1. Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million - 1997
2. Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby, Orbit 9 - 1997
3. Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful - 1997
4. J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game - 1997
5. Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop - 1997
6. NHL approves franchises in Nash, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minn-St. Paul - 1997
7. Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station - 1997
8. Betsy King wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic - 1995
9. Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to HR in 3 consecutive innings - 1995
10. 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina - 1994
11. 105 degrees F (40.5 degrees C) at Albuquerque, New Mexico - 1994
12. 111 degrees F (43.9 degrees C) at El Paso, Texas - 1994
13. Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yanks 11-6 - 1994
14. Gay Games close in New York City - 1994
15. Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns - 1994
16. New York Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame - 1993
17. Parliamentary election in Morocco - 1993
18. Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores - 1992
19. "Les Miserables," opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague - 1992
20. STS 50 launches (Columbia) - 1992
21. Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon - 1991
22. Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia - 1991
23. 120 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona - 1990
24. "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV - 1990
25. NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days - 1990
26. Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known - 1990
27. 1st U.S. postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride - 1989
28. Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship - 1989
29. "Day By Day," last airs on NBC-TV - 1989
30. Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils - 1989
31. 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June - 1988
32. Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game - 1988
33. "Chess" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 68 performances - 1988
34. Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs - 1988
35. Iceland's president Vigdis Finnbogadottir elected (90+%) - 1988
36. Kristen Logan, 17, of Mississippi, crowned America's Junior Miss - 1988
37. Netherlands soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against U.S.S.R.) - 1988
38. Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim - 1987
39. Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud - 1986
40. Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release - 1986
41. Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes, 21 die - 1985
42. Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America - 1984
43. STS 41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem - 1984
44. "Evita" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 1568 performances - 1983
45. India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup - 1983
46. Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m - 1983
47. Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Jr. resigns, replaced by Schultz - 1982
48. Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional - 1981
49. "Fearless Frank" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 12 performances - 1980
50. Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium - 1979
51. "Got Tu Go Disco" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 8 performances - 1979
52. Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires - 1978
53. Pat Bradley wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1978
54. Lyndon Baines Johnson denies report he had a cancer during his presidency - 1977
55. Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time - 1977
56. Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader - 1976
57. Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day) - 1975
58. John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee - 1973
59. Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France - 1973
60. Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m - 1973
61. Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball - 1972
62. Juan Peron elected president of Argentina - 1972
63. Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From" - 1971
64. Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon - 1969
65. Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) - 1968
66. 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special - 1967
67. Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational - 1967
68. KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, California (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
69. Mohammed Ali, Cassius Clay, sentenced to 5 years - 1967
70. Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks - 1966
71. Dmitri Shostakovitch's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad - 1966
72. Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched - 1966
73. Gyula Kallai succeeds Janos Kadar as premier of Hungary - 1965
74. Prince A Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop (NJ) - 1964
75. WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th - 1964
76. Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies - 1963
77. John F. Kennedy speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt - 1963
78. South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested - 1963
79. Inonu Government forms in Turkey - 1962
80. Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms - 1962
81. Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional - 1962
82. Balt and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns - 1961
83. Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) - 1961
84. Earthquake in NE Belgium - 1960
85. Madagascar gains independence of France - 1960
86. "Jonathan Winters Show," last airs on NBC-TV - 1957
87. 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" and "Stockholm" (Cape Cod) - 1956
88. WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1956
89. "Can Can" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 892 performances - 1955
90. "Imogene Coca Show," last airs on NBC-TV - 1955
91. 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours - 1953
92. 86 degrees F in Anchorage Alaska - 1953
93. 34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville - 1952
94. Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election - 1952
95. "Wish You Were Here" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 597 performances - 1952
96. 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities - 1951
97. Israeli airline El Al begins service - 1950
98. Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs - 1950
99. Korean conflict begins; North Korea invades South Korea - 1950
100. U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea - 1950
101. Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) - 1949
102. Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title - 1948
103. Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to U.S.) - 1948
104. 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published - 1947
105. Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello - 1947
106. Tennis shoe introduced - 1947
107. Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas - 1945
108. Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa - 1945
109. British assault at Caen Normandy - 1944
110. Crematory III at Birkenau is finished - 1943
111. Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians - 1943
112. British premier Winston Churchill travels from U.S. to London - 1942
113. British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II) - 1942
114. Gen Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of U.S. forces in Europe - 1942
115. Fair Employment Practices Commission established - 1941
116. Finland declares war on Soviet Union - 1941
117. Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination - 1941
118. Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there - 1941
119. Russian counter attack at Rovno - 1941
120. Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France - 1940
121. "A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1 - 1938
122. Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour - 1938
123. Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit home runs in a game - 1937
124. Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium - 1935
125. Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia (7-61 and 8-43) - 1934
126. New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2, - 1934
127. Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times - 1934
128. 36th U.S. Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 286 at Fresh Meadows NY - 1932
129. Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, vs. England at Lord's - 1932
130. President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam, Hoover Dam - 1929
131. New York Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader - 1928
132. WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout - 1927
133. 61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham - 1926
134. Military putsch under Gen Theodorus Pangulos in Greece - 1925
135. 56th British Golf Open: Jock Hutchison shoots a 296 at St. Andrews - 1921
136. Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 mins Aust vs. Notts - 1921
137. League of Nations places International head of Justice in Hague - 1920
138. 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13) - 1919
139. Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg - 1919
140. Baku-Turkish Communist Party forms - 1918
141. Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov - 1916
142. Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority) - 1913
143. Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes) - 1910
144. George Sargent wins U.S. Open golf tournament - 1909
145. Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation - 1905
146. Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3 - 1903
147. Yanks and White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18 - 1903
148. American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike - 1894
149. Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison - 1888
150. Custer and 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn - 1876
151. Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich) - 1870
152. FL, AL, LA, GA, North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US - 1868
153. President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hr day - 1868
154. 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio - 1867
155. Horse tramway at the Hague, opens - 1864
156. Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines - 1864
157. U.S. General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive - 1863
158. Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days - 1862
159. Western Virginia campaign - 1861
160. 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF) - 1835
161. Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published - 1834
162. U.S. passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens - 1798
163. French troops occupy Charleroi - 1794
164. Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify U.S. constitution - 1788
165. General fast because of drought in MA - 1749
166. Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands - 1716
167. Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden - 1675
168. 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in U.S. held, Sandwich, Mass - 1672
169. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion - 1667
170. Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French and British - 1658
171. Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Oxford - 1646
172. Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in U.S. - 1638
173. Fork introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop - 1630
174. French government army occupies Fort St. Jean d'Angely at La Rochelle - 1621
175. Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia - 1607
176. Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt" - 1606
177. St. Jansday is forbidden - 1606
178. Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published - 1580
179. Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada - 1500
180. Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany - 1298
181. Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV - 1243
182. Peace of Konstanz - 1183
183. 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon - 1178
184. Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors - 1139
185. 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany - 1096
186. Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III - 1080
187. St. Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0253
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