1. A's trade Mark McGwire to St. Louis Cardinals07940601 - 1997
2. 102.7 degrees F (39.3 degrees C) in Pleschen, East-Germany - 1994
3. 28th Curtis Cup: Draw, 9-9 - 1994
4. Arcen Limburg averages 71.6 degrees F (22.0 degrees C) in July: record - 1994
5. Helen Alfredss wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship - 1994
6. Netherlands averages 21.4 degrees C; their warmest July since 1783 - 1994
7. Phil Rizzuto (Yanks) and Steve Carlton (Phils) enter the Hall of Fame - 1994
8. Sergei Bubka ploe vaults his 35th world record (6.14 m) - 1994
9. Stockholms avgs 21.5 degrees C; their warmest July since 1855 - 1994
10. U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti - 1994
11. A's trade Rickey Henderson to Blue Jays - 1993
12. Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops - 1993
13. Inkatha-arm forces killed 49 ANC-followers in Johannesburg - 1993
14. Prince Ronald "Ronnie" Mutebi crowned king of Uganda - 1993
15. Jeff Rouse swims world record/OR 100m backstroke (53.86 sec) - 1992
16. Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) - 1992
17. Tamas Darnyi swims world record/Olympics 200m backstroke (1:59.36) - 1992
18. Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die - 1992
19. Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec) - 1992
20. Russia and U.S. sign long range nuclear weapons reduction pact - 1991
21. Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft - 1991
22. Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence - 1990
23. Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games - 1990
24. Twins trade AL Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola to Mets - 1989
25. Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open - 1988
26. Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 home runs in 1st 3 years - 1988
27. Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers 27-21 in London - 1988
28. Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame - 1988
29. Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed - 1987
30. Eddie Murray hits his 300th HR - 1987
31. Guns and Roses song "Appetite for Destruction" is released - 1987
32. "Living Daylights" premieres in U.S. - 1987
33. Oriole Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs - 1987
34. Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle - 1987
35. Leeza Gibbon's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight - 1984
36. U.S. men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics - 1984
37. Venz commandos terminate hijacking of an aircraft, 2 killed - 1984
38. 38th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson - 1983
39. B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame - 1983
40. Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852 - 1983
41. 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France - 1982
42. Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die - 1982
43. Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) - 1982
44. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test - 1982
45. 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends - 1981
46. Arnette Hubbard installed as 1st woman president of National Bar Assn - 1981
47. John Phillips of Mamas and Papas is arrested on drug charges - 1980
48. Rangers snap Orioles pitcher Steve Stone's 14-game winning streak - 1980
49. Soyuz 37 crew returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 36 - 1980
50. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1980
51. "But Never Jam Today" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 7 performances - 1979
52. Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris - 1978
53. New York Yankees now 7 out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks - 1978
54. Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44 - 1978
55. Debbie Austin wins LPGA Pocono Northeast Golf Classic - 1977
56. E Henry Knoche, ends term as deputy director of CIA - 1977
57. John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA - 1977
58. Seychelles Independence, Independence day - 1976
59. Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0) - 1976
60. ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to New York Nets - 1973
61. Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 6 months later - 1973
62. Frank Hayes scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. WI as England lose - 1973
63. Dick Allen is 7th to hit 2 inside-the-park homers in a game - 1972
64. Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate - 1972
65. Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon - 1971
66. Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms - 1971
67. 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940) - 1970
68. Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report" - 1970
69. KWIH TV channel 44 in Winona, MN (IND) begins broadcasting - 1969
70. Mariner 6 flies past Mars - 1969
71. National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 1969
72. Beatles close Apple Boutique, giving clothes away for free - 1968
73. Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence - 1967
74. Alabamans burn Beatle products due to John Lennon's anti-Jesus remark - 1966
75. Charles Whitman wounds 46 and kills 5 at University of Texas - 1966
76. Cigarette Ads banned on British TV - 1965
77. Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor - 1964
78. George Lascelles marries Patricia Tuckwell - 1964
79. Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot - 1964
80. U.S. Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon - 1964
81. Arturo Illia elected president of Argentina - 1963
82. Cleve ties record of 4 consecutive HRS (Held, Ramos, Francona, Brown) - 1963
83. Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels) - 1963
84. Federation of Malaysia forms - 1962
85. Statham is Test crickets' leading wkt-taker (229), beating Lindwall - 1962
86. 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston - 1961
87. Israel welcomes its 1,000,000th immigrant - 1961
88. Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state - 1960
89. KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast - 1960
90. Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open - 1960
91. 1st exhibit of bongos at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens - 1959
92. Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet - 1958
93. Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match - 1956
94. Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open - 1955
95. KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast - 1955
96. WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast - 1955
97. Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double) - 1954
98. Department of Health, Education and Welfare created - 1953
99. Lightning strikes a baseball field in Florida, kills SS and 3rd baseman - 1949
100. "Brigadoon" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 581 performances - 1948
101. President Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), New York - 1948
102. Last deportation train out Mechelen departs to Auschwitz - 1944
103. Transport nr 77 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany - 1944
104. U.S. troops occupy Sansapor New-Guinea - 1944
105. Transport nr 58 departs with French Jews to nazi Germany - 1943
106. German SS gases 1,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia - 1942
107. U boats sank 96 allied ships this month: 476,000 ton - 1942
108. U boats sink 21 allied ships this month: 94,000 ton - 1941
109. 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton) - 1940
110. Riech's commissar Seyss-Inquart bans homosexuals - 1940
111. New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club" - 1938
112. Politburo enables Operative Order 00447: execute 193,000 Russians - 1937
113. Tokyo, Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics, later cancelled - 1936
114. 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in - 1935
115. 29th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats USA in Wimbledon (4-1) - 1934
116. St. Louis Cardinals defeat Cin Reds 8-6 in 18 innings, pitchers Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitos go the distant - 1934
117. 27th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2) - 1932
118. Cleveland Municipal Stadium opens-Philadelphia A's beat Indians 1-0 - 1932
119. George Washington quarter goes into circulation - 1932
120. German Election (NSDAP gets 37.3%) - 1932
121. Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13 - 1930
122. Aristide Briand becomes premier of France - 1929
123. Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied - 1925
124. Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England - 1925
125. Belgian Chamber discusses bilinguality at Ghent University - 1923
126. 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn) - 1922
127. Italy's general strike against fascist violence - 1922
128. Germany accepts Weimar Constitution - 1919
129. 3rd battle of Ypres begins - 1917
130. German Emperor Wilhelm II threatens war, orders Russia to demobilize - 1914
131. Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo - 1914
132. RBC soccer team forms in Roosendaal - 1912
133. U.S. government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights - 1912
134. Hungarian education is only taught in German - 1911
135. Chic Cub King Cole no-hits St. Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game - 1910
136. Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration - 1910
137. Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th - 1909
138. Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa - 1905
139. Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands - 1901
140. Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin - 1900
141. Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's - 1899
142. Henry Perky patents shredded wheat - 1893
143. U.S. Coast Guard officers' training school established New Bedford, Massachusetts - 1876
144. Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as President of Georgetown U - 1874
145. Ulysses S. Grant is named General of Volunteers - 1864
146. 9,300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record - 1861
147. Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4 degrees C avg) - 1855
148. Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4 degrees F (20.2 degrees C) avg) - 1852
149. Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon - 1849
150. Charles X of France resigns by force - 1830
151. British invade Plattsburgh, New York - 1813
152. 1st practical U.S. railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila - 1809
153. All Jacobijnse clubs together in Haarlem - 1794
154. Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. government building: U.S. Mint in Phila - 1792
155. 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process - 1790
156. Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army - 1777
157. Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen - 1774
158. Fire in Stockholm destroys 1,000 houses - 1751
159. Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court - 1737
160. Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish - 1718
161. Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends - 1667
162. Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris - 1664
163. Aurangzeb appoints himself Mongol emperor - 1658
164. Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux - 1653
165. Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America - 1620
166. English fleet beats Spanish Armada - 1588
167. Christopher Columbus discovers island of Trinidad - 1498
168. Egyptian Mamelukken occupies Akko, crusaders driven out of Palestine - 1291
169. Saraceens hijacker Leo van Tripoli occupies and plunders Thessalonica - 0904
170. [Philip] begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0768
171. St. Sixtus III begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0432
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