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