1. Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame - 1997
2. Ted Turner gives $1 billion to UN - 1997
3. Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts - 1996
4. Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Balt to move Browns - 1995
5. Space shuttle STS-69 (Endeavour 9), lands - 1995
6. 1st Presidents Golf Cup: U.S. beats International team 20-12 at Robert Jones Va - 1994
7. Austrian conservative VP wins elections/extreme right gets 18.5% - 1994
8. Deb Richard wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1994
9. Ken Burn's "Baseball" premieres on PBS - 1994
10. Sweden social-democratic SPD wins parliamentary election - 1994
11. Kimberly Clarice Aiken (SC), 18, crowned 67th Miss America 1994 - 1993
12. LA Mighty Ducks play their 1st NHL pre-season game against Penguins - 1993
13. Trailing 3-1 with 2 outs in 9th, time is called prior to Mike Stanley pop out, gets a 2nd chance, and Yanks rally to beat Boston 4-3 - 1993
14. John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians - 1991
15. NCAA places Tenn on 2 years probation for football recruting violations - 1991
16. Robert Helmick resigns as President of U.S. Olympic Committee - 1991
17. Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands - 1991
18. 500 pound Hershey Kiss is displayed in Times Square - 1990
19. Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics - 1990
20. Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico - 1989
21. Burma suspends its constitution - 1988
22. Coup in Haiti - 1988
23. Juli Inkster wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1988
24. Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 HRs - 1987
25. U.S. and Russia sign accord to remove mid range missiles - 1987
26. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1987
27. David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 vs. India at Madras - 1986
28. BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston - 1985
29. "Song and Dance" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 474 performances - 1985
30. Joe Kittinger completes 1st solo balloon crossing of Atlantic - 1984
31. Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place) - 1984
32. Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons - 1984
33. George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere - 1983
34. Juli Inkster wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1983
35. Lebanese and Syrian army battle - 1983
36. New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31 - 1983
37. Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon - 1982
38. "Les Miserables," opens at Palais des Sports, Paris - 1980
39. Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base - 1980
40. Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station - 1980
41. Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov defect - 1979
42. Steven Lachs, appointed California's 1st admittedly gay judge - 1979
43. The Who opens New York City concerts at MSG - 1979
44. All 4 Kiss members release solo albums - 1977
45. Brooks Robinson Night in Baltimore - 1977
46. Courageous (U.S.) sweeps Australia (Australia) in 24th America's Cup - 1977
47. Joanne Carner/Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Team Golf Championship - 1977
48. U.S. Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth and Moon together - 1977
49. Cleve manager Frank Robinson last game as a player - 1976
50. Dom Mintoff's Labour Party wins Malta election - 1976
51. Rev Sun Myung Moon holds "God Bless America" convention - 1976
52. Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF - 1975
53. Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die - 1974
54. German FR and German DR admitted to UN - 1973
55. 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego) - 1972
56. 19th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 18 -13 at Old Warson CC Mo - 1971
57. Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky get engaged - 1969
58. Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits San Francisco Giants 2-0 - 1968
59. Intrepid (U.S.) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in 21st America's Cup - 1967
60. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational - 1966
61. "Get Smart" premieres - 1965
62. Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game - 1965
63. Greek king Constantine II marries Danish princess Anne-Marie - 1964
64. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1964
65. Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies beat Mets 5-1 - 1963
66. U.S.S.R. orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia - 1963
67. Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games - 1962
68. Charlie Finley is denied permission to move A's to Dallas-Ft. Worth - 1962
69. Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN - 1962
70. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
71. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1961
72. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open - 1960
73. Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit - 1959
74. Electric train joining in Amsterdam-Brussels - 1957
75. "Wagon Train" premieres - 1957
76. Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 home runs in a seaon - 1956
77. Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Mile High Golf Open - 1955
78. Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) - 1955
79. Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2) - 1954
80. KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1954
81. WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (ABC) 1st broadcast - 1954
82. Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission - 1950
83. Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit - 1949
84. Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin) - 1948
85. "Hilarities (of 1949)" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 14 performances - 1948
86. Ralph J. Bunche confirmed as acting United Nations mediator in Palestine - 1948
87. National Security Act, passes - 1947
88. USAF (US Air Force) forms - 1947
89. Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello in 1 for heavyweight boxing title - 1946
90. 1000 whites walk out of Gary, Indiana schools to protest integration - 1945
91. British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed - 1944
92. Eindhoven free (Lightly Day) - 1944
93. U.S. 266th division occupiers Brest Bretagne - 1944
94. Cardinals clinch NL pennant - 1943
95. Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews (unsuccessful) - 1943
96. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service - 1942
97. 19 German aircrafts shot down above England - 1940
98. Elmer Harris' "Johnny Belinda," premieres in New York City - 1940
99. Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani - 1940
100. Polish government of Moscicki flees to Romania - 1939
101. Despite losing a double header, Yanks clinch pennant #10 - 1938
102. St. Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1 - 1934
103. U.S.S.R. admitted to League of Nations - 1934
104. Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo - 1931
105. Enterprise (U.S.) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup - 1930
106. New York Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns, 7-6 - 1930
107. Philadelphia A's win AL championship for 2nd year in a row - 1930
108. Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs - 1929
109. Preston Sturges' "Strictly Dishonorable," premieres in New York City - 1929
110. Cards beat Phillies for 20th of 22 games in 1928 - 1928
111. Juan de la Cierva flies 1st helicopter above Channel - 1928
112. 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is New York City affiliate) - 1927
113. 46th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats Jean Borotra (64 60 64) - 1926
114. Hurricane hits Miami, kills 250 - 1926
115. Jean Rene Lacoste wins U.S. Tennis Open - 1926
116. Bill Tilden wins 6th straight U.S. tennis championship - 1925
117. Government routes 7 Provinces to Peking - 1924
118. 2nd government of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Neth - 1922
119. Browns George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush - 1922
120. Hungary admitted to League of Nations - 1922
121. Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts female suffrage - 1919
122. Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast - 1919
123. Battle of Megiddo (Palestine) starts - 1918
124. Boston Braves trounce St. Louis Cardinals 20-1 - 1915
125. Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I - 1914
126. Gen von Hindenburgs named commander of German armies on Eastern Front - 1914
127. Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent - 1914
128. South African troops land in German South West Africa - 1914
129. Britain's 1st twin-engine airplane (Short S.39) test flown - 1911
130. Louis Napoleon Parker's "Disraeli," premieres in New York City - 1911
131. 25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage - 1910
132. Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det - 1909
133. Cleveland Indian Bob "Dusty" Rhoades no-hits Boston, 2-1 - 1908
134. Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam - 1905
135. Phillie's Chick Fraser no-hits Chicago Cubs, 10-0 - 1903
136. Lord Kitcheners ships reach Fashoda Sudan - 1898
137. Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of New York City," premieres in New York City - 1897
138. Booker T. Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address - 1895
139. D D Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes 1st chiropractor - 1895
140. Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white woman to become an Indian chief - 1891
141. Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" - 1888
142. Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board) - 1882
143. Government bond agent Jay Cooke and Co collapses, causing panic on Wall St - 1873
144. Confederate armies officially divide into corps - 1862
145. General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia - 1862
146. New York Times starts publishing at 2 cents a copy - 1851
147. Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 - 1850
148. De Kempenaer's Dutch government resigns - 1849
149. Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner - 1848
150. Elizabeth Barrett and R Browning exchange last letters before eloping - 1846
151. 1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published - 1842
152. Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden - 1838
153. Horse beats 1st U.S. made locomotive (near Baltimore) - 1830
154. Fire in Moscow destroys 90% of houses and 1,000 churchs - 1812
155. English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies - 1811
156. Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day) - 1810
157. Royal Opera House in London opens - 1809
158. President Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building - 1793
159. 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents and Congress - 1789
160. John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (U.S.) - 1769
161. Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British - 1759
162. Ft. Ticonderoga, New York opens - 1755
163. Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks - 1739
164. New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1679
165. Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France - 1635
166. Spanish attack Alkmaar - 1573
167. Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy - 1544
168. English King Henry VIII's troops occupy Boulogne - 1544
169. Peace of Crepy: German emperor Charles V and French king Francois I - 1544
170. Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his 4th and last voyage - 1502
171. Farmer uprising in Transsylvania - 1437
172. Chrysopolis emperor Constantine beats emperor Licinius - 0324
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