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2002 The Euro becomes the official currency for most of Europe
1998 FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati 1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258) 1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28M 1996 Ivan V. Lalic, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages, dies at 65 1995 Most Dutch telephone numbers increase to 10 digits 1995 Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader 1995 Yahya Ayyash, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis, assassinated by Isreal's Shin Bet with a booby trapped cellular phone 1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) 1994 Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31) 1994 Don Mattingly plays 1st base 1,469 game for Yankees (2nd most) 1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher 1993 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123 1992 Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again' 1992 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 229 performances 1992 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons 1992 New York Islander, Al Arbour, coaches most NHL games (1,438) 1992 "Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 229 performances 1992 Metropolitan Transportation Authority raised tolls on most New York City bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 1991 NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80 1991 "Most Happy Fella" closes at New York State Theater New York City 1991 "Most Happy Fella" opens at New York State Theater New York City 1991 Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9) 1991 Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa 1991 Del Ballard, Jr. throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history 1990 Houston scores most points against Cleveland, Oilers 58, Browns 14 1990 Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee 1990 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128 1989 Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired 1989 Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush 1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for 1st time, America's Most Wanted 1989 Houston's Terry Puhl plays in his 1,403rd game, most by a Canadian 1989 Earl Nightingale, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs, dies 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 Thomas Bernhard, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist, dies at 58 of tuberculosis in Ohlsdorf, Upper Austria 1988 Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3) 1988 KC releases pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose 238 saves are the 4th most 1988 Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies 1987 Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28 1987 Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530) 1987 Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica and Matthew) 1987 FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr. in California 1987 Minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G. Harrelson 1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11) 1984 Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43 1984 Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6 1984 Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn) 1984 Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self 1984 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6) 1984 David, spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at 12 1983 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins 1983 Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs 1983 Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508) 1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10) 1981 NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 minutes) 1981 New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames 1980 Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas 1980 Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836) 1979 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 53 performances 1979 Khomeini frees most black and female U.S. hostages 1979 "Most Happy Fella" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 53 performances 1979 KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park home run (most since 1925) 1978 Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000) 1977 Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games) 1975 Tiger Woods, born in Cypress, California, pro golfer, highest paid pro athlete, most successful golfer of all time 1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia) 1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US 1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most home runs in 1 league (709) 1971 Martin Rucinsky, born in Most, Czechoslovakia, NHL left wing, Canadiens, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1971 Jose Solano, born in Inglewood, California, actor, played Manny Gutierrez on Baywatch, listed as '50 Most Beautiful People in the World' by YM Magazine, nominated for the ALMA Award 1970 Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 1969 Agustin Vasquez-Mendoza, born in Mexico, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1969 Thang Thanh Nguyen, born in Soc Trang, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1968 Frank Howard ties AL record with home run in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games 1968 LIFE mag calls Jimi Hendrix "most spectacular guitarist in the world" 1967 Tim Vine, born in London, Enlgand, actor, comedian, performs stand up comedy, television, appears at festivals, tours through the United Kingdom include 'Current Puns' and 'Punslinger', achieved Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour 1966 Bobby Fuller, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, found dead at 22 1966 Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7 1966 Yahya Ayyash, born in Palestine, nicknamed 'the Engineer,' chief bomb maker for Hamas, most wanted man in Israel, caused deaths of 90 Israelis 1966 Petr Svoboda, Most Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman, Philadelphia Flyers, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1965 Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yards (109) 1965 Brian Wilson, New York City, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1964 J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar" 1964 Joseph Sinnott Edwards, Chicago, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1964 Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score 211-29 (Louisiana) 1963 Pedro Luis Estrada, born in Brooklyn, New York, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty) 1963 Phung Vuong, born in Saigon, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1962 3 more Cleveland home run set AL record for most home runs (26) over 8 games 1960 Scott Anthony Haneline, Indianapolis, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1960 Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1960 Bono, born in Dublin, Ireland, born Paul David Hewson, Irish musician, activist, lead vocalist for rock band U2, 54th most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history, activism includes Product Red and the ONE campaign 1960 Marvin Clyde Goodwin, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1959 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii) 1959 Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax) 1959 Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1958 Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' 1958 Glen Stewart Godwin, born in Miami, Florida, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1957 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 678 performances 1957 Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted 1957 Robbie Grey, rocker, English rock band Modern English, most famous song, "I Melt With You" 1957 Duncan Goodhew, born in England, Olympic gold medalist, most famous swimmer in the UK, author, motivational speaker 1956 U.S. most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville, Maryland 1956 Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1981-91, their most successful 1956 "Most Happy Fella" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 678 performances 1956 Frank Loesser's musical "Most Happy Fella," premieres in New York City 1955 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched 1955 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla 1955 Randy Wanwarmer, born in Denver, vocalist, Just When I Needed You Most 1955 Ornella Muti, born in Rome, Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Most Beautiful Wife 1955 Dale Bosworth, TV host, America's Most Wanted 1954 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US 1953 Roy Firestone, sportscaster, Life's Most Embarrassing Moments 1953 Donny Most, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ralph Malph-Happy Days 1953 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox) 1953 John Edward Stevens, New York City, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Paul David Crews, South Carolina, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Howard Donald Saunders, born in Danbury, Connecticut, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1951 Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Most expensive U.S. hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage and $14M property-Kansas) 1951 Roosevel Ferguson, born in Arkansas, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1950 Donna Jean Willmott, born in Akron, Ohio, FALN member, FBI most wanted 1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins 1950 Yvan Goll, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe', dies at 58 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1949 Arthur Lee Washington, Jr., Neptune, New Jersey, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1949 Mickey Lee Davis, Jr., Tennessee, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1949 Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1948 Michael Cooper, born in San Francisco, California, sodomizer, FBI Most Wanted List 1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) 1948 Jim Bailey, NCAA punter, most punts in season-101, Virginia Miltary Academy 1948 Richard Alan Litchfield, born in Massachusetts, bank robber, FBI most wanted 1948 Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistan's most successful 1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia 1946 Jessi B. Wilson, Mississippi, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1945 Claude D. Marks, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, FALN member, FBI most wanted 1945 John Walsh, activist/TV host, America's Most Wanted 1945 Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ends 1945 Roger Lee Jones, West Virginia, child molester, FBI Most Wanted List 1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1945 Khaleda Zia, born in Dinajpur District, India, first female Prime Minister of Bangladesh 1991 - 1996, listed in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World 2006 1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season 1944 Chris Spedding, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, born Peter Robinson, rocker, jazz guitarist, rock and roll, considered the most versatile session guitarist in the U.K. 1944 Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis 1944 Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0 1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government 1942 Bobby Fuller, born in Baytown, Texas, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran 1942 Patrick Michael Mitchell, born in Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted 1941 New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yankees 9, St. L 0) 1941 Imants Kalnins, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, wrote six symphonies, first composer of intellectual rock music, Latvia's most important composer 1941 Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds, Charlie hustle, most hits in majors 1940 During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England 1940 Leslie Isben Rogge, one of FBI's most wanted 1940 Helmut Jahn, born in Nuremburg, Germany, architect, designed O'Hare 'L' Station, Chicago, Illinois, AIA's, Ten Most Influential Living Architects, 1991 1939 Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history 1939 Clem Cattini, born in Stoke Newton, North London, England, musician, drummer, played with The Tornados in the 1960's, appeared for diverse array of artists, featured on 45 different UK number one singles, considered most beloved early British rock n' roll figure 1939 Heinz Holliger, born in Langenthal, Switzerland, studied with Pierre Boulez, composer, world's most famous oboe player 1938 Salvatore Michael Caruana, Massachusetts, criminal, FBI Most Wanted List 1938 George Maharis, Astoria, New York, actor, Buz-Route 66, Most Deadly Game 1937 Charles Lee Herron, born in Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive, Jan 1 1986 1935 Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1933 Julian Bream, born in London, England, guitarist, plays baroque guitar, lute, considered the 20th century's most distinguished classical guitarists 1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan 1933 Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel 1932 Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians 1931 Donald Eugene Webb, Oklahoma City, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1931 Ivan V. Lalic, born in Belgrade, Serbia, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages 1931 David Shepherd, born in Britain, painter, artist, considered world's most famous conservationists, famous for paintings of wildlife 1931 Thomas Bernhard, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist 1930 Velio Tormis, born in Estonia, composed music based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs, most important composer in 20th century Estonia 1930 John Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts 1930 Patrick Pery, born in Ireland, born Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Irish peer, public servant 1927 Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 1926 David Ogilvy, born in London, England, David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, judge, served as Lord Chamberlain 1921 Earl Nightingale, born in Los Angeles, California, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs 1920 John William Farr, born in Detroit, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1918 Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) 1917 John Stokes, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, member of the Conservative Monday Club, Primrose League 1915 Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, born in England, 17th Duke of Norfolk, The Most Notable Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, awarded Military Cross 1915 Julian Ridsdale, born in England, politician, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Harwich in Essex, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1914 Jan Kapr, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, pupil of Jaroslav Ridky, second half of the 20th century's most prolific Czech composer 1913 Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People 1910 Franc Henry Loesser, U.S. songwriter/composer, Most Happy Fella 1908 World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo, Panama 1905 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals 1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal 1902 Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy Williams (42) 1902 Minor League's most lopsided baseball game: Corsicana 51; Texarkana 3 Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in 1 game 1902 Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1892 Margaret Rutherford, England, actress, Murder Most Foul 1891 Yvan Goll, born in Saint-Die, France, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe' 1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 1887 Multatuli, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature, dies in Ingelheim am Rhine, Germany 1882 Jack Hobbs, cricketer, 1st-class runs, the most ever 1882 New York City's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours 1878 Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM, most of 1946-54 1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th U.S. state (expanded later) 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1851 Most of San Francisco destroyed by fire; 30 die 1830 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri 1826 Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66 1822 Brigadier General Eppa Hunton, fought in most ANV campaigns 1820 Multatuli, born in Amsterdam, Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature 1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it disgusting and immoral. No wonder it caught on! 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" 1760 Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel, Switzerland, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect 1649 Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred 1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China 636 Arabs gain control of most of Palestine from Byzantine Empire |
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