1. Indianapolis 500 race - 1998
2. STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands - 1997
3. Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful - 1997
4. "Spy Hard," starring Leslie Nielsen is released - 1996
5. Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash - 1994
6. Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia after 30-year civil war - 1993
7. Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement - 1993
8. Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers and 5 citizens in Turkey - 1993
9. Al Unser, Jr. wins Indy 500 - 1992
10. Colleen Walker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1992
11. Despite trailing 7-1, New York Yanks tie Milwaukee Brewers and then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game - 1992
12. Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament - 1992
13. Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game - 1990
14. Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 - 1990
15. A. C. Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona - 1989
16. French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice - 1989
17. "Indiana Jones and Last Crusade" premieres - 1989
18. New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season - 1989
19. NHL's New York Rangers fire GM and coach Phil Esposito - 1989
20. Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack - 1989
21. John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute - 1988
22. Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe - 1988
23. Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals - 1988
24. 33rd LPGA Championship won by Jane Geddes - 1987
25. Al Unser, Sr., 47, wins his 4th Indy 500 - 1987
26. Country Singer Garth Brooks marries Sandy - 1986
27. Margaret Thatcher becomes 1st British Prime Minister to visit Israel - 1986
28. Reginald Huffstetler trode water for 985 hrs - 1986
29. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Calgary Flames, 4 games to 1 - 1986
30. "View to a Kill" premieres in US - 1985
31. Detroit Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game - 1984
32. "Wiz" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 13 performances - 1984
33. Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria - 1983
34. Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students - 1983
35. Al Unser wins, loses, and wins a controversial Indy 500 - 1981
36. Hostage situation ends at Central Bank in Barcelona Spain - 1981
37. Kathy Hite wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1981
38. Iran rejects a call to World Court to release U.S. hostages - 1980
39. "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56 - 1980
40. Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 2 - 1980
41. Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar - 1979
42. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1979
43. Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect - 1978
44. U.S.S.R. President Podgorny resigns - 1977
45. 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington D.C.) - 1976
46. Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title - 1976
47. Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16 - 1975
48. Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV - 1974
49. Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona - 1972
50. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1972
51. A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard - 1971
52. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational - 1970
53. Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult - 1970
54. Beatles' "Get Back," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks - 1969
55. Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days - 1968
56. Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession - 1968
57. President De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse - 1968
58. AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals - 1967
59. "Mame" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 1508 performances - 1966
60. Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional - 1965
61. 18th Tony Awards: Luther and Hello Dolly win - 1964
62. Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan - 1964
63. Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational - 1964
64. Longest HR (471') in Balt Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minn) - 1964
65. Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300 - 1964
66. 1st Lockheed A-12 to crash, CIA pilot Ken Collins ejects safely - 1963
67. M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit - 1962
68. 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi - 1961
69. Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit - 1961
70. 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed - 1960
71. 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania - 1959
72. Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England - 1959
73. "New Girl in Town" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 432 performances - 1958
74. President Batista opens offensive against Fidel Castro's rebellion - 1958
75. UP and International News Service merge into United Press International - 1958
76. Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan - 1957
77. Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia - 1957
78. 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM - 1954
79. Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit - 1954
80. German airline Lufthansa forms - 1954
81. IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour - 1954
82. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus - 1953
83. Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants ruled illegal - 1951
84. U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) - 1951
85. Willie Mays begins playing for New York Giants - 1951
86. Benjamin Brittens "Beggar's Opera," premieres in Cambridge - 1948
87. Bill Dickey replaces Joe McCarthy as Yankee manager - 1946
88. Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists - 1944
89. Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark - 1944
90. Admiral Donitz stops U-boat in Atlantic Ocean - 1943
91. U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje - 1943
92. Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive - 1941
93. 1st night game at New York's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) - 1940
94. 1st night game at St. Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2) - 1940
95. Dutch army demobilizes - 1940
96. Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio - 1940
97. German tanks reach Atrecht France - 1940
98. Hitler affirms Gen von Rundstedts "Stopbevel" - 1940
99. New York Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds - 1940
100. Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party - 1936
101. Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yanks beat A's 25-2 - 1936
102. 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1) - 1935
103. Swedish princess Ingrid marries Danish crown prince Frederik (IX) - 1935
104. Colombia and Peru sign accord about harbor city Leticia - 1934
105. Dmitri Shostakovitch's Preludes, premieres in Moscow - 1933
106. 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad - 1931
107. 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson) - 1930
108. Bradman scores 252* Australia vs. Surrey, 290 mins, 29 fours - 1930
109. Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week - 1930
110. Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings - 1929
111. Record 12 future Hall of Famers take the field, as Yanks beat A's 9-7 - 1928
112. Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again - 1928
113. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 m (8:25.4) - 1926
114. Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6 degrees C) - 1922
115. Russian-Italian trade agreement signed - 1922
116. 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected - 1921
117. British Legion forms - 1921
118. Cleveland beats Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning - 1918
119. Conscription begins in Britain - 1916
120. French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured - 1916
121. Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname - 1916
122. U.S. pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker - 1916
123. Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary - 1915
124. Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations - 1915
125. Bristol University granted Royal Charter - 1909
126. Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election - 1908
127. John Masefields "Tragedy of Nan," premieres in London - 1908
128. 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 - 1905
129. Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918 - 1902
130. Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain - 1902
131. 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21 - 1900
132. Britain annexes Orange Free State - 1900
133. 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) - 1899
134. Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight - 1895
135. Caprivi succeeds Bismarck on as chancellor of Germany - 1890
136. Geo Train and Sam Wall circle world in record 67 days, Tacoma-Tacoma - 1890
137. Tivoli Theater of Varities opens in London - 1890
138. Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors - 1887
139. Anti-Monopoly party and Greenback Party forms People's Party in US - 1884
140. Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur and Governor Cleveland - 1883
141. Canadian ferry Princess Victoria sinks near London Ontario, 200 die - 1881
142. 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40 - 1879
143. CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston - 1878
144. 5th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:45 - 1877
145. Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris - 1873
146. Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US - 1870
147. Berkeley, California named (for George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne) - 1866
148. Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time - 1862
149. Westminster Bridge across Thames opens - 1862
150. Alexandria, Virginia occupied by Federal troops - 1861
151. Maj Gen Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war" - 1861
152. Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas - 1856
153. Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by U.S. Deputy marshals in Boston - 1854
154. Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in U.S. forms by Prebyts - 1854
155. Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War - 1846
156. Samuel FB Morse taps out "What hath God wrought" (1st telegraph msg) - 1844
157. 1st passenger rail service in U.S. (Baltimore and Elliots Mill, Maryland) - 1830
158. "Mary Had A Little Lamb," is written - 1830
159. Pope Pius VIII issues his program for pontificate - 1829
160. Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee - 1824
161. Battle of Pichincha, Bolivar secures independence of Quito from Spain - 1822
162. Gen Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola Florida - 1818
163. George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia - 1815
164. Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war - 1809
165. Methodist Church forms - 1738
166. People's revolt due to increase in gin/brandy tax - 1726
167. English king Willem III travels through northern Europe - 1697
168. English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants - 1689
169. French troops attack into Southern Netherlands - 1667
170. English king Charles II visits Netherlands - 1660
171. Battle of Dunes (Spanish-French War) fought - 1658
172. German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria - 1653
173. Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24 - 1626
174. Imposter Lambert Simnel ceremony crowned as King Edward VI of Dublin - 1487
175. Hanzesteden signs peace treaty with Danish king Waldemar IV - 1370
176. King Philip IV occupies Flanders, Earl Gwijde captured - 1300
177. Malcolm IV becomes king of Scotland - 1153
178. Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III - 1086
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