2003 The United Nations reported that there is no link between al Queda and Iraq
1996 Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England
1996 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka
1995 1st CFL game between 2 U.S. teams, Las Vegas Posse vs. Sacramento Gold
1994 Iranian Fokker's F28 explode between Isfahan and Teheran: 66 killed
1994 1st telephone link between Israel and Jordan
1994 Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57
1993 Aeroflot starts non-stop flights between Moscow and NY
1991 Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
1991 Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88
1990 Calif's Chuck Finley and Seattle's Randy Johnson combine to pitch a no-hitter in exhibition game between U.S. and Japanese all-star teams
1988 Police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson and Robin Givens
1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
1987 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
1986 Game between Angels and Twins delayed for 9 minutes by strong winds
1984 Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed
1981 Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed
1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon
1981 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minnesota and Bost
1980 Battle between police and demonstrators in Capetown, 34 killed
1979 Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect
1979 Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
1979 Battles between Kurds and Iranians break in Sananday Iran
1979 War between North and South Yemen begins
1977 Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins
1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung and Richard Nixon
1975 Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola
1975 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent and Hobart, Tasmania and ship sinks
1974 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approx April 1975
1974 Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)
1974 Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between twin towers
1973 NLCS game 3 brawl between Cins' Pete Rose and New York Met Bud Harrelson
1973 Barbra Streisand records "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow"
1973 Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris
1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan
1972 Last train run between Penrith to Keswick United Kingdom
1971 Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir
1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano
1969 "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins
1968 Battles between Jordan army and Al Fatah-arm forces
1968 Battles between Catholic demonstrators and police in Londonderry
1968 Commercial air travel begins between U.S. and U.S.S.R.
1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. and North Vietnam
1968 Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured
1967 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin
1967 Vijay Yadav, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia
1966 Alice Calhoun, actress (Flowing Gold, Between Friends), dies at 65
1966 100th International soccer meet between Netherlands-Belgium (3-1)
1966 Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens
1964 Battles between moslems and hindus in Calcutta
1963 Hot Line communications link between Washington D.C. and Moscow begins
1962 Telegraph between Netherlands and Indonesia restored
1961 Battles between United Nations and Katanga troops in Congo
1961 East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin
1961 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern)
1960 Broadway theaters close, labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity
1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus
1959 1st phone call between auto and plane
1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest
1958 Game in Kansas City between A's and Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado
1958 Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out
1957 1st coml flight between California and Antartica
1957 "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen and Jack Paar)
1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states
1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed
1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh
1952 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles and Suriname ends
1950 L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
1948 Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt
1947 U.N. General Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews
1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane
1947 Battles between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi
1947 Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft. Deposit and Perryville Md, kills 53
1946 1st Test Cricket between Australia and NZ
1945 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Aust Services
1943 Susanne Jagd, Denmark, actress, Between the Sheets, Tinderbox
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty
1940 Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence
1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France
1940 1st great dogfight between Spitfires
1940 Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian between Grout and Marsh
1939 Between 20,000 and 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey)
1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: East Europe divided between Hitler and Stalin
1938 Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany
1937 Don Wilson, cricketer, England slow left-armer between 1963-71
1937 All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors and sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32
1937 Italian regime bans marriages between Italians and Abyssinians
1936 Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis"
1935 Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay ends
1935 KLM begins flight path between Curaeao and Aruba
1932 Battle between unemployed war veterans and federal troops, 4 die
1931 Brian Close, cricketer, played for England between 1949 and 1976
1931 Galina Zybina, U.S.S.R., discus thrower, 15 world records between 1952-58
1929 In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 home runs hit 1 in each inning
1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and West-Indies
1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies
1928 Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between San Francisco and LA
1928 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US
1927 Telephone service begins between U.S. and Mexico
1927 Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada dedicated
1927 Peace Bridge between U.S. and Canada opens
1927 Bloody battles between communists and nazis in Berlin
1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London
1927 Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox
1926 Alison Lurie, U.S., novelist, War Between the Tates
1926 Battles between Druzen and French in Damascus
1926 Gunter Meisner, born in Germany, actor, Between Wars, Quiller Memorandum
1926 Riots between Moslems and Hindus in Calcutta
1925 Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk and Netherland East-Indies
1923 Bloody street battles between Nazi's, socialist and police in Vienna
1921 Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece
1920 Peace of Trianon between Allies and Hungary
1918 U.S. ship Otranto sinks between Scotland and Ireland, 425 die
1918 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands
1918 1st regular airmail service (between New York and Washington) inaugurated
1916 222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech and Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee
1914 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I
1914 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium)
1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and SF
1912 War between Turkey and Montenegro breaks out in Albania
1909 Paul de Vree, Flemish author, Between Doubt and Tears
1907 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia
1906 Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business
1905 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4)
1903 Williamsburg suspension bridge opens between Brooklyn and Manhattan
1903 U.S. wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada
1903 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between U.S. and England
1902 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia
1902 Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25
1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) and Netherlands (0)
1900 Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins
1899 US and Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
1898 1st 1st-class game between NSW and Tasmania
1898 Jean Borota, France, tennis champ, 35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64
1897 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
1894 Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England
1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1893 Hurricane hits coast between Savannah Georgia and Charleston SC
1892 Queen Wilhelmina and Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine
1892 Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms
1892 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby
1886 Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author, Between Heaven and Earth
1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey
1883 Baseball game between one-armed and one-legged players
1883 1st telephone call between New York and Chicago
1882 St. Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland and Italy opens
1881 Vienna's Ring Theater destroyed by fire, kills between 640-850
1880 Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland and Italy completed
1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English
1877 University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat
1877 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston and Salem, Mass
1877 Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden
1876 Skirmish between HM Stanley's expedition and natives
1876 Reciprocity Treaty between U.S. and Hawaii ratified
1876 Direct telegraph link established between Britain and NZ
1874 Battle between jobless and police in New York City, 100s injuried
1873 1st football game between Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tigers
1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones
1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France and Germany
1864 Battle between Confederate and Union ships at mouth of Roanoke
1864 1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge
1863 RR and ferry connection between San Francisco and Oakland inaugurated
1863 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche Louisiana
1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras
1862 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana
1861 Riot occurs between prosecessionist and Union supporters in Knoxville TN
1861 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between U.S. and Confederacy
1860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens
1860 Pony Express began between St. Joseph Missouri and Sacramento California
1858 1st commercial treaty between U.S. and Japan signed
1856 Peace between England and Russia
1856 Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians
1854 Cobblestone paving of Washington St. between Dupont and Kearny starts
1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal
1851 Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked
1848 1st telegraph link between New York City and Chicago
1846 Oregon country divided between U.S. and Britain at 49th parallel
1846 Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Balt
1844 Recontre between Reps Weller and Shriver, U.S. House of Representative
1840 Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of New Zealand
1839 Aroostock War: Boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick
1836 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie and St. John, Quebec
1832 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets
1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain
1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil
1825 Erie Canal between Hudson River and Lake Erie opened
1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams,
1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50
1818 49th parallel forms as border between U.S. and Canada
1818 Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends
1813 Treaty of Ried between Bayern and Austria
1809 Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France
1807 Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France
1795 Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi
1795 3rd partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia
1793 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia and Russia
1783 Congress ratifies peace treaty between U.S. and England
1778 1st treaty between the U.S. and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)
1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia
1767 Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon
1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
1702 War of Spanish Succession, 1st Amer conflict between England and France
1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians
1677 Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet
1676 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England
1673 Postal service between New York and Boston inaugurated
1673 Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston
1672 NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston
1667 Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia
1666 Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1666 Sea battle between Netherlands and England
1658 Peace of Roskilde between Sweden and Denmark
1642 Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament
1626 Battle between king Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends
1613 Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden
1570 Battles between Spanish troops and followers of sultan Suleiman
1538 Peace talks between Karel and King Francois I
1538 Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I
1529 Meeting between Maarten Luther and Huldrych Zwingli
1528 Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor and ecclesiastical power
1519 Public debate between Martin Luther and theologist John Eck
1515 Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire
1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal
1489 Peace of Tours, between emperor Maximilian I and Flemings
1407 Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht
1397 Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway
1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
1345 "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders and weavers
1324 Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon
1298 Battle on Hasenbuhl (Gollheim) between German kings Adolf and Albrecht I
1230 Treaty of San-Germano between Emperor Frederik II and Pope Gregory IX
1153 Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" and Pope Eugene III
754 Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, [III] and Pippin the Korte
585 War between Lydia and Media ended by solar eclipse
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