1. Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR - 1997
2. Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts - 1997
3. Los Angeles Dodgers retire Tommy Lasorda's #2 - 1997
4. Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA - 1995
5. South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning - 1994
6. Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal, captured in Khartoum Sudan - 1994
7. 75th PGA Championship: Paul Azinger shoots a 272 at Inverness Club Oh - 1993
8. Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament - 1993
9. "Goodbye Girl" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 188 performances - 1993
10. New York City radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time - 1993
11. Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1 - 1993
12. Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte - 1993
13. Actress Susan Anton marries actor Jeff Lester - 1992
14. Colombo '92 closes in Genoa, Italy - 1992
15. 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park - 1991
16. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1991
17. 51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player - 1990
18. Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 home runs in each of his 1st 4 seasons - 1990
19. Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990) - 1990
20. Cancer sufferer/San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound - 1989
21. Frederik de Klerk becomes president of South Africa - 1989
22. Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69) - 1989
23. In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines - 1989
24. U.S. Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle - 1989
25. "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 176 performances - 1988
26. At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts - 1988
27. New York City begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments - 1988
28. U.S. beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball - 1987
29. President Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger - 1986
30. Anti-apartheid lawyer Bulelani Ngcuka marries in South Africa - 1985
31. Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg - 1985
32. Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery - 1983
33. Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic - 1982
34. Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution - 1982
35. Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford - 1981
36. Robin Leamy of U.S. swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m - 1981
37. Andrew Young resigns as United Nations ambassador - 1979
38. House of Representatives approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA - 1978
39. England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust - 1977
40. SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome - 1977
41. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic - 1976
42. Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed - 1975
43. Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges - 1975
44. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1974
45. Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed - 1974
46. Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)) - 1974
47. South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination - 1974
48. Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens - 1973
49. David Storey's "Cromwell," premieres in London - 1973
50. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1973
51. Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0) - 1971
52. KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins - 1971
53. President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents - 1971
54. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open - 1971
55. Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando) - 1970
56. Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) - 1969
57. Romanian president Ceausescu visits Prague - 1968
58. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. - 1968
59. Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae - 1967
60. Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission - 1966
61. 47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley GC PA - 1965
62. Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium - 1965
63. Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues - 1965
64. Mary Mills wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open - 1965
65. Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke) - 1964
66. Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago - 1964
67. Phillies triple-play New York Mets - 1964
68. Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" - 1964
69. Fulbert Youlou, resigns as President of Congo-Brazzaville - 1963
70. Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea - 1962
71. Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia - 1962
72. CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium - 1960
73. Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo) - 1960
74. Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France - 1960
75. Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 - 1960
76. 25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000) - 1958
77. Buddy Holly weds Maria Santiago - 1958
78. Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank - 1958
79. Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank - 1958
80. David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon - 1957
81. USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter - 1957
82. WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia (ABC) begins - 1955
83. Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay - 1954
84. WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins - 1954
85. 19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316) - 1952
86. 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34 - 1952
87. 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000 - 1950
88. Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title - 1950
89. Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium - 1950
90. Indies Constitution goes into effect - 1950
91. Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier - 1950
92. President Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia - 1950
93. Rotterdam harbor strike begins - 1950
94. WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1949
95. 3rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias - 1948
96. Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) - 1948
97. India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan - 1947
98. Pakistan, formerly West Pakistan, declares independence from UK - 1947
99. A riot ensued in San Francisco while the city was celebrating the end of WW II - 1945
100. Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually - 1945
101. South Korea liberated from Japanese rule - 1945
102. U.S. wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ends - 1945
103. Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed - 1944
104. German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day - 1944
105. Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast - 1944
106. Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence - 1944
107. U.S. 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans - 1944
108. U.S. 7th Armour division reaches Chartres - 1944
109. Allies land on Kiska Aleutians - 1943
110. 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel - 1942
111. Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto - 1941
112. 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) - 1940
113. Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged - 1940
114. In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2 - 1939
115. "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood - 1939
116. Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) - 1931
117. Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as asst secretary - 1931
118. Spakenburg soccer team forms - 1931
119. Norway annexes Spitsbergen - 1925
120. White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919 - 1925
121. Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State - 1923
122. Mexico and U.S. reaches accord over oil concession of 1917 - 1923
123. 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) - 1918
124. Russia severs diplomatic ties with U.S. - 1918
125. Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia - 1915
126. 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) - 1914
127. Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs - 1914
128. German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured - 1914
129. Japan joins side of allies - 1914
130. Panama Canal opens (under cost) - 1914
131. Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game - 1912
132. Procter and Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening - 1911
133. 1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago - 1906
134. Philadelphia A's Rube Waddell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings - 1905
135. Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro - 1901
136. Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game - 1899
137. U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea - 1893
138. 4th and last British government of Gladstone forms - 1892
139. Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game - 1886
140. U.S. law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find - 1876
141. Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado - 1870
142. 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England - 1867
143. Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners - 1864
144. Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars - 1863
145. Regular mail to Pacific coast begins - 1858
146. M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair - 1848
147. National black convention meets (Buffalo New York) - 1843
148. Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens - 1843
149. Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism and religious indifferentism - 1832
150. Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia - 1824
151. Joseph Haydn leaves England forever - 1795
152. French cardinal De Rohan arrested - 1785
153. Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria and Russia - 1760
154. United Lutheran Church of U.S. organized - 1748
155. French troops attack the Rhine - 1741
156. Spain and Germany sign cease fire with France - 1684
157. Rijnbond disbands - 1668
158. France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond - 1658
159. Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea - 1653
160. 1st recorded U.S. hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony - 1635
161. Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims - 1620
162. Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan - 1549
163. Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France - 1548
164. Asuncion, Paraguay founded - 1535
165. Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits - 1534
166. Panama City founded - 1519
167. Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed - 1457
168. Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece - 1308
169. Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great - 0778
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