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1997 Georges Marchais, Sec General of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies
1995 Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec) 1995 Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec) 1995 Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec) 1995 Linford Christie runs European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec) 1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec) 1995 Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec) 1995 Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec) 1995 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec) 1995 Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec) 1995 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec) 1994 Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec) 1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) 1994 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec) 1994 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.68 sec) 1994 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec) 1994 Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 m indoor (6.00 sec) 1994 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.03 sec) 1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec) 1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) 1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec) 1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec) 1993 Sandra V"lker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec) 1993 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec) 1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec) 1992 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec) 1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec) 1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec) 1992 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec) 1992 Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec) 1992 Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec) 1992 Andre Cason runs world record 6 m indoor (6.41 sec) 1992 Merlene Ottey runs world record 60m indoor (6.96 sec) 1992 Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec) 1992 Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ 1992 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec) 1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec) 1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec) 1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec) 1990 Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec) 1990 Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50m backstroke (25.06 sec) 1990 New York Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106 1989 Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50m freestyle (27.15 sec) 1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec) 1988 Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec 1988 Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec) 1988 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec) 1988 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec 1988 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec) 1988 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec) 1987 Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec) 1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec 1987 Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec) 1987 Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec) 1986 SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky 1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec) 1986 Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) and 3 km (4:18.02) 1986 Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec) 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff 1984 Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec 1984 Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game 1984 General Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union 1984 Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead 1983 Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec) 1982 Renaldo Nehemiah of U.S. sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec 1982 Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 1982 Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) 1982 Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game 1981 U.N. Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl 1981 Willem Klein mentally extracts 13th root of a 100-digit # in 29 sec 1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec 1981 James Sanford equals 50m indoor world record (5.61 sec) 1980 Mrs. Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec 1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec 1980 Shakuntala Devi, mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec 1977 Marlies Gohr runs Europen record 100m (10.88 sec) 1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers 1975 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec) 1973 Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18 -minute gap in a key Watergate tape 1973 Manfred Kokot runs world record 50m indoor (5.61 sec) 1973 Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont 1972 Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec) 1970 Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 sec) 1970 Hasse Borjes skates world record 500m in 38.9 sec 1968 J R Hines of U.S. runs 100m in world record 9.95 sec 1967 U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land 1963 Amazon carries 190,000 m3/sec (record) 1963 Jevgeni Grishin skates world record 500m in 39.6 sec 1960 Earthquake kills 1/3 of Agadir Morocco population (12,000) in 15 sec 1958 World's 1st Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec 1954 Montreal Canadians score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Detroit 1953 Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec 1951 Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec 1942 Graham Bright, private sec to British PM 1940 Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec) 1939 Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec 1938 Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500m (41.8 sec) 1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 1933 Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st U.S. woman cabinet member 1931 Nels Stewart of Montreal Maroons scores 2 goals in 4 sec (record) 1930 Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec) 1929 Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe 1929 Clas Thunberg skates world record 500m in 42.8 sec 1928 Ray Barbuti saves U.S. team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec) 1918 [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 1914 Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 m in 43.7 sec in Oslo 1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec 1906 Rudolf Gundersen skates world record 500m at 44.8 sec 1900 Peter Ostlund skates world record 500m (45.2 sec) 1894 Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 sec 1893 Einar Halvorsen skates world record 500m (48 sec) 1893 Alfred Naess skates world record 500m (49.4 sec) 1891 Oscar Grunden skates world record 500m (50.8 sec) 1806 Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal and assistant sec of state for Pius IX |
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