1. 21st du Maurier Golf Classic: Brandie Burton - 1993
2. 93rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris - 1993
3. Actress Elke Sommer (52) weds Wolf Walther (46) - 1993
4. Actress Marlee Matlin (28) weds Kevin Grandalski (28) - 1993
5. Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout and decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error - 1992
6. Largest wrestling crowd out side of U.S. (75,000) at Wembley Stadium - 1992
7. Randy Myers blows his 6th save of the season and it marks the 5th time he's blown a potential win for Greg Harris - 1992
8. John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney - 1991
9. U.S.S.R. suspends Communist Party activities - 1991
10. C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13 - 1990
11. Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq - 1990
12. Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record - 1988
13. U.S.S.R. launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir - 1988
14. Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time - 1987
15. Rosa Mota becomes wins female Rome marathon (2:25:17) - 1987
16. Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s) - 1986
17. Morocco king Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya - 1986
18. Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission - 1985
19. Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation - 1985
20. New York Yankee Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time - 1985
21. 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August - 1982
22. George Brett gets his 1,500th hit - 1982
23. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic - 1982
24. Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" hits #1 - 1982
25. 28th Walker Cup: U.S. wins 15-9 - 1981
26. Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) - 1981
27. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1979
28. Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network - 1979
29. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1978
30. USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York - 1978
31. St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3 - 1977
32. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open - 1976
33. Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky - 1975
34. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1974
35. San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row - 1972
36. Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed) - 1970
37. Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench - 1969
38. KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1969
39. 1st U.S. Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr. Vija Vuskains) - 1968
40. Democratics nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president (Chicago) - 1968
41. Norwegian king Harald V marries Sonja - 1968
42. Final TV episode of "Fugitive" - 1967
43. Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes - 1967
44. Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF) - 1966
45. Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 - 1965
46. Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August - 1965
47. "Funny Thing Happened" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 965 performances - 1964
48. On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) - 1964
49. Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released - 1964
50. Harmon Killebrew (Twins) home runs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH - 1963
51. Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended - 1962
52. U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba - 1962
53. Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack - 1960
54. Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo - 1958
55. George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe) - 1958
56. Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 - 1957
57. Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights - 1957
58. French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis - 1956
59. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens - 1954
60. KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, California (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1953
61. U.S.S.R. explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb - 1953
62. International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52 - 1950
63. U.S.S.R. explodes its 1st atomic bomb - 1949
64. Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier - 1947
65. British liberate Hong Kong from Japan - 1945
66. General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan - 1945
67. 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees - 1944
68. Anti German rebellion in Slovakia - 1944
69. Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany - 1943
70. German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children - 1941
71. 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567) - 1940
72. Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II - 1939
73. Philadelphia A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) - 1937
74. 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450) - 1935
75. International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam - 1932
76. United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops - 1932
77. German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight - 1929
78. After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him - 1925
79. German Republic day accepts Dawes plan - 1924
80. Congress creates U.S. Naval reserve - 1916
81. Gen Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff - 1916
82. Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die - 1916
83. U.S. Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence - 1916
84. Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff - 1916
85. 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught - 1914
86. Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in San Francisco via Panama Canal - 1914
87. Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac - 1914
88. Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government - 1913
89. AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m - 1909
90. World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins - 1909
91. N.Y. gives a ticker tape parade to returning U.S. Olympians from London - 1908
92. Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die - 1906
93. William J. Clothier wins the U.S. Tennis Open - 1906
94. Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville - 1905
95. 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis - 1904
96. Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador - 1896
97. 1st American International pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) - 1889
98. Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey - 1885
99. Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle - 1885
100. Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0 - 1885
101. Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion - 1883
102. Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket" - 1882
103. Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match vs. England (7-46 and 7-44) - 1882
104. William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae - 1864
105. 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins - 1862
106. Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels - 1862
107. Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station) - 1862
108. U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation - 1862
109. Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) - 1854
110. 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win - 1844
111. Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war - 1842
112. Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer - 1831
113. Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed - 1793
114. English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 - 1792
115. Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass - 1786
116. Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester - 1776
117. New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation - 1758
118. England and France meet in war - 1756
119. Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War - 1756
120. Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist - 1742
121. English troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia - 1708
122. Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians - 1708
123. Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam - 1664
124. Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw - 1655
125. English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland - 1640
126. Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese - 1612
127. Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges - 1540
128. Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa - 1533
129. Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohacs - 1526
130. Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII - 1484
131. Treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts - 1475
132. Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV - 1261
133. Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III - 1178
134. Gen Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome - 0284
135. Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs) - 0284
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