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2001 Total solar eclipse in Madagascar-Atl Ocean (4m56s)

1999 Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s)

1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09)

1995 Total solar eclipse in SW/S Asia (2m09s)

1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)

1994 Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)

1994 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618

1994 David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71

1993 Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502)

1992 Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s)

1991 Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas

1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii

1989 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons

1987 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016

1982 Islanders assessed 108 penality minutes Penguins 125 (233 total)

1982 International Whaling Comn votes for total ban on coml whaling (starting 1985)

1980 Jim Stewart, Bruin's rookie goalie allows 3 goals in his 1st 4 mins and a total of 5 in 1st period; he never again plays in NHL

1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US

1978 David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73

1977 Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total

1975 Paul Verhoeven, director (Robocop, 4th Man, Total Recall), dies at 73

1972 Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games and 331 total chances without a miscue

1970 New York Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19

1967 Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes

1964 Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars

1961 Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78

1961 Bill for Boston Tea Party is paid by Mayor Snyder of Oregon who wrote a check for $196, the total cost of all tea lost

1958 Rachel Ticotin, New York City, actress, Grace-For Love and Honor, Total Recall

1958 Sharon Stone, born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, actress, Basic Instinct, Total Recall

1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double)

1953 Bonnie Tyler, singer, Total Eclipse of the Heart

1951 Bonnie Tyler, [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker, Total Eclipse of the Heart

1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen

1944 Canada/Polish offensive direction Falaise: Total Cooperation

1943 Hitler declares "Total War"

1940 Hitler orders total blockade of Great-Britain

1938 Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game

1938 Paul Verhoeven, director, Basic Instinct, Total Recall

1937 Mirabel Morgan, author, Total Woman

1925 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)

1924 Joe Hauser sets record of 14 total bases in a game

1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089

1887 England all out for 45 vs. Aust SCG, their lowest total ever

1864 Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)

1861 Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53

1851 Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph

1778 David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia

1715 Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"



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