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2020
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1999
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1997
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1988
Pittsburgh Penguins’ Mario Lemieux becomes the only National Hockey League player to score goals in five different ways: even strength, shorthanded, power play, penalty shot, and empty net, during an 86 win over the New Jersey Devils.
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1984
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1967
Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump the Caesar’s Palace Fountain, Las Vegas, breaking his pelvis, femur, wrist, hip and both ankles
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1961
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1946
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1935
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1923
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1911
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1904
First New Year’s Eve celebration held in Times Square (then Longacre Square), in New York City.
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1857
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