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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