1. Minnesota LPGA Classic - 1998
2. Indians' Jose Mesa sets record with his 38th consecutive save - 1995
3. Larry Hagman receives a liver transplant - 1995
4. Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points - 1993
5. Fred McGriff and David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back home runs twice in same game - 1993
6. Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons - 1992
7. Kris Tschetter wins LPGA Northgate Computer Golf Classic - 1992
8. Armenia declares independence - 1990
9. East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3 - 1990
10. U.S. begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf - 1990
11. Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38) - 1989
12. Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey HR) - 1989
13. Mike Tyson and Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem - 1988
14. 15-years old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion - 1987
15. Betsy King wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic - 1987
16. Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s - 1987
17. "Rags" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 4 performances - 1986
18. Vrijkomend vulkaangas kills 1500 people in Nyos-more, Cameroon - 1986
19. Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games - 1985
20. Said Aouita of Morocco sets 1.5k record (3:29.46) in Berlin - 1985
21. South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested - 1985
22. West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to German DR - 1985
23. Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president - 1982
24. Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter - 1982
25. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1982
26. Beth Daniel wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf - 1981
27. Charlie Finley sells A's for $127M to Haas (owners of Levi Strauss) - 1980
28. Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in New York City - 1979
29. Iran army opens offensive against Kurds - 1979
30. Iranian students occupies Iranian embassy at Wassenaar - 1978
31. 1st man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor) - 1977
32. Marxist philosopher Rudolf Bahro imprisoned in German DR - 1977
33. Yanks leap frog over Red Soxs game in 1st place to stay - 1977
34. Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die - 1976
35. Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway - 1975
36. Communists take over Laos - 1975
37. Ethiopian junta under Mengistu Haile - 1975
38. Free guitarist Paul Kossoff revived from dead after heart attack - 1975
39. Philip Kapleau conducts 1st jukai ceremony in Poland - 1975
40. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1975
41. John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City - 1974
42. Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan vs. England at The Cricket Oval - 1974
43. Intelsat communications satellite launched - 1973
44. Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers - 1972
45. Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) renominates VP Agnew but not unanimous-1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley) - 1972
46. WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1971
47. Kathy Ahern wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open - 1970
48. Roberto Clemente compiles his record 2nd straight 5-hit game - 1970
49. Audrey McElmory (U.S.) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno, - 1969
50. France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912) - 1969
51. Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily - 1968
52. Yanks and Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew - 1968
53. Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon - 1966
54. Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament - 1964
55. St. Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL, and win World Series - 1964
56. Beatles release "She Loves You" in UK - 1963
57. Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By" - 1963
58. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1963
59. 1st Europe-U.S. live TV program (via Telstar) - 1962
60. John Lennon weds Cynthia Powell - 1962
61. Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi - 1961
62. East Germany imposed new curbs on travel between West and East Berlin - 1961
63. U.S. lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back - 1961
64. World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) - 1960
65. Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open - 1959
66. China PR resumes fire on Quemoi and Matsoe - 1958
67. Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours - 1958
68. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1957
69. Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open - 1955
70. President Getulio Vargas of Brazil resigns temporarily - 1954
71. Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan - 1953
72. Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter - 1953
73. Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die - 1953
74. KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, California (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1953
75. Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3 ") - 1953
76. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1953
77. Arab League security pact goes into effect - 1952
78. Giants Bob Elliot is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman complete his at bat, he strikes out and is also ejected for arguing - 1952
79. Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12) - 1950
80. West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation - 1950
81. Earl Bernadotte asks aid for fugitives to Palestine - 1948
82. World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries - 1948
83. President Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert - 1947
84. 13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380) - 1946
85. 94.5 degrees F (34.7 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands and 101.5 degrees F (38.6 degrees C) in Warnsvelt - 1944
86. Allied troops capture Marseilles, France - 1944
87. General George Leclercs troops advance towards Paris - 1944
88. General Montgomery consults with Generals Bradley/Eisenhower - 1944
89. King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu - 1944
90. Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day) - 1944
91. Sammellager Drancy freed - 1944
92. U.S. 20th Army corp enter Fontainebleau/Melun de Seine - 1944
93. U.S. B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed - 1944
94. Red army recaptures Charkow - 1943
95. 1st U.S. flights to land on Guadalcanal - 1942
96. Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffers bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die) - 1942
97. British Premier Winston Churchill flies back to London from Cairo - 1942
98. Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game (raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief - 1942
99. German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London - 1940
100. Queen Wilhelmina fires premier De Geer - 1940
101. John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats - 1939
102. Molotov-Ribbentrop pact: East Europe divided between Hitler and Stalin - 1939
103. Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact (Soviet Union neutral/Poland divided) - 1939
104. U.S.S.R. and Germany sign a non-agression pact - 1939
105. England score 7-903 decl vs. Australia Hutton 364 - 1938
106. 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St. Louis Browns - 1936
107. 1st TV boxing match - Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London - 1933
108. 45th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61) - 1931
109. Count Gyula Karolyi becomes premier of Hungary - 1931
110. Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight - 1931
111. 44th U.S. Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64) - 1930
112. Arabs attack Jews in Israel - 1929
113. 40th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97) - 1926
114. Mars' closest approach to Earth since 10th century - 1924
115. M R Rinehart and A Hopwood's "Bat," premieres in New York City - 1920
116. "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune - 1919
117. Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks and 11 whites killed) - 1917
118. Military court of Berlin sentences Karl Liebknecht to 4 years - 1916
119. Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army - 1915
120. Battle at Mons: general von Klucks troops beat Britten - 1914
121. Gen von Hausen executes 612 inhabitants of Dinant Belgium - 1914
122. German troops plunder Belgium - 1914
123. Japan declares war on Germany in World War I - 1914
124. British premier Asquith holds secret meeting about British strategy in case of war with Germany - 1911
125. Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh - 1910
126. Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits New York Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game - 1907
127. Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washington Senators - 1906
128. Cuba's 1st president Tomas Estrada Palma asks for U.S. intervention - 1906
129. Automobile tire chain patented - 1904
130. 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state - 1903
131. National Negro Business League organizes (Boston) - 1900
132. 18th U.S. Mens Tennis: Malcolm Whitman beats Dwight Davis (36 62 62 61) - 1898
133. 1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in U.S. (SF) - 1889
134. Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and and passballs count as errors prior to 1888) - 1883
135. Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo - 1879
136. Albert Bridge creossing Thames opens - 1873
137. 1st carload of freight (boots and shoes) arrives in SF, from Boston - 1869
138. Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war - 1866
139. Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama - 1864
140. Skirmish at Big Hill, Kentucky (2 Federal regiments) - 1862
141. 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass - 1850
142. British capture Hong Kong from China - 1839
143. Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class - 1838
144. Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed - 1833
145. Mexico declares independence - 1821
146. Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French - 1813
147. African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated - 1796
148. Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it - 1784
149. Admiral Hovenden Walkers fleet reach St. Lawrence - 1711
150. 1st one-way streets open (London) - 1617
151. University of Groningen opens - 1614
152. French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders - 1582
153. Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam - 1566
154. Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights - 1566
155. Bishop Stephen Gardiner appointed English Lord Chancellor - 1553
156. Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code - 1542
157. Holland and Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty - 1441
158. Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers - 1328
159. King Philip VI of France, crowned - 1328
160. King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese - 1046
161. Odoacer elected King of Byzantine - 0476
162. Battle at Florence: Stilicho's Roman army beats Radagaisus' Barbarians - 0406
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