2005 Ted Koppel's last show as host of Nightline
2003 The Concorde made its last commercial flight, landing at Heathrow Airport, London
2002 Jack Olsen, writer, Last Man Standing, dies at 77
2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83
1999 Last upside down date until January 1, 6000
1998 Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC, commercials are $2 million each
1997 Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin
1997 Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to Kansas City Royals
1997 Bao Dai, ex-monarch, last emporer of Vietnam, dies at 83
1997 51st Tony Awards: Titanic and Last Night of Ballyhoo win
1997 Hartford Whalers last NHL game
1997 NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
1997 "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City
1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
1996 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld vs. Vic)
1996 Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India
1996 Last day of Test cricket for David Boon
1995 Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe
1995 "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902)
1995 Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson
1995 Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70
1995 Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85
1995 Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
1995 After 120 years the last 15 A and S department stores close
1995 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting
1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson started in 1980
1994 Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down
1994 KLM's last DC-10 goes out of service
1994 "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS
1994 Last U.S., British and French troops leave West-Berlin
1994 Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia and Latvia
1994 Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841)
1994 Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1994 23rd and last part of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter, since July 16th
1994 "Cafe American," last airs on NBC-TV
1994 Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev
1994 William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), casts his 18,401 and last consecutive vote
1994 Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86
1994 Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87
1994 Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at 52
1993 Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. NZ
1993 Last honor guard at Lenin's mausoleum
1993 Indians play their last game at Cleveland Stadium, Chicago wins 4-0
1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4
1993 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
1993 "Jelly's Last Jam" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 569 performances
1993 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham
1993 "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83
1993 NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Neth
1993 "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV
1993 English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat
1993 "Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV
1993 "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV
1993 Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS
1993 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
1993 Last TV appearance of Mies Bouwman
1993 Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
1992 Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney
1992 Paul Jabara, singer and actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44
1992 Los Angeles Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
1992 Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower
1992 Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies
1992 Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb
1992 "Jelly's Last Jam" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 569 performances
1992 Last defendant in St. John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years prob
1992 Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI
1992 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
1992 Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
1992 Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
1992 Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan
1991 CPN, Communist Party of Netherland, last day of existance
1991 U.S.S.R., last day of existence
1991 "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
1991 Last day of a washout Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka at Gujranwala
1991 Muslim Shites release last U.S. hostage Terry Anderson (held 6 years)
1991 Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
1991 Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes
1991 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon and Marshall
1991 South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
1991 Last Cubans troops leave Angola
1991 Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge
1991 Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs. Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home
1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd and 42nd St, New York City)
1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vr˜e Folk" (Free People)
1991 Jerome "Doc" Pomus, lyricist (Save Last Dance for Me), dies at 65
1991 Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2 year run
1990 Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year
1990 Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy PM Howe
1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park
1990 Last day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee
1990 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV
1990 "It's Garry Shandling's Show," last airs on Fox-TV
1990 Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV
1990 General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC
1990 Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth)
1989 Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia
1989 Chris Evert last U.S. Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison
1989 Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory
1989 "Day By Day," last airs on NBC-TV
1989 Billy Smith, last original New York Islander, retires
1989 "Indiana Jones and Last Crusade" premieres
1989 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
1989 Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC
1989 Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
1989 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
1989 Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore
1988 Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released
1988 Last U.S. Playboy Club, Lansing, Michigan, closes
1988 "Sledge Hammer!" last aires on ABC-TV
1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1988 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
1988 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas
1987 Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies
1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series
1987 "A Team," last aired on NBC-TV after 4 years
1987 Last wild condor captured on California wildlife reserve
1987 Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes and Joel Garner
1987 NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
1986 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita
1986 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season)
1986 "Blacke's Magic," last airs on NBC-TV
1986 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1986 Iowa's All-American running back, Ronnie Harmon, fumbles the ball 4 times in his last game-the Rose Bowl
1985 Last day in Test cricket for Zaheer Abbas
1985 Bernard Hinault wins his 5th and last Tour de France
1985 Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24
1985 "Pryor's Place," children show last airs on CBS-TV
1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
1984 Last sixpence minted in Great-Britain (in use since 1551)
1984 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last"
1984 "Thicke Of The Night," TV Talk Show last airs in syndication
1984 Johan Cruyffs last competitive match
1984 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
1984 Last U.S. Marines in multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon left Beirut
1984 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee
1984 Greg Chappell scores 182* in his last Test innings
1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
1983 Last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew
1983 Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat New York Jets 34-7
1983 Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65
1983 Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
1983 Carl Yastrezemski's last at bat
1983 "Laverne and Shirley," last airs on ABC-TV
1982 Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
1982 "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall
1982 WABC New York City plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine)
1982 Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick
1981 Richard Vuu, actor, Last Emperor
1981 Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2
1981 Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV
1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2
1981 Omar Bradley, last U.S. 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in New York at 88
1981 [Adele] Marie Astaire, actress (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at 82
1981 Islander Glenn Resch's 25th and last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
1980 "Wonderful World of Disney," last performance on NBC-TV
1980 Bob Marley's last concert
1980 Yes performs its last concert (MSG)
1980 John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's
1980 Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour
1980 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC
1979 QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1979 Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st and last time
1979 Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad
1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US
1979 End of last 3+day D/N game for 15 years (WSC, SCG)
1978 "For Richer, For Poorer," TV Daytime Soap; last airs on NBC-TV
1978 Last broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC TV
1978 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
1978 Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue
1977 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine
1977 Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV
1977 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career
1977 "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV
1976 QB Joe Namath last game as a New York Jet
1976 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French writer (Last Days), dies at 73
1976 Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run
1976 Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park
1976 Cleve manager Frank Robinson last game as a player
1976 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth
1976 Last U.S. troops leave Thailand
1976 Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45
1976 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58
1976 "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV
1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV
1976 Freddie Prinze, Jr., actor, I Know What You Did Last Summer
1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession
1976 Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath
1975 "Hail Mary Pass"-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass
1975 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad
1975 Evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75
1975 Last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders
1975 Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet
1975 Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam
1975 William Craig Nystul, USMC capt, 1 of last U.S. soldiers killed in Viet
1975 Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86
1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC
1974 John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in MSG New York City)
1974 Hank Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat
1974 Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79
1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
1974 "Flip Wilson Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1974 Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1974 Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai
1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1973 Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him
1973 David Eisenhower writes his last sports column
1973 Garry Sobers scores 26th and last Test Cricket ton 150 vs. Eng Lord's
1973 Willie Mays hits 660th and last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati)
1973 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV
1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
1973 Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War
1973 L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral
1972 "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7
1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon landing series, returns to Earth
1972 Balt Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later
1972 San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row
1972 Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th and last "Bonanza"
1972 Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam
1972 "Me and The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV
1972 Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1972 Last train run between Penrith to Keswick United Kingdom
1972 Jef [Josephus CF] Last, Dutch poet/Indonesian politician, dies at 73
1971 Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide at 43
1971 Last issue of "Look" magazine is published
1971 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
1971 Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64
1971 "Ed Sullivan Show" last broadcasts on CBS-TV
1971 Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning HR
1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam
1971 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82
1971 Montgomery St. Station, last link in BART, 'holed thru'
1970 Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57
1970 Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1
1970 "NET Festival," last aired
1970 "Red Skelton Show," last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV
1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US
1970 "Long and Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
1970 "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV
1970 Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City
1970 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
1969 Neil Simon's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," premieres in New York City
1969 Vince Lombardi (Redskins) coaches his last football game, losing
1969 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el
1969 Seattle Pilots last game in Seattle, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473
1969 Angie Everhart, born in Akron, Ohio, model/actress, Jade, Last Action Hero
1969 "Smothers Brothers comedy Hour," last airs on CBS-TV
1969 Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder)
1969 Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV
1969 Last Chevrolet Corsair built
1969 BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode
1969 Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. NZ
1969 Last edition of Saturday Evening Post
1969 Beatles perform last live gig (42-min concert on roof of Apple HQs)
1969 Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert
1969 Cream releases their last album "Goodbye"
1968 Vanessa Vadim, Paris, daughter of Jane Fonda/actress, Last Party
1968 William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
1968 "Danny Thomas Hour," last airs on NBC-TV
1968 Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten years
1968 Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by U.S. for soft-landing on Moon
1967 Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61
1967 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Last Night of Proms), dies at 72
1967 Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV
1967 John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50
1967 Anthony Mann, U.S. director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at 60
1967 Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies
1967 "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
1966 Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program
1966 Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1966 Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF)
1966 Last Beatle concert tour of U.S. begins
1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St. Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
1966 Who and the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1965 Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56
1965 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45
1965 "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV
1964 Charles Meredith, actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70
1964 New York Yankees appears in 14 and win 9 of last 16 World Series
1964 New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61 World Series
1964 Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
1964 Last United Nations troops leave Congo
1964 "New Phil Silvers Show," last airs on CBS-TV
1964 Last French troops leave Algeria
1964 Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
1963 J. Edgar Hoover last meeting with president John F. Kennedy
1963 New York newspaper "Mirror" last edition
1963 "King Leonardo," cartoon last airs on NBC-TV
1963 "Shari Lewis Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1963 Early Wynn, wins his 300th and last game at 43
1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1963 Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game
1962 Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea
1962 Herman J Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
1962 New York Yankees appear in 12 and win 9 of last 14 World Series
1962 "Brighter Day," last airs on CBS-TV daytime
1962 "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV
1962 Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70
1962 "Bob Newhart Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV
1962 Zulqarnain, cricketer, last person in alphabetical order to play Test
1961 Ted Williams hits a HR on his last at bat
1961 Last Spanish troops leave Morocco
1961 "Winston Churchill," last airs on ABC-TV
1961 Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)
1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns
1961 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81
1960 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series
1960 Elizabeth Perkins, Queens, New York, actress, About Last Night, Big
1960 On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
1960 "Johnny Ringo," TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV
1960 "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV
1960 Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st HR (off Jack Fisher)
1960 "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV
1960 Steve Allen Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1960 "George Gobel Show," last airs on CBS-TV
1960 Linda Fiorentino, born in Philadelphia, actress, Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns
1960 Joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress, Last Emperor
1959 Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft. Worth
1959 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117
1959 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)
1959 "Sammy Kaye Show," last airs on ABC-TV
1959 Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940
1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
1959 John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
1959 Buddy Holly's last performance
1959 Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter"
1958 4th (last) Dutch government of Drees falls
1958 New York Yankees appear in 9 and win 7 of last 10 World Series
1958 "Studio One," TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
1958 Pope Pius XII publishes his 39th and last encyclical Meminisse juvat
1958 "Make Me Laugh," TV Game Show; last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979
1958 Daniel Day-Lewis, born in England, actor, Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot
1958 Last Municipal arc light, Mission and 25th removed (installed in 1913)
1957 New York Giants play and lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pitts)
1957 "Dollar A Second," last airs on NBC-TV
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0
1957 Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field
1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game
1957 Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)
1957 Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46
1957 Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln)
1957 "Jonathan Winters Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1957 "I Love Lucy," last airs on CBS-TV
1957 Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV
1957 U.S. Army sells last homing pigeons
1956 Miss Frances [Horwich], last Ding Dong School on NBC-TV
1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt
1956 "Johnny Carson Show," TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV
1956 Albert Woolson, last veteran U.S. Union army, dies at 109
1956 Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
1956 "Jimmy Durante Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
1956 "Milton Berle Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1956 "Bob Hope Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
1955 Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938
1955 Last allied occupying troops leave Austria
1955 Last Soviet forces leave Austria
1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
1955 Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
1955 "Imogene Coca Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1955 "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC
1955 "Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC
1955 Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1954 "The Shadow," airs for last time on radio
1954 A's defeats Yanks 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Phila
1954 Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days
1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor
1954 "Your Show Of Shows," last airs on NBC-TV
1954 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
1954 Julie Carmen, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Gloria, Last Plane Out
1953 "Bob and Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC
1953 "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
1953 "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS
1953 St. Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
1953 Billy Hunter is last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game
1953 "Amos 'n Andy," TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
1953 "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV
1953 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years
1952 Dallas Texans (former Boston Yanks) play last game, last original team
1952 "Lights Out," last airs on NBC-TV
1952 George Santayana, U.S. philosopher/poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88
1952 Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee
1952 Last tram ride in London
1952 Maria Schneider, born in Paris, actress, Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor
1952 Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38
1951 Last Belgian communities get electricity
1951 Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings
1951 24th Infantry Regiment, last all-black military unit, deactivated
1951 "Victor Borge Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1951 Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory
1951 Richard Thomas, born in New York City, John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda
1950 Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7)
1950 Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
1950 "Tin Pan Alley TV," last airs on ABC-TV
1950 Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London
1950 Willie Colon, born in born in Bronx, New York, actor, Last Flight
1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
1949 International Military Tribunal at Neurenberg's last judgment
1949 Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30
1948 Marleen Gorris, Dutch director, Mres Dalloway, Antonia, Last Island
1948 Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial
1948 Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England
1948 Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's
1948 Bradman's last Test Cricket innings
1948 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404
1948 "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance
1948 Ruben Blades, salsa singer and actor, Critical Condition, Last Fight
1948 Last British armies leave Israel
1948 Walter Olkewicz, Bayonne, New Jersey, actor, Last Resort, Wizards and Warriors
1948 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
1947 Wes Studi, actor, Last of the Mohicans
1947 Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (& last) time
1947 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. NZ, Christchurch)
1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
1946 Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny
1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
1946 Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19)
1945 Niaz Ahmed, cricketer, 1st and last East Pakistani to play Test cricket
1945 Catherine Burns, New York City, actress, Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher
1945 Last organized Japanese defiance broken, Tarakan
1945 Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
1945 1st and last assault of German Rammkommando on U.S. bombers
1945 Last German V-2 (buzz bomb) attack on London
1945 U.S. 7th Army occupies last part of Westwall
1944 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground
1944 Last German troops at Walcheren surrenders
1944 Last transport for Auschwitz arrives in Birkenau
1944 Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH
1944 Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders
1944 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor, Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres
1944 Last transport out camp Westerbork to Bergen Belsen
1944 68th and last transport of Dutch Jews (Anne Frank) leaves to Auschwitz
1944 Last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz
1944 Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared
1944 Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 Last Japanese troops driven out of India
1944 Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested
1944 Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz
1944 Gladys Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, leader of Pips, Last Train
1943 Detroit Lions 0, New York Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
1943 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island
1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy)
1943 4th day of battle at Kursk: Gen Model uses last tank reserve
1942 Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1942 Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man
1942 Martin Scorsese, Queens, dir, Mean Streets, Last Temptation of Christ
1942 Last Vichy-French troops in Algeria surrender
1942 Last German offensive in Stalingrad
1942 Last camouflaged German raider Komet leaves Flushing harbor (Neth)
1942 St. Louis Cardinals win NL pennant on last day of season
1942 Beverly Aadland, Hollywood Cal, Errol Flynns last girlfriend
1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1941 Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
1941 Last NFL drop kick for an extra point (Ray McLean, Chicago Bears)
1941 Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
1941 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run
1941 Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1941 Mickey Owens drops a 3rd strike, Tom Hendrick reaches 1st safely - would have been last out, instead Yanks score 4 and win 7-4
1941 Don Nix, U.S. saxophonist, Last Night
1941 Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d'Estienne d'Orves
1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)
1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain
1941 Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham)
1941 Last British troops in Greece surrenders
1941 Florinda Bolkan, Ceara Brazil, actress, Damned, Last Valley, Word
1940 Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward, New York Knick, /last ABA commissioner
1940 Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run
1940 Last British troops leave Narvik, Norway
1940 Last British/French troop leave Dunkirk
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma, Italy, director, 1900, Last Emperor
1940 Bernardo Bertolucci, born in Parma, Italy, director, Last Tango in Paris
1939 Last Polish troops surrender
1939 Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender
1939 Last day of 1st-class cricket in England for 6 years
1939 Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe
1939 Peter Bogdanovich, born in Kingston, New York, director/producer, Last Picture Show
1939 5th and last Dutch government of Colijn, forms
1939 German Nazi's close last Jewish enterprises
1939 Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France
1938 Lou Gehrig hits record 23rd and last grand slam
1938 Ishmael Reed, U.S., author, Last Days of Louisiana Red
1936 Rainey Bethea, hanged, last U.S. public execution
1936 Betty Rollin, actress, Crossing Delancey, /author, Last Wish
1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates
1934 Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days
1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
1933 Joe Lilliard QBs Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
1933 Floyd Cramer, Louisiana, cowboy singer, Last Date, On the Rebound
1932 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season
1932 Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43
1930 Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR
1930 Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author, Little Gloria Happy At Last
1929 Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last NL win
1929 James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger
1928 Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made
1928 Adam West, born in Walla Walla Wash, actor, Batman, Last Precinct
1928 Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees
1927 After losing 21 in a row to NY, the Browns win their last meeting, 6-2
1927 Francois Leydet, sierra club, Last Redwoods
1927 Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A)
1927 Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career
1926 Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Mohammed Osman), last sultan of Turkey, dies
1926 Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
1926 Cloris Leachman, born in Des Moines, Iowa, actress, Last Picture Show, Phyllis
1925 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over
1925 Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg
1925 Last U.S. troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912)
1925 Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied
1925 Jaime de Mora y Aragon, actor/publicist, Last Judgement
1924 Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied
1923 Lenin's last article in Pravda (about Red bureaucracy)
1923 Last U.S. troops leave Rhineland (Germany)
1922 Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate
1921 Last San Francisco firehorses retired
1921 John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies
1921 Funeral of last German Emperoress, Augusta Victoria
1921 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist
1920 Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (New York City)
1920 Man O'War's last race and win
1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
1920 Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer, Jolly Joker's Last Joke
1920 Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull
1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece
1920 Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, U.S., sci-fi author, Dark Universe, Last Leap
1920 Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt, 1936-52
1919 Dan O'Herlihy, Ireland, actor, Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop
1918 George H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies
1918 Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter for the Boston Red Sox
1918 Nicolas II Aleksandrovitch, last tsar of Russia, executed at 50
1918 Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter
1918 Last day of the Julian calendar in Finland
1917 Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79
1917 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor, Last Train
1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, says he will abdicate [3/3 OS]
1917 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar, abdicates (OS)
1916 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
1915 Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs
1915 Last liberal British government of Asquith falls
1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
1914 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo
1914 German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught
1914 Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place
1914 Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69
1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL
1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
1913 Bo Dai, last emporer of Vietnam
1913 Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1
1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st and last voyage
1912 Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"
1912 Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50
1912 Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates
1911 Pieter Platteel, last governor Netherlands New-Guinea
1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse elegique)
1910 Arthur John Howard, actor, Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage
1909 Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress, Informer, Last of Mohicans
1908 Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3
1908 Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president, 1970-73
1908 Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer, Last Rose, Xanthippe
1905 Binnie Barnes, born in London, actress, Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers
1904 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes
1903 George E. Stone, Lodz Poland, actor, Viva Villa, Last Mile
1903 Rex Lease, West Virginia, actor, Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand
1901 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar
1901 In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit)
1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th
1901 Term of George H. White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends
1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed
1900 Herman J. Friedericy, [H J Merlijn], writer, Last general
1899 Evelyn Brent, born in Tampa, Florida, actress, Panama Lady, Last Coomand
1899 W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 years 320 days
1899 Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last
1898 Jef [Josephus C F] Last, Dutch poet/politician, The Spark
1898 Randolph Scott, actor, Last of the Mohicans, Western Union
1897 Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into New York City (1/1/1898)
1896 Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
1896 Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London
1896 Orville Caldwell, California, actor, Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning
1894 Charles Meredith, Knoxville, Pennsylvania, actor, Court of Last Resort
1894 4th and last British government of Gladstone resigns
1893 Harold Lloyd, Burchard, Nebraska, silent comic, Why Worry, Safety Last
1893 Kathleen Smoothy, housewife, last link to Siege of SIdney Street
1892 4th and last British government of Gladstone forms
1892 Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor, Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw
1890 Last NL-AA World Series game Brooklyn ties Louisville 3 games and 1 tie
1889 John L. Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)
1889 Manoel II, last king of Portugal, 1908-10
1887 Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary, 1916-18
1887 Eduard Douwes Dekker writes his last text (Lf8-c5)
1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war
1885 Nikos Kazantazakis, Greece, writer, Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ
1885 Gen Wolseley receives last distress signal of Gen Gordon in Khartoum
1884 Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W. Friso, dies
1884 Julius P. Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher, Last News
1884 Sophie Tucker, Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas
1884 Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)
1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont
1883 Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies
1882 Last bare knuckle champion John L Sullivan KOs Paddy Ryan in Miss
1881 Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)
1877 Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief, dies at 27
1877 Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south in New Orleans
1876 Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
1874 'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive, Ottoman viceroy, of Egypt, 1892-1914
1873 Last German troops leave France
1872 Alexandra Fjodorovna Romanova, last Russian tsarina, 1894-1918
1870 Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to U.S.
1870 Last day U.S. silver coins allow to circulate in Canada
1870 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
1870 Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for U.S. silver coins to circulate in Canada
1868 Battle at Ueno: last Tokugawa armies defeated
1868 Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution
1868 Nicholas II Aleksandrovitsj, last tsar of Russia, 1894-1917
1867 15th and last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan
1867 Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska
1867 Last French troops leave Mexico
1866 Last Navaho chief Manuelito, turns self in at Fort Wingate
1865 At Ft. Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army
1865 S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
1865 At Appomattox, Gen Lee issues Gen Order #9, his last
1865 Battle of Bentonville ends, last Confederate effort to stop Sherman
1865 Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time
1865 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck
1864 4th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
1864 8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia (about 3900 casualties)
1864 3rd and last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia
1864 Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor
1864 Last engagement in series of battles known as Spotsylvania
1864 Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties)
1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
1864 2nd/last day of Battle of Okolona, Mississippi
1863 George Santayana, born in Spain, philosopher/poet/humanist, Last Puritan
1863 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp
1862 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties)
1862 Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged in New York City for stealing 1,000 slaves
1861 Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US
1861 Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire, 1918-22
1861 Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey, 1918-22
1856 Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana
1849 Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye"
1848 Free last slaves in French colonies
1846 Elizabeth Barrett and R Browning exchange last letters before eloping
1845 Louis III, last king of Bavaria, 1913-18
1842 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, d 1959
1839 John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59
1838 Liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii, 1891-93
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time
1835 Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago
1819 William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet
1817 Willem III, last male King of Netherlands, 1849-90
1804 New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
1803 Edward Despard, last person drawn and quartered in England
1796 Last of Britain's troops withdraws from U.S.
1790 Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
1789 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major U.S. novelist, Last of Mohicans
1783 Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US
1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War
1779 Capt Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery
1778 Ugo Foscolo, Italy, poet, Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis
1776 Capt Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea)
1768 Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor, 1792-1806
1752 Last Julian calender day in U.S. and England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1752 Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
1747 Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England
1743 Marie Jeanne Becu comtesse du Barry, last mistress of Louis XV
1737 de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies
1736 Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland
1732 Stanislaw II August Poniatowski, last king of Polan |
