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1993 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales

1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period

1990 Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period

1989 Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period

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 Chicago Blackhawks Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period

1984 Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period

1983 New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period

1983 Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period

1983 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period

1983 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period

1982 Los Angeles Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5

1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)

1980 Sabres and Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff

1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period

1980 Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 minutes and a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL

1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period

1979 New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers

1978 Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against New York Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period

1978 Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders

1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders

1973 Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs. Islanders, on 60 shots

1971 New York Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period

1970 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank

1969 Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period

1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 minutes on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period)

1966 Period of relative peace following WW II exceeds that following WW I

1963 Official 30-day mourning period for President John F. Kennedy ends

1943 Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period

1942 SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period

1939 NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-New York Rangers (7), New York Americans (3) and a record 26 points in the 3rd period

1936 Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 minutes and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 minutes), ends 1-0

1935 Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe

1934 Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period

1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period

1858 Origin of Modified Julian Period

1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68


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