1. Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3 - 1997
2. Louise Woodward's trial begins in Massachusetts, Nanny murder trial - 1997
3. RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads - 1997
4. Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian weds Debbie Leavitt - 1994
5. Fred Norris, from the Howard Stern Show, marries Allison Furman - 1994
6. "Hedda Gabler" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 33 performances - 1994
7. Kelly Robbins wins Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic by Owens-Corning - 1994
8. Nepal premier Girija Prasadkoirala resigns - 1994
9. Sonia O'Sullivan runs female world record 2K (5:25.36) - 1994
10. Melchior Ndadaye becomes 1st Hutu Burundi pres/Sylvie Kinigi, PM - 1993
11. Yobes Ondieki runs world record 10km (26:58.38) - 1993
12. John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners - 1992
13. Spaceship Giotto, Halley 1986, approaches comet Grigg-Skjellerup - 1992
14. SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival - 1992
15. U.S. Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons - 1992
16. Boris Yeltsin sworn in as 1st elected president of Russian Rep - 1991
17. L'Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13 - 1991
18. 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago - 1990
19. All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers) - 1990
20. Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show - 1990
21. Last day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee - 1990
22. Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61) - 1989
23. Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic - 1988
24. Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke - 1985
25. French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior - 1985
26. Playboy publishes full frontal nude pictures of Madonna - 1985
27. Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze - 1982
28. Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week - 1982
29. Samuel Morses "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000 - 1982
30. Zimbabwe beats Bermuda by 5 wickets to win ICC Trophy - 1982
31. CERN achieves 1st proton-antiproton beam collision (570 GeV) - 1981
32. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1981
33. Ayatollah Khomeini releases Iran hostage Richard I. Queen - 1980
34. Willie Jones hospitalized for heat stroke with record 46.5 degrees C temp - 1980
35. Chuck Berry sentenced to 4 months for $200,000 in tax evasion - 1979
36. Bloodless military coup in Mauritania, president Moktar flees - 1978
37. "Happy End" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 75 performances - 1977
38. Pat Bradley wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic - 1977
39. 105th British Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Royal Birkdale - 1976
40. Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud) - 1976
41. Cher files for divorce from Gregg Allman, 10 days after they married - 1975
42. Gladys Knight and Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV - 1975
43. Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, vs. Australia, out for a pair - 1975
44. OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands - 1974
45. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1974
46. Bahamas declares Independence from U.K. and adopts constitution - 1973
47. Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida, McGovern - 1972
48. Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India - 1972
49. 100th British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 278 at Royal Birkdale - 1971
50. Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed - 1971
51. Chilean Association of Librarians created - 1969
52. NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969 - 1968
53. Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe" - 1967
54. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational - 1966
55. U.S. launches Orbiter 1 to the Moon - 1966
56. Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks - 1965
57. Rolling Stones score their 1st #1, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" - 1965
58. Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game - 1964
59. Moise Tsjombe becomes premier of Congo - 1964
60. 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington - 1962
61. All star MVP: Maury Wills (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 1962
62. Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia - 1962
63. Telstar, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched - 1962
64. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island - 1962
65. Belgium sends troops to Congo - 1960
66. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Youngstown Kitchens (Trumball Golf Open) - 1960
67. 1st parking meter installed in England (625 installed) - 1958
68. Ex-king Norodom Sihanoek appointed premier of Cambodia - 1958
69. 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C. - 1956
70. 650,000 U.S. steel workers go on strike - 1956
71. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island - 1956
72. 82nd British Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 282 at Carnoustie Dai Rees - 1953
73. Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist] - 1953
74. 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit - 1951
75. Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong - 1951
76. "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV - 1950
77. 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh - 1949
78. WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1949
79. "Allegro" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 318 performances - 1948
80. "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 62 performances - 1948
81. "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 188 performances - 1948
82. Lydda Airfield captured by Israeli army - 1948
83. 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China - 1947
84. Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Philadelphia A's, 3-0 - 1947
85. Belgian government of Acker, resigns - 1946
86. Lt-adm Marc Mitscher named chief of U.S. Navy staff - 1945
87. 6th day of battle at Kursk - 1943
88. U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WW II, Operation Husky - 1943
89. Himmler orders sterilization of all Jewish woman in Ravensbruck Camp - 1942
90. Netherland's government in exile, London, recognizes Soviet Union - 1942
91. Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air, 114 days - 1940
92. German planes attack British ships in the Canal - 1940
93. Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours - 1938
94. "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic - 1938
95. Dutch Django Reinhardts "Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club" - 1937
96. 109 degrees F (43 degrees C) Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record) - 1936
97. 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record - 1936
98. 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record) - 1936
99. 112 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record - 1936
100. New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles - 1936
101. Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 home runs in a game - 1936
102. 1st sitting U.S. president to visit South America, Franklin D. Roosevelt in Colombia - 1934
103. 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, New York - 1934
104. Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game - 1934
105. 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, New York - 1933
106. Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A's beats Indians in longest relief job - 1932
107. In game between Pirates and Phillies 9 home runs hit 1 in each inning - 1929
108. U.S. issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency - 1929
109. Senator Milt Gaston hurls record tying 14-hit shutout - 1928
110. 30th U.S. Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 293 at Scioto CC in Ohio - 1926
111. Lake Denmark, New Jersey arsenal explodes, kills 21, $75m damage - 1926
112. Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial - 1925
113. U.S.S.R.'s official news agency TASS forms - 1925
114. Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim - 1924
115. Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam - 1924
116. 2-pound hailstones kill 23 and many cattle, Rostov, Russia - 1923
117. All non-fascist parties dissolved in Italy - 1923
118. Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary - 1920
119. Dutch 1st Chamber approves woman suffrage - 1919
120. President Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate - 1919
121. Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic forms - 1918
122. Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft - 1917
123. British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa - 1915
124. Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles - 1914
125. 134 degrees F (57 degrees C), Greenland Ranch, California (U.S. record) - 1913
126. Romania declares war on Bulgaria - 1913
127. Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record 5000m (14:36.6) - 1912
128. 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record) - 1911
129. Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0 - 1910
130. H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269 degrees C) - 1908
131. Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court - 1905
132. Jean-Baptiste Marchands expedition reaches Fashoda at White Hippo - 1898
133. 1st concrete-paved street built, Bellefountaine, Ohio - 1892
134. Wyoming becomes 44th state of U.S., 1st with female suffrage - 1890
135. Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink and white calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand) - 1886
136. George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company - 1886
137. 1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out - 1884
138. French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol - 1873
139. Indelible pencil patents by Edson P Clark, Northampton, Mass - 1866
140. U.S. begins construction of Central Pacific Railroad - 1862
141. Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia and says Union troops will not enter that state - 1861
142. VP Fillmore becomes President following Zachary Taylor's death - 1850
143. Urbain J J Leverrier and John Couch Adams, codiscoverers of Neptune meet for 1st time at home of John Herschel - 1847
144. President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US - 1832
145. Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France - 1810
146. 1st U.S. frigate, the "United States," is launched in Phila - 1797
147. Horatio Gates, issues order excluding blacks from Continental Army - 1775
148. Roubiliacs monument for Handel unveiled at Westminster Abbey - 1762
149. Bonnie Prince Charlie flees in disguise to Isle of Skye - 1746
150. Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet - 1690
151. Neth-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen) - 1690
152. England declares war on Netherlands - 1652
153. Battle at Langport Somerset: Cromwell's New Model-army beats Royalists - 1645
154. 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in U.S. founded (Salem, MA) - 1629
155. English fleet under George Villiers reach La Rochelle - 1627
156. Catholic German monarchy forms Catholic League - 1609
157. Spanish theater plays "Moros y Los Cristianos" in Rio Grande - 1598
158. Spanish army leader Richebourg conquerors Liefkenshoek, Belgium - 1584
159. Battle on Eems: Dutch Water garrison beats Spanish - 1568
160. Lady Jane Grey becomes queen of England - 1553
161. King Charles V and King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais - 1520
162. Wars of Roses: Richard of York defeats King Henry VI at Northampton - 1460
163. Lady Godiva rides naked on horseback to force her husband, the Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes - 1040
164. Origin of Armenian calendar - 0552
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