1. Elton John releases Diana tribute "Candle in the Wind 1997" - 1997
2. 4th Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 17-11 at St. Pierre Wales - 1996
3. Rasmussen government in Denmark, resigns - 1994
4. Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game - 1993
5. STS-51 (Discovery) lands - 1993
6. Supreme Soviet dismisses president Boris Yeltsin - 1993
7. Heavy storm in South France, 34 die - 1992
8. ABN and AMRO Dutch banks merge - 1991
9. California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public - 1991
10. Harry Gant wins NSACAR Goody's 500 - 1991
11. Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory - 1991
12. Pat Bradley wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1991
13. Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits - 1990
14. Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian and Yemeni envoys - 1990
15. Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs - 1989
16. IRA-bomb kills 10 British marines in Kent - 1989
17. Canada begins production of a $5 silver Maple Leaf bullion coin - 1988
18. South Korean coaches attack NZ referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in - 1988
19. 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins - 1987
20. Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points - 1987
21. Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85) - 1987
22. NFL players go on strike for 24 days - 1987
23. Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons - 1987
24. 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm - 1986
25. India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie - 1986
26. Los Angeles Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games - 1986
27. 37th Emmy Awards: Cagney and Lacey, Cosby Show and Tyne Daly win - 1985
28. Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson - 1985
29. Earthquake strikes Mexico, 2,000 killed - 1985
30. France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior - 1985
31. Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ - 1985
32. Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill - 1985
33. St. Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man - 1985
34. Val Skinner wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic - 1985
35. Brussels princess Astrid marries arch duke Lorenz of Austrian-Este - 1984
36. Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall) - 1983
37. NASA launches Galaxy-B - 1983
38. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1983
39. Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" - 1983
40. Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka vs. India - 1982
41. SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month - 1982
42. Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway - 1980
43. Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins - 1980
44. John and Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records - 1980
45. Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean - 1979
46. Larry Parrish (Expos) home runs off Rawly Eastwick (Phillies) in DH - 1979
47. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit - 1978
48. Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0 - 1977
49. Preston Jones' "Texas Trilogy," premieres in New York City - 1977
50. West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht - 1977
51. Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in San Francisco California - 1975
52. World Football League folds - 1975
53. 20th Ryder Cup: U.S., 19-13 at Muirfield, Scotland - 1973
54. Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers - 1973
55. Henry Kissinger, sworn in as Secretary of State - 1973
56. "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway - 1973
57. Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda - 1972
58. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1971
59. President Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses - 1970
60. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1969
61. "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV - 1969
62. San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit HR # 600 - 1969
63. Willie Mays hits his 600 HR off Mike Corkins - 1969
64. Iraq adopts constitution - 1968
65. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Kings River Golf Open - 1968
66. KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast - 1968
67. Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning and plays all 9 positions - 1968
68. Zond 5 completes flight - 1968
69. Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager - 1967
70. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1967
71. Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance," premieres in New York City - 1966
72. KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1966
73. Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game - 1966
74. Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant - 1966
75. Surveyor 2 crashes on Moon - 1966
76. India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect - 1965
77. "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 3242 performances - 1964
78. "Man from U.N.C.L.E," premieres on NBC-TV - 1964
79. Czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart - 1963
80. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open - 1963
81. Bob Dylan plays New York City Carnegie Hall - 1962
82. Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min - 1961
83. Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year - 1961
84. Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France - 1960
85. Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant - 1959
86. KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1958
87. U.S. nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record) - 1958
88. Duke Snider's 39th and 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field - 1957
89. "Maverick" premieres - 1957
90. Commercial TV begins in England - 1955
91. Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in 9 - 1955
92. Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean - 1955
93. Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants in his 1st game - 1954
94. Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia - 1953
95. Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner) - 1950
96. Omar N. Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general - 1950
97. U.S.S.R. detonates its 1st atomic bomb - 1949
98. WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast - 1949
99. Dodgers clinch NL pennant - 1947
100. Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches - 1945
101. Boulogne reoccupied by Allies - 1944
102. Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel - 1944
103. U.S. troops land on Ulithi - 1944
104. British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz - 1943
105. Destroyer Itchen torpedoed and sinks - 1943
106. Destroyer Keppel sinks U-229 - 1943
107. Meulenberg robs of church bells - 1942
108. British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro - 1941
109. Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming - 1937
110. Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115 - 1935
111. Hungarian government of Karolyi falls - 1932
112. Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney) - 1927
113. Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title - 1927
114. Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples - 1927
115. Belgian crown prince Leopold and Swedish princess Astrid get engaged - 1926
116. Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers - 1925
117. Estonia and Lithuania admitted to League of Nations - 1921
118. Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St. New York City - 1921
119. Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series - 1920
120. Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series - 1915
121. Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class - 1915
122. Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in U.S., opens in NO LA - 1915
123. 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die - 1914
124. Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico - 1913
125. George Cohan's "7 Keys to Baldpate," premieres in New York City - 1913
126. Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game (9/7/12) - 1912
127. Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511 - 1911
128. England's 1st aircraft flight - 1910
129. Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms - 1910
130. Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey) - 1908
131. Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21 - 1906
132. 11th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass - 1905
133. Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks and 2 whites killed) - 1905
134. Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone - 1903
135. 1st auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield - 1893
136. Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich - 1869
137. Battle of Fisher's Hill VA-Gen Early Retreats to Brown's Gap - 1864
138. Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA - 1864
139. President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 - 1862
140. Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians - 1861
141. John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State - 1817
142. Origin of French Republican Era - 1792
143. Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department - 1789
144. Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK - 1784
145. Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University - 1756
146. Pangeran Gusti installed as sultan of Banten - 1753
147. Bonnie Prince Charlies army returns to Edinburgh - 1745
148. Robert Walpole is 1st British Prime Minister to live at 10 Downing Street - 1735
149. Polish King Lesczynski flees to Danzig - 1733
150. French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro - 1711
151. People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter - 1699
152. Last (8) person hanged for witchcraft in U.S. (Salem Mass) - 1692
153. Molieres "L'amour Medecin," premieres in Paris - 1665
154. All female jury hears case of woman who killed her child (acquit her) - 1656
155. Battle at Zutphen: English vs Dutch army - 1586
156. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey lays-off English Lord Chancellor - 1529
157. Settle engagement of Karel of Luxembourg and Claudia the Beaujeu - 1504
158. Treaty of Blois: Philip van Bourgondie and Maximilian I and Louis XII - 1504
159. Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0530
160. [Discorus] begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0530
161. St. Felix IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0530
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