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2013 Event - Iceland's center-right opposition party is set to return to power after the country's parliamentary election results are finalized

2013 Event - Muslim terrorists set off two explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3, injuring 183 people, and at least 15 requiring amputations

2013 Event - Japan set Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island and sent two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan

2012 Event - David Rudisha of Kenya becomes the first athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympics to set a new world track record and secures the 800m gold medal

2012 Event - A new Olympic Record in the men's 100m breaststroke is set at the 2012 Summer Olympics, by Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa

2011 Event - In Belgium, Parti Socialiste leader Elio di Rupo is set to become Prime Minister, pending approval by the parties' conventions and definition of the cabinet makeup

2011 Event - According to the U.S. Department of Energy, 2010 greenhouse gas levels are higher than a worst case scenario set by climate experts in 2007

2011 Event - With an unbeaten run of 14 wins, Australian mare Black Caviar ties the horse racing record for consecutive victories set by Phar Lap

2011 Event - A new world record is set by Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay team of Nesta Carter, Usain Bolt, Michael Frater and Yohan Blake

2011 Event - In London, British rioters set police cars on fire in the suburb of Tottenham

2011 Event - Casey Anthony, cleared of murdering her daughter Caylee and set to be released from the Orange County, Florida jail, attracts major crowds unhappy with the judgement

2011 Event - The European Central BAnk appoints Italy's Mario Draghi as its new President, set to replace Jean-Claude Trichet on November 1

2011 Event - The London Marathon is won by Emmanuel Matai, who set a new course record

2011 Event - Following general elections last year, Burma's new parliament is set to convene on January 31

2010 Event - Two U.S. embassy cars are set on fire in Kabul after a U.S. vehicle collides with a civilian vehicle

2010 Event - U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner declares his interest in allowing the set of tax cuts in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 to expire at the end of 2010

2010 Event - Buildings across Bangkok are set on fire by red shirt protesters after the military stormed a protest camp in the center of the city

2004 Death - Bob Bemer, Pioneering geek, ", helped to develop the ASCII character set, COBOL and the ESC sequence, ", dies at 84

2003 Event - Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200

1997 Event - Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson

1997 Event - U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21

1997 Death - King Hu, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn', dies at 64

1996 Event - 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 Event - Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team

1995 Event - Kansas City Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings

1994 Death - Harry Horner, Czechoslovakian/U.S. set designer/director, 'Our Town', dies at 84

1994 Death - John Michael Grimes, set Designer, dies at 70

1994 Death - Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53

1994 Death - Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79

1994 Death - Oliver Smith, U.S. set designer (Guys and Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75

1993 Death - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87

1993 Death - John Truscott, Australian set designer (Camelot), dies at 57

1993 Event - Moslem fundamentalists in Sivas Turkey, set hotel on fire, kill 36

1993 Death - Edward S "Ted" Haworth, U.S. set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76

1992 Event - Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons

1992 Event - Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hours)

1992 Event - Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set

1991 Event - New Jersey Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81

1991 Event - Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30

1991 Event - New York Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game

1991 Event - With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)

1991 Death - Angus Wilson, Johnstone-W, British writer (Wrong Set), dies

1991 Event - Sacramento Kings set NBA record, losing 35th consecutive game on road

1991 Event - Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses

1991 Event - Noureddine Morcelli set 1500m mark at 3:34:16

1990 Event - Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game

1990 Event - Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10

1989 Event - The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)

1988 Event - Knick's set NBA record of 11 3-pointers and sink Bucks, 113-109

1988 Event - U.S. swamps New Zealand at 27th America's Cup: New Zealand set to appeal

1988 Event - Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23

1988 Event - John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute

1988 Event - New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes

1988 Event - Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)

1988 Event - Mets set Opening Day record with 6 home runs

1987 Event - Browns set club record for most points scored in a quarter, 28

1987 Event - George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"

1987 Event - "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)

1987 Event - 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 Event - Crossbow flight record (2,005 yards 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada

1987 Event - Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump

1987 Event - Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games

1987 Event - "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 Event - Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set

1986 Event - Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games

1986 Event - Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m)

1985 Event - Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)

1985 Event - St. Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man

1985 Event - Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12

1985 Event - Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor

1985 Event - "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, New Jersey

1985 Event - Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623'

1985 Event - Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out

1984 Event - Browns set team records for most sacks (11)

1984 Death - Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27

1984 Event - Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6

1984 Event - Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver

1984 Event - Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill"

1984 Event - Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4)

1983 Event - Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14

1983 Event - Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws

1983 Event - Eamonn Coghlan set indoor mile record of 3:49.78

1982 Event - Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland)

1981 Event - Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10)

1981 Event - 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17)

1981 Event - Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs

1981 Event - Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43

1981 Event - England set for innings loss vs. Australia, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls

1981 Event - San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record

1980 Event - Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days

1980 Event - Yankees set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417

1980 Event - Ron LeFlore (91st) and Rodney Scott (58th), set teammate steal record

1980 Event - U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships

1980 Event - Gerd Wessig of East Germany set high jump record

1980 Event - Longest jump by a jet boat is set at 120'

1980 Event - Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period

1980 Event - Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat

1979 Event - Harry Drake set long distance footbow shot record of 2,006 yards 1'9"

1979 Event - Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m

1978 Event - NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs New York Islanders

1978 Event - Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph)

1978 Event - Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man

1978 Event - WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Australia at Kingston till riots end game

1977 Event - NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)

1977 Event - Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 home runs, all against Yankees

1977 Event - Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)

1977 Event - Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose

1976 Event - Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph

1976 Event - Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire

1976 Event - India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare

1975 Event - Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57

1975 Event - 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 Event - 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 Event - Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired

1974 Event - Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis

1973 Event - 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 Event - Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07)

1972 Event - Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234

1972 Event - Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK

1971 Birthday - Jada Pinkett, actress, Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society

1970 Event - George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"

1970 Event - George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass"

1970 Event - Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892

1970 Event - 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 Event - New York Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out

1968 Event - Gruener and Watson (U.S.) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas

1968 Event - Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run

1968 Event - President De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse

1968 Event - North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks

1967 Event - Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses

1966 Event - Cleveland pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings

1966 Event - Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit

1966 Event - Dave Clark 5 set record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan

1965 Event - Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter

1964 Event - 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 Event - Braves (25) and Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn

1963 Event - U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line

1962 Event - Glenn Hall set NHL record of 503 consecutive games as goalie

1962 Event - Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184

1962 Event - Indians and Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader

1962 Event - Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days

1962 Death - Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65

1962 Event - 3 more Cleveland home run set AL record for most home runs (26) over 8 games

1961 Event - Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil

1961 Event - Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves

1961 Event - Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie

1960 Event - Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352

1960 Event - U.S. nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip

1959 Event - Richard Starkey receives his 1st drum set

1959 Event - Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA)

1959 Event - Los Angeles Dodgers set World Series attendance record at 92,394

1959 Event - 500,000th Dutch TV set registered

1959 Event - "Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater New York City after 23 performances

1959 Event - "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater New York City for 23 performances

1957 Event - Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 home runs in 6th inning in 11-0 win

1957 Event - Jim Spalding set a 2088 pin nine-game bowling record

1957 Event - 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes

1956 Event - Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway

1956 Event - Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England

1956 Death - H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, U.S. essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75

1954 Event - RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000

1953 Event - 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

1953 Birthday - Richard Stallman, born in New York City, New York, computer programmer, software freedom activist, set up the Free Software Foundation

1950 Event - Jockeys W Shoemaker and Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year

1950 Event - Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)

1948 Event - Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin

1948 Event - Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6)

1948 Event - Australia set 404 to win vs. England at Headingley

1947 Event - 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 Event - New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221)

1947 Event - AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds

1946 Event - Yankees set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs

1946 Event - U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx)

1945 Event - New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF

1945 Event - Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets

1944 Event - New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4)

1944 Event - Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation

1944 Event - General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6

1944 Birthday - John Napier, London, set designer for the Royal Shakesphere Company

1944 Event - Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory

1942 Event - Poon Lim set adrift for 133 days after his boat is torpedoed

1942 Event - German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in Netherlands

1941 Event - Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8)

1939 Event - Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's

1936 Event - Yankees set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series

1935 Event - Yankees set solo home run record with 6 beat Boston 7-2

1934 Birthday - Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer, Set 'em Up Joe

1934 Birthday - 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 Event - Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0

1933 Event - Nazis set fire to German parliament building, Reichstag, blame it on Communists

1932 Event - Yankees 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland and Boston

1932 Birthday - King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn'

1931 Event - Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses

1931 Death - Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at 40

1929 Event - Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning

1928 Event - New York Yankees (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10

1928 Event - Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6

1928 Event - 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 Event - Phillies set record of errorless 25 inning doubleheader

1928 Death - Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65

1927 Event - Yankees set record of 106 victories

1927 Event - Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard and 200-yard free-style

1927 Event - Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style

1927 Birthday - Harry Wich, Dutch set designer

1925 Birthday - Mel Torme, born in Chicago, Illinois, jazz singer "Velvet Fog", Jet Set, Night Court

1924 Birthday - John Michael Grimes, set Designer

1924 Event - Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US

1923 Event - International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco

1922 Event - Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)

1920 Event - 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut

1920 Event - Baseball meeting to depose Ban Johnson is set for Nov 12th

1920 Event - Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) and 5th (2) innings

1919 Event - League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty

1918 Event - Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4

1918 Event - 1st NHL championship: Mont Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a 2 game set

1917 Event - Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game

1917 Event - Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets

1917 Event - 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 Event - Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets

1916 Birthday - Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer

1916 Event - A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road

1916 Event - Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin

1916 Birthday - Ralph Baldwin, harness driver, set 11 major world records

1913 Event - Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader

1911 Event - Yankees set team record 12 errors in a double header

1909 Event - Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands

1908 Event - Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers outscore Edmonton, 13-10 in 2 game set

1908 Event - New York Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)

1907 Event - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup

1906 Birthday - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer, Hotel du Nord

1906 Event - 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile

1904 Birthday - Set Svanholm, Vasteras Sweden, tenor, London Convent Garden 1948-57

1901 Birthday - Jo Mielziner, born in Paris, set designer, Carousel, Death of a Salesman

1897 Birthday - Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist

1893 Event - 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Michigan

1889 Event - Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss

1888 Birthday - Maxwell Anderson, U.S., dramatist, Winter Set, High Tor

1887 Event - Phillies set club record 16th straight victory

1885 Event - Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set

1884 Event - Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Wash, DC

1879 Event - Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English

1879 Event - British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana

1876 Event - Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa

1873 Event - Columbia Princeton Rutgers and Yale set rules for collegiate football

1872 Event - 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 Birthday - Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist

1832 Event - Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname

1830 Event - Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves

1815 Event - Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena

1807 Event - Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire

1804 Event - Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for Pacific Coast

1720 Event - Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire

1694 Event - English parliamentary election set for every 3 years

1690 Event - French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire

1676 Event - Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Virginia on fire

1639 Event - 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts

1611 Event - Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again

1611 Event - Henry Hudson and son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers

1551 Death - Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies

1519 Event - Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth

1349 Event - Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism

1285 Event - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire

1099 Event - Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire

1099 Event - Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria

70 Event - "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)

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