1. NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 and Minneapolis-St. Paul and Columbus, Ohio in 2000 - 1997
2. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse New York on WAQX 95.7 FM - 1996
3. "Who's Tommy" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 899 performances - 1995
4. 1994 World Cup soccer match begin, Germany vs Bolivia in Chicago - 1994
5. O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up - 1994
6. Indians' Carlos Baerga hits 3 home runs against Detroit - 1993
7. Conn Gov Lowell Weicker and WFAN DJ Don Imus change places for 1 day - 1992
8. Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns - 1992
9. Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, South Africa, kills 42 - 1992
10. President Zachary Taylors body is exhumed to test how he died - 1991
11. South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws - 1991
12. 90th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il - 1990
13. Chris Johnson wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic - 1990
14. "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 62 performances - 1990
15. "Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 45 performances - 1990
16. U.S. beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup - 1989
17. Bruce Springsteen separates from Juliette Phillips - 1988
18. Givens' Family reports Mike Tyson beats his wife Robin Givens - 1988
19. Microsoft releases MS DOS 4.0 - 1988
20. Soyuz TM-5 launches - 1988
21. Women sentenced to 90 years in 1st product tampering murder case - 1988
22. Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated - 1986
23. 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched - 1985
24. Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic - 1984
25. John Turner succeeds Pierre Trudeau as premier of Canada - 1984
26. President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat - 1982
27. President Reagan 1st United Nations Gen Assembly address, "evil empire" speech - 1982
28. Battle between Moslems and Christians in Cairo, 14 killed - 1981
29. Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour - 1980
30. 79th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 284 at Inverness Club in Toledo - 1979
31. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament - 1979
32. "Sarava" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 140 performances - 1979
33. "Cheeseburger In Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett peaks at #32 - 1978
34. Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs - 1978
35. ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs) merges into NBA - 1976
36. Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor - 1976
37. Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with U.S. - 1975
38. 1st du Maurier Golf Classic (La Canadienne): Jocelyne Bourassa - 1973
39. 73rd U.S. Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC PA - 1973
40. Russian party leader Brezhnev visits U.S. - 1973
41. 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate - 1972
42. Chile president Allende forms new government - 1972
43. "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" by Little Jimmy Osmond peaks at #38 - 1972
44. Looking Glass releases "Brandy" - 1972
45. Edwin Land patents Polaroid camera - 1970
46. Belgium government of Eyskens-Merlot forms - 1968
47. KQEC TV channel 32 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
48. Ohio Express' "Yummy Yummy Yummy" goes gold - 1968
49. 1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes - 1967
50. Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park performed - 1967
51. Longest doubleheader 9:15 (Tigers and Athletics) - 1967
52. "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaks at #5 - 1967
53. Peter Green joins John Mayall's Bluebreakers - 1966
54. 11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record) - 1965
55. 1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon) - 1965
56. Kinks arrive in New York City beginning their 1st U.S. tour - 1965
57. British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair - 1963
58. Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools - 1963
59. 62nd U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC PA - 1962
60. Brazil Beats Czechoslovakia in soccer's 7th World Cup at Santiago - 1962
61. Lou Brock is 2nd to HR into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers - 1962
62. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open - 1962
63. 61st U.S. Golf Open: Gene Littler shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich - 1961
64. "Billy Barnes People" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 8 performances - 1961
65. Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt - 1961
66. Ted Williams hit his 500th HR - 1960
67. Eamon de Valera elected President of Ireland - 1959
68. Radio Moscow reports execution of Hungarian ex-premier Imre Nagy - 1958
69. "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orch peaks at #2 - 1957
70. Tuskegee boycott begins, Blacks boycotted city stores - 1957
71. Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister - 1956
72. CIA exile army lands in Guatemala, JF Dulles and United Fruit Co - 1954
73. Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1954
74. Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends - 1954
75. Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox) - 1953
76. Riots in East Germany for reunification - 1953
77. Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary - 1953
78. 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium - 1952
79. "Flahooley" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 40 performances - 1951
80. 1st kidney transplant, Chicago - 1950
81. Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact - 1950
82. Joe Cronin pinch hit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader - 1948
83. 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves New York City - 1947
84. Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin - 1947
85. Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline - 1947
86. SW Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St. Louis - 1946
87. Day of Unity in West Germany, National Day - 1945
88. French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba - 1944
89. Hitler secretly meets with von Rundstedt in Marjival Soissons - 1944
90. Iceland declares independence from Denmark at Thingvallir, Iceland - 1944
91. Resistance fighter/poet Col Blake arrives in London - 1944
92. Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs - 1943
93. 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) - 1942
94. France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II - 1940
95. General De Gaulle departs Bordeaux for London - 1940
96. Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland - 1940
97. U.S.S.R. occupies Estonia - 1940
98. Japan declares war on China - 1938
99. Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" opens in New York - 1937
100. Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops and 1 gangster killed by mob - 1933
101. Oil tanker Cymbeline explodes in Montreal, Canada - 1932
102. Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge - 1930
103. Chuck Klein sets Phillies hitting streak at 26 straight games - 1930
104. Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) - 1928
105. Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law - 1920
106. "Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres - 1919
107. British king George V takes the name Windsor - 1917
108. 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java - 1916
109. U.S. troops under Gen Pershing march into Mexico - 1916
110. League to Enforce Peace forms in Philadelphia - 1915
111. Belgium government of De Broqueville forms - 1911
112. U.S. Senate agrees to annex Hawaii - 1898
113. William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named minister to Haiti - 1897
114. U.S. Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan - 1895
115. 1st U.S. poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont - 1894
116. Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City - 1885
117. Tornado kills 130 in Iowa - 1882
118. John Ward, Providence, pitches perfect game vs Buffalo - 1880
119. 1st to hit 2 HRs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's) - 1876
120. Battle of Rosebud/Battle Where Girl Saved Her Brother - 1876
121. 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished - 1864
122. Confederate troops pull back out Solves/lost Mt, Georgia - 1864
123. General John B Hood replaces General Johnston - 1864
124. Skirmish at Mud Creek/Noyes's (Nose) Creek, Georgia - 1864
125. Battle at Middleburg, Virginia - 1863
126. Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia - 1863
127. Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta - 1863
128. Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered, 1st accident insurer - 1863
129. Battle of Boonville, MI-Brig General Lyon defeats Confederate forces - 1861
130. Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia - 1856
131. Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed - 1855
132. Paddle-wheeler "G P Griffith" burns off Mentor Ohio, 206 die - 1850
133. Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent - 1837
134. Bureau of Indian Affairs established - 1824
135. Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda - 1815
136. 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly - 1789
137. Battle of Bunker Hill, actually it was Breed's Hill - 1775
138. American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French - 1745
139. French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine - 1734
140. Mass orders priest to leave the colony - 1700
141. Battle at Viciosa: English and Portuguese army beat Spain - 1665
142. Netherlands, England and France sign 12 year Covenant - 1609
143. Brabant: duke of Parma beats French mercenaries - 1583
144. Battle at Hardenberg: Spanish troops beat rebels - 1580
145. Anti-English uprising in Ireland - 1579
146. Francis Drake entered San Francisco Bay - 1579
147. Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of California - 1579
148. English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights - 1535
149. Union of Kalmar established between Denmark, Sweden and Norway - 1397
150. Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, and destroyed - 1291
151. Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders - 1119
152. Floris II de Vette becomes earl of Holland - 1091
153. Deusdedit III ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0676
154. Ali ibn Abu Talib chosen kalief of Islam - 0656
155. St. Martin I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0653
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