1. 125th Preakness - 1999
2. 124th Preakness - 1998
3. Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings - 1997
4. Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Univ) as Miss USA - 1997
5. Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of U.S. crowned 46th Miss Universe - 1997
6. Expos trailing San Francisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13 - 1997
7. St. Louis Cardinals Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits - 1997
8. Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRS in 1 inning - 1996
9. Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara and charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier - 1995
10. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Orlando Florida on WTKS 104.1 FM - 1994
11. Jacqueline Onassis admitted to the hospital for cancer treatment - 1994
12. Joaquin Balaguer (86) elected president of Dominican Republic - 1994
13. Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana - 1994
14. "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 40 performances - 1993
15. Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull - 1993
16. Judd Nelson pleads no contest to kicking Kim Evans in the head - 1993
17. Laura Davies wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship - 1993
18. Suleyman Demirel elected president of Turkey - 1993
19. "Wilder, Wilder, Wilder" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 30 performances - 1993
20. 118th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Pine Bluff wins in 1:55.6 - 1992
21. Polls show Perot, Bush and Clinton could be in a deadlock - 1992
22. "Smells Like Nirvana," by Weird Al Yankovic hits #35 - 1992
23. U.S. space shuttle STS-49 lands (maiden voyage of Endeavour) - 1992
24. Daily Planet fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character) - 1991
25. Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address U.S. congress - 1991
26. Dominican Republic President Joaquin Ricardo Balaguer re-elected - 1990
27. Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino - 1990
28. Soviet president Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing - 1989
29. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin - 1988
30. U.S. Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant - 1988
31. 113th Preakness: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 1:55.8 - 1987
32. "Bobro 400," a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from NY, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site - 1987
33. "Mystery of Edwin Drood" closes at Imperial New York City after 608 performances - 1987
34. Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in Los Angeles - 1987
35. Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show - 1987
36. Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas - 1986
37. Joaquin Balaguers PRSC wins Dominican Rep parliamentary election - 1986
38. South African President P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela - 1986
39. "Top Gun," premieres - 1986
40. Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year - 1985
41. Pope John Paul II arrives in Belgium - 1985
42. Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution - 1984
43. Juventus wins 24th Europe Cup II in Basel - 1984
44. Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game - 1984
45. Phillie pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer - 1984
46. U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1984
47. Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel - 1983
48. "Barnum" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 854 performances - 1982
49. Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation for STS-4 - 1982
50. "Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 performances - 1982
51. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament - 1982
52. Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep - 1982
53. Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games - 1982
54. 107th Preakness: Jorge Velasquez aboard Pleasant Colony wins in 1:54.6 - 1981
55. "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks - 1981
56. Houston Astro Craig Reynolds hits 3 triples beating Cubs 6-1 - 1981
57. Pretenders' Martin Chambers weds Tracy Atkinson - 1981
58. 34th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2 - 1980
59. Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis - 1980
60. Former Buggles members Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn replace Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in Yes - 1980
61. Paul McCartney releases "McCartney II" album - 1980
62. FC Barcelona wins 19th Europe Cup II in Basel - 1979
63. NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M - 1979
64. 5 die as New York Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am bldg in New York City - 1977
65. Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavywgt boxing title - 1977
66. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Philadelphia Flyers in 4 games - 1976
67. Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic - 1976
68. India annexes Principality of Sikkim - 1975
69. Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit - 1975
70. Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title - 1975
71. Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said" in UK - 1975
72. Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor - 1974
73. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1974
74. ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar - 1973
75. AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki - 1973
76. "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 164 performances - 1972
77. Greg Luzinski's 500' HR hits Liberty Bell monument in Philadelphia Vet - 1972
78. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale - 1972
79. 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents) - 1971
80. Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave," premieres in Aldwych - 1971
81. Bulgaria adopts it's constitution - 1971
82. 96th Preakness: Eddie Belmonte aboard Personality wins in 1:56.2 - 1970
83. Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70 - 1970
84. Barbra Streisand appears at a Friars Club Tribute - 1969
85. Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam - 1969
86. U.S. nuclear sub Guitarro sinks off San Francisco - 1969
87. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1969
88. Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere - 1969
89. Who's Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey charged with assault - 1969
90. Earthquake kills 47 in Japan - 1968
91. Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium - 1967
92. Beach Boys' "Pets Sounds" is released - 1966
93. National Welfare Rights Organization organizes - 1966
94. Stokely Carmichael named chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating - 1966
95. Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 and homers - 1965
96. Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam - 1965
97. "Roar of the Greasepaint" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 232 performances - 1965
98. Spaghetti-O's 1st sold - 1965
99. Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open - 1965
100. WNJU TV channel 47 in NY-Linden, New York (TEL) begins broadcasting - 1965
101. 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8 - 1964
102. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1964
103. Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ - 1964
104. "Beast in Me" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 4 performances - 1963
105. Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends U.S. Proj Mercury - 1963
106. 13rd Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck - 1961
107. Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US - 1960
108. 85th Preakness: William Harmatz aboard Royal Orbit wins in 1:57 - 1959
109. WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, Michigan (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1959
110. Eli Beeding experiences 83 g deceleration on a rocket sled, New Mex - 1958
111. Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter - 1958
112. Maj Irwin, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to a record 1,404.18 MPH - 1957
113. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Invicti Athletae - 1957
114. U.S. launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton, Connecticut - 1957
115. Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident, leads to Billy Martin trade - 1957
116. Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China - 1956
117. Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia - 1956
118. Kraft Theater presents an act from "Profiles in Courage" - 1956
119. Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs. Australians at the Oval - 1956
120. Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF - 1955
121. King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo - 1955
122. Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown - 1955
123. Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title - 1955
124. Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open - 1954
125. Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone - 1954
126. WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast - 1954
127. Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row - 1953
128. "New Faces (of 1952)" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 365 performances - 1952
129. Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion - 1948
130. CBS news correspondent George Polk's body is found in Greece - 1948
131. Chaim Weizmann elected 1st president of Israel - 1948
132. Egyptians enter the Gaza - 1948
133. George Polk, CBS news correspondant, body found - 1948
134. Israel issues its 1st postage stamps - 1948
135. Musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City - 1946
136. Violent battles around Sugar Loaf/Half Moon Okinawa - 1945
137. 1st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz - 1944
138. German troops destroy synagogue of Warsaw - 1943
139. Jewish resistance in the Warsaw ghetto ends after 30 days of fighting - 1943
140. RAF bombs Mohne and Eder (Battle of Ruhr) - 1943
141. 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma - 1942
142. 1st U.S. radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers" - 1941
143. Germans made their last major air attack on Britain - 1941
144. Italian army under Aosta surrenders to Britain at Amba Alagi Ethiopia - 1941
145. Last great German air attack on Great Britain (Birmingham) - 1941
146. Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT) - 1941
147. Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers - 1940
148. Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris - 1940
149. 1st AL night game, Philadelphia Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) - 1939
150. Food stamps are 1st issued - 1939
151. 1st animal breeding society forms in New Jersey - 1938
152. 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire in Atlanta, Georgia - 1938
153. In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust vs. MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six - 1938
154. 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France - 1936
155. 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59 - 1936
156. Cecil Travis becomes 1st player to get 5 hits in his 1st game - 1933
157. Yanks 4th straight shutout to equal record set by Cleveland and Boston - 1932
158. 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8 - 1931
159. 1st Academy Awards - "Wings," Emil Jennings and Janet Gaynor wins - 1929
160. New York Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd and home - 1927
161. Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax - 1927
162. 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6 - 1925
163. 108 degrees F (42 degrees C) in Blitzen Oregon - 1924
164. White Star Line Majestic completes 5 day maiden voyage - 1922
165. 47th Preakness: F Coltiletti aboard Broomspun wins in 1:54.2 - 1921
166. Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized a saint - 1920
167. Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull - 1920
168. 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8 - 1916
169. American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City - 1914
170. Ewing Field, near Masonic Street, opens - 1914
171. Remains of a neanderthal man found in Jersey UK - 1911
172. Zeppelin "Deutscheland" wrecked at Dusseldorf - 1911
173. US Bureau of Mines forms - 1910
174. 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at San Francisco (George Wymann) - 1903
175. George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US - 1903
176. 2 deaf-mutes face each other for 1st time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Reds win 5-3 - 1902
177. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" - 1901
178. Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium and 170 other buildings - 1894
179. George A Hormel and Co introduce Spam - 1891
180. CPR opens Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC - 1888
181. 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40 - 1884
182. 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40 - 1882
183. World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) - 1881
184. Antonin Dvorak's "Slavic Dancing," premieres - 1879
185. Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English - 1879
186. Quake in Venezuela and Colombia kills 16,000 - 1875
187. 1st recorded dam disaster in U.S. (Williamsburg Mass) - 1874
188. Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time - 1872
189. Cincinnati Reds play their 1st baseball game, win 41-7 - 1869
190. Bedrich Smetana's opera "Dalibor," premieres in Prague - 1868
191. By one vote, Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson - 1868
192. Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer - 1866
193. Congress authorizes nickel 5 cents piece (replaces silver half-dime) - 1866
194. US Treasury Department authorizes nickel - 1866
195. Atlanta Campaign-battle of Resaca, ends (since May 13) - 1864
196. Battle of Bermuda Hundred, VA - 1864
197. Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties) - 1864
198. Battle of Champion's Hill, MS-bloodiest action of Vicksburg Campaign - 1863
199. Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile - 1862
200. Confederate government offers war volunteers $10 premium - 1861
201. Kentucky proclaims its neutrality - 1861
202. Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate - 1860
203. Mississippi River steamboat service begins - 1817
204. Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera - 1811
205. Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France - 1804
206. Peace of Amiens ends - 1803
207. Lombardije Republic forms - 1796
208. Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state - 1795
209. Denmark abolishes slave trade - 1792
210. Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France - 1770
211. James Boswell's 1st meeting with Samuel Johnson - 1763
212. Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London - 1763
213. Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Neth - 1747
214. Battle at Zolty Wody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks beat John Casimir - 1648
215. 2,000 foreigners murdered in Russia - 1606
216. Camillo Borghese elected to succeed Pope Leo XI becomes Paul V - 1605
217. 7 Westfriese towns divide monasteries of Egmond/Blokker/St-Pietersdal - 1584
218. Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM - 1571
219. Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England - 1568
220. Protestant German monarch surrenders to Karel in Wittenberg - 1547
221. Sir Thomas More resigns as English Lord Chancellor - 1532
222. Florence becomes a republic - 1527
223. Ramjbam and his family reach Acre Palestine - 1165
224. Alberich II, son of Octavianus elected pope - 0955
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