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1997 1st time a Channukah candle is officially lit in Vatican City

1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs

1996 NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes

1995 Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt

1995 New Jersey officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295

1995 Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"

1994 Kansai International airport officially opens

1994 New York Central park reservior officially named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis

1994 Chunnel linking England and France officially opens

1994 Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens

1993 Shamrock Broadcasting, a Disney company, officially takes ownership of Cleveland's WMMS-FM/100.7 and WHK-AM/1420

1993 U.S. officially backs peace plan in Bosnia

1992 U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation

1991 U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

1991 Warsaw Pact officially dissolves

1991 9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty

1991 U.S. Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens

1991 Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

1989 Disney's MGM Studio theme park officially opens to public

1989 Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position

1989 Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court

1988 WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio

1988 NFL's St. Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix

1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia

1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed

1982 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans

1978 Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

1977 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City)

1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer

1975 Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit U.S.

1974 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh

1972 Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes

1968 Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL

1961 NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio

1958 Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc

1953 St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc

1951 Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day

1946 President Truman officially proclaims end of WW II

1946 U.S. officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court

1945 Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance

1935 Persia officially renamed Iran

1935 Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe

1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison

1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem

1930 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens

1928 Boston Garden officially opens

1926 Dahlia is officially designated as San Francisco city flower

1925 Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens

1918 King Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens

1913 Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools

1912 Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11

1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens

1889 Amsterdam Central Station officially opens

1889 Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"

1889 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution

1885 U.S. Salvation Army officially organized

1874 Baseball batter's box is officially adopted

1862 Confederate armies officially divide into corps

1862 United army officially divides corps

1861 Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army

1822 Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US

1817 University of Gent officially opens

1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"

1802 U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York

1794 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)

1793 Louvre officially opens in Paris

1610 German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610

843 Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople



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