1. "Steel Peer," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 76 performances - 1997
2. 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain - 1996
3. Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 - 1996
4. "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 perf - 1996
5. Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes - 1995
6. Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98 - 1995
7. Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B. Murray - 1995
8. Actress Kelly Preston (26) weds actor Lou Diamond Phillips (32) - 1994
9. Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election - 1994
10. Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed - 1994
11. "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 73 performances - 1994
12. David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71 - 1994
13. "Flowering Peach" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 41 performances - 1994
14. New York Rangers sweep New York Islanders in NHL playoffs - 1994
15. 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1 - 1993
16. ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett - 1993
17. Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham - 1993
18. David Bowie marries model Iman in Switzerland - 1992
19. George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball - 1992
20. "Man of La Mancha" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 108 performances - 1992
21. Vinson Pike fined 1000 pounds for distributing obscene computer pictures - 1992
22. 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks - 1991
23. Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa," premieres in Dublin - 1990
24. Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies - 1990
25. U.S. 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit - 1990
26. West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st - 1990
27. 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China - 1989
28. Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day" - 1989
29. Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic - 1988
30. Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York City - 1987
31. Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin" - 1985
32. Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot - 1984
33. Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election - 1983
34. Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic - 1983
35. "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 73 performances - 1983
36. 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany - 1982
37. Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies - 1982
38. Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin - 1982
39. Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey - 1981
40. IBM-PC computer introduced - 1981
41. San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record - 1981
42. U.S. ends grain embargo against U.S.S.R. - 1981
43. U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die - 1980
44. Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election - 1979
45. Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game - 1978
46. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament - 1977
47. Penguins 1-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-series tied at 3-3 - 1975
48. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1975
49. Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion - 1974
50. NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers - 1974
51. "Frank Merriwell" opens/closes at Longacre Theater New York City for 1 perf - 1971
52. Soyuz 10 returns to Earth - 1971
53. China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red" - 1970
54. Gambia becomes a republic within Commonwealth - 1970
55. Senegal adopts constitution - 1970
56. General Lin Piao succeeds Mao, is seriously wounded - 1969
57. Lebanese army in battle with Palestinians - 1969
58. Paul McCartney says their is no truth to rumors he is dead - 1969
59. U.S. B-52's drop 3,000 ton bombs at Cambodian boundary - 1969
60. ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas - 1968
61. Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City - 1968
62. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1968
63. 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2 - 1967
64. Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee) - 1966
65. Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational - 1966
66. "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden New York City after 192 performances - 1965
67. Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic - 1965
68. New York Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager - 1965
69. 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 - 1963
70. English princess Alexandra marries sir Angus Ogilvy - 1963
71. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1963
72. 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested - 1962
73. MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA - 1962
74. Sandy Koufax's 2nd 18-strikeout game - 1962
75. John F. Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs - 1961
76. Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised - 1961
77. 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker and Fiorello! win - 1960
78. Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed - 1960
79. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open - 1960
80. Record 4 grand slams hit today - 1960
81. Netherlands Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig and Cut Flier) - 1959
82. WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1959
83. Lee Walls hits 3 HRS, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 - 1958
84. Chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning - 1957
85. AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game - 1956
86. Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends - 1955
87. Gaullists lose elections in France - 1955
88. KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1955
89. KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1955
90. 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina - 1954
91. Australia and U.S.S.R. break diplomatic relations - 1954
92. WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1954
93. Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II - 1953
94. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open - 1951
95. Independent republic of South Molukkas declared - 1950
96. "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 320 performances - 1950
97. President Truman denies there are communists in U.S. government - 1950
98. 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win - 1949
99. 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, and McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame - 1946
100. Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner - 1945
101. Delegates of 46 countries gather in San Francisco to discuss U.N. - 1945
102. 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" - 1944
103. RAF bombs Munich - 1944
104. United Negro College Fund incorporates - 1944
105. Luftwaffe bombs Exeter - 1942
106. British army begins evacuation of Greece - 1941
107. Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes an RAF pilot - 1941
108. Lindenheuvel soccer team forms - 1938
109. 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell) - 1933
110. German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia) - 1932
111. 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off - 1929
112. Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark - 1929
113. Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented - 1928
114. Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers - 1923
115. General harbor strike begins in New York City - 1923
116. 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium - 1921
117. British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years - 1920
118. Polish troops attack Ukraine - 1920
119. Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway - 1917
120. Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins - 1916
121. Massacre of Armenians by Turks starts (Armenian Martyrs Day) - 1915
122. Pittsburghs' Frank Allen no-hits St. Louis (Federal League), 2-0 - 1915
123. German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms - 1910
124. Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds - 1909
125. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m - 1908
126. 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey vs. Gentlemen (18 and 28) - 1905
127. Senators execute a triple-play and beat Yankees 4-3 - 1905
128. 1st AL game, Chicago beats Cleveland Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out - 1901
129. Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer - 1900
130. Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid - 1899
131. Spain declares war on U.S. rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba - 1898
132. U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines - 1898
133. 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House - 1897
134. Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat - 1895
135. French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 - 1894
136. Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Brooklyn Dodgers - 1894
137. Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" - 1891
138. Eastman Kodak forms - 1888
139. National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta - 1884
140. 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair - 1883
141. Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England - 1880
142. Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south in New Orleans - 1877
143. Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania - 1877
144. Volcano Vesuvius erupts - 1872
145. Opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo) - 1871
146. Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Virginia streetcars - 1867
147. Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco - 1865
148. Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid) - 1863
149. Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" - 1854
150. Jacob Evert and George Dulty patent soda fountain - 1833
151. Patent granted for 1st soda fountain - 1833
152. Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris - 1823
153. 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" - 1801
154. Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation - 1800
155. "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle - 1792
156. Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty - 1762
157. "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in U.S., forms - 1704
158. Battles between Spanish troops and followers of sultan Suleiman - 1570
159. Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois - 1558
160. Battle of Muhlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave - 1547
161. Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan - 1524
162. Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht - 1364
163. Gen Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India - 1311
164. Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder - 1288
165. Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet - 1185
166. Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed - 1061
167. Nicolaas I succeeds Benedict III as pope - 0858
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