1. Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson - 1997
2. Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs - 1997
3. 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture - 1996
4. Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension - 1996
5. John Tesh's final day as host of "Entertainment Tonight" - 1996
6. Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament - 1993
7. Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1993
8. Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager and 40 year old - 1992
9. New York Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48) - 1992
10. New York Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams - 1992
11. Paul Simon weds Edie Brickell - 1992
12. U.N. votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting - 1992
13. 64th National Spelling Bee: Joanne Lagatta wins spelling antipyretic - 1991
14. Arturo Barrios runs world record one-hour distance (21,096 km) - 1991
15. Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable - 1991
16. 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru - 1990
17. Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56 - 1990
18. Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135 - 1990
19. Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house - 1989
20. Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for heavyweight boxing title - 1987
21. North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video - 1987
22. Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for heavyweight boxing title - 1987
23. West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square - 1987
24. Ariane-2 (ESA) launched - 1986
25. Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500 - 1986
26. France performs nuclear test - 1986
27. Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 1 - 1985
28. Bomb explodes in rebel leader Eden Pastora headquarters in Nicaragua - 1984
29. Liverpool wins 29th Europe Cup 1 in Rome - 1984
30. NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th - 1984
31. AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires - 1983
32. Surrey all out for 14 vs. Essex, their lowest score ever - 1983
33. Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds - 1982
34. "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin New York City after 5 perf - 1982
35. Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1982
36. Spain becomes 16th member of NATO - 1982
37. Bangladesh President Ziaur Rahman is shot by group of rebel officers - 1981
38. Los Angeles Dodgers are quickest to get 1,000,000 attendence (22 games) - 1981
39. "Nightline" extends from 4 nights to 5 nights a week (Friday) - 1981
40. 1st papal visit to France since 1814 - 1980
41. Tiger reliever John Hiller, 37, (who had a 1971 heart attack), retires - 1980
42. Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million - 1980
43. Twins Ken Landreaux ends his hitting streak after 31 games - 1980
44. Nottingham Forrest wins 24th Europe Cup 1 at Munich - 1979
45. Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit beats brother Tom - 1979
46. Percom Data Company Inc release Microdos for Radio Shack's TRS-80 - 1979
47. Ted Coombs begins a 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City - 1979
48. Cleveland Indian Dennis Eckersley no-hits California Angels, 2-0 - 1977
49. 22nd LPGA Championship won by Betty Burfeindt - 1976
50. Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) - 1976
51. European Space Agency, ESA, forms - 1975
52. Wings release "Venus and Mars" album - 1975
53. 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4 - 1974
54. Ajax wins 3rd Europe Cup - 1973
55. 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International airport - 1972
56. 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice - 1971
57. Train crash at Duivendrecht Neth, 5 die - 1971
58. U.S. Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched - 1971
59. Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored - 1971
60. Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans - 1970
61. "Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 80 performances - 1970
62. Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp - 1969
63. Gibraltar adopts constitution - 1969
64. People revolt in Willemstad, Curacao - 1969
65. Beatles begin work on their only double album "Beatles" - 1968
66. President De Gaulle disbands French parliament - 1968
67. University church in Leipzig German DR, blown up - 1968
68. West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law - 1968
69. Biafra declares independence from Nigeria - 1967
70. King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo - 1967
71. Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles - 1967
72. Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball - 1967
73. 300 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam - 1966
74. Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph) - 1966
75. U.S. launches Surveyor 1 to Moon - 1966
76. France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) - 1965
77. Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1965
78. Viet Cong offensive against U.S. base Da Nang, begins - 1965
79. Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama - 1965
80. Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia - 1964
81. Beatles' "Love Me Do," single goes #1 - 1964
82. "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 673 performances - 1964
83. Giants sweep Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game and New York's 22 K's in 2nd games - 1964
84. 69 killed in bus crash (Ahmedabad India) - 1962
85. Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem," premieres - 1962
86. Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die - 1961
87. Maris hits his 10th and 11th of 61 HRs - 1961
88. "First Impressions" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 84 performances - 1959
89. Iraq terminates milt assistance pact with U.S. due to neutrality - 1959
90. "Nervous Set" closes at Henry Miller's Theater New York City after 23 performances - 1959
91. President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua - 1959
92. President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament - 1959
93. World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes England - 1959
94. U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) - 1958
95. Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II and Korean War buried in Arlington - 1958
96. Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid - 1957
97. Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai vs. England at Edgbaston - 1957
98. Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee, Florida - 1956
99. Mickey Mantle misses by 18" hitting 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium - 1956
100. U.S. performs nuclear test at Enwetak (atmospheric tests) - 1956
101. KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, ID (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting - 1955
102. Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government - 1955
103. Tunisia begins domestic self governing - 1955
104. Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs - 1954
105. Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2) - 1954
106. Hector Villa-Lobos' "Odisseia de Uma Raca," premieres - 1954
107. 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 - 1953
108. 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62) - 1953
109. 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64) - 1953
110. Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves - 1952
111. Darius Milhaud's "West Point Suite," premieres - 1952
112. Ezzard Charles beats Joey Maxim in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1951
113. Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open - 1950
114. East Germans constitution approved - 1949
115. NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname - 1949
116. WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1949
117. Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game - 1948
118. Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field - 1946
119. United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die - 1946
120. Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1944
121. French general De Gaulle arrives in Algiers - 1943
122. U.S. troops reconquer Attu Aleutians - 1943
123. 1,047 bombers bomb Cologne in RAF's raid of WW II - 1942
124. Reichsfuhrer Himmler arrives in Prague - 1942
125. Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1 - 1942
126. U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor - 1942
127. 1st anti semitic measures in Serbia - 1941
128. English Army enters Baghdad, chasing pro-German coup government - 1941
129. German capture Kreta - 1941
130. Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium - 1938
131. 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA - 1937
132. 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell's consecutive-game winning streak at 24 - 1937
133. Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die - 1937
134. Pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24th consecutive victory - 1937
135. Police kill 10 strikers at Republic Steel Plant in Chicago - 1937
136. Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies - 1935
137. Patent on invisible glass installation - 1933
138. Yankees dedicate a plaque to Miller Huggins - 1932
139. Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH - 1931
140. Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph) - 1930
141. Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career - 1927
142. British mariners shoot on demonstrators - 1925
143. Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy - 1925
144. Rogers Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Cardinals - 1925
145. Socialist Matteotti falls in Italian parliament by fascists - 1924
146. Howard Hanson's 1st Symphony "Nordic," premieres - 1923
147. Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day - 1922
148. Latvia and Vatican sign accord - 1922
149. Lincoln Memorial dedicated - 1922
150. Lord Dunsany's "If," premieres in London - 1921
151. Memorial to Capt Eddie Grant, killed in WW I, unveiled at Polo Grounds - 1921
152. Salzburg, Austria, votes to join Germany - 1921
153. 1st Balkan War ends, Treaty of London - 1913
154. John McGraw joins Fred Clarke, Cap Anson, Frank Selee, and Connie Mack - 1913
155. New country of Albania, forms - 1913
156. U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua - 1912
157. 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) - 1911
158. 44th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22 - 1910
159. National Conference on the Negro is held - 1909
160. Reuben Siegel laid cornerstone of 1st home in Tel-Aviv - 1909
161. 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved - 1908
162. 42nd Belmont: Joe Notter aboard Colin win - 1908
163. Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System - 1908
164. Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane - 1908
165. U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized - 1908
166. 41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins - 1907
167. 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20 - 1906
168. Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader - 1904
169. 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8 - 1903
170. Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated - 1901
171. Memorial Day 1st observed in U.S. - 1901
172. 24th Preakness: R Clawson aboard Half Time wins in 1:47 - 1899
173. 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (New York City) - 1896
174. W. G. Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days - 1895
175. Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 home runs in 1 baseball game - 1894
176. 1st Dodger home run (Dave Foutz) - 1890
177. Brassier invented - 1889
178. Rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse caused a stampede that kills 12 - 1883
179. 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May - 1879
180. Gilmore Garden (New York City) renamed Madison Square Garden - 1879
181. Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy - 1872
182. Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves - 1868
183. Opera "Die Verkaufte Braut" premieres (Prague) - 1866
184. Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia - 1864
185. Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia - 1864
186. Battle of Booneville, Mississippi - captured Gen Beauregard evacuates Corinth - 1862
187. Battle of Front Royal, Virginia - 1862
188. Hudson's Bay Co rights to Vancouver Island revoked - 1858
189. Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created - 1854
190. 2nd battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians - 1848
191. Mexico ratifies treaty giving U.S.; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million - 1848
192. William G. Young patents ice cream freezer - 1848
193. John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria - 1842
194. Evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31) - 1832
195. House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged) - 1822
196. James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose - 1821
197. 1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication - 1814
198. Napoleon annexes Tuscany and gave it seats in French Senate - 1808
199. Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public - 1793
200. Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes 1st daily newspaper in U.S. - 1783
201. Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire - 1646
202. Emperor Ferdinand II and Saksen sign Peace of Prague - 1635
203. France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau - 1631
204. Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England - 1588
205. Earl Adolf van Nieuwenaar/Meurs becomes viceroy of Gelderland - 1584
206. Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France - 1574
207. Sea battle at Lillo Belgium (Adolf Van Haemstede vs Louis de Boisot) - 1574
208. Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida - 1539
209. English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour - 1536
210. University of Marburg (Germany) founded - 1527
211. French troops driven out of Genoa - 1522
212. Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America - 1498
213. Battle at Lipany - 1434
214. Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by Church - 1416
215. English boer uprising begins in Essex - 1381
216. Burchard becomes bishop of Utrecht - 1100
217. German emperor Henry IV crowns his son Koenraad - 1087
218. Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders - 1035
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