1. 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon - 1997
2. American Justin Leonard wins the British Open shooting at 272 - 1997
3. Burnet Senior Golf Classic - 1997
4. Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic - 1997
5. Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) - 1994
6. O. J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller - 1994
7. Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium - 1993
8. Joe Petruzzi files for divorce from Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever) - 1993
9. 121st British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 272 at Muirfield Gullane - 1992
10. Round World Air Race begins in Paris - 1992
11. Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate New York - 1991
12. Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant - 1991
13. Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years - 1990
14. 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona - 1989
15. Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest - 1989
16. Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee - 1988
17. Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs - 1987
18. Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic - 1986
19. Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha - 1985
20. Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m - 1984
21. Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America - 1984
22. France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island - 1983
23. Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks - 1982
24. IRA bomb attacks in London - 1982
25. T Macauly and D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London - 1982
26. England set for innings loss vs. Aust, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls - 1981
27. Irene Saez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe - 1981
28. 109th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 271 at Muirfield Gullane - 1980
29. Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France - 1980
30. Pat Bradley wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic - 1980
31. 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash - 1979
32. Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing $350 mil damage - 1977
33. Hank Aaron hits 755th and last home run off Angels Jerry Augustine - 1976
34. Last U.S. troops leave Thailand - 1976
35. U.S. Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing - 1976
36. 30th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer - 1975
37. Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage - 1974
38. Turkey invades Cyprus - 1974
39. Chic's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with New York Yankees, 12-2, and 7-0 - 1973
40. Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ - 1973
41. U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1972
42. Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks - 1970
43. 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 - 1969
44. Carol Mann wins LPGA Danbury Lady Carling Golf Open - 1969
45. Eddy Merckx wins Tour de France - 1969
46. Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 - 1968
47. Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV - 1968
48. Pablo Neruda receives 1st Viareggio-Versile prizes - 1967
49. Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee - 1967
50. 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record) - 1965
51. New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam - 1965
52. 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan and Dean's "Surf City" - 1964
53. Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 10th String quartet - 1964
54. 17 African states and Madagascar sign peace treaty with EC - 1963
55. 18th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mary Mills - 1963
56. Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ - 1963
57. Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 13th Symphony - 1962
58. France and Tunisia recover diplomatic relations - 1962
59. 1st submerged submarine to fire Polaris missile (George Washington) - 1960
60. Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female premier of Ceylon - 1960
61. U.S.S.R. recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space - 1960
62. 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC PA - 1958
63. Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament - 1958
64. King Hussein of Jordan breaks off diplomatic relations with UAR - 1958
65. France recognizes Tunisia's independence - 1956
66. Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam - 1956
67. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island - 1956
68. Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs - 1956
69. Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South - 1954
70. Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident - 1954
71. West German secret service head Otto John defects to German DR - 1954
72. U.S.S.R./Israel recover diplomatic relations - 1953
73. Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0) - 1952
74. Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France - 1952
75. "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) - 1950
76. Israel's 19 month war of independence ends - 1949
77. Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria - 1949
78. Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champ - 1948
79. Syngman Rhee elected president of South-Korea - 1948
80. U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested - 1948
81. 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra - 1947
82. Brit/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy - 1944
83. British premier Winston Churchill flies to France to meet Montgomery - 1944
84. Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs - 1944
85. Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andre - 1944
86. Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins - 1944
87. Fieldmarshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen - 1944
88. Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau - 1944
89. General Eisenhower visits Montgomery's headquarter in Normandy - 1944
90. Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen - 1944
91. Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack - 1944
92. July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler - 1944
93. Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach - 1944
94. President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention - 1944
95. U.S. 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen - 1944
96. U.S. 9th AF bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sable-sur-Sarthe/Dreux - 1944
97. U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II - 1944
98. Violent battles in Verrieres-hill (Normandy) - 1944
99. Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island) - 1943
100. 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training - 1942
101. Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy 8-8 - 1942
102. Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress - 1942
103. Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovitch on its cover - 1942
104. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines - 1942
105. Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17 - 1941
106. Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey) - 1940
107. Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands - 1940
108. Nazi collaborator Rost of Tonningen appointed director of Marxist - 1940
109. Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws - 1938
110. 1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio - 1935
111. 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) - 1934
112. Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler - 1933
113. 106 degrees F (41 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record) - 1930
114. Lindbergh begins New York flight (Spirit of St. Louis) - 1927
115. Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France - 1925
116. Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatie - 1925
117. Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris - 1924
118. Yanks hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2 - 1923
119. Togo made a mandate of League of Nations - 1922
120. Heerenveen soccer team forms - 1920
121. Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats and Slovenes form Yugoslavia - 1917
122. WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn - 1917
123. Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cin Reds - 1916
124. Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster - 1914
125. Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria - 1913
126. Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game - 1912
127. Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0 - 1911
128. Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany - 1911
129. Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption - 1910
130. Bkln Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 2-0 - 1906
131. Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X - 1903
132. 2000 fed troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike - 1894
133. "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing - 1890
134. Snow and hail in Calais, ME - 1890
135. Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops - 1881
136. 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii - 1878
137. Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 - 1877
138. 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins - 1876
139. Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio - 1872
140. British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province - 1871
141. 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes - 1868
142. Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy - 1866
143. Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured - 1864
144. Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign - 1864
145. Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia - 1861
146. Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18) - 1858
147. Gathering of Plombieres - Napoleon III meets Cavour - 1858
148. 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands - 1855
149. Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield - 1849
150. German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf - 1847
151. Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension - 1836
152. Colombia declares independence from Spain - 1810
153. Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names - 1808
154. Elisha Brown, Jr. pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm - 1801
155. Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) - 1773
156. Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds" - 1749
157. Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control - 1654
158. English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle - 1627
159. Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader - 1619
160. Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion - 1609
161. Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft - 1608
162. PM John Dudley captured in Cambridge - 1553
163. Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands - 1498
164. French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders - 1495
165. Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France - 1031
166. St. Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus - 0514
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