2006 Bob Barker, from The Price is Right, retires after 35 years as host
2006 Stephen Harper, wins the election in Canada and is the first conservative Prime Minister in 12 years
2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa
2004 Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, ", raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, ", dies at 8
2004 Hugh Cave, pulp writer, a professional writer for over 70 years, dies at 95
2004 Charlotte Benkner, the world's second oldest person for a few years, dies at 114
2003 Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116
2002 Harold Russell, Oscar winner, The Best Years of Our Lives, dies at 88
2000 David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88
2000 After years of preparation for Y2K, only minor computer-related problems were reported (a problem with Hotmail, with a nuclear power plant in Japan and with apartment heating in Korea)
1998 Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died
1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years
1997 Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting
1997 William J. Brennan, jurist, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years (1956-90), dies at 91
1997 Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
1996 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days
1996 Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war
1996 Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11
1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage
1996 For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds
1995 Keith Moore sentenced to 6 years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000
1995 Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days
1995 After 120 years the last 15 A and S department stores close
1995 Houston Post folds after 116 years
1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years
1995 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years
1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away)
1994 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, Live at BBC, is released in Britain
1994 Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years for attack on Nancy Kerrigan
1994 St. Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1 years
1994 PLO-leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years
1994 Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia after 20 years in exile
1994 Barbra Striesand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years
1994 Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson Miss, 30 years after the crime
1993 Barbra Striesand does her 1st live public concert in 20 years
1993 Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years
1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14
1993 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, killed at 45
1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands
1993 Paraguay holds its 1st President and parliamentary elections in 50 years
1993 Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years)
1993 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
1993 Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years
1992 Dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83
1992 WNEW AM radio on 1130 in New York City ends transmitting after 58 years
1992 Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 years for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco
1992 New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
1992 Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years
1992 1st Berlin Air Show in 60 years
1992 Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior
1992 "Who's The Boss," final episode after 8 years on ABC TV
1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue
1992 Last defendant in St. John sex assault case sentenced to 3 years prob
1992 NHL New York Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years
1992 Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
1992 Steven Brian Pennell, 1st execution in Delaware in 45 years at 34
1992 Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years
1991 Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years
1991 Howard Spira sentenced to 2 years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
1991 Muslim Shites release last U.S. hostage Terry Anderson (held 6 years)
1991 Poet Maria Elene Cruz Varela sentenced to 2 years (Cuba)
1991 U.S. hostage Jesse Turner released from 5 years in captivity in Beirut
1991 NCAA places Tenn on 2 years probation for football recruting violations
1991 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
1991 Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years
1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal
1991 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81
1991 Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars)
1991 Iran releases British hostage Roger Cooper after 5 years
1991 Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years
1991 All American Bowl ends after 14 years
1991 Nelson Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years
1991 Israel reopens consulate in U.S.S.R. after 23 years
1990 Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
1990 Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
1990 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral
1990 Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years
1990 Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years
1990 Werner Janssen, U.S. composer (New Years Eve in New York), dies at 91
1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years
1990 U.S. hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians
1990 John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row
1990 No one elected to Hall of Fame for 2nd time in 3 years
1990 Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu
1989 "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years
1989 Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record
1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years
1989 Rev Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud
1989 Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
1989 Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland
1989 Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter
1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
1989 Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra
1989 Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
1989 Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison
1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. NZ age 16 years 189 days
1989 Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129
1989 AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
1988 NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years
1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
1988 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years and Richard Kiley
1988 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years
1988 Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 home runs in 1st 3 years
1988 Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years
1988 Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years
1988 Rascals begin 1st tour in 20 years
1988 Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case
1988 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he and St. Louis Cardinals lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn
1988 New York Met Davey Johnson becomes 2nd manager to record 400 victory in 1st 4 years (Al Lopez did it 1st)
1988 Andre beats Hulk Hogan in 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 years
1987 Ivan F. Boesky sentenced to 3 years for insider trading
1987 Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93
1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series
1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
1987 1st time in 20 years a delegation from U.S.S.R. lands in Israel
1987 Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
1987 "A Team," last aired on NBC-TV after 4 years
1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd term
1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline"
1987 David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years
1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
1986 Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi
1986 U.S. Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
1986 Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years)
1986 Guy Hunt elected 1st Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years
1986 Anti-apartheid activist Helene Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa
1986 Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years
1986 U.S. Senate ratifies UN's anti-genocide convention 37 years later
1985 Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round)
1985 Tancredo Neves becomes 1st elected president of Brazil in 21 years
1984 Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old
1984 After 518 goals and 14 years with Mont Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires
1984 Nicaragua holds 1st free elections in 56 years; Sandinistas win 63%
1984 Margie V Barfield, U.S. murderer, 1st woman electricuted in 22 years
1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
1984 Derek Underwood's maiden FC century after 22 years of trying
1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
1984 Edwin Newman retires from NBC News after 35 years with the network
1984 U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years
1983 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years
1983 Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)
1983 U.S. Mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1983 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 years for counterfeiting
1983 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
1982 CBS Mystery Theater final episode on radio after 8 years
1982 Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95
1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St. after 122 years of service
1982 Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63
1982 Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to U.S. in almost 11 years
1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine
1981 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)
1981 Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder
1981 Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73
1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK
1981 Dixie, a mouse who lived 6 years, dies
1981 Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years
1980 New York Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M
1980 ZBZ Sangha registered after 5 years of administrative hassles in Warsaw
1980 1st (& only) time Phillies win World Series (in 98 years)
1980 Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)
1980 Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years
1980 Mount St. Helens becomes active after 123 years
1980 Bombay gets its 1st rock concert in 10 years (The Police)
1980 Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $20,000
1979 Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China
1979 U.S. returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years
1979 Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st
1979 End of last 3+day D/N game for 15 years (WSC, SCG)
1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
1979 Emerson, Lake and Palmer disband after 10 years together
1979 President Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
1978 Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years
1978 Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
1978 Alexander Ginzburg sentenced by Soviet court to 8 years
1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life
1978 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years)
1977 RAF-terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years
1977 War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
1977 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
1977 Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa
1977 Tiger rookies Lou Whitaker and Allan Trammell debut together and will play together for 19 years
1977 Spain's 1st free elections since 1936 (41 years)
1977 Final European scheduled run of Orient Express (94 years)
1977 Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany
1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years
1976 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies
1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship
1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years
1976 Javed Miandad, 206 vs. NZ, age 19 years 141 days (29 fours 1 six)
1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter
1976 Allman Brother's roadie Scooter Herring sentenced to 75 years for providing drugs for the group, based on Gregg Allman's testimony
1976 Rock duo Loggins and Messina break-up after 6 years
1976 Fred Savage, born in Illinois, actor, Kevin-Wonder Years, Vice Versa
1976 After 12 years, Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys
1976 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter
1976 Josh Saviano, actor, Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years
1976 Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years
1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years
1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1975 University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance
1975 One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 years 364 days
1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years
1975 Michael Tricario, actor, Randy-Wonder Years
1974 New York Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 years for record $3.75 million
1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
1974 Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail
1974 Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years
1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
1974 U.S. and Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
1973 Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
1973 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years)
1973 Garvey, Lopes, Cey and Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8 years (Los Angeles Dodgers)
1973 U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution
1973 Susan Shaw, is 1st woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange
1972 Worst U.S. rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago
1972 Balt Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later
1972 Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace
1972 Ryukyu Is and Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 years of U.S. control
1972 Jason Hervey, actor, Wayne Arnold-Wonder Years
1972 Adolph Rupp retires after 42 years of coaching University of Kentucky
1972 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)
1971 Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule
1971 After 1,200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal
1970 RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin
1970 Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
1969 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years
1969 Noordiers vicar Ian Paisley sentenced to 3 years
1968 Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years
1968 After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
1968 Washington Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years
1968 RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin
1968 Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten years
1967 French author Regis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia
1967 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
1967 Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years), dies at 89
1967 Mohammed Ali, Cassius Clay, sentenced to 5 years
1967 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years
1967 Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4 years
1967 Olivia d'Abo, born in London, England, actress, Wonder Years, Single Guy
1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury
1966 Olga Bicherova, gymnastics, won title at 15 years 33 days
1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax clinches 3rd LA pennant in 4 years
1966 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church
1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball
1965 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy
1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
1964 Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game
1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
1964 Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars
1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
1963 Dear Abby show premieres on CBS radio (runs 11 years)
1963 Los Angeles ends streetcar service after 90 years
1962 Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 years 8 days
1962 Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years
1962 Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
1962 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1962 Ex-president Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years
1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days
1962 Algerian War ends after 7 years (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees
1962 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
1961 Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
1961 Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)
1961 Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 years 82 days
1960 Italy beats U.S. in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years U.S. not in finals)
1960 Casey Stengel retired by New York Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)
1960 Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39
1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
1959 Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old)
1959 Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years
1959 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs. WI age 15 years 124 days
1959 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
1958 Dale Long becomes 1st major league lefty catcher in 52 years
1958 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years)
1958 Fed judge rules race separation must end in 2 years in Little Rock
1957 U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000
1957 Soviet spy Jack Sobel sentenced to 7 years (New York City)
1957 Yugoslav dissident Milovan Djilos sentenced to 7 years
1957 Daniel Stern, Stamford, Connecticut, actor, City Slickers, Wonder Years
1956 Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader, spent 3 years in Robbeneiland Jail
1956 After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control
1955 British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years
1955 Columbia U scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years
1954 Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)
1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh
1954 Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 years 352, then world record
1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
1953 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years
1953 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie
1953 Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 years 357 days
1952 Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
1951 Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer, Howard Stern New Years Party
1951 Romanian bishop A Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years
1951 Alley Mills, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Norma Arnold-Wonder Years
1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
1950 Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years
1950 King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)
1949 Amsterdam Telegraph-director/SS'er Henri Holdert sentenced to 12 years
1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine
1949 Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
1949 Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist, Ten Years After-I'm Going Home
1948 Court of justice sentences Gen Fr Christiansen to 12 years
1947 Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced
1947 Jack Arnold, character on Wonder Years
1947 Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years
1947 Dan Lauria, actor, Jack Arnold-Wonder Years, 1947 approx
1947 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win
1947 Chose Alberts, [Krommenhoek], vocalist, Yet Many Years
1947 Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist, Many More Years to Come
1946 Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels
1946 Dutch Nazi collaborator Arnold Meijer sentenced to 5 years
1946 NSB mayor of Rotterdam Neth, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail
1946 British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years
1945 Robert Benchley, U.S. humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented
1945 Ric Lee, rock drummer, Ten Years After-Cannock, Staffs
1944 Alvin Lee, Nottingham England, rock vocals/guitarist, 10 Years After
1944 Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers
1943 Leo Lyons, Standbridge Beds, rock bassist, Ten Years After
1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1941 Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
1941 Marina Ripa, Rome, Italy, countess/writer, My First 40 Years
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years
1941 Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to U.S. for 99 years
1940 Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series
1939 Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years
1939 Last day of 1st-class cricket in England for 6 years
1939 Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late)
1939 Massachusetts Legislature vote to ratify the Bill of Rights - 147 years late
1939 Michael Rudman, English theater director/producer, Donkeys' Years
1938 Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 years as Rutgers Stad dedicated
1938 Kenny Rogers, singer, Through the Years, /actor, Coward of the County
1938 Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 vs. Aust) aged 20 years 19 days
1937 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after)
1936 Neville E Alexander, South african, 10 years in Robbeneiland Jail
1935 Frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78
1935 Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72
1935 King George II returns to Greece after 12 years
1935 Monte Markham, born in Manatee, Florida, actor, Second Hundred Years, Dallas
1935 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
1934 Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days
1934 Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days
1934 Nazi Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years
1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
1932 Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years
1931 Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
1931 Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years
1930 Bandung, Java: ir Sukarno 4 years jail sentenced
1930 Yankees announce signing Joe McCarthy to manage for 4 years
1930 Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
1929 Billy Nair, South Africa union/SACP leader, 20 years in Robbeneiland Prison
1928 Notre Dame finally lost a football game after nearly 25 years
1928 Josip Broz (Tito) sentenced to 5 years in jail
1926 Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader, 17 years in Robbeneiland Jail
1926 Eddie Plank, pitcher (won 327 games in 17 years), dies at 51
1925 Don Costa, actor, Impossible Years, Soul of Nigger Charlie
1924 Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years
1924 Rusi Modi, cricketer, strong Indian batsman in post-War years
1924 After 8 years of occupation, U.S. troops leave Dominican Republic
1924 Hitler sentenced to 5 years labor but Gen Ludendorff acquitted
1923 Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud
1922 Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years)
1922 British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison
1922 British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K. Gandhi to 6 years in prison for disobedience
1922 Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract
1922 Geological survey says U.S. oil supply would be depleted in 20 years
1921 After 84 years of British control, Afghanistan achieves sovereignty
1920 British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years
1919 Edward W. Brooke, 1st black senator in over 80 years, Sen-R-Mass
1919 Louis Heren, journalist and writer, China's Three Thousand Years
1917 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner, West Indian of post-WWII years
1917 60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin, banned 41 years
1917 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid
1916 Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years
1915 U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years
1914 Harold Russell, actor, Best Years of Our Life
1913 British suffragette Emily Pankhurst sentenced to 3 years in jail
1911 Ken Farnes, cricket bowler, fast England in pre-WW II years
1910 Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate
1909 Willi Boskovsky, born in Austria, conductor, new years concert
1909 Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years
1908 Arthur O'Connell, born in New York City, actor, Mr Peepers, Second Hundred Years
1905 Ruby Middleton Forsythe, teacher, 50 years in 1 room school in SC
1904 After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed
1902 Arna Bontemps, Louisiana, black author, 100 years of negro freedom
1902 John J McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years)
1901 After 63 years England stops sale of Queen Victoria postage stamps series and begins King Edward VII series
1900 After 4 years of work, 1st section of New York subway opens
1899 San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building
1899 W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 years 320 days
1899 Werner Janssen, New York City, conductor and composer, New Years Eve in New York
1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
1895 Jack Gregory, cricketer, Australian all-rounder of post-WWI years
1895 Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite
1895 Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years
1895 Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days
1894 Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years
1891 A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing and lasted 20 years
1889 Robert Benchley, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, humorist, My 10 Years in a Quandary
1889 Bert Collins, cricketer, Aussie batsman in the post WW I years
1888 Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years
1885 Marchien Zwitsers, farmer in Lutten, died at 109 years old
1884 Thomas Stevens starts 1st bike trip around world (2 years 9 mos)
1880 Koln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun
1880 Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist, Loom of Years, Highwayman
1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days
1876 Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years
1875 Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years
1874 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (New York City) convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment
1870 Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
1866 Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990, 124 years
1866 1st-class debut of G F Grace aged 15 years 159 days
1863 Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score and 7 years..."
1863 City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
1862 U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years)
1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years
1859 Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later
1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author, 52 Years of Research
1857 French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary, Pursue Years
1849 James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger
1844 George W. Cable, American writer, Northampton Years
1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901
1836 Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle (after 5 years)
1834 William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months
1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)
1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown, New York, suffragist, 80 Years and More
1815 Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast
1811 President Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton
1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1783 Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith (marriage lasts 54 years)
1759 British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War)
1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War
1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War)
1754 George Washington surrenders to French, Ft. Necessity (7 Years' War)
1743 John Fitch, inventor, had a working steamboat years before Fulton
1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1709 Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")
1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe"
1697 Peace of Saki (ends 9 years war)
1694 Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32
1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)
1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1629 King Charles I dissolved Parliament; he called it back 11 years later
1618 2nd Defenestration of Prague; beginning of 30 Years War
1589 William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years
1563 Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France
1457 Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)
1450 French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War
1419 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War
1340 In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys
1303 Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War
1291 Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, and destroyed
837 Best view of Halley's Comet in 2000 years
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