1. 49th Tony Awards: Love! Valour! Compassion! and Sunset Boulevard win - 1995
2. 8th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000 - 1995
3. Dale Eggeling wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic - 1995
4. "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect" closes at Golden New York City at 347 perf - 1995
5. Haile Gebre Selassie runs world record 5 km (12:56.96) - 1994
6. San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium - 1992
7. USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp - 1992
8. 1st post WW II non-communist government in Albania - 1991
9. Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church - 1991
10. Pope John Paul II compares abortion with nazi murders - 1991
11. Robert Strauss becomes U.S. ambassador to Soviet Union - 1991
12. 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless - 1990
13. Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die - 1990
14. Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy - 1990
15. Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves - 1990
16. New York Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917 - 1990
17. 2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000 - 1989
18. 43rd Tony Awards: Heidi Chronicles and Jerome Robbin's Broadway win - 1989
19. Beijing cop shoots and wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping - 1989
20. Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland - 1989
21. Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s - 1989
22. Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary - 1989
23. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International - 1989
24. Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway - 1989
25. 42nd Tony Awards: M Butterfly and Phantom of the Opera win - 1988
26. 58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60) - 1988
27. "Cabaret" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 262 performances - 1988
28. Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone - 1988
29. Longest game in Balt Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 inn (beat New York 7-6) - 1988
30. Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a New York Yankee - 1988
31. Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins - 1987
32. Jonathan Pollard, spy for Israel, pleads guilty in U.S. court - 1986
33. STS 51-G vehicle moves to launch pad - 1985
34. Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law - 1985
35. 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers - 1984
36. Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs - 1984
37. Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA" - 1984
38. DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal - 1984
39. New York Mets draft Shawn Abner, 17, #1 - 1984
40. 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62) - 1983
41. Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon - 1982
42. "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," released in USA - 1982
43. 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus - 1981
44. South-African President Vorster resigns due to scandal - 1979
45. Sri Lanka forfeit ICC Trophy game vs Israel for political reasons - 1979
46. 32nd Tony Awards: Da and Ain't Misbehavin' win - 1978
47. 6th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner - 1978
48. Liberal Julio Turbay Ayola wins Colombia elections - 1978
49. "Working" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 25 performances - 1978
50. Apple II, the 1st personal computer, goes on sale - 1977
51. Violence during Puerto Rican Day in Chicago kills 2 - 1977
52. Oldest animal fossils in U.S. discovered in North Carolina - 1975
53. 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th - 1974
54. Never-to-be-repeated 10 cents Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium occurs - 1974
55. NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks - 1974
56. 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64) - 1973
57. Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard - 1972
58. Carol Mann wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open - 1972
59. Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3) - 1972
60. J Luns appointed Secretary-General of NATO - 1971
61. Oakland A's beat Washington Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings - 1971
62. Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours - 1971
63. 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant - 1970
64. San Diego Padres draft Mike Ivie #1 - 1970
65. Tonga, formerly Friendly Islands, declares independence from U.K. - 1970
66. WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting - 1970
67. Yanks Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days - 1970
68. 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft - 1969
69. Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US - 1969
70. Nicky Hopkins quits rock and rolls, Jeff Beck Group - 1969
71. Don Drysdale pitches his 6th straight shutout, en route to 58 innings - 1968
72. 19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball - 1967
73. Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games) - 1967
74. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational - 1967
75. KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
76. Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series - 1967
77. 98th Belmont: William Boland aboard Amberoid wins in 2:29.6 - 1966
78. "Batman and His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman hits #70 - 1966
79. Hurricane Alma, kills 51 in Honduras - 1966
80. Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" - 1965
81. Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark - 1964
82. Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0 - 1964
83. Maldives adopts constitution - 1964
84. Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48 - 1964
85. 1st transmission of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio - 1963
86. British Minister of War John Profumo resigns due to Christine Keeler - 1963
87. Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to U.S. - 1962
88. Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open - 1961
89. French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers - 1958
90. San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and B Schmidt are 2nd to hit consecutive pinch HRs - 1958
91. 1st commercial coal pipeline placed in operation - 1957
92. May and Cowdrey make 411 stand vs. WI Ramadhin bowls 98 overs - 1957
93. Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public - 1956
94. "Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC - 1955
95. Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m - 1954
96. France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union - 1954
97. Pittsburgh trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chicago - 1953
98. Mississippi Valley State University founded - 1951
99. Pirate's Gus Bell hits for cycle helps beat Phillies 12-4 - 1951
100. CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election - 1950
101. Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25) - 1950
102. "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950 - 1949
103. House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act - 1947
104. "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater New York City after 4 performances - 1947
105. Largest solar prominence, 300,000 mi/500,000 km, observed - 1946
106. 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa - 1945
107. U.S., Russia, England and France agree to split occupied Germany - 1945
108. 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day - 1944
109. 1st submarine captured and boarded on high seas-U 505 - 1944
110. 5th Army enters and liberates Rome from Mussolini's Fascist armies - 1944
111. French general De Gaulle arrives in London - 1944
112. Argentina taken over by Gen Rawson and Col Juan Peron - 1943
113. St. Louis Card Mort Cooper pitches his 2nd consecutive 1 hitter - 1943
114. Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II - 1942
115. Capitol Record Co. opens for business - 1942
116. USS Yorktown sinks near Midway Island - 1942
117. Rep of Croatia orders all Jews to wear a star with the letter Z - 1941
118. 1st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2) - 1940
119. 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1) - 1940
120. British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops - 1940
121. German forces enter Paris - 1940
122. The synthetic rubber tire unveiled - 1940
123. Winston Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas and oceans" - 1940
124. 10th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7 -4 - 1938
125. 70th Belmont: James Stout aboard Pasteurized wins in 2:29.6 - 1938
126. Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France - 1937
127. 64th Belmont: Tom Malley aboard Faireno wins in 2:32.8 - 1932
128. Edouard Herriot becomes premier of France - 1932
129. George Eastman demonstrates 1st technicolor movie (Rochester New York) - 1929
130. 1st Ryder Cup: U.S. beats England, 9 -2 at Worcester CC Mass - 1927
131. Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard and 200-yard free-style - 1927
132. Peace of Trianon between Allies and Hungary - 1920
133. Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill - 1919
134. U.S. Marines invade Costa Rica - 1919
135. 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards and Elliott (Julia Ward Howe) - 1917
136. American men begin registering for the draft - 1917
137. Order of British Empire inaugurated - 1917
138. Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack - 1916
139. Suffragette Emily Davinson throws himself in front of king's horse - 1913
140. Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses - 1912
141. Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law - 1912
142. Automatic washer and dryer introduced - 1907
143. Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit - 1896
144. Oil City and Titusville Penn, destroyed by oil tank explosion; 130 die - 1892
145. Sierra Club forms in San Francisco - 1892
146. 18th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Panique wins in 2:42 - 1884
147. Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes - 1878
148. Pacific Stock Exchange opens - 1875
149. 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname - 1873
150. 4th Belmont: W Dick aboard Kingfisher wins in 2:59 - 1870
151. Van Bosse/Fock government begins - 1868
152. Confederates evacuate Ft. Pillow, Tennessee - 1862
153. Empire Engine Company No 1 organized - 1850
154. Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England - 1850
155. Mexican - U.S. war starts - 1845
156. 3rd national black convention meets, Philadelphia - 1832
157. National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium - 1831
158. Unseasonable hurricane hits New York City - 1825
159. Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory" - 1812
160. Tripoli forced to conclude peace with U.S. after war over tribute - 1805
161. White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in - 1800
162. Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers - 1794
163. Capt George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain - 1792
164. U.S. constitution goes into effect - 1789
165. Mme Thible becomes 1st woman to fly, in a balloon - 1784
166. Montgolfier brothers launch 1st hot-air balloon, unmanned - 1783
167. Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania - 1756
168. Battle at Hohenfriedberg Silezie: Prussia beats Austria - 1745
169. Frederick the Great (Prussia) defeats Austrians and Saxons - 1745
170. Prussia goes to the Covenant of Nymphenburg - 1741
171. Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet - 1666
172. Viceroy Willem Frederik conquerors Dijlerschans - 1664
173. British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner - 1647
174. Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Venlo - 1632
175. Lord Lovell and John de la Poles army land at Furness Lancashire - 1487
176. Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery - 1391
177. Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor - 1133
178. Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France - 1070
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