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1995 Bobby Stokes, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history, dies at 44
1994 Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel 1991 Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii 1991 Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49 1990 Biggest U.S. art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston 1990 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds 1989 Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa 1989 Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world 1987 Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history 1986 Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded 1982 Biggest mass wedding, Reverend Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in New York City 1981 Washington Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2 1976 Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 pts (beat Milwaukee 132-89) 1973 Biggest U.S. tanker "Brooklyn" christened (230,000 ton) 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Philadelphia 141-87) 1968 USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world 1968 Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, "Honey" 1967 King Boudouin inaugurates world's biggest floodgate (Antwerp) 1964 Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (DC) 1957 World's biggest glass oven used 1956 Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minnesota Lakers-133, St. Louis Hawks-75 1954 Great Britain's 2 biggest steel factory nationalized 1951 Bobby Stokes, born in Portsmouth, England, athlete, English footballer, scored the winning goal in 1976, Southampton F.C. vs. Manchester United, FA Cup Final, in the 83rd-minute, considered biggest upset in FA Cup Final history 1944 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground 1932 Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest) 1930 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens 1923 ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower 1794 1st stone layed at Dutch biggest grain windmill (De Walvisch) 1655 Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam |
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