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

1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Phillippines), kills 500

1952 Killer fogs begin in London England. "Smog" becomes a word

1956 Paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy

1957 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)

1957 First edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published

1958 Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community

1961 Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days

1961 Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)

1961 Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN

1964 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album

1965 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)

1965 Launch of Gemini 7 piloted by CDR James A. Lovell, USN. This flight consisted of 206 orbits at an altitude of 327 km and lasted 13 days and 18 hours. Recovery by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS-18)

1969 Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, killed in Chicago

1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims

1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage (John Warner)

1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself

1978 Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco first female mayor

1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus

1979 Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero)

1981 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV

1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa

1981 President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence

1983 Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down.

1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner

1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser

1988 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash

1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC

1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages

1991 Muslim Shiites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6« years)

1991 The Judds final concert (Nashville)

1992 US Troops land in Somalia

1959 A monkey returns to earth safely, after being launched into orbit 55 miles high by the US

1875 The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer

1892 The birth of General Franco, Spanish military dictator

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