1999 Earthquake kills 2,295 in central Taiwan
1997 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO
1997 Zdenek Mlynar, Sec of Czech Communist Central Committee (1968), dies
1995 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
1995 Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title
1995 Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at 77
1994 Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station
1994 New York Central park reservior officially named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis
1993 Central African Republic ex-emperor Bokassa freed
1992 Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies
1992 Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at 79
1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
1989 "Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 4 performances
1988 "Prince of Central Park" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 4 performances
1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years
1987 5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala
1987 Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa sentenced to death
1986 Central African Republic adopts constitution
1986 Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park
1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library
1985 Central Park's Strawberry Fields, dedicated
1985 16 indicted by U.S. for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees
1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people
1984 Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes
1984 Part of Central Park is named Strawberry Fields honoring John Lennon
1983 Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park
1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park New York City
1981 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park
1981 Simon and Garfunkel reunite for a New York City Central Park concert
1981 Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain
1979 Recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City
1979 Coup in Central African Rep: David Dacko overthrows emperor Bokassa I
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps New York City after 86 performances
1979 Cars play concert in New York Central Park
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens at 22 Steps New York City for 86 performances
1979 "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway
1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
1972 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die
1968 "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States
1968 Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central
1968 Paul Claxton, Vidalia Georgia, Nike golfer, NIKE Central Georgia Open-38th
1967 Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park performed
1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station
1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
1966 Milt coup by Col Jean-Bedel Bokassa in Central African Republic
1960 Central African Republic and Chad proclaim independence from France
1960 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence
1959 Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies
1958 Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day)
1958 Ernest Green and 600 whites graduate from Little Rock's Central HS
1958 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock
1957 Frederick Law Olmsted, U.S. architect (Central Park), dies at 87
1957 Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration
1957 300 U.S. Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark
1955 Henry W. Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies
1951 Organization of Central American States forms
1949 Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes
1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes
1948 Jennifer Adams, superintendent, Central Royal Parks
1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City
1946 Larry Graham, Jr., rocker, Graham Central Station-One in a Million You
1946 US president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
1944 1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam
1944 Russian offensive in central front sector
1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency
1943 Peter Graves, supt minister, Westminster Central Hall
1942 William McLennan, CEO, Central Statistical Office
1938 Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire
1937 A recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City
1933 Marc F A Andries, Flemish actor, Central Station
1932 Jack Hibbert, director, Central Statistical Office
1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe
1931 Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee
1930 Morag Timbury, director, Central Public Health Laboratory
1929 Michael Beavis, deputy cmdr-in-chief, Allied Forces Central Europe
1927 Anthony Garner, director, Conservative Central Office
1923 Poland annexes Central Lithuania
1923 United States signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
1922 GMcC Kitson, British principal, Central School of Speech/Drama
1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms
1917 Henderson Forsythe, Macon, Missouri, actor, Crisis at Central High
1915 Belgrade Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders
1914 Margaret Farrer, CEO, Central Midwives Board
1913 New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens
1912 Heinz Galinski, President, Central council for Jews in Germany
1912 Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies
1909 Coop. Far. Central Management forms
1908 Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship
1906 Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP
1905 King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp
1905 Harry Campion, statistician/founder, Brit Central Statistical Office
1904 New York City begins building Grand Central Station
1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
1895 Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union
1891 British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) forms
1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)
1889 Amsterdam Central Station officially opens
1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park
1876 Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College
1871 Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji, Central Africa
1865 Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies
1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad
1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad
1862 U.S. begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad
1857 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC
1839 Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia, OS
1838 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1838 Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands
1838 Central American federation is dissolved
1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation
1827 Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station
1823 United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico
1822 Charles S Crocker, President of Central and South Pacific Railroad
1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer, designed Central Park
1822 Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1821 Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer, Central Africa
1805 John Stephens, U.S. archaeologist; founded study of Central America
1792 Francisco Morazan, L, president of Central America, 1830-40
1786 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of U.S. 1st effective central bank
1519 Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
1348 Prague University, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV
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