1. Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race - 1997
2. "Once Upon a Matress," closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 187 perf - 1997
3. Mark Van Thillo and Abigail Alling, former biospherian win $100,000 lawsuit against Biospheric Development for Space Biospheres Ventures - 1996
4. Padres scores 13 in 2nd vs Pirates - 1994
5. President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees - 1993
6. 46th Tony Awards: Dancing at Lughnasa and Crazy For You win - 1992
7. 5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000 - 1992
8. Barb Mucha wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic - 1992
9. Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia - 1991
10. Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war - 1991
11. 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne - 1990
12. BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie - 1990
13. Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles - 1990
14. 1st International Rock Awards - 1989
15. 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards - 1989
16. "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (New York City) - 1989
17. Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns - 1989
18. Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic - 1987
19. Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska - 1987
20. Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3 - 1987
21. 41 tornadoes hit Northeast U.S., killing 88 - 1985
22. Guatemala adopts constitution - 1985
23. New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000 - 1985
24. Tornados in Penn, Ohio, New York and Canada kill 88 and injured more than 1,000 - 1985
25. 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge - 1984
26. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1984
27. Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) vs. England, ODI cricket record - 1984
28. 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep Los Angeles Lakers in 4 games - 1983
29. "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 63 perf - 1982
30. Cathy Reynolds wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship - 1981
31. "Love Stinks" by J Geils Band peaks at #38 - 1980
32. Police and youthful rebels battle in Zurich - 1980
33. "I Remember Mama" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 108 performances - 1979
34. Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens - 1979
35. Zimbabwe proclaims independence - 1979
36. "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 920 performances - 1977
37. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani becomes heir apparent to throne of Qatar - 1977
38. Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed - 1977
39. Loudest Pennsylvania (76 KW) for Who's Quadrophenia in London - 1976
40. Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition - 1975
41. "Goodtime Charley" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 104 performances - 1975
42. Israel and Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights - 1974
43. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1974
44. Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season - 1973
45. Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam - 1972
46. WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1971
47. At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake (50-70,000 die) - 1970
48. KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1970
49. Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies' Golf Open - 1970
50. "Dear World" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 132 performances - 1969
51. "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens peaks at #8 - 1969
52. John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a Chance" - 1969
53. Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amore" - 1969
54. Bayern Munchen wins 7th Europe Cup II at Neurenberg - 1967
55. Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy - 1965
56. Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1964
57. San Francisco Giants beat New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hours 32 mins) - 1964
58. "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV - 1962
59. Benfica wins 6th Europe Cup 1 at Bern - 1961
60. Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St. Louis, opens - 1961
61. John F. Kennedy visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris - 1961
62. Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate - 1961
63. Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth - 1961
64. Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open - 1959
65. Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin" - 1958
66. U.S. performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests) - 1958
67. Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) - 1957
68. Mickey Mantle HR just misses clearing Yankee Stadium's roof - 1956
69. Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities - 1955
70. Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike - 1955
71. Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" - 1955
72. Lebanese president Camille Shamun disbands government - 1953
73. WSUN TV channel 38 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast - 1953
74. Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord - 1951
75. Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins - 1950
76. Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial - 1950
77. 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA - 1949
78. Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days) - 1949
79. Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings) - 1948
80. 79th Belmont: Ruperto Donoso aboard Phalanx wins in 2:29.6 - 1947
81. Communists grab power in Hungary - 1947
82. Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft. Deposit and Perryville Md, kills 53 - 1947
83. Italian government of Gasperi forms - 1947
84. Allied breakthrough in Italy - 1944
85. "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio - 1943
86. Cards Mort Cooper pitches 1st of back-to-back one-hitters - 1943
87. 25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Seaview CC Atlantic City NJ - 1942
88. Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury - 1942
89. 1st issue of "Parade" goes on sale - 1941
90. 41 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) - 1941
91. British troops vacate Kreta - 1941
92. German occupiers forbids Jews access to beach and swimming pools - 1941
93. Gen-major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken - 1940
94. Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris - 1940
95. Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's - 1938
96. 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University) - 1937
97. Brooklyn Dodgers snap New York Giant Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak - 1937
98. German battleships bomb Almeria, Spain - 1937
99. Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat - 1935
100. Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta Pakistan - 1935
101. Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season - 1930
102. Building begins on Albert Canal in Belgium - 1930
103. Comet 73P/1930 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 3) approaches 0.0617 AUs of Earth - 1930
104. Atlantic City Convention Center opens - 1929
105. 1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland - 1928
106. Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season - 1928
107. Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A) - 1927
108. Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play - 1927
109. Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup - 1926
110. Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia - 1926
111. China and U.S.S.R. exchange diplomats - 1923
112. Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700 - 1921
113. 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas) - 1919
114. NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic - 1919
115. 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball) - 1917
116. Battle of Skagerrak: Brit-German sea battle at Jutland (10,000 dead) - 1916
117. British battle cruiser Invincible explodes, killing all but 6 - 1916
118. An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London - 1915
119. Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1 - 1914
120. 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified - 1913
121. Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6) - 1913
122. U.S. Marines land on Cuba - 1912
123. Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa - 1910
124. Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to New York City - 1910
125. Union of South Africa declares independence from U.K. - 1910
126. 1st NAACP conference (United Charities Building, New York City) - 1909
127. Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium) - 1908
128. Taxis 1st began running in New York City - 1907
129. Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid - 1906
130. Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger - 1905
131. Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever - 1902
132. Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal - 1902
133. British troops under Lord Roberts occupy Johannesburg - 1900
134. Piet de Law captures Lt-colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry - 1900
135. Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) - 1900
136. U.S. troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion - 1900
137. Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park - 1899
138. Work on trans-Siberian railway begins - 1891
139. Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania - 1889
140. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" - 1884
141. French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar - 1883
142. League of American Wheelmen (1st U.S. bicycle assn), forms in Newport, Rhode Island - 1880
143. 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition - 1879
144. Madison Square Garden opens - 1879
145. German battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed - 1878
146. U.S. Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation - 1878
147. Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) - 1870
148. E. J. DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement - 1870
149. 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio - 1868
150. Dr. James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St. Cloud, Paris - 1868
151. Raid at Morgan's Kentucky - 1864
152. Battle of Seven Pines Virginia (Fair Oaks) - 1862
153. Gen Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line - 1861
154. Mint at New Orleans closes - 1861
155. Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later - 1859
156. Elisha Kane's Arctic expedition leaves New York aboard Advance - 1853
157. Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye" - 1849
158. Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens - 1847
159. Astor Hotel opens in New York City, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria - 1837
160. HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope - 1836
161. Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st U.S. Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore - 1821
162. U.S. copyright law enacted - 1790
163. French troops conquer Kortrijk - 1744
164. France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris - 1727
165. John Salomonsz elected chief of Saint-Eustatius - 1696
166. Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes - 1678
167. Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah - 1665
168. Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague - 1659
169. U.S. colony Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony - 1634
170. Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night - 1621
171. Battle on Gotland: Lubeck and Denmark beat Sweden - 1564
172. "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted - 1531
173. Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League - 1495
174. Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen - 1417
175. Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem - 0070
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