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2005 Syria withdraws troops from Lebanon, ending its 29 year military occupation
1997 Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games 1996 Yankees lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24 1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war 1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement 1994 Miami Heat beat New York Knicks ending 15 game NBA winning streak 1993 New York Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games 1991 Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war 1991 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule 1990 Reds beat A's 7-0, ending Oakland's 10-game post-season winning streak 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive 1987 Brewers lose, ending AL season-opening winning streak at 13 games 1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts 1986 Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play ending consecutive streak at 740 1984 Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1982 Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike 1982 AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day 1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla" 1980 Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22 1979 Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout 1976 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career 1975 Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career 1973 Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden 1973 U.S. and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and military draft 1972 Jim Ryan (U.S.) and Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide and fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold 1971 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak 1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis 1960 Yankees win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, and record 193 home runs 1960 Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses 1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yankees lose ending 18 game win streak and also ending St. Louis Brown 14 game losing streak 1951 Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom 1950 Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1946 Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay 1946 Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances 1945 Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 9/2 in Japan) 1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1940 Reds beat Tigers ending NL's 10-game World Series losing streak 1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1933 U.S. Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition 1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak 1919 Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) 1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France 1918 Germany surrenders ending WW I, Allies and Germany sign armistice 1914 Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1 1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War 1900 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion 1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War 1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction 1861 1st transcontinental telegram sent ending Pony Express 1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality 1856 Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1848 Mexico gives Texas to U.S., ending the war 1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 1789 French National Meeting ending feudal system 1783 Treaty of Paris signed (ending U.S. Revolutionary War) 1697 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War 1648 Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War 1527 Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance 1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time |
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