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 Yanks pay out most $28M
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 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 "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 MTA 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 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
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 mins)
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 HR (most since 1925)
1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)
1977 Lindy McDaniel retires with 2nd most pitching appearances (987 games)
1975 Comoros declare independence from France (most of them)
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 Cze, NHL left wing, Canadiens, Oly-Gold-1998
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 HR 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"
1966 Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7
1966 Petr Svoboda, Most Cze, NHL defenseman, Philadelphia Flyers, Oly-gold-1998
1965 Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yds (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 HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games
1960 Scott Anthony Haneline, Indianapolis, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List
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)
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
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 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
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, Buenos Aires Argent, 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 PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged
1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season
1944 Chayyim Most, Rabbi/Maggid of Kovono, killed by nazis
1944 Det 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 Patrick Michael Mitchell, born in Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted
1941 New York Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St. L 0)
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
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
1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
1931 Donald Eugene Webb, Oklahoma City, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List
1930 John Alabaster, cricketer, NZ most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts
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)
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
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
1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0
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
1822 Brig Gen Eppa Hunton, fought in most ANV campaigns
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!"
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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