1. 43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson - 1997
2. Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic - 1997
3. "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City - 1997
4. Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic - 1997
5. 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2 - 1996
6. WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner - 1996
7. WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma - 1995
8. AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona - 1994
9. Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip - 1994
10. Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens - 1994
11. Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty - 1993
12. Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola - 1993
13. Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs - 1992
14. 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54 - 1991
15. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1991
16. U.S.S.R. launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station - 1991
17. 2 Germanys sign a monetary union treaty - 1990
18. Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak - 1990
19. Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant - 1990
20. Return To Green Acres TV movie airs - 1990
21. Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl - 1989
22. Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen - 1988
23. In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16 - 1988
24. Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic - 1986
25. Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups - 1986
26. Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 atomic hand-stand push-ups - 1986
27. David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool - 1986
28. "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 367 performances - 1986
29. South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia - 1986
30. 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4 - 1985
31. 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa) - 1985
32. "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3 - 1985
33. Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program - 1983
34. Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs - 1982
35. Unification Church founder Rev Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion - 1982
36. Belgium 3rd government of Martens forms - 1980
37. China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket - 1980
38. Donna White wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic - 1980
39. Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru - 1980
40. Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die - 1980
41. Italy legalizes abortion - 1978
42. Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work - 1978
43. A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164 - 1977
44. Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao - 1977
45. Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister - 1977
46. Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164 - 1977
47. 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6 - 1974
48. "Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1 - 1974
49. Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany - 1973
50. WIBC Bowling Queens won by Dotty Fothergill - 1973
51. John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded - 1972
52. "Me and The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV - 1972
53. 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 - 1971
54. Bulgarian constitution goes into effect - 1971
55. President Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus - 1971
56. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 - 1971
57. Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit - 1969
58. "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances - 1969
59. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational - 1969
60. 94th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8 - 1968
61. AL Kaline hits his 307th HR, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger - 1968
62. Frank Howard ties AL record with HR in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games - 1968
63. Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London - 1967
64. Tennessee Gov Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial - 1967
65. Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Capt - 1965
66. WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting - 1965
67. David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC - 1964
68. Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years - 1964
69. 89th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2 - 1963
70. "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 4 performances - 1963
71. "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1 - 1963
72. "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 68 performances - 1961
73. Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs) - 1960
74. Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris - 1960
75. "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52 - 1959
76. "Judy" by David Seville hits #86 - 1959
77. "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer and Spencer hits #91 - 1959
78. Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open - 1958
79. 83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2 - 1957
80. Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi enforces his own policy - 1956
81. Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time - 1956
82. Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam - 1956
83. 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record) - 1955
84. Atkinson and Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs. Aust - 1955
85. Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam - 1955
86. European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect - 1954
87. Jacqueline Cochran is 1st woman to break the sound barrier - 1953
88. Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC - 1952
89. U.N. moves headquarters to New York City - 1951
90. U.S. General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea - 1951
91. "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 12 performances - 1950
92. Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders - 1950
93. Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates - 1949
94. Arab Legion captures fort on Mt. Scopus - 1948
95. "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 62 performances - 1948
96. Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel - 1948
97. A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error - 1947
98. Tigers and A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain - 1945
99. Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans - 1944
100. Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino, Italy - 1944
101. Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea - 1943
102. New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II - 1942
103. Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia - 1941
104. Jewish veterans honor their dead - 1941
105. German troops conquer Brussels - 1940
106. Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 mins on debut for Somerset - 1935
107. Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky) - 1934
108. Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense - 1934
109. Jimmie Foxx hits 1st HR in Comiskey Park center field bleachers - 1934
110. TWA began commercial service - 1934
111. 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair - 1933
112. Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams - 1933
113. 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8 - 1929
114. Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 and lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs) - 1929
115. Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood California - 1927
116. Ritz Hotel opens in Boston - 1927
117. "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses - 1927
118. Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice California She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped - 1926
119. Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hrs) - 1922
120. 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6 - 1920
121. Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia - 1918
122. TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale, Pennsylvania kills 200 - 1918
123. Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris - 1917
124. U.S. passes Selective Service act - 1917
125. U.S. pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft - 1916
126. A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension - 1912
127. Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies - 1912
128. Pres/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends - 1911
129. Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic - 1910
130. American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco - 1904
131. Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga - 1900
132. World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference - 1899
133. Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) - 1897
134. New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game - 1897
135. Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres - 1897
136. U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson) - 1896
137. Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris - 1889
138. Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgre Luis," premieres in Paris - 1887
139. 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37 - 1880
140. French Government of De Putte resigns - 1866
141. Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) - 1864
142. Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi - 1863
143. Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South - 1861
144. Friedrich Hebbels "Kriemhildes Rache," premieres in Weimar - 1861
145. Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president - 1860
146. Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school - 1852
147. Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked - 1851
148. U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros - 1846
149. United Free Church of Scotland forms - 1843
150. Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever - 1830
151. Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil - 1828
152. Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France - 1804
153. Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland - 1803
154. 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria) - 1794
155. England declares war on France - 1756
156. Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne - 1703
157. Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal - 1652
158. Montreal Canada founded - 1642
159. English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right - 1631
160. John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts - 1631
161. Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison - 1619
162. Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya - 1596
163. Peace of Doornik: Gent and Louis van Thoughts - 1385
164. Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) - 1302
165. Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre - 1291
166. Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm - 1096
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