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1997 Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING

1997 Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter

1996 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament

1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1993 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1992 Danielle Ammaccapane wins Standard Register Ping Golf Championship

1991 Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1990 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic

1989 Allison Finney wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic

1988 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard

1988 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 mins

1988 In Santa Barbara, California, a team of 32 divers begin cycling underwater on a standard tricycle, to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 mins

1988 Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament

1987 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic

1986 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA Standard Register/Samaritan Golf Classic

1967 Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time

1967 Joan Pitcock, born in Fresno, California, LPGA golfer, 1995 Standard Register PING-3rd

1967 Sling-shot goal post and 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL

1967 Aurelio Vidmar, soccer player, Standard Luik, Feyenoord

1966 Kim Saiki, Inglewood California, golfer, 1994 Standard Register PING-13th

1958 Allison Finney, Winnetka, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1989 Standard Register

1957 Connie Chillemi, Eglin AFB, Florida, golfer, 1994 Standard Register-13th

1952 US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary

1938 Major leagues agrees on standard ball

1936 Netherlands leave Gold Standard/devaluate guilder

1933 Gold standard abolished

1933 U.S. and Canada drop Gold Standard

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt announces U.S. will leave gold standard

1932 New York newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt

1931 Japan leaves the Golden Standard

1931 Britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20%

1926 Canada restores gold standard

1925 Netherlands returns to gold standard

1925 Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard

1925 Great Britain goes back to gold standard

1923 Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard Ink Company

1922 Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard

1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act

1906 Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time

1900 U.S. currency goes on gold standard

1897 Japan adopts Gold Standard

1884 U.S. adopts Standard Time

1883 New Brunswick adopts Eastern Standard Time (until 1902)

1883 Standard time zones forms by railroads in U.S. and Canada

1882 Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust

1875 Netherlands goes on the gold standard

1872 1st edition of The Standard

1870 John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil

1868 Standard uniform approved for postal carriers

1857 Ida Tarbell, muckraker, Standard Oil was very unhappy

1839 John D. Rockefeller, U.S. capitalist/founder, Standard Oil

1138 English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard



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