1. Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis - 1997
2. Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight - 1997
3. Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28 - 1997
4. Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mt Everest for 3rd time - 1997
5. Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1995
6. Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game - 1995
7. Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people - 1995
8. "Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 454 performances - 1995
9. Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941 - 1995
10. White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium - 1995
11. "Cafe American," last airs on NBC-TV - 1994
12. Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054) - 1994
13. 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror - 1993
14. Polish government of Suchocka falls - 1993
15. 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum - 1992
16. Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa - 1991
17. Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia - 1990
18. Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV - 1990
19. Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica - 1990
20. Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands) - 1990
21. Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1989
22. Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) - 1989
23. Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500 - 1989
24. Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG) - 1988
25. 60th National Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci - 1987
26. Mathias Rust, 19, W. German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in U.S.S.R. - 1987
27. Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot - 1987
28. Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta - 1987
29. Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn - 1987
30. Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed - 1987
31. Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados - 1986
32. White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces - 1986
33. David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon - 1985
34. Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G - 1985
35. Hamburger ZV wins 28th Europe Cup 1 in Athens - 1983
36. "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63 - 1983
37. Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight - 1982
38. Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain - 1982
39. 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning - 1980
40. Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5" - 1980
41. Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid - 1980
42. European Market accepts Greece as member - 1979
43. Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times - 1978
44. 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky - 1977
45. Bayern Munchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 in Paris - 1975
46. Soyuz 18 launches - 1975
47. 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore win - 1974
48. Emmy 1st Daytime Award presentation - 1974
49. Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed - 1974
50. "Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 1859 performances - 1974
51. Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in New York City - 1974
52. Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26) - 1973
53. White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate - 1972
54. Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" - 1971
55. U.S.S.R. Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars - 1971
56. A. C. Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid - 1969
57. AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions - 1968
58. NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise - 1968
59. Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon - 1968
60. Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert - 1967
61. Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip - 1967
62. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1967
63. "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34 - 1966
64. Dmitri Shostakovitch's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad - 1966
65. Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400 - 1965
66. Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet - 1964
67. Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli - 1964
68. Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem - 1964
69. Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit - 1964
70. Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed - 1963
71. Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) - 1963
72. Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st PM of Kenya - 1963
73. Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York - 1962
74. U.S. stock market drops $20.8 billion in 1 day - 1962
75. Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio - 1962
76. Amnesty International founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977) - 1961
77. Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) - 1961
78. Record 27 home runs hit in 7 AL games - 1961
79. "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 95 performances - 1960
80. Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts - 1959
81. Johnson and Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters," premieres in London - 1959
82. Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission - 1959
83. French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle - 1958
84. Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open - 1958
85. NL approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast - 1957
86. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1957
87. WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1957
88. Dale Long becomes 1st to hit home runs in 8 straight games - 1956
89. Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus - 1956
90. 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6 - 1955
91. Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500 - 1955
92. Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open - 1955
93. Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody" - 1953
94. After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st HR - 1951
95. Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's asst of Utrecht - 1951
96. Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV - 1951
97. Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run - 1951
98. Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement - 1948
99. 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1) - 1946
100. British militia reaches Tito - 1943
101. 1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich - 1942
102. 1st night game at Washington D.C., Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5) - 1941
103. British army begins evacuation of Kreta - 1941
104. New York Yankees nip Washington Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium - 1941
105. Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up - 1940
106. British-French troops capture Narvik Norway - 1940
107. Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in New York City - 1940
108. Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid - 1938
109. Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zurich - 1938
110. Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic - 1937
111. Neville Chamberlain becomes PM of England - 1937
112. Bradman gets 160 Aust vs. Middlesex, 124 mins, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5 - 1934
113. Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days - 1934
114. Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas) - 1932
115. Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of NZ - 1930
116. 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (New York City) - 1929
117. Dodge Brothers Inc. and Chrysler Corp. merged - 1928
118. Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days - 1927
119. Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal - 1926
120. U.S. Customs Court created by congress - 1926
121. Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere - 1923
122. U.S. unemployment has nearly ended - 1923
123. Armenia declares it's Independence - 1919
124. Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent - 1918
125. John B. Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll - 1915
126. Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust vs. South Africa - 1912
127. Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held - 1907
128. Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in New York City - 1906
129. 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2 - 1904
130. 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2 - 1901
131. Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous) - 1901
132. Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) - 1900
133. Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand - 1900
134. Solar eclipse occurs - 1900
135. Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern - 1894
136. Sierra Club forms by John Muir for conservation of nature - 1892
137. 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40 - 1880
138. 3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43 - 1875
139. Paris communards revolt put down - 1871
140. Dutch government of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms - 1866
141. 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War - 1863
142. Dion Boucicault's "Foul Play," premieres in London - 1858
143. Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention - 1851
144. Princess WFLC Marianne and Albrecht of Prussia separate - 1849
145. Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed - 1845
146. Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie - 1830
147. 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched - 1818
148. 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) - 1774
149. George Washington defeats French and indians at Ft. Duquesne (Pitts) - 1754
150. 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) - 1742
151. Spain and Bavaria sign treaty - 1741
152. All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated - 1731
153. German Parliament declares war on France - 1674
154. 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston) - 1664
155. Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid - 1635
156. Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna," premieres in Mantua - 1608
157. Hernando de Soto lands in Florida - 1539
158. England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage - 1533
159. Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V - 1521
160. Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising - 1358
161. 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia - 1349
162. Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet - 1156
163. German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis" - 1037
164. Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638) - 0640
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