1. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM - 1997
2. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM - 1997
3. Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000 - 1996
4. Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic - 1996
5. Soyuz TM-24, lands - 1996
6. Actor Charlie Sheen (30th birthday) marries Donna Peele (25) - 1995
7. Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title - 1995
8. Southern California begins using new area code 562 - 1995
9. Miguel Indurain bicycles world record time (53,040 km) - 1994
10. 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins - 1993
11. Central African Republic ex-emperor Bokassa freed - 1993
12. Day of Peace in South Africa - 1993
13. Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die - 1992
14. U.S. dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record) - 1992
15. Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657 - 1991
16. Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic - 1991
17. U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - 1991
18. "Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 188 performances - 1990
19. Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St. Zen Center, SF - 1990
20. Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst - 1989
21. Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley - 1988
22. Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan - 1987
23. Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season - 1987
24. Philips introduces CD-video - 1987
25. West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia - 1987
26. Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi - 1986
27. Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic - 1985
28. Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000 - 1985
29. "Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 362 performances - 1984
30. Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM - 1983
31. Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down - 1982
32. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1981
33. John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's - 1980
34. 79th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara - 1979
35. "I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 108 performances - 1979
36. George Harrison marries Olivia - 1978
37. Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine) - 1978
38. Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man - 1978
39. John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston - 1978
40. Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years - 1978
41. Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon - 1974
42. Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act - 1974
43. Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers - 1973
44. Netherlands wins hockey world's championship - 1973
45. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic - 1973
46. Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 1-0 - 1972
47. Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec) - 1972
48. Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well) - 1972
49. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1972
50. Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer - 1971
51. Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st U.S. Open tennis matches - 1971
52. New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business - 1971
53. 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death) - 1970
54. New York Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated - 1969
55. Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season - 1969
56. Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon - 1968
57. KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
58. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf - 1966
59. Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons) - 1965
60. Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends - 1965
61. Indonesian paratroopers lands in Malaysia - 1964
62. Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal - 1964
63. Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS - 1963
64. CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes - 1963
65. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament - 1963
66. Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place - 1962
67. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
68. Tamara and Irina Press (U.S.S.R.) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold - 1960
69. William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres - 1960
70. U.S. President Eisenhower arrives in Paris - 1959
71. Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island - 1958
72. Henry Verwoerd appointed PM of South Africa - 1958
73. KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1958
74. Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium - 1958
75. National Defense Education Act was signed - 1958
76. 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die - 1957
77. Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game - 1957
78. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1957
79. Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) - 1956
80. Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings - 1956
81. Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service - 1956
82. KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, California (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1955
83. Hurricane Edna batters NE U.S., killing 20 - 1954
84. WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1954
85. Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery - 1952
86. Australia, NZ and U.S. sign ANZUS-pact - 1951
87. Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) - 1949
88. Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager - 1946
89. Nehru forms government in India - 1946
90. 59th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64) - 1945
91. Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) - 1945
92. V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends) - 1945
93. Belgium's Emissie bank closes - 1944
94. During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane - 1944
95. Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz - 1944
96. U.S. leaders meet in Belgium - 1944
97. German troops enter Stalingrad - 1942
98. Academy copyrights Oscar statuette - 1941
99. 23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa - 1940
100. Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated - 1940
101. U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act - 1937
102. 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight - 1936
103. A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423 - 1935
104. 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hrs) - 1930
105. Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union and Lever Bros - 1929
106. WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network - 1929
107. Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers - 1927
108. Italy signs treaty with Yemen - 1926
109. 44th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62) - 1924
110. Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in New York City - 1924
111. President Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem - 1922
112. W Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez," premieres in London - 1920
113. Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago - 1919
114. Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation - 1919
115. National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series - 1919
116. Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by Admiral Tirpitz) - 1917
117. Gen von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux - 1914
118. Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas - 1913
119. Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government - 1911
120. English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill - 1909
121. Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title - 1908
122. VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" - 1901
123. Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins - 1900
124. Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain - 1898
125. Machine gun 1st used in battle - 1898
126. Amsterdam Municipal theater opens - 1894
127. Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die - 1894
128. Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies - 1870
129. 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem Neth - 1867
130. Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta - 1864
131. Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii - 1859
132. Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam - 1839
133. A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500 - 1806
134. Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated - 1796
135. Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them - 1792
136. U.S. Treasury Department established by Congress - 1789
137. Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies - 1752
138. Last Julian calender day in U.S. and England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th) - 1752
139. England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms - 1743
140. Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome - 1732
141. Habsburgse armies occupy Buda on Turks - 1686
142. Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses and kills 8 - 1666
143. Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 - 1666
144. Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders - 1644
145. King Christian III publishes "Ordinance on the Danish Church" - 1537
146. 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico - 1519
147. Sultan Saladin and king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire - 1192
148. Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines - 0911
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