1. Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed - 1997
2. Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful - 1997
3. White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time - 1997
4. 121st Preakness: Pat Day aboard Timber Coutry wins in 1:54.4 - 1995
5. CBS News fires co-anchor Connie Chung - 1995
6. Twins Marty Cordova ties rookie record of home runs in 5 consecutive games - 1995
7. Bobcat Goldthwait charged with misdemeanors for fire on Tonight Show - 1994
8. Miss India (Sushmita Sen) selected Miss Universe - 1994
9. Sony Theaters and Cineplex (New York City) hike movie ticket prices to $8.00 - 1994
10. 10m meteor comes within 150,000 km of Earth (1993KA) - 1993
11. 274th and final "Cheers" on NBC - 1993
12. Ukraine Premier Leonid Koetsjma resigns - 1993
13. FC Barcelona wins 373 Europe Cup 1 at London - 1992
14. India launches its 1st satellite independently - 1992
15. Rap singer raps 597 syllables in under 60 seconds - 1992
16. Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP - 1991
17. Jeff Reardon gains his 300th career save - 1991
18. Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad - 1991
19. Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International - 1990
20. Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space - 1990
21. "Truly Blessed" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 33 performances - 1990
22. 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8 - 1989
23. China declares martial law in Beijing - 1989
24. Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live - 1989
25. Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top - 1989
26. Howard Stern fans disrupt WMMR's and John DeBella's "Louie Louie" parade - 1988
27. Mike Schmidt hits his 535th HR, moving into 8th place - 1988
28. Gotenborg wins 16th UEFA Cup at Dundee - 1987
29. Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF and Harley Race for trademark name "king" - 1987
30. Christy Fichtner, 23, (Texas), crowned 35th Miss USA - 1986
31. Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration airs on CBS-tv - 1986
32. 1150 Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners exchanged for 3 Israelis - 1985
33. Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time - 1985
34. FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of spying for U.S.S.R. - 1985
35. Indians-Brewers game at Cleveland Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out - 1985
36. Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1985
37. U.S. began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti - 1985
38. Barb Bunkowsky wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic - 1984
39. Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory - 1984
40. "On Your Toes" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 505 performances - 1984
41. Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title - 1983
42. Michael Dokes and Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for hw boxing title - 1983
43. Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs - 1983
44. Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam - 1981
45. 710 families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls New York) are evacuated - 1980
46. Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss - 1980
47. Fire in nursing home in Kingston Jamaica, kills 157 - 1980
48. In a referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism - 1980
49. 1st western pop star to tour U.S.S.R.-Elton John - 1979
50. "I Love My Wife" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 864 performances - 1979
51. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic - 1979
52. 104th Preakness: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 1:54.4 - 1978
53. 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris - 1978
54. U.S. launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus - 1978
55. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. - 1976
56. Soyuz 14 returns to Earth - 1974
57. "2 Gentlemen of Verona" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 613 performances - 1973
58. 25th Emmy Awards: Waltons, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore - 1973
59. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational - 1973
60. 5th ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat New York Nets, 4 games to 2 - 1972
61. 98th Preakness: Eldon Nelson aboard Bee Bee Bee wins in 1:55.6 - 1972
62. "Different Times" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 24 performances - 1972
63. "Hard Job Being God" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 6 performances - 1972
64. Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified - 1972
65. Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of U.S. soldiers in SE Asia - 1971
66. 100,000 march in New York supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam - 1970
67. 2 die in a New York City subway accident - 1970
68. Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK - 1970
69. U.S. troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam - 1969
70. 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam - 1967
71. 93rd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2 - 1967
72. BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references) - 1967
73. Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121 - 1965
74. Yorkshire all out for 23 vs. Hampshire at Middlesbrough - 1965
75. Buster Mathis defeats Joe Fraizer to qualify for U.S. Olympic team - 1964
76. Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia - 1963
77. Patty Berg wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open - 1962
78. 87th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6 - 1961
79. Henzes opera "Elegy for Young Lovers," premieres in Schwetzingen - 1961
80. Mauritania adopts constitution - 1961
81. White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama - 1961
82. Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog - 1960
83. Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon" - 1959
84. Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship - 1959
85. Shah of Persia visits Netherlands - 1959
86. Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940 - 1959
87. U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) - 1958
88. Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped from plane-Bikini Atoll - 1956
89. Jordan government of Samir resigns - 1956
90. Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state - 1955
91. Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China - 1954
92. 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2 - 1950
93. 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army - 1948
94. Cleveland Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4) - 1948
95. Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances - 1946
96. Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's - 1945
97. U.S. Communist Party dissolves - 1944
98. French, British and U.S. victory parade in Tunis Tunisia - 1943
99. U.S. Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve - 1942
100. Archer's "Christian Calendar and Gregorian Reform" published - 1941
101. Former Dutch PM Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence - 1941
102. Germany invades Crete - 1941
103. White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games - 1941
104. Gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army) - 1940
105. Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention - 1940
106. Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen - 1940
107. Trailing 7-1 in 9th to Pitts, Phils win 8-7 - 1940
108. 1st regular transatlantic airmail (New York to Marsseille France) - 1939
109. "3 Little Fishies," by Kay Kyser hits #1 - 1939
110. Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger and air mail service - 1939
111. Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic - 1932
112. Engelbert Dollfuss becomes chancellor of Austria - 1932
113. 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot - 1930
114. University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot - 1930
115. At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris - 1927
116. Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda) - 1927
117. Belgian government of Jaspar takes power - 1926
118. Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes - 1926
119. Railway Labor Act became law - 1926
120. Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies - 1926
121. Stanley Baldwin, becomes PM of UK - 1923
122. Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless - 1922
123. "Egypt" sinks off Ushant after colliding with "Seine," killing 90 - 1922
124. Policemen raid the Cubs' bleachers and arrest 24 fans for gambling - 1920
125. Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550 - 1919
126. 1st electrically propelled warship (New Mexico) - 1918
127. Turkish government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv and Jaffa - 1917
128. Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 and 1918) - 1916
129. Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting - 1916
130. Bataafsche Petroleum Me begins oil extraction of Maracaibo - 1915
131. 38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4 - 1913
132. Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 mins Notts vs. Sussex - 1911
133. Funeral for Britain's King Edward VII - 1910
134. Cuba gains independence from Spain - 1902
135. U.S. military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends - 1902
136. 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months) - 1900
137. 1st commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, New York City) - 1895
138. George Sampson patents clothes dryer - 1892
139. Triple Alliance between Germany, Italy and Austria forms - 1892
140. Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance - 1882
141. Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" (Gengangere) premieres in Chicago - 1882
142. St. Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland and Italy opens - 1882
143. 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37 - 1879
144. International Bureau of Weights and Measures forms by treaty - 1875
145. Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz - 1874
146. Second Chamber abolishes capital punishment - 1870
147. Republican National Convention, meets in Chicago, nominates Grant - 1868
148. Brit parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage - 1867
149. Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria - 1867
150. Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured - 1864
151. Spotsylvania-campaign ends after 10,920 killed/injured person - 1864
152. Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle - 1861
153. Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War - 1861
154. North Carolina becomes 11th and last state to secede from Union - 1861
155. U.S. marshals appropriate previous year's telegraph dispatches, to reveal prosecessionist evidence - 1861
156. 1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii - 1845
157. 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American) - 1830
158. D. Hyde patents fountain pen - 1830
159. Charles X becomes King of France - 1825
160. England and Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris) - 1784
161. Citizens of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declare independence of Britain - 1775
162. Britain gives Quebec, Labrador and territory north of Ohio - 1774
163. 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina - 1734
164. Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York - 1704
165. England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II - 1690
166. Dorchester Massachusetts, forms 1st school funded by local taxes - 1639
167. German army under earl Johann Tilly conquerors Maagdenburg - 1631
168. Spanish troops in Zutphen surrenders to Willem Louis/Mauritius - 1591
169. Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League - 1571
170. Egidius Coppens publishes Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" - 1570
171. Duke of Albany leaves Scotland - 1524
172. Ignatius Loyola seriously wounded by a cannon ball - 1521
173. Joao da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Islands - 1501
174. Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India - 1498
175. French King Charles VIII leaves Naples - 1495
176. Rienzo calls Rome for people's tribunal - 1347
177. Shoes were made for both right and left feet - 1310
178. Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War - 1303
179. Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed - 1293
180. Earthquake kills 250,000 in Antioch, Syria - 0526
181. 1st Christian ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor - 0325
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