1. Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time - 1997
2. Blackout in many areas of Queens, New York - 1996
3. Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs - 1996
4. Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win - 1996
5. Chris Johnson wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic - 1995
6. 120th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 1:56.4 - 1994
7. "Best Little Whorehouse" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City after 16 performances - 1994
8. Burger King spokesman Dan Cortese (26) weds Dee Dee Hemby (26) - 1994
9. Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32) - 1994
10. Reds bat out of order against Dodgers in 2nd inning - 1994
11. South Yemen secedes from Yemen - 1994
12. Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe - 1994
13. Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe - 1993
14. Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life - 1993
15. Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss vs. Australia - 1993
16. Venezuela president Carlos Andres Perez fired - 1993
17. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1992
18. New Jersey senate overrides Governor Florio's veto and lowers sales tax to 6% - 1992
19. Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns - 1991
20. Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68 - 1990
21. Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV - 1990
22. 35th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez - 1989
23. 114th Preakness: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 1:56.2 - 1988
24. "Da'Butt" by EU hits #35 - 1988
25. "Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99 - 1988
26. Jane Powell weds Dickie Moore - 1988
27. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1988
28. Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka - 1987
29. Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama - 1987
30. Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game - 1986
31. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1986
32. 109th Preakness: Donald Miller, Jr. on Deputed Testamony wins in 1:55.4 - 1983
33. "Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63 - 1983
34. Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB, for mating for STS-7 mission - 1983
35. David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1 - 1983
36. British troops lands on Falkland Islands - 1982
37. Francois Mitterrand becomes president of France - 1981
38. Kim Seelbrede, (Ohio), crowned 30th Miss USA - 1981
39. Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1 - 1981
40. Eintracht Frankfurt wins 9th UEFA Cup at Frankfurt - 1980
41. "Empire Strikes Back" premieres - 1980
42. Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from U.S. service acad - 1980
43. Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of San Francisco mayor Moscone - 1979
44. Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in U.S.S.R. - 1979
45. National Volksraad installed in Namibia - 1979
46. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 1 - 1979
47. 118 Unification church couples wed in England - 1978
48. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic - 1978
49. Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect - 1978
50. 103rd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 1:54.4 - 1977
51. Albert Innaurato's "Gemini," premieres in New York City - 1977
52. "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 167 performances - 1977
53. Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19 - 1977
54. San Diego Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings - 1977
55. Borussia Monchengladbach wins 4th UEFA Cup at Enschede - 1975
56. Lowell W. Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm - 1975
57. Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart - 1975
58. "Heathen!" opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 1 performance - 1972
59. Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational - 1972
60. "Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 39 performances - 1972
61. Chelsea wins 11th Europe Cup II in Athens - 1971
62. National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee - 1971
63. National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U - 1970
64. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1970
65. After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets - 1969
66. Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death - 1969
67. Slovan Bratislava wins 9th Europe Cup II in Basel - 1969
68. Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight game - 1968
69. Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores - 1968
70. Paul McCartney and Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert - 1968
71. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (underground) - 1968
72. WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
73. Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1967
74. "Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City after 14 performances - 1967
75. 92nd Preakness: Don Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 1:55.4 - 1966
76. "Downtown" by Mrs. Miller hits #82 - 1966
77. Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London - 1966
78. Louie Louie by The Kingsmen reentered the chart and hits #97 - 1966
79. Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title - 1966
80. "Time for Singing" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 41 performances - 1966
81. 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay) - 1964
82. Fire in Wegimond Belgium resort, kills 19 - 1964
83. U.S. begin intelligence flights above Laos - 1964
84. 3 more Cleveland HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games - 1962
85. Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery - 1961
86. 86th Preakness: Bobby Ussery aboard Bally Ache wins in 1:57.6 - 1960
87. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens - 1959
88. "Gypsy" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 702 performances - 1959
89. Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island - 1958
90. U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests) - 1958
91. French government of Mollet resigns - 1957
92. Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms - 1956
93. U.S. explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll - 1956
94. WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1956
95. 1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset - 1955
96. "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 165 performances - 1955
97. WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1955
98. Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated - 1954
99. French government of Mayer resigns - 1953
100. Brooklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning and beat Cin Reds, 19-1 - 1952
101. Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal - 1952
102. Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia - 1950
103. New York Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR) - 1948
104. Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets - 1945
105. German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured - 1945
106. Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart wed - 1945
107. Hitler begins attack on English/U.S. "terror pilots" - 1944
108. Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators - 1943
109. Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia - 1942
110. 1st U.S. ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore) - 1941
111. German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta - 1941
112. Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp - 1941
113. Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France - 1940
114. AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees - 1940
115. Reynaud forms French government - 1940
116. Bradman scores 143 Aust vs. Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours - 1938
117. Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st U.S. city to fingerprint its citizens - 1934
118. Mt. Davidson Cross lit by Franklin D. Roosevelt via telegraph - 1933
119. 1st Curtis Cup: U.S., 5 -3 - 1932
120. 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart, lands - 1932
121. Belgian government of Jaspar falls - 1931
122. Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader - 1930
123. New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers - 1930
124. Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, New York City - 1929
125. Sergei Prokoviev's ballet "Prodigal Son," premieres in Paris - 1929
126. Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic - 1927
127. White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double - 1926
128. Canadians allow to sell beer - 1925
129. George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt - 1925
130. Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole - 1925
131. Leopold and Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun - 1924
132. Col Ruppert buys out Col Huston interest in New York Yankees for $1,500,000 - 1922
133. "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize - 1922
134. Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie) - 1922
135. Ruppert buys out Huston interest in Yankees for $15 million - 1922
136. Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co - 1921
137. House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote - 1918
138. Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I - 1917
139. Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time) - 1916
140. 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8 - 1914
141. Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota - 1914
142. 1st horror movie (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) premieres in Chicago - 1908
143. Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th - 1908
144. 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4 - 1907
145. Louis H. Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars - 1906
146. Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris - 1904
147. U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized - 1898
148. Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time - 1897
149. Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci," premieres in Milan - 1892
150. Boxers Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds - 1891
151. 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45 - 1886
152. American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton - 1881
153. U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms - 1881
154. Battle of Iquiquw - 1879
155. 4th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Carter aboard Day Star wins in 2:37 - 1878
156. 1st-class debut of G F Grace aged 15 years 159 days - 1866
157. GEN David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia - 1864
158. Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins - 1863
159. North Carolina is 10th state to secede from Union - 1861
160. Richmond, Virginia is designated Confederate Capital - 1861
161. Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces - 1856
162. 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii - 1846
163. NZ became a British colony - 1840
164. 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore) - 1832
165. Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia - 1825
166. 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in U.S. introduced in New York City - 1819
167. Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon - 1809
168. Lewis and Clark Expedition begins - 1804
169. Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange - 1793
170. West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname - 1683
171. General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland - 1674
172. Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold) - 1602
173. English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley - 1553
174. Portuguese Admiral Da Nova discovers St. Helena - 1502
175. King Edwards IV enters London - 1471
176. Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English - 1420
177. French crown prince Louis enters England - 1216
178. King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency - 1040
179. Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor - 0996
180. Battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians - 0685
181. Earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed - 0143
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