1. Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful - 1997
2. Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits San Francisco Giants 9-0 - 1997
3. 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson - 1996
4. Colorado Avalanche sweeps Florida Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods - 1996
5. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo OH on WBUZ 106.5 FM - 1996
6. Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip - 1996
7. Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games - 1996
8. 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32 - 1995
9. 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60) - 1995
10. "Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater New York City after 79 performances - 1995
11. Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer - 1995
12. Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel - 1994
13. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1994
14. Jennifer Capriati, tennis ace, checks out of drug abuse clinic - 1994
15. "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances - 1993
16. Intelsat K launched - 1992
17. "Price" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 47 performances - 1992
18. 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton - 1991
19. Mother of All Parades - New York City welcomes desert storm troops - 1991
20. South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises - 1991
21. "Twin Peaks" airs on ABC-TV - 1991
22. 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64) - 1990
23. 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus - 1990
24. "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 52 performances - 1990
25. Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing - 1990
26. Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland - 1990
27. "Meet Me in St. Louis" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 253 performances - 1990
28. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship - 1990
29. Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity - 1990
30. 121st Belmont: Pat Day aboard Easy Goer wins in 2:26 - 1989
31. 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title - 1989
32. "Tales From The Crypt," TV Anthology, debuts on HBO - 1989
33. Greatest number of participants, 31,678, on a bicycle tour, London - 1988
34. Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated - 1987
35. A. Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL - 1986
36. 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell - 1985
37. Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife - 1985
38. Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula - 1985
39. French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near NZ - 1985
40. 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 - 1984
41. 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75) - 1984
42. Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title - 1984
43. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic - 1984
44. U.S. missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time - 1984
45. Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m) - 1984
46. Battle of Sultan Yakoub - 3 IDF members captured - 1982
47. Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut - 1982
48. John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA - 1982
49. "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall - 1982
50. IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail - 1981
51. Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits - 1981
52. Sebastian Coe of England sets 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence - 1981
53. Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co - 1981
54. 25th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young - 1979
55. 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64) - 1979
56. Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleve) - 1979
57. Pope John Paul II visits Poland - 1979
58. 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:26.8 - 1978
59. Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis - 1978
60. Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II - 1977
61. James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison - 1977
62. 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy - 1976
63. 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome - 1976
64. Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans - 1975
65. Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire - 1975
66. Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof - 1974
67. Rumor's government in Italy resigns - 1974
68. 19th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills - 1973
69. NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit - 1973
70. 104th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:28 - 1972
71. Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden - 1972
72. Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649) - 1972
73. 11 die in a train crash in Salem, Illinois - 1971
74. 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan Knisely wins spelling shalloon - 1971
75. AL games at Balt and Chicago postponed honoring Robert Kennedy - 1968
76. "Danny Thomas Hour," last airs on NBC-TV - 1968
77. KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1968
78. WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast - 1968
79. 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California - 1967
80. Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help - 1967
81. U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Israel - 1967
82. Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in U.K. - 1966
83. Beatles record "Rain," 1st to use reverse tapes - 1966
84. Cleveland Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senator, 2-0 - 1966
85. Janis Joplin's 1st live concert, Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco - 1966
86. Mamas and Papas win gold record for "Monday, Monday" - 1966
87. Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago - 1964
88. Southern Democrats filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked - 1964
89. John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women - 1963
90. A record 54 home runs hit in baseball - 1962
91. Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" - 1962
92. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament - 1962
93. Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive home runs in 1 game - 1959
94. 3rd LPGA Championship won by Louise Suggs - 1957
95. Harold MacMillan becomes British PM - 1957
96. John Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada - 1957
97. 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm - 1956
98. Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament - 1956
99. 1st separation of virus into component parts reported - 1955
100. KWEX TV channel 41 in San Antonio, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting - 1955
101. KQED TV channel 9 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1954
102. PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting - 1954
103. Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) - 1952
104. St. Louis Browns fire manager Rogers Hornsby - 1952
105. 50th U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA - 1950
106. 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6 - 1950
107. Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens - 1950
108. Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian premier - 1949
109. Italian Republic established - 1946
110. Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA - 1946
111. U.S. destroyer William D. Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze - 1945
112. Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cin Reds is youngest player in major league - 1944
113. Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France - 1944
114. Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country during wartime - 1943
115. Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173 - 1942
116. Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich - 1942
117. French government moves to Bordeaux - 1940
118. German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker - 1940
119. German 5th Armour division occupies Rouen - 1940
120. Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II - 1940
121. Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge - 1938
122. Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous - 1935
123. Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome - 1934
124. U.S.S.R. and Romania regain diplomatic relations - 1934
125. 37th U.S. Golf Open: Johnny Goodman shoots a 287 at North Shore Ill - 1933
126. 65th Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Hurryoff wins in 2:32.6 - 1933
127. 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass - 1932
128. 67th British Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 283 at Prince's England - 1932
129. Norway occupies East-Greenland - 1931
130. Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms - 1930
131. Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle - 1926
132. 1st political convention broadcast on radio - Republicans at Cleveland - 1924
133. 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8 - 1922
134. Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120, Gavvy Cravath - 1921
135. 60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin, banned 41 years - 1917
136. Limburgse mine workers strike - 1917
137. 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22 - 1916
138. Great Arab Revolt begin - 1916
139. British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon - 1915
140. Girl Scouts founded - 1915
141. Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam - 1911
142. 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens - 1908
143. 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine - 1905
144. Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan - 1902
145. Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati - 1899
146. U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War - 1898
147. 27th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Commanche wins in 1:53 - 1893
148. Wilbert Robinson sets record by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game - 1892
149. 25th Belmont: Ed Garrison aboard Foxford wins in 2:08.75 - 1891
150. 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes aboard Burlington wins in 2:07.75 - 1890
151. Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans - 1882
152. Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning - 1880
153. 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40 - 1876
154. 5th Belmont: W Miller aboard Harry Basset wins in 2:56 - 1871
155. 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef - 1869
156. 2nd Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard General Duke wins in 3:02 - 1868
157. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich Germany - 1865
158. Battle of Kellar's Bridge Kentucky, Licking River - 1864
159. Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia - 1864
160. Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds - 1863
161. Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats - 1861
162. England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system - 1857
163. Georg F B Reiman proposes that space is curved - 1854
164. Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of U.S. (replacing Taylor) - 1850
165. 1st telegraph link between New York City and Chicago - 1848
166. Battle at Vicenza: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte - 1848
167. Chicago Tribune begins publishing - 1847
168. Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire - 1846
169. HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean - 1834
170. Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey - 1826
171. Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's "La gaza ladra" - 1818
172. 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Phila - 1809
173. Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute - 1801
174. Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, forms - 1794
175. France revolutionary regime begins trials - 1794
176. 1st public zoo opens in Paris - 1793
177. Washington replaced Philadelphia as U.S. capital - 1793
178. Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Decl of Ind - 1776
179. Burning of Gaspee, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders - 1772
180. Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island - 1761
181. New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine - 1760
182. Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock! - 1752
183. Mrs. Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard - 1720
184. Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree - 1682
185. In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America - 1652
186. Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov - 1648
187. 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) - 1639
188. Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador - 1627
189. Netherlands and France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiegne - 1624
190. 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island - 1610
191. Valse Dimitri crowned Russian tsar for 1st time - 1605
192. Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister - 1540
193. Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg - 1538
194. French boer leader Guillaume Cale captured - 1358
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