1. Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph) - 1997
2. "ER" is performed live on TV - 1997
3. STS 86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit - 1997
4. WNBA announces it will add Detroit and Washington D.C. franchises - 1997
5. Oliver McCall TKOs Lennox Lewis in 2 for heavyweight boxing title - 1994
6. "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" opens at Paramount New York City - 1992
7. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1992
8. Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ - 1992
9. Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova - 1992
10. Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea) - 1992
11. Sparky Anderson ties Hughie Jennings as Detroit's winningest manager - 1992
12. U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle - 1992
13. "Good and Evil" premieres on ABC TV - 1991
14. Paramount at Madison Square Garden in New York City opens - 1991
15. 1st 8 New York Yankees hit safely vs Baltimore Orioles to tie record - 1990
16. "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Phila - 1990
17. Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title - 1990
18. Saddam Hussein warns that U.S. will repeat Vietnam experience - 1990
19. U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq - 1990
20. Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam - 1989
21. Ronald Harwood's "Another Time," premieres in London - 1989
22. Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits and 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons - 1989
23. Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter and Matt Biondi, swim world record 4x100 m freestyle (3:16.53) - 1988
24. Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s - 1988
25. Kathy Guadagnino wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic - 1988
26. 2nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka - 1987
27. Antonin Scalia appointed to Supreme Court - 1986
28. Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits San Francisco Giants, 2-0 - 1986
29. Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India - 1985
30. Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus - 1985
31. Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season - 1985
32. 1st London performance of musical "Stepping Out" presented - 1984
33. Egypt and Jordan regain diplomatic relations - 1984
34. New York Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as a teen and in 40s - 1984
35. "Quilters" opens at Jack Lawrence Theater New York City for 24 performances - 1984
36. 35th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, Ed Flanders and Shelley Long - 1983
37. Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0 - 1983
38. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1983
39. Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Illinois 31-6 - 1982
40. Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children) - 1982
41. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1982
42. Nolan Ryan's 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0 - 1981
43. Rolling Stones begin their 6th U.S. tour (John F. Kennedy Stadium, Phila) - 1981
44. Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith, and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres - 1980
45. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1980
46. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1980
47. California Angels win their 1st NL West pennant - 1979
48. "Evita" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 1568 performances - 1979
49. PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die - 1978
50. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament - 1977
51. Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park - 1976
52. "Porgy and Bess" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 122 performances - 1976
53. Jackie Wilson, suffers heart attack and lapse into a 9 yr terminal coma - 1975
54. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1974
55. 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days - 1973
56. Mets beat Expos 2-1 on Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium - 1973
57. Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium - 1973
58. Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber - 1972
59. KAVT (now KSMQ) TV channel 15 in Austin, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1972
60. Norway votes to join common market - 1972
61. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open - 1972
62. Ringo releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album - 1970
63. WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
64. 12th LPGA Championship won by Gloria Ehret - 1966
65. Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow - 1966
66. Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1 - 1966
67. 60 year old Satchel Paige of Kansas City A's pitches 3 scoreless innings - 1965
68. Beatle cartoon show begins in U.S. - 1965
69. Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal - 1965
70. "Do I Hear a Waltz?" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 220 performances - 1965
71. Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark - 1964
72. Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia - 1962
73. Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title - 1962
74. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
75. Weatherly (U.S.) beats Gretel (Australia) in 19th running of America's Cup - 1962
76. Yankees clinch AL pennant - 1962
77. KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1961
78. Chubby Checker's "Twist," hits #1 - 1960
79. For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant - 1960
80. New York Yankees clinch AL pennant - 1960
81. Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses - 1960
82. Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley (37) and David Brown (43) wed - 1959
83. 300 U.S. Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark - 1957
84. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia - 1957
85. Soviet 7 year plan (1959-1965) announced - 1957
86. 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada) - 1956
87. Brooklyn Dodger Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0 - 1956
88. Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used - 1956
89. Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ - 1955
90. Patty Berg wins LPGA Clock Golf Open - 1955
91. Francois "Doc" Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election - 1954
92. Indians win AL record 111 games - 1954
93. WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1954
94. Hal Newhouser of Tigers wins his 200th game - 1952
95. 4th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs - 1949
96. Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place - 1949
97. "Heaven on Earth" closes at Century Theater New York City after 12 performances - 1948
98. Russian troops liberate Smolensk - 1943
99. Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years - 1941
100. German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government - 1940
101. Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton - 1940
102. German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs - 1939
103. Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I - 1939
104. Battle of of P'ing-hsin-kuan Wutai Mountain - 1937
105. "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class - 1937
106. Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double - 1936
107. Maxwell Anderson's "Winterset," premieres in New York City - 1935
108. John Van Druten's "Distaff Side," premieres in New York City - 1934
109. Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game - 1934
110. Rainbow (U.S.) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup - 1934
111. 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia - 1933
112. 5th "extermination campaign" against communists in Nanjing China - 1933
113. Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season - 1932
114. Austrian government of Vaugoin forms - 1930
115. Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager - 1930
116. Zoe Akins' "Greeks Had a Word for it," premieres in New York City - 1930
117. Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam - 1929
118. 9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury GC Westbury NY - 1926
119. Canadian government of MacKenzie King forms - 1926
120. Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week - 1926
121. International slavery convention signed by 20 states - 1926
122. NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings - 1926
123. Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament - 1926
124. Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant - 1926
125. Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH - 1924
126. Giants beat St. Louis, to clinch John McGraw's 8th pennant - 1922
127. 34th U.S. Womens Tennis: M B Mallory beats M Zinderstein (63 61) - 1920
128. Vern Bradburn of Winnipeg Victorias kicks 9 singles in a game - 1920
129. President Woodrow Wilson is paralyzed by a stroke - 1919
130. Battle at Loos: 8,246 British and 0 German casualties - 1915
131. French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed - 1911
132. Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park - 1911
133. Italy declares war on Turkey - 1911
134. Hudson-Fulton Celebration opens in N.Y. - 1909
135. Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout - 1908
136. Jean Sibelius' 3rd Symphony, premieres - 1907
137. John Galsworthy's "Silver Box," premieres in London - 1906
138. Charles Follis is 1st black to play pro football - 1904
139. 1st British bus service opens - 1897
140. Congress establishes Yosemite National Park - 1890
141. Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" - 1890
142. Royal Court Theatre, London, opens - 1888
143. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Hound of Baskervilles" - 1888
144. Comedy opera "Dorothy," 1st produced in London - 1886
145. 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester) - 1882
146. Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Washington D.C. - 1867
147. Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tennessee - 1862
148. Secretary of U.S. Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves - 1861
149. Relief of Lucknow by Havelock and Outram begins - 1857
150. US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico - 1846
151. Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international - 1844
152. HMS Beagle anchors at St. Michael - 1836
153. Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar - 1829
154. 12th amendment to U.S. constitution, regulating judicial power - 1804
155. Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify) - 1789
156. Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets - 1781
157. Benedict Arnold joins the British - 1780
158. English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia - 1777
159. American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured - 1775
160. Publick Occurrences, 1st U.S. (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st and last ed - 1690
161. Austrian Fort Neuhausl surrenders to Turkish invasion army - 1663
162. England and Denmark sign trade agreement - 1654
163. 1st printing press in America - 1639
164. Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening - 1639
165. Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV - 1597
166. Spanish king Philip II names Frederik Schenck of Toutenburg, 1st archbishop of Utrecht - 1560
167. Freedom of Religion in Augsburg - 1555
168. Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean - 1513
169. Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to America - 1493
170. Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early - 1492
171. Battle of Nicopolis: Sultan Bajezid I defeats Crusades armies - 1396
172. England and France sign disarmament treaty - 1340
173. Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia) - 1212
174. Battle of Stampford Bridge King Harold Godwinson II of England, beaten by his brother King Harold Hardrada of Norway - 1066
175. Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees - 0955
176. Ratherius becomes bishop of Luik - 0953
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