1. Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died - 1998
2. STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands - 1997
3. 230 people die when TWA 800 crashes outside of New York City - 1996
4. Yank John Weteland blows save after record 24 consecutive saves - 1996
5. Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world ($12.9B) - 1995
6. 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland - 1994
7. Beth Daniel wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic - 1994
8. Brazil beats Italy in a shoot out, for their 4th soccer world cup - 1994
9. French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche - 1994
10. Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship - 1994
11. Slovak parliament asks for self rule - 1992
12. Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq - 1990
13. Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 - 1990
14. New York Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer - 1990
15. PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis - 1990
16. 1st Test flight of U.S. stealth-bomber - 1989
17. Paul McCartney releases "This One" - 1989
18. Reds reliever Kent Tekulve retires after 1,070 appearances - 1989
19. 117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham - 1988
20. 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute - 1988
21. Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic - 1988
22. Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49) - 1988
23. Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C) - 1988
24. 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood, Comfort, Texas - 1987
25. Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit home runs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8) - 1987
26. Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time - 1987
27. Iran and France breaks diplomatic relations - 1987
28. "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo - 1987
29. Emmy 13th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 7th time - 1986
30. Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France - 1984
31. Soyuz T-12 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 7 - 1984
32. 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale - 1983
33. 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22) - 1983
34. Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic - 1983
35. Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta - 1981
36. Humbar Estuary Bridge, U.K., world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens - 1981
37. Israeli bombers destroy PLO/al-Fatah headquarters in Beirut - 1981
38. Lobby Walkways at KC's Hyatt Regency collapse 114 die, 200 injured - 1981
39. "This is Burlesque" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 28 performances - 1981
40. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1981
41. Bolivian military coup; general Garcia Meza becomes president - 1980
42. Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president - 1980
43. Zenko Suzuki becomes premier of Japan - 1980
44. 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle - 1979
45. All star MVP: Dave Parker (Pittsburgh Pirates) - 1979
46. David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 vs. India at Edgbaston - 1979
47. Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza flees to Miami - 1979
48. Sebastian Coe runs world record 3:49 mile in Oslo - 1979
49. Simone Veil becomes chairman of European Parliament - 1979
50. New York Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out - 1978
51. Reggie Jackson refusal to bunt causes mgr Billy Martin to suspend him - 1978
52. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic - 1977
53. 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal - 1976
54. Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor - 1976
55. Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make 1st US/U.S.S.R. linkup in space - 1975
56. Ringo Starr and Maureen Cox divorce - 1975
57. 1st quadrophonic studio in U.K. is open by Moody Blues - 1974
58. Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo) - 1974
59. France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island - 1974
60. John Lennon is ordered to leave U.S. in 60 days - 1974
61. Military coup in Afghanistan; King Mohammad Zahir Shah flees - 1973
62. Kathy Whitworth/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship - 1971
63. 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City - 1970
64. Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London - 1968
65. Monkees perform at Forest Hills, New York, Jimi Hendrix is opening act - 1967
66. Race riots in Cairo, Illinois - 1967
67. Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open - 1966
68. Indians set club record by hitting 7 HR in 15-2 win over Detroit - 1966
69. "It's a Bird... It's Superman" closes at Alvin New York City after 129 performances - 1966
70. Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3) - 1966
71. Pioneer 7 launched - 1966
72. WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (ABC) begins - 1965
73. Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) - 1964
74. Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1964
75. Telstar soccer team forms in Ijmuiden - 1963
76. East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall - 1962
77. Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft) - 1962
78. Senate rejects medicare for aged - 1962
79. U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1962
80. Ford Frick rules that if anyone breaks Babe Ruth 60 HR record, it must be done in 1st 154 games - 1961
81. John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show - 1961
82. Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th - 1961
83. 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis - 1959
84. Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) - 1959
85. River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana) - 1959
86. Tibet abolishes serfdom - 1959
87. King Hussein declares himself head of Jordan/Iraqi federation - 1958
88. Peter Shaffer's "Five Finger Exercise," premieres in London - 1958
89. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak - 1958
90. Arco, Idaho becomes 1st U.S. city lit by nuclear power - 1955
91. Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County - 1955
92. 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) - 1954
93. Theodor Heuss re-elected president of West Germany - 1954
94. Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier - 1952
95. King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I - 1951
96. Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka - 1950
97. Israeli army captures Nazareth - 1948
98. Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea - 1948
99. Potsdam Conference (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) holds 1st meeting - 1945
100. 2 ammunition ships explodes at Port Chicago, California kills 322 - 1944
101. Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland - 1944
102. RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde - 1943
103. 3' of rain falls on Pennsylvania, flooding kills 15 - 1942
104. Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) - 1942
105. Transport nr 6 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1942
106. New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland - 1941
107. 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY - 1939
108. Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland - 1938
109. Carl Hubbell begins winning streak, beating Pittsburgh 6-0, - 1936
110. Military uprising under Gen Franco/begins Spanish civil war - 1936
111. Variety's famous headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix" - 1935
112. Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland - 1934
113. U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with China - 1929
114. Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:11.4) - 1926
115. Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits - 1925
116. St. Louis Card Jesse Haines no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 - 1924
117. Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians - 1923
118. Curacao harbor workers begin strike under Felix Chacuto - 1922
119. Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year - 1922
120. Finland adopts constitution - 1919
121. Yanks 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play - 1919
122. Longest errorless game, Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings - 1918
123. British Royal family changes its name from Hanover to Windsor - 1917
124. Italian offensive at Isonzo - 1915
125. Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1 - 1914
126. IAF (International Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden - 1912
127. Overthrown shah of Persia Mohammed Ali lands on Astrabad with army - 1911
128. Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL - 1902
129. New York Giant Christy Mathewson begins career losing to Brooklyn Superbas - 1900
130. Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to U.S. at Santiago Cuba - 1898
131. 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon - 1897
132. Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket - 1893
133. Cecil Rhodes becomes premier of Cape colony - 1890
134. 1st railroad opens in Hawaii - 1879
135. 1st U.S. dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established - 1867
136. Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa - 1866
137. CSA President Davis replaces Gen Joe Johnston with John Bell Hood - 1864
138. Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory - 1863
139. Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition - 1862
140. R John Hunt Morgan:Cynthiana, Kentucky CS24 US17 Skirmish at Columbia, Tennessee - 1862
141. U.S. Army authorized to accept blacks as laborers - 1862
142. United army officially divides corps - 1862
143. Congress authorizes paper money - 1861
144. Manassas, Virginia Gen Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, Gen Johnston is ordered to Manassas - 1861
145. Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star, Vega - 1850
146. British humor magazine "Punch" 1st published - 1841
147. Spain cedes Florida to U.S. - 1821
148. African Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated - 1794
149. Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church - 1794
150. Russian fleet destroys Swedish - 1788
151. 1st military hospital approved - 1775
152. Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) - 1774
153. Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV - 1740
154. Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor - 1727
155. Sir Walter Ralegh arrested - 1603
156. At 10:30AM Dutch explorer Willem Barents arrives at Novaya Zemlya - 1596
157. English secret service discovers Anthony Babingtons murder plot against queen Elizabeth I - 1585
158. Spanish and Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk - 1583
159. Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun - 1552
160. Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium - 1549
161. Venice recaptures Padua - 1509
162. Charles the Stout conquerors Nijmegen - 1473
163. 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops - 1453
164. Dauphin crowned king of France - 1429
165. Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria - 1393
166. Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time - 1245
167. Venetianen conquer Constantinople, emperor Alexius III flees - 1203
168. Arnulf III the Hapless becomes earl of Flanders - 1070
169. Emperor Henry III crowns his son Henry IV king - 1054
170. St. Leo IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0855
171. John III begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Pelagius I - 0561
172. Christenen Cittinus/Donatus/Natzalus/Secunda/Speratus/Vestia sentenced to death in Carthago - 0180
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