2004 After a 2-day standoff, Islamist terrorists murder about 340 held inside a school in Beslan, Russia
1997 Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured
1997 New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault
1996 6,138th performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend)
1993 Elie A Cohen, physician (held in Auschwitz), dies at 84
1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
1992 All star concert in memory of Freddie Mercury held at Wembley Stadium
1991 Muslim Shites release last U.S. hostage Terry Anderson (held 6 years)
1991 Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio
1991 Victory parade held in Washington D.C., Persian Gulf War
1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable
1990 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
1990 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral
1990 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty
1990 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)
1990 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland
1988 Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)
1987 Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail
1986 French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released
1986 U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut
1986 Funeral services held for Swedish PM Olaf Palme
1985 American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon
1985 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
1985 Funeral services held for Konstantin Chernenko (Moscow)
1983 Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 and win 113-96
1982 Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hrs, police kill him he had no explosives
1982 Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev
1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
1980 6 Iranian held U.S. hostages escape with help of Canadians
1979 ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline")
1979 Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma
1979 Jack Mulhall, actor (Buck Rogers, Held for Ransom), dies at 91
1978 Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I
1978 "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US
1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon held, Kona, Hawaii
1977 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland
1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1975 Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots
1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1968 1st U.S. Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins)
1966 Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles
1965 Daniel Held, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 10k runner
1964 During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home
1963 Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown)
1963 Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)
1961 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade
1959 Players Association approves 2 All-Star Games in 1960, to be held in Kansas City and NY
1957 1st National Curling Championship held
1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy
1950 1st Farnborough airshow held
1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages
1949 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)
1948 1st U.S. figure skating championships held
1947 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii
1947 Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/U.S. hostage held in Lebanon, 1985-91
1943 German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government
1941 Italian held Addis Ababa surrenders to British and Ethiopian forces
1940 Lottery for 1st U.S. WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
1937 Ron Clarke, Australia, runner, held 19 world records
1937 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field
1932 Woody, Woodson, Held, baseball player
1931 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium
1930 1st International bridge match is held in London. U.S. team defeats England
1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
1928 Al Held, U.S., painter/sculptor, hard edge-style
1927 Franklin "Bud" Held, javelin world champ, 1949, 51, 53-55
1926 The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America
1925 1st international handball match held
1923 Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns decision
1922 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris
1921 Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM
1919 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)
1918 Anna Held, Polish Entertainer
1917 WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn
1916 1st professional golf tournament held
1916 1st U.S. national women's swiming championships held
1914 1st U.S. duplicate auction bridge championship held, Lake Placid, New York
1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in U.S., New Haven
1914 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City)
1913 1st U.S. milch goat show held, Rochester, New York
1912 Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles, 1938
1910 Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair)
1910 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C.
1910 1st aircraft air display held (Hendon, England)
1910 1st radio contest held (Philadelphia)
1910 1st international air meet in U.S. held, in LA
1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins
1909 National Conference on the Negro is held
1907 Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held
1904 1st Olympics in U.S. are held (St. Louis)
1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)
1901 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)
1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
1896 A. H. Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island
1893 For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago
1891 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)
1891 1st world weightlifting championship held
1888 1st organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Arizona
1884 1st U.S. bullfight held (Dodge City Ks)
1883 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden)
1877 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held
1877 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1876 Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's
1876 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins
1874 1st Grand International Rifle match held
1872 Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
1872 Anna Held, Polish Entertainer
1869 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian
1868 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio
1860 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)
1859 1st dog show held, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
1849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey
1844 Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents
1839 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)
1839 1st Henley Regatta held
1817 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland
1814 1st Knights Templar grand encampment in U.S. held, New York City
1812 Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish
1811 1st Women's Golf Tournament held
1800 Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C. in incompleted Capitol building
1796 1st Independence Day celebration is held
1793 Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795)
1776 1st St. Leger horesrace held at Doncaster
1775 1st regatta held on Thames, England
1754 Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians
1673 1st recorded wine auction held in London
1672 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in U.S. held, Sandwich, Mass
1630 In Boston the 1st general court is held
1601 Memorial service for Daitokuji's Shinju held for Ikkyu Sojun in Kyoto
1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope
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