1. 100th U.S. Golf Open: at Pebble Beach Golf Links California - 2000
2. 95th U.S. Golf Open: Corey Pavin shoots a 280 at Shinnecock Hills NY - 1995
3. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament - 1995
4. Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) - 1994
5. Gay Games open in New York City - 1994
6. U.S. ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer World Cup - 1994
7. Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games - 1993
8. Toru Takemitsu's "Archipelago" premieres in Aldeburgh England - 1993
9. Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr - 1992
10. Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft - 1992
11. Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft - 1992
12. Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in U.S. - 1991
13. Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80 - 1991
14. San Francisco Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated - 1991
15. Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays - 1991
16. 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, U.S.S.R.-4 Cameroon-0 - 1990
17. 1st sudden death U.S. Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin - 1990
18. 89th U.S. Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill CC New York - 1989
19. Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion - 1989
20. John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo - 1989
21. Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1989
22. "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater New York City after 60 performances - 1989
23. Jeff Hamilton, hits 8,000th Dodger home run - 1988
24. Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon - 1987
25. 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon - 1986
26. De Havilland Twin Otter and Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25 - 1986
27. Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games - 1986
28. Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55) - 1986
29. Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs vs. Gibraltar, ICC Trophy - 1986
30. Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs - 1985
31. 84th U.S. Golf Open: Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 276 at Winged Foot GC NY - 1984
32. 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st U.S. woman - 1983
33. IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in New York City - 1983
34. "Pump Boys and Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 573 performances - 1983
35. ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations - 1982
36. Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote - 1982
37. Kimberley Ann Smith, of NC, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss - 1981
38. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires, replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court - 1981
39. Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, vs. England at Trent Bridge - 1981
40. Vaccine to prevent hoof and mouth disease announced - 1981
41. "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi premieres - 1980
42. Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa - 1980
43. Mrs. Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec - 1980
44. Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon - 1979
45. President Carter and Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty - 1979
46. Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset - 1979
47. 78th U.S. Golf Open: Andy North shoots a 285 at Cherry Hill CC in Denver - 1978
48. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Bankers Trust Golf Classic - 1978
49. Victor de la Torre wins Peru election - 1978
50. Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation - 1977
51. Sex Pistols Johnny Rotten and Paul Cook, beaten and robbed by London pub - 1977
52. Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747 - 1977
53. Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, and Vida Blue to Yankees - 1976
54. Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for 340,000 pounds - 1976
55. St. Louis Cardinals Lou Brock and Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs - 1976
56. Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers - 1975
57. Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi vs. England - 1975
58. NBC News and Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio - 1975
59. Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government - 1974
60. NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants - 1973
61. 72nd U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach California - 1972
62. BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118 - 1972
63. U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws - 1972
64. West Germany wins soccer world championship - 1972
65. Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing - 1968
66. 67th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol GC NJ - 1967
67. Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0 - 1967
68. Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California - 1967
69. Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open - 1967
70. African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar - 1964
71. 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school - 1963
72. CBS radio cancels "Gunsmoke" - 1961
73. KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1961
74. Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open - 1961
75. 60th U.S. Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots 280 at Cherry Hills in Denver - 1960
76. "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 472 performances - 1960
77. Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) - 1960
78. Real Madrid wins 5th Europe Cup 1 - 1960
79. 1st telecast transmitted from England to U.S. - 1959
80. John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada - 1957
81. Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal - 1956
82. "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 85 performances - 1955
83. Pierre Mendes-France forms French government - 1954
84. Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president - 1953
85. Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3 - 1953
86. USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen - 1953
87. De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election - 1951
88. Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2 - 1950
89. "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 180 performances - 1949
90. American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights - 1948
91. National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time - 1948
92. Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates - 1948
93. U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights - 1948
94. Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 - 1947
95. William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) British radio traitor charged with treason - 1945
96. Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris - 1944
97. SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau - 1943
98. Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m - 1942
99. Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 13 for heavyweight boxing title - 1941
100. Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany - 1941
101. Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers - 1940
102. German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs and chickens - 1940
103. Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" - 1940
104. Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season - 1938
105. 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin - 1936
106. Polish parliament gives President Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power - 1936
107. U.S. Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized - 1934
108. Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean - 1928
109. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24.6 - 1927
110. Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover - 1926
111. Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque - 1924
112. Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3 - 1916
113. 21st U.S. Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol GC NJ - 1915
114. Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km) - 1914
115. 16th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA - 1910
116. Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women - 1909
117. 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in San Francisco; arrives New York 3-months later - 1903
118. Empress Douairiere orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners - 1900
119. Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy - 1900
120. 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey - 1898
121. 4th U.S. Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass - 1898
122. Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate - 1894
123. Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii - 1892
124. W. H. Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage - 1879
125. Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President - 1873
126. Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall - 1872
127. At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults - 1864
128. After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg - 1863
129. Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia - 1839
130. Spain gets new Constitution - 1837
131. Part of US-Canadian boundary determined - 1822
132. Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas arrested in South Carolina - 1822
133. Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin) - 1821
134. Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington and Blucher - 1815
135. War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war against Britain - 1812
136. French fleet occupies St. Vincent - 1779
137. British Redcoats evacuate Phila - 1778
138. Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia - 1757
139. William Penn founds Philadelphia - 1682
140. Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies - 1643
141. Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war - 1639
142. Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape - 1629
143. Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds - 1583
144. States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship - 1580
145. Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland - 1574
146. Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland - 1541
147. Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I - 1538
148. Blackfriars begin: Henry VIII and Catharina of Aragon - 1529
149. Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark and Luikse towns - 1316
150. 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation) - 1178
151. Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno - 1178
152. Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor - 1155
153. Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople - 0860
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