1860-Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
1934-Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
1951-U.N. moves HQ to NYC
1953-First woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
1960-Jean Genets "Le Balcon" premieres in Paris France
1969-"Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 performances
1971-President Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
1974-"The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1980-Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
1985-"One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
1986-Chung Kwung-ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
1986-David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
1986-South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia
1991-USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
1992-Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
1993-Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
1994-Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
1997-Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic
1934-Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
1951-U.N. moves HQ to NYC
1953-First woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
1960-Jean Genets "Le Balcon" premieres in Paris France
1969-"Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 122 performances
1971-President Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
1974-"The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
1980-Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die
1985-"One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3
1986-Chung Kwung-ying does 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups
1986-David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool
1986-South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe & Zambia
1991-USSR launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station
1992-Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs
1993-Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
1994-Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip
1997-Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic
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