Notable Historical Events - 1995
1995 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
"Glass Menagerie" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 57 perfs |
Jan 1 |
"Shadow Box" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 49 performances |
Jan 1 |
Austria, Finland & Sweden act to join European Union |
Jan 1 |
Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory |
Jan 1 |
Fernando Henrique Cardoso installed as president of Brazil |
Jan 1 |
International Year of Tolerance |
Jan 1 |
Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980) |
Jan 1 |
Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi |
Jan 1 |
for"Tuna Christmas" closes at Booth Theater NYC 20 performances |
Jan 1 |
The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves. |
Jan 1 |
Fred West, the Gloucestershire builder charged with 12 murders, found dead in his prison cell |
Jan 2 |
Bus crashes in Luzon Philippines, 29 killed |
Jan 2 |
Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21 |
Jan 2 |
Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) |
Jan 4 |
Newt Gingrich (R) becomes speaker of the House |
Jan 5 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13 |
Jan 5 |
Lockheed C-140 Jetstar crashes at Isfahan Persia, 18 killed |
Jan 6 |
Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939) |
Jan 6 |
A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack. |
Jan 7 |
"Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 18 perfs |
Jan 7 |
"Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 280 performances |
Jan 8 |
"Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 1143 perfs |
Jan 8 |
15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000 |
Jan 8 |
Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
Jan 9 |
Ecuador & Peru involve in boundary fight |
Jan 9 |
Worker accidentally cuts electrial wires at Newark Airport |
Jan 10 |
"Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM |
Jan 11 |
5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in NYC) |
Jan 11 |
Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise |
Jan 11 |
DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives |
Jan 11 |
NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike |
Jan 12 |
Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan |
Jan 12 |
Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA |
Jan 12 |
Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia |
Jan 13 |
26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike |
Jan 13 |
America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race |
Jan 14 |
10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo |
Jan 14 |
16th ACE Cable Awards: John Malone wins the Golden CableACE for outstanding achievements in advancing the development of cable programming |
Jan 14 |
Mexico pledges profits from state-owned Pemex's $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico |
Jan 15 |
Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion |
Jan 15 |
San Diego Chargers beat Pitt Steelers 17-13 for AFC championship |
Jan 15 |
SF 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys for NFC championship |
Jan 15 |
Southern Alabama begins using new area code 334 |
Jan 15 |
Western Washington begins using new area code 360 |
Jan 16 |
UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in NYC) |
Jan 17 |
"Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 322 performances |
Jan 17 |
7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die) |
Jan 17 |
Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
Jan 17 |
LA Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis |
Jan 18 |
Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka v Kerala |
Jan 18 |
Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia |
Jan 19 |
Jean-Claude Juncker (28) sworn in as premier of Luxembourg |
Jan 20 |
"Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 276 perfs |
Jan 20 |
1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike |
Jan 20 |
Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) |
Jan 21 |
52th Golden Globes: Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange |
Jan 22 |
Palestinian bomb attack in Beit Lid Israel, 21-22 killed |
Jan 22 |
Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament |
Jan 25 |
Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee |
Jan 26 |
NJ Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern |
Jan 27 |
69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62) |
Jan 28 |
Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise |
Jan 29 |
Andre Agassi defeats Pete Sampras to win Australian Open |
Jan 29 |
Greg Blewett scores century on Test debut vs England, Adelaide |
Jan 29 |
Super Bowl XXIX: SF 49ers beat San Diego Chargers, 49-26 in Miami, MVP: Steve Young, San Francisco, QB |
Jan 30 |
22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men & Ace of Base win |
Jan 30 |
Belgium's TV channel 2 in Flanders goes on the air |
Jan 30 |
Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured |
Jan 30 |
Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show" |
Jan 30 |
Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease. |
Jan 30 |
Norway's Statoil announces a newly formed consortium that will supply Norwegian natural gas to the European continent |
Jan 31 |
President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy. |
Feb 1 |
Amtrak NY-Tampa run ends |
Feb 1 |
Amy van Dikes swims woman's world record 50 m butterfly (26.73) |
Feb 1 |
Andy & Grant Flower make 269 stand vs Pak, brotherly record |
Feb 1 |
Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air |
Feb 2 |
"Moliere Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances |
Feb 2 |
Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket |
Feb 2 |
US space shuttle Discovery launched |
Feb 3 |
STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit |
Feb 4 |
Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia |
Feb 4 |
Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke (27.77) |
Feb 4 |
Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning |
Feb 5 |
Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections |
Feb 5 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 41-13 |
Feb 5 |
Sandra Volker swims female European record 50m backstroke: 27.77 |
Feb 6 |
Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days |
Feb 6 |
Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket |
Feb 6 |
Rapper Tupac Shakur convicted on sexual assault charge and sentenced to up to 4 1/2 years in prison |
Feb 7 |
Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting |
Feb 8 |
6.4 earthquake at Trujillo, Colombia (46+ killed) |
Feb 9 |
"Heiress" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances |
Feb 9 |
Irina Privalova runs female world record 50m (5.96 sec) |
Feb 10 |
Chelsi Smith, 21, (Texas), crowned 44th Miss USA |
Feb 10 |
Sun Cayun pole vaults female indoor world record (4.12m) |
Feb 10 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek |
Feb 11 |
Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46) |
Feb 11 |
Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec) |
Feb 11 |
Sandra Volker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec) |
Feb 11 |
Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands |
Feb 11 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge |
Feb 11 |
West Indies score 5-660 against NZ |
Feb 12 |
45th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 139-112 at Phoenix |
Feb 12 |
Angela Kennedy swims woman's world record 50m butterfly |
Feb 12 |
Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec) |
Feb 12 |
Dieter Baumann runs European record 3k indoor (7:37.51) |
Feb 12 |
Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec) |
Feb 12 |
Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k indoor (7:35.15) |
Feb 12 |
PRI loses/PAN wins Mexican regional elections |
Feb 12 |
Sun Cayun pole vaults indoor female world record (4.13m) |
Feb 12 |
Susan Auch skates female world record 500m (38.94 sec) |
Feb 13 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM |
Feb 13 |
West Indies beat NZ by innings & 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55 |
Feb 13 |
3rd ESPY Awards: Steve Young, Bonnie Blair win |
Feb 14 |
Wellington 2-498d & 4-475 beat Canterbury 496 & 2-476d |
Feb 14 |
The Portland Trail Blazers trade Clyde Drexler to the Houston Rockets, who end up winning the 1995 NBA Championship |
Feb 15 |
Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko resigns |
Feb 15 |
Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 |
Feb 15 |
Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion |
Feb 17 |
11th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins |
Feb 17 |
Colin Fergusson found guilty of killing 6 people on the Long Island Rail Road in NY |
Feb 17 |
Tiger Manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike |
Feb 17 |
Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive & manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked |
Feb 18 |
Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly |
Feb 18 |
Barb Thomas Whitehead wins Cup o' Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open |
Feb 18 |
Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle |
Feb 19 |
1st broadcast of "Woman of Independent Means" on NBC-TV |
Feb 19 |
Irina Privalova runs indoor woman's European record 200m (22.10 sec) |
Feb 19 |
Kenneth Koch wins Bollingen Prize |
Feb 19 |
Linford Christie runs world record 200m indoor (20.25 sec) and European record 60m indoor (6.47 sec) |
Feb 19 |
Michael Tippett's "Rose Lake," premieres |
Feb 21 |
CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans |
Feb 21 |
RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado |
Feb 22 |
Algiers police kill at least 99 prison rioters |
Feb 22 |
Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km) |
Feb 23 |
"Uncle Vanya" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 29 performances |
Feb 23 |
Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi |
Feb 23 |
Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33) |
Feb 24 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4011.74 |
Feb 24 |
The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified. |
Feb 25 |
Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) |
Feb 25 |
British super middleweight Nigel Benn puts opponent Gerard McClellan in hospital |
Feb 25 |
Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 shite mosque goers dead |
Feb 25 |
PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander |
Feb 26 |
London finance house Barings collapses after huge losses in Singapore by rogue trader Nick Leeson |
Feb 27 |
Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed) |
Feb 28 |
Denver International Airport opens |
Feb 28 |
The US Pentagon announces that it monitored Iranian installation of surface-to-air Hawk missiles in the Strait of Hormuz |
Mar 1 |
37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Phila, Sheryl Crow |
Mar 1 |
Belgium ends military conscript |
Mar 1 |
Jozef Oleksy succeeds Waldemar Pawlak on as premier of Poland |
Mar 1 |
Julio Maria Sanguinetti sworn in as president of Uruguay |
Mar 1 |
Part of Houston begins using new area code 281 |
Mar 1 |
Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol, resigns |
Mar 2 |
"Smokey Joe's Cafe," opens at Virginia Theater NYC |
Mar 2 |
British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC |
Mar 2 |
Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed |
Mar 2 |
Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches |
Mar 4 |
1st NYC Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years |
Mar 4 |
Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital |
Mar 4 |
George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker |
Mar 4 |
Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec) |
Mar 4 |
Replacement NY Yankees beat NY Mets 2-1 |
Mar 5 |
21st People's Choice Awards: Tom Hanks & Jodie Foster win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Roseanne win (TV) |
Mar 5 |
Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election |
Mar 5 |
Graves of Tsar Nicholas II and family found in St Petersburg |
Mar 5 |
Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26) |
Mar 6 |
9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield |
Mar 6 |
American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets |
Mar 6 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Phoenix AZ on KEDJ 106.3/100.3 FM |
Mar 6 |
US 4.5 cents equals 156.30 Dutch guilder (record) |
Mar 7 |
Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record) |
Mar 7 |
NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty |
Mar 8 |
-26°F (-32.2°C) in Bismarck, North Dakota |
Mar 8 |
-44°F (-42.2°C) in Chosedacharad, Komi-district, on 67°N |
Mar 8 |
Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece |
Mar 8 |
Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections |
Mar 9 |
Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
Mar 9 |
Mexican peso worth 7.55 pesos to a dollar (record) |
Mar 9 |
President Konstantine Karamanlis (88) of Greece, resigns |
Mar 10 |
Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shiite mosque, 17+ killed |
Mar 10 |
Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues" premieres in Arnhem |
Mar 10 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4035.64 |
Mar 11 |
-36.8°F (-38.2°C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67°N |
Mar 11 |
Pres Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament |
Mar 11 |
Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US |
Mar 11 |
Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m |
Mar 12 |
Congress party loses India national election |
Mar 12 |
Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship |
Mar 12 |
Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS) |
Mar 12 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova & Rene Novotny |
Mar 12 |
Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain |
Mar 12 |
Letitia Vriesde runs South American indoor record 800m (2:00.35) |
Mar 12 |
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) |
Mar 12 |
Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) |
Mar 13 |
9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win |
Mar 13 |
Anti fascist Kazachstan anti-parliament forms |
Mar 13 |
Hungarian Forint devalued 9% |
Mar 13 |
Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators |
Mar 14 |
1st time 13 people in space |
Mar 16 |
Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 |
Mar 16 |
Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Oklahoma 77-67 |
Mar 16 |
Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery & ratifies 13th Amendment |
Mar 16 |
World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh Jr & P Dharmani |
Mar 17 |
British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record) |
Mar 17 |
Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House |
Mar 17 |
USt approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck & Co |
Mar 18 |
Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement |
Mar 18 |
STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16½ days |
Mar 19 |
"Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 25 performances |
Mar 19 |
"Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 29 performances |
Mar 19 |
5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway |
Mar 19 |
Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 |
Mar 19 |
Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) |
Mar 19 |
Finnish Social Democratic Party wins parliamentary election |
Mar 19 |
Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament |
Mar 19 |
Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers |
Mar 19 |
NBA NY Knicks beat NY Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) |
Mar 19 |
Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) |
Mar 20 |
Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) |
Mar 20 |
Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured |
Mar 20 |
Beatles song, "Baby It's You", with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years |
Mar 21 |
NJ officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295 |
Mar 21 |
NYC agrees to sell its 2 owned radio stations (WNYC AM & FM) |
Mar 22 |
Deputy Gov of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist |
Mar 23 |
"How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers NYC for 548 perfs |
Mar 23 |
Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record) |
Mar 25 |
Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years |
Mar 26 |
"Defending the Caveman" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 671 perf |
Mar 26 |
"Moliere Comedies" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 56 perfs |
Mar 26 |
15th Golden Raspberry Awards: Color of Night wins |
Mar 26 |
24th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Nanci Bowen |
Mar 26 |
Mashonaland beat Mashonaland U-24 by 165 runs to win Logan Cup |
Mar 26 |
The Schengen Treaty goes into effect. |
Mar 27 |
67th Academy Awards - "Forest Gump", Jessica Lange & Tom Hanks win |
Mar 28 |
Julia Roberts & Lyle Lovette split-up |
Mar 28 |
Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield |
Mar 28 |
World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge |
Mar 29 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago IL on WCKG 105.9 FM |
Mar 30 |
"Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 204 performances |
Mar 31 |
1st game at Coors Stadium Colo (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1) |
Mar 31 |
Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy |
Mar 31 |
Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike |
Apr 1 |
Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee |
Apr 1 |
NY Islanders retire Bobby Nystrom's uniform #23 |
Apr 2 |
14th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: U of Ct Huskies beats TN 70-64 |
Apr 2 |
7th Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus |
Apr 2 |
Baseball season opener delayed until April 26 |
Apr 2 |
NY Police Dept & NY Transit Police merge into one organization |
Apr 2 |
North & Western Colorado begins using new area code 970 |
Apr 2 |
Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26 |
Apr 2 |
Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 |
Apr 2 |
Wrestlemania XI in Conn-Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow |
Apr 3 |
57th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 |
Apr 3 |
Howard Stern gets in trouble for disparaging remarks about Selena |
Apr 6 |
"Having Our Say" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 308 performances |
Apr 7 |
Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike |
Apr 8 |
BPAA US Open won by Dave Husted |
Apr 8 |
Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
Apr 9 |
"Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 25 performances |
Apr 9 |
59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274 |
Apr 10 |
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 perfs |
Apr 10 |
NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more |
Apr 13 |
Yankees beat the Mets 2-0 |
Apr 14 |
India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah |
Apr 14 |
Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship |
Apr 16 |
56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins |
Apr 17 |
24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11 |
Apr 17 |
99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22 |
Apr 18 |
Houston Post folds after 116 years |
Apr 18 |
Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football |
Apr 19 |
Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (NYC) news |
Apr 19 |
Truck bomb at Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 & injures 500 |
Apr 21 |
Boston Celtics final game at Boston Gardens, NY Knicks win 98-92 |
Apr 21 |
FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Oklahoma City bombing |
Apr 22 |
General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby |
Apr 22 |
George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in Las Vegas |
Apr 23 |
Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship |
Apr 23 |
President Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City |
Apr 24 |
Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes |
Apr 24 |
Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98 |
Apr 24 |
Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B Murray |
Apr 25 |
"Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 perfs |
Apr 25 |
16th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
Apr 26 |
Baseball season begins after lengthy strike |
Apr 26 |
Coors Field, opens in Denver, Rockies beat Mets 11-9 in 14 innings |
Apr 27 |
"Indiscretions" opens at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC for 221 perfs |
Apr 27 |
Coors Field in Colo opens - Denver Rockies beats Mets 11-9 in 14 |
Apr 28 |
Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die |
Apr 28 |
Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die |
Apr 29 |
Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV |
Apr 29 |
KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat |
Apr 29 |
Longest sausage ever, at 28.77 miles, made in Kitchener, Ontario |
Apr 30 |
"Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 839 perfs |
Apr 30 |
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 24 perfs |
Apr 30 |
"Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 80 perfs |
Apr 30 |
After 120 years the last 15 A & S dept stores close |
Apr 30 |
Val Skinner wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship |
May 1 |
"On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances |
May 1 |
Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia v WI at Sabina Park |
May 1 |
Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence. |
May 2 |
"Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances |
May 2 |
Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning |
May 2 |
Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six |
May 3 |
"My Thing of Love" opens at Beck Theater NYC for 16 performances |
May 3 |
Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy |
May 3 |
David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus & Buddy) |
May 5 |
Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics) |
May 6 |
121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2 |
May 6 |
ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby |
May 6 |
Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV |
May 7 |
"On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 perfs |
May 7 |
Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election |
May 7 |
Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
May 7 |
Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours & 36 minutes |
May 9 |
Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0 |
May 9 |
Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus |
May 10 |
30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins |
May 10 |
Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein |
May 10 |
In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident |
May 11 |
In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions. |
May 12 |
Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) |
May 12 |
Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves |
May 12 |
Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4 |
May 13 |
6.5 earthquake hits Greece |
May 13 |
New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup |
May 13 |
Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA |
May 14 |
"My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 16 performances |
May 14 |
41st McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Kelly Robbins |
May 14 |
Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th) |
May 14 |
Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most senior spiritual leader |
May 15 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
May 16 |
Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier |
May 18 |
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma |
May 19 |
Emmy 22nd Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 15th time |
May 19 |
World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai |
May 20 |
121st Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4 |
May 20 |
CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung |
May 20 |
Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of HRs in 5 consecutive games |
May 21 |
chris johnson wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic |
May 22 |
Laverne & Shirley 20th anniversary reunionn special, televised |
May 23 |
47th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, K Foster (Cubs)/M Freeman (Rocks) |
May 25 |
The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla. |
May 27 |
In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. |
May 28 |
"An Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 454 performances |
May 28 |
Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
May 28 |
Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game |
May 28 |
Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people |
May 28 |
Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941 |
May 28 |
White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium |
May 28 |
Indianapolis 500: Jacques Villeneuve wins in 3:15:17.561 (247.221 km/h) |
Jun 1 |
68th National Spell Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis |
Jun 1 |
Rangers' Kenny Rogers scoreless inning streak ends after 39 |
Jun 2 |
John Valentin hits 3 HRs |
Jun 3 |
Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0 |
Jun 3 |
1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards held at Pantages Theatre, Hollywood |
Jun 4 |
"Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden NYC at 347 perf |
Jun 4 |
49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! & Sunset Boulevard win |
Jun 4 |
8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000 |
Jun 4 |
Dale Eggeling wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic |
Jun 5 |
29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & Reba McEntire |
Jun 5 |
The Bose-Einstein condensate is first created. |
Jun 7 |
The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines |
Jun 8 |
"Buttons on Broadway" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 40 perfs |
Jun 8 |
Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia. |
Jun 9 |
Brady Bunch Movie (1995) premieres in UK |
Jun 9 |
Congo (1995) premieres in USA |
Jun 9 |
Dumb & Dumber (1994) premieres in Sweden |
Jun 9 |
Killer (1994) premieres in UK |
Jun 9 |
Kiss of Death (1995) premieres in UK |
Jun 9 |
Man of the House (1995) premieres in UK |
Jun 9 |
Neak Sre (1993) premieres in UK |
Jun 9 |
Party Girl (1995) premieres in USA |
Jun 9 |
Smoke (1995) premieres in USA |
Jun 9 |
Wigstock The Movie (1994) premieres in USA |
Jun 10 |
"Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater NYC after 79 perfs |
Jun 10 |
127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32 |
Jun 10 |
65th French Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats A.S. Vicario (7-6 4-6 6-0) |
Jun 10 |
Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer |
Jun 11 |
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Jun 11 |
Julie Larsen wins Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic |
Jun 11 |
Rondell White has six hits & hits for the cycle in 13-innings |
Jun 13 |
Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Balt 11-0 |
Jun 13 |
NJ Devils beat Phila Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals |
Jun 14 |
49th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets sweep Orlando Magic in 4 games |
Jun 14 |
Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win |
Jun 15 |
"Chronicles of a Death Foretold" opens at Plymouth NYC for 55 perfs |
Jun 15 |
Mark Ilott takes 9-19 incl all lbw hat-trick, Essex v Northants |
Jun 15 |
Northants all out 46 v Essex & wins game next day |
Jun 16 |
"Batman Forever" opens with a record $528 million weekend |
Jun 16 |
Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429) |
Jun 16 |
Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002 |
Jun 17 |
"Who's Tommy" closes at St James Theater NYC after 899 performances |
Jun 18 |
95th US Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills NY |
Jun 18 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament |
Jun 19 |
NY Yankees announce agreement with Darryl Strawberry |
Jun 20 |
Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun |
Jun 24 |
Stanley Cup: NJ Devils sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
Jun 24 |
South Africa's Springboks beat New Zealand's All Blacks 15-12 to win the Rugby Wold Cup in Johannesburg |
Jun 25 |
Betsy King wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic |
Jun 25 |
Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to HR in 3 consecutive innings |
Jun 26 |
Gunmen ambush Egyptian pres Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed |
Jun 26 |
Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup. |
Jun 27 |
Holland's debut in English domestic comp (v Northants, NatWest) |
Jun 27 |
Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears |
Jun 27 |
Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches |
Jun 27 |
Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days & $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland |
Jun 28 |
NJ Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign |
Jun 29 |
George Foreman loses IBF boxing title for refusing to re-fight Axel Schulz |
Jun 29 |
Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders) |
Jun 30 |
Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits |
Jun 30 |
Exxon signs a $15.2-billion deal to develop oil and gas fields near Russia's Sakhalin Island |
Jul 1 |
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 906 perfs |
Jul 1 |
Kiersten Rickenbach, of NJ, crowned America's Junior Miss |
Jul 2 |
"Rose Tattoo" closes at Circle in the Square NYC after 80 perfs |
Jul 2 |
16th US Seniors Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf |
Jul 2 |
Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic |
Jul 2 |
Thailand: Banharn Silpa-Archa's party wins election |
Jul 4 |
Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs Winnipeg) |
Jul 5 |
Columbia University beats Hartferd College to be 1st US team to win the Henley Regatta |
Jul 6 |
Lottie Dod, 15, beats Blanch Bingley at Wimbledon |
Jul 6 |
Venezuela's Congress approves the country's first investment law allowing for foreign participation in oil exploration and production |
Jul 7 |
Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game (vs BC Lions) |
Jul 7 |
Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), lands |
Jul 8 |
102nd Wimbledon Women's Tennis Open: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (4-6 6-1 7-5) |
Jul 8 |
1st CFL game between 2 US teams, Las Vegas Posse vs Sacramento Gold |
Jul 9 |
"Play's the Thing" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 75 performances |
Jul 9 |
109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62) |
Jul 9 |
Jack Nicklaus wins Golf's British Open (4th to win all 4 majors) |
Jul 9 |
Kathryn Marshall wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic |
Jul 9 |
US international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce |
Jul 9 |
Former South Africa President F. W. de Klerk is implicated of knowing and condoning a 'dirty tricks' campaign that was waged against the ANC between 1990 and the 1994 election in a bid to destabilise the organisation |
Jul 11 |
66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx |
Jul 11 |
All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Fla Marlins) |
Jul 11 |
7,000 Bosnian Muslim men are massacred when Bosnian Serbs overrun the UN 'safe haven' of Srebrenica. |
Jul 12 |
Enrique Iglesias releases his first album, "Enrique Iglesias" |
Jul 13 |
Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), launches |
Jul 14 |
LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0 |
Jul 14 |
Ramon Martinez pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Marlins |
Jul 15 |
Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton) |
Jul 15 |
Jews take Jerusalem |
Jul 15 |
Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540 |
Jul 16 |
"Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 40 perfs |
Jul 16 |
"Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth NYC after 55 perfs |
Jul 16 |
13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J C Snead |
Jul 16 |
50th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam |
Jul 17 |
Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B) |
Jul 18 |
DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die |
Jul 20 |
The Regents of the University of California vote to end all affirmative action in the UC system by 1997. |
Jul 21 |
Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent |
Jul 21 |
KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings |
Jul 22 |
Space shuttle STS-70 (Discovery 20), lands |
Jul 22 |
Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her two children in South Carolina |
Jul 23 |
"Hamlet" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 121 performances |
Jul 23 |
124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St Andrews Scotland |
Jul 23 |
Miguel Indurains wins his 5th Tour de France |
Jul 23 |
Tracy Kerdyk wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
Jul 23 |
Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later. |
Jul 25 |
A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded. |
Jul 27 |
In Washington, DC, the Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated. |
Jul 28 |
Art Modell's rep begins secrets talks to move team to Baltimore |
Jul 28 |
Norwegian Finance Minister Sigbjorn Johnsen says that Norway should not lower its crude oil production in an attempt to boost world oil prices |
Jul 29 |
Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis |
Jul 29 |
Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14 |
Jul 30 |
Becky Iverson wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic |
Jul 30 |
Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v WI |
Jul 30 |
Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford |
Jul 30 |
Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter baseball's Hall of Fame |
Aug 1 |
Westinghouse purchases CBS-TV network |
Aug 2 |
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd issues a decree replacing all members of the Council of Ministers who do not have blood ties so the royal Family |
Aug 3 |
CNN en Espanol premieres |
Aug 4 |
Darryl Strawberry joins the NY Yankees |
Aug 4 |
Operation Storm begins in Croatia. |
Aug 5 |
The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated as the day of victory (Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day) in Croatia. |
Aug 6 |
"Damn Yankees" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 510 performances |
Aug 6 |
Dottie Mochrie wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mountain |
Aug 6 |
Indians & Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition) |
Aug 6 |
Thousands of people in Hiroshima tribute on 50th anniversary of bomb |
Aug 8 |
Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning |
Aug 9 |
South Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day |
Aug 10 |
Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly |
Aug 12 |
Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge |
Aug 13 |
77th PGA Championship: Steve Elkington shoots a 267 at Riviera Calif |
Aug 13 |
Beth Daniels wins LPGA PING Welch's Golf Championship |
Aug 14 |
Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel |
Aug 14 |
Iran's official news agency, IRNA, reports that Iran has been unable to sell 200 million barrels per day of crude oil since the imposition of a unilateral oil embargo by the US |
Aug 15 |
Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA |
Aug 17 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
Aug 18 |
Cards reliever Tom Henke earns his 300th career save |
Aug 19 |
After 5 days Shannon Faulkner quits as 1st woman at the Citadel |
Aug 19 |
Bruce Seldon TKOs Joe Hipp in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
Aug 19 |
Mike Tyson returns to the ring & DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds |
Aug 20 |
"The Play's the Thing" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 75 performances |
Aug 20 |
Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save |
Aug 20 |
Kerrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open |
Aug 21 |
US marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho |
Aug 22 |
FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho |
Aug 23 |
Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 38th consecutive save |
Aug 23 |
Larry Hagman receives a liver transplant |
Aug 24 |
Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island |
Aug 24 |
Windows 95 debuts |
Aug 25 |
Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs v Glam, world record 16 x 6 |
Aug 25 |
Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves |
Aug 26 |
Andrew Symonds hits 20 sixes in match for Gloucs v Glamorgan |
Aug 26 |
Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval |
Aug 27 |
"Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 204 performances |
Aug 27 |
23rd du Maurier Golf Classic: Jenny Lidback |
Aug 27 |
95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods |
Aug 27 |
Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days |
Aug 28 |
Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson |
Aug 28 |
Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 & 157 |
Aug 28 |
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Abdul Mohsen al-Medej announces that his country will increase its oil production capacity to as much as 3.5 million barrels per day by 2005 |
Aug 29 |
NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces. |
Aug 30 |
Cable News Network joins internet |
Aug 30 |
Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker & Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record |
Sep 1 |
Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to US Treasury |
Sep 1 |
NYC reinstates the death penalty |
Sep 1 |
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland Ohio |
Sep 2 |
Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
Sep 2 |
Southern California begins using new area code 562 |
Sep 3 |
Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT) |
Sep 3 |
Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3) |
Sep 3 |
NY Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle |
Sep 3 |
Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit |
Sep 3 |
eBay founded. |
Sep 4 |
Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000 |
Sep 4 |
Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic |
Sep 4 |
The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance. |
Sep 5 |
Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games |
Sep 6 |
Cal Ripken Jr breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games |
Sep 6 |
Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood |
Sep 7 |
STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit |
Sep 7 |
Sen Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion |
Sep 7 |
12th MTV Awards: TLC, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, & Madonna wins |
Sep 8 |
Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title |
Sep 9 |
"Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902) |
Sep 9 |
109th US Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (7-6 0-6 6-3) |
Sep 9 |
Dean St Station in Brooklyn, is 6th MTA station to close since 1904 |
Sep 10 |
115th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 46 75) |
Sep 10 |
35th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland beats US, 14-10 |
Sep 10 |
47th Emmy Awards: NYPD Blue, ER, Fraiser & Candice Bergen win |
Sep 10 |
Alison Nicholas wins PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship |
Sep 10 |
Browns & Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleve for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles |
Sep 11 |
Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423 |
Sep 11 |
Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day" |
Sep 11 |
Soyuz TM-22, lands |
Sep 12 |
INXS' Michael Hutchence pleads guilty to punching a photographer |
Sep 12 |
Belarus military shoots down a hydrogen balloon, killing its two American pilots. |
Sep 13 |
The Kuwaiti Oil Ministry states its intention to seek a 200-million-barrels-per-day increase to its current 2-million-barrels-per-day crude oil production quota at OPEC meeting in Vienna |
Sep 14 |
Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan |
Sep 15 |
Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays |
Sep 16 |
Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory |
Sep 16 |
Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996 |
Sep 17 |
"Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 276 perfs |
Sep 17 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic |
Sep 18 |
Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Balt to move Browns |
Sep 18 |
Space shuttle STS-69 (Endeavour 9), lands |
Sep 19 |
Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 HRs for Rockies in 1995 |
Sep 19 |
Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits HRs in 3rd of 4 games |
Sep 19 |
The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto. |
Sep 20 |
Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central |
Sep 21 |
The Hindu milk miracle occurs, in which statues of the Hindu God Ganesh began drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths. |
Sep 22 |
E-3B AWACS crashed outside of Elmendorf AFB, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board killed |
Sep 24 |
31st Ryder Cup: Europe beats US, 14½-13½ at Oak Hill County Club (Rochester, New York, US) |
Sep 24 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic |
Sep 24 |
Emillio & Gloria Estefan's boat hits & kills a jet skiier |
Sep 24 |
Volcano Mount Ruapehu (North Island, NZ) erupts |
Sep 26 |
"George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr |
Sep 26 |
Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov) |
Sep 26 |
Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1 |
Sep 28 |
"Batman Forever" released Czech Republic |
Sep 28 |
Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win |
Sep 28 |
Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News" on CBS |
Sep 28 |
Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle |
Sep 28 |
Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov |
Sep 28 |
Yitzhak Rabin & Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank |
Sep 28 |
Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup. |
Sep 29 |
Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27½ games) |
Sep 29 |
OJ Simpson trial sent to the jury |
Sep 29 |
Saleem Elahi scores century on ODI debut, Pakistan v Sri Lanka |
Sep 29 |
US space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun |
Sep 30 |
Cleve Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season |
Oct 1 |
Bermuda begins using new area code 441 |
Oct 1 |
Gail Graham wins FieldCrest Cannon/Carolina LPGA Golf Classic |
Oct 1 |
Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team |
Oct 1 |
Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers |
Oct 1 |
NY Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever |
Oct 1 |
Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence |
Oct 2 |
"Moon Over Buffalo" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 308 perfs |
Oct 2 |
Seattle Mariners beat Cal Angels, 9-1 in a playoff game to win AL West |
Oct 3 |
1st 1st-class match at Hurstville Oval, Sydney (NSW v W Prov) |
Oct 3 |
OJ Simpson found not guilty in murder of Nicole Simpson & Ron Goldman in Los Angeles, California |
Oct 4 |
29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win |
Oct 4 |
Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners |
Oct 5 |
"Company" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 68 performances |
Oct 6 |
BPAA US Women's Open won by Cheryl Daniels |
Oct 6 |
Colorodo Avalanche (former Que Nordiques) 1st NHL game, beat Detroit |
Oct 6 |
51 Pegasi was discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it. |
Oct 7 |
Boston's Fleet Center opens, NY Islanders & Boston Bruins tie at 4-4 |
Oct 7 |
Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees |
Oct 8 |
Dolphin's Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL career completions record |
Oct 8 |
Edgar Martinez drives home tying & winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees & win AL Division Series |
Oct 10 |
"Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater NYC |
Oct 10 |
Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners |
Oct 10 |
Most Dutch telephone numbers increase to 10 digits |
Oct 10 |
Robert E Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics |
Oct 11 |
John Bobbitt has plastic surgery to increase his penis 3 inches |
Oct 11 |
O J Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline |
Oct 12 |
"Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 perfs |
Oct 13 |
Joseph Rotblat awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
Oct 13 |
Pamela Anderson Lee, rush to hospital with flu like symptoms |
Oct 14 |
Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds) |
Oct 15 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf |
Oct 15 |
Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating NY Jets 26-15 |
Oct 16 |
Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe |
Oct 16 |
Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka |
Oct 16 |
Million Man March held in Wash DC (over 800,000 black men attend) |
Oct 16 |
ODI in Sharjah WI 7-333 in 50 overs beat Sri Lanka 329 all out |
Oct 17 |
Keith Moore sentenced to 6 years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000 |
Oct 18 |
NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix |
Oct 19 |
"Hello Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 118 performances |
Oct 20 |
STS 73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit |
Oct 20 |
Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final |
Oct 21 |
Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory NC, crowned 7th Ms Venus Swimwear |
Oct 21 |
Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians |
Oct 22 |
"Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 97 perfs |
Oct 24 |
Total solar eclipse in SW/S Asia (2m09s) |
Oct 25 |
"Victor/Victoria" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 738 performances |
Oct 26 |
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta. |
Oct 27 |
Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Balt is signed |
Oct 27 |
Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto |
Oct 27 |
Latvia applies for membership in the European Union. |
Oct 28 |
Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series |
Oct 28 |
Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song |
Oct 29 |
"Fool Moon" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC |
Oct 29 |
Sunday NY News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 |
Oct 29 |
US beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament |
Oct 30 |
Quebec Referendum votes to remain part of Canada |
Oct 31 |
NHL NJ Devils agree to stay in NJ |
Nov 1 |
"Tempest" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 71 performances |
Nov 2 |
"Busker Alley" premieres at St James Theatre, NY |
Nov 2 |
"Sacrilege" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 21 performances |
Nov 2 |
Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M |
Nov 3 |
1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100 |
Nov 3 |
1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80 |
Nov 3 |
1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat NJ Nets 94-79 |
Nov 4 |
"Indiscretions" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 perfs |
Nov 4 |
1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province v N Transvaal |
Nov 4 |
Key Arena opens, Seattle Supersonics beat LA Lakers 103-89 |
Nov 5 |
STS 73 (Columbia 18), lands |
Nov 5 |
Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament |
Nov 5 |
1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minn Timberwolves 100-98 in OT |
Nov 5 |
André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the PM's wife locks the door. |
Nov 6 |
Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt |
Nov 6 |
Israel buries Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with Palestinians |
Nov 7 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Pittsburgh PA on WXDX 105.9 FM |
Nov 7 |
Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever) |
Nov 9 |
"Danny Gans on Broadway" opens at Neil Simon Theater NYC |
Nov 10 |
In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop) are hanged by government forces. |
Nov 12 |
25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 |
Nov 12 |
26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00 |
Nov 12 |
Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe |
Nov 12 |
Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003 |
Nov 12 |
NY MTA raises subway & bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 |
Nov 12 |
STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit |
Nov 13 |
"GoldenEye", starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond for the first time, debuts |
Nov 15 |
"Master Class" opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances |
Nov 15 |
Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir |
Nov 16 |
US Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson's disease |
Nov 16 |
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother undergoes hip surgery |
Nov 18 |
Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World |