8th and 9th Canadian provinces
1899 Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare), dies
1891 Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief
1876 Bananas become popular in U.S., at Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st pro baseball team
1867 Singapore, Penang and Malakka become British crown colonies
1866 Gold coins from the Sydney Mint become legal tender in Canada
1861 New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S
1826 USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop
1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
1652 Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki
1598 Arch duke Albrecht and Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands
1548 Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans
1494 Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence
1086 English barons become submissive to king Willem the Occupier
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