1. 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched) - 2000
2. ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA - 1997
3. Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO - 1997
4. Mark McGwire signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for $26M - 1997
5. 1st one-day international in Canada, India vs. Pakistan at Toronto - 1996
6. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City Florida on WTBB 97.7 FM - 1996
7. Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits - 1996
8. Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space - 1996
9. Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory - 1995
10. Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996 - 1995
11. Stephen Hawkins (53) wets Elaine Mason - 1995
12. Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House - 1994
13. Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits - 1993
14. Singer Karen Akers (48) weds businessman Kevin Powers (41) - 1993
15. 900 die in flood in Pakistan - 1992
16. FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service - 1992
17. "Les Miserables," opens at Nuevo Apolo, Madrid - 1992
18. Vanna White suffers a miscarriage - 1992
19. Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine - 1991
20. Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch - 1991
21. U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins - 1991
22. 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle NY - 1990
23. 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk and Patricia Wettig - 1990
24. Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan wed - 1990
25. Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush - 1990
26. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1990
27. Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990 - 1989
28. Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher - 1989
29. Cin Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0 - 1988
30. Fish leaves rock group Marillion - 1988
31. Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia - 1988
32. Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series - 1988
33. Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA - 1988
34. Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game - 1987
35. NASA launches space vehicle S-209 - 1987
36. New York's WNET-TV channel 13 begins round clock broadcasting - 1987
37. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1987
38. Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed - 1986
39. Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation - 1984
40. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1984
41. "Miami Vice" premieres - 1984
42. Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a U.S. citizen - 1983
43. Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins - 1982
44. 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV - 1981
45. 23rd Ryder Cup: U.S., 17-11 at Greenbrier - 1979
46. Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium - 1979
47. Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin - 1979
48. KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park HR (most since 1925) - 1979
49. Nancy Lopez/JoAnn Washam wins Portland- Ping Team Golf Championship - 1979
50. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1979
51. 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran - 1978
52. Filming on Monty Python's Life of Brian, begins - 1978
53. Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt - 1978
54. Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2 - 1978
55. 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV - 1977
56. Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love" - 1977
57. Seattle beats Royals, 4-1, to end KC's winning streak at 16 games - 1977
58. Egypt president Sadat re-elected - 1976
59. Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop - 1976
60. Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) - 1975
61. Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7 - 1975
62. Rennie Stennett is 2nd to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game - 1975
63. BART begins regular transbay service - 1974
64. Bob Dylan records Blood on the Tracks - 1974
65. President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters - 1974
66. U.S. General Haig becomes NATO-supreme commander in Europe - 1974
67. Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13 - 1973
68. "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 15 performances - 1973
69. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open - 1973
70. 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie - 1972
71. Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies" - 1972
72. 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses - 1971
73. West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev - 1971
74. Jordan king Hussein forms military government - 1970
75. KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins - 1968
76. Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in" - 1968
77. Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26) - 1967
78. KPAZ TV channel 21 in Phoenix, Arizona (IND) begins broadcasting - 1967
79. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1967
80. Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center - 1966
81. Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 - 1965
82. Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany - 1965
83. "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV - 1964
84. Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br No Borneo and Sarawak - 1963
85. "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV - 1963
86. WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1963
87. Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8) - 1962
88. Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8 - 1962
89. Public TV channel 13 begins in New York City - 1962
90. Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open - 1962
91. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
92. CDU loses West German election - 1961
93. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1961
94. WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1961
95. Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98 - 1960
96. Mil Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0 - 1960
97. President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination - 1959
98. Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed) - 1957
99. LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers - 1957
100. Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open - 1956
101. Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st - 1955
102. U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories - 1955
103. Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt - 1955
104. CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
105. AL approves St. Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles - 1953
106. 6th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls - 1951
107. NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players - 1951
108. Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Philadelphia 35-10) - 1950
109. Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam - 1950
110. KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, California (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1949
111. "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances - 1948
112. "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" closes at Century New York City after 12 performances - 1948
113. John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH - 1947
114. Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low) - 1945
115. Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno - 1943
116. Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquer Romny - 1943
117. Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled - 1942
118. German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine - 1941
119. Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavian be killed - 1941
120. Jews of Vilna Poland confined to Ghetto - 1941
121. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft) - 1940
122. Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" - 1940
123. Luftwaffe attacks center of London - 1940
124. Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of House - 1940
125. St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to HR from each side of plate - 1940
126. 53rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64) - 1939
127. 59th U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64) - 1939
128. New York Yankees clinch their 11th and 4th successive pennant - 1939
129. George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH - 1938
130. 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record) - 1932
131. Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (New York City) - 1931
132. St. Louis Cardinals repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies - 1931
133. Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14 - 1930
134. Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed - 1929
135. Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die - 1928
136. Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title - 1927
137. Hurricane in Florida and Alabama, kills 372 - 1926
138. Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed - 1926
139. Philip Dunning and George Abbott's "Broadway," premieres in New York City - 1926
140. St. Louis Cardinals beat Phillies 23-3 - 1926
141. Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game - 1924
142. 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W M Johnston (46 36 62 63 64) - 1922
143. Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia - 1922
144. Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30 - 1920
145. American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress - 1919
146. Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant - 1919
147. Czar Nicolas II adjourns 4th Duma - 1915
148. U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years - 1915
149. 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage - 1913
150. Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp - 1908
151. William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc - 1908
152. Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon - 1906
153. Roald Amundsen discovers Magnetic South Pole - 1906
154. Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders - 1893
155. Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" - 1892
156. Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers - 1890
157. Puritan (U.S.) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup - 1885
158. German troops leave France - 1873
159. Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game - 1867
160. Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) - 1864
161. Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) - 1862
162. Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, KY - 1862
163. Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis - 1862
164. British Post Office Savings Banks opens - 1861
165. Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone - 1859
166. 1st overland mail for California - 1858
167. Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX) - 1857
168. Slavery abolished in all French territories - 1848
169. United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon - 1847
170. Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" - 1830
171. Fire of Moscow - 1812
172. Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event - 1810
173. British capture Capetown South Africa - 1795
174. Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time - 1782
175. French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom - 1747
176. George Frederick Handel's "The Messiah," premieres in Dublin - 1741
177. Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Groningen - 1729
178. Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria - 1702
179. King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France - 1668
180. "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi becomes Islamiet - 1666
181. Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation - 1662
182. Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland - 1654
183. Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk - 1652
184. Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston - 1630
185. French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria - 1597
186. King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots - 1575
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