2005 Star Trek: Enterprise broadcasts it's final show in the U.S.
1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
1997 Final episode of "Beavis and Butt-head," on MTV
1997 Washington Capitals final game at USAir Arena, retire Rod Langway's #5
1997 David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Ft. Worth Texas
1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
1997 "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV
1997 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final Today show on NBC-TV
1996 Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
1996 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's
1996 Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final
1996 John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight"
1996 Wayne James scores 99 and 99 and ct 11 stp 2 in Logan Cup Final
1996 Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final
1995 Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final
1995 Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV
1995 Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, New York Knicks win 98-92
1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
1994 Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78
1994 Kapil Dev's final one-day international (v West Indies)
1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show
1994 Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run
1994 FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London
1994 "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France
1993 John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops
1993 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12
1993 Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1
1993 274th and final "Cheers" on NBC
1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
1993 Queensland all out for 75 vs. NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
1993 Soap opera "Santa Barbara" final show on NBC TV
1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show
1992 Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV
1992 Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
1992 208th and final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV
1992 "Growing Pains," final episode on ABC TV
1992 "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
1992 Jay Leno's final appearance as permanent guest host of Tonight
1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
1992 WA beat NSW by 44 runs to win the Sheffield Shield Final
1992 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
1992 "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV
1991 Judds final concert (Nashville)
1991 "Party Machine with Nia Peeples" final show
1991 New York Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
1991 Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes
1991 Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins given final approval by owners
1991 NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute
1991 Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs
1991 356th and final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke
1991 Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final
1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
1990 Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors
1990 Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight U.S. Open final
1990 Final episode of "Newhart" airs
1990 Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS
1990 Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
1990 NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final
1989 Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25)
1989 Batting titles decided on final day Puckett goes 2-for-5 edges Carney Lansford .339 to .336, Gwynn's 3-for-4 edges Will Clark .336 to .333
1989 "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA
1989 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson granted final divorce in New Jersey
1989 Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs
1989 217th and final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
1988 WNBC 660 final transmission, WFAN moves from 1050 to 660 and WUKQ begins on 1050 at 5:30 PM (New York City radio)
1988 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4hrs 55 min - longest men's final in U.S. Open history
1988 New Jersey Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final
1988 WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final
1987 Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time
1987 Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant
1987 Phil Niekro final appearance and is pounded for 5 runs in 3 innings
1987 Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers
1987 New York Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
1987 WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria
1987 Soap opera "Capitol" final episode
1986 KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM's final transmission
1986 Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld
1985 KHQ-AM in Spokane Washington's final transmission
1985 T. C. Chen, ahead by 4 strokes in final round of U.S. Open
1985 Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final
1984 Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69
1983 Final episode of M*A*S*H; 125,000,000 viewers
1982 CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years
1982 SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month
1982 Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
1982 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
1981 16th and final Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-1, hold 8-7-1 edge
1981 Final performance of TV show "Soap" airs
1981 Isle's Mike Bossy 9th and final hat trick of season-4 goals
1981 Trevor Chappell bowls underarm to Brian McKechnie, WSC Final MCG
1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958
1980 Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final HR
1980 Delhi beat Bombay by 240 runs to win Ranji Trophy final
1979 Congress' final approval to create Department of Education
1979 St. Louis legend Lou Brock steals 938th and final base of his career
1979 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final
1979 204th and final episode of "All in the Family"
1978 Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with US
1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978 Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, SF)
1977 Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)
1977 5th and final test of space shuttle Enterprise
1977 U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C.
1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years)
1977 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
1976 90th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight U.S. Open Final (Evert wins)
1976 9th and final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2
1976 Final meeting between Mao tse Tung and Richard Nixon
1975 John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs
1975 U.S. Mariner 10 makes 3rd and final fly-by of Mercury
1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
1974 Monty Python's final episode airs on BBC
1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
1973 Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet
1973 John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC
1973 NBC presents 440th and final showing of "Bonanza"
1972 Apollo 17 (U.S.), final manned lunar landing mission, launched
1972 Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star, 1996 final Hobart
1972 Ted Williams manages his final game as Rangers lose to Royals, 4-0
1972 Smokey Robinson and Miracles final live performance
1972 Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star, Strasbourg doubles final
1972 Conchita Martinez, born in Monzon, Spain, tennis star, 1996 final Indian Wells
1971 Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS
1971 Nana Miyagi, born in Seattle, Washington tennis star, 1995 final Surabaya doubles
1970 Reds play final game at Cincinnati's Crosley Field, beat Giants 5-4
1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world
1970 Joni Mitchell's final concert at Royal Albert Hall
1969 Diana Ross final TV appearance as a Supreme on theEd Sullivan Show
1969 Creams' final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
1969 Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only)
1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
1968 Clandestine Radio Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) final transmission
1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed NY-Chicago luxury train
1967 Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly
1967 Final TV episode of "Fugitive"
1967 George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64
1966 Brian Jones final perfomance as a Rolling Stone
1965 Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow
1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season
1964 Final edition of socialist British newspaper "Daily Herald"
1964 Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker, Europe-The Final Countdown
1964 Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th and final time in a game
1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
1963 Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,629th and 3,630th hit
1963 Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1
1963 Joey Tempest, rocker, Europe-The Final Countdown
1963 Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool
1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
1961 Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58
1960 "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
1960 John F. Kennedy and Nixon clashed in 4th and final presidential debate (New York City)
1960 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521
1960 Goon Show's final episode on BBC
1959 Groucho, Chico and Harpo's final TV appearance together
1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1953 WJZ-AM in New York City becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
1952 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan
1951 Yanks beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game
1949 Cleveland Browns beat San Francisco '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game
1949 Yanks and Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yanks win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16
1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
1948 Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series
1946 Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay
1946 Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th and final HR
1945 Hank Greenberg's final day HR wins pennant for Tigers
1945 Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final HR
1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
1944 Yanks, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 and Giants-0
1943 Himmler wants acceleration of "Final Solution"
1943 Carl Hubbell wins his 253rd and final game, all with Giants
1943 Final convoy of Jews from Salonika Greece arrive at Auschwitz
1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army
1942 Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission
1942 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews
1940 Richard Monaco, U.S., sci-fi author, Grail War, Final Quest
1939 Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio
1939 Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews
1938 Final game at Phila's Baker Bowl, Giants beat Phils 14-1
1938 James Farentino, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dead and Buried, Final Countdown
1936 Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Washington D.C.
1935 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand
1935 Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat
1935 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3
1934 Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match
1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player
1933 Final demonstration of German Communist Party in Berlin
1928 Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th and final career hit
1928 Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th and final time
1925 Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
1923 Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403
1922 Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years)
1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
1918 Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I
1917 British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration
1916 Christy Mathewson pitches and wins his final game
1916 Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game
1912 Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium
1911 Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
1909 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game
1908 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1
1904 Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game and chance at pennant
1904 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match
1893 John Miljan, Lead City, South Dakota, actor, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox
1893 Jorge Guillen, Valladolid Spain, poet and critic, Cantico, Final
1891 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"
1872 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton
1868 Brigham Young marries his 27th and final wife
1865 S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
1865 Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag"
1776 Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to U.S. Congress
1749 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published
1502 Columbus left Spain on his 4th and final trip to New World
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