1. 97th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Joel Kribel - 1997
2. Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic - 1997
3. Gordon Spence doscovers 2^2976221 - 1 (36th known Mersenne prime) - 1997
4. Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273 - 1997
5. Mark Calcavecchia wins Greater Vancouver Golf Open shooting 265 - 1997
6. Saint Luke's Senior Golf Classic - 1997
7. Fire that wipes 6,000 acres begins in Hamptons on Long Island - 1995
8. Windows 95 debuts - 1995
9. Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism - 1994
10. Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66) - 1994
11. Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00) - 1994
12. Mars Observer comes closest to Mars - 1993
13. Padres scores 14 in 1st vs. Cardinals - 1993
14. 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) - 1992
15. Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings - 1992
16. Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die - 1992
17. Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint - 1992
18. Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation - 1991
19. Gorbachev resigns as head of U.S.S.R. Communist Party - 1991
20. Silky Stallone, wins the Cane Pace at Yonkers Raceway - 1991
21. Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0 - 1991
22. Ukraine declares independence from U.S.S.R. - 1991
23. 3,500 peacekeepers arrive in Liberia - 1990
24. Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City - 1990
25. British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain - 1989
26. Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling - 1989
27. Voyager 2 flies past Neptune - 1989
28. Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes - 1987
29. Juli Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Golf Classic - 1986
30. STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather - 1985
31. Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver - 1984
32. Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745 - 1983
33. KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record - 1982
34. American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel - 1981
35. Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder - 1981
36. Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic - 1980
37. Jozef Pinkovski replaces Poland premier Babiuch - 1980
38. Cars play concert in New York Central Park - 1979
39. NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new - 1979
40. U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps - 1979
41. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1978
42. Soyuz 21 returns to Earth - 1976
43. Davey Lopes steals his 38th consecutive base, then thrown out stealing - 1975
44. Judy Rankin wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open - 1975
45. Papadopoulos/Pattakos/Makarezos sentenced to death in Athens - 1975
46. San Francisco Giant Ed Halick no-hits New York Giants, 6-0 - 1975
47. Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Portland 2-0 for NASL cup - 1975
48. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open - 1974
49. Garry Sobers scores 26th and last Test Cricket ton 150 vs. Eng Lord's - 1973
50. John Adams and his drum - become a right-field fixture in Cleveland Stadium - 1973
51. 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1 - 1972
52. Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 vs. Australia - 1972
53. Gordie Howe and Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame - 1972
54. India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms - 1971
55. Bomb kills 1 at University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison - 1970
56. Carol Mann wins LPGA Tournament of Champs Golf Tournament - 1969
57. Peru nationalizes U.S. oil interests - 1969
58. France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa - 1968
59. U.S.S.R. launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon - 1966
60. 2nd Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 6-4 - 1964
61. 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58) - 1963
62. John Pennel is 1st to pole-vault 17' - 1963
63. Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds - 1962
64. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1962
65. Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) - 1961
66. Windward Islands' Airways International (Winair) forms - 1961
67. -127 degrees F (-88 degrees C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record) - 1960
68. 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil - 1960
69. England complete 5-0 series drubbing of India - 1959
70. Hiram L Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Rep (Both from Hawaii) - 1959
71. Fay Crocker wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open - 1958
72. Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR) - 1958
73. British soccer player Jimmy Greaves' (17) 1st game for Chelsea - 1957
74. 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Washington D.C. - 1956
75. Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party - 1954
76. International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China - 1954
77. William Heatherton's "Reluctant Debutante," premieres in London - 1954
78. Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on - 1951
79. 1st U.S. Negro delegate to United Nations appointed-ES Sampson - 1950
80. Edith Sampson named 1st black U.S. delegate to U.N. - 1950
81. Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews - 1950
82. NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect - 1949
83. Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy and strike out 12 - 1945
84. Gen LeClercs troops open assault on Paris - 1944
85. Philadelphia A's drop AL record tying 20th game in a row, win the 2nd game - 1943
86. Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands - 1942
87. Transport nr 23 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1942
88. Luftwaffe bombs London - 1940
89. Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run - 1940
90. Germany and U.S.S.R. sign 10-year non-aggression pact - 1939
91. England beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs at The Oval - 1938
92. Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game - 1938
93. Republican offensive near Belchite Spain - 1937
94. Australian Antarctic Territory created - 1936
95. Franklin D. Roosevelt gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists - 1936
96. 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart - 1932
97. France and U.S.S.R. sign neutrality/no attack treaty - 1931
98. 43rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62) - 1929
99. Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem - 1929
100. Turkey and Persia signs friendship treaty - 1929
101. 39th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62) - 1925
102. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2) - 1923
103. 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams) - 1922
104. Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey and Greece - 1921
105. British airship R-38 crashes in Humber, 44 die - 1921
106. Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning - 1919
107. Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) - 1918
108. Sect Baker grants extended exemption to World Series players - 1918
109. Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops - 1914
110. German troops occupy Namur Belgium - 1914
111. Jerome Kern and Michael E Rourles musical premieres in New York City - 1914
112. New York City ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious U.S. olympians - 1912
113. Territory of Alaska organizes - 1912
114. U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government - 1912
115. Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal - 1911
116. Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal - 1909
117. New York Giants scores shown on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at MSG - 1908
118. Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title - 1908
119. Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game - 1906
120. Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings - 1905
121. 24th U.S. Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97) - 1904
122. Field battle at Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian - 1904
123. Tornado destroys coast of Savannah and Charleston, about 1000 die - 1893
124. Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera - 1891
125. Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed - 1876
126. Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron - 1869
127. Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning - 1858
128. National emigration convention meets in Cleveland - 1854
129. 1st potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs New York) - 1853
130. Charlotte Bronte finishes manuscript of "Jane Eyre" - 1847
131. HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina - 1833
132. John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle - 1831
133. Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea - 1828
134. Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens - 1826
135. British forces captured Washington, D.C., and burned down many landmarks - 1814
136. Wolfgang A Mozart completes his viola sonata in A, K526 - 1787
137. Thomas Colley executed in England for drowning supposed witch - 1751
138. Sea battle at Malaga - 1704
139. Job Charnock founds Calcutta India - 1690
140. Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn - 1682
141. Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer - 1662
142. Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish - 1658
143. Louis II Conde disbands ends of Atrecht - 1654
144. 1st English convoy lands at Surat India - 1608
145. King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants - 1572
146. Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxon - 1561
147. Conquistador Francisco de Orellana returns to Spain - 1542
148. Battle at Aleppo: Turks beat Syria - 1516
149. Portugese troops under Afonso the Albuquerque occupy Malakka - 1511
150. Jews of Palma Majorca massacred - 1391
151. 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz - 1349
152. Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism - 1349
153. Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France - 1217
154. Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid - 1215
155. Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire - 0410
156. Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die - 0079
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