1. Bomb in Algiers kills 21 and wounds 40 - 1997
2. 14th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Raymond Floyd - 1996
3. "How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers New York City after 548 perf - 1996
4. Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic - 1996
5. New York Yankee John Weteland sets record of 24 consecutive saves - 1996
6. New York Yankees sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time - 1996
7. "Thousand Clowns" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 32 performances - 1996
8. Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0 - 1995
9. Ramon Martinez pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Marlins - 1995
10. Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed - 1994
11. Aeroflot starts non-stop flights between Moscow and NY - 1993
12. 63rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-6 at Jack Murphy Stadium, SD - 1992
13. Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery - 1992
14. All star MVP: Ken Griffey, Jr., Seattle Mariners - 1992
15. 46th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Meg Mallon - 1991
16. Failed military coup in Mali - 1991
17. "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premieres on WWOR-TV (New York City) - 1990
18. Sara Martin, of Illinois, crowned America's Junior Miss - 1990
19. 16th James Bond movies "License to Kill" premieres - 1989
20. 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorp of Nagorno-Karabak - 1988
21. Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place - 1988
22. WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive - 1988
23. 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad - 1987
24. All star MVP: Tim Raines (Montreal Expos) - 1987
25. Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million - 1987
26. Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony - 1987
27. Rookie of the Year Award is renamed to honor Jackie Robinson - 1987
28. Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame - 1987
29. Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law - 1987
30. 10 killed and 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid - 1986
31. 2nd government of Lubbers sworn in - 1986
32. 41st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jane Geddes - 1986
33. Motley Crue's Vince Neil begins 30 day sentence for vehicular homicide - 1986
34. NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission - 1986
35. Paul McCartney releases "Press" - 1986
36. Richard W. Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage - 1986
37. Shalamar's Howard Hewett acquitted in Miami of drug charges - 1986
38. 40th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Baker - 1985
39. Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Offutt AFB, Neb - 1985
40. Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24 - 1985
41. STS 41-D vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB for remanifest of payloads - 1984
42. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1984
43. Crane (Rep-R-Il) and Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages - 1983
44. Kevin Wade's "Key Exchange," premieres in London - 1981
45. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test - 1979
46. Allen Ginsburg completes "Plutonian Ode," blocks trainload of fissile material headed for Rockwell's nuclear bomb trigger factory, Colorado - 1978
47. Anatoly Scharansky convicted of anti-Soviet agitation - 1978
48. Ump Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls - 1978
49. North Korea shoots down U.S. helicopter, killing 3 - 1977
50. U.S. House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence - 1977
51. Jimmy Carter wins Democratic President nomination in New York City - 1976
52. U.S.S.R. banishes dissident Andrei Amalrik to Netherlands - 1976
53. Disney EPCOT Center, Florida, plans announced - 1975
54. Billy Martin is 1st AL manager ejected by ump from 2 games in 1 day - 1974
55. Sharon Miller wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic - 1974
56. 102nd British Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf shoots a 276 at Royal Troon - 1973
57. Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers - 1973
58. Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee - 1972
59. Plate ump and catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is ump and Tom Haller is Tigers catcher, Kansas City Royals win 1-0 - 1972
60. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test - 1972
61. 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin - 1970
62. All star MVP: Carl Yastremski (Boston Red Sox) - 1970
63. "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins - 1969
64. Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead) - 1969
65. WMUL (now WPBY) TV channel 33 in Huntington, WV (PBS) 1st broadcast - 1969
66. Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off San Francisco Giant Mike McCormick - 1968
67. Carol Mann wins LPGA Pabst Ladies' Golf Classic - 1968
68. Houston Astro Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Reds 6-1 - 1968
69. WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1968
70. Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off San Francisco Giant Juan Marichal - 1967
71. Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing - 1967
72. The Who, opening for Herman's Hermits begin a U.S. tour - 1967
73. Australian Ronald Clarke runs world record 10k (27:39.4) - 1965
74. Israeli/Jordanian border fights - 1965
75. U.S. Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) - 1965
76. Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France - 1964
77. Oriole Bob Johnson's 6th straight hit as a pinch hitter - 1964
78. Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sight Golf Open - 1963
79. Borehole for Mont Blanc-tunnel finished - 1962
80. Brave's Hank Aaron hits HR #500 - 1962
81. U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1962
82. Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 - 1961
83. Finland's Miettunen government forms - 1961
84. Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et magistrate - 1961
85. Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament - 1960
86. Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300 - 1960
87. 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Massachusetts - 1959
88. General Abdul K Kassem forms a military government in Iraq - 1958
89. Pope Pius XII publishes his 39th and last encyclical Meminisse juvat - 1958
90. Saddam Hussein and Iraqi army overthrows the monarchy - 1958
91. Soviet steamer "Eshghbad" sinks in Caspian Sea, drowning 270 - 1957
92. Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 - 1956
93. 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England - 1955
94. 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) - 1954
95. 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record) - 1954
96. 1st National monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver - 1953
97. 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati - 1953
98. Communist offensive in Korea - 1953
99. SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward) - 1952
100. 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) - 1951
101. Citation becomes 1st horse to win $1,000,000 in races - 1951
102. "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater New York City after 37 performances - 1951
103. George Washington Carver monument unveiled - 1951
104. "Make a Wish" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 102 performances - 1951
105. RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea - 1950
106. U.S.S.R. explodes their 1st atom bomb - 1949
107. Israel bombs Cairo - 1948
108. Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles and HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs - 1946
109. Dr. Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published - 1946
110. Mass murder on Jews in Kielce Poland - 1946
111. Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st U.S. ship to bombard Japan - 1945
112. Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested - 1944
113. U.S. assault on Coutances, Cotentin - 1944
114. 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork - 1942
115. Riots against Jews in Amsterdam - 1942
116. 6,000 Lithuanian Jews are exterminated at Viszalsyan Camp - 1941
117. Cease fire of Joan of Arc, ends combat in Lebanon and Syria - 1941
118. Jam rationed in Holland - 1941
119. Due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps - 1940
120. Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR - 1940
121. Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifest - 1938
122. 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government - 1936
123. 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record) - 1936
124. 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Orogrande New Mexico (state record, broken on June 27, 1994) - 1934
125. New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time - 1934
126. Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beats Cincinnati 18-0 - 1934
127. Ruth hits 700th career home run - 1934
128. Germany began mandatory sterilization of those with hereditary illness - 1933
129. NSDAP becomes only party in Germany - 1933
130. Verity bowls out Essex twice in a day, 8-47 and 9-44, at Leyton - 1933
131. Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders - 1932
132. 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii - 1927
133. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Massachusetts, of killing their shoe company's paymaster - 1921
134. Dutch government reclaims South seas - 1918
135. 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham South Carolina (state record) - 1916
136. St. Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 inns in a 0-0 tie vs Boston - 1916
137. 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard - 1914
138. NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep - 1914
139. Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8) - 1912
140. 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines - 1911
141. Germany chancellor Bernhard von Bulow resigns - 1909
142. John T. Smith patents corkboard - 1891
143. General strike brings U.S. railroad to a stand still - 1877
144. Alvin J. Fellows patents tape measure - 1868
145. 1st ascent of Matterhorn - 1865
146. Whymper, Hudson, Croz, Douglas and Hadow 1st to climb Matterhorn - 1865
147. Gold is discovered in Helena, Montana - 1864
148. Battle of Falling Waters, MD (Beaver Creek) - 1863
149. Jews of Holstein Germany granted equality - 1863
150. Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia with 40,000 troops - 1861
151. Naval Engagement at Wilmington North Carolina - USS Daylight establishes blockade - 1861
152. 1st U.S. World's fair opens, Crystal Palace New York - 1853
153. Commodore Perry requests trade relations with Japan - 1853
154. 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration - 1850
155. 1st postmasters' provisional stamps issued, New York City - 1845
156. Fire in New York City destroys 1,000 homes and kills many - 1845
157. Opium exempted from federal tariff duty - 1832
158. Switzerland signs boundaries for fugitives - 1823
159. Slave revolt in South Carolina under Denmark Vesey/Peter Poyas - 1822
160. 1st direct federal tax on states-on dwellings, land and slaves - 1798
161. Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous and malicious" writing against U.S. government - 1798
162. Bastille Day-French Revolution begins with the fall of Bastille - 1789
163. Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California - 1771
164. Battle of Aland, Russian fleet overpowers larger Swedish fleet - 1714
165. Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London - 1682
166. English jesuit Edmund Campion arrested - 1581
167. English troops attack The Canal - 1544
168. Emperor Charles V conquerors Tunis - 1535
169. Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernan Cortes and Tlascala's vs Aztecs - 1520
170. Battle at Vitkov Zizka's hill (Prague): Taboriets beat Bohemia - 1420
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