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1994 Cessna crashes in White House front yard

1992 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City

1991 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City

1990 NFL New York Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard

1987 New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game

1987 Molly Yard elected new President of National Org for Women

1985 Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (New York Jet record) to Wesley Walker

1984 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45

1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal

1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal

1981 Joe Danelo kicks then New York Giant record 55 yard field goal

1980 LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception

1977 Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season

1977 Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal

1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153

1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington

1973 O. J. Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season

1970 Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal

1960 Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run

1954 1st fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary, Indiana)

1949 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run

1940 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns

1929 Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds

1907 Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York)

1894 George Renevant, born in Paris, actor, Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X

1890 1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 secs, Washington D.C.)

1830 London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard)

1829 London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty (Scotland Yard)

1751 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"

1716 Thomas Gray, English poet, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard

1460 Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings



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