1. After 2,216 consecutive games at shortstop, Cal Ripkin goes to 3rd - 1996
2. MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV - 1996
3. Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers - 1996
4. Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake - 1996
5. Birmingham Barracudas 1st CFL home game (vs Hamilton) - 1995
6. Northern Virginia begins using new area code 540 - 1995
7. Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary - 1994
8. Israel and Jordan agree to talks in Washington D.C. on July 25th - 1994
9. New Jersey Nets Derrek Coleman accused of rape in Detroit - 1994
10. Sonia O'Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64) - 1994
11. Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 3 weeks to have tumor removed - 1992
12. France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island - 1991
13. Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit - 1991
14. U.S. troops leave northern Iraq - 1991
15. 45th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King - 1990
16. Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence - 1987
17. John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings - 1987
18. State of siege ends in Taiwan - 1987
19. 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston - 1986
20. All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox) - 1986
21. Deborah Carthy-Deu, of Puerto Rico, crowned 34th Miss Universe - 1985
22. 39th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy - 1984
23. John Lennon releases "I'm Stepping Out" - 1984
24. 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France - 1983
25. Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance" - 1983
26. Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas - 1982
27. Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 - 1982
28. Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra's record - 1980
29. 34th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jerilyn Britz - 1979
30. Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India - 1979
31. 107th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St. Andrews - 1978
32. 36-hr kidnap of 26 school children and their bus driver in California - 1976
33. 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee - 1975
34. All star MVP: Bill Madlock (Pittsburgh Pirates) and John Matlock (New York Mets) - 1975
35. Apollo 18 launched (will rendezvous with Soyuz) - 1975
36. Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 launched; rendezvous 2 days later - 1975
37. Military coup on Cyprus: archbishop/president Makarios flees - 1974
38. California Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0 - 1973
39. Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic - 1973
40. Paul Getty III kidnapped - 1973
41. Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide - 1973
42. Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs - 1973
43. 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane - 1972
44. Sandra Palmer/Jane Blalock wins Angelo's Four-Ball Golf Championship - 1972
45. President Nixon announces he would visit China - 1971
46. Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship - 1970
47. Cincinnati Red Lee May hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader - 1969
48. Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season - 1969
49. Commercial air travel begins between U.S. and U.S.S.R. - 1968
50. France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island - 1968
51. New Jersey Americans moved to Comack and become New York Nets (ABA) - 1968
52. "One Life to Live" premieres on TV - 1968
53. Soap opera "One Life To Live" premieres - 1968
54. LA Wolves beat Washington Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs - 1967
55. Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open - 1967
56. "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 608 performances - 1967
57. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1967
58. Athanassiades Novas succeeds Papandreo as premier of Greece - 1965
59. "Mariner IV" sends back 1st pictures of Mars - 1965
60. Barry M. Goldwater nominated for president by Republicans - 1964
61. KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1963
62. Algeria becomes member of Arab League - 1962
63. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open - 1962
64. Netherlands and Indonesia accord over New-Guinea - 1962
65. 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale - 1961
66. "Donnybrook!" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 68 performances - 1961
67. Spain accept equal rights for men and women - 1961
68. Baltimore Orioles' Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle - 1960
69. President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months - 1958
70. Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die - 1957
71. U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1957
72. Beverly Hanson/Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational - 1956
73. Iharos runs world record 10k (28:42.8) - 1956
74. WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1955
75. 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) - 1954
76. 1st coml jet transport plane built in U.S. tested (Boeing 707) - 1954
77. KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1954
78. WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1954
79. 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins - 1952
80. Gerald D. Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding - 1952
81. Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US - 1949
82. "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 308 performances - 1949
83. WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1949
84. Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain - 1948
85. President Truman nominated for another term - 1948
86. British North Borneo Co transfers rights to British crown - 1946
87. 27th PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Morraine CC Dayton, Ohio - 1945
88. Greenwich Observatory damaged by WW II flying bomb - 1944
89. 1st deportation camp at Westerbork, Jews sent to Auschwitz - 1942
90. Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps" - 1942
91. Florey and Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures, Penicillin - 1941
92. 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Ilinois - 1940
93. Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam - 1940
94. Clara Adams, New York City, is 1st woman to complete round world flight - 1939
95. Arthur Fagg completes 244 and 202 in the same cricket game for Kent - 1938
96. Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens - 1937
97. Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China - 1937
98. Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget - 1936
99. Wiley Post began 1st solo flight around world - 1933
100. President Hoover cuts own salary 15% - 1932
101. 1st airport hotel opens - Oakland, California - 1929
102. 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St. Andrews - 1927
103. VPRO (Free thinking Protestant Radio Broadcast) forms - 1926
104. 27th U.S. Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in New York - 1923
105. Italian parliament accepts new constitution - 1923
106. 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in U.S., at New York zoo - 1922
107. 26th U.S. Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Ill - 1922
108. Ruth ties his record of 29 home runs in a season - 1920
109. 2nd Battle of Marne began during WW I - 1918
110. 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass North Carolina (state record) - 1916
111. Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash - 1916
112. Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe - 1914
113. British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect - 1912
114. 46" of rain (begining 7/14) falls in Baguio, Philippines - 1911
115. Ty Cobb hits 2 inside-the-park HRs - 1909
116. Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam - 1906
117. 1st Buddhist temple in U.S. forms, Los Angeles - 1904
118. Ranjitsinhji scores 180 before lunch, for Sussex vs. Surrey - 1902
119. New York Giant Christy Mathewson no-hits St. Louis, 5-0 - 1901
120. President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin - 1900
121. Commodore Perry arrives in Japan - 1893
122. Bandai volcano (Japan) erupts for 1st time in 1,000 years - 1888
123. Baseball's 1st no-hitter, St. Louis' George W Bradley no-hits Hartford - 1876
124. Georgia becomes last confederate to be readmitted to U.S. - 1870
125. Hudson's Bay and Northwest Territories transferred to Canada - 1870
126. Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created - 1870
127. Margarine is patents by Hippolye Mega-Mouries for use by French Navy - 1869
128. San Francisco Merchant's Exchange opens - 1867
129. Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard - 1864
130. President Davis orders service duty for confederate army - 1863
131. CSS Arkansas vs USS Cardondelet and Queen of the West engage at Yazoo R - 1862
132. Natal forms as a British colony separate from Cape Colony - 1856
133. John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North vs. South at Lord's - 1850
134. England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance - 1840
135. 3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the U.S. most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri - 1830
136. Napoleon surrendered and is later exiled on St. Helena - 1815
137. French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples - 1808
138. Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest - 1806
139. "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem - 1795
140. Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes - 1787
141. 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France - 1783
142. U.S. troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft. Stony Point, New York - 1779
143. French ambassador recalled from London - 1755
144. England's King Charles II charters Royal Society in London - 1662
145. Peace talks between Karel and King Francois I - 1538
146. Emperor Karel I bans German national synode - 1524
147. Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon - 1501
148. "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione and Lavinia Colonna in Perugia family Baglione massacre - 1500
149. Duke Albrecht of Saxon beats Friese rebellion - 1500
150. Battle of Tannenburg-Teutonic Knights vs King Ladislas II of Poland - 1410
151. Duke Henrik van Karinthie chosen king of Bohemia - 1307
152. Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitude and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus - 1205
153. 1st Crusaders capture and plunder Jerusalem - 1099
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