1. Dr. Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test - 1997
2. Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field - 1996
3. "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 276 performances - 1995
4. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1995
5. Andy Waller out handled the ball for Mashonaland CD vs. Mash U24 - 1994
6. Heather Whitestone, 21, (Ala), crowned 68th Miss America 1995 - 1994
7. Princess Christina separates - 1994
8. House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates - 1992
9. NFL decides to suspend World League Football - 1992
10. 4,355 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium - 1991
11. U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia - 1991
12. Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing - 1990
13. Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties - 1990
14. 41st Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Dana Delany and Candice Bergen win - 1989
15. Beth Daniel wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1989
16. Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation - 1989
17. Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 - 1989
18. Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston SC - 1989
19. New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from NZ) - 1989
20. 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea - 1988
21. Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL - 1988
22. Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees - 1988
23. Philadelphia celebrates 200th anniversary of Constitution - 1987
24. Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed - 1986
25. Marina Stepanova of U.S.S.R. sets 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94) - 1986
26. Mets clinch NL East Championship - 1986
27. U.S. Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice - 1986
28. Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station - 1985
29. Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner - 1984
30. Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games - 1984
31. Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs - 1984
32. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1984
33. Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship, - 1983
34. Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black - 1983
35. New Jersey Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa - 1982
36. Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season - 1981
37. "Divine Madness" starring Bette Midler, premieres - 1980
38. Iraq (Saddam Hussein) signs accord with Algeria - 1980
39. Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22 - 1980
40. Solidarity labor union in Poland forms - 1980
41. South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death - 1980
42. Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72") - 1979
43. Royals George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season - 1979
44. 30th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win - 1978
45. Begin, Sadat and Carter sign Camp David accord - 1978
46. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament - 1978
47. Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept 1978, 7-3 - 1978
48. 22nd Ryder Cup: U.S., 12 -13 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes England - 1977
49. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1977
50. Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more - 1977
51. Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" is #1 for 19th straight week - 1977
52. Amnesty International receives Erasmus-prize - 1976
53. NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California - 1976
54. Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album - 1976
55. Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101) - 1975
56. Courageous (U.S.) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup - 1974
57. "M*A*S*H," premieres on NBC TV - 1972
58. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Quality First Golf Classic - 1972
59. Tanzania troops march in to Uganda - 1972
60. Jordanian King Hussein moves against PLO guerrillas - 1970
61. WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview, WV (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1970
62. Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 1-0 - 1968
63. Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of Moon - 1968
64. "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV - 1967
65. Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (NH) - 1967
66. New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 27-13 - 1967
67. Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational - 1967
68. Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings - 1966
69. WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting - 1965
70. Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) - 1964
71. "Bewitched" premieres on ABC TV - 1964
72. Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th HR - 1964
73. Supremes release "Baby Love" - 1964
74. "Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV - 1963
75. Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32 - 1963
76. Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools - 1962
77. U.S. space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts - 1962
78. Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13) - 1961
79. Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," premieres in New York City - 1961
80. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1961
81. Cuba nationalizes U.S. banks - 1960
82. "Vintage '60" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 8 performances - 1960
83. 59th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus - 1959
84. Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit - 1959
85. Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea - 1959
86. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1958
87. 2 male attorneys "stand in" as actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico - 1957
88. KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1957
89. Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight - 1957
90. Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat - 1957
91. Black students enter Clay Kentucky elementary school - 1956
92. Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year - 1956
93. "Ankles Aweigh" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 176 performances - 1955
94. Future Hall of Famer Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game - 1955
95. Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title - 1954
96. 1st successful separation of Siamese twins - 1953
97. Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player - 1953
98. "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" - 1952
99. "Borscht Capades" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 90 performances - 1951
100. Romanian bishop A Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years - 1951
101. San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17 - 1950
102. 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto - 1949
103. 8th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 7-5 at Ganton GC, England - 1949
104. North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time - 1949
105. WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1949
106. KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, California (IND) begins - 1948
107. WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1948
108. Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News - 1947
109. James Forrestal sworn in as 1st U.S. secretary of defense - 1947
110. U.S. Department of Defense forms - 1947
111. "Gypsy Lady," opens at Century Theater New York City for 79 performances - 1946
112. "If the Shoe Fits," opens at Century Theater New York City for 20 performances - 1946
113. British Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. - 1944
114. Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers - 1944
115. Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem Neth - 1944
116. Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station - 1943
117. Red Army recaptures Brjansk - 1943
118. Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4 - 1941
119. Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seelowe) - 1940
120. Nazis deprive Jews of possessions - 1940
121. German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die - 1939
122. Poland's president Moscicki and PM Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania - 1939
123. Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner - 1939
124. Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II - 1939
125. 52nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Nancye Wynne Bolton (60 63) - 1938
126. 58th U.S. Mens Tennis: J Donald Budge beats C Gene Mako (63 68 62 61) - 1938
127. British premier Neville Chamberlain leaves Munich - 1938
128. Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam - 1938
129. 1st NFL game in Washington, D.C.; Redskins beat New York Giants 13-3 - 1937
130. Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines - 1935
131. RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th) - 1934
132. U.S.S.R. joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz and Portugal vote no) - 1934
133. 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, New York City), venture failed - 1931
134. Operetta "Victoria and Her Husband," premieres in London - 1931
135. Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles - 1931
136. British troops begin evacuating - 1929
137. 48th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats F T Hunter (46 64 36 75 63) - 1928
138. Henri Cochet wins U.S. Tennis Open - 1928
139. Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 - 1928
140. Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning - 1928
141. 47th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119) - 1927
142. Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco - 1927
143. Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die - 1926
144. Italy signs treaty of Rapallo - 1924
145. Sutton Vane's "Outward Bound," premieres in London - 1923
146. Bicyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ - 1922
147. Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) - 1922
148. Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) and 5th (2) innings - 1920
149. National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Prof Football Assn - 1920
150. 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right - 1916
151. Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn and hits 4 singles - 1912
152. 1st transcontinental airplane flight, New York-Pasadena in 82 hours 4 min - 1911
153. 25th U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats F Sutton (8-10 61 97) - 1911
154. Thomas Selfridge becomes 1st fatality of powered flight - 1908
155. Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's - 1906
156. Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3 - 1903
157. U.S. protests anti-semitism in Romania - 1902
158. Battle at Blood River Port: Boer Gen Botha beats mjr Goughs cavalry - 1901
159. Battle at Elands River Port: Boer Gen Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers - 1901
160. Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed - 1900
161. Queen Victoria disbands British parliament - 1900
162. 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa - 1899
163. 3rd U.S. Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago GC in Wheaton Ill - 1897
164. 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University - 1873
165. Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires - 1872
166. Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens - 1871
167. Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign - 1864
168. Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada - 1863
169. Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals - 1862
170. Battle of Mumfordville, KY-US Col J Wilder surrenders city - 1862
171. Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die - 1862
172. 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia - 1861
173. Hampton Institute forms - 1861
174. Man in San Francisco claims himself Norton I, emperor of America - 1859
175. Great fire in San Francisco - 1850
176. Charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago - 1835
177. 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii - 1819
178. President George Washington delivers his farewell address - 1796
179. William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn - 1789
180. Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem - 1787
181. U.S. constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention - 1787
182. 1st treaty between the U.S. and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) - 1778
183. Presidio of San Francisco forms as a Spanish fort - 1776
184. Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders - 1745
185. Georg-August University opens in Gottingen - 1737
186. Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees - 1730
187. Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen of Savoye beats Turks - 1697
188. Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter - 1691
189. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria - 1683
190. France and Spain signs peace treaty - 1678
191. French troops occupy Mainz - 1644
192. Battle of Breitenfeld: King Gustaaf Adolf defeats Gen Tilly - 1631
193. Netherland sailors discover Mauritius - 1598
194. Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henri IV as king of France - 1595
195. Gent surrenders to duke of Parma - 1584
196. Council of Trente takes ecclesiastical canon - 1562
197. Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI - 1394
198. Markgraafschap Austria becomes a temple (Privilegium minus) - 1156
199. Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed - 0642
200. Church of Heilig Grave initiated in Jerusalem - 0335
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