1. Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC, commercials are $2 million each - 1998
2. Baseball's Exec Council suspends New York Yank owner George Steinbrenner - 1997
3. New York Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0 - 1996
4. 41st McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Kelly Robbins - 1995
5. Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader - 1995
6. Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th) - 1995
7. "My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 16 performances - 1995
8. Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617 - 1994
9. FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London - 1994
10. Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46) - 1994
11. WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll - 1992
12. 42 die in a train collision is Japan - 1991
13. Robert M. Gates becomes head of CIA - 1991
14. Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal - 1991
15. World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs - 1991
16. 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos) - 1990
17. Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53 - 1990
18. 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett) - 1989
19. 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta) - 1989
20. Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic - 1989
21. Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square - 1989
22. Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs - 1989
23. Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC - 1989
24. 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he and St. Louis Cardinals lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn - 1988
25. "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 36 performances - 1988
26. Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000 - 1987
27. "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany - 1987
28. Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary - 1986
29. Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place - 1986
30. 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama - 1984
31. Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead - 1983
32. Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5) - 1983
33. "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5 - 1983
34. Guinea adopts constitution - 1982
35. 35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2 - 1981
36. NASA launches space vehicle S-192 - 1981
37. Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3 - 1980
38. Department of Health and Human Services begins operation - 1980
39. "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 15 performances - 1980
40. Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II - 1980
41. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic - 1978
42. "Working" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 25 performances - 1978
43. English football international Bobby Moore retires - 1977
44. Kansas City Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0 - 1977
45. Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms - 1977
46. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games - 1977
47. Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter - 1976
48. Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast - 1976
49. Dynamo Kiev wins 15th Europe Cup II - 1975
50. French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia - 1975
51. U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship - 1975
52. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1975
53. Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed - 1974
54. Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London - 1973
55. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV - 1973
56. Skylab launched, 1st Space Station - 1973
57. U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military - 1973
58. 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton - 1972
59. In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 - 1972
60. Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss) - 1970
61. Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court - 1970
62. New York City local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing - 1970
63. RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin - 1970
64. Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada - 1969
65. Last Chevrolet Corsair built - 1969
66. Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp - 1968
67. Czech government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek - 1968
68. RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin - 1968
69. Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller - 1967
70. A Lover's Concerto by Mrs. Miller hits #95 - 1966
71. 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes - 1965
72. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1965
73. Underground America Day is 1st observed - 1964
74. Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations - 1963
75. Ex-president Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years - 1962
76. Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain - 1962
77. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island - 1962
78. Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama - 1961
79. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open - 1961
80. "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden New York City after 216 performances - 1960
81. U.S.S.R. launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule - 1960
82. Virgil Thomson's "Missa Pro Defunctis," premieres in Pottstown NY - 1960
83. Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in New York City - 1957
84. "New Girt in Town" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 432 performances - 1957
85. U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean - 1955
86. Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania - 1955
87. Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months - 1954
88. Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC - 1951
89. "Flahooley" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 40 performances - 1951
90. Sammy Fain/EY Harburg's musical "Flahooley," premieres in New York City - 1951
91. Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs - 1950
92. 75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56 - 1949
93. "Love Life" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 252 performances - 1949
94. Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral - 1949
95. Israel declares independence from British administration - 1948
96. Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast - 1948
97. Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem - 1948
98. U.S. grants Israel de facto recognition - 1948
99. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak - 1948
100. WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1948
101. Paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres - 1946
102. Kamikaze-Zero strikes U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise - 1945
103. U.S. offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered - 1945
104. 91 German bombers harass Bristol - 1944
105. British troops occupy Kohima - 1944
106. Gen Rommel, Speidel and von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler - 1944
107. U.S. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms - 1942
108. 3,600 Parisian Jews arrested - 1941
109. Admiral Furstner departs to England - 1940
110. Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof - 1940
111. German breakthrough at Sedan - 1940
112. Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production - 1940
113. Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany - 1940
114. 64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8 - 1938
115. English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3 - 1938
116. Griffith Planetarium opens in Los Angeles, 3rd in US - 1935
117. Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement - 1935
118. "We Want Beer!" parade in New York - 1932
119. John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg - 1928
120. 53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06 - 1927
121. "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie - 1927
122. Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death - 1921
123. Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats - 1921
124. Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season - 1920
125. Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit - 1920
126. 45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 - 1919
127. Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta - 1919
128. Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) - 1918
129. Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington D.C. - 1918
130. Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0 - 1914
131. French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands - 1913
132. Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings - 1913
133. Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins - 1910
134. 1st passenger flight in an airplane - 1908
135. Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising - 1906
136. 2nd official International soccer match, Netherlands beats Belg 4-0 - 1905
137. 1st Olympics in U.S. are held (St. Louis) - 1904
138. President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Francisco - 1903
139. Great-Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia - 1897
140. Lowest U.S. temperature in May recorded (-10 degrees F-Climax, Colo) - 1896
141. Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings - 1894
142. Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem - 1892
143. 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45 - 1890
144. 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38 - 1888
145. 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36 - 1886
146. 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37 - 1885
147. Anti-Monopoly party forms in U.S. - 1884
148. Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) - 1878
149. 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0 - 1874
150. Harvard beats University of McGill (Montreal) in football, 3-0 - 1874
151. Battle of Reseca, Georgia -Atlanta- - 1864
152. Battle of Jackson, Mississippi - 1863
153. Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph - 1862
154. Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk - 1853
155. Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens - 1845
156. 1st edition of London Illustrated News - 1842
157. Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile - 1835
158. Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides," premieres - 1832
159. Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day) - 1811
160. Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for Pacific Coast - 1804
161. Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth," premieres in Weimar - 1800
162. 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner - 1796
163. Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution - 1787
164. British government disbands Americans import duty on tea - 1767
165. England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain - 1702
166. Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw - 1702
167. Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers - 1664
168. Louis XIV (4) becomes king of France - 1643
169. Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon - 1638
170. 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia - 1607
171. Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League - 1590
172. Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten - 1576
173. Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy - 1509
174. Baron's War fought in England - 1264
175. Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III - 1264
176. Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France - 1027
177. Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy - 1004
178. Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0649
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