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1994 Event - Cessna crashes in White House front yard 1992 Event - "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City 1991 Event - "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City 1990 Event - NFL New York Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard 1987 Event - New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game 1987 Event - Molly Yard elected new President of National Org for Women 1985 Event - Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (New York Jet record) to Wesley Walker 1984 Event - Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1983 Event - Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1983 Event - Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1981 Event - Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal 1980 Event - LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception 1977 Event - Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season 1977 Event - Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal 1974 Event - Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 1974 Event - Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington 1973 Event - O. J. Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season 1970 Event - Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal 1960 Event - Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run 1954 Event - 1st fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary, Indiana) 1949 Event - Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run 1940 Event - Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns 1929 Event - Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds 1907 Event - Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York) 1894 Birthday - George Renevant, born in Paris, actor, Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X 1890 Event - 1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 seconds, Washington D.C.) 1830 Event - London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) 1829 Event - London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard) 1751 Event - 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" 1716 Birthday - Thomas Gray, English poet, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 1460 Event - Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings |
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