2004 76th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King sweeps all eleven nominations, including Best Picture, Sean Penn and Charlize Theron win lead acting awards
2003 75th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Chicago wins Best Picture, Adrian Brody and Nicole Kidman win lead acting awards
2002 74th Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, A Beautiful Mind wins Best Picture, Denzell Washington and Hallie Berry win lead acting awards
2001 73rd Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Gladiator wins Best Picture, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts win lead acting awards
2000 72nd Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, American Beauty wins Best Picture, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank win lead acting awards
1999 71st Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Whoopi Goldberg hosts, Shakespeare in Love wins Best Picture, Roberto Benigni and Gwyneth Paltrow win lead acting awards
1998 70th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, Titanic wins eleven Oscars, including Best Picture, Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt win lead acting awards
1997 Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52
1997 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards
1995 Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners
1995 Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team
1995 Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games)
1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
1994 Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed
1993 Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
1992 Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs. West Indies
1992 Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies
1992 Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at 66
1991 Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30
1991 Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th
1991 Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs
1990 George Brett becomes 1st to lead league in batting in 3 decades
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
1990 New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary
1990 Guns and Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames
1989 Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes
1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
1988 Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round
1987 Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams
1986 Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State
1986 Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates
1985 Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead
1985 Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1985 Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1985 Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead
1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead
1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead
1984 Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40
1983 Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
1983 Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1983 Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead
1983 Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead
1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1983 Rangers 2-Isles 7-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 3-2 lead
1983 Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals in one Stanley Cup playoff game
1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1983 Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1983 Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead
1982 Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1982 Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1982 Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead
1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1982 Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead
1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1982 Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1982 San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead
1981 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone and Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles
1978 Yanks beat Boston 4-0, Guidry wins # 22, Yanks lead 2 games
1977 Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th
1977 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust
1976 Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives New York Yanks pennant #30
1976 Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
1975 Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
1975 Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1975 Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
1975 Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1975 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead
1975 Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead
1975 Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead
1975 Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead
1975 Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead
1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
1973 San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs
1972 Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide
1972 Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)
1967 Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th and lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th and Yanks beat them 6-3
1966 KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545
1961 Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism
1960 Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series
1958 Belinda Carlisle, born in Hollywood, California, GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth
1956 Darius Rucker, lead vocalist, Hootie and the Blowfish-Let Her Cry
1953 Geddy Lee, born in Toronto, Canada, lead vocalist/bassist, Rush-Tom Sawyer
1952 Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds
1951 Dodgers sweep the Giants and lead by 7 games (Giants will win pennant)
1950 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)
1946 Roger Keith, Syd, Barrett, lead guitarist, Pink Floyd-Brick in Wall
1944 George McCrae, U.S. singer, Lead Me On, Rock Your Baby
1944 Peter Cetera, born in Chicago, lead singer, Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days
1943 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland
1943 Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F
1933 Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251
1930 Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7
1929 Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning
1923 Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th
1914 UVS Soccer team forms in Lead
1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled
1912 New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12
1904 England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs. Australia
1893 John Miljan, Lead City, South Dakota, actor, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox
1827 Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
1824 Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson
1738 Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter, lead the Green Mtn Boys
1625 Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension executive of Lead, dies at 64
1603 Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
1492 Lead pencils 1st used
1382 Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
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