1. 36th Walker Cup: U.S., 18-6 - 1997
2. Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine - 1997
3. Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal - 1997
4. Deb Richard wins LPGA Friendly's Classic - 1997
5. Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic - 1997
6. Vijay Singh of Fiji wins Buick Open at the Warwick Hills Golf - 1997
7. Bob Dole picks Jack Kemp as his Republican VP running mate - 1996
8. Dare and Go ends Cigars record tying victory streak at 16 - 1996
9. Parlisha Williams (Louisiana) crowned Ms Black USA Metroplex - 1996
10. Yanks lose ending 3rd best home series victory streak at 24 - 1996
11. Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly - 1995
12. Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841) - 1994
13. Charlotte Anne Lopez, 16, of Vermont, crowned 11th Miss Teen USA - 1993
14. Satellite TOPEX/Poseidon launched - 1992
15. Soyuz TM-15 lands - 1992
16. "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 7 performances - 1991
17. NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53 - 1991
18. U.S.'s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus - 1990
19. A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning - 1989
20. Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge - 1989
21. Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec) - 1988
22. Rodrigo Borja installed as president of Ecuador - 1988
23. U.N. estimates Asia's population hits 3 billion - 1988
24. Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully - 1987
25. Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball - 1987
26. Betsy King wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic - 1986
27. Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired - 1986
28. Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway New York City - 1986
29. "Me and My Girl" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 1420 performances - 1986
30. Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates - 1986
31. A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 home runs (off Matt Young at Seattle) - 1985
32. Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million - 1985
33. Uno Lindstron of Sweden, juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles - 1985
34. Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run - 1984
35. Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business - 1981
36. Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record - 1981
37. Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes - 1981
38. 62nd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 274 at Oak Hill, New York - 1980
39. 8th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Pat Bradley - 1980
40. Allen, most powerful hurricane in Caribbean hits Brownsville, Texas - 1980
41. Ecuador adopts its constitution - 1979
42. Wings release "Getting Closer" and "Baby's Request" - 1979
43. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1978
44. Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer - 1977
45. U.S. and Panamana sign Panama Canal Zone accord - 1977
46. U.S.S.R. performs (underground) nuclear test - 1977
47. 57th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 276 at Firestone Akron - 1975
48. David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon - 1975
49. Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open - 1974
50. 1st BART train travels thru transbay tube to Montgomery St. Station - 1973
51. 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada - 1972
52. Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession - 1972
53. 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research - 1971
54. Twins' Harmon Killebrew is 10th to amass 500 HRs, and adds his 501st - 1971
55. Jim Morrison is tried in Miami on "lewd and lascivious behavior" - 1970
56. Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win - 1969
57. Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Stroh's-WBLY Golf Open - 1969
58. Race riot in Miami, Chicago and Little Rock - 1968
59. Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Concord Golf Open - 1968
60. 1st lunar orbiter launched by U.S. - 1966
61. Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again - 1966
62. Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km - 1965
63. WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1964
64. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
65. England applies for membership in European Common Market - 1961
66. Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space - 1960
67. Nicolaas Jouwe forms PANA in New-Guinea - 1960
68. Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Macktown Golf Open - 1958
69. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1957
70. 23rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 26, All-Stars 0 (75,000) - 1956
71. Netherlands Indonesian Union breaks up - 1954
72. Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins - 1954
73. Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament - 1952
74. Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title - 1949
75. Natl Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense - 1949
76. ABC enters network TV at 7 PM (WJZ, New York) - 1948
77. Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC - 1948
78. Bradman scores 133* Aust vs. Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours - 1948
79. WABC TV channel 7 in New York, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1948
80. Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged - 1945
81. Braves Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to shut out Cin Reds 2-0 - 1944
82. Race riots in Athens Alabama - 1944
83. U.S. recaptures Guam from Japanese - 1944
84. U.S./French offensive at Aleneon - 1944
85. Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali - 1943
86. Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots - 1943
87. Gen B. Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in North Africa - 1942
88. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill's 2nd meeting at Placentia Newfoundland - 1941
89. Prince Bernhard Fund forms - 1940
90. 2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats) - 1939
91. 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record) - 1938
92. 114 degrees F (46 degrees C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record) - 1936
93. 120 degrees F (49 degrees C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record) - 1936
94. Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player - 1934
95. Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last NL win - 1929
96. Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed - 1926
97. Hurricane strikes Borculo, 4 die - 1925
98. Franklin D. Roosevelt stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello - 1921
99. Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania - 1920
100. Treaty of Sevres (Allies and Turkey) - 1920
101. Turkish Government renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate - 1920
102. Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine - 1919
103. Turks annex Persian city Hamadan from Russia - 1916
104. At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary - 1914
105. German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany - 1914
106. German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas - 1914
107. Royal Nationally Steuncomite forms - 1914
108. 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses - 1913
109. Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords - 1911
110. Algemeene Netherland Toonkunstenars Ver (ANTV) begins - 1909
111. Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally - 1907
112. Pope Pius X bans Associations cults - 1906
113. Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest. - 1904
114. Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock - 1904
115. Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur - 1904
116. Yankees Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games - 1904
117. Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners - 1901
118. 1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0) - 1900
119. Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) - 1897
120. 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi") - 1895
121. Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act - 1893
122. Dan Rylands patents screw cap - 1889
123. New York Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record - 1888
124. Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) - 1887
125. Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) - 1885
126. Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians - 1877
127. Phillies and Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM - 1877
128. O. B. Brown patents moving picture projector - 1869
129. Transatlantic cable laid-President Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria - 1866
130. Battle of Nueces River, Texas - 1862
131. Battle of Wilson's Creek MO (Springfield, Oak Hills)-Gen Lyon killed - 1861
132. Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana - 1856
133. Congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution - 1846
134. Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200 - 1833
135. Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery - 1831
136. Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die - 1831
137. Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada) - 1827
138. Antioch Syria, hit by Earthquake; about 20,000 die - 1822
139. Missouri admitted as 24th U.S. state - 1821
140. Ecuador declares independence from Spain (National Day) - 1809
141. Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI - 1792
142. Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage - 1790
143. Mozart completes his "Eine small Nachtmusik" - 1787
144. Turkey declares war on Russia - 1787
145. 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing - 1774
146. Carlos III becomes king of Spain - 1759
147. Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated - 1743
148. Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen - 1678
149. King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich - 1675
150. Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam - 1675
151. Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar - 1664
152. Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch - 1653
153. Wasa sinks at Stockholm, 50 killed - 1628
154. Cardinal Richelieu begins siege of La Rochelle - 1627
155. County Maine appended on John Mason/Fernandino Gorges - 1622
156. English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Neth - 1585
157. Battle at St. Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France - 1557
158. Magellan's 5 ship set sail to circumnavigate Earth - 1519
159. Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France - 1512
160. Portugese troops occupy parts of Malakka - 1511
161. Diego Diaz discovers Madagascar - 1500
162. John Cabot tells King Henry VII of his trip to "Asia" - 1497
163. Alfonso ed Espina, bishop of Osma urges for an Inquistion in Spain - 1461
164. Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet - 1304
165. Battle at Lech: German king Otto I beats Hungarians - 0955
166. Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France - 0843
167. Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I - 0654
168. "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx) - 0070
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