1. "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances - 1997
2. "Steel Peer," closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 76 performances - 1997
3. TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant - 1997
4. "Nutty Professor," starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA - 1996
5. New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign - 1995
6. New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges - 1994
7. Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher - 1993
8. Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm - 1993
9. Jacques Lemaire is named New Jersey Devils 8th Head Coach - 1993
10. NCRV shows last "Cheers" in Neth - 1993
11. 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in U.S. (7.4) rock California - 1992
12. Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan - 1992
13. "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 18 performances - 1992
14. Italian government of Amato forms - 1992
15. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International - 1992
16. President Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch - 1992
17. U.S. Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57 - 1992
18. 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards - 1990
19. Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time - 1990
20. Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton - 1988
21. Deb Richard wins LPGA Rochester Golf International - 1987
22. Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden) - 1987
23. "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 177 performances - 1987
24. Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Alabama Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick - 1986
25. Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx - 1985
26. Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3 - 1983
27. NASA launches Galaxy-A - 1983
28. Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William" - 1982
29. 74 government officials die in attack in Iran - 1981
30. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament - 1981
31. "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 165 performances - 1981
32. New York City transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents - 1980
33. OPEC raises oil prices 24 percent - 1979
34. Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected - 1978
35. UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill - 1978
36. Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days - 1977
37. Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers - 1977
38. 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo - 1976
39. Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda - 1976
40. David Bowie releases "Fame" - 1975
41. Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill) - 1975
42. Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia) - 1974
43. Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK - 1974
44. Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected - 1973
45. Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule - 1973
46. Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 home runs and no-hits Reds - 1971
47. Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali - 1971
48. Mary Mills wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open - 1970
49. John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's - 1969
50. Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers - 1968
51. George Harrison is fined 6 pounds for speeding - 1967
52. Israel annexes East Jerusalem - 1967
53. Ernie Terrel beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title - 1966
54. 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson - 1965
55. Princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg announce engagement - 1965
56. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waldemar Golf Open - 1964
57. Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in New York by Malcolm X - 1964
58. Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru - 1963
59. Khrushchev visits East-Berlin - 1963
60. Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands - 1962
61. Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie - 1961
62. 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record) - 1960
63. Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0) - 1959
64. Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden - 1958
65. Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6) - 1958
66. Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron to team - 1957
67. Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters - 1957
68. 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois - 1956
69. Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die - 1956
70. 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record) - 1954
71. 8th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls - 1953
72. "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV - 1951
73. "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances - 1950
74. U.S. and British airlift to West-Berlin begins - 1948
75. "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1 - 1947
76. Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy - 1946
77. Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins - 1946
78. Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets - 1945
79. Col-gen Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj - 1942
80. Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York) - 1942
81. German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev - 1941
82. German troops occupy Galicia Poland - 1941
83. "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio - 1940
84. Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union - 1940
85. Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title - 1939
86. Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper - 1939
87. Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 and 10-0 - 1939
88. Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's - 1938
89. Queen Victoria ascends to British throne - 1938
90. Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673 - 1935
91. Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky - 1935
92. Hitler flies to Essen, Night of Long Knifes - 1934
93. 1st night game in Detroit at newly built Hamtramck Stadium as Negro League Detroit Stars take on Kansas City, Missouri narchs - 1930
94. Alfred E. Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention - 1928
95. Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful) - 1928
96. Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's - 1924
97. Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio and Lorain Ohio, killing 93 - 1924
98. Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th - 1923
99. Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry for state visit to London - 1923
100. Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against New York Yankees - 1919
101. Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence - 1919
102. Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France - 1919
103. 1st flight between Hawaiian Islands - 1918
104. Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam - 1917
105. Raggedy Ann doll invented - 1917
106. Austria invades Siberia, WW I - 1914
107. Joseph Caillaux forms government in France - 1911
108. 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens - 1909
109. Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey - 1907
110. International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam - 1904
111. Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin - 1902
112. U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million - 1902
113. Marquis C de Bonchamps' expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia - 1897
114. El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union - 1895
115. Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday - 1894
116. Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories - 1892
117. Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 - 1887
118. Freedmen's Bank closes - 1874
119. Amsterdam typographer strike - 1869
120. Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, Virginia - 1862
121. Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest - 1861
122. 1st dog show held, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England - 1859
123. Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey - 1838
124. Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns - 1832
125. Tomato is proven non-poisonous - 1820
126. British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina - 1807
127. Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (Gen Washington beats Clinton) - 1778
128. Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots - 1778
129. Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack - 1776
130. Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia - 1770
131. 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston - 1762
132. Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power - 1762
133. Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed - 1748
134. Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden - 1675
135. French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean - 1635
136. Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited - 1629
137. Earl Mauritius conquerors Geertruidenberg - 1593
138. Duke French van Valois returns to France - 1583
139. Spanish troops conquer Buren - 1575
140. Duke van Bourbon occupies Province - 1524
141. King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V - 1519
142. Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Neth - 1485
143. Edward IV crowned king of England - 1461
144. 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens - 1245
145. Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeat French Crusaders - 1119
146. St. Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0767
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