1. Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year - 1997
2. California law ends affirmative-action - 1997
3. David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club - 1997
4. Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year - 1997
5. 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 - 1996
6. 27th New York City Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54 - 1996
7. "It's a Slippery Slope," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City - 1996
8. Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup - 1996
9. Toray Japan Queens Cup - 1996
10. 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100 - 1995
11. 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80 - 1995
12. 1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat New Jersey Nets 94-79 - 1995
13. Atlantis 13 launched - 1994
14. Dutch and British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1 - 1994
15. Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches - 1994
16. Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder - 1994
17. Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s) - 1994
18. Ken Daneyko sets New Jersey Devil 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd cons game - 1993
19. Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush - 1992
20. Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in U.S. Senate - 1992
21. 21st New York City Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27 - 1991
22. 22nd New York City Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28 - 1991
23. Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps) - 1991
24. Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway - 1990
25. 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights - 1989
26. Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose - 1989
27. Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94 - 1989
28. Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane - 1988
29. Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill - 1988
30. Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew - 1988
31. Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping - 1988
32. Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year - 1987
33. On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56 - 1987
34. Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US - 1986
35. Joaquim Chissano elected president Mozambique - 1986
36. John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album - 1986
37. Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran - 1986
38. Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US - 1986
39. Argentine President Alfonsins Radical Burgerunie wins elections - 1985
40. Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament - 1985
41. 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India - 1984
42. Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated - 1984
43. Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency - 1983
44. Nashville Network begins on cable TV - 1983
45. Detroit blocks 20 Cleveland Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record - 1982
46. Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young - 1982
47. Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award - 1981
48. Ianford Wilsons "5th of July," premieres in New York City - 1980
49. Walter Hass, Jr. becomes CEO of Oakland A's - 1980
50. 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC - 1979
51. 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran) - 1979
52. Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic - 1979
53. Marocco offensive against Polisario - 1979
54. 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV - 1978
55. Dominica gains independence from U.K. and adopts constitution - 1978
56. Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic - 1978
57. U.S.S.R. and Vietnam sign peace and friendship treaty - 1978
58. Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic - 1977
59. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf - 1976
60. Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic - 1974
61. "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 320 performances - 1974
62. Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault) - 1973
63. Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury - 1973
64. "Play Misty For Me" premieres - 1971
65. Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award - 1970
66. President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam - 1970
67. "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 72 performances - 1970
68. Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile - 1970
69. Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium - 1969
70. Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon - 1968
71. Ex-premier Papandreou buried/300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta - 1968
72. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Canyon Ladies Golf Classic - 1968
73. New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21 - 1968
74. Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young - 1967
75. Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously - 1965
76. Lyndon Baines Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for president - 1964
77. Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium - 1964
78. Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open - 1963
79. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1962
80. Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 72 points vs Los Angeles Lakers - 1962
81. General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general - 1961
82. Ivory Coast adopts constitution - 1960
83. Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award - 1960
84. Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown," premieres in New York City - 1960
85. "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances - 1960
86. Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election) - 1959
87. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1958
88. U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit - 1957
89. "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV) - 1956
90. 1st virus crystallized (announced) - 1955
91. Alabama woman bruised by a meteor - 1955
92. Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua - 1955
93. Australia takes control of Cocos Islands - 1955
94. Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht - 1955
95. Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize - 1954
96. Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe - 1954
97. 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly - 1953
98. 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City) - 1953
99. Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas - 1952
100. Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel - 1952
101. 2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago - 1948
102. Chicago Tribune reports: "Dewey beats Truman" - 1948
103. Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution - 1946
104. Lindsay Hassett scores 187 and 124* for Aust Services at Delhi - 1945
105. Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren - 1944
106. German troops in Vlissingen surrenders - 1944
107. Pro-German government of Hungary flees - 1944
108. U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald - 1944
109. Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow - 1943
110. P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland - 1943
111. 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault - 1942
112. Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP - 1942
113. Mort Cooper wins NL MVP - 1942
114. William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago - 1942
115. Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails - 1941
116. Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in New York City - 1939
117. Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km) - 1937
118. NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Mont - 1937
119. President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon - 1936
120. George II returns to Greece and regains monarchy - 1935
121. Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42) - 1935
122. Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP - 1934
123. Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP - 1934
124. 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured - 1931
125. 1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country, Detroit - Windsor, opens - 1930
126. Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America - 1930
127. Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet - 1928
128. 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record) - 1927
129. Rodgers and Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in New York City - 1927
130. Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt) - 1927
131. 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins - 1926
132. Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager - 1926
133. Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life - 1922
134. "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater - 1920
135. Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves - 1918
136. Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I - 1918
137. Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar - 1916
138. William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan - 1908
139. Colombia grants Panama independence - 1903
140. 1st U.S. automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City) - 1900
141. James J. Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title - 1899
142. J. H. Hunter patents portable weighing scales - 1896
143. Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator - 1896
144. William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president - 1896
145. Chaplain Ariens founds 1st roman catholic workers group - 1889
146. Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes - 1888
147. Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curaeao - 1886
148. Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses - 1885
149. Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed) - 1883
150. U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans - 1883
151. James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti - 1874
152. Henry M. Stanley in Tanganyka say "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" - 1871
153. Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms - 1869
154. 1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana) - 1868
155. Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D) - 1868
156. Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi - 1867
157. Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana - 1863
158. Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana - 1862
159. Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) - 1862
160. Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force - 1848
161. 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks - 1839
162. Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed - 1839
163. Cuenca Ecuador declares independence - 1820
164. U.S. troops under Gen Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala - 1813
165. John Adams elected president - 1796
166. French troops conquer Maastricht - 1794
167. Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers - 1791
168. Washington orders Continental Army disbanded - 1783
169. England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris - 1762
170. Spain acquires Louisiana - 1762
171. Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria - 1760
172. Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation - 1752
173. Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom - 1716
174. Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet - 1679
175. Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Koprulu as Turkish grand vizier - 1676
176. Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant - 1656
177. England and France sign miltary and economic treaties - 1655
178. English Long Parliament forms - 1640
179. Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague - 1629
180. Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony - 1620
181. English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader - 1534
182. Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary - 1527
183. Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica - 1493
184. Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI - 1394
185. Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt - 0644
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