1. 1st time 3 cons home runs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (New York Yankees) - 1997
2. Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits - 1997
3. Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 - 1997
4. Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6) - 1997
5. Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season - 1995
6. NHL goes on strike - 1994
7. Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit - 1994
8. Sylvestre Ntibantunganya elected president of Burundi - 1994
9. Vladimir Meciars HZDDS wins Slovakia parliamentary election - 1994
10. 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed - 1993
11. General Colin Powell retires at 56 - 1993
12. MS Dos 6.2 released - 1993
13. 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins - 1992
14. Kansas City Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits - 1992
15. Mariel Hemmingway appears nude on TV show Civil Wars - 1992
16. Rev Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti - 1991
17. Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park - 1990
18. Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title - 1990
19. NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension - 1989
20. Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout - 1989
21. Senegambia separates back into Gambia and Senegal - 1989
22. Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title - 1989
23. Andrei Gromyko retires - 1988
24. Dave Stieb, loses 2nd consecutive no hitter bid with 2 outs in 9th - 1988
25. IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer - 1988
26. Los Angeles Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings - 1988
27. Louise Ritter, U.S., jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal - 1988
28. Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show - 1988
29. Suriname constitution ratified - 1987
30. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1986
31. U.S. releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov - 1986
32. Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM (NY) - 1985
33. Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner - 1984
34. Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6 - 1984
35. California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0 - 1984
36. New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg - 1984
37. National railroad strike in Belgium - 1982
38. Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2 - 1981
39. Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics - 1981
40. 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium - 1980
41. A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100 - 1980
42. Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein - 1980
43. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1980
44. Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout - 1979
45. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic - 1979
46. Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title - 1978
47. Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati, - 1978
48. Phillies clinch NL East title - 1978
49. Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns - 1977
50. Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album - 1977
51. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1977
52. 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls New York) - 1975
53. Gen Francesco da Costa Gomez succeeds Gen Spinola as President of Portugal - 1974
54. 3rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07 - 1973
55. 4th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54 - 1973
56. Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions - 1973
57. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cameron Park Golf Open - 1973
58. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1973
59. Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk - 1973
60. Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa) - 1972
61. Roberto Clemente, is 11th to get 3,000 hits - 1972
62. Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field - 1971
63. New American Bible published - 1970
64. Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant - 1969
65. 1st Boeing 747 rolls out - 1968
66. AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires - 1968
67. Sharon Miller wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational - 1968
68. Supremes release "Love Child" - 1968
69. BBC starts their own popular music radio station - 1967
70. Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition) - 1967
71. U.S.S.R.'s Kosmos 186 and 188 complete 1st automatic docking - 1967
72. Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) - 1966
73. U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test - 1966
74. Donovan's 1st U.S. TV appearance (Shindig) - 1965
75. Los Angeles Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts - 1965
76. "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 125 performances - 1964
77. 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office - 1963
78. "Student Gypsy" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 16 performances - 1963
79. A's Bill Fischer ends 84 1/3 consec innings pitched without a walk - 1962
80. James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi - 1962
81. John F. Kennedy routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi - 1962
82. KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1962
83. KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting - 1962
84. Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open - 1962
85. New York Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat New York 5-1 - 1962
86. Bill for Boston Tea Party is paid by Mayor Snyder of Oregon who wrote a check for $196, the total cost of all tea lost - 1961
87. Flintstones premieres, 1st prime time animation show - 1960
88. On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids" - 1960
89. West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany - 1960
90. French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea - 1958
91. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1958
92. French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria - 1957
93. WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1957
94. Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR - 1956
95. White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses) - 1956
96. "Boy Friend" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 483 performances - 1954
97. Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel (sub), commissioned by the Navy - 1954
98. Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record) - 1953
99. Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court - 1953
100. Robert Anderson's "Tea and Sympathy," premieres in New York City - 1953
101. WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
102. WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins - 1953
103. 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris - 1950
104. Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time - 1950
105. WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1950
106. Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights - 1949
107. Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR and NL record 16th in September - 1949
108. Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised - 1947
109. 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg - 1946
110. Von Ribbentrop and Goering sentence to death by Nuremberg trial - 1946
111. Hank Greenberg's final day HR wins pennant for Tigers - 1945
112. Calais reoccupied by Allies - 1944
113. Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms - 1944
114. Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit - 1943
115. 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons) - 1942
116. Adm Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map - 1942
117. SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period - 1942
118. 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine - 1941
119. 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons) - 1941
120. German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins - 1941
121. 47 German aircrafts shot down above England - 1940
122. 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons) - 1940
123. 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City) - 1939
124. 41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton) - 1939
125. Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland - 1939
126. White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance - 1939
127. British premier Chamberlain arrives in Munich - 1938
128. Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany - 1938
129. 6th Ryder Cup: U.S., 8-4 at Southport and Ainsdale, England - 1937
130. International Commission of Straits (Dardanelles and Bosphorus) ends - 1936
131. Pinewood Studios opens in Buckinghamshire, England - 1936
132. Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston - 1935
133. Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3 - 1934
134. Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) - 1934
135. St. Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year - 1934
136. Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in New York City - 1933
137. 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel) - 1929
138. Le Sifflet publishes 1st precursor of Kuifje (Tintin) - 1928
139. Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr - 1928
140. Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary) - 1927
141. German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes - 1926
142. General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament - 1925
143. Allies stop checking on German navy - 1924
144. Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season - 1923
145. Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece - 1922
146. Yanks clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1 - 1922
147. Time Square Theater opens at 217 W 42nd St. New York City - 1920
148. Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers," premieres in New York City - 1919
149. Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak - 1916
150. Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit - 1915
151. Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue," premieres in Moscow - 1908
152. Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice and Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston) - 1907
153. White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days - 1904
154. City of New York established - 1898
155. France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar - 1895
156. "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes - 1888
157. Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" - 1887
158. Volunteer (U.S.) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup - 1887
159. Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate - 1885
160. Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula - 1880
161. 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii - 1878
162. 1st U.S. amateur swim meet (New York Athletic Club) - 1877
163. Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France - 1868
164. Midway Islands formally declared a U.S. possession - 1867
165. Battle of Preble's Farm Virginia (Poplar Springs Church) - 1864
166. Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor - 1864
167. Battle of Newtonia, MS - 1862
168. US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is south of Hawaii - 1857
169. Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth) - 1846
170. Samuel Slocum patented the stapler - 1841
171. Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England - 1818
172. Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire - 1808
173. Napoleons army draws into the Rhine - 1805
174. Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna - 1791
175. 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston - 1787
176. Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance - 1777
177. Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns - 1730
178. Netherlands and Sweden sign treaty - 1681
179. Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.) - 1659
180. Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) - 1659
181. Last Swedish troops vacate Prague - 1649
182. Battle between king Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends - 1626
183. Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp - 1619
184. Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic - 1555
185. King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France - 1544
186. Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey - 1520
187. 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible - 1452
188. King Richard II of England abdicates throne - 1399
189. Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew - 1199
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