1. 96th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods - 1996
2. Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic - 1996
3. Andrew Symonds scores 254 Gloucs vs. Glam, world record 16 x 6 - 1995
4. Indians' Jose Mesa fails in save attempt after 38th consecutive saves - 1995
5. Jamie Solinger, of Iowa, crowned 10th Miss Teen USA - 1992
6. 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig - 1991
7. 91st U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Mitch Voges - 1991
8. Carl Lewis rus 100m in 9.86 seconds - 1991
9. Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games - 1991
10. "Getting Married" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 70 performances - 1991
11. Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62) - 1991
12. Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament - 1991
13. Norway and Denmark recognize independence of former U.S.S.R. Baltic reps - 1991
14. Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53) - 1991
15. Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8 ") - 1990
16. U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq - 1990
17. After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps - 1989
18. Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston - 1988
19. Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon - 1988
20. Iran and Iraq begin talks to end their 8 year war - 1988
21. NASA launches space vehicle S-214 - 1988
22. Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42 - 1987
23. A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league HR - 1986
24. Met Dwight Goodin becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d) - 1985
25. Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament - 1985
26. STS 51-I scrubbed at T -9m because of an onboard computer problem - 1985
27. French airship capsizes - 1984
28. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1984
29. Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark - 1983
30. U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign $10 billion grain pact - 1983
31. Jeff Schwartz, sets solo record for trampoline bouncing (266:09) - 1981
32. Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years - 1981
33. Voyager 2's closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km) - 1981
34. "42nd Street" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 3486 performances - 1980
35. Gower Champion's musical "42nd Street," premieres in New York City - 1980
36. Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs - 1980
37. California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2 - 1979
38. "Madwoman of Central Park West" closes at 22 Steps New York City after 86 performances - 1979
39. Somali adopts constitution - 1979
40. Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike - 1978
41. Harm Wiersma becomes world checker champion - 1976
42. Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings - 1976
43. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1974
44. L.A. Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup - 1974
45. Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash - 1973
46. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1973
47. Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings - 1973
48. Zambia adopts constitution - 1973
49. Elton John's 1st U.S. appearance, Los Angeles - 1970
50. Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo) - 1969
51. Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win U.S. singles championship - 1968
52. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies World Series of Golf - 1968
53. New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered - 1968
54. Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - 1967
55. Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1 - 1967
56. Paraguay accepts its constitution - 1967
57. Train crash at Beesd, 2 die - 1967
58. Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression - 1964
59. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ogden Ladies' Golf Open - 1963
60. Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds and his license is suspended for one year for speeding - 1963
61. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1962
62. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
63. Brazilian president Janio Quadros, resigns - 1961
64. 17th summer olympics opens in Rome - 1960
65. AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies - 1960
66. Demonstrations against premier Lumumba - 1960
67. Prince Suvanna Phuma forms government in LAOS, with Pathet Lao - 1957
68. To make room for Enos Slaughter, New York Yanks release Phil Rizzuto - 1956
69. Last Soviet forces leave Austria - 1955
70. Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m) - 1954
71. Det Tiger Virgil Trucks 2nd no-hitter of yr, beats Yankees, 1-0 - 1952
72. Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth - 1952
73. Cleveland Indians win 16th straight home game - 1951
74. President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike - 1950
75. Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title - 1950
76. Bradman scores 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's - 1948
77. Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph - 1947
78. 28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland GC Portland Ore - 1946
79. Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine - 1945
80. France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame - 1944
81. Gen De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elysees Paris - 1944
82. Paris liberated from Nazi occupation, Freedom Tuesday - 1944
83. U.S. 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes - 1944
84. 10th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 27, Washington 7 (48,471) - 1943
85. German occupiers impose 72-hour work week - 1943
86. Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia - 1943
87. Red Army under Gen Vatutin recaptures Achtyrka - 1943
88. U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WW II - 1943
89. SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht Neth - 1942
90. English and Russian troops attack pro-German Iran - 1941
91. German troops conquer Nowgorod, Leningrad - 1941
92. 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin) - 1940
93. 1st parachute wedding - 1940
94. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union - 1940
95. Japanese fleet blockades Chinese coast - 1937
96. 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each - 1936
97. Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight - 1932
98. Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage - 1929
99. Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina and Winnipeg - 1928
100. Pavlos Koundouris becomes president of Greece - 1926
101. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem New York) - 1925
102. Last Belgian troops vacate Duisburg - 1925
103. International maritime treaty drawn - 1924
104. Washington Senator Walter Johnson 2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 inn - 1924
105. Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game - 1922
106. U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany - 1921
107. Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record - 1921
108. 1st U.S. woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey) - 1920
109. 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London) - 1919
110. 37th U.S. Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) - 1917
111. Department of Interior forms National Park Service - 1916
112. Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage - 1915
113. Belgian offensive at Antwerp - 1914
114. Belgium: German army begins 6 week plundering of Leuven Belgium - 1914
115. German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan - 1914
116. German Zeppelins bomb Antwerp Belgium, 10 die - 1914
117. 1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin - 1912
118. Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia - 1912
119. 30th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61) - 1910
120. Allen Winter wins U.S. 1st $50,000 trotting race - 1908
121. National Association of Colored Nurses, forms - 1908
122. James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title - 1904
123. Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed - 1894
124. Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout - 1890
125. 8th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum, Jr. beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60) - 1888
126. 1st International polo meet, U.S. vs England - 1886
127. Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel, 21h 45m - 1875
128. Combination rail and ferry service available from San Francisco to Alameda - 1864
129. Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station - 1864
130. Secretary of War authorizes Gen Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves - 1862
131. N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel - 1835
132. Belgium revolts against Netherlands - 1830
133. President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses - 1829
134. Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) - 1825
135. British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books - 1814
136. Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England) - 1804
137. Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France - 1802
138. Curacao slaves opponents returns to St. Christopher - 1795
139. Capt James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean - 1768
140. Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russians: 1000s killed - 1758
141. Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found - 1718
142. Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet - 1704
143. Czar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through West-Europe - 1698
144. Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French - 1689
145. Montreal taken by Iroquois - 1689
146. Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia - 1628
147. Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers - 1609
148. Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal - 1580
149. Iconoclastic fury begins in Dutch province Utrecht - 1566
150. Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River - 1540
151. Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians - 1499
152. Battle at Bosworth Fields: Henry Tudor beats king Richard III - 1485
153. Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail - 1425
154. AntiPope Nicolaas V overthrows himself - 1330
155. Children's cruisaders under Nicolas (10) reach Genoa - 1212
156. Battle at Straatsburg: Julianus beats Alamannen, Chonodomarius caught - 0357
157. Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity - 0325
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