1998 Mark McGwire breaks Roger Marris' 62 home run record for a season, and goes on to hit 70 home runs for the 1998 season
1997 Elton John's tribute to Diana breaks world record, 318 million dist
1997 Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph
1997 Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris
1997 Los Angeles Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked
1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374
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 Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours (Starting Dec 9 at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982
1995 Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003
1995 Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record
1995 Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win
1995 Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games
1994 Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31)
1994 Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26
1994 Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)
1994 Queen Elizabeth falls off her horse and breaks her left wrist
1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
1993 Cleveland breaks ground for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1992 Actress Peg Phillips (Northern Exposure), falls and breaks 3 fingers
1992 Jeff Reardon breaks Rollie Fingers' save record with #342
1992 Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play
1992 Joan Lunden, breaks her left shoulder after being thrown from a horse
1992 Europe breaks down trade barriers
1991 Charles Austin breaks U.S. high jump record at 7'10 "
1991 Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal
1991 John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136
1990 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark
1990 Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident
1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long
1989 Cancer sufferer/San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound
1989 In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines
1988 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings
1988 In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
1988 Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
1987 Iran and France breaks diplomatic relations
1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
1986 Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up
1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
1984 Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid
1984 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark
1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
1983 Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time
1982 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
1981 Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record
1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record
1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis
1980 Wayne Gretzky breaks Bobby Orr's record with 103rd assist
1979 Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in U.S. Tennis Open quarterfinals
1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm
1978 Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
1977 Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and S Yemen
1975 Robin Yount breaks Mel Ott's record, playing in 242 games as a teen
1975 Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs
1975 U.S.S.R. breaks trade agreement with US
1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
1973 Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash
1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's
1972 Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up
1972 Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1970 New York Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days
1970 Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days
1970 Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days
1969 Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier
1969 Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
1968 Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th breaks Cy Young's record for pitching appearances
1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV
1966 Rhodesian PM Ian Smith breaks diplomatic relations with Britain
1966 Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
1966 Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points
1965 Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record
1963 Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die
1962 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431
1962 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos
1961 Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning
1961 Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32
1961 Ford Frick rules that if anyone breaks Babe Ruth 60 HR record, it must be done in 1st 154 games
1961 Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die
1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1960 Senegal breaks from Mali federation, declaring independence
1959 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
1959 Kurtis Blow, New York City, rapper, Krushgroove-The Breaks
1958 King Hussein of Jordan breaks off diplomatic relations with UAR
1957 USAAF ballon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)
1957 Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher
1957 1st U.S. runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden)
1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
1954 Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record
1954 Netherlands Indonesian Union breaks up
1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
1954 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
1954 In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone
1953 U.S.S.R. breaks relations with Israel
1953 Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
1947 New York Giants 183-185 HR of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936
1946 War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi
1945 U.S. 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen
1944 Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany
1944 Turkey breaks diplomatic relationship with nazi-Germany
1943 Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record
1943 Armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka
1943 Soviet Union breaks contact with Polish government exiled in London
1943 Chile breaks contact with Germany and Japan
1941 DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak (45th of 56)
1941 English Army breaks German spy codes
1941 Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
1939 Thomas McGuane, U.S., writer, Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks
1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland
1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
1934 John Dillinger breaks out of jail using a wooden pistol
1933 Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game
1930 Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record
1929 Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places
1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
1926 Mussolini's Irish wife breaks his nose
1924 Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
1920 Netherland breaks contact with kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slavia
1918 Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1917 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines)
1917 Russian revolution breaks out in Petrograd
1917 Russian revolution breaks out
1912 Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn and hits 4 singles
1912 War between Turkey and Montenegro breaks out in Albania
1911 Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco
1906 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising
1905 James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299 -last pin breaks but stands
1902 Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco
1897 Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania
1894 1st U.S. poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
1880 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr. Watson is wounded, breaks out
1877 U.S. Army breaks railroad strike
1861 Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands
1838 Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
1830 Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X
1801 House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson President over Burr
1709 Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded)
1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
1574 Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers
1570 Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
1421 Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
1375 Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands
1334 St. Clemens Flood: Dike breaks at Flemish/Zeeuwse/Dutch coast
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