1. 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain - 1997
2. Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes - 1997
3. Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex - 1996
4. Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson - 1995
5. Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 and 157 - 1995
6. 1st Japanese gay pride parade - 1994
7. 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause - 1994
8. 94th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods - 1994
9. Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed - 1993
10. Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed - 1993
11. Long Beach, California beats Panama for little league world championship - 1993
12. Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president - 1993
13. Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo - 1992
14. Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die - 1991
15. Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher - 1991
16. Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively - 1990
17. Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov - 1990
18. 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners - 1989
19. Frank Viola and Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and Dodgers 1-0 - 1989
20. 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years and Richard Kiley - 1988
21. 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany - 1988
22. 88th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks - 1988
23. Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50 - 1988
24. Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open - 1988
25. Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship - 1988
26. Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs - 1987
27. Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege - 1986
28. Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium - 1986
29. Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood - 1986
30. U.S. Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying - 1986
31. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1984
32. Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park - 1983
33. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation - 1983
34. Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour - 1983
35. "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 41 performances - 1983
36. Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic - 1983
37. "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 1208 performances - 1982
38. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1982
39. John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan - 1981
40. National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men - 1981
41. Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken) - 1981
42. IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market - 1979
43. Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die - 1979
44. Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph - 1978
45. Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran - 1978
46. Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic - 1977
47. N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship - 1977
48. New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0 - 1977
49. Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year - 1977
50. N.Y. Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup - 1976
51. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1976
52. Soyuz 15 returns to Earth - 1974
53. 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 - 1973
54. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1973
55. India and Pakistan sign POW accord - 1973
56. "Monster Mash" goes gold - 1973
57. "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold - 1973
58. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1973
59. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1972
60. Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970 - 1970
61. Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem National Conven - 1968
62. Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng - 1967
63. Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus - 1967
64. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic - 1966
65. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1964
66. U.S. weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched - 1964
67. WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland - 1964
68. 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, D.C. - 1963
69. Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens - 1963
70. Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial - 1963
71. 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana, state record - 1962
72. Dr. Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid - 1962
73. Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" - 1962
74. White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time - 1960
75. Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98) - 1958
76. Sen Strom Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill - 1957
77. England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series - 1956
78. 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 - 1955
79. Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament - 1955
80. "Me and Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 358 performances - 1953
81. German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments - 1952
82. Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister - 1952
83. Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 - 1951
84. Pirates snap New York Giants 16 game win streak - 1951
85. Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr - 1950
86. 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) - 1949
87. Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York - 1949
88. Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared - 1944
89. U.S. air raid on Ambon - 1944
90. Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers - 1943
91. Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso - 1943
92. 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100) - 1942
93. Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2) - 1942
94. Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1942
95. 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203) - 1941
96. Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d'Estienne d'Orves - 1941
97. French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle - 1940
98. "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division - 1939
99. Netherland mobilizes - 1939
100. Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres - 1939
101. Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria - 1938
102. Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy - 1938
103. On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader - 1938
104. Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred - 1929
105. Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox) - 1926
106. Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island - 1925
107. 1st Walker Cup: U.S. beats England 8-4 - 1922
108. Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in New York City - 1922
109. WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins) - 1922
110. 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels and Paris) - 1921
111. Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games - 1921
112. 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights - 1920
113. General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa - 1919
114. Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly - 1918
115. 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House - 1917
116. Germany declares war on Romania - 1916
117. Italy declares war against Germany during WW I - 1916
118. 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles - 1914
119. Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed - 1914
120. John French evacuate Amiens - 1914
121. Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague) - 1913
122. 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record) - 1911
123. 14th U.S. Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass - 1908
124. United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle - 1907
125. 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota - 1884
126. Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces - 1884
127. Slavery banned throughout British Empire - 1883
128. Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz - 1879
129. U.S. occupies Midway Islands in Pacific - 1867
130. Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA - 1862
131. Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C. - 1862
132. Battle of Fort Hatteras NC - 1861
133. Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany - 1850
134. Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence - 1849
135. 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails - 1840
136. Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce - 1837
137. 1st locomotive in U.S., "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill - 1830
138. Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus - 1789
139. New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service - 1655
140. WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa - 1637
141. Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe - 1632
142. Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor - 1619
143. Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay - 1609
144. Oldest city in the U.S., St. Augustine Fla, established - 1565
145. Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade - 1521
146. German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia - 0476
147. West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted - 0476
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