1. 10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186 - 1997
2. 1st New York Women Film Festival opens - 1997
3. 51st Tony Awards: Titanic and Last Night of Ballyhoo win - 1997
4. Ameritech Senior Golf Open - 1997
5. Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic - 1997
6. Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race - 1997
7. Heartland LPGA Classic - 1997
8. Los Angeles Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked - 1997
9. Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par - 1997
10. MTV Movie Awards - 1996
11. Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square - 1996
12. 68th National Spell Bee: Justin Tyler Carroll wins spelling xanthosis - 1995
13. Rangers' Kenny Rogers scoreless inning streak ends after 39 - 1995
14. FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts - 1994
15. Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf released from hospital after prostate surgery - 1994
16. Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai - 1994
17. Connie Chung joins Dan Rather as anchors of CBS Evening News - 1993
18. Guatemala president Jorge Serrano overthrown by army - 1993
19. Melchior Ndadaye elected President of Burundi - 1993
20. America West Arena opens in Phoenix - 1992
21. Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins sweep Chicago Blackhawks in 4 games - 1992
22. Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years - 1991
23. Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later - 1991
24. "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 56 performances - 1990
25. Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting - 1990
26. Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974 - 1990
27. Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97 - 1990
28. 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator - 1989
29. Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house - 1989
30. Robin Givens and Mike Tyson granted final divorce in New Jersey - 1989
31. "Les Miserables," opens at Shubert Theatre, Los Angeles - 1988
32. "Morton Downey, Jr. Show," debuts in TV syndication - 1988
33. Train crash in Zeeland Neth, kills 2 - 1988
34. Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros (530) - 1987
35. 32nd LPGA Championship won by Pat Bradley - 1986
36. 40th Tony Awards: I'm Not Rappaport and Mystery of Edwin Drood win - 1986
37. "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by David Lee Roth hits #12 - 1985
38. Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 vs. Warwicks cricket - 1985
39. Weird Al Yankovic released his Dare To Be Stupid LP - 1985
40. Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner - 1984
41. KWK-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD - 1984
42. Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles - 1984
43. Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of U.S.S.R. snatches a record 211 kg - 1984
44. Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year - 1982
45. 1st transmission of CNN, Cable News Network - 1980
46. ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa - 1980
47. Barbra Streisand appears at an ACLU Benefit in California - 1980
48. Beth Daniel wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championshipship - 1980
49. Steve Garvey, hits the 7,000th Dodger home run - 1980
50. Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting - 1980
51. 33rd NBA Championship: Sea Supersonics beat Washington Bullets, 4 games to 1 - 1979
52. Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier - 1979
53. Ted Coombs began a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City - 1979
54. Wings release "Old Siam, Sir" - 1979
55. Cricket Test debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58 - 1978
56. High Council destroys judgment against war criminal Pieter Menten - 1978
57. British Virgin Islands adopts constitution - 1977
58. Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason - 1977
59. South Carolina Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen - 1977
60. 21st LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth - 1975
61. California Angel Nolan Ryan 4th no-hitter beats Baltimore Orioles, 1-0 - 1975
62. Cars in Netherlands must have seatbelts - 1975
63. "Chicago" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 947 performances - 1975
64. Ron Woods replaces Mick Taylor as Rolling Stone guitarist - 1975
65. Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in UK - 1974
66. "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12 - 1974
67. George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold - 1973
68. Greek President Papadopoulos asks for "parliamentary presidential republic" - 1973
69. Paul McCartney and Wings release "Live and Let Die" - 1973
70. Dmitri Shostakovitch's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin - 1972
71. Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa - 1972
72. West German police arrest RAF-leader Andreas Baader - 1972
73. Ed Sullivan's final TV show on CBS - 1971
74. "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" opens at Golden New York City for 31 performances - 1971
75. Com Bowie Kuhn reprimands Astro Jim Bouton for writing "Ball Four" - 1970
76. "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1 - 1970
77. Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days - 1970
78. Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player and swallows his tongue - 1970
79. Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio and TV - 1969
80. 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2 - 1968
81. Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs Robinson" hits #1 - 1968
82. Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in U.S. and goes gold - 1967
83. Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C. - 1967
84. 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights - 1966
85. George Harrison is impressed by Ravi Shankar's concert in London - 1966
86. Joaquin Balaguer elected president of Dominican Republic - 1966
87. Shortwave station Radio New York Worldwide changes calls from WRUL to WNYW - 1966
88. A Penzias and R Wilson detect 3 degrees K primordial background radiation - 1965
89. coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236 - 1965
90. "El Watusi" by Ray Barreto hits #17 - 1963
91. Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st premier of Kenya - 1963
92. King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia - 1963
93. Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit - 1962
94. Roda JC soccer team reforms in Kerkrade - 1962
95. USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m - 1962
96. FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard - 1961
97. "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 12 performances - 1960
98. WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1960
99. 2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area - 1959
100. Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day) - 1959
101. Belgian christian-democrats win parliamentary election - 1958
102. Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France - 1958
103. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open - 1958
104. 1st U.S. runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) - 1957
105. Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia - 1955
106. Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2)/10,000m (28:54.2) - 1954
107. KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, California (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
108. WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
109. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament - 1952
110. Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index - 1952
111. 1st self-contained titanium plant opens (Henderson Nevada) - 1951
112. International Cheese treaty signed - 1951
113. WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast - 1950
114. 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek) - 1949
115. British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence - 1949
116. KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1949
117. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wed for the second time - 1949
118. Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered - 1949
119. Israel and Arabs agree to a cease fire - 1948
120. OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands - 1947
121. Photosensitive glass developed - 1947
122. 78th Belmont: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:30.8 - 1946
123. Spijkenisse soccer team forms in Spijkenisse - 1946
124. WLB-AM in Minneapolis Minnesota changes call letters to KUOM - 1945
125. Gen Montgomery/Patton/Bradley/Dempsey/Crerar meet in Portsmouth - 1944
126. Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots - 1944
127. Germany shoots down a civilian flight from Lisbon to London, all die - 1943
128. Pirates Rip Sewell 1st throws his dew-drop (eephus) ball in a game - 1943
129. 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hr record) - 1941
130. British troops occupy Bagdad Iraq - 1941
131. Germany bans all Catholic publications - 1941
132. Germany occupies Kreta - 1941
133. New York Giant Mel Ott hits his 400th HR and his 1,500th RBI - 1941
134. Coffee and tea rationed in Holland - 1940
135. Gen-mjr Bernard Montgomery returns to London - 1940
136. Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard - 1940
137. 1st boxing match to be televised, Lon Nova defeats Max Baer - 1939
138. 1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2) - 1939
139. British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard - 1939
140. Retired German Col-gen Gerd von Runstedt returns to service - 1939
141. Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters - 1938
142. Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1 - 1938
143. Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St. Louis Browns, 8-0 - 1937
144. Prince Konoye becomes Japanese premier - 1937
145. "Lux Radio Theater" moved from New York City to Hollywood - 1936
146. Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York - 1936
147. Driving test and license plates introduced in England - 1935
148. Yanks set solo HR record with 6 beat Boston 7-2 - 1935
149. AFC '34 soccer team forms in Alkmaar - 1934
150. Century of Progress world's fair opens in Chicago - 1933
151. Charlie Chaplin weds Paulette Goddard - 1933
152. Lunteren soccer team forms in Lunteren - 1932
153. Rozenburg soccer team forms in Rozenburg - 1931
154. 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61) - 1930
155. 6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61) - 1930
156. Alphense Boys soccer team forms in Alphen on Rhine - 1930
157. Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia vs. Hampshire, 240 mins, 26 fours - 1930
158. Ignacy Mocicki elected president of Poland - 1926
159. Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (1st of record 2130 consec games) - 1925
160. New York Giants beat Phillies, 22-5, Giants score in every inning - 1923
161. Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 people killed - 1921
162. RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam - 1920
163. Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden - 1919
164. Excelsior Maassluis soccer team forms in Maassluis - 1918
165. White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play - 1918
166. Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I - 1917
167. German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun - 1916
168. 1st Zeppelin air raid over England - 1915
169. Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km) - 1914
170. Stormvogels soccer team forms in Ijmuiden - 1912
171. 1st U.S. group insurance policy written, Passaic, New Jersey - 1911
172. South Carolina Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede - 1910
173. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opens in Seattle - 1909
174. John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of U.S., which took 357 days - 1908
175. -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) - 1907
176. Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon - 1905
177. Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms - 1902
178. British army occupiers Pretoria South-Africa - 1900
179. Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last - 1899
180. Trans-Mississippi International Exposition opens in Omaha - 1898
181. Opera "Falstaff" is produced (Berlin) - 1893
182. U.S. census at 62,622,250 - 1890
183. California gets its 1st seismograph - 1888
184. Bell Phone opens 1st Dutch telephone exchange - 1881
185. 1st pay telephone installed - 1880
186. U.S. census at 50,155,783 - 1880
187. Society of American Artists forms - 1877
188. U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico - 1877
189. 6th Belmont: James Roe aboard Joe Daniels wins in 2:58 - 1872
190. Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison - 1869
191. Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin - 1868
192. General Dutch Typographer Union forms - 1866
193. Renegade Irish Fenians invade Ft. Erie, Ontario from U.S. - 1866
194. Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia (Gaines' Mill, Gaines' Farm) - 1864
195. Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English - 1864
196. 2nd/last day of battle at Fair Oaks/7 Pines Virginia (11,165 casualties) - 1862
197. Gen Lee assumes command after Joe Johnston is injured at 7 Pines - 1862
198. Slavery abolished in all U.S. possessions - 1862
199. 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia - 1861
200. British territorial waters and ports off-limits during Civil War - 1861
201. Skirmish at Arlington Mills, Virginia - 1861
202. U.S. and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange - 1861
203. U.S. adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery - 1855
204. Homing pigeon completes 11,000 km trip (Namibia-London) in 55 days - 1845
205. It snows in Buffalo and Rochester New York and Cleveland Ohio - 1843
206. Sojourner Truth leaves New York to begin her career as antislavery activist - 1843
207. Charles Darwin returns to Capetown - 1836
208. 6th national black convention (Phila) - 1835
209. HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street - 1834
210. Capt John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" - 1813
211. Allardyce Barclay begins a bet of walking 1 mile every hour for 1,000 hours. Each hour he walked a mile round trip from his home - 1809
212. 1st U.S. land-grant university founded at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio - 1808
213. Last of Britain's troops withdraws from U.S. - 1796
214. Tennessee admitted as 16th U.S. state - 1796
215. English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French - 1794
216. Kentucky admitted as 15th U.S. state - 1792
217. 1st U.S. congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths) - 1789
218. Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed - 1774
219. French troops conquer Antwerp - 1746
220. Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish - 1679
221. Engl king Charles II and Fr king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty - 1670
222. 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (New York) - 1657
223. Czar Aleksei throws out English merchants from Moscow - 1649
224. France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant - 1641
225. 1st earthquake recorded in U.S., at Plymouth, Mass - 1638
226. Valse Dimitri forms his 2nd Russian anti-govt - 1608
227. Duke van Alva beheads 18 nobles in Brussels - 1568
228. Emperor Ferdinand and Sultan Suleiman signs treaty - 1562
229. Anna Boleyn crowned queen of England - 1533
230. Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief - 1526
231. 1st written record of Scotch Whiskey appears in Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Friar John Cor is the distiller - 1495
232. Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua - 1459
233. Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market - 1283
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