1. Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0 - 1995
2. 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java, 150+ killed - 1994
3. Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder (29) weds Beth Liebling (27) - 1994
4. WIIZ (98.7) FM goes off the air - 1994
5. 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze - 1993
6. Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support - 1992
7. World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil - 1992
8. Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history - 1991
9. New York Yankees selected 19-year-old Brien Taylor, #1 in amateur draft - 1991
10. Thomas Hearns captures WBA light-heavyweight title - 1991
11. 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560 - 1990
12. 44th Tony Awards: Grapes of Wrath and City of Angels win - 1990
13. Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open - 1990
14. Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing - 1989
15. Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone - 1989
16. Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09) - 1989
17. Leaking pipe of Asha, U.S.S.R. causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die - 1989
18. Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season and 11th overall - 1989
19. "Big," premieres in U.S. - 1988
20. Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony - 1988
21. Cubs and Astro tie Oriole and Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game - 1987
22. "Little Shop of Horrors," released in France - 1987
23. "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," released in France - 1987
24. Battles in Beirut; 53 killed - 1986
25. Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1 - 1985
26. Massive anti-ETA demonstration in Basques - 1985
27. 30th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan - 1984
28. 38th Tony Awards: Real Thing and La Cage Aux Folles win - 1984
29. "Wiz" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 13 performances - 1984
30. 55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis - 1982
31. Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians - 1982
32. Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt - 1981
33. Crew of Soyuz 36 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 35 - 1980
34. ESPN begins televising college world series games - 1980
35. "It's So Nice to Be Civilized" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 8 performances - 1980
36. Jimmy Carter wins enough delegates for renomination - 1980
37. New York Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1 - 1980
38. 33rd Tony Awards: Elephant Man and Sweeny Todd win - 1979
39. Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya - 1979
40. Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled, world's worst oil spillage - 1979
41. "Madwoman of Central Park West" opens on Broadway - 1979
42. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship - 1979
43. Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year - 1978
44. Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs Kansas City Royals) - 1977
45. Belgium government of Tindemans forms - 1977
46. U.S. and Cuba talk about diplomatic relations - 1977
47. Queen's "Bhoemian Rhapsody" goes gold - 1976
48. Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley vs. West Indies (0 and 17) - 1976
49. U.S. presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta - 1976
50. Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government - 1974
51. At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes - 1973
52. Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Sealy-Faberge Golf Classic - 1973
53. "Smith" closes at Eden Theater New York City after 17 performances - 1973
54. Tupolev 144 crashes at Paris, 15 killed - 1973
55. 1st female U.S. rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25 - 1972
56. "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9 - 1972
57. Sally J Priesand becomes 1st female U.S. rabbi - 1972
58. Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10 - 1972
59. Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 1-0 - 1971
60. Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, vs. Engl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19) - 1971
61. 1st artificial gene synthesized - 1970
62. Ray Davies of Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC coml reference ban - 1970
63. Last episode of Star Trek airs on NBC (Turnabout Intruder) - 1969
64. Canada announces it will replace silver with nickel in coins - 1968
65. Poor Peoples March on Washington - 1968
66. Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins - 1968
67. 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8 - 1967
68. Aretha Franklin's "Respect" reaches #1 - 1967
69. European DX Council forms in Copenhagen, shortwave listeners - 1966
70. Gemini 9 launched; 7th U.S. 2-man flight, Stafford and Cernan - 1966
71. Gemini 4 launched; 2nd U.S. 2-man flight, McDivitt and White - 1965
72. Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis - 1964
73. Rolling Stones begin 1st U.S. tour, with Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vee - 1964
74. Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 - 1962
75. Betsy Rawls and Kathy wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open - 1962
76. Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal Neth - 1962
77. WBKO TV channel 13 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1962
78. 93rd Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Sherluck wins in 2:29.2 - 1961
79. John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev meet in Vienna - 1961
80. "Wildcat" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 172 performances - 1961
81. 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo - 1959
82. 1st U.S. Air Force Academy graduation - 1959
83. Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon - 1959
84. Real Madrid wins 4th Europe Cup 1 - 1959
85. Singapore adopts constitution - 1959
86. Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers - 1958
87. Howard Cosell's 1st TV show - 1957
88. 3rd class travel on British Railways ends - 1956
89. KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1956
90. Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Pittsburgh Golf Open - 1956
91. KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1955
92. Stan Musial hits his 300th HR - 1955
93. Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday - 1953
94. Congress cites research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving - 1953
95. KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham/Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins - 1953
96. Romanian premier Petru Groza chosen president - 1952
97. French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal - 1950
98. Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio, KFI in Los Angeles - 1949
99. GN Clark becomes 1st female U.S. treasurer - 1949
100. 200" (5.08 m) Hale telescope dedicated at Palomar Observatory - 1948
101. Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mt Rushmore - 1948
102. "Sleepy Hallow" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 12 performances - 1948
103. British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan - 1947
104. 1st bikini bathing suit displayed, Paris - 1946
105. International Milt Tribunal opens in Tokyo against 28 Japanese war criminals - 1946
106. U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional - 1946
107. 76th Belmont: G L Smith aboard Bounding Home wins in 2:32.2 - 1944
108. Generals Giraud and de Gaulle reach agreement on constitution - 1944
109. Nazis pull out of Rome - 1944
110. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration forms - 1943
111. Battle of Midway Island begins - 1942
112. Attack on telephone exchange in Schiphol - 1941
113. Author Irving Wallace marries writer Sylvia Kahn - 1941
114. German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports - 1941
115. Last British/French troop leave Dunkirk - 1940
116. 71st Belmont: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:29.6 - 1939
117. Beer Barrel Polka hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Will Glahe - 1939
118. German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery - 1938
119. Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson in France - 1937
120. Josh Gibson HR's just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive - 1937
121. French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours - 1935
122. Dr. Frederick Banting co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted - 1934
123. A's score 11 runs in 2nd, Yanks score 10 in 5th and win 17-11 - 1933
124. Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain" - 1933
125. John McGraw, who came to New York in 1902, resigns as manager of Giants - 1932
126. Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13 - 1932
127. Von Hindenburg disbands German Parliament - 1932
128. 1st trade show at Atlantic City Convention Center, electric light - 1929
129. Chile, Peru and Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area - 1929
130. Eddie Collins, is 6th to get 3,000 hits - 1925
131. Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin) - 1925
132. White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit - 1925
133. Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service - 1924
134. A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado - 1921
135. Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks - 1919
136. Supreme Court rules child labor laws unconstitutional - 1918
137. National Defense Act establishes ROTC - 1916
138. Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws - 1913
139. "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" hits #1 - 1911
140. Belgian King Leopold II calls Congo his private possession - 1906
141. W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 years 320 days - 1899
142. "Casey at the Bat" published, SF Examiner - 1888
143. 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda - 1886
144. John Lynch (R-MS) chosen 1st black major-party national convention chair - 1884
145. Lacrosse introduced in Britain and Canada - 1876
146. Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission - 1875
147. Jesse James and his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000 - 1871
148. Gen Lee wins his last victory of Civil War at Battle of Cold Harbor - 1864
149. 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV - 1861
150. Comanche, Iowa completely destroyed by 1 of a series of tornadoes - 1860
151. Cullen Whipple patents screw machine - 1856
152. 1st baseball uniforms worn, New York Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt and blue long trousers - 1851
153. Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens - 1847
154. 4th national black convention meets (Phila) - 1833
155. Maratha Wars between British and Maratha Confederacy in India ends - 1818
156. Alex Mackenzie explores Mackenzie River (Canada) - 1789
157. Jack Jouett rides to warn Jefferson of British attack - 1781
158. Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in California - 1770
159. Moscow houses and churchs destroyed by fire - 1752
160. Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service - 1748
161. Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft - 1665
162. Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY) - 1621
163. WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded - 1621
164. Hernando de Soto crosses Appalachian Mountain, 1st European to do so - 1540
165. Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain - 1539
166. Henry VIII married wife No 1, Catherine of Aragon - 1509
167. Peace of Aat - 1357
168. After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey - 1098
169. Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St. Peter's Cathedral - 1083
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