1. Drug kingpin Ramon Arellano Felix placed on FBI's 10 most-wanted - 1997
2. 31st Ryder Cup: Europe beats U.S., 14 -13 at Oak Hill CC (NY) - 1995
3. Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic - 1995
4. Emillio and Gloria Estefan's boat hits and kills a jet skiier - 1995
5. Mt Ruapehu Volcano (North Island, NZ) erupts - 1995
6. Parliamentary election in Ukraine - 1994
7. Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty (Brenda) weds Ashley Hamilton - 1993
8. Norodom Sihanouk again installed as king of Cambodia - 1993
9. John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers) - 1992
10. Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in New Jersey Devils history - 1992
11. Toronto's Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI - 1992
12. After 3 year reign as AL champs, A's are eliminated from AL West - 1991
13. Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns - 1991
14. "Good and Evil" and "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV - 1991
15. Robin Yount is 37th to hit 2,000 singles - 1991
16. East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact - 1990
17. South African president F W de Klerk meets President Bush in Washington D.C. - 1990
18. Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market - 1990
19. West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty - 1990
20. 28th Ryder Cup: U.S. and Europe draw, 14-14 at The Belfry, England - 1989
21. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Nippon Travel-MBS Golf Classic - 1989
22. Barbara C Harris of Massachusetts, elected 1st woman Episcopal bishop - 1988
23. Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec - 1988
24. Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec) - 1988
25. Dave Stieb has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in the 9th - 1988
26. Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets heptathlon woman's record (7,291) - 1988
27. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1987
28. Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 home runs in an inn twice - 1985
29. Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) - 1985
30. Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th) - 1985
31. Cubs clinch NL East title - 1984
32. Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights" - 1984
33. Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season - 1983
34. Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, vs. India Jullundur - 1983
35. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1983
36. Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 - 1982
37. U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon - 1982
38. Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air - 1981
39. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1981
40. Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season - 1980
41. Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan - 1980
42. CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service - 1979
43. Ghana adopts constitution - 1979
44. Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time - 1979
45. Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switz - 1979
46. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1979
47. Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ping Team Golf Classic - 1978
48. Dutch women hockey team wins world championship - 1978
49. Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74 - 1978
50. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1978
51. 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV - 1977
52. "Estrada" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 7 performances - 1977
53. Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards - 1977
54. Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter - 1976
55. "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 5959 performances - 1976
56. Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits - 1974
57. Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th HR, 1st American to win a Japanese HR title - 1974
58. Guinea-Bissau declares independence - 1973
59. St. Louis Cardinals Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking 7 field goals - 1973
60. Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22 - 1972
61. Jack Tatum, Oakland, returns a fumble 104 yds vs Green Bay (rec) - 1972
62. N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colt (44-34) - 1972
63. 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying - 1971
64. Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament - 1971
65. Houston Astros beat San Diego Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings - 1971
66. Soviet Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon - 1970
67. 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati - 1969
68. New York Mets clinch NL East pennant - 1969
69. Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam - 1969
70. Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins - 1969
71. "60 Minutes" premieres on CBS-TV - 1968
72. New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack - 1968
73. "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show - 1968
74. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1968
75. Cards Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals vs Steelers - 1967
76. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational - 1967
77. France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island - 1966
78. Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida and Mexico - 1966
79. Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament - 1965
80. Saudi-Arabian and Egyptian accord about Yemen - 1965
81. Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government - 1965
82. 1st Minuteman II ICBM was tested - 1964
83. "Munsters" premieres on TV - 1964
84. Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd - 1964
85. Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of German DR - 1964
86. Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards - 1963
87. Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and U.S.S.R. limit nuclear testing - 1963
88. KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1962
89. U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss - 1962
90. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open - 1961
91. International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence - 1960
92. USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launches - 1960
93. 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia - 1958
94. Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0 - 1957
95. Eisenhower orders U.S. troops to desegregate Little Rock schools - 1957
96. 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland) - 1956
97. "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances - 1955
98. President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver - 1955
99. Washington Senators lose their 99th and 100th games of season - 1955
100. Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later) - 1954
101. Yanks tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning - 1954
102. Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title - 1953
103. "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway - 1953
104. Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death - 1952
105. Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5 - 1952
106. Industrial estate at Harlow New Town U.K. opens - 1951
107. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1951
108. "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel - 1950
109. Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Washington D.C. - 1948
110. Yanks, Boston and Cleveland are tied for 1st place in AL (91-56) - 1948
111. Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs - 1946
112. Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk - 1943
113. 9 Allied governments pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter - 1941
114. Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev - 1941
115. Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR - 1940
116. Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton - 1940
117. Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles U.S. tennis title - 1938
118. Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam - 1938
119. 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium - 1934
120. Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0 - 1934
121. NY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA - 1932
122. Round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yanks - 1931
123. G Kaufman and M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY - 1930
124. Noel Coward's "Private Lives," premieres in London - 1930
125. Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights - 1930
126. Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in New York in 1st all-instrument flight - 1929
127. Yanks Tom Zachary ends season 12-0 - 1929
128. Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in New York City - 1928
129. NHL's Toronto St. Patricks become Maple Leafs - 1927
130. Yanks set record of 106 victories - 1927
131. Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4 - 1926
132. Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport - 1924
133. Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) - 1923
134. Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky - 1922
135. Roger Hornsby sets NL HR mark at 42 - 1922
136. Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey - 1919
137. Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam - 1916
138. Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1 - 1908
139. St. Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game - 1906
140. V Herbert and H Blossom's musical "Red Mill," premieres in New York City - 1906
141. Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier - 1903
142. Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle - 1903
143. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle" - 1902
144. 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) - 1895
145. President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned - 1890
146. Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder - 1889
147. 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar - 1885
148. Dixey, Rice and Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in New York City - 1884
149. National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky - 1883
150. Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch - 1881
151. Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna - 1872
152. Black Friday; Wall St. panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold - 1869
153. James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF - 1865
154. Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal - 1862
155. 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt) - 1853
156. France annexes Caledonia - 1853
157. Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London - 1853
158. Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight - 1852
159. Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England - 1850
160. 1st baseball team is organized - 1845
161. Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah) - 1841
162. Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law - 1838
163. Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople - 1829
164. Congress creates Post Office - 1789
165. Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court - 1789
166. President George Washington appointed John Jay the 1st Chief Justice - 1789
167. US Attorney General Office is created - 1789
168. 1st St. Leger horesrace held at Doncaster - 1776
169. St. Leger horse race run for 1st time - 1776
170. Faneuil Hall opens to public - 1742
171. 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn - 1732
172. Treaty of Altranstadt: Charles XII of Sweden and August II of Saksen - 1706
173. France declares war on German - 1688
174. King Louis XIV expels all Jews from French possessions in America - 1683
175. Dutch Fort Orange (Albany New York) surrenders to English - 1664
176. 1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland - 1657
177. Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies - 1629
178. Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico - 1625
179. Uprising in Lubeck fails - 1537
180. Columbus' 2nd expedition to New World - 1493
181. 2nd Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor - 0787
182. Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church - 0673
183. Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0366
184. Start of Imperial Indication - 0312
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