1. Week of Fed Cup - 1998
2. 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - 1997
3. Bank One Senior Golf Classic - 1997
4. Chicago Whites Sox retire Carlton Fisk's number, 72 - 1997
5. Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Classic - 1997
6. Loren Roberts wins CVS Charity Golf Classic with a 266 - 1997
7. A's Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season - 1996
8. Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire - 1996
9. New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher - 1996
10. Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997 - 1996
11. All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season - 1994
12. 1st subway car completed to be exported from U.S. (to Taiwan) - 1992
13. 386 yards and scored 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific 55-34 - 1991
14. Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992 - 1991
15. Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record - 1991
16. Magic Johnson weds Erieatha "Cookie" Kelly - 1991
17. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1991
18. Ken Griffey, Sr and Jr, hit back-to-back home runs in 1st inning - 1990
19. Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in U.S.S.R., win 4-2 - 1989
20. Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons - 1989
21. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1989
22. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1988
23. 107th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (67 60 76 64) - 1987
24. Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken - 1987
25. Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win U.S. Tennis Open in 4 hours 47 mins - 1987
26. "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Vigzinhaz Budapest - 1987
27. Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 home runs vs Baltimore Orioles - 1987
28. Bo Jackson's 1st HR-a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium) - 1986
29. Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed - 1986
30. Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed - 1986
31. Judy Dickinson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1986
32. Saskatchewan and Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game - 1986
33. Susan Akin (Miss), 21, crowned 59th Miss America 1986 - 1985
34. 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd host - 1984
35. U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner - 1983
36. 36" snow (Red Lodge, MT) - 1982
37. Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel - 1982
38. Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7" - 1982
39. Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV - 1981
40. "Charlie and Algernon" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 17 performances - 1980
41. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic - 1980
42. Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions - 1980
43. Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City and back to Yates Center, Ks - 1979
44. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1979
45. Braves' Jim Bouton, 38, beats Giants, his 1st win since 1970 - 1978
46. Portugal government of Da Costa falls - 1978
47. Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa - 1977
48. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open - 1975
49. Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st U.S. saint - 1975
50. Rembrandts "Nightwatch" slashed and damaged in Amsterdam - 1975
51. Robin Yount breaks Mel Ott's record, playing in 242 games as a teen - 1975
52. Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter - 1974
53. Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise - 1973
54. Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s - 1973
55. President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout - 1973
56. Jason Miller's "That Championship Season," premieres in New York City - 1972
57. "Waltons" TV program premieres - 1972
58. West Germany and Poland establish diplomatic relations - 1972
59. Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators, play 20 innings - 1971
60. Stevie Miracle marries Rita Wright, [Syreeta] - 1970
61. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open - 1969
62. Males of Swiss kanton Schaffhausen rejects female suffrage - 1969
63. 1st broadcast of 60 Minutes on CBS-TV - 1968
64. Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season - 1968
65. Dmitri Shostakovitch' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow - 1968
66. U.S.S.R.'s Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight - 1968
67. Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named - 1967
68. Thomas Pell Wildlife Refuge and Sanctuary opens in Bronx - 1967
69. 4th meeting of 2nd Vatican council opened - 1965
70. "F-Troop" premieres - 1965
71. Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House - 1964
72. WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1964
73. Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy - 1963
74. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1962
75. Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of CP of U.S.S.R. - 1961
76. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1961
77. Chubby Checker's "Twist" hits #1 - 1960
78. Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo - 1960
79. Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC - 1960
80. KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1960
81. Soviet Union's Luna-2 is 1st spacecraft to land on the Moon - 1959
82. WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1959
83. Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jackson Golf Open - 1958
84. WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1958
85. Yankees win 24th pennant, and 9th under Casey Stengel - 1958
86. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia - 1957
87. U.N. resolution deplores and condemns U.S.S.R. invasion of Hungary - 1957
88. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1957
89. 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington D.C. - 1956
90. Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245) - 1955
91. B Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw," premieres in Venice - 1954
92. Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record - 1954
93. Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage - 1954
94. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1954
95. Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marry - 1953
96. Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians - 1953
97. Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats - 1951
98. Western allies rearm West Germany - 1950
99. Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Mich 5th Dist Rep primary - 1948
100. Ground breaking ceremony for United Nations world headquarters - 1948
101. Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater - 1948
102. 61st U.S. Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61) - 1947
103. 67th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63) - 1947
104. 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru - 1944
105. Gulpen, Meerssen and Maastricht freed - 1944
106. Hurricane hits New England: 389 die - 1944
107. U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies 1.5 km of Roscheid - 1944
108. U.S. 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall - 1944
109. Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marries - 1943
110. Yanks clinch pennant #14 - 1943
111. Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal - 1942
112. German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1 - 1942
113. Yanks clinch pennant #13 - 1942
114. Congress passes 1st peace-time draft law - 1940
115. German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die - 1940
116. British fleet attacks German U-39 boat - 1939
117. Minister Winston Churchill visits Scapa Flow - 1939
118. Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight - 1938
119. Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times - 1936
120. 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire - 1933
121. Schaduwproces-Rijksdagbrand opens in London - 1933
122. Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri - 1932
123. Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6 - 1930
124. Nazis gain 107 seats in German election - 1930
125. 49th U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64) - 1929
126. A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox - 1929
127. Guido Companions birthplace as a museum opens - 1926
128. Walter Johnson elected AL MVP - 1924
129. Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title - 1923
130. Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain - 1923
131. Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play - 1923
132. British regime forbids Sinn Fein Dail - 1919
133. Kerenski regime declares Russian republic - 1917
134. Provisional government of Russia forms, Republic proclaimed - 1917
135. Christy Mathewson pitches and wins his final game - 1916
136. German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn - 1914
137. German troops withdraw from Aisne/invent trenches - 1914
138. 27th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75) - 1913
139. Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0) - 1913
140. Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated - 1905
141. Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname - 1905
142. RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on Isle of Man - 1905
143. New York Giant Red Ames no-hits St. Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game - 1903
144. Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY) - 1899
145. Hottentotten uprising in Southwest-Africa fails - 1894
146. AP Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo - 1892
147. "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M - 1891
148. George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon - 1886
149. British General Wolseley reaches Cairo - 1882
150. Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Rwanda - 1876
151. Leopold II closes Congo-conference - 1876
152. Britain pays U.S. $15 M for damages during Civil War - 1872
153. Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole) - 1868
154. Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates - 1862
155. Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates - 1862
156. Battle of Munfordsville KY - 1862
157. Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia - 1862
158. Skirmish at Mountain MD (Boonesboro, Crampton's Gap, Fox's Gap) - 1862
159. Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders - 1856
160. Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea - 1854
161. 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office - 1852
162. Alexander Stewart opens 1st U.S. department store - 1848
163. U.S. Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma) - 1847
164. Charles Darwins company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile - 1834
165. Princess WFLC Marianne marries Albrecht of Prussia - 1830
166. Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war - 1829
167. Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner" - 1814
168. Napoleon occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th) - 1812
169. Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge - 1807
170. Austrian troops occupy Dresden - 1759
171. U.S. and England adopts Gregorian calender (no Sept 3-Sept 13th) - 1752
172. George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days - 1741
173. 1st lighthouse in U.S. lit (Boston Harbor) - 1716
174. St. Paul's in London destroyed by fire - 1666
175. Netherlands and England sign peace treaty - 1662
176. Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry - 1629
177. Charles and Francois I sign Peace of Crepy - 1544
178. Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory - 1515
179. Pastor Frederik forms convent at Mariengaarde Friesland - 1163
180. Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0891
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