2007 Vietnam becomes the 150th member of the World Trade Organization
2006 Italy wins the World Cup 5-3 vs. France
2005 Steve Fossett flys the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer to a world record by completing the first non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight around the world
2005 Adriana Iliescu becomes the oldest woman in the world to give birth at 66
2004 World Series, Boston Red Sox beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0
2004 World Series, Florida Marlins beat the New York Yankees 4 games to 2
2004 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan, formerly world's oldest person in 2004, dies at 114
2004 Charlotte Benkner, the world's second oldest person for a few years, dies at 114
2004 Norris McWhirter, Guinness World Records curator/commentator, dies at 78
2003 Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116
2003 "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed
2003 "DeVon ""Robot Man"" Smith", world champion hitchhiker, dies at 76
2003 Lynne Thigpen, Joliet, Illinois, actress, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Nancy-Love Sidney
2003 Lynne Thigpen, actress, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, dies at 54
2002 World Series, Anaheim Angels beat San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3
2001 World Series, Arizona Diamondbacks beat New York Yankees 4 games to 3
2001 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania
2000 World Series, New York Yankees beat the New York Mets 4 games to 1
2000 "Raymond E. Portwood, Jr", game creator, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, dies at 66
2000 Joe Mayhew, cartoonist/reviewer, Washington Post Book World, dies at 57
2000 A. E. van Vogt, writer, The World of Null-A, dies at 87
1999 The London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel, opens by the banks of the Thames
1999 World Series, New York Yankees beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 0
1999 Hoyt Axton, singer/actor/songwriter, Joy to the World, dies at 61
1999 Saul Steinberg, cartoonist/modern artist, A View of the World from Manhattan, dies at 84
1998 World Series, New York Yankees beat San Diego Padres 4 games to 0
1998 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1998 World Bowl in Frankfurt Germany
1998 World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota
1998 World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota
1998 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minn
1998 World League of American Football becomes NFL East
1998 48th NHL All-Star Game: North America beats World 8-7 at Vancouver
1998 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life
1997 Japanese Maglev train builders claim world speed record at 332 MPH
1997 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away
1997 World Series: Florida Marlins beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3
1997 Cleve Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games
1997 Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38 degrees F)
1997 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11
1997 Elton John's tribute to Diana breaks world record, 318 million dist
1997 Cleve Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game (streak ends at 15, he is 2nd to Hank Baur with 17)
1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
1997 David Duval wins Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Golf Classic
1997 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship
1997 Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph
1997 Gul Mohammed, world's shortest man (22.1"/56.16 cm), dies at 36
1997 Shirley Clarke, actress (Cool World), dies at 78
1997 Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame
1997 Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273
1997 Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial
1997 Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person in 1997, dies at 122
1997 World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24
1997 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl"
1997 Australian parliament overturns world's 1st and only euthanasia law
1997 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck and LeAnn Rimes wins
1997 Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant
1996 Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46
1996 Irebe Skliva, 18, of Greece, crowned 46th Miss World
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
1996 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series
1996 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
1996 Braves beat New York Yanks by record tying 11 runs, 12-1 in a World Series
1996 William Prince, actor (Ken Baxter-Another World), dies at 83
1996 Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo
1996 India defeat Pakistan in Under-15 World Challenge Final at Lord's
1996 Austin Michael Luciano, actor, Dante Carlino-Another World
1996 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont
1996 Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore
1996 Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory
1996 Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup
1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play
1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side vs. Australia, World Cup
1996 Mark Waugh scores 110 vs. NZ for his third century of the World Cup
1996 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 vs. Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup vs. Kenya
1996 Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind vs. SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose
1996 Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup
1996 Mark Waugh scores 126 in World Cup against India
1996 Mark Waugh scores 130 in World Cup vs Kenya, 207 w/brother Steve
1996 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup vs. India
1996 Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya
1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1995 Martina Ertl of Germany wins her 3rd giant slalom world cup
1995 Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World
1995 Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series
1995 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
1995 John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
1995 Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs vs. Glam, world record 16 x 6
1995 Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B)
1995 Jack Wagner, actor/voice (Disneyland, Walt Disney World), dies
1995 World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai
1995 Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world chess champ, dies
1995 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby
1995 Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide
1995 World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge
1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
1995 Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08)
1995 World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh, Jr. and P Dharmani
1995 Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m
1995 Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26)
1995 Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec)
1995 Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec)
1995 Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly
1995 Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle
1995 Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly
1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec)
1995 Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec)
1995 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7:35.15)
1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m)
1995 Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec)
1995 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
1995 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec)
1995 Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m)
1995 Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec)
1995 Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73)
1995 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1994 Robert Emhardt, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 80
1994 Aishwarya Rai, 21, of India, crowned 44th Miss World
1994 Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (55,291 km)
1994 Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km)
1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championships of Women's Golf
1994 Lu Bin swims female 200m medley world record (2:11.57)
1994 Jingyi Le swims female world record 50m freestyle
1994 Tom Dolan swims world record 400m medley (4:12.30)
1994 Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)
1994 Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
1994 Miguel Indurain bicycles world record time (53,040 km)
1994 Detlef Macha, German DR cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35
1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66)
1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00)
1994 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 3000m (7:25.11)
1994 The Rolling Stones begin Voodoo Lounge world tour
1994 Sergei Bubka ploe vaults his 35th world record (6.14 m)
1994 William Sigei runs world record 10k (26:52.53)
1994 Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup
1994 Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female world record 2K (5:25.36)
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs world record 2k (5:25.36)
1994 Sonia O'Sullivan runs female 2K world record (5:25.36)
1994 Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85)
1994 U.S. loses to Brazil 1-0 in 1994 World Cup quarter finals
1994 Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup
1994 Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US
1994 U.S. loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup
1994 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina
1994 U.S. beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950)
1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
1994 U.S. ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup
1994 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago
1994 Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96)
1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (52,713 km)
1994 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke
1994 Sohail and Inzamam make world record ODI partnership of 263
1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10km (11:25.88)
1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record)
1994 Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
1994 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 m ladies (38.99 sec)
1994 Gunda Niemann skates world record 5 km ladies (7:03.26)
1994 Gunda Niemann skates un-official world record 10 km ladies (14:22.60)
1994 Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo
1994 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32)
1994 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37)
1994 Graeme Obree bicycles world record 10 km (11:28)
1994 Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.68 sec)
1994 Joop C Swart, publisher/founder (World Press Photo), dies at 69
1994 Colin Jackson runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.30 sec)
1994 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center
1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 10 km (13:30.55)
1994 Dan Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43)
1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 1500m (1:51.29)
1994 Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.9m
1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5000m 6:34,96
1994 Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.90m
1994 Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432
1994 Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m
1994 Merlene Ottey runs world record 50 m indoor (6.00 sec)
1994 Russian team beats ladies world record 4x800 m indoor (8:18.71)
1994 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.03 sec)
1994 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76)
1994 Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wkts
1994 Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26
1994 Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m)
1994 Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1994 Scott skates world record 1000m (1:12.54)
1994 Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
1994 Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal
1994 Gunda Niemann skates world record (167.282 pts)
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record (156.201 points)
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1:51.60)
1994 Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44)
1994 Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44)
1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
1994 Yat Weiju swims world record 100m butterfly stroke (58.71)
1994 Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool record (58.71)
1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
1993 Kevin Scott skates world record 1K (1:12.54)
1993 Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m (1:12.54)
1993 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 5 km 7:13.29
1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
1993 Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
1993 Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World
1993 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
1993 Tor Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2, in 89th World Series
1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m
1993 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
1993 Lindsay Fabes, actor, Charlie Winthrop-Another World
1993 Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80
1993 Junxia Cheek runs ladies world record 3000m (8:06.11)
1993 Junxia Cheek runs 3000 m ladies world record (8:12.29)
1993 Junxia Qu runs 1500m ladies world record (3:50.46)
1993 Cheek Junxia wins world record ladies 10 km (29:31.78)
1993 Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39)
1993 Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the world
1993 Long Beach, California beats Panama for little league world championship
1993 Colin Jackson runs world record 110m hurdles (12.91)
1993 Sally Gunnell runs lady world record 400m hurdles (52.74")
1993 Javier Sotomayor jumps world record 2.45 m high
1993 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93)
1993 Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K)
1993 Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38)
1993 Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91)
1993 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham
1993 Bertus Aafjes, poet and writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec)
1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec)
1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5km (6:36.57)
1993 Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
1993 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m)
1993 2nd tallest building in world, New York City World Trade Center bombed, 7 die
1993 Constance Ford, U.S. actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64
1993 Pakistan all out 43 vs. West Indies, world one-day int record low
1993 Bobby Moore, English soccer team capt (World champs 1966), dies
1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m)
1993 Michael Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1993 Michael David Morrison, actor (Caleb-As the World Turns), dies at 33
1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec)
1993 Sandra V"lker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
1993 Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84)
1993 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec)
1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)
1993 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
1993 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54
1993 Kate Wilkinson, actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
1993 Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec)
1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77
1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6:38.77
1993 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
1993 West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0
1993 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45")
1993 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33)
1992 Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World
1992 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)
1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
1992 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
1992 David Oliver, actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), dies of AIDS at 30
1992 Lee Jang Rim predicts that today would be the end of the world!
1992 Toronto Blue Jays beat Atl Braves, 4 games to 2, in 88th World Series
1992 Atlanta, becomes 1st U.S. team to win a World Series game out of US
1992 1st World Series game outside of U.S. - Toronto beats Atlanta
1992 1st non-U.S. team to win a World Series Game; Toronto 5, Atlanta 4
1992 1st World Series with non-U.S. team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves
1992 Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m)
1992 NFL decides to suspend World League Football
1992 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86)
1992 Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
1992 England get 7-363 in 55 overs vs Pakistan, then world ODI record
1992 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96)
1992 USA/U.S.S.R. Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica
1992 Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec)
1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4)
1992 Tamas Darnyi swims world record/Olympics 200m backstroke (1:59.36)
1992 Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec)
1992 Lin Li swims female world record/OR 200m medley (2:11.65)
1992 Evgueni Sadovyi swims world record/OR 400m freestyle (3:45.00)
1992 Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95)
1992 Round World Air Race begins in Paris
1992 Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA
1992 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
1992 Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies
1992 Tyler Davison, was world's smallest baby at 6 inches, 11 ounces
1992 WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17, Montreal
1992 World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil
1992 Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 84
1992 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell
1992 Sean Rademaker, actor, Kirkland Harrison-Another World
1992 World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former U.S.S.R.
1992 Ann Transon runs female world record 50k (3:35:31)
1992 Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup
1992 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
1992 Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup semi
1992 Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
1992 Sandra Seuser/Katrin Schreiter/Annet Hesselbarth/Grit Breuer walk female indoor world record 4x400m (3:27.22)
1992 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
1992 Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35)
1992 Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40)
1992 World Cup scoreline Zimbabwe 4-312, Sri Lanka 7-313
1992 Andre Cason runs world record 6 m indoor (6.41 sec)
1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)
1992 Merlene Ottey runs world record 60m indoor (6.96 sec)
1992 Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec)
1992 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
1992 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec)
1992 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)
1992 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"
1992 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1991 Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venez, crowned 41st Miss World
1991 W Hudson, U.S. "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies
1991 A J Kitt, U.S., wins World Skiing Cup
1991 Pan American World Airways ceased operations
1991 1st world championship of women's soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1
1991 Martin Lopez-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57)
1991 Minn Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7
1991 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Daikyo World Golf Championship
1991 U.S. women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
1991 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
1991 Hiromi Taniguchi wins 3rd world championship marathon (2:14:57)
1991 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
1991 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
1991 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
1991 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke (1:00.31)
1991 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29)
1991 Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world Chess Champion
1991 Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)
1991 WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
1991 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3
1991 Seppo Raty of Finland improves his world javelin record to 318' 1"
1991 Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km)
1991 World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs
1991 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio
1991 Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17)
1991 Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14)
1991 Ton Sijbrands improves world record blind checker games (15 wins)
1991 Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51)
1991 Thomas Bos skates world record 3 km (3:65.16)
1991 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.12m)
1991 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
1991 Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg clinches his 4th slalom World Cup
1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200 m indoor (22.24 sec)
1991 Rico Lieder/Jens Carlowitz/Karsten Just/Thomas Schonlebe walk 4x400m indoor world record (3:03.05)
1991 Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (22.24 sec)
1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16)
1991 End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
1991 Johann Koss skates world record 10 km (13:43.54)
1991 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)
1991 Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make 467 stand vs. SL, world record
1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
1991 Australia beat NZ 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1991 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69)
1991 Tamas Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36)
1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec)
1991 Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal
1990 Betsy King wins Itoman LPGA World Match Play Golf Championship
1990 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3k ladies (4:10.80)
1990 Gina Marie Tolleson of USA, 21, crowned 40th Miss World
1990 Will Kuluva, actor (To Trap a Spy, Go Naked in World), dies at 73
1990 Esther Canseco calls Oakland A's manager Tony La Russa a "punk" for not starting husband Jose in the World Series
1990 Cincinnati Reds sweep Oakland A's in 86th World Series
1990 Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat
1990 Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Trophee Urban World Golf Championship
1990 Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67
1990 Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon
1990 Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record
1990 Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
1990 Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game
1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, U.S.S.R.-4 Cameroon-0
1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game
1990 Czechoslovakia beats U.S. 5-1 in World Cup soccer
1990 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro
1990 Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10
1990 Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies
1990 Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City
1990 Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
1990 Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec)
1990 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
1990 Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50m backstroke (25.06 sec)
1990 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
1990 Ian Smith 173* NZ vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat
1990 Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13)
1990 Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)
1990 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04)
1990 Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69)
1990 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds
1990 Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64
1989 Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50m freestyle (27.15 sec)
1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1989 Aneta Kreglicka of Poland, 24, crowned 39th Miss World
1989 U.S. beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950
1989 U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played
1989 Earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67
1989 Dave Stewart is 1st since 1976 to start consec World Series openers
1989 Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series
1989 Betsy King wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1989 Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38)
1989 Janet B Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22)
1989 Said Aouita runs world record 3000 m (7:29.45)
1989 Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
1989 Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61)
1989 U.S. beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 Ground breaking begins in Minnesota on world's largest mall
1989 Trinidad and Tobago ties U.S. 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 Douglass Watson, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 68
1989 U.S. beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world
1989 Costa Rica beats U.S. 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28)
1989 Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48)
1989 Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
1989 Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court
1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 secs)
1989 Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82)
1989 Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)
1989 World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens
1989 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1988 Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
1988 Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
1988 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland A's in World Series 4 games to 1
1988 Dodgers win World Series, LA 1st to have both NBA and baseball champs as LA beats Oakland A's, 4 games to 1 in 85th World Series
1988 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff and World Series
1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series
1988 Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter and Matt Biondi, swim world record 4x100 m freestyle (3:16.53)
1988 Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)
1988 Sports Aid - jogging to feed the world
1988 Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11 ")
1988 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1988 Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21)
1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29)
1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29)
1988 U.S. beats Jamacia 5-1, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1988 Ronald J. Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min
1988 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec)
1988 Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min)
1988 U.S. and Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1988 Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
1988 World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 miles long
1988 Kay Baxter, Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies at 42
1988 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Australia
1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06)
1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
1988 Kerri Ann Darling, actress, Alli Fowler-Another World
1988 Janet B. Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10)
1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25)
1988 Glenn Cunningham, U.S. world record miler, dies at 78
1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
1988 Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
1988 Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65)
1988 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec)
1988 Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20)
1988 Andre Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
1988 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
1988 Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000m (2:16.2)
1988 Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
1988 Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55)
1988 Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
1988 Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
1988 Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
1988 Lin[wood V] Carter, U.S., sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57
1988 Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
1988 United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
1988 Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1988 Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
1988 Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record
1988 Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
1987 Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ
1987 Christa Rothenburger skates female world record 500m (39.39 sec)
1987 Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76)
1987 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
1987 Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World
1987 Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
1987 A pair in Coventry, England ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hours 21 minutes
1987 Minnesota Twins win their 1st World Series championship beating St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series
1987 1st indoor World Series game (Minnesota Metrodome)
1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka
1987 Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85)
1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec
1987 Silke Horneer swims female world record 100m breaststroke (1:07.91)
1987 Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach/Astrid Strauss/Anke Mohring/ Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47)
1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5 " jump
1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series
1987 Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)
1987 Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81)
1987 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump
1987 Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55)
1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39)
1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36)
1987 Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec)
1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85)
1987 Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor
1987 Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
1987 Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec)
1987 Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03,92)
1987 Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater
1987 England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team
1986 Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors wins Davis Cup
1986 Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500
1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world
1986 Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
1986 Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
1986 New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series
1986 Trailing 5-3 with 2 out and no one on in bottom of 10th, New York rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
1986 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
1986 Jozef Pribilinec speed walking world record time (15,447k)
1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
1986 Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s)
1986 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74
1986 Lindsay Lohan, actress, Alli Fowler-Another World
1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)
1986 Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at 47
1986 World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
1986 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)
1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
1986 Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
1986 Jurgen Schull sets world discus record, 74.07 m
1986 Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
1986 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman
1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec)
1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days
1986 World oil prices dip below $10 a barrel
1986 Ehrig skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.99)
1986 Kania skates ladies world record 1500m (1:59.30)
1986 Kania skates ladies world record 500 m (39.52 sec) and 3 km (4:18.02)
1986 28th Grammy Awards: We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins
1986 Nelli Fiere-Cooman runs world record 60 m indoor (7.00 sec)
1986 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
1986 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (14:12.14)
1986 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)
1985 Holmfriour Karlsottir of Iceland, 22, crowned 35th Miss World
1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion
1985 Kansas City Royals beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 82nd World Series
1985 On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the World Series
1985 Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win
1985 Walt Disney World receives its 200-millionth guest
1985 Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12
1985 Cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes world champion
1985 Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
1985 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Nestle World Championship of Women's Golf
1985 Rudolf Povarnitsin of U.S.S.R. sets new high jump world record (7'10"12)
1985 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78
1985 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
1985 Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12)
1985 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams
1985 Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
1985 Katrin Dorre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30)
1985 Matti Nykanen of Finland set a world ski jump record of 623'
1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
1985 Hein Vergeer becomes world champion skater
1985 World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23
1985 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1985 Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75)
1985 "Doug Henning and His World..." closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York after 60 perf
1985 Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
1985 "We are the World" is recorded by Pop stars in LA
1985 US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise
1984 "Doug Henning and His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 60 perf
1984 Niki Lauda becomes 3rd time motor racing world champ
1984 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
1984 Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, 4 games to 1 in 81st World Series
1984 Zdena Silvaha (Cz) throws discus 74.55 m (women's world record)
1984 Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec
1984 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s
1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans
1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
1984 Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:34.52)
1984 Igor Malkov skates world record 10 km (14:21.51)
1984 Andrea Schone skates ladies world record 3 km (4:20.91)
1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships
1984 Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8.675 m)
1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal
1984 Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas
1984 Francesco Moser bicycles world record time: 50,808 km
1984 Schonbrun skates world record 5 km (7:39.44)
1983 Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies
1983 World's greatest robbery 25,000,000 pounds of gold, Heathrow, England
1983 Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
1983 Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series
1983 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1983 1st World Track and Field Championships
1983 -128.6 degrees F (-89.2 degrees C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
1983 Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
1983 India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1983 Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia
1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
1983 Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5)
1983 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
1983 Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec)
1983 Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000m (1:12.58)
1983 Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1983 Tamara McKinney becomes 1st U.S. woman skier to win the World Cup
1983 Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
1983 Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
1983 World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid
1983 Hulk Hogan pins Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title
1983 Schone skates ladies world record 5 km (7:40.97)
1983 World Communications Year begins
1982 Ingrid Berghmans (Neth) retains judo's world championship
1982 Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World
1982 St. Louis Cardinals beat Mil Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series
1982 Robin Yount is 1st to have 2 4-hit games in a World Series
1982 Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits
1982 Fernando Lamas, actor and director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67
1982 Nahum Goldmann, President Zionist World Organization, dies at 87
1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1982 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
1982 Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10)
1982 Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies
1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
1982 Tara Lipinski, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, figure skater, 1997 World Champ
1982 Louis J N Gerardin, bicyclist (world champ sprint 1930), dies at 69
1982 Hugh Marlowe, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71
1982 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee opens
1982 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin
1982 Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
1982 Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
1982 Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59)
1982 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1982 World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2
1982 Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)
1981 Machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80
1981 Anatoly Karpov, U.S.S.R. retains world chess championship
1981 Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World
1981 New York Yankee George Frazier loses 3 World Series games
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series
1981 West Tampa Florida defeats Richmand Virgina, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series
1981 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf
1981 Highest score in World Cup soccor match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93)
1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96)
1981 Humbar Estuary Bridge, U.K., world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens
1981 Carleton Coon, anthropology prof (What in the World), dies at 76
1981 Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1981 Danielle Christine Fishel, Mesa, Arizona, actress, Topanga-Boy Meets World
1981 Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0)
1981 Christa Rothenburger skates ladies world record 500 m 40.18 sec)
1981 Gabi Schonbrunn skates ladies world record 3 km (4:21.70)
1981 Yevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (36.91 secs)
1981 Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8)/30k (1:29:18.8)
1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia
1981 James Sanford equals 50m indoor world record (5.61 sec)
1981 Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4)
1981 Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1:13.39)
1980 "Wonderful World of Disney," last performance on NBC-TV
1980 Rider Strong, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Shawn Hunter-Boy Meets World
1980 Kimberley Santos, 19 of Guam, crowned 30th Miss World
1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend
1980 Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m)
1980 Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63
1980 Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
1980 1st (& only) time Phillies win World Series (in 98 years)
1980 Phillies win their 1st World Championship in their 98-year history
1980 Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Series of Women's Golf
1980 World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1980 U.S. swimmers set 3 world records at National championships
1980 Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo
1980 Jeff Norman runs world record 50k (2:48:06)
1980 ESPN begins televising college world series games
1980 Iran rejects a call to World Court to release U.S. hostages
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