1. Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 56th HR of 1997 - 1997
2. San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases - 1996
3. Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), lands - 1996
4. Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld vs. Western Prov) - 1995
5. "George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr - 1995
6. Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1 - 1995
7. Estonia government of Laar flees - 1994
8. 30th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 15-13 at The Belfry, England - 1993
9. Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning - 1993
10. Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4 - 1993
11. Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic - 1993
12. Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club - 1993
13. 1st time a positional player pitches for New York Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates - 1992
14. Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3 - 1992
15. Nigerian Hercules C-130 crashes at Lagos, 163 die - 1992
16. Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame - 1992
17. Tsuruhiko Kiuchi discovers comet Swift-Tuttle - 1992
18. 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins - 1991
19. Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating - 1990
20. Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia - 1989
21. MPAA creates NC-17 rating for movies with adult themes - 1989
22. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons - 1989
23. Canada's Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test - 1988
24. New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark - 1988
25. Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM - 1988
26. U.S. space shuttle STS-26 launched - 1988
27. Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games - 1987
28. Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season) - 1986
29. RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell) - 1986
30. William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court - 1986
31. Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Libya - 1985
32. 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium - 1984
33. Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit - 1984
34. Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 - 1984
35. Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University - 1984
36. Phila's Juan Samuel sets record for steals by a rookie with his 72nd - 1984
37. President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa - 1984
38. Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal - 1983
39. Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-U.S. winner) - 1983
40. Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 - 1983
41. Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns - 1983
42. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic - 1983
43. St. Louis Card Bob Forsch 2nd no-hitter beats Montreal Expos, 3-0 - 1983
44. "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 5 performances - 1982
45. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic - 1982
46. Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-0 - 1981
47. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1981
48. Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed - 1980
49. Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla" - 1980
50. Soyuz 38 returns to Earth - 1980
51. 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million - 1979
52. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1979
53. NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms - 1978
54. RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service - 1978
55. Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27 - 1977
56. Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate "Skytrain" service, London to NY - 1977
57. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1976
58. Denver's Rick Upchurch returns 2 punts for TDs against Cleveland - 1976
59. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Carlton Golf - 1976
60. Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title - 1976
61. Phillies and New York Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM - 1975
62. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1974
63. Concorde flies from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3h 33m - 1973
64. Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years) - 1973
65. Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors - 1973
66. American Museum of Immigration dedicated - 1972
67. Norway rejects membership in European Common Market - 1972
68. Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season - 1971
69. Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open - 1971
70. WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1971
71. Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open - 1970
72. Beatles release "Abbey Road" album - 1969
73. Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia - 1969
74. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1969
75. 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV - 1968
76. Marcelo Caetano elected premier of Portugal - 1968
77. St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA - 1968
78. Theatre censorship ends in Britain - 1968
79. Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow - 1967
80. "Staten Island," 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay - 1966
81. 11th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie - 1965
82. Minnesota gains its 1st AL pennant by defeating Washington, 2-1 - 1965
83. Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire - 1965
84. Braves (25) and Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn - 1964
85. 1st edition of New York City Review of Books - 1963
86. Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104) - 1962
87. TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS - 1962
88. Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) - 1962
89. "From the Second City" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 87 performances - 1961
90. Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record - 1961
91. 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon and Kennedy took place (Chicago) - 1960
92. Longest speech in United Nations history (4 hrs, 29 mins, by Fidel Castro) - 1960
93. Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st HR (off Jack Fisher) - 1960
94. Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die - 1959
95. Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty - 1959
96. San Francisco Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 - 1959
97. Columbia (U.S.) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup - 1958
98. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1958
99. Bernstein and Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in New York City - 1957
100. Dag Hammarskjold re-elected Secretary-General of UN - 1957
101. Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway - 1957
102. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1957
103. "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances - 1957
104. NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929 - 1955
105. A's defeats Yanks 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Phila - 1954
106. Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die - 1954
107. KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1954
108. KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1954
109. Patty Berg wins LPGA Ardmore Golf Open - 1954
110. Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600 - 1954
111. WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1954
112. WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1954
113. Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop - 1954
114. Billy Hunter is last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game - 1953
115. KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, California (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
116. Polish government fires/imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski - 1953
117. U.S. and Spain sign defense treaty (4 U.S. bases in Spain) - 1953
118. Yanks clinch 4th straight and 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2 - 1952
119. Prof Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris - 1951
120. Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament - 1950
121. Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England - 1950
122. Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year - 1950
123. U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul - 1950
124. Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914 - 1948
125. Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor World Series - 1947
126. 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993 - 1946
127. All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid - 1945
128. British and Polish paratroopers evacuate Oosterbeek (Arnhem) - 1944
129. Soviet forces occupy Estonia - 1944
130. Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev - 1941
131. Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed - 1940
132. Japanese troops attack French Indo-China - 1940
133. German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed) - 1939
134. Hitler issues ultimatum to Czech government, demanding Sudenten Land - 1938
135. British liner Queen Mary is launched - 1934
136. Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City - 1933
137. Earl Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld - 1931
138. John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria - 1929
139. St. James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St. New York City - 1927
140. JB Fagan's "And So to Bed," premieres in London - 1926
141. Shortest double header, Yanks lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yanks had already clinched pennant - 1926
142. 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill - 1925
143. Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead - 1925
144. Stresemann Government ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied - 1923
145. Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7 - 1921
146. U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack - 1919
147. Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I - 1918
148. British assault on Menin-street, France - 1917
149. Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions - 1916
150. Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce - 1914
151. Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussels - 1914
152. Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader - 1908
153. NZ declares independence from UK - 1907
154. Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game - 1906
155. Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in New York City - 1904
156. Earl Grey is named British governor-general of Canada - 1904
157. GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband," premieres in New York City - 1904
158. Boer General Botha captures Fort Itala in Natal - 1901
159. Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana) - 1901
160. Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in New York City - 1898
161. Italian general Oreste Baratieri lands in Massawa, Eritrea - 1895
162. 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ) - 1892
163. Diamond Match Co patented book matches - 1892
164. U.S. stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece - 1890
165. Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone - 1887
166. Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed - 1884
167. 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux) - 1876
168. 1st Grand International Rifle match held - 1874
169. 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club - 1861
170. Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," premieres in Naples - 1835
171. Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City - 1831
172. Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives - 1824
173. Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance - 1815
174. 4th Postmaster General: Samuel Osgood of Mass takes office - 1789
175. Jefferson appointed 1st Sec of State; John Jay 1st chief justice; - 1789
176. Samuel Osgood 1st Postmaster and Edmund J Randolph 1st Attorney Genl - 1789
177. England and France sign trade agreement - 1786
178. British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution - 1777
179. New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine - 1772
180. Denis Diderot's "Le Fils Naturel," premieres in Paris - 1771
181. France, Spain and Sardinia sign anti-German covenant - 1733
182. Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians - 1687
183. Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal - 1680
184. Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft. Casimir from Swedish in Delaware - 1655
185. Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark - 1629
186. Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England - 1580
187. Brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established - 1404
188. Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders - 1396
189. Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey - 1371
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