1. 125th Kentucky Derby - 1999
2. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego, California on KIOZ 105.3 FM - 1997
3. Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of U.K. - 1997
4. Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game - 1996
5. "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 308 performances - 1996
6. "On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 8 performances - 1995
7. Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park - 1995
8. Charles Kuralt, retires as CBS newsman - 1994
9. "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 165 performances - 1994
10. "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 9 performances - 1994
11. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament - 1994
12. Sherri Steinhauer wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship - 1994
13. Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed - 1994
14. 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4 - 1993
15. Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die) - 1993
16. Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior - 1992
17. Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King - 1992
18. New York Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils) - 1992
19. Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base - 1992
20. A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks - 1991
21. Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy - 1991
22. Angola's civil war ends - 1991
23. Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge - 1991
24. Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings - 1991
25. Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter, beating Toronto - 1991
26. Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal - 1991
27. Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0) - 1991
28. "Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 983 performances - 1991
29. "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City - 1990
30. Disney's MGM Studio theme park officially opens to public - 1989
31. Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days - 1989
32. U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting - 1989
33. IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 - 1988
34. Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic - 1988
35. "Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 297 performances - 1988
36. 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games - 1987
37. Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun - 1987
38. Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph - 1986
39. Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap - 1986
40. Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole - 1986
41. "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels - 1985
42. U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua - 1985
43. William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in New York City - 1985
44. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1984
45. Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy - 1984
46. Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament - 1983
47. "My One and Only" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 767 performances - 1983
48. Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508) - 1983
49. 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4 - 1982
50. 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee opens - 1982
51. Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead - 1982
52. Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett - 1981
53. Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges - 1981
54. Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 - 1981
55. 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins - 1980
56. Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff) - 1980
57. "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden New York City for 588 perf - 1980
58. Sabres and Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff - 1980
59. Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel - 1979
60. Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) - 1979
61. Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing - 1979
62. 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated - 1978
63. MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht - 1978
64. Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone - 1978
65. Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4) - 1977
66. Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic - 1977
67. Empress Lilly dedicated - 1977
68. 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6 - 1976
69. Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2) - 1976
70. Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead - 1975
71. San Francisco Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7 - 1973
72. "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 24 performances - 1972
73. North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee - 1972
74. Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose) - 1972
75. Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres - 1972
76. 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2 - 1971
77. Amtrak Railroad begins operation - 1971
78. Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar" - 1971
79. 43 Unification church couples wed in New York City - 1969
80. Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0 - 1969
81. Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000 - 1969
82. "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 215 performances - 1968
83. Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup - 1968
84. Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua - 1967
85. Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed - 1967
86. Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank - 1967
87. Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer) - 1967
88. Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) - 1966
89. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational - 1966
90. Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting - 1966
91. U.S. troops shooting targets in Cambodia - 1966
92. 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2 - 1965
93. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 - 1965
94. U.S.S.R. launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon - 1965
95. 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) - 1964
96. 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest - 1963
97. Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands - 1963
98. 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria - 1962
99. Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start - 1962
100. John F. Kennedy authorizes Area Redevelopment Act - 1962
101. 1st U.S. airplane hijacked to Cuba - 1961
102. Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba - 1961
103. Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for To Kill a Mockingbird - 1961
104. Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain - 1961
105. India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states - 1960
106. Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis - 1960
107. Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane - 1960
108. Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title - 1959
109. West Germany introduces 5 day work week - 1959
110. White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR - 1959
111. Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai - 1958
112. Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina - 1958
113. Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord - 1957
114. Larry King's 1st radio broadcast - 1957
115. U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million - 1957
116. Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km - 1957
117. Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament - 1955
118. Bob Feller's 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters) - 1955
119. 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03 - 1954
120. Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist org forbidden) - 1954
121. HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies) - 1954
122. WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting - 1954
123. Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada - 1952
124. Mr. Potato Head, introduced - 1952
125. TWA introduces tourist class - 1952
126. 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany - 1951
127. Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir - 1951
128. Mickey Mantle's 1st HR - 1951
129. Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox - 1951
130. Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry - 1950
131. Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade - 1950
132. New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China - 1950
133. Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) - 1950
134. WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1950
135. A's Elmer Valo is 1st AL'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game - 1949
136. Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) - 1949
137. 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4 - 1948
138. North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea - 1948
139. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam - 1948
140. Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad - 1947
141. Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA - 1947
142. Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated - 1947
143. Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA - 1947
144. Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander - 1946
145. Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of Year" - 1946
146. 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren, commit suicide - 1945
147. Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government - 1945
148. Australian and Dutch troops lands on Tarakan - 1945
149. General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms - 1945
150. Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II - 1945
151. Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg - 1945
152. Soviet army reach Rostock - 1945
153. Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight - 1944
154. Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark) - 1944
155. Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails - 1944
156. 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam - 1943
157. 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04 - 1943
158. Food rationing begins in U.S. - 1943
159. German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta - 1943
160. German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes - 1943
161. Rauter signs unofficial death sentence - 1943
162. Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" - 1942
163. "Citizen Kane," directed and starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York - 1941
164. General Mills introduces Cheerios - 1941
165. German assault on Tobruk - 1941
166. The 1940 Olympics are cancelled - 1940
167. Batman comics hit street - 1939
168. Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling) - 1939
169. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs act of neutrality - 1937
170. Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades - 1936
171. FBI's J. Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis - 1936
172. Boulder Dam completed - 1935
173. Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated - 1935
174. Austria signs pact with Vatican - 1934
175. Philippine legislature accepts U.S. proposal for independence - 1934
176. Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert - 1934
177. 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo - 1932
178. Empire State Building opens in New York City - 1931
179. Norway claims Peter I Island - 1931
180. Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS - 1931
181. Bradman scores 236 Aust vs. Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng - 1930
182. Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds - 1929
183. Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen - 1929
184. Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin - 1929
185. 6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania - 1928
186. Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter - 1928
187. Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration) - 1928
188. Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service - 1928
189. Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms - 1928
190. 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways) - 1927
191. Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam - 1927
192. Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen - 1927
193. British coal-miners go on strike - 1926
194. Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings - 1926
195. Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League - 1926
196. A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single - 1925
197. Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony - 1925
198. Admiral Paul Koundouriotis becomes president of Greece - 1924
199. Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game - 1922
200. Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected governor of Suwayda - 1921
201. Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds - 1920
202. Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens - 1920
203. Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings - 1920
204. Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages - 1919
205. British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool - 1915
206. German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight - 1915
207. China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification - 1914
208. Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St. New York City - 1913
209. Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms - 1912
210. Beverly Hills Hotel opens - 1912
211. Netherlands begins unity with Belgium - 1909
212. World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo, Panama - 1908
213. Belgium government of De Trooz forms - 1907
214. Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies) - 1907
215. Phillie's John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0 - 1906
216. Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox - 1901
217. Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League - 1901
218. Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo - 1901
219. Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah - 1900
220. Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond - 1900
221. George Dewey commands, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" as U.S. route Spanish fleet at Manila - 1898
222. World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago - 1893
223. U.S. Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay - 1892
224. Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3 - 1891
225. 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International - 1889
226. Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) - 1889
227. U.S. general strike for 8 hour day, begins - 1886
228. Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth - 1885
229. Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) - 1884
230. Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league - 1884
231. Amsterdam World's Fair opens - 1883
232. Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876 - 1883
233. "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show - 1883
234. New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer - 1883
235. 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities - 1875
236. 1st U.S. postal card issued - 1873
237. Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna - 1873
238. International Exhibition opens in Vienna - 1873
239. Folies Bergere opens in Paris - 1869
240. Howard University chartered - 1867
241. Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration - 1867
242. American Equal Rights Association forms - 1866
243. Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) - 1864
244. Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia (29,000 injured or died) - 1863
245. Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi - 1863
246. Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" - 1863
247. Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers - 1863
248. Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans - 1862
249. Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry - 1861
250. William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to U.S. Navy - 1857
251. Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes - 1854
252. Argentina adopts it's constitution - 1853
253. Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London - 1851
254. John Geary becomes 1st San Francisco mayor - 1850
255. Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world - 1846
256. Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message - 1844
257. Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate - 1844
258. 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for California - 1841
259. 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued - 1840
260. Belgian parliament accept railway laws - 1834
261. John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston - 1822
262. Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) - 1786
263. Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population - 1781
264. RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London - 1777
265. Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati - 1776
266. British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France - 1759
267. Austria and France divide Prussia - 1757
268. France and Austria sign alliance - 1756
269. 1st American cricket match is played - 1751
270. Spain and Austria sign trade treaty - 1725
271. Prussia declares war on Sweden - 1715
272. Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar - 1711
273. England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain - 1707
274. Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad - 1704
275. Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians - 1703
276. Louis XIV and his court inaugurates Paris Observatory - 1682
277. Meiboom in Quincy Mass) degenerates into orgy with indian women - 1628
278. Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) - 1625
279. Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland - 1625
280. Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java - 1598
281. Council of Trente resumes - 1551
282. Turkish troops occupy Hungary - 1544
283. Panfilo the Narvaez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida - 1528
284. Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere - 1523
285. Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger - 1394
286. Bishop Bernold flees St. Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth - 1048
287. Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus - 1006
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