1. Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip - 1997
2. Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA PING Welch's Championship - 1997
3. Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a HR out of Dodger Stadium - 1997
4. New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR - 1997
5. Tim Herron wins Texas Golf Open shooting a 271 - 1997
6. Christie Brinkey gets married for 4th time, she marries Peter Cook - 1996
7. John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Caroline Bisset - 1996
8. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Laud/Miami Fl (WBGG 105.9 FM) - 1994
9. Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns - 1993
10. Armenia votes on whether to remain in Soviet Union - 1991
11. USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics - 1991
12. Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68, - 1990
13. Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years - 1990
14. Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt - 1990
15. Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki - 1989
16. Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville New Jersey home - 1988
17. 3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf - 1987
18. 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney and Lacey and Michael J Fox win - 1986
19. Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs New York Jets (51-45) - 1986
20. New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown - 1986
21. New York Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards - 1986
22. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic - 1986
23. SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut - 1986
24. Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1985
25. NASA launches Galaxy-C - 1984
26. 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila - 1983
27. David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," premieres in London - 1983
28. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1983
29. 2,251 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium - 1982
30. Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands (NJ) - 1982
31. NFL players begin a 57 day strike - 1982
32. STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad - 1982
33. Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from U.K. - 1981
34. Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice - 1981
35. Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson) - 1981
36. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic - 1980
37. LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception - 1980
38. Richard Todd of New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) - 1980
39. U.S. minister of Foreign affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed - 1977
40. Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia - 1976
41. Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic - 1975
42. U.S. Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury - 1974
43. Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000 - 1973
44. Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA Kansas City Kings for $450,000 - 1973
45. New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games - 1973
46. Marcos declares martial law in Philippines - 1972
47. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1972
48. AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers) - 1971
49. John Lennon and Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest - 1971
50. KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1970
51. Luna 16 leaves Moon - 1970
52. "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21 - 1970
53. Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0 - 1970
54. 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0) - 1969
55. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open - 1969
56. New York Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos - 1969
57. Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8) - 1969
58. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1967
59. 5" of rain falls on New York City - 1966
60. Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi - 1966
61. O Kommissarova (U.S.S.R.) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250') - 1965
62. Constellation (U.S.) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup - 1964
63. Malta gains independence from Britain - 1964
64. Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant - 1964
65. Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles) - 1961
66. 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US - 1959
67. 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas, Texas - 1958
68. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1958
69. German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean - 1957
70. Olav V, becomes king of Norway - 1957
71. "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV - 1957
72. Pote Sarasin forms government in Thailand - 1957
73. Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway - 1956
74. Last allied occupying troops leave Austria - 1955
75. Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title - 1955
76. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1955
77. 1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned - 1954
78. Kleffens appointed chairman of General Meeting U.N. - 1954
79. Allied forces form West Germany - 1953
80. KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast - 1953
81. Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec - 1951
82. Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China - 1949
83. Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation - 1949
84. "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV - 1948
85. Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay - 1946
86. Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders - 1944
87. Arundel (Solomon Island) in U.S. hands - 1943
88. Lynch Triangle (Square) in Bronx named - 1943
89. Russian 13th/61st Army reconquer Chyernigov - 1943
90. Soviet forces reach Dnjepr - 1943
91. 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris - 1942
92. Transport nr 35 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1942
93. U.S. launches its 1st Liberty-ship, "Patrick Henry" - 1941
94. Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews - 1939
95. Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700 - 1938
96. Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia - 1938
97. J R R Tolkien, publishes "Hobbit" - 1937
98. Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander - 1936
99. St. Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-0 - 1934
100. Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 - 1934
101. Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens - 1933
102. Britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20% - 1931
103. Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb - 1930
104. 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton - 1929
105. "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut - 1928
106. President Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine - 1922
107. Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die - 1921
108. Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians - 1921
109. 33rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Zinderstein (61 62) - 1919
110. CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for 6,600 pounds - 1915
111. Emanuel Querido ("Kerido") begins publishing Querido - 1915
112. 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France - 1913
113. Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople - 1913
114. Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record - 1906
115. 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson," premieres in U.S. - 1903
116. China's empress-mother Ci Xi and emperor De Zong arrested - 1898
117. New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial - 1897
118. General Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan - 1896
119. 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company - 1895
120. Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car) - 1893
121. Dutch demonstrate for general voting right - 1885
122. 1st direct U.S. - Brazil telegraph connection - 1883
123. John Henry Conyers of South Carolina becomes 1st black student at Annapolis - 1872
124. Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga - 1863
125. Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores - 1837
126. Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith - 1823
127. King Willem I takes oath in Brussels - 1815
128. "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem - 1814
129. 1st French Republic forms - 1792
130. Proposal by Collot D'Herbois, to abolish the monarchy in France - 1792
131. 1st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet and General Advertiser) - 1784
132. Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser 1st success U.S. daily newspaper - 1784
133. Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point - 1780
134. Great fire in NY - 1776
135. Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested - 1776
136. French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras - 1746
137. Battle at Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army - 1745
138. John and Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher - 1677
139. Benedetto Odescalchi elected as Pope Innocent XI - 1676
140. Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir - 1648
141. King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling - 1621
142. French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France - 1591
143. Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League - 1589
144. Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge - 1451
145. Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French king Charles II - 1435
146. Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells - 1348
147. English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured - 1192
148. Battle at Fulford: Norway king Harald III Hardrada beats British militia - 1066
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