2002 The Euro becomes the official currency for most of Europe
1996 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
1996 Erskine Childers, United Nations official/civil servant, dies at 67
1994 United Arab Emirates' 1st official ODI, losing to India
1994 Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)
1993 Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88
1993 Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language
1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
1989 Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129
1988 Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field
1987 Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan government official, dies at 88
1986 Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment
1986 Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91
1985 "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York City
1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, California
1983 Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress
1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
1981 1st female soccer official is hired by NASL
1980 Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
1978 NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1977 NFL decides to experiment with a 7th official in some preseason games
1976 Metroliner official opens in Brussels
1972 Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs
1972 Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
1971 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt
1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
1970 NFL selects Wilson as official football and scoreboard as official time
1969 Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
1966 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church
1965 NFL adds 6th official
1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
1964 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1963 Official 30-day mourning period for President John F. Kennedy ends
1963 Medgar Evers, NAACP official, shot in Jackson Miss at 37
1961 Official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto
1960 Neth - U.S. cemetery Margraten official opens
1959 1st official "missile mail" lands, Jacksonville, Florida
1956 Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens
1955 1st official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum
1951 Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb
1950 New York City hires Dr. Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker"
1950 NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
1949 Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic
1948 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in New York City for perjury
1947 NFL adds 5th official (back judge) and allows sudden death in playoffs
1944 Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in U.S. State Department
1943 Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata)
1941 Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)
1940 Anthony Fauci, U.S. health official
1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
1937 Peter M. Harris, Official Solicitor, Supreme Court
1937 Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam
1935 Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany
1933 NFL starts official stats as Bears beat Giants 23-21 in champ game
1932 Nigel Lawson, British government official, The Power Game
1925 U.S.S.R.'s official news agency TASS forms
1923 Workers Party of America (New York City) becomes official Communist Party
1922 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia)
1920 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official
1918 Faye Glenn Abdellan, U.S. government official, health services
1917 Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record)
1916 Official flag of president of U.S. adopted
1909 1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50)
1907 "Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn
1906 Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ, 1927
1905 2nd official International soccer match, Netherlands beats Belg 4-0
1905 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4)
1905 Oveta Culp Hobby, government official/newspaper publisher/CEO, Houston Post
1904 Alger Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin
1904 Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913
1904 "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
1903 John Piper, British writer, US Churches in WW I, /official war painter
1897 Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official)
1895 Canal of Smock official opens
1895 Stanley Rous, British soccer official
1889 Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official, Everybody's Business
1878 Sabi Game Reserve, world's 1st official designated game reserve, opens
1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)
1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
1873 Pelham Warner, cricketer, England 1898-1912, later notable official
1873 Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer, England capt 1909-10 later official
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1870 Official proclamation sets April 15 as last day of grace for U.S. silver coins to circulate in Canada
1869 Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate
1865 Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag"
1864 Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam
1860 Lord Hawke, cricketer, England batsman 1890's, many official posts
1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs
1845 Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion, 1866
1841 Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch government official, dies at 73
1841 Wilhelmus Kist, writer and director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82
1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
1818 Official reopening of the White House
1775 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred)
1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
1753 1st official St. Patrick's Day
303 1st official Roman edict for persecution of Christians issued
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