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Princeton
1991
Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
1970
Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton
1967
Barbara Byrne, Princeton, New Jersey, rower 1996 Olympics
1964
Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton
1963
Randy Wood, Princeton, NHL left wing for the Dallas Stars
1960
Lynn Jennings, Princeton, New Jersey, 5k runner
1959
Bebe Neuwirth, Princeton, New Jersey, actress, Lilith-Cheers, Damn Yankees
1959
Michael E Knight, Princeton, New Jersey, actor, Date with Angel, All My Child
1958
Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Princeton, New Jersey, country vocalist, This Shirt
1951
17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB)
1944
U.S. aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines
1938
Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 years as Rutgers Stad dedicated
1922
1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
1905
26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)
1882
Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton New Jersey
1876
Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Assn
1876
1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins
1873
Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football
1869
1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)
1862
Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends, about 128 casualities
1844
12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
1844
Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1844
Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1777
Washington defeats British at Battle of Princeton, NJ
1756
Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University
1746
Princeton University (NJ) received its charter
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