1. New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault - 1997
2. 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham - 1996
3. Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic - 1996
4. Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with New York Rangers - 1996
5. Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent - 1995
6. Kansas City Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings - 1995
7. Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93) - 1993
8. 120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale - 1991
9. Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic - 1991
10. Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York - 1991
11. Sharmell Sullivan (Gary, Indiana), 20, crowned 23rd Miss Black America - 1991
12. Goodwill Games opens in Seattle, Washington - 1990
13. Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood - 1990
14. Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors - 1989
15. Greg LeMond wins Tour de France in fastest time - 1989
16. Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title - 1989
17. ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian) - 1988
18. Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA - 1987
19. Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe - 1986
20. 114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St. George - 1985
21. Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America - 1985
22. Bernard Hinault wins his 5th and last Tour de France - 1985
23. Judy Clark wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic - 1985
24. "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 120 performances - 1985
25. 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in U.S. - 1984
26. Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s - 1984
27. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test - 1984
28. Polish government ends 19 months of martial law - 1983
29. Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park - 1983
30. U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge - 1983
31. France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island - 1982
32. Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43 - 1981
33. Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hours 18 mins - 1980
34. 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham - 1979
35. National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) dedicated - 1979
36. Bolivia milt coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees - 1978
37. U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike - 1978
38. World's strongest dog, 80-kg St. Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m - 1978
39. Libyan-Egyptian border fights - 1977
40. Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election - 1977
41. 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Phila - 1976
42. "Guys and Dolls" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 239 performances - 1976
43. Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager - 1975
44. New York Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays - 1975
45. 29th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Haynie - 1974
46. Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France - 1974
47. House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon - 1974
48. Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR - 1973
49. France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Atoll un the Pacific - 1973
50. U.S.S.R. launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet - 1973
51. 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76, Seville, Spain - 1972
52. 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, state record - 1972
53. Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast - 1972
54. Dodgers release and end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm - 1972
55. In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours - 1972
56. U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site - 1971
57. Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 - 1970
58. Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt - 1970
59. Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property - 1970
60. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1970
61. Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM, GMT - 1969
62. Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits - 1969
63. 50th PGA Championship: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Pecan Valley, Texas - 1968
64. Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational - 1968
65. Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman - 1968
66. Gemini X returns to Earth - 1966
67. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1966
68. Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact - 1965
69. Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey vs. Sussex - 1964
70. Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33) - 1964
71. Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan - 1964
72. 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas AC Dallas - 1963
73. 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany, Georgia - 1962
74. Battles on Chinese and Indies boundary - 1962
75. Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom - 1961
76. Country of Katanga forms in Africa - 1960
77. Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing - 1960
78. In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM - 1960
79. 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey - 1959
80. Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green) - 1959
81. 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson - 1957
82. 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley GC Dayton Ohio - 1957
83. Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament - 1957
84. Cincinnati Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins - 1956
85. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak - 1956
86. 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf - 1955
87. At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam - 1954
88. 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed - 1952
89. Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns - 1952
90. Dalai Lama returns to Tibet - 1951
91. Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) - 1949
92. WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1948
93. Indonesia begins 1st political election - 1947
94. Jesus T. Pinerol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor - 1946
95. Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie - 1945
96. British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery - 1944
97. General Koiso becomes premier of Japan - 1944
98. U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders - 1944
99. Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy - 1944
100. 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia - 1942
101. 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine - 1941
102. Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp - 1941
103. Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - 1940
104. VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands - 1940
105. Paul Hindemith and Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London - 1938
106. 113 degrees F (45 degrees C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record) - 1934
107. Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens - 1933
108. Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering - 1931
109. 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record) - 1930
110. U.S. Veterans Administration forms - 1930
111. 1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland - 1928
112. Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism - 1925
113. Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4 - 1923
114. Indians (9) and Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles - 1921
115. Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam - 1919
116. Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill) - 1919
117. After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed - 1904
118. Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH - 1904
119. Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite - 1900
120. Spain cedes Guam to U.S. - 1898
121. Tate Gallery opens in England - 1897
122. National Federation of Afro-American Women and Colored Women's - 1896
123. 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's - 1884
124. Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York - 1880
125. U.S. Army breaks railroad strike - 1877
126. Jesse James and James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) - 1873
127. City Gardens on Folsom opens - 1867
128. Cholera-epidemic kills hundreds in London - 1866
129. 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins - 1861
130. Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley) - 1846
131. 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie and St. John, Quebec - 1836
132. Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king - 1831
133. Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics - 1825
134. Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt - 1798
135. Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) - 1774
136. Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits - 1773
137. Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland - 1749
138. States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy" - 1730
139. John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved - 1669
140. Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island - 1595
141. English fleet defeats Spanish armada - 1588
142. Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma - 1579
143. Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion - 1568
144. Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium) - 1542
145. Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V - 1320
146. Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria - 0976
147. Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured - 0905
148. John appointed bishop of the kingdom - 0866
149. Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die - 0365
150. St. Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0230
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