1. New York Met John Olerud hits for the cycle - 1997
2. INXS' Michael Hutchence pleads guilty to punching a photographer - 1995
3. Cessna crashes in White House front yard - 1994
4. Country singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery - 1994
5. Parti Quebecois wins parliamentary election - 1994
6. 113rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cedric Pioline (64 64 63) - 1993
7. Donna Andrews wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship - 1993
8. Junxia Cheek runs 3000 m ladies world record (8:12.29) - 1993
9. Paul Molitor at 37 is oldest to reach 100 RBIs for 1st time in career - 1993
10. STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit - 1993
11. 106th U.S. Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A Sanchez Vicario (63 63) - 1992
12. Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii - 1992
13. Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in U.S. Open history (5hr 26min) - 1992
14. STS-47 (Endeavour 2) launches - 1992
15. Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win - 1991
16. Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched - 1991
17. Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation - 1990
18. "Les Miserables," opens at Cirkus Theater, Stockholm - 1990
19. US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge - 1990
20. Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation - 1989
21. 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card - 1988
22. Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica - 1988
23. 101st U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (76 61) - 1987
24. Ethiopia adopts constitution - 1987
25. Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year - 1987
26. 240.49 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange - 1986
27. Twins fire manager Ray Miller and replace him with coach Tom Kelly - 1986
28. U.S. professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut - 1986
29. Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds - 1985
30. Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident - 1984
31. Cyndi Lauper sings "She-Bop" on Tonight Show - 1984
32. Ethiopia forms socialist republic - 1984
33. New York Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251 - 1984
34. Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes - 1983
35. Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation - 1983
36. Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million - 1983
37. U.S.S.R. vetoes United Nations resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane - 1983
38. 102nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64) - 1982
39. Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) and Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon - 1982
40. Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic - 1982
41. 95th U.S. Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats M Navratilova (16 76 76) - 1981
42. Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982 - 1981
43. Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation - 1981
44. Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone and Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles - 1981
45. Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey - 1980
46. Carl Yastrzemski, is 15th to get 3,000 hits - 1979
47. Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage - 1979
48. Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club - 1979
49. Fidel Castro visits Addis Abba - 1978
50. Situation comedy "Taxi" premieres on ABC television - 1978
51. 96th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 36 76 64) - 1976
52. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open - 1976
53. Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St. L 30, Sea 24) - 1976
54. White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors - 1976
55. Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) - 1974
56. Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joins Doobie Brothers - 1974
57. 2 bettors win largest U.S. Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit) - 1973
58. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1973
59. Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics - 1972
60. 85th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76) - 1971
61. 91st U.S. Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76) - 1971
62. 1st Concorde lands at Heathrow airport - 1970
63. Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return) - 1970
64. Phyllis Ann George (Texas), 21, crowned 43rd Miss America 1971 - 1970
65. Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport - 1970
66. U.S. LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from California jail - 1970
67. U.S.S.R. launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility - 1970
68. Albania announces it is withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact - 1968
69. Gemini XI (Charles Conrad and R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight - 1966
70. KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1966
71. "Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV - 1966
72. Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich begins teaching - 1966
73. WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1966
74. WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (PBS) 1st broadcast - 1966
75. 79th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75) - 1965
76. 85th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale (62 79 75 61) - 1965
77. Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75 - 1965
78. Manuel Santana wins U.S. Tennis Open - 1965
79. Mary Mills wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open - 1965
80. WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1965
81. 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 - 1964
82. Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 4 " - 1964
83. Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage - 1964
84. WHYY TV channel 12 in Wilmington, DE (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1963
85. Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game - 1962
86. NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m - 1961
87. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1961
88. "Vintage '60" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 8 performances - 1960
89. "Bonanza" premieres on NBC-TV - 1959
90. Janos Kadar becomes premier of Hungary - 1959
91. Luna 2 launched by U.S.S.R.; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon - 1959
92. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1958
93. U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate - 1958
94. Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits U.S. - 1957
95. Black students enter and are barred from Clay Kentucky elementary school - 1956
96. KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, California (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1955
97. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open - 1954
98. Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563) - 1954
99. White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920 - 1954
100. WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
101. Brooklyn Dodgers, clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team - 1953
102. "Carnival in Flanders" closes at New Century Theater New York City after 6 performances - 1953
103. Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of U.S.S.R. Communist Party - 1953
104. Sen John F. Kennedy, 36, marries Jacqueline Bouvier, 24 - 1953
105. Noel Coward's "Quadrille," premieres in London - 1952
106. Belgian government dismisses all communist civil servants - 1950
107. Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR - 1949
108. Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games - 1947
109. Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels - 1946
110. Hurricane, kills 389 in NC - 1944
111. Noorbeek and Mheer freed - 1944
112. U.S. Army troops entered Germany for 1st time - 1944
113. Free French lands on Corsica - 1943
114. German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the government - 1943
115. Waffen-SS (Skorzeny) frees Mussolini at Gran Sasso - 1943
116. Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal - 1942
117. Free-Poland and Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes - 1942
118. 1st German ship in WW II captured by U.S. ship (Busko) - 1941
119. 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings - 1940
120. 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) - 1940
121. Italian troops enter Egypt - 1940
122. Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech - 1938
123. 50th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62) - 1936
124. 56th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J Donald Budge (26 62 86 16 108) - 1936
125. 55th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63) - 1935
126. Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph - 1935
127. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against U.S.S.R. - 1934
128. Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish government - 1933
129. Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms - 1933
130. Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR - 1932
131. German government of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved - 1932
132. 51st U.S. Mens Tennis: H E Vines beats George M Lott, Jr. (79 63 97 75) - 1931
133. Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR - 1930
134. Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000 - 1928
135. Katharine Hepburn's New York stage debut in "Night Hostess" - 1928
136. Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in New York City - 1927
137. 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0) - 1925
138. Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co - 1923
139. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4) - 1922
140. 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium - 1920
141. During WW I, U.S. forces launch an attack on German-occupied St. Mihiel - 1918
142. Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager - 1914
143. Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) - 1912
144. Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0 - 1911
145. Gustav Mahlers 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians - 1910
146. World's 1st female cop, Alice Stebbins Wells, appointed (LAPD) - 1910
147. Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier - 1908
148. Lusitania arrives in New York City after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) - 1907
149. Arabs attack Gedara, Palestine - 1901
150. Defender (U.S.) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup - 1895
151. Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft. Salisbury) - 1890
152. Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" - 1888
153. Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set - 1885
154. Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza - 1882
155. Cleopatra Needle installed in London - 1878
156. King Leopold II opens Congo-conference - 1876
157. 2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated - 1867
158. Battle of Harpers Ferry VA - 1862
159. 423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC - 1857
160. Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck - 1840
161. Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 - 1814
162. Black Masons form 1st lodge - 1787
163. Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission - 1776
164. Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog - 1758
165. Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto - 1751
166. Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus - 1745
167. Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king - 1733
168. Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia - 1722
169. Isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor - 1720
170. Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage - 1703
171. English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal - 1703
172. New York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties - 1695
173. Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski - 1683
174. Prince Willem III occupies Naarden - 1673
175. Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 - 1666
176. Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England - 1639
177. Sweden and Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf - 1635
178. 1st submarine tested (London) - 1624
179. Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over - 1556
180. Treaty of Venlo: Duke Willem of Gulik and Emperor Charles V - 1543
181. Crusaders under earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis - 1396
182. French prince Louis and English king Henry III sign peace treaty - 1217
183. Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort beat Pedro II of Aragon - 1213
184. Henry I becomes earl of Leuven - 1015
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