1997 For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion
1995 Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass
1994 Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass), dies at 83
1994 SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass
1994 Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader
1994 Joe Pass, U.S. jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65
1992 New York Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games
1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass
1989 Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions
1989 Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass
1988 CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return and 58-yd pass reception
1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass
1985 Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (New York Jet record) to Wesley Walker
1984 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45
1982 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
1981 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 57 pass attempts
1980 Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24
1979 Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow
1975 "Hail Mary Pass"-Cowboys beat Vikings 17-14 on last second pass
1975 House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill
1971 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
1970 George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"
1970 George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass"
1969 NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer and St. L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each
1968 94th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8
1968 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins
1966 New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1
1966 Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37
1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team
1965 Sen Dirksen proposes marigold as national flower (didn't pass)
1963 Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By"
1962 New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
1962 Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at 70
1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")
1959 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws
1954 -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record)
1951 NFL rules tackles, guards and centers ineligible for forward pass
1948 New York Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1947 -8 degrees F (-13 degrees C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)
1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City
1943 Adm Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass"
1943 Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
1943 German tanks under brig gen Buelowius attack Kasserine Pass Tunesia
1941 Diane McBain, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Surfside Six, Spinout, Donner Pass
1940 Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in Alps
1931 A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4
1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass
1930 Big Bopper, [JP Richardson], Sabine Pass, Texas, vocalist, Chantiily Lace
1929 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton
1929 Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist
1923 Louis Lane, Eagle Pass Texas, conductor, Oere Orch 1968-73
1916 John Slater, born in London, England, actor, Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass
1913 Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively
1910 Dennis Morgan, actor, Cattle Town, Canyon Pass, Waterfront
1910 Dodgers and Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball and 1 hit by pitch
1910 Comet Halley's closest approach to Earth in 1910 pass
1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history
1906 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)
1906 Football rules committee legalizes forward pass
1892 Roscoe Ates, Grange Mississippi, actor, Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass
1881 California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation
1863 Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces
1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass
1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)
1854 Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist, Pass the Bile
1846 Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp
1835 Charles Darwin and Mariano Gonzales meet at Portillo Pass
1835 Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass
1774 Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence
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