2003 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush stated that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire 'significant quantities of uranium from Africa' (a claim substantiated only by forged documents)
2000 After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea)
1997 Judith Merril, editor/writer, That Only a Mother, dies at 74
1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs
1997 For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia)
1997 Australian parliament overturns world's 1st and only euthanasia law
1995 Browns and Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles
1995 Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ vs. Aust 1946), dies
1992 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
1992 Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66
1992 De Klerk wins a white only referendum
1991 Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at 39
1991 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
1991 Rita Marechal, actress (Good During Only During), dies
1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest
1991 356th and final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits
1989 Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record
1989 Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price)
1989 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn
1989 Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
1987 Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so
1987 Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954
1986 Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
1986 Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking
1986 Vinicio Cerezo becomes only 2nd freely elected president of Guatemala since CIA-sponsored coup in 1954
1985 "My One and Only" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 767 performances
1984 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game
1983 Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
1983 "My One and Only" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 767 performances
1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka
1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
1982 Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
1981 Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 and win only Eastern Championship Series
1981 "For Your Eyes Only" premieres in U.S.
1981 Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti President election
1981 Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies
1980 Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
1980 1st (& only) time Phillies win World Series (in 98 years)
1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
1979 Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1978 Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female
1977 Islander Goran Hogosta's only shut-out Flames 9-0-Trottier 4 goals
1977 Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10
1977 Islanders allow Red Wings only 11 shots on goal
1976 Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
1976 Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide
1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
1974 John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
1974 Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" and "Only You" in UK
1974 Oakland A's beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series
1974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2
1974 Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49
1973 Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses
1973 Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut vs. Pakistan, his only Test Cricket
1972 "Only Fools Are Sad" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 144 performances
1971 "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 144 performances
1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest
1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Aust vs. England
1970 Deborah, Debbie, Gibson, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, Only in My Dreams
1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970
1969 Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom
1969 Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together
1969 Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only)
1969 Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
1968 Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album
1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars
1968 Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles"
1968 Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31
1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe"
1967 "You Only Live Twice" premieres in U.S.
1967 Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Jim Bunning)
1967 Mellow Man Ace, Cuba, spanish rapper/actor, Only the Strong
1966 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
1966 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again
1966 Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86
1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
1964 Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 vs. India in only Test Cricket innings
1963 Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC vs. E African XI
1963 Houston Colt .45 John Paciorek goes 3 for 3 in his only game
1963 Patrick Kennedy, son of President Kennedy, dies at only 3 days
1963 Patrick Kennedy, son of President Kennedy, lives only 3 days
1963 Wes Stock becomes only Baltimore Oriole to win a doubleheader
1963 Leslie Narum is only Baltimore Oriole to homer on his 1st at bat
1963 Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors
1963 Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes 1st and only Heisman Trophy winner
1962 Roshan Guneratne, cricketer, wicketless in only Test SL vs. Aust 1983
1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
1960 Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely"
1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
1959 Jerry Only, Musician
1958 Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line
1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for San Francisco Seals-franchises only, not the players
1957 Teresa Ganzel, born in Toledo, Ohio, actress, Teachers Only, Duck Factory
1957 Premiere of only prime-time network TV show beginning with an "X": "Xavier Cugat Show" on NBC (until X-Files)
1957 Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
1956 Don Larsen, New York, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7
1955 Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist, Things Can Only Get Better
1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop
1954 Tula, [Barry Kenneth Cossey], England, transsexual, For Your Eyes Only
1952 Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23
1952 Arab Liberation Movement becomes only party of Syria
1952 Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance
1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only HR
1950 Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases
1950 Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government
1950 Karen Carpenter, born in New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist and drummer, We Only Just Begun
1948 Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings
1948 Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer, 5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India
1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game
1947 Ghulam Abbas, cricketer, scored 12 and 0 in only Test for Pakistan 1967
1947 Ashley Woodcock, cricketer, one Test Aust vs. NZ 1974, only knock 27
1946 Edgar Winter, Beaumont, Texas, rocker, They Only Come Out at Night
1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
1945 USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue
1945 Ella Fitzgerald and Delta Rhythm Boys record "It's Only a Paper Moon"
1944 St. Louis Browns win 1st World Series game in their only appearance
1944 St. Louis Browns win their only AL pennant
1944 Browns last in AL attendance,only 6,172 watch them sweep Yanks in DH
1944 Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cin Reds 2-0
1944 Lee Irvine, cricketer, South African batsman, only Tests in 1970
1944 "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only)
1942 Douglas Munro, only U.S. Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies
1942 Bill Conti, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, For Your Eyes Only, Rocky IV
1941 Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing)
1940 Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
1940 Justine "Baby" Washington, U.S. singer, Only Those in Love
1939 Man Mohan Sood, cricketer, scored 0 and 3 in his only Test for India
1939 Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer, opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test
1938 Alan Jones, cricketer, England vs. ROW 1970 his only International honour
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back home runs (Lloyd and Paul Waner, Pitts)
1937 Khalid Hassan, Pak cricket leg-spinner, took 2-116 at 16 in only Test
1937 Ken Palmer, cricketer, 1-190 in only Test for England, now Test ump
1937 Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr)
1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
1936 Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds
1935 Jim Dale, born in Rothwell, England, Broadway actor, Barnum, My One and Only
1935 V V Kumar, cricketer, useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests
1933 NSDAP becomes only party in Germany
1933 Zeke Carey, U.S. R&B-singer, Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You
1932 Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies
1932 U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)
1930 Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas, only known fatality due to hail
1930 Roy Marshall, cricket opener, prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI
1928 Rajindranath, cricketer, 4 stumpings in his only Test for India
1927 Waite Hoyt became only 20 game winner of 1927 Yankees
1927 "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens
1927 Jack Douglas, comedian, My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show
1926 Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37
1926 Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match
1925 Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out
1925 Richard Barber, cricketer, scored 12 and 5 in only Test NZ vs. WI 1956
1924 Madhussudan Rege, cricketer, 15 runs in only Test India vs. WI 1948-49
1922 Harry Greb gave Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
1922 Grand National at Aintree sees only 3 horses out of 32 starters finish
1921 Gene Saks, New York, actor and director, One and Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave
1921 Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
1921 Sam Cook, cricketer, England slow left-armer in only Test
1921 Andy Ganteaume, cricketer, WI batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948
1920 Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, vs. Eng at MCG
1920 Only tripleheader of century (Reds win 13-4, 7-3 then Pirates win 6-0)
1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality
1920 Lewis Gilbert, born in London, England, director/actor, You Only Live Twice
1920 Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket, Pak bat scored 16 and 18 in only test
1919 Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga)
1917 Jack Plimsoll, cricketer, South Africa lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947
1917 Jack Robertson, cricketer, superb England batsman only played 11 Tests
1916 Vic Stollmeyer, cricketer, bro of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings
1915 Phillies win their 1st and only World Series game before 1980, beating
1915 Charles Rowe, cricketer, scored a pair in only Test, NZ vs. Aust 1946,
1914 V Herbert and H Blossoms "Only Girl," premieres in New York City
1914 Barbara Ward, economist/writer, Only One Earth
1914 R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket and soccer, dies
1913 Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
1913 William Chatterton, cricketer, 48 in only Test for England 1892
1913 Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer, scored 24 and 60 in only Test India vs. Eng
1913 Horace Smith, cricketer, NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball, Paynter,
1912 Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield
1912 English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before
1911 Hungarian education is only taught in German
1911 George Pope, cricketer, Eng pace bowler, 1-49 and 0-36 in his only Test
1910 Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer, 0-72 in his only Test for India
1910 Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 vs. SAfr), his only Test hit wicket
1909 Carol Lombard, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, actress, My Man Godfrey, In Name Only
1908 Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
1907 Helen Vinson, born in Texas, actress, Transatlantic Tunnel, In Name Only
1905 Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play
1903 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3
1903 Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in New York City
1902 Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
1902 Australia won the one and only Test Cricket played at Sheffield
1902 Harry Golden, Jewish humorist and writer, 2 cents Plain, Only in America
1900 Oda Schaefer, German author and poet, Die Windharfe, Ladies Only
1900 Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris
1894 Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy Fuhrer, only prisoner at Spandau
1893 For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago
1893 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before
1890 Pim Mulier 1st and only trip to "Alvesteddetocht"
1883 Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame
1882 Charlie Parker, cricketer, legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test
1879 Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in U.S.)
1875 Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years
1861 Sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer
1855 Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer, Barbados parents only black Aus player
1849 Stephen C. Massett opens courthouse using only piano in California
1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. president to do so
1804 Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in U.S. in Winnsborough, South Carolina
1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st U.S. state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)
1749 Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds"
1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken"
1639 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event)
1570 Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew"
1523 Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Bieyens], only Dutch Pope (1522-23), dies at 64
1522 Adriaan F Boeyens elected only Dutch pope (Adrian VI)
1316 Jean I, king of France, Nov 15-19, 1316, he lived only 4 days
1301 Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
1178 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation)
1159 Adrian IV, [Nicole Breakspear], only English pope (1154-59), dies
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