1. 128th British Golf Open: at Camoustie Scot - 1999
2. DC3 crashes at Antananarivo Madagaskar, 34 die - 1995
3. Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed - 1994
4. Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter - 1994
5. Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights - 1994
6. Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, 22, weds Don Burton, 32 - 1994
7. Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons - 1994
8. Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12 - 1994
9. New York Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker - 1994
10. 122nd British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 267 at Royal St. George - 1993
11. Afghanistan president Ishaq Khan and premier Nawaz Sharif resign - 1993
12. Graeme Obree bicycles world record time (51,596 K) - 1993
13. Hiromi Kobayash wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic - 1993
14. Liberal-Democratic Party loses Japan's parliamentary election - 1993
15. Film critic Roger Ebert marries Chaz Hammel-Smith - 1992
16. Helen Windsor (daughter of English prince Edward) weds Timothy Taylor - 1992
17. Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA - 1992
18. Singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown marry - 1992
19. Florida Marlins' logo unveiled - 1991
20. Mike Tyson meets Miss Black America contestants - 1991
21. 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia, state record - 1989
22. Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship - 1988
23. Shooting begins on "License to Kill" - 1988
24. Molly Yard elected new President of National Org for Women - 1987
25. New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of home runs in 8 cons games - 1987
26. 115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry Scotld - 1986
27. Royals announce manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor - 1986
28. Videotapes released showing Titanic's sinksen remains - 1986
29. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test - 1985
30. James Huberty kills 21 McDonald's patrons in San Ysidro California - 1984
31. Walter F. Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco - 1984
32. Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales - 1983
33. 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon - 1982
34. "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 53 performances - 1982
35. Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic - 1982
36. Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel Kansas City caves in (113 killed) - 1981
37. Poland Communist Party selects ex-party leader Edward Gierek - 1981
38. Billy Joel's Glass Houses album tops charts - 1980
39. Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly, France - 1980
40. Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women - 1980
41. Quett Masire installed as president of Botswana - 1980
42. Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit - 1980
43. Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London - 1979
44. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1979
45. Billy Martin suspends Reggie Jackson for not bunting - 1978
46. Egyptian and Israeli officials begin 2 days of talks - 1978
47. Hugh Leonard's "Da," premieres in London - 1977
48. Vietnam becomes member of U.N. - 1977
49. Judy Rankin wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic - 1976
50. Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France - 1976
51. "Something's Afoot" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 61 performances - 1976
52. Stockhausens "Sirius," premieres in New York City - 1976
53. Thiokol conducts 2-min firing of space shuttle's SRB at Brigham, Ut - 1976
54. Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play) - 1975
55. U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1974
56. World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed - 1974
57. 200,000 attend Mt. Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania - 1972
58. Egypt president Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out - 1972
59. Mike Procter 8-73 with hat-trick, plus 51 and 102, Gloucs vs. Essex - 1972
60. Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France - 1971
61. Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily - 1970
62. "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 119 performances - 1970
63. Giants Willie Mays hits 3,000 homers - 1970
64. Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time - 1970
65. WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1970
66. Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL - 1969
67. Intel incorporates - 1968
68. Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in New York - 1967
69. Gemini 10 launched (John Young and Michael Collins) - 1966
70. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open - 1965
71. Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit - 1965
72. Failed military coup in Syria - 1963
73. Minn Twins Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 1st inn and Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning - 1962
74. Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games - 1961
75. 1st United Nations troops reach Congo - 1960
76. Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and New York franchises - 1960
77. Premier Kishi of Japan, resigns - 1960
78. 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright - 1959
79. Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rakosi as party leader of Hungary - 1956
80. 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially - 1955
81. 280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset, UK-record - 1955
82. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament - 1954
83. Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game - 1954
84. KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting - 1952
85. Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion - 1951
86. Uruguay accepts its constitution - 1951
87. "Marinka" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 168 performances - 1948
88. Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 home runs in a game - 1948
89. British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine - 1947
90. King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill - 1947
91. President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act - 1947
92. Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak - 1947
93. U.S. begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands - 1947
94. Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris - 1944
95. Arne Andersson runs world record 1 mile (4:01.6) - 1944
96. British air raid on German convoy SW of Helgoland - 1944
97. British Mosquito's attack Cologne and Berlin - 1944
98. British troops occupy Bourquebus hill range Normandy - 1944
99. Polish troops under gen Anders occupy Ancona Italy - 1944
100. British assault on Catania Sicily - 1943
101. Giants and Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, New York wins, 10-6 - 1943
102. 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens - 1942
103. Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight - 1942
104. SS drowns 40 Jews in Dvina River, Belorussia - 1941
105. 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Connecticut - 1940
106. British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure - 1940
107. Democratic Convention nominates Franklin D. Roosevelt for a 3rd term - 1940
108. Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland-left New York for California - 1938
109. Spanish Civil War begins, Gen Francisco Franco led uprising - 1936
110. Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000 - 1935
111. Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign Unity treaty - 1932
112. U.S. and Canada sign a treaty to develop St. Lawrence Seaway - 1932
113. 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched - 1931
114. SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland - 1930
115. Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit - 1927
116. Hitler publishes Mein Kampf - 1925
117. KPD points out Rote Frontkampferbund against Nazi - 1924
118. England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law - 1923
119. Black Sox trial begins in Chicago - 1921
120. U.S. and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I - 1918
121. 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280,000 men - 1915
122. Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs - 1915
123. U.S. Army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps - 1914
124. After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk - 1913
125. Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings - 1912
126. Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1907," premieres in New York City - 1907
127. French troops occupy Casablanca - 1907
128. 3rd U.S. Golf Open: James Foulis wins - 1897
129. Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits - 1897
130. 2nd U.S. Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills NY - 1896
131. George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket - 1896
132. Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut vs. Aust, Old Trafford - 1896
133. Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia vs. England, Lord's - 1893
134. Louisville Tony Mullane is 1st to pitch righty then lefty - 1882
135. Britain introduces secret ballot voting - 1872
136. Pontifical infalliability proclaimed - 1870
137. President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for milt service - 1864
138. Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina - Second assault US1500 CS174 - 1863
139. Battle of Newburgh, IN - captured by Union forces - 1862
140. Battle of Blackburn's Ford, Virginia US57 CS68 - Manassas - - 1861
141. Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal - 1853
142. British capture Prairie du Chien (Wisc) - 1814
143. Boston Gazette publishes "Liberty Song," America's 1st patriotic song - 1768
144. Society of the Dutch Literary forms - 1766
145. Lemuel Haynes, escapes from slave holder in Framingham Mass - 1753
146. 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (New York Weekly Journal) - 1743
147. Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians - 1737
148. Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels - 1716
149. Czar Peter I's fleet occupies Azov at mouth of Don River - 1696
150. Battle at Warsaw: Swedish king Karel X Gustaafbeats Johan II Kasimir and occupies Warsaw - 1656
151. Spanish troops occupy Mantua - 1630
152. Admiral Howard beats Spanish Armada - 1588
153. Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht - 1572
154. Pope's authority declared void in England - 1536
155. Battle of Velbuzd - 1330
156. King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews - 1290
157. Great Fire of Rome begins (Nero didn't fiddle) - 0064
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