1. Ernie Els wins golf's Buick Classic - 1997
2. Nationwide Senior Golf Championship - 1997
3. Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International - 1997
4. World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24 - 1997
5. 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain and Ireland, 11 -6 - 1996
6. Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavywgt boxing title - 1996
7. Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut - 1996
8. 48th NBA Championship: Houston Rockets beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3 - 1994
9. Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31) - 1994
10. Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253 - 1994
11. U.S. beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950) - 1994
12. New York Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose - 1993
13. 2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg ID'ed as Czar Nicholas II and wife - 1992
14. Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free-speech rights - 1992
15. "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 88 performances - 1991
16. Quebec Nordiques pick Eric Lindros #1 at NHL entry draft - 1991
17. Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines - 1991
18. Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium - 1990
19. Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox - 1990
20. Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit - 1990
21. Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns - 1990
22. Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with New York Mets - 1987
23. Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Rochester Golf International - 1986
24. Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections - 1986
25. "Grind" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 79 performances - 1985
26. "Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12 - 1985
27. Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins - 1984
28. Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins - 1984
29. Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30) - 1984
30. Joseph Luns resigns as Secretary-General of NATO - 1984
31. 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit, by Space Shuttle - 1983
32. "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," released in France - 1983
33. NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period - 1983
34. Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes - 1982
35. Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place - 1982
36. Prince Chuck and Lady Di take Prince William home from hospital - 1982
37. Susan Lea Hammett, of Miss, 18, crowned 25th America's Junior Miss - 1982
38. 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 - 1981
39. Iran president Bani Sadr deposed - 1981
40. John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon - 1981
41. Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon - 1981
42. Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours - 1980
43. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1980
44. Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title - 1979
45. Little Richard quits rock and roll for religious pursuit - 1979
46. Pro Football Researchers Association forms, Canton, Ohio - 1979
47. James Christy's discovery of Pluto's moon Charon announced - 1978
48. Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois - 1978
49. Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison - 1977
50. Walt Disney's "Rescuers" released - 1977
51. "Godspell" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 527 performances - 1976
52. San Diego Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk - 1976
53. Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic - 1975
54. Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water - 1973
55. George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World" - 1973
56. Skylab 2's astronauts land - 1973
57. "Man of La Mancha" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 140 performances - 1972
58. President Nixon signs 26th amendment, voting age lowered to 18 - 1970
59. Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional - 1970
60. WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting - 1970
61. Cleveland's Cuyahgo River catches fire - 1969
62. Susie Berning wins LPGA Pabst Ladies' Golf Classic - 1969
63. "Here Come Da Judge" by The Buena Vistas peaks at #88 - 1968
64. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens - 1966
65. Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, vs. NZ at Lord's - 1965
66. "Little" Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips" - 1963
67. 1st test flight of Hoovercraft - 1962
68. French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed - 1962
69. Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child and My Bonnie, in Hamburg - 1961
70. Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo - 1961
71. "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9 - 1959
72. "Class" by Chubby Checker peaks at #38 - 1959
73. Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games - 1959
74. Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax) - 1959
75. Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to San Francisco voyage - 1959
76. Game in Kansas City between A's and Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado - 1958
77. Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open - 1958
78. Antonio Segni forms government in Italy - 1955
79. U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea - 1955
80. Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands - 1954
81. Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio - 1951
82. Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title - 1949
83. Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn) - 1947
84. Alec Bedser takes 7-49 vs. India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket - 1946
85. Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians - 1946
86. Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn - 1944
87. British 14th army frees Imphal Assam - 1944
88. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights", Servicemen's Readjustment Act - 1944
89. Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn - 1944
90. WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters - 1943
91. Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon - 1942
92. Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms - 1942
93. Estonians starts armed resistance against Soviet occupation - 1941
94. Germany attacks the Soviet Union and occupies the Baltic states - 1941
95. Germany, Italy and Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II - 1941
96. Michael Gerasimov opens grave of Tamerlan "Lenk" - 1941
97. France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms - 1940
98. SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond Neth - 1940
99. Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip - 1939
100. Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium - 1938
101. Joe Louis KOs James J. Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title - 1937
102. Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee and survives - 1936
103. Virgin Islands receives a constitution from U.S., Organic Act - 1936
104. German social-democratic party, SPD, forbidden - 1933
105. NL, finally approves players wearing numbers - 1932
106. RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms - 1931
107. Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader - 1930
108. Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader - 1929
109. Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs - 1926
110. Spain and France fight Morocco - 1925
111. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2) - 1921
112. 32nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss (64 63) - 1918
113. Circus train rammed by troop train kills 68, Ivanhoe, Illinois - 1918
114. BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service - 1915
115. King George V of England crowned - 1911
116. 1st Zeppelin with passengers sets afloat - 1910
117. Hakon VII crowned king of Norway - 1906
118. Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner - 1894
119. British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut - 1893
120. Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss - 1889
121. Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 - 1875
122. Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy - 1874
123. Game of lawn tennis introduced - 1874
124. Prince Edward Island joins Canada - 1873
125. 1st Boardwalk in America invented - 1870
126. Congress creates Department of Justice - 1870
127. Arkansas re-enters U.S. - 1868
128. 1st class cricket debut of Dr. W. G. Grace - 1865
129. Battle of Ream's Station, Virginia, Wilson's Raid - 1864
130. Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia - 1864
131. Fire destroys part of San Francisco - 1851
132. Stephen C. Massett opens courthouse using only piano in California - 1849
133. Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres - 1848
134. Doughnut created - 1847
135. John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine - 1832
136. 2nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo) - 1815
137. 1st match at the present Lord's, MCC vs. Herefordshire - 1814
138. Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia - 1812
139. Zebulon Pike reaches his peak - 1808
140. British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812 - 1807
141. England and Russia decide to invade Bataafse Republic - 1799
142. 1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000) - 1775
143. English parliament accepts Quebec Act - 1774
144. Slavery outlawed in England - 1772
145. Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland - 1745
146. King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press - 1740
147. Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II - 1675
148. Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong) - 1633
149. Henry Hudson and son set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers - 1611
150. Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java - 1596
151. Jewish quarter of Prague burned and looted - 1559
152. Ferdinand of Austria and Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty - 1533
153. Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath - 1497
154. Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland - 1476
155. Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England - 1377
156. Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning) - 1342
157. Pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III - 0816
158. Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens - 0431
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