1. 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2 - 1997
2. Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death - 1997
3. Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash - 1997
4. Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days - 1996
5. Indians' Dennis Martinez no-hits Balt 11-0 - 1995
6. New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, to go to their 1st Stanley Cup finals - 1995
7. Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract - 1994
8. Don Mattingly plays 1st base 1,469 game for Yankees (2nd most) - 1994
9. 39th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan - 1993
10. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani re-elected president of Iran - 1993
11. "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances - 1993
12. YokoZuna beats Hulk Hogan to become WWF champ - 1993
13. A spectator is killed by lightning at U.S. Open Golf tournament - 1991
14. NHL owners present contract to players, leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike - 1991
15. The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication - 1991
16. Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya - 1990
17. "Les Miserables," opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary - 1990
18. Nelson and Winnie Mandela welcomed in New York City - 1990
19. Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term, - 1990
20. 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps Los Angeles Lakers in 4 games - 1989
21. Houston's Terry Puhl plays in his 1,403rd game, most by a Canadian - 1989
22. Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - 1989
23. 45th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Mark Davis (Padres)/Mike Krukow - 1988
24. Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East - 1988
25. George Harrison releases "This is Love" - 1988
26. U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist - 1988
27. Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina - 1987
28. President Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency - 1986
29. Steve Garvey 1st ejection from a game, after Atlanta's triple-play - 1986
30. Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave Solar System - 1983
31. 28th LPGA Championship won by Jan Stephenson - 1982
32. Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 - 1982
33. 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany - 1981
34. Teenager fires 6 blanks at Queen Elizabeth II - 1981
35. Tom Snyder interviews Charles Manson on "Tomorrow" - 1981
36. Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" hits #1 - 1980
37. Deborah Harry/Meat Loaf film, "Roadie," premieres - 1980
38. Paul McCartney releases "Waterfall" - 1980
39. Rep John Jenrette, Jr. (D-SC) indicted in "Abscam" investigation - 1980
40. U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela - 1980
41. "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens at 22 Steps New York City for 86 performances - 1979
42. Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota - 1979
43. Convicted Martin Luther King assassin James Earl Ray recaptured - 1977
44. 4th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Donna Caponi - 1976
45. Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam - 1976
46. Inge Helten runs female European record 100m (11.04) - 1976
47. Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives - 1974
48. Garvey, Lopes, Cey and Russell play together for 1st time, set record of staying together as an infield for 8 years (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 1973
49. 17th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth - 1971
50. New York Times began publishing "Pentagon Papers" - 1971
51. Beatles' "Let It Be," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks - 1970
52. Beatles' "Long and Winding Road," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks - 1970
53. "In The Summertime" by Mungo Jerry hit #1 in UK - 1970
54. Mick Taylor leaves John Mayall Band and joins Rolling Stones - 1969
55. Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice - 1967
56. "You Only Live Twice" premieres in U.S. - 1967
57. Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights - 1966
58. 19th Tony Awards: Subject Was Roses and Fiddler on the Roof win - 1965
59. Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Western Golf Open - 1965
60. Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55) - 1964
61. Vostok 6 launched, pilot is 1st woman cosmonaut - 1963
62. "Bob Newhart Show," last airs on NBC-TV - 1962
63. "Billy Barnes People" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 8 performances - 1961
64. "Alley-Oop" by Dyna-Sores peaks at #59 - 1960
65. Prince Norodom Sihanoek becomes head of Cambodia - 1960
66. 59th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 282 at Winged Foot GC NY - 1959
67. 91st Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Sword Dancer wins in 2:28.6 - 1959
68. "Sammy Kaye Show," last airs on ABC-TV - 1959
69. Frank Zappa graduates from Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California - 1958
70. Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season - 1957
71. After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control - 1956
72. Parliamentary election: Dutch Democrates 50/KVP 49 - 1956
73. Real Madrid wins 1st Europe Cup - 1956
74. "Shangri-La" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 21 performances - 1956
75. Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France - 1955
76. Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx - 1954
77. 53rd U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont PA - 1953
78. 85th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 2:28.6 - 1953
79. Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 and 7-44) vs. Australia - 1953
80. Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2) - 1953
81. KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast - 1953
82. Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8 - 1952
83. U.N. arm forces reach Pyongyang Korea - 1951
84. South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" - 1950
85. Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th - 1948
86. 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3) - 1947
87. 1st transcontinental round-trip flight in 1-day, California-Maryland - 1946
88. King Umberto II of Italy abdicates - 1946
89. Heerjansdam soccer team forms - 1945
90. Orokoe peninsula Okinawa captured, with 6,000 dead - 1945
91. German counter attack on Villers-Bocage Normandy - 1944
92. 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km - 1942
93. Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head - 1942
94. Germany puts 4 saboteurs on Long Island - 1942
95. OSS, Office of Strategic Services, form - 1942
96. Paris evacuates before German advance - 1940
97. Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe vs. England at Trent Bridge - 1938
98. Jews injured and property destroyed in Przemyal Poland - 1938
99. Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive home runs against St. Louis Browns - 1937
100. Stalin executes Rus officers Tuchachevski, Jakir, Putna and Uberevitch - 1937
101. 2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms - 1936
102. Hammond scores his 100th hundred, 116 for Gloucs vs. Somerset - 1935
103. James J Braddock beats Max Baer in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1935
104. 1st sodium vapor lamps installed, Schenectady, New York - 1933
105. Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized - 1933
106. German Secret State Police, Gestapo, established - 1933
107. Air force's Marmaduke Brutal becomes leader of revolutionary junta - 1932
108. Great Britain and France sign peace treaty - 1932
109. 63rd Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Twenty Grand wins in 2:29.6 - 1931
110. 22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece - 1930
111. Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A. Lindbergh to New York City - 1927
112. 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8 - 1925
113. Bene Berak Palestine founded - 1924
114. Gaston Doumergue elected as 1st protestant French premier - 1924
115. Yanks win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win - 1924
116. Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops - 1922
117. Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8 - 1921
118. Phillies and Cards tie 8-8 in 19 innings - 1918
119. Germany bombs London - 1917
120. 28th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Marie Wagner (62 16 61) - 1914
121. 45th Belmont: Roscoe Troxler aboard Prince Eugene wins in 2:18 - 1913
122. Yanks win 13th game of year after losing 36 games - 1913
123. Albert Berry made the 1st parachute jump from an airplane - 1912
124. New York Giant Christy Mathewson wins his 300th game - 1912
125. Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from New York to Philadelphia - 1910
126. William D. Crum, a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia - 1910
127. Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 8 for heavyweight boxing title - 1908
128. Lowest temp ever in 48 U.S. states for June, 2 degrees F in Tamarack California - 1907
129. New York Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0 - 1905
130. Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland - 1902
131. China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Christians - 1900
132. Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital - 1898
133. Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) - 1895
134. Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out and named - 1890
135. 2' of snow accumulates in Rawlins Wyoming - 1889
136. 23rd Belmont: W Hayward aboard Eric wins in 2:47 - 1889
137. Congress creates Department of Labor - 1888
138. Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver - 1886
139. Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization - 1878
140. 8th Belmont: G Barbee aboard Saxon wins in 2:39 - 1874
141. Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador - 1871
142. Oscar J. Dunn, is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana - 1868
143. House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks) - 1866
144. President Johnson proclaims reconstruction confederate states - 1865
145. Battle of Winchester, Virginia - 1863
146. Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon," Christchurch, NZ - 1863
147. Skirmish at Berryville Virginia - 1863
148. Opera "Les Vˆpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) - 1855
149. 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio - 1837
150. Simon Bolivar proclaimed dictator - 1828
151. Walter Hunt patents safety pin - 1825
152. Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California - 1798
153. King Louis XVI fires French government - 1792
154. Mrs. Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington - 1789
155. Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit - 1777
156. Marquis de Lafayette lands in US - 1777
157. Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves - 1774
158. Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty - 1753
159. Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris - 1727
160. England signs Treaty of Madrid - 1721
161. Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc Rakoczi II - 1707
162. Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch - 1665
163. Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater - 1655
164. Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore - 1633
165. English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette - 1625
166. John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication - 1611
167. King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish sultan Suleiman - 1547
168. Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails - 1392
169. Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance, world's oldest, signed in London - 1373
170. Sheik Ibn Battuta begins 1st world trip, Tangiers to Mecca - 1325
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