1. FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho - 1995
2. DNA testing links O. J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman - 1994
3. Wim Cook government forms in Neth - 1994
4. Hiromi Kobayash wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic - 1993
5. "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 25 performances - 1993
6. Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka - 1992
7. Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke (1:00.31) - 1991
8. President Bush calls up military reserves - 1990
9. 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered - 1989
10. Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) - 1989
11. Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala) - 1988
12. NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee) - 1988
13. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1988
14. Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1 - 1987
15. NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics - 1986
16. 30th Walker Cup: U.S. wins 13-11 - 1985
17. Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed - 1985
18. Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec - 1984
19. Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced - 1984
20. Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200 - 1984
21. Rep convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and VP Bush - 1984
22. South African election for parliament boycvotted - 1984
23. Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence - 1982
24. Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace - 1982
25. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf - 1982
26. Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale - 1980
27. 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young - 1979
28. Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua - 1978
29. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic - 1976
30. Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford - 1975
31. McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens - 1975
32. Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws - 1973
33. Henry Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as min of Foreign affairs - 1973
34. International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia - 1972
35. Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out - 1971
36. Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open - 1971
37. Beatles record a video for "Long and Winding Road" - 1969
38. Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America - 1969
39. Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast kills 255 - 1969
40. 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) - 1968
41. Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry - 1968
42. Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota - 1968
43. Beatles arrive in New York City - 1966
44. Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open - 1965
45. Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Juan Marachal hits San Francisco Giant catcher John Roseboro on the head with his bat causing a 14 minute brawl - 1965
46. Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market - 1964
47. Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1 - 1964
48. NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km) - 1963
49. Failed assassination on president De Gaulle - 1962
50. Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga - 1962
51. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
52. Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers - 1961
53. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open - 1960
54. Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352 - 1960
55. Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs - 1959
56. Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return - 1958
57. Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island - 1958
58. Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title - 1957
59. Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender) - 1956
60. President Eisenhower and VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF - 1956
61. WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
62. France closes jail on Devil Island - 1953
63. John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union - 1953
64. Shah of Persia returns to Teheran - 1953
65. Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 - 1951
66. Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) - 1950
67. Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition - 1950
68. Rotterdam harbor strike end - 1950
69. 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840) - 1947
70. Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it - 1946
71. Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55) - 1946
72. Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Aust Services at Old Trafford - 1945
73. England defeat Aust Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket - 1945
74. Noel Coward's revue "Sigh no More," premieres in London - 1945
75. Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup - 1945
76. Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1944
77. Soviet troops free Karkov - 1943
78. Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy - 1942
79. Nazi troops reach Lenningrad - 1941
80. Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion - 1939
81. Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest - 1939
82. Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes - 1934
83. Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 - 1934
84. Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season - 1933
85. International Zionists Congress opens in Prague - 1933
86. BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts - 1932
87. Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test - 1930
88. Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers - 1927
89. Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa - 1926
90. Greek dictator Gen Pangulos driven out - 1926
91. Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4) - 1923
92. J. Edgar Hoover becomes asst director of FBI - 1921
93. Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers - 1917
94. 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium) - 1914
95. Battle at Charleroi: Gen von Bulows troops beat French - 1914
96. Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny and Virton - 1914
97. Canada's Finance Act, 1914, receives assent - 1914
98. General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia - 1914
99. German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium - 1914
100. Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia - 1914
101. Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn - 1913
102. England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament - 1912
103. Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya) - 1912
104. Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre (Recovered in 1913) - 1911
105. Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris - 1911
106. Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate - 1910
107. Colin Buchanan, town planner - 1907
108. Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist - 1907
109. 1st Victor Victrola manufactured - 1906
110. President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car - 1902
111. Cadillac Co forms - 1901
112. Gabriel Faures opera "Promethee," premieres in Beziers - 1900
113. Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park - 1877
114. Fisk University forms, 1867 - 1867
115. Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations - 1864
116. International Red Cross forms - 1864
117. Battle of Catlett's Station VA - 1862
118. Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely - 1862
119. Gold fields discovered in Australia - 1851
120. Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup) - 1851
121. U.S. annexes New Mexico - 1846
122. Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah - 1826
123. Grand duchy of Bathe forms - 1818
124. Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman - 1791
125. Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves - 1788
126. John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton - 1787
127. Resolution, without Capt Cook, returns to England - 1780
128. King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion - 1775
129. 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury - 1762
130. Spanish troops lands on Sardinia - 1717
131. Handels "Watermusic" premieres on Thames - 1715
132. Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon - 1707
133. Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty - 1707
134. 1st Jewish immigrant to U.S., Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam - 1654
135. Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament - 1642
136. Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht - 1632
137. Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt - 1614
138. 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam - 1603
139. King James IV of Scotland captured - 1582
140. Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny - 1572
141. Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic - 1559
142. Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren - 1543
143. Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III - 1485
144. Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus - 1454
145. English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard - 1138
146. St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness - 0565
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