1. 127th British Golf Open: at Royal Birkdale - 1998
2. JAL Big Apple Golf Classic - 1998
3. Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final - 1996
4. Jason Gallian scores 312 in 683 mins for Lancashire vs. Derbyshire - 1996
5. XXVI Olympic games open in Atlanta, Georgia - 1996
6. 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles) - 1994
7. Bomb explosion in Alas Airlines at Colon, Panama, 21 killed - 1994
8. Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president - 1994
9. Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes - 1993
10. Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham - 1993
11. President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions - 1993
12. 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1) - 1992
13. Ballet dancer Peter Martins charged with beating his wife - 1992
14. Ebony P. Warren, crowned 24th Miss Black America - 1992
15. Juli Inkster wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic - 1992
16. New York City Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife - 1992
17. "Price" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 47 performances - 1992
18. Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game - 1991
19. Mike Tyson rapes a Miss Black America contestant (Desiree Washington) - 1991
20. With New York Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better - 1991
21. BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 person dies - 1990
22. Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion - 1990
23. Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee - 1990
24. Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California - 1990
25. Cleveland Indian Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game - 1989
26. United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City Iowa, kills 112 - 1989
27. 116th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 279 at Muirfield Gullane - 1987
28. Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games - 1987
29. Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic - 1987
30. Caroline Kennedy (28) marries Edwin Schlossberg (41) - 1986
31. Indian pitcher Phil Niekro wins his 307th game tying him with - 1986
32. Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title - 1986
33. Christa McAuliffe chosen 1st school teacher to fly space shuttle - 1985
34. Dam in Fiemme Valley Italy bursts; 200-300 die - 1985
35. 1st female to captain a 747 across Atlantic (Lynn Rippelmeyer) - 1984
36. Geraldine A. Ferraro, Rep-D-NY, wins Democratic VP nomination - 1984
37. 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2 - 1982
38. 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Washington D.C. - 1982
39. Bolivian government resigns - 1982
40. David S. Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon - 1982
41. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic - 1981
42. 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott - 1980
43. David Bowie appears in role of "Elephant Man" in Denver - 1980
44. 2 supertankers collide off Tobago - 260,000 TONS of oil spill - 1979
45. Maritza Sayalero, 18, of Venezuela, crowned 28th Miss Universe - 1979
46. Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza - 1979
47. France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island - 1978
48. Yanks start 14 game comeback with 2-0 win - 1978
49. 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York - 1977
50. All star MVP: Don Sutton (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 1977
51. Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76 - 1977
52. Allman Brother's roadie Scooter Herring sentenced to 75 years for providing drugs for the group, based on Gregg Allman's testimony - 1976
53. Rock group Deep Purple disbands - 1976
54. Apollo and Soyuz linked in orbit for 2 days, separate - 1975
55. New York Yank catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single and RBI are - 1975
56. Nullified because the tar on his bat handle exceeds 18" limit - 1975
57. Cleveland Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0 - 1974
58. David Bowie's "Diamond Dog" tour ends in New York City - 1974
59. Soyuz 14 lands - 1974
60. Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial) - 1973
61. Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees - 1971
62. Judy Rankin wins LPGA Springfield Jaycee Golf Open - 1970
63. Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit - 1969
64. 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line) - 1967
65. Race riots in Durham, North Carolina - 1967
66. U.S. launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km) - 1967
67. 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas - 1966
68. France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island - 1966
69. Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, race riot - 1966
70. Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" - 1965
71. 46th PGA Championship: Bobby Nichols shoots a 271 at Columbus CC Ohio - 1964
72. Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open - 1964
73. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1964
74. NASA civilian Test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 105 km - 1963
75. Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300 - 1963
76. Hungarian Communist Party expels Rakosi and Gero - 1962
77. 1st in-flight movie shown, TWA - 1961
78. Italian Government Tambroni, resigns - 1960
79. San Francisco Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies - 1960
80. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Machine International Golf Open Alliance - 1959
81. Charly Gaul wins Tour de France - 1958
82. "Oh, Captain!" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 192 performances - 1958
83. 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada - 1957
84. Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7) - 1957
85. U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1957
86. U.S. refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam - 1956
87. Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 and becomes a floating museum - 1955
88. Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel - 1955
89. KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
90. WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1953
91. 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland - 1952
92. Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford - 1952
93. India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day - 1952
94. "Paint Your Wagon" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 289 performances - 1952
95. "2 in the Aisle" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 276 performances - 1951
96. French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh - 1950
97. New York Yankees obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard and Frank Barnes - 1950
98. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris - 1950
99. Laos becomes associated state within French Union - 1949
100. French government of Schuman, resigns - 1948
101. Edwin Schlossberg, husband of Carolyn Kennedy - 1945
102. USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue - 1945
103. 1,200+ 8th Air Force bombers bomb targets in SW Germany - 1944
104. 500 15th Air Force Liberators/Flying Fortresses bomb Munich vicinity - 1944
105. Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen - 1944
106. Danish resistance fails on assault on Taarbaek Fort near Copenhagen - 1944
107. Democratic convention opens in Chicago - 1944
108. Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem - 1944
109. General Bradley flies to England - 1944
110. Japanese aircraft carriers Taiho/Shokaku sinks in Marianas - 1944
111. New York archbishop Spellman flies to Europe - 1944
112. Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg 1st meets Eichmann - 1944
113. 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II - 1943
114. Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in US - 1942
115. German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and Hague - 1942
116. 1st U.S. Army flying school for black cadets dedicated - 1941
117. BBC World Service begins playing V(ictory) (...-) 5th of Beethoven - 1941
118. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign - 1941
119. President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee - 1941
120. Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders - 1940
121. Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald - 1940
122. Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid anti-nazi films - 1940
123. 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St. Louis, Missouri - 1939
124. Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures - 1939
125. Entartete Art Fair opens in Munich - 1937
126. Joris Ivens' "Spanish Earth" premieres in Hollywood - 1937
127. Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief - 1936
128. Spanish premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jose Giral - 1936
129. 1st time, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox - 1933
130. King Fuad of Egypt grabs power/disbands parliament - 1928
131. 2nd French government of Herriot, forms - 1926
132. WRC-AM in Washington D.C. begins radio transmissions - 1923
133. German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) - 1918
134. Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft Sec of War Newton D. Baker rules baseball players are not draft exempt - 1918
135. Dutch accidents at sea law enforced - 1915
136. Washington Nationals steal record 8 bases vs. Cleveland Indians in the 1st inning - 1915
137. Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL - 1914
138. Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1 - 1913
139. Cy Young registers his 500th career victory - 1910
140. Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball executes an unassisted triple play - 1909
141. Feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam - 1908
142. Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber - 1904
143. New York Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw - 1902
144. Michel Theato wins 2nd olympics marathon (2:59:45.0-40,260k) - 1900
145. National Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, forms - 1899
146. SF Public Library starts lending books - 1880
147. 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) - 1877
148. Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City - 1875
149. France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins - 1870
150. Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto - 1867
151. Dutch Red Cross forms - 1867
152. Reconstruction enacted - 1867
153. Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment, guaranteeing civil rights - 1866
154. Battle of Buffington's Island (St. George Creek), Ohio - 1863
155. Forrest's 1st raid - 1862
156. 1st railroad reaches Kansas - 1860
157. Airship Elizabeth leaves in storm for Fire Island, crashes (42 die) - 1850
158. 1st U.S. women's rights convention (Seneca Falls New York) - 1848
159. German Parliament demands Dutch province of Limburg - 1848
160. HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension - 1836
161. Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days - 1816
162. Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow - 1702
163. Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo - 1688
164. Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer - 1674
165. French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan - 1639
166. Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java - 1599
167. King Philip Ii's secretary Antonio Perez escapes jail - 1590
168. Spanish viceroy Gilles of Hierges attacks Oudewater - 1575
169. Battle at Saint-Ghislain: Spanish army beats The Genlis' mercenaries - 1572
170. 15-year-old Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days - 1553
171. Treaty of Karlsburg: arch duke Ferdinand of Austria recognized as king of Hungary/Transsylvania - 1551
172. King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die - 1545
173. Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau - 1525
174. Boer War begins in Germany's Black Forest - 1524
175. 38 Jews are burned at stake in Berlin Prussia - 1510
176. Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good - 1425
177. Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais - 1380
178. Battle at Alarcos: Almohaden beats Alfons VIII of Castilia - 1195
179. Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle - 0532
180. Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire - 0064
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