2003 Nell Carter, actress, Gimme a Break, dies at 54
2001 Terrorists break into parliament building in New Delhi, murder at least 12
1997 Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon
1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258)
1997 U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out
1997 Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins
1996 Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension
1995 Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games)
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
1990 Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
1988 New York Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2
1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance
1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton
1987 A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break
1985 Lauri Hendler, born in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, actress, Julie-Gimme a Break
1984 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
1983 Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record
1983 Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"
1982 Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74
1980 Cosmonauts Ryumin and Popov break space endurance record of 176 days
1980 Matthew Lawrence, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, actor, Matthew-Gimme a Break
1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up
1979 Battles between Kurds and Iranians break in Sananday Iran
1976 Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
1976 Morocco and Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria
1975 Joey Lawrence, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental
1973 Islanders break 12 game losing streak, 20 game road winless streak
1973 Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel
1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate
1970 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death)
1970 International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule
1970 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street
1968 NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969
1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die
1967 Lara Jill Miller, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, actress, Samantha-Gimme a Break
1967 Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1964 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference
1962 French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel
1962 Andy Green, UK, 1st to break sound barrier on land
1961 U.S.S.R. and Albania break diplomatic relations
1961 Kari Michaelsen, New York City, actress, Katie-Gimme a Break
1958 Battles between Turkish and Greeks Cypriots break out
1957 Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7)
1956 Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die
1954 Australia and U.S.S.R. break diplomatic relations
1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH)
1953 Jacqueline Cochran is 1st woman to break the sound barrier
1950 Mac Maurice Wilkins, discus thrower, 1st to break 70m
1948 Nell Carter, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actress, Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo
1948 Reb Brown, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break
1947 Brazil and Chile break diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R.
1946 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest
1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row
1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes
1938 Crystal Night - Germans break windows owned by Jews
1938 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa Poland
1936 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines
1934 1st Jewish immigrant ship to break the English blockade in Palestine
1931 Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
1929 Nicolaas Theunissen, South Africa cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies
1927 Gloria Jean, born in Buffalo, New York, actress, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions
1925 Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York
1920 Dolph Sweet, born in New York City, actor, Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up
1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1904 John Hoyt, Bronxville, New York, actor, Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary
1904 Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orch leader, Break the Bank
1900 Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break
1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days
1852 Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm
1839 Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England
1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200
1806 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile, Yankee
1683 Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
1600 Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588
1587 Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break
1421 Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed
1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany
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