1. SAFECO Golf Classic - 1998
2. Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat New York Islanders 4-1 - 1997
3. Katherine Shindle (Ill), 24, crowned 71st Miss America 1998 - 1997
4. Phil Simmons scores 171 and takes 6-14 for Leics vs. Durham - 1996
5. George Burns, undergoes surgery to drain fluid from his brain - 1994
6. Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun - 1994
7. Israeli min of Foreign affairs Peres and PLO-Abu Mazen sign peace accord - 1993
8. Junxia Cheek runs ladies world record 3000m (8:06.11) - 1993
9. Queens New York begins required recycling - 1993
10. 112th U.S. Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Pete Sampras (36 64 76 62) - 1992
11. Nancy Lopez wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship - 1992
12. New York Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28 - 1992
13. Steffan Edberg beats Pete Sampress to win U.S. Open - 1992
14. 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium - 1991
15. Joe Carter is 1st to have 3 consec 100-RBI seasons with 3 differ teams - 1991
16. Joe Coleman 3rd 100 RBI season in a row 3 teams (Cleve, SD and Toronto) - 1991
17. Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts - 1991
18. Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die - 1990
19. Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait - 1990
20. Robert E. Nederlander appointed New York Yankee managing general partner - 1990
21. Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter - 1990
22. Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa - 1989
23. Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner - 1989
24. "Les Miserables," opens at Fisher Theatre, Detroit - 1989
25. 10th time, 4 players hit baseball major-league record grand slams - 1988
26. 9 hard/software manufacturers announce EISA computer bus in New York - 1988
27. Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere - 1988
28. Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro - 1987
29. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship - 1987
30. Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours - 1987
31. Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season - 1986
32. Kellye Cash (Tenn), 21, crowned 60th Miss America 1987 - 1986
33. 2nd MTV Awards: Bruce Springsteen - 1985
34. John Williams introduces new Today Show theme - 1985
35. Simon Peres forms Israeli government with Likoed - 1984
36. STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad - 1984
37. Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save - 1983
38. Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation - 1983
39. Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season - 1983
40. Steve O'Shaughnessy scores 100 in 35 mins, Lancs vs. Leics - 1983
41. U.S. Mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle) - 1983
42. 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain - 1982
43. Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game - 1982
44. 101st U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (46 62 64 63) - 1981
45. 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St. Blue, Judd Hirsh and Isabel Sanford wins - 1981
46. April Moon sets women's handbow distance record of 1,039 yds and 13" - 1981
47. Atlanta Falcons tie record of 31 points in 4th quarter (vs Green Bay) - 1981
48. Jan Stephenson wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic - 1981
49. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1981
50. 1st United Negro College Fund - 1980
51. China PR performs nuclear test - 1979
52. South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of South Africa) - 1979
53. 1st flight of McDonnell Douglas F-18A Hornet - 1978
54. New York Yankees win to gain sole possession of 1st place from 14 games back - 1978
55. 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap - 1977
56. General Motors introduces 1st U.S. diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88) - 1977
57. 2nd Enterprise, approach and lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s) - 1976
58. Hurricane Eloise, kills 71 in Caribbean and U.S. - 1975
59. 1st broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC-TV - 1974
60. 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague - 1974
61. Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St. Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17 - 1974
62. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1974
63. ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics - 1973
64. Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout - 1973
65. Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea - 1973
66. 1st TV broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS - 1972
67. 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison - 1971
68. Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR - 1971
69. Nikita Krushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow - 1971
70. WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1971
71. World Hockey Association forms - 1971
72. 1st New York City Marathon won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38 - 1970
73. 84th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Smith Court beats Rosemary Casals (62 26 61) - 1970
74. 90th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Tony Roche (26 64 76 63) - 1970
75. IBM announces System 370 computer - 1970
76. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open - 1970
77. Palestine guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania - 1970
78. Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title - 1969
79. Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player - 1969
80. Plastic Ono Band's (John, Yoko and Eric Clapton) 1st live performance - 1969
81. Albania leaves Warsaw pact - 1968
82. Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa - 1966
83. Beatles release "Yesterday" - 1965
84. Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964 - 1965
85. Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast - 1965
86. Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win - 1965
87. 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome - 1964
88. 78th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Carole Graebner (61 60) - 1964
89. 84th U.S. Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Frederick S Stolle (64 62 64) - 1964
90. Mary Mills wins LPGA Eugene Ladies' Golf Open - 1964
91. St. Louis is 1st NL to score runs in every game since 1923, win 15-2 - 1964
92. WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1964
93. Barbra Striesand and Elliot Gould marry - 1963
94. Jim Bouton's 20th win clinches Yanks 28th pennant - 1963
95. "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC TV - 1963
96. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1963
97. Battles between United Nations and Katanga troops in Congo - 1961
98. "Car 54 Where are You?" premieres on TV - 1961
99. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1961
100. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1961
101. Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit - 1961
102. Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law - 1960
103. 73rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Christine Truman (61 64) - 1959
104. 79th U.S. Mens Tennis: Neale Fraser beats Alejandro Olmedo (63 57 62 64) - 1959
105. Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open - 1959
106. U.S.S.R.'s Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body - 1959
107. Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times - 1958
108. Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam - 1958
109. Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes - 1956
110. Stravinsky's "Canticum Sacrum," premieres in Venice - 1956
111. Reds Ted Kluszewski scores a run in record 17 consecutive games - 1954
112. WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
113. Nikita Khrushchev appointed 1st Secretary-General of U.S.S.R. - 1953
114. Pitcher Bob Trice is 1st black to play on Philadelphia A's - 1953
115. Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez elected president of Mexico - 1952
116. St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Giants 6-4 (rescheduled from 9/12) then at night lose to Boston Braves 2-0 - 1951
117. Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City - 1949
118. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress - 1948
119. WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1947
120. Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant - 1946
121. 30th Infantry division of U.S. 1st Army frees Margraten - 1944
122. Last transport out camp Westerbork to Bergen Belsen - 1944
123. U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall - 1944
124. Chiang Kai-shek became president of China - 1943
125. German counter attack at Salerno - 1943
126. Having been Generalissimo since 1928, Chiang Kai-shek elected pres - 1943
127. Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal - 1942
128. Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning - 1942
129. German forces attack Stalingrad - 1942
130. Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt - 1940
131. Alexander Cartwright selects to Baseball's Hall of Fame - 1938
132. Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Philadelphia A's) - 1936
133. Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000 - 1934
134. New York Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant - 1932
135. Capt G H Stainworth flies world speed record (655 kph) - 1931
136. Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria - 1931
137. 50th U.S. Mens Tennis: J H Doeg beats Francis Shields (10-8 16 64 16-14) - 1930
138. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4) - 1930
139. Tommy Armour wins PGA golf tournament - 1930
140. Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St. John's Rugby, 7-3 - 1930
141. KOH-AM in Reno NV begins radio transmissions - 1928
142. Waite Hoyt became only 20 game winner of 1927 Yankees - 1927
143. Yanks clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60) - 1927
144. 1st U.S. University for Blacks, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans - 1925
145. Bkln Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Phillies, 10-1 - 1925
146. 19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0) - 1924
147. With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera - 1923
148. 136.4 degrees F (58 degrees C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record) - 1922
149. Guy Bolton and George Middleton's "Adam and Eve," premieres in New York City - 1919
150. Train accident at Weesp Neth, kills 42 - 1918
151. Regina Rugby Club forms - 1910
152. Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park) - 1909
153. Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball - 1907
154. 1st airplane flight in Europe - 1906
155. 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike - 1898
156. Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film - 1898
157. Cecil Rhodes' colonies hoist Union Jack in Mashonaland and Salisbury - 1890
158. Cleveland Hugh Daily no-hits Philadelphia 1-0 - 1883
159. Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Phila - 1883
160. Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops invade Egypt - 1882
161. Lewis Latimer invents and patents electric lamp with a carbon filament - 1881
162. Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to control U.S. gold market - 1869
163. Gen E R S Canby orders South Carolina courts to impanel blacks jurors - 1867
164. 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla - 1861
165. Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die - 1858
166. 1st U.S. prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy) - 1849
167. American-Mexican war: U.S. Gen Winfield Scott captures Mexico City - 1847
168. Curacao in English hands (until Jan 1803) - 1800
169. France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution - 1791
170. 1st loan to U.S. Government (from New York City banks) - 1789
171. New York City becomes 1st capital of US - 1788
172. Prussian army moves into Netherlands - 1787
173. Gotthold Lessing's "Die Juden," premieres in Frankfurt-am-Main - 1775
174. British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec) - 1759
175. England signs Austrian and Russian alliance - 1751
176. England, Austria and Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms - 1743
177. 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia) - 1663
178. Admiral Tholen conquerors 30+ Spanish frigates - 1631
179. 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem - 1625
180. Breda forms Union of Utrecht - 1579
181. Turkish fleet recaptures Tunis - 1574
182. Charles V and Maria of Hungary march into Spain - 1556
183. English Hugh Latimer arrested - 1553
184. Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna - 1549
185. Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers and Pope Leo X - 1515
186. Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg crowned as German king Lotharius III - 1125
187. Sabinian begins his reign as Pope replacing Pope Gregory the Great - 0604
188. Building begins on Hadrian's Wall - 0122
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