1. Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games - 1997
2. O. J. Simpson appears on British TV discussing his not guilty verdict - 1996
3. 6.5 earthquake hits Greece - 1995
4. Chelsi Smith, 21, of USA, crowned 44th Miss Universe Shanna Lynn Moakler, (19-NY), replaces Chelsi Smith as Miss USA - 1995
5. New Zealand beats U.S. for the America's Cup - 1995
6. Indians, begin a 18 home game hoome win streak at Jacobs Field - 1994
7. 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street - 1993
8. Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands - 1993
9. CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands - 1993
10. Kansas City Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR - 1993
11. Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South-Africa, kills 50 - 1993
12. 3 astronauts simultaneous walked in space for the 1st time - 1992
13. Ajax wins 21st UEFA Cup - 1992
14. Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured - 1992
15. Final episode of "Night Court" airs on NBC-TV - 1992
16. Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show - 1992
17. Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0 - 1991
18. "Michael Jackson: Magic and Madness" goes on sale - 1991
19. South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks - 1991
20. Yankee Stadium fans sing "Like a Virgin" to Jose Canseco - 1991
21. "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 16 performances - 1990
22. Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic - 1990
23. Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China - 1989
24. Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game - 1989
25. Trinidad and Tobago ties U.S. 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup - 1989
26. Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II - 1987
27. Carlton Fisk becomes 5th catcher to steal 100 bases - 1985
28. Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA - 1985
29. Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11 - 1985
30. Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic - 1984
31. Johan Cruyffs last competitive match - 1984
32. "Oliver!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 17 performances - 1984
33. Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times - 1983
34. Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy - 1982
35. Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead - 1982
36. Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros) - 1982
37. Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi and Lebedev for 211 days in space - 1982
38. Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA - 1982
39. Dinamo Tbilisi wins 21st Europe Cup II - 1981
40. Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square - 1981
41. Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 home runs in 5th inning vs New York Mets - 1980
42. Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament - 1979
43. Shah and family sentenced to death in Teheran - 1979
44. "Utter Glory... Morrissey Hall" opens and closes at Mark Hellinger New York City - 1979
45. "Angel" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 5 performances - 1978
46. Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m steeplechase (8:05.4) - 1978
47. Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels - 1978
48. Musical "Runaways" with Elizabeth Swados premieres in New York City - 1978
49. "Runaways" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 199 performances - 1978
50. Howard Stern begins broadcasting at WRNW, Briarcliff Manor, New York - 1977
51. 9th and final ABA championship: New York Nets beat Denv Nuggets, 4 games to 2 - 1976
52. Flyers 4-Isles 1-Semifinals-Flyers win semifinals 4-3 - 1975
53. Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee - 1975
54. "Rodgers and Hart" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 108 performances - 1975
55. Bobby Riggs beat Margaret Smith Court in Mother's Day match in California - 1973
56. "Cyrano" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 49 performances - 1973
57. Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open - 1973
58. 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan) - 1972
59. Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12) - 1972
60. Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident - 1971
61. Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres - 1970
62. 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou - 1968
63. New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller - 1967
64. Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries - 1967
65. Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act - 1966
66. Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black" - 1966
67. Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction" - 1965
68. Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel - 1965
69. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open - 1962
70. 1st launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed - 1960
71. Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game - 1960
72. WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR - 1960
73. Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV - 1959
74. French settlers riot against French army in Algeria - 1958
75. Jordan and Iraq form Arab Federation - 1958
76. Pierre Pflimlin forms French government - 1958
77. Rioters attack U.S. VP Nixon in Venezuela - 1958
78. Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits - 1958
79. Pachyderm Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens - 1956
80. Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463' - 1955
81. Labour Party wins British municipal elections - 1954
82. "Pajama Game" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 1063 performances - 1954
83. Robin Roberts gives up a HR then retires next 27 men in a row - 1954
84. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak - 1954
85. New York Giants Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each hit 2 home runs and a triple - 1953
86. Minor-league Bristol pitcher Ron Necciai strikes out 27 in 9-innings - 1952
87. Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India - 1952
88. Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards - 1950
89. 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight - 1949
90. Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions - 1947
91. Sarwate and Banerjee add 249 for 10th wkt for Indians vs. Surrey - 1946
92. U.S. convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death - 1946
93. Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam - 1946
94. U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi Okinawa - 1945
95. 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2 - 1944
96. German and Italian forces in Africa surrender - 1943
97. German occupiers confiscate all radios - 1943
98. Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight - 1942
99. Pitcher Jim Tobin belts 3 home runs in a game - 1942
100. Martin Bormann is named head of Nazi Party Chancellery in Germany - 1941
101. Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins - 1941
102. Willy Lewis' U.S. jazz band performs in Switzerland - 1941
103. British bomb factory at Breda - 1940
104. Churchill says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat" - 1940
105. Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England - 1940
106. German breakthrough at Grebbelinie - 1940
107. 65th Preakness: George Seabo aboard Challedon wins in 1:59.8 - 1939
108. SS St. Louis departs Hamburg with 937 Jews fugitives - 1939
109. Quiroga government takes office in Spain - 1936
110. Great dustbowl storm - 1934
111. 59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02 - 1933
112. Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitch marries Nina Varsar - 1932
113. Paul Doumer elected president of France - 1931
114. Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas, only known fatality due to hail - 1930
115. "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange - 1927
116. VVOG soccer team forms in Harderwijk - 1927
117. German government of Luther falls - 1926
118. Pulitzer prize awarded to Willa Carter (One of Ours) - 1923
119. 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6 - 1922
120. 48th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6 - 1922
121. 1st U.S. airmail stamps issued (24 cents ) - 1918
122. 1st appearance of Mary to 3 shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal - 1917
123. Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo," premieres - 1917
124. 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day - 1916
125. 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04 - 1916
126. Native American Day is 1st observed - 1916
127. 1st 4 engine aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia) - 1913
128. Royal Flying Corps forms in England - 1912
129. 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05 - 1911
130. New York Giant Fred Merkle is 1st to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) - 1911
131. Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands - 1909
132. Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem - 1906
133. James J Jeffries retires as boxing champ - 1905
134. 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52 - 1891
135. 18th Preakness: W Martin aboard Montague wins in 2:36.75 - 1890
136. Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda and Equatoria - 1890
137. DeWolf Hooper 1st recited "Casey at Bat" - 1888
138. Princess Isabel of Brazil signs "Lei Aurea" abolishing slavery - 1888
139. 15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39 - 1887
140. Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms - 1884
141. Toba-indians killed 20 members of French expedition - 1882
142. Cesar Franck's "Lesson Eolides," premieres - 1877
143. Amersfoort-Zutphen railway opens - 1876
144. Pope Pius IX encyclical "On Greek-Ruthenian rite" - 1874
145. S Brownsville, Texas (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed - 1865
146. Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca Georgia - 1864
147. Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality - 1861
148. U.S. declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins - 1846
149. 1st foreign embassy in Hawaii forms - 1835
150. Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president - 1830
151. U.S. passes Tariff of Abominations - 1828
152. Opera "Die Jagarsbraut" is completed - 1820
153. Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay - 1787
154. War of Bavarian Succession ends - 1779
155. University library at Vienna opens - 1777
156. Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg - 1767
157. Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish - 1654
158. Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki - 1652
159. Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists - 1643
160. Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population - 1643
161. Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife - 1637
162. Admiral Hermites fleet blockade Lima Peru - 1624
163. English colonists (John Smith) lands near James River in VA - 1607
164. King Henri III flees Paris - 1588
165. Mary Queen of Scots is defeated by English at battle of Langside - 1568
166. Excavated corpse of heretic David Jorisz burned in Basel - 1559
167. Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola - 1497
168. Peter Coutherel banished from Leuven - 1364
169. Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath - 1110
170. Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Neth-Lutherans - 1106
171. Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon - 0641
172. Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church - 0609
173. St. Agapitus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0535
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