1. Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down02930301 - 1998
2. Leap Second to synchronize atomic clocks - 1997
3. "Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater New York City after 77 performances - 1996
4. Caroline Frolic, Miss Ontario, crowned Miss Renaissance USA - 1996
5. Dottie Pepper wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic - 1996
6. "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 308 performances - 1996
7. "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances - 1996
8. Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits - 1995
9. Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France, 7 killed - 1994
10. Giants outfielder Darren Lewis errors after record 392 flawless games - 1994
11. Pre-trial hearings open in LA against OJ Simpson - 1994
12. U.S. Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life - 1994
13. "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin - 1993
14. Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field - 1993
15. 1st pay bathrooms in U.S. open: 25 cents, New York City - 1992
16. Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye - 1992
17. Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines - 1992
18. Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s) - 1992
19. 37th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Meg Mallon - 1991
20. East and West Germany merge their economies - 1990
21. Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK - 1989
22. Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl - 1989
23. "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Muzyczyny, Gdynia - 1989
24. N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill - 1989
25. NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile and Guam - 1989
26. Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup - 1989
27. Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason - 1988
28. Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla - 1988
29. "Sledge Hammer!" last aires on ABC-TV - 1988
30. Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time - 1987
31. Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump - 1987
32. Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) - 1986
33. 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut - 1985
34. Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1985
35. "King and I" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 191 performances - 1985
36. Los Angeles Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 home runs in June - 1985
37. Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia - 1984
38. Last sixpence minted in Great-Britain (in use since 1551) - 1984
39. Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Mich Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds - 1984
40. Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification - 1982
41. "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander New York City after 333 performances - 1982
42. New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans - 1982
43. Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale - 1982
44. China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy - 1981
45. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow - 1980
46. "Got To Go Disco" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 8 performances - 1979
47. Johnny Rotten and Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury - 1979
48. English prince Michael marries baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz - 1978
49. Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs - 1978
50. Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox - 1978
51. Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52" - 1977
52. Marvel Comics publish "Kiss book" tributing rock group Kiss - 1977
53. U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C. - 1977
54. Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive home runs in Toronto - 1977
55. John Walker of NZ sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4 - 1976
56. Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman - 1975
57. Heavyweight Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner in Malaysia - 1975
58. University of California reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance - 1975
59. 2nd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Carole Jo Skala - 1974
60. Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester New York) - 1974
61. Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west - 1974
62. Biggest U.S. tanker "Brooklyn" christened (230,000 ton) - 1973
63. "Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour," TV Variety; debut on ABC - 1973
64. Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse - 1973
65. 1st leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 - 1972
66. Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant - 1972
67. Biesheuvel government forms - 1971
68. Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment - 1971
69. Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City - 1970
70. Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2 - 1970
71. Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34 - 1969
72. Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco - 1969
73. E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution" - 1968
74. Gaullists win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 chairs - 1968
75. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open - 1968
76. Maj Robert H Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut - 1967
77. Moise Tsjombe kidnapped to Algeria - 1967
78. Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th position since joining Phils - 1967
79. Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour - 1966
80. Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa - 1966
81. Richath Helms, promoted from deputy director to 8th director of CIA - 1966
82. Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, vs. WI Trent Bridge, wicketless - 1966
83. Vice Adm William F Raborn Jr, USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA - 1966
84. NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise - 1965
85. Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit - 1964
86. Last United Nations troops leave Congo - 1964
87. Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church - 1963
88. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Carvel Ladies Golf Open - 1963
89. 17th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Murle Lindstrom - 1962
90. French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria - 1962
91. Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits New York Mets, 5-0 - 1962
92. Premier Ben Khedda disbands Algerian Liberation Army fighters - 1962
93. Rwanda and Burundi become independent - 1962
94. Buddy Rogers beats Pat O'Conner in Chicago, to become NWA champ - 1961
95. Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit - 1961
96. U.S. stops sugar import from Cuba - 1960
97. Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium - 1960
98. During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time - 1959
99. Dutch Government of Drees ends obligatory dismissal of married teachers - 1958
100. "No Chemise, Please" by Gerry Grenahan peaks at #24 - 1958
101. Lenins politics testament (1923) published in Moscow - 1956
102. "Pipe Dream" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 245 performances - 1956
103. "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 21 performances - 1956
104. United DC-7 and TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 - 1956
105. "Johnny Carson Show," debuts on CBS-TV - 1955
106. Largest check: Internal U.S. Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57 - 1954
107. Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor - 1954
108. 1st Corvette manufactured - 1953
109. "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV - 1952
110. Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government - 1952
111. NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination - 1951
112. "Victor Borge Show," last airs on NBC-TV - 1951
113. U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops - 1950
114. Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta - 1949
115. Cleveland Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 - 1948
116. Last British armies leave Israel - 1948
117. Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced, Bell Labs - 1948
118. 17-day newspaper strike in New York begins - 1945
119. Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea - 1944
120. French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands - 1944
121. Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen - 1944
122. General MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel, island-hopping - 1943
123. 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month - 1942
124. Col-gen Von Paul' 6th Army enters Ukraine - 1942
125. U.S. bombs Celebes and Timor - 1942
126. U.S. Mint in New Orleans ceases operation - 1942
127. 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month - 1941
128. Pro-nazi group declares Ukraine independence - 1941
129. 58 U-boats (284,000 ton) sunk this month - 1940
130. "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears - 1940
131. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service forms - 1940
132. Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde - 1939
133. Final game at Phila's Baker Bowl, Giants beat Phils 14-1 - 1938
134. 40 hour work week law approved - 1936
135. "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published - 1936
136. Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy - 1936
137. Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published - 1936
138. Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ - 1935
139. French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit - 1934
140. NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions - 1934
141. "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party - 1934
142. 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war - 1933
143. Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2 - 1933
144. U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id and Salt Lake City Utah closes - 1933
145. 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY - 1930
146. Bradman scores 254 at Lord's vs. England, 320 mins, 25 fours - 1930
147. 33rd U.S. Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY - 1929
148. Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards - 1928
149. Augusto Cesar Sandino issues his Manifesto Politico - 1927
150. U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes - 1927
151. England score 2-503 in day's play vs. South Africa at Lord's - 1924
152. NZ claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica - 1923
153. 22nd U.S. Golf Open: Chick Evans shoots a 286 at Minikahda Club MINN - 1916
154. General Douglas Haig reports "The men are in splendid spirits" - 1916
155. Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa - 1914
156. 2nd Balkan War begins - 1913
157. New York Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-1 - 1913
158. Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War - 1911
159. U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri closes - 1911
160. Russia absorbs Finland - 1910
161. Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to no decision in 6 for hw boxing title - 1909
162. Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Highlanders, 8-0 - 1908
163. Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet) - 1908
164. John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College - 1906
165. Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act adopted - 1906
166. Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive home runs in same inning - 1902
167. 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die - 1900
168. Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng vs. Australia at Headingley - 1899
169. W. S. Hadaway patents electric stove - 1896
170. Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid - 1894
171. London Tower Bridge opens - 1894
172. Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered - 1893
173. Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia - 1881
174. Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods - 1879
175. Serbia declares war on Turkey - 1876
176. Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms - 1871
177. Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate - 1870
178. 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty - 1865
179. Battles in Hanover Pennsylvania: 80 casualties - 1863
180. Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves - 1863
181. Skirmish at Sporting Hill, Pennsylvania - 1863
182. Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia - 1862
183. Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack - 1862
184. Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp Virginia (Frayser's Farm) - 1862
185. Gustave Flaubert completes "Salammbo" - 1862
186. CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade - 1861
187. Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope - 1859
188. Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) - 1834
189. U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates - 1815
190. Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio - 1794
191. Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants - 1755
192. Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms - 1741
193. Russian army occupies Danzig - 1734
194. Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions - 1722
195. Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700) - 1700
196. Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Neth/English fleet - 1690
197. Whig-Lords questions prince Willem III van Orange on Protestantism - 1688
198. French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together - 1648
199. Battle at Atherton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary armies - 1643
200. Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published - 1607
201. King Philip II moves to Escorial palace - 1598
202. English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz - 1596
203. Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament - 1559
204. Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans - 1548
205. Burgundy army occupies Utrecht - 1528
206. Spanish conquerors under Cortes take gold from Aztecs - 1520
207. Denmark, Norway and Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha - 1397
208. Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht - 1371
209. Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland - 1294
210. Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht - 0949
211. Louis, king of Austria, crowned - 0833
212. St. Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0296
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