1. 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym - 1997
2. Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7 - 1997
3. Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil - 1997
4. Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands - 1996
5. Al Unser, Jr. wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph) - 1994
6. Beth Daniel wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1994
7. Great comet-iceball seen above North sea - 1994
8. Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election - 1994
9. "Joseph and the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 223 performances - 1994
10. Patty Sheehan wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game - 1994
11. "Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances - 1994
12. Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany - 1993
13. Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm - 1993
14. New York Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games - 1992
15. White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base - 1992
16. Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I - 1991
17. "Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland NZ - 1991
18. An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56 - 1990
19. Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic - 1990
20. Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49 - 1990
21. Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson - 1990
22. New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson and hire Bud Harrelson - 1990
23. Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record - 1990
24. Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires - 1989
25. Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty - 1989
26. Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season - 1988
27. President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan - 1988
28. Sherri Turner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1988
29. Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains - 1987
30. Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games - 1987
31. "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor - 1987
32. 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia - 1986
33. Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot - 1985
34. Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) and #4 (Joe Cronin) - 1984
35. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1983
36. Yuri Dumchev of U.S.S.R. throws discus a record 71.86 m - 1983
37. "I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses hits #62 - 1982
38. Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war - 1982
39. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1981
40. 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate - 1980
41. Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan, Jr. National Urban League pres - 1980
42. "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 12 performances - 1980
43. J Turners "Juliet and Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in New York City - 1980
44. Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year - 1980
45. Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM - 1979
46. Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres - 1979
47. 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years) - 1978
48. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship - 1978
49. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1978
50. A. J. Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time - 1977
51. Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500 - 1977
52. NBC News and Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio - 1977
53. Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1977
54. Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one - 1977
55. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1977
56. "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29 - 1976
57. Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil - 1976
58. Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster - 1974
59. Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records - 1973
60. Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles, California - 1973
61. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship - 1972
62. Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61 - 1971
63. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (underground) - 1970
64. Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice - 1969
65. Manchester United wins 13rd Europe Cup 1 in London - 1968
66. Truth in Lending Act signed into law - 1968
67. U.N. resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia - 1968
68. Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19 - 1967
69. Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II - 1967
70. Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational - 1966
71. Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium - 1965
72. Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show" - 1962
73. Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1 - 1960
74. Charles de Gaulle forms French government - 1959
75. Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels - 1958
76. Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators - 1957
77. Laos government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns - 1957
78. New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast - 1957
79. Arnold Schonberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres - 1956
80. WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast - 1956
81. Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns - 1955
82. Kirk and Anne Douglas married - 1954
83. Pope Pius X issues holy declaration - 1954
84. Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest - 1953
85. 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles and Suriname ends - 1952
86. 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair - 1951
87. Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC - 1949
88. KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands - 1946
89. U.S. 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa - 1945
90. British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy - 1944
91. Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower) - 1943
92. Meat and cheese rationed in U.S. - 1943
93. Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date - 1942
94. Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec) - 1940
95. Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague Neth - 1940
96. In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France - 1940
97. Hague local museum opens - 1935
98. Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car - 1928
99. Ecuador becomes independent - 1922
100. U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws - 1922
101. Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster - 1919
102. Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington - 1919
103. New York Giants win 17th consecutive road game - 1916
104. Official flag of president of U.S. adopted - 1916
105. U.S. forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924 - 1916
106. Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die - 1914
107. 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break - 1912
108. 1st running of Indianapolis 500 - 1911
109. Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers - 1910
110. Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run - 1909
111. Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania - 1905
112. Dutch State Mine law forms - 1902
113. 25th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4 - 1900
114. Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co - 1900
115. 31st Belmont: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23 - 1897
116. August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna," premieres in Copenhagen - 1889
117. 1st steam cable trams start in highgate - 1884
118. Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect - 1874
119. Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz - 1864
120. Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army - 1861
121. Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time" - 1849
122. Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln - 1849
123. Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte - 1848
124. Wisconsin becomes 30th state - 1848
125. Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution - 1790
126. "Virginia Plan" proposed - 1787
127. Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" - 1765
128. Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres - 1753
129. Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia - 1727
130. South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony - 1721
131. Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France - 1692
132. Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated - 1692
133. Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth - 1660
134. English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp - 1652
135. Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England" - 1630
136. Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea - 1576
137. Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont - 1506
138. Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire - 1453
139. French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated - 1453
140. Council of Konstanz - 1415
141. Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa - 1176
142. Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano - 1167
143. Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II - 1138
144. St. Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0757
145. Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die - 0526
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