2001 Herbert Ross, director, The Turning Point, dies at 74
1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin
1993 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
1992 Garrison H Davidson, U.S. lt-gen commandant (West Point), dies
1991 Roger Swaybill, actor and writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at 47
1989 Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
1987 National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet)
1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point
1987 Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point
1986 Kirk Muller scores New Jersey Devil record 6 point, beat Penguins, 8-6
1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1986 New York Islander Mike Bossy scores his 1,000th point
1982 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
1977 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
1976 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy
1975 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
1974 Paul Richards, actor (Dr. Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50
1974 Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard, Olymp-bronze-96
1973 Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point
1973 Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Miss America-WV 1997
1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
1971 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site
1970 NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
1970 Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)
1970 International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule
1966 Johnny Colt, Cherry Point, North Carolina, rock bassist, Black Crowes
1966 Dennis Allen Mitchell, Cherry Point, North Carolina, 100m/200m, 1996 Olympics silver
1963 Cathy Johnston-Forbes, High Point, North Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 du Maurier
1963 Steve Hegg, Dana Point California, road cyclist, Olympics-16th-84, 96
1963 WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (ABC) begins
1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens
1962 1,000,000th NBA point scored
1962 Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years
1962 Due to it's no black policy, Phillies leave Jack Tar Harrison Hotel and move to Rocky Point Motel, 20 miles outside Clearwater, Florida
1959 Yvonne D. Cagle, born in West Point, New York, MD/astronaut
1958 Leslie Browne, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point
1958 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
1958 NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
1957 Leonard C Clements, Cherry Point, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1994 Bob Hope-2nd
1956 Sela Ward, born in Meridian, Mississippi, actress, Hilary-Emerald Point NAS, Sisters
1952 Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite," premieres
1952 William F Readdy, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, astronaut, STS 42, 51, 79
1949 WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast
1949 Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
1949 Starr Danias, born in New York City, ballerina, Turning Point
1949 President Truman announces his point 4 program
1947 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
1947 Peter Weller, born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, actor, Robocop, Of Unknown Origin
1947 Lee Purcell, born in Cherry Point, North Carolina, actor, Big Wednesday, Mr. Majestyk
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
1943 Roger Swaybill, actor and writer, Porky's II, Breaking Point
1943 German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II
1942 Kevin Conway, New York City, actor, Flash Point, Cage of Angels
1941 Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
1941 Last NFL drop kick for an extra point (Ray McLean, Chicago Bears)
1939 Antoinette Sibley, ballerina, Turning Point
1932 Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22
1928 Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner, Center Point
1925 Gore Vidal, born in West Point, New York, author, Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln
1921 Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins
1919 Allen Ludden, Mineral Point Wisconsin, TV host, Password
1911 Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point
1904 Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina, Turning Point
1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)
1894 Walter Brennan, born in Swampscott, Massachusetts, actor, Real McCoys, At Gun Point
1893 Carl Benton Reid, Lansing, Michigan, actor, Pressure Point
1890 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
1877 Henry O. Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West Point
1873 Henry Flipper of Georgia is 2nd black to enter West Point
1870 James W Smith of South Carolina is 1st black to enter West Point
1865 Battle of Columbus and West Point, Georgia (Ft. Tyler)
1864 Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
1864 Battle of Summit Point, VA
1862 Battle of Plum Run Bend, Tennessee (Plum Point Bend)
1862 Battle of West Point, Virginia (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville)
1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing
1861 Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - U.S. attacks Confederate batteries
1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South
1861 Ft. Point completed and garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)
1854 Marine Telegraph from Ft. Point to San Francisco completed
1831 Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy
1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812
1802 U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York
1802 U.S. Academy at West Point founded
1802 Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York)
1791 Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC)
1780 Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point
1779 U.S. troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York
1779 General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, Bronx
1778 George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
1577 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, Aanbidding of the Point
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