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2004 Bob Bemer, Pioneering geek, ", helped to develop the ASCII character set, COBOL and the ESC sequence, ", dies at 84
2003 Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200 1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson 1997 U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 1997 King Hu, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn', dies at 64 1996 New York Yankees set record by coming back from 6-0 in World Series game to beat Atlanta Braves 8-6, also set record of 7th straight road win 1995 Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team 1995 Kansas City Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings 1994 Harry Horner, Czechoslovakian/U.S. set designer/director, 'Our Town', dies at 84 1994 John Michael Grimes, set Designer, dies at 70 1994 Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53 1994 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79 1994 Oliver Smith, U.S. set designer (Guys and Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75 1993 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 1993 John Truscott, Australian set designer (Camelot), dies at 57 1993 Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36 1993 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, U.S. set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76 1992 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons 1992 Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hours) 1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set 1991 New Jersey Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81 1991 Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30 1991 New York Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game 1991 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951) 1991 Angus Wilson, Johnstone-W, British writer (Wrong Set), dies 1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road 1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses 1991 Noureddine Morcelli set 1500m mark at 3:34:16 1990 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game 1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 1989 The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) 1988 Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers and sink Bucks, 113-109 1988 U.S. swamps New Zealand at 27th America's Cup: New Zealand set to appeal 1988 Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23 1988 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute 1988 New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes 1988 Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) 1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 home runs 1987 Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28 1987 George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You" 1987 "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52) 1987 Philip Rush of New Zealand, set record for triple crossing English Channel his time 28:21, 10 hours faster than 1st man to do it 1987 Crossbow flight record (2,005 yards 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada 1987 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump 1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games 1987 "Bobro 400," a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from NY, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site 1987 Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set 1986 Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games 1986 Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m) 1985 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) 1985 St. Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man 1985 Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12 1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor 1985 "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, NJ 1985 Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623' 1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out 1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11) 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27 1984 Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6 1984 Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver 1984 Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill" 1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4) 1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 1983 Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws 1983 Eamonn Coghlan set indoor mile record of 3:49.78 1982 Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland) 1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10) 1981 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17) 1981 Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs 1981 Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43 1981 England set for innings loss vs. Australia, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls 1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record 1980 Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days 1980 Yankees set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417 1980 Ron LeFlore (91st) and Rodney Scott (58th), set teammate steal record 1980 U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships 1980 Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record 1980 Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120' 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 Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat 1979 Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yards 1'9" 1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m 1978 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs New York Islanders 1978 Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph) 1978 Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man 1978 WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Australia at Kingston till riots end game 1977 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young) 1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 home runs, all against Yankees 1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17) 1977 Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose 1976 Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph 1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire 1976 India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare 1975 Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57 1975 Yankees sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire 1974 Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St. Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17 1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired 1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis 1973 Garvey, Lopes, Cey and Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8 years (Los Angeles Dodgers) 1972 Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07) 1972 Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234 1972 Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK 1971 Jada Pinkett, actress, Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society 1970 George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892 1970 Reds clout 7 home runs by 6 batters, Braves counter with 3 home runs, 6 for one team and 9 different batters for two teams, all tie or set records 1970 New York Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out 1968 Gruener and Watson (U.S.) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas 1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run 1968 President De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse 1968 North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks 1967 Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses 1966 Cleveland pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings 1966 Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit 1966 Dave Clark 5 set record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan 1965 Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter 1964 In El Paso, Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-Mexico border 1964 Braves (25) and Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn 1963 U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line 1962 Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie 1962 Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184 1962 Indians and Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader 1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days 1962 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65 1962 3 more Cleveland home run set AL record for most home runs (26) over 8 games 1961 Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil 1961 Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves 1961 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie 1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352 1960 U.S. nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip 1959 Richard Starkey receives his 1st drum set 1959 Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA) 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers set World Series attendance record at 92,394 1959 500,000th Dutch TV set registered 1959 "Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater New York City after 23 performances 1959 "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater New York City for 23 performances 1957 Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 home runs in 6th inning in 11-0 win 1957 Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record 1957 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes 1956 Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway 1956 Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1956 H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, U.S. essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75 1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000 1953 50th World Series sees New York Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as New York Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yankees win record 5th consec WS 1950 Jockeys W Shoemaker and Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year 1950 Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) 1948 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin 1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) 1948 Australia set 404 to win vs. England at Headingley 1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1947 New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221) 1947 AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds 1946 Yankees set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs 1946 U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 1945 New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF 1945 Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets 1944 New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4) 1944 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation 1944 General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6 1944 John Napier, London, set designer for the Royal Shakesphere Company 1944 Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory 1942 Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed 1942 German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in Netherlands 1941 Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8) 1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's 1936 Yankees set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series 1935 Yankees set solo home run record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 1934 Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer, Set 'em Up Joe 1934 Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecile, Alive Emelie, Dead 1954 Marie, Dead 1970 Yvonne, Alive, First known set of surviving quintuplets, these girls were treated as a side show 1933 Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0 1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament building, Reichstag, blame it on Communists 1932 Yankees 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland and Boston 1932 King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn' 1931 Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses 1931 Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at 40 1929 Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning 1928 New York Yankees (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10 1928 Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6 1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game 1928 Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader 1928 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65 1927 Yankees set record of 106 victories 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard and 200-yard free-style 1927 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style 1927 Harry Wich, Dutch set designer 1925 Mel Torme, born in Chicago, Illinois, jazz singer "Velvet Fog", Jet Set, Night Court 1924 John Michael Grimes, set Designer 1924 Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US 1923 International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco 1922 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies) 1920 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut 1920 Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th 1920 Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) and 5th (2) innings 1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty 1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 1918 1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set 1917 Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game 1917 Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13) 1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1916 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer 1916 A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road 1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin 1916 Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records 1913 Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader 1911 Yankees set team record 12 errors in a double header 1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set 1908 New York Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920) 1907 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup 1906 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer, Hotel du Nord 1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile 1904 World's 1st subway, IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in New York City, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Brooklyn bridge-145 and Bdwy) 1904 Set Svanholm, Vasteras Sweden, tenor, London Convent Garden 1948-57 1901 Jo Mielziner, born in Paris, set designer, Carousel, Death of a Salesman 1897 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist 1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Michigan 1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss 1888 Maxwell Anderson, U.S., dramatist, Winter Set, High Tor 1887 Phillies set club record 16th straight victory 1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set 1884 Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC 1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English 1879 British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana 1876 Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa 1873 Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football 1872 U.S. cargo ship Mary Celeste set sail from New York on a journey which ended when it is found mysteriously abandoned the following month 1862 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist 1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname 1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena 1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire 1804 Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for Pacific Coast 1720 Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire 1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years 1690 French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire 1676 Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Virginia on fire 1639 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts 1611 Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again 1611 Henry Hudson and son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers 1551 Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies 1519 Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth 1349 Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism 1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire 1099 Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire 1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria 70 "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx) |
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