1. "1776," opens at Criterion Theater New York City - 1997
2. Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death - 1997
3. Karrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Open - 1997
4. Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh - 1997
5. Soyuz TM-25 lands - 1997
6. Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel - 1995
7. 76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa - 1994
8. Doc Gooden leaves Betty Ford Center - 1994
9. Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open - 1994
10. Maggie Will wins Children's Medical Center LPGA Golf Classic - 1994
11. Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) - 1993
12. Nigerian presidential election - 1993
13. Reggie Jackson Day - New York Yanks retire 13th # (#44) - 1993
14. Shari Beadley weds Christopher Martin (Kid 'n Play) - 1993
15. St. Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves - 1993
16. Comedian Jackie Mason marries his manager Jyll Rosenfeld (37) - 1991
17. Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR - 1991
18. Angel's Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside park grandslam - 1990
19. Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise - 1990
20. President Pieter W Botha of South Africa, resigns - 1989
21. 70th PGA Championship: Jeff Sluman shoots a 272 at Oak Tree GC Edmond - 1988
22. Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24 - 1988
23. "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary - 1987
24. Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie HR record at 39, en route to 49 - 1987
25. Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested - 1986
26. Phillies and Pirates play a 6 game series in 4 days - 1986
27. IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0 - 1984
28. West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England - 1984
29. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic - 1983
30. Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon (2:10:03 - 1983
31. Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres - 1982
32. Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq - 1982
33. Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) - 1982
34. George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront - 1981
35. Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off New York Met Mike Scott - 1981
36. Democratic Convention in New York City nominates Jimmy Carter - 1980
37. In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike - 1980
38. Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration - 1979
39. French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%) - 1978
40. 59th PGA Championship: Lanny Wadkins shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach Cal - 1977
41. 77,691 see New York Cosmos beat Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad - 1977
42. Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic - 1977
43. 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast - 1976
44. Dmitri Shotakovitch, buried at the Novodevitshi-convent - 1975
45. Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen - 1975
46. Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman - 1975
47. Congress authorizes U.S. citizens to own gold - 1974
48. Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus - 1974
49. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1974
50. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1974
51. Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts - 1973
52. U.S. ends secret bombing of Cambodia - 1973
53. Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13 - 1972
54. East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156 - 1972
55. Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule - 1971
56. Cards Bob Gibson, 35, no-hits Pirates, 11-0 - 1971
57. France performs nuclear test - 1971
58. City University of New York inaugurates open admissions - 1970
59. Steven Stills arrested for drug possession - 1970
60. British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland - 1969
61. New York Mets fall 9 games back, later to win pennant - 1969
62. Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1968
63. Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL - 1968
64. Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered - 1967
65. Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air - 1967
66. 1st U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon - 1966
67. Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles - 1966
68. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open - 1966
69. Beatles tape an appearance for Ed Sullivan Show - 1965
70. Continental Football League plays 1st games - 1965
71. Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1 - 1965
72. Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer - 1964
73. Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market - 1964
74. French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel - 1962
75. NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m - 1962
76. U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million - 1962
77. Philadelphia Phillies lose 17th straight game - 1961
78. 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000) - 1959
79. AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver and Houston - 1959
80. Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21) - 1958
81. KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99 - 1958
82. WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, New York (NBC) begins - 1954
83. 20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818) - 1953
84. KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1953
85. Matyas Rakosi appointed premier of Hungary - 1952
86. Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria - 1949
87. 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain - 1948
88. Bradman's last Test Cricket innings - 1948
89. England all out for 52 vs. Australia at Cricket Oval - 1948
90. India granted independence within British Commonwealth - 1947
91. Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 - 1947
92. Pakistan gains independence from Britain - 1947
93. V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II - 1945
94. British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica - 1944
95. Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive - 1944
96. Russian offensive at Weichsel - 1944
97. 1st allied air raid on Borneo - 1943
98. U.S. 45th Division occupies Falcone 40 km outside of Messina - 1943
99. Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa - 1942
100. Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill - 1941
101. Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland - 1940
102. 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) - 1939
103. BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) - 1938
104. China declares war on Japan - 1937
105. Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St. Louis Browns - 1937
106. 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) - 1936
107. Social Security Act becomes law - 1935
108. Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle and sets AL record with 9 RBIs - 1933
109. 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes - 1932
110. Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game - 1932
111. Philips makes 1 millionth radio - 1932
112. Jewish Agency for Palestine forms - 1929
113. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in New York City - 1928
114. Mount Rushmore 1st proposed - 1925
115. 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta) - 1922
116. Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia - 1920
117. Olympic Games open in Antwerp - 1920
118. White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game - 1919
119. Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play - 1919
120. China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I - 1917
121. Leeuwen soccer team forms - 1917
122. British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 - 1915
123. British field marshal John French and Gen Wilson land in France - 1914
124. 2,500 U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua; U.S. remains until 1925 - 1912
125. General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti - 1911
126. 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C. - 1910
127. Race riot in Springfield Illinois - 1908
128. "Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn - 1907
129. Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa - 1905
130. James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavywgt boxing title - 1903
131. SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska and sinks killing 70 - 1901
132. 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht) - 1900
133. 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion - 1900
134. France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test - 1893
135. Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria) - 1890
136. Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo - 1882
137. Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) - 1880
138. Prairie View State University forms - 1876
139. Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl - 1875
140. "Field and Stream" begins publishing - 1873
141. 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault - 1864
142. Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia - 1864
143. Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with U.S. president - 1862
144. 79th New York troops mutinies - 1861
145. Oregon Territory created - 1848
146. Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance - 1846
147. Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma - 1842
148. Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out - 1825
149. General Lafayette returns to U.S. - 1824
150. 1st U.S. eye hospital, the New York Eye Infirmary, opens in New York City - 1820
151. Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha - 1816
152. British warship Pelican attacks and captures U.S. war brigantine Argus - 1813
153. Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Verela - 1790
154. Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies - 1782
155. Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) - 1765
156. English fleet occupies Havana - 1762
157. Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed - 1758
158. French capture Fort Oswego, New York - 1756
159. Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War - 1743
160. Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange - 1678
161. Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia - 1642
162. Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens - 1636
163. Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru - 1624
164. Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java - 1597
165. Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands - 1585
166. Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla - 1559
167. Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli - 1551
168. Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela - 1498
169. Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) - 1457
170. Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden - 1395
171. Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castilie - 1385
172. Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence - 1385
173. Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan - 1281
174. Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun - 1248
175. Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy - 0554
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