1. Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker - 1997
2. 13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J. C. Snead - 1995
3. 50th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam - 1995
4. "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 40 performances - 1995
5. "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth New York City after 55 performances - 1995
6. 1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd) - 1994
7. 3 tenors-Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in Los Angeles - 1994
8. Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds billionaire J. Howard Marshall II (89) - 1994
9. Baseball Night in America premieres, no Saturday day games - 1994
10. Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter - 1994
11. Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL home game (vs Toronto Argonauts) - 1994
12. "Sisters Rosensweig" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 556 performances - 1994
13. Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights - 1994
14. Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup - 1994
15. President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville - 1993
16. S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for 705,500 pounds in London - 1993
17. San Francisco outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consec errorless games - 1993
18. 400 die in a, 7.7, earthquake in Philippines - 1990
19. Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA - 1990
20. New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities - 1990
21. Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV - 1990
22. Ukraine declares independence - 1990
23. 44th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King - 1989
24. Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec - 1988
25. Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds - 1988
26. Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts - 1988
27. Michael J. Fox marries Tracy Pollan - 1988
28. San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings - 1988
29. Wayne Gretzky (NHL) and Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton - 1988
30. Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) - 1987
31. Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1987
32. Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81) - 1987
33. 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn - 1985
34. All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres) - 1985
35. Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent - 1985
36. 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident - 1983
37. George P. Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs - 1982
38. NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth - 1982
39. Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud - 1982
40. India performs nuclear Test - 1981
41. Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously - 1981
42. Polish railway workers block railway to Russia - 1980
43. Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit - 1980
44. Premier/president al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein - 1979
45. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic - 1978
46. Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad and Tobago, crowned 26th Miss Universe - 1977
47. Rock duo Loggins and Messina break-up after 6 years - 1976
48. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term - 1975
49. During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes - 1973
50. Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes 269th patriarch of Constantinople - 1972
51. Smokey Robinson and Miracles final live performance - 1972
52. Franco points prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain - 1971
53. Iraq's constitution goes into effect - 1970
54. Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2 - 1970
55. Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched - 1969
56. Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open - 1967
57. Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida) - 1967
58. "Half a Sixpence" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 512 performances - 1966
59. Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens - 1965
60. Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as President candidate - 1964
61. Amazon carries 190,000 m3/sec (record) - 1963
62. NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m - 1962
63. Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open - 1961
64. Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 2" - 1961
65. 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer - 1960
66. George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on - 1960
67. Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08) - 1957
68. Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million - 1956
69. Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR - 1956
70. King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England - 1956
71. Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent - 1956
72. "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland - 1955
73. KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast - 1953
74. 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) - 1951
75. King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates - 1951
76. Len Hutton scores his 100th 100, Yorks vs. Surrey at The Oval - 1951
77. Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published - 1951
78. Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) - 1950
79. Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro - 1950
80. Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager - 1948
81. Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee and Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19 - 1947
82. Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history) - 1946
83. U.S. court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau - 1946
84. 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico - 1945
85. Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets - 1945
86. Cruiser Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with atom bomb - 1945
87. Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row - 1944
88. French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris - 1942
89. Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp - 1942
90. 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash - 1941
91. Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game - 1941
92. NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee - 1940
93. 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa - 1938
94. 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, New York - 1936
95. New York Giants are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant - 1936
96. 1st automatic parking meter in U.S. installed, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 1935
97. Bradman scores 140 Aust vs. Yorkshire, 120 mins, 22 fours 2 sixes - 1934
98. Augusto Sandino begins 5 -year war against U.S. occupation of Nicaragua - 1927
99. Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc - 1926
100. National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos - 1926
101. Conference over German recovery payments begins in London - 1924
102. New York Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit home runs in 6 cons games - 1924
103. 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0) - 1920
104. China joins the League of Nations - 1920
105. Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st U.S. Army chemical warfare chief - 1920
106. Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 - 1920
107. Socialist conference in Brussel (Kautsky, Trotski and Rosa Luxemburg) - 1914
108. Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B. A. Fiske - 1912
109. Detroit and Washington play longest scoreless game in AL history-18 innings - 1909
110. Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to U.S. by their chiefs - 1904
111. John McGraw named manager of New York Giants - 1902
112. Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji vs. Australia, at Old Trafford - 1902
113. Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs vs. Somerset at Taunton - 1895
114. Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England - 1894
115. Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam - 1867
116. D R Averill patents ready-mixed paint - 1867
117. Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete - 1867
118. Utrecht-Swells railway opens - 1863
119. David G Farragut is 1st rear Admiral in U.S. Navy - 1862
120. Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought - 1861
121. Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore - 1857
122. Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem - 1856
123. New York Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta - 1845
124. Pope Pius VII and 1st consul Napoleon sign concord - 1801
125. U.S. Public Health Service forms and U.S. Marine Hospital authorized - 1798
126. Congress establishes District of Columbia - 1790
127. Mozart's opera "Das Entfuhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna - 1782
128. John Adams graduates Harvard - 1775
129. Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in California - 1769
130. Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna - 1683
131. 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm - 1661
132. Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II - 1659
133. Capt John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain - 1618
134. Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland - 1573
135. La Paz, Bolivia is founded - 1548
136. Public debate between Martin Luther and theologist John Eck - 1519
137. Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading) - 1439
138. Army entered Reims - 1429
139. Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans - 1429
140. German monarch signs Treaty of Rense - 1338
141. The Virgin Mary gives Simon Stork a haircut (legend) - 1251
142. Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain - 1212
143. Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire - 1099
144. Michael Caerularius excommunicated of Constantinople - 1054
145. Moslem Era begins-Mahomet begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hejira) - 0622
146. Origin of Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH) - 0622
147. Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius - 0463
148. Brennus and Gauls defeat Romans at Allia - 0390
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