1. Europe beats U.S. in Ryder Cup, 14 -13 - 1998
2. 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain - 1997
3. Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic - 1997
4. Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting - 1997
5. St. Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A's) - 1997
6. Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic - 1997
7. 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka - 1996
8. Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear - 1996
9. Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700 - 1996
10. New York Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask - 1996
11. Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump - 1996
12. Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) - 1996
13. Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win - 1995
14. Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS - 1995
15. Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle - 1995
16. Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld vs. W Prov - 1995
17. Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank - 1995
18. "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS - 1994
19. "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line and Oh! Calcutta!) - 1994
20. "Ed Wood" premieres - 1994
21. Ferry boat Estonia capsize and sinks in East Sea, 909 killed - 1994
22. Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL and NL - 1993
23. Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed - 1993
24. Ron Wood releases "Slide On Live" - 1993
25. "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" closes at Paramount Theater New York City - 1992
26. "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV - 1992
27. Oakland A's win AL West title - 1992
28. Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies - 1992
29. "Commish," debuts on ABC-TV - 1991
30. "Good Time" by Ziggy Marley and Melody Makers peaks at #85 - 1991
31. "Love Of A Lifetime" by Firehouse peaks at #5 - 1991
32. New York Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game - 1991
33. "Shiny Happy People" by REM peaks to #10 - 1991
34. U.N. weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq - 1991
35. Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House - 1990
36. Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame - 1990
37. Bronx Museum for Arts opens - 1988
38. Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad) - 1988
39. Los Angeles Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns - 1988
40. Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson on "$10,000 Pyramid" - 1987
41. "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV - 1987
42. Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21 - 1986
43. Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City) - 1986
44. Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds - 1986
45. "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4 - 1985
46. "Every Step Of The Way" by John Waite peaks at #25 - 1985
47. "Freedom" by Wham! peaks at #3 - 1985
48. "Janet" by Commodores peaks at #87 - 1985
49. 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India vs. Aust, New Delhi) - 1984
50. Cleveland Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10 - 1984
51. STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad - 1983
52. 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules - 1982
53. NASA launches Intelsat V - 1982
54. Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City - 1981
55. Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS - 1980
56. "Charlie and Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 17 performances - 1980
57. Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing - 1980
58. Jerilyn Britz wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic - 1980
59. Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shaver in 11 for heavyweight boxing title - 1979
60. Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord - 1978
61. Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa - 1978
62. Syrians and Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon - 1978
63. A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion - 1976
64. Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act - 1976
65. Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1976
66. 5th New York City Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14 - 1975
67. 6th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27 - 1975
68. Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies - 1975
69. Oakland A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Linblad and Rollie Fingers, no-hits California Angels 5-0 - 1975
70. 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy - 1974
71. "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" by Aretha Franklin peaks at #47 - 1974
72. California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minnesota Twin, 4-0 - 1974
73. "I'm A Ramblin' Man" by Waylon Jennings peaks at #75 - 1974
74. John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (New York City) - 1974
75. "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52 - 1974
76. Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople - 1974
77. "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" by James Brown peaks at #31 - 1974
78. "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1 - 1974
79. "Surfin' USA" by Beach Boys reenters chart and peaks at #36 - 1974
80. Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train - 1973
81. David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York Carnegie Hall - 1972
82. Japan and Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations - 1972
83. Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome - 1971
84. Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in U.S. Embassy in - 1971
85. New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music - 1971
86. Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar - 1970
87. Intrepid (U.S.) beats Gretel II (Australia) in 22nd America's Cup - 1970
88. Ringo Starr released his "Beaccups of Blues" album - 1970
89. "Words and Music," debuts on NBC-TV - 1970
90. Joe Kapp (Minnesota Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (52-14) - 1969
91. Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing! - 1969
92. SPD wins West German Parliament elections - 1969
93. Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr - 1968
94. Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship - 1968
95. Beatles' "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks - 1968
96. Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes - 1968
97. "Happy Time" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 286 performances - 1968
98. "Hey Jude" by Beatles peaks at #1 - 1968
99. Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co" - 1968
100. Marisa Danisi of W Germany roller skates record 21,995 miles in 1 hr - 1968
101. "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore New York City for 17 performances - 1968
102. Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, D.C. - 1967
103. Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km - 1965
104. Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines) - 1965
105. Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed - 1965
106. 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2) - 1964
107. Suriname governor A Currie resigns - 1964
108. Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates record 25.78 mph (415 k) for 440 yds - 1963
109. "King Leonardo," cartoon last airs on NBC-TV - 1963
110. "Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys peaks at #15 - 1963
111. "Martian Hop" by The Ran-Dells peaks at #1 - 1963
112. Murray The K, a New York DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio - 1963
113. "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV - 1963
114. "Nick Teen and Al K Hall" by Rolf Harris peaks at #95 - 1963
115. "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts peaks at #2 - 1963
116. "Shari Lewis Show," last airs on NBC-TV - 1963
117. "Surfer Joe" by Surfaris peaks at #62 - 1963
118. "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV - 1963
119. Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched - 1962
120. "Brighter Day," last airs on CBS-TV daytime - 1962
121. "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV - 1962
122. "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV - 1962
123. "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV - 1962
124. "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV - 1962
125. "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV - 1961
126. "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV - 1961
127. "Purlie Victorious," a farce by Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway - 1961
128. Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic - 1961
129. Ted Williams hits a HR on his last at bat - 1961
130. USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m - 1961
131. Walt Disney's movie "Grey Friars Bobby" premieres - 1961
132. "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV - 1960
133. "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1 - 1960
134. "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV - 1960
135. "Sunrise at Campobello" premiered at Palace theater - 1960
136. Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 - 1960
137. Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin - 1959
138. Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth - 1959
139. "Hennesey," debuts on CBS-TV - 1959
140. France adopts constitution - 1958
141. Guinea votes for independence from France - 1958
142. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1958
143. USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's - 1958
144. "Dollar A Second," last airs on NBC-TV - 1957
145. Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels - 1957
146. "Gisele MacKenzie Show," debuts on NBC-TV - 1957
147. "Honeycomb," by Jimmie Rodgers hits #1 - 1957
148. "Johnny Carson Show," TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV - 1956
149. RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records - 1956
150. 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers) - 1955
151. WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, North Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1955
152. "Bob and Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC - 1953
153. Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954 - 1953
154. "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS - 1953
155. KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
156. "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS - 1953
157. Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951; Yanks clinch pennant #18 - 1951
158. Franchot Tone wed Barbara Payton - 1951
159. Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards - 1951
160. Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN - 1950
161. "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis - 1949
162. WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting - 1948
163. Greek king George II back in Athens - 1946
164. Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders - 1945
165. "Mildred Price" starring Joan Crawford opens at Strand - 1945
166. Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci" - 1945
167. 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise) - 1944
168. Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands - 1944
169. Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder) - 1944
170. Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad - 1942
171. NY Americans NHL team folded - 1942
172. Phillies lose club record 111th game - 1941
173. Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg - 1941
174. Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands and attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan - 1940
175. Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns - 1940
176. Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German - 1940
177. Estonia accepts Soviet military bases - 1939
178. Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio - 1939
179. Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender - 1939
180. Clare Boothe's "Boys Goodbye," premieres in New York City - 1938
181. Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming" - 1938
182. Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon) - 1937
183. Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore - 1937
184. Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am) - 1936
185. Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game - 1936
186. Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson - 1933
187. Sally Eilers weds Harry Joe Brown - 1933
188. New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3 - 1932
189. Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan) - 1931
190. Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games - 1930
191. 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-University of Alberta) - 1929
192. 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers) - 1928
193. Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel - 1928
194. New York Yankees clinch pennant #6 - 1928
195. Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler - 1928
196. U.S. acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek - 1928
197. Valentin Katayev's "Kvadratura Kruga," premieres in Moscow - 1928
198. Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed - 1926
199. 2 U.S. Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops - 1924
200. French government names Gen Serrail Governor-General of Syria - 1924
201. Gen Plutarco Calles elected president of Mexico - 1924
202. Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations - 1923
203. Radio Times 1st published - 1923
204. Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4 - 1923
205. Mussolini marches on Rome - 1922
206. 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY - 1921
207. 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal) - 1920
208. Dirk Fock appointed as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies - 1920
209. Fastest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 - 1919
210. Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia - 1915
211. German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I) - 1914
212. "Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000 - 1912
213. SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die - 1912
214. U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 - 1906
215. Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, New York City - 1904
216. Guerrilla's assault unarmed U.S. soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed - 1901
217. Simon Marks and Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester - 1894
218. 1st night football game played (Mansfield Pa) - 1892
219. Carlos I crowned King of Portugal (1889-1908) - 1889
220. Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million - 1887
221. Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route - 1879
222. Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France - 1868
223. Opelousas Massacre at St. Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed) - 1868
224. Toronto becomes capital of Ontario - 1867
225. Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed - 1858
226. U.S. Navy abolishes flogging as punishment - 1850
227. Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston - 1829
228. Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples - 1815
229. Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval - 1787
230. Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) - 1785
231. 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown - 1781
232. Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope - 1767
233. Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin - 1760
234. Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland - 1745
235. Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy - 1708
236. Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher - 1704
237. Divorce legalized in MD - 1701
238. Venetians take Athens from the Turks - 1687
239. "Pilgrim's Progress" published - 1678
240. English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock - 1652
241. Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks - 1621
242. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay - 1542
243. Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish - 1538
244. Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die - 1528
245. Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade - 1521
246. Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII - 1394
247. Guillaum de Grimoard elected as Pope Urban V - 1362
248. Battle of Muhldorf - 1322
249. Battle at Tinchebrai: English King Henry I beats his brother Robert - 1106
250. William the Conqueror troops sail to England - 1066
251. Battle at Mursa: emperor Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius - 0351
252. Constantine II beats emperor Maxentius - 0351
253. Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down - 0235
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