2003 Robert McCloskey, writer/illustrator, Make Way for Ducklings, dies at 78
1996 Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics vs. Worcs
1996 Martin Moxon and Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks vs. Glam
1995 Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote)
1995 Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence
1995 Andy and Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pak, brotherly record
1994 Sohail and Inzamam make world record ODI partnership of 263
1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia
1992 Astros begins 26-game road trip to make room for Rep National Convention
1992 Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft
1992 Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
1991 Yves Montand, actor (Lets Make Love, Z), dies at 70
1991 Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick
1991 Willy T. Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500
1991 Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand vs. SL, world record
1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame
1990 Pakistan make 3-0 drubbing of NZ, Waqar Younis 29 series wkts
1990 Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101
1990 Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
1990 Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best
1989 Jay Stewart, annoucer on Lets Make a Deal, commits suicide
1987 Alan and Colin Wells make 303* partnership for Sussex vs. Kent
1987 Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young and Sutton)
1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for S Aust
1987 Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot
1986 Rutan and Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling
1985 Qasim Omar (206) and Javed Miandad (203*) make 397 stand vs. SL
1984 Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs
1983 Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs. India
1982 Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies
1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
1982 Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64
1980 McCosker (168) and Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW vs. WA
1980 Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56
1980 Bobby Van, actor/TV host (Make Me Laugh), dies of cancer at 49
1977 Dusty Baker 30th HR joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-HR hitters
1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
1975 Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space
1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1974 Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. NZ cricket at Wellington
1973 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days
1973 Mushtaq and Asif Iqbal make 350 stand for 4th wicket vs. NZ
1972 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI
1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet
1970 PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan
1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand
1970 Milwaukee Brewers make their 1st trade (with Oakland A's)
1968 Milwaukee Bucks make their 1st NBA trade, giving Bob Love and Bob Weiss to Chicago Bulls for Flynn Robinson
1968 Supremes and Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
1968 CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn't make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1967 U.S.S.R. Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch
1967 Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng
1967 Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54
1967 Who and Cream make U.S. debut at Murray the K's Easter Show
1965 Sonny and Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand"
1965 The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
1964 New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61 World Series
1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
1963 "Let's Make A Deal," debuts on NBC-TV
1962 New York Mets make a losing debut
1961 Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star
1960 Rene Froger, Dutch singer, Everything Can Make a Man Happy
1958 "Make Me Laugh," TV Game Show; last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979
1957 May and Cowdrey make 411 stand vs. WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs
1956 To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yanks release Phil Rizzuto
1955 Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax
1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia
1955 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas and Loretta Young
1953 "Make Room for Daddy," starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV
1953 Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs. India
1952 Angela Cartwright, England, Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space
1951 "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances
1951 "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances
1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio
1951 Crystal Gayle, born in Kentucky, country singer, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
1950 "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances
1950 "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances
1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
1950 James Dunn, U.S. vocalist, Stylistics-You make me feel Brand New
1949 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 429 performances
1948 Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start and goes 7 innings
1948 Leo Sayers, rocker, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
1947 Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa
1946 "Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 323 performances
1946 "Three to Make Ready" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 323 performances
1945 "Make Mine Manhattan" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 429 performances
1944 Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots
1943 British and U.S. troops make contact at Wadi Akarit, South-Tunisia
1943 German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier
1940 2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium
1939 British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949
1937 Fingleton and Bradman make record stand of 346 for 6th wkt
1936 Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player
1934 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180
1934 Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430
1934 Gene Allison, U.S. R&B-singer, You Can Make It If You Try
1934 Ponsford and Bradman make 451 partnership in 316 minutes vs. Eng
1933 Packers make 5 1st downs, Giants make 0, but still win 10-7
1932 "Make Mine Music," debuts
1932 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks vs. Essex
1931 Piccard and Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon
1930 West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
1927 Pat Carroll, Shrevport, Louisiana, comedienne/actress, Make Room for Daddy
1926 Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole
1923 Bill Ponsford and Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict
1923 Monty Hall, Winnipeg Canada, TV game show host, Lets Make a Deal
1920 NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
1918 Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France)
1917 Hans Conried, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy
1914 Johnny Johnston, born in St. Louis, Missouri, singer, Make that Spare
1912 Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs. Aust at MCG
1911 Nan Aspinwall is 1st woman to make solo transcont trip by horse
1910 David Lichine, [Lichtenstein], Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music
1908 C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Aust
1906 C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland
1903 Wright Bros make 1st flight at Kittyhawk
1903 Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace
1902 Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
1895 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
1889 Athene Seyler, London, actress, Make Mine Mink
1887 Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday
1883 Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and and passballs count as errors prior to 1888)
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1869 John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress
1868 Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash
1866 1st U.S. company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Connecticut
1865 Sen Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the national flower
1864 Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St. Albans, Vermont
1859 R C Carrington and R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare
1809 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Phila
1783 Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight
1775 1st U.S. joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents
1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
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