1. 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea - 1997
2. Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox - 1997
3. Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict - 1997
4. Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida - 1997
5. Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami - 1997
6. 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies - 1996
7. "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 45 performances - 1996
8. "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances - 1996
9. Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 - 1996
10. Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) - 1995
11. Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves - 1995
12. Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4 - 1995
13. WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan - 1994
14. Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands - 1993
15. Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV - 1993
16. Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS - 1993
17. Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II - 1993
18. 1st Belgian woman, Ingrid Baeyens, to ascend Mount Everest - 1992
19. A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest - 1991
20. Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic - 1991
21. 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) - 1990
22. Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million - 1990
23. Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting - 1990
24. "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance - 1989
25. Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired - 1989
26. Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists - 1989
27. "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 5 performances - 1988
28. Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph - 1986
29. Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California - 1986
30. President Reagan appoints Dr. James C Fletcher NASA Administrator - 1986
31. Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi - 1985
32. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic - 1985
33. Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41-D - 1984
34. France performs nuclear test - 1984
35. Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole - 1984
36. South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years - 1984
37. White Horse by Laid Back hits #26 - 1984
38. World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans - 1984
39. Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA - 1983
40. Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead - 1983
41. FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II - 1982
42. In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II - 1982
43. Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich) - 1982
44. U.S. Football League forms - 1982
45. Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minnesota - 1981
46. "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander New York City for 333 performances - 1981
47. 1st nonstop crossing of U.S. via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris) - 1980
48. Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end - 1979
49. Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female - 1978
50. 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London) - 1977
51. Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation - 1977
52. Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 - 1976
53. U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces - 1975
54. 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3 - 1974
55. Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic - 1974
56. 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 - 1973
57. Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92 - 1973
58. Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13) - 1972
59. Paul McCartney and Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" - 1972
60. Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St. Tropez Town Hall - 1971
61. Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run - 1970
62. Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court - 1970
63. KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1970
64. Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) - 1970
65. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1970
66. Kenneth H. Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH - 1969
67. "March of Poor" under rev Abernathy reach Washington, D.C. - 1968
68. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open - 1968
69. WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
70. H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student - 1967
71. Provo disbands in Netherlands Nonviolent Coordinating Committee - 1967
72. St. Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns - 1966
73. Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations - 1965
74. Manlio Brosio chosen as sec-gen of NATO - 1964
75. Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show - 1963
76. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open - 1963
77. Race riot in Birmingham Alabama - 1963
78. Grevelingendam closes - 1962
79. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island - 1962
80. Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time - 1961
81. Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special - 1960
82. Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) - 1959
83. "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater New York City for 23 performances - 1959
84. "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo and The Dont's hits #40 - 1958
85. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak - 1958
86. Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open - 1957
87. Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0 - 1956
88. East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves - 1956
89. Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) - 1955
90. KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
91. Charlton Playground named in Bronx - 1952
92. 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll - 1951
93. Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris - 1950
94. 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India) - 1949
95. West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade - 1949
96. Queen Wilhelmina resigns - 1948
97. 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux - 1944
98. Krim purged of nazi troops - 1944
99. Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat - 1944
100. Axis forces in North Africa surrender - 1943
101. British premier Winston Churchill arrives in U.S. - 1943
102. German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender - 1943
103. 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz - 1942
104. David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine - 1942
105. Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River - 1942
106. Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 - 1942
107. Great British convoy marches into Alexandria - 1941
108. French mariners occupy St. Maarten - 1940
109. German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug - 1940
110. Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River - 1940
111. Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) - 1938
112. George VI crowned King of England - 1937
113. St. Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3 - 1937
114. Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London - 1936
115. 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2 - 1934
116. "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1 - 1934
117. Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers - 1933
118. Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey - 1932
119. Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney - 1932
120. Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) - 1930
121. Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) - 1929
122. Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy - 1928
123. Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole - 1926
124. British general strike ends - 1926
125. Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad - 1926
126. Gen Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared - 1926
127. Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole - 1926
128. Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics - 1925
129. Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament - 1925
130. 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2 - 1924
131. 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind - 1924
132. 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6 - 1923
133. National Hospital Day 1st observed - 1921
134. Yanks and Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 - 1919
135. 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4 - 1917
136. 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6 - 1917
137. Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250 - 1915
138. Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week" - 1915
139. Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2) - 1913
140. 2nd NAACP conference (New York City) - 1910
141. Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 - 1910
142. 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8 - 1909
143. George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London - 1908
144. Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield - 1908
145. President McKinley visits San Francisco - 1901
146. Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed - 1900
147. Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city - 1900
148. Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters - 1898
149. 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth - 1897
150. Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece - 1897
151. Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City - 1894
152. Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname - 1891
153. Louisiana legalized prize fighting - 1890
154. Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale - 1888
155. Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada - 1885
156. France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony - 1881
157. Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate - 1881
158. Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia - 1877
159. 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 - 1875
160. U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized - 1874
161. Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Ky - 1871
162. Manitoba becomes a province of Canada - 1870
163. Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas - 1865
164. Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (Ft. Darling) - 1864
165. Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia - 1864
166. Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid) - 1864
167. Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River - 1864
168. U.S. Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general - 1864
169. Battle of Raymond, Mississippi - 1863
170. Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana - 1862
171. Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam - 1849
172. Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile - 1835
173. Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan - 1832
174. Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented - 1792
175. Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses - 1789
176. British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina - 1780
177. Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War) - 1780
178. 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette) - 1777
179. Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns - 1776
180. Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague - 1733
181. Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) - 1701
182. English king Willem III departs to Netherlands - 1695
183. England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg - 1689
184. Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9) - 1641
185. Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV - 1640
186. Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius - 1604
187. Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris - 1588
188. San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens - 1551
189. Wurttemberg becomes Lutherian - 1534
190. Battle at Boblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers - 1525
191. Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur - 1459
192. Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V - 1328
193. English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country - 1215
194. Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr - 1082
195. Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich - 0919
196. Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope - 0254
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