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1995 U.S. international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce

1995 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)

1994 "What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 12 per

1994 Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar

1994 Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar

1994 "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font New York City for 16 per

1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song and Dance Act" opens at Gershwin New York City for 10 per

1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week

1991 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week

1991 U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour

1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract

1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City

1990 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel

1990 Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract

1990 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week

1990 Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract

1989 Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year Kansas City Royals contract

1989 Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year California Angels contract

1989 Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract

1989 Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract

1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract

1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week

1988 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute

1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)

1974 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse New York City after 1065 per

1971 "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per

1970 Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game

1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris

1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London

1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price

1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)

1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year

1965 CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year

1963 Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants signs a record $100,000 per year contract

1962 Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year

1959 Per Gessle, rocker, Roxette-Joy Ride

1959 Per Helmstad Gessle, Sweden, singer, Roxette-Must Have Been Love

1947 Julie Driscoll, rocker/actress, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee

1944 Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel

1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour

1937 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads

1934 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team)

1934 Per Olov Enquist, Swedish writer, Hour of the Lynx

1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce

1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)

1932 Per Norgard, composer

1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)

1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)

1926 Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch

1925 PER Bailey, director, Gatwick and Stansted Airports

1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)

1917 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce

1904 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61

1888 Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland 100 pounds per month

1886 Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62

1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz

1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)

1843 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer

1824 Per August Olander, composer

1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet, Blommorna

1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet, Lycksalighetens

1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)



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