1999 Two disaffected students brought guns to their high school in Columbine, Colorado and murdered twelve students, one teacher and then killed themselves
1992 England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record
1992 Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
1991 Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55
1991 Mike Powell of U.S., sets then long jump record at 29' 4 " (8.95m)
1991 Red Sox and White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)
1990 Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels and then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7
1989 Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois
1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
1986 New York Yankee Dave Righetti saves doubleheader for then record 46 saves
1982 Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians
1982 New York Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
1982 New York Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
1982 New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak
1982 Gaby Hoffman, actress, Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now and Then
1981 Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal
1981 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike
1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters
1979 Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated
1978 Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64
1976 Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1976 Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60
1975 Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing
1974 Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark
1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories)
1973 Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide
1972 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts
1971 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
1970 New York Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out
1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris
1969 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost
1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
1967 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
1967 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves
1965 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
1964 Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"
1964 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas)
1964 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 "
1964 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 3"
1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days
1962 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 3"
1962 Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
1962 Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 pts vs Chicago
1961 Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves
1961 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 2"
1961 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie
1961 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' "
1961 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each)
1961 Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
1961 Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14 degrees F recorded atop Haleakale
1960 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 11"
1960 In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM
1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record
1957 Melanie Griffith, actress, Working Girl, Milk Money, Now and Then
1957 Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then"
1956 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1954 Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
1954 Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 years 352, then world record
1954 Robin Roberts gives up a HR then retires next 27 men in a row
1953 Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief
1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row
1951 St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0
1948 Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland
1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
1948 Cleveland draws then record 82,781 for doubleheader
1942 Bill Coday, U.S. singer, You're Gonna Then Me
1938 Michael Parks, born in Corona, California, actor, Then Came Bronson
1936 Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Philadelphia A's)
1935 Jessie Owens of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26' 8"
1932 Washington Redskins, then Boston Braves, forms
1931 Chuhei Numbu of Japan, sets then long jump record at 26' 2"
1931 Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
1930 Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
1930 Boston Bruins wins then NHL record 14th straight game
1929 Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
1928 Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' "
1928 Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11"
1925 Philadelphia A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15
1924 Robert LeGendre of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 5 "
1921 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR
1921 Edward Gourdin of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 2 3/4"
1920 NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
1920 Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie
1920 NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games
1920 Only tripleheader of century (Reds win 13-4, 7-3 then Pirates win 6-0)
1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1919 Moise Tshombe, President of Katanga, then premier of the Congo, Zaire
1919 Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs
1915 BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service
1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
1913 Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th
1912 Red Sox defeat A's 3-0 for then AL record 105th win
1912 Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins
1910 Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed
1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4)
1906 White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game
1904 Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards
1902 Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL
1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4"
1895 Walderman Marx, cricketer, S Af, 240 on FC debut, then world record,
1895 Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record
1889 South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs. England
1888 USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their 1st football game
1882 Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty
1865 Cheyennes and Arapaho's sign "peaces treaty" then chased out Colorado
1854 With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks
1841 Fordham University, then St. John's College, opens in the Bronx
1838 London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours
1539 Jews of Tyrnau Hungary (then Trnava Czech), expelled
1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church
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