1. Galileo, Ganymede Observations, Orbit 9 - 1997
2. Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law - 1997
3. Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban - 1997
4. Gunmen ambush Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed - 1995
5. 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Denver Colorado - 1994
6. 107 degrees F (41.6 degrees C) at Albuquerque New Mexico - 1994
7. 112 degrees F (44.4 degrees C) at El Paso Texas - 1994
8. 122 degrees F (50 degrees C) at Laughlin Nevada - 1994
9. 126 degrees F (52.2 degrees C) in Death Valley California - 1994
10. Actor Brandon Cruz (32) weds Elizabeth Finkelstein (26) - 1994
11. Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives) - 1994
12. "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 73 performances - 1994
13. Donna Andrews wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic - 1994
14. Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader - 1994
15. "Medea" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 82 performances - 1994
16. PLO-leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years - 1994
17. U.S. loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup - 1994
18. Actress Julia Roberts and country singer Lyle Lovett wed - 1993
19. Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad - 1993
20. "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV - 1993
21. New York Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs - 1993
22. Rebecca Jones, of Georgia, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss - 1993
23. India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh - 1992
24. New York City's MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 - 1992
25. Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports - 1992
26. Amy Elizabeth Goodman, of California, crowned America's Junior Miss - 1991
27. ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress - 1991
28. Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick - 1991
29. "Getting Married" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 70 performances - 1991
30. 122 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona - 1990
31. 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad - 1990
32. New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall - 1990
33. Canada updates coins with a new potrait of the Queen - 1989
34. Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time - 1989
35. Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship - 1988
36. Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd and win 12-11 in 10 inn - 1987
37. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement - 1987
38. South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested - 1986
39. 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4 - 1984
40. Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last" - 1984
41. Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Rochester Golf International - 1983
42. "Show Boat" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 73 performances - 1983
43. Carlos Lopes runs Europe record 10k (27:34.39) - 1982
44. Marie Osmond marries Steve Craig - 1982
45. U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces - 1982
46. "For Your Eyes Only" premieres in U.S. - 1981
47. Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final - 1979
48. Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes and kills a driver - 1979
49. Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France - 1978
50. First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched - 1978
51. 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia Tenn - 1977
52. Debbie Austin wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic - 1977
53. Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career - 1977
54. WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball - 1976
55. Cher divorces Sonny Bono - 1975
56. Indian PM Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency - 1975
57. Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) - 1974
58. London production of "Grease" premieres - 1973
59. Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng - 1972
60. IRA proclaims resistant in North-Ireland - 1972
61. Angels suspend Alex Johnson (after 5 benchings and 29 fines) - 1971
62. "Man of La Mancha" closes at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City after 2329 performances - 1971
63. Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2 - 1970
64. Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions - 1968
65. Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US - 1968
66. Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals - 1967
67. Carol Mann wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational - 1966
68. Kanton Bazel leads female suffrage in Switzerland - 1966
69. "Time for Singing" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 41 performances - 1966
70. Wallon party forms in Belgium - 1965
71. Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album - 1964
72. Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine - 1964
73. Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo - 1964
74. Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian government - 1963
75. Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns commercial TV - 1963
76. Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) - 1963
77. Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill - 1962
78. Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0 - 1962
79. WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1962
80. British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain - 1960
81. Hall of Fame allows veteran committee to vote annually - 1960
82. Italian Somaliland declares independence from Italian-administration - 1960
83. Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France - 1960
84. Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title - 1959
85. Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St. Lawrence Seaway - 1959
86. Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium - 1958
87. Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated - 1958
88. Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) - 1958
89. Actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lavallade - 1955
90. Freedom Charter signed in South-Africa - 1955
91. Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open - 1955
92. Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4 - 1954
93. KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, Texas (CBS) 1st broadcast - 1953
94. Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested - 1953
95. Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) - 1952
96. Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew - 1952
97. President Gottwald of Czech confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence - 1950
98. 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) - 1949
99. U.S. denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin - 1948
100. Dutch Nazi collaborator Arnold Meijer sentenced to 5 years - 1946
101. Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny - 1946
102. England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs - 1945
103. U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in SF - 1945
104. 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line - 1944
105. Yanks, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yanks-1 and Giants-0 - 1944
106. German assault on British at Mersa Matruh - 1942
107. Finland enters WW II against Russia - 1941
108. Lithuanian fascist massacre 2,300 Jews in Kovno - 1941
109. End of U.S.S.R. experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 - 1940
110. Cincinnati Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader - 1938
111. Test cricket debut of Len Hutton vs. NZ at Lord's, scores 0 and 1 - 1937
112. 1st flight of Fw61 helicopter - 1936
113. Everett Marshall beats Ali Baba in Columbus, to become wrestling champ - 1936
114. Andrew Sandham's 100th FC hundred, 103 vs. Hants - 1935
115. Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader - 1935
116. SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam - 1935
117. Work service for recent graduate obligatory in Germany - 1935
118. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions - 1934
119. Germany and Poland sign no-attack treaty - 1934
120. W. E. B. Du Bois resigns position at NAACP - 1934
121. ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union) - 1929
122. Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth - 1927
123. After 8 years of occupation, U.S. troops leave Dominican Republic - 1924
124. Ziegfeld Follies opens on Broadway - 1924
125. N.Y. Daily News begins publishing - 1919
126. 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I - 1917
127. Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game) - 1916
128. Germany suppresses its "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace - 1915
129. Gustav Mahlers 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna - 1912
130. Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph, 133 kph - 1911
131. 24th U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62) - 1910
132. Hazel Hotchkiss wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship - 1910
133. 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach (60 61) - 1909
134. Victoria and Albert Museum opens in London - 1909
135. Bolsheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis - 1907
136. Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France) - 1906
137. Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII - 1902
138. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Garidebs" - 1902
139. Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever - 1900
140. 1st movie theater in U.S. opens, charging 10 cents for admission - 1896
141. Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto - 1894
142. Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt - 1879
143. 1st section of Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk opens - 1870
144. Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premieres in Munich - 1870
145. Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia - 1862
146. Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville Virginia (Meadow Bridge) - 1862
147. U.S. Army of Virginia established under Gen John Pope - 1862
148. 62 receive Victoria Cross - 1857
149. Cawnpore England massacre - 1857
150. 1st pure food law enacted in U.S. - 1848
151. U.S. President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City - 1844
152. Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony - 1843
153. Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die - 1807
154. Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! - 1797
155. Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army - 1794
156. Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America - 1721
157. Spain and Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement - 1714
158. Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde - 1630
159. Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter - 1553
160. Toothbrush invented - 1498
161. Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III - 1483
162. Richard III usurps English throne - 1483
163. Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V - 1409
164. Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) - 1284
165. St. Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0684
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