1. 99th U.S. Golf Open: at Pinehurst CC New Jersey - 1999
2. Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry - 1997
3. Space Shuttle STS 78, Columbia 20, launches into space - 1996
4. Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun - 1995
5. Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed - 1994
6. Ernie Els win's 1994 Golf U.S. Open - 1994
7. Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network - 1994
8. O. J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman - 1994
9. 47th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2 - 1993
10. 93rd U.S. Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol GC NJ - 1993
11. Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament - 1993
12. Kelly Saunders is 2nd female baseball Pennsylvania announcer for the Baltimore Orioles - 1992
13. 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran - 1990
14. Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S. - 1990
15. Curtis Strange wins U.S. Open golf tournament - 1988
16. Haiti's general assembly dissolves - 1988
17. New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils - 1988
18. "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera - 1988
19. Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities - 1988
20. WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio - 1988
21. Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss - 1987
22. Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass - 1987
23. Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon - 1986
24. Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager - 1986
25. A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime - 1984
26. Amber Kvanli, of Minnesota, crowned America's Junior Miss - 1984
27. 83rd U.S. Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont CC PA - 1983
28. New York Yankee Bobby Murcer retires - 1983
29. 82nd U.S. Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach GL California - 1982
30. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington - 1982
31. Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1982
32. Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz) - 1982
33. Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats - 1981
34. Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime - 1981
35. Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection - 1981
36. California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2 - 1980
37. Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision - 1980
38. 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, NJ, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton - 1978
39. Menahem Begin forms Israeli government - 1977
40. Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez - 1977
41. 76th U.S. Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth Ga - 1976
42. Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled - 1976
43. Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ - 1976
44. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic - 1976
45. Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout) - 1973
46. Juan Peron returns to Argentina - 1973
47. San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs - 1973
48. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open - 1971
49. British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher - 1970
50. Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR - 1970
51. "Ray Stevens Show," debuts on NBC-TV - 1970
52. 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear - 1969
53. Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France - 1969
54. White Rhodesia agrees to race separation - 1969
55. Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds - 1968
56. Phillies Larry Jackson beats New York Mets for 18th straight time - 1967
57. 66th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 278 at Olympic CC in SF - 1966
58. Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman - 1966
59. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open - 1965
60. 64th U.S. Golf Open: Ken Venturi shoots a 278 at Congressional CC MD - 1964
61. 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-2 - 1963
62. Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income - 1963
63. U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line - 1963
64. 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt - 1960
65. Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France - 1960
66. Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavywgt boxing title - 1960
67. Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (New York City) - 1960
68. NZ all out 47 vs. England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 - 1958
69. At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) - 1956
70. Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in NJ, 74 killed - 1956
71. "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 16 performances - 1955
72. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open - 1953
73. Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox - 1951
74. Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia - 1950
75. Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2 - 1950
76. Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes - 1949
77. 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo - 1948
78. Cleveland draws then record 82,781 for doubleheader - 1948
79. Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany - 1948
80. "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV - 1948
81. President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act - 1947
82. New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line - 1946
83. Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency - 1944
84. Heavy storm hits the Channel - 1944
85. Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz - 1944
86. Soviet forces conquer Wiborg - 1944
87. U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea - 1944
88. U.S. troops occupy Biak - 1944
89. Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded - 1943
90. Detroit race riot kills 35 - 1943
91. German round up Jews in Amsterdam - 1943
92. National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes - 1943
93. New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia) - 1943
94. Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY - 1943
95. Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews - 1942
96. German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa - 1942
97. German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas - 1941
98. Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title - 1940
99. Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants - 1939
100. Jesse Owens of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.2 - 1936
101. A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935) - 1932
102. Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian - 1931
103. 65th British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Hoylake Hoylake - 1930
104. Mordecai W. Johnson becomes president of Howard University - 1926
105. 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record) - 1921
106. Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed - 1920
107. German government of Scheideman resigns - 1919
108. Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria - 1919
109. German offensive in Argonnes - 1915
110. 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20 - 1914
111. 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman - 1913
112. Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader - 1913
113. New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice) - 1912
114. New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12 - 1912
115. NAACP incorporates in New York - 1911
116. "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal - 1910
117. 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring) - 1909
118. 1st Portland Rose festival - 1907
119. Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a U.S. college - 1901
120. 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) - 1895
121. Canal of Smock official opens - 1895
122. Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation - 1895
123. Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass - 1893
124. Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Libertas - 1888
125. 1st U.S. Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons) - 1874
126. President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska - 1867
127. Italy declares war on Austria - 1866
128. Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia - 1864
129. Battle of Petersburgs Virginia - in trenches - 1864
130. Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia - 1864
131. 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa - 1863
132. Skirmish at Greencastle Pennsylvania - 1863
133. West Virginia admitted as 35th U.S. state - 1863
134. Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin - 1855
135. Samuel Morse patents his telegraph - 1840
136. England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria - 1837
137. Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 - 1837
138. Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty - 1826
139. Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon - 1825
140. 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) - 1819
141. Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin - 1793
142. King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution - 1791
143. Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken - 1789
144. Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol - 1782
145. Battle of Stone Ferry - 1779
146. 146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die - 1756
147. India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army - 1756
148. Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom - 1675
149. Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw - 1656
150. Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area - 1632
151. Netherlands and France sign Treaty of Compiegne - 1624
152. Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines - 1582
153. Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique - 1567
154. Count Philip van Hessen captured - 1547
155. German Parliament joins to Augsburg together - 1530
156. Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army - 1402
157. French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo - 1212
158. Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields - 0451
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