1. Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic - 1997
2. Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open - 1997
3. Sprint Titleholders LPGA Championship - 1997
4. Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship - 1997
5. 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01 - 1996
6. ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel - 1996
7. Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917 - 1996
8. Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II - 1994
9. Courtney Love cleared of drug charges - 1994
10. "Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 performances - 1993
11. 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03 - 1991
12. ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent - 1991
13. Actress Sharon Gless and producer Barney Rosenzeig wed - 1991
14. Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9) - 1991
15. Morris K. Udall, (Rep-D-Ariz), resigns due to Parkinson disease - 1991
16. New York Mets M Sasser and Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch HRs - 1991
17. President Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat - 1991
18. Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger - 1990
19. Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence - 1990
20. Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns - 1990
21. Pakistan beat Aust by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah - 1990
22. Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit HR on 1st at bat - 1989
23. U.S. launches Magellan to Venus - 1989
24. U.S. space shuttle STS-30 launched - 1989
25. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1988
26. President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan - 1986
27. 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2 - 1985
28. Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) - 1984
29. China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC - 1983
30. British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket - 1982
31. Nordiques 2-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles win series 4-0 - 1982
32. Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans - 1982
33. Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles - 1981
34. Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0) - 1981
35. Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2 - 1981
36. Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning - 1980
37. Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament - 1980
38. White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958 - 1980
39. Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st - 1979
40. NASA launches Fltsatcom-2 - 1979
41. Russian president Brezhnev visits West-Germany - 1978
42. "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 7 performances - 1976
43. Kiss performs their 1st concert - 1976
44. Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane," premieres in New York City - 1975
45. Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots - 1975
46. Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time - 1975
47. Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic - 1975
48. 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04 - 1974
49. 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine - 1973
50. BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella - 1973
51. Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 - 1973
52. Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope - 1973
53. Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings - 1973
54. Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK - 1973
55. Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam - 1972
56. National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio - 1970
57. Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt - 1970
58. Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) - 1970
59. Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody," premieres in New York City - 1969
60. Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational - 1969
61. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games - 1969
62. 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3 - 1968
63. 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins - 1968
64. Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02 - 1968
65. Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 7 - 1967
66. Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in U.S.S.R. - 1966
67. Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record - 1965
68. 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva - 1964
69. "Another World" and "As the World Turns" premieres on TV - 1964
70. KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1964
71. Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism) - 1964
72. 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8 - 1963
73. Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game - 1963
74. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island - 1962
75. 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South - 1961
76. 1st on-the-road Spacemobile lecture given. - 1961
77. CORE begins freedom rides from Washington, D.C. - 1961
78. Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon - 1961
79. South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested - 1961
80. 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland - 1960
81. 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win - 1959
82. Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish - 1959
83. Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia - 1958
84. 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2 - 1957
85. Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show - 1957
86. Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam - 1957
87. Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam - 1956
88. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak - 1956
89. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island - 1954
90. Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea) - 1953
91. Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open - 1952
92. Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives) - 1949
93. The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death - 1948
94. 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay - 1946
95. 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6 - 1946
96. Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped - 1946
97. German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender - 1945
98. NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier - 1943
99. Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) - 1942
100. Food 1st rationed in U.S. - 1942
101. German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages - 1942
102. Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) - 1942
103. 21 "not neutral" nazis and communists arrested in Netherlands - 1940
104. 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05 - 1940
105. Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire - 1938
106. Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn) - 1936
107. 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05 - 1935
108. Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) - 1933
109. Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary - 1932
110. Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president - 1931
111. Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 - 1929
112. 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill) - 1927
113. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms - 1927
114. Nicaragua agrees to a U.S. supervised presidential election in 1928 - 1927
115. General strike hits Britain - 1926
116. League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage - 1925
117. 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France - 1924
118. German Republic election fascists and communists win - 1924
119. Bloody street battles between Nazi's, socialist and police in Vienna - 1923
120. New York state revokes Prohibition law - 1923
121. KNX-AM in Los Angeles, California begins radio transmissions - 1922
122. 1st legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) - 1919
123. FVC soccer team forms - 1919
124. Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3 - 1919
125. Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 - 1918
126. Arabs sack Tel Aviv - 1917
127. At request of U.S., Germany curtails its submarine warfare - 1916
128. Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany - 1915
129. Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes - 1912
130. Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent - 1910
131. Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy - 1910
132. Tel Aviv founded - 1910
133. 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12 - 1899
134. 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09 - 1898
135. 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12 - 1897
136. Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 - 1897
137. 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny) - 1896
138. Grease fire ignites ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado - 1896
139. Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging - 1893
140. Italy and Spain sign military covenant - 1888
141. Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen - 1886
142. John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss) - 1883
143. Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House - 1878
144. 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double - 1871
145. Woodward's Gardens opens to public - 1866
146. Battle of Citronville, Alabama; Richard Taylor surrenders - 1865
147. Battle of Mobile, Alabama - 1865
148. Gen Grant's Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock - 1864
149. Ulysses S. Grant crosses Rapidan and begins his duel with Robert E. Lee - 1864
150. Battle of Chancellorsville-action at Salem Church - 1863
151. End of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws - 1863
152. Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia - 1862
153. Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brig general Gabrial Rains - 1862
154. At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel Navy is cast - 1861
155. War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz - 1858
156. 1st major San Francisco fire - 1851
157. New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration - 1847
158. U.S. state Michigan ends death penalty - 1846
159. Great-Britain annexes Natal - 1843
160. The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio - 1839
161. Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean - 1834
162. Netherlands and England sign treaty against illegal slave handling - 1818
163. Bourbon reign restored in France - 1814
164. Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx - 1805
165. Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus - 1783
166. American Academy of Arts and Science founded - 1780
167. Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins 1st Epsom Derby - 1780
168. Rhode Island declares independence from England - 1776
169. Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel - 1747
170. Georg F Handels opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London - 1728
171. French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris) - 1715
172. Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels - 1652
173. Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies - 1634
174. Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons - 1626
175. Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands - 1626
176. Veere sides with Geuzen - 1572
177. Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople - 1540
178. Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica - 1494
179. Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal - 1493
180. Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha - 1471
181. Flemings conquers Middelburg - 1303
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