Just a small note cidersam - this is supposed to be a game where we take it in turns to post rather than double post ourselves.
166 - in 166 BC:
Syria
* The Seleucid king Antiochus IV mounts a campaign against the Parthians who are threatening his empire in the east. He leaves his chancellor, Lysias, with responsibility for the government of southern Syria and the guardianship of his son. * The leader of the Jewish revolt against Syria rule, Mattathias, dies and his third son, Judas, assumes leadership of the revolt in accordance with the deathbed disposition of his father. * The Battle of Beth Horon is fought between Jewish forces led by Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucid army. Maccabeus gains the element of surprise and successfully routs the much larger Syrian army. * The Battle of Emmaus takes place between the Jewish rebels led by Judas Maccabeus and Seleucid forces sent by Antiochus IV and led by Lysias and his general, Gorgias. In the ensuing battle, Judas Maccabeus and his men succeed in repelling Gorgias and forcing his army out of Judea and down to the coastal plain in what is an important victory in the war for Judea's independence.
Roman Republic
* The Roman playwright Terence's Andria (The Girl from Andros) is first performed at the Megalesian games.
China
* Laoshang leads 140,000 Xiongnu cavalry in a raid in Anding, and they reach as far as the royal retreat at Yong.
175 - United Airlines flight 175, a Boston-Los Angeles flight which crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center after being hijacked by terrorists in New York, New York on September 11, 2001. God bless them
177 - The phone number 177 is used in Norway for information about public transport & is the second highest possible score in darts that can be obtained by throwing three darts in a single visit to the oche.
190 - Not only is the number 10 away from 200 but in the year 190 Cleomedes teaches that the moon does not glow on its own, but rather reflects sunlight.
192 - U.S. Route 192 is a road which runs through central Florida, near Kissimmee, Walt Disney World, and Melbourne. The melbourne bit is a bit random. But I have driven down Route 192 when I visited the US about 7/8 years ago. hated the driving BTW.
198 - In Roman Numerals it is CXCVIII and in Binary its 11000110. Also in the year 198 Chinese warlord Cao Cao defeats Lü Bu at Xia Pi (sounds like Dynasty Warriors here)