1. U.S. space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars - 1997
2. HotMail, a free internet E-mail service begins - 1996
3. Birmingham Barracudas play 1st CFL game (vs Winnipeg) - 1995
4. Russian manned space craft TM-18, lands - 1994
5. Rwandese Patriot Front occupies Kigali - 1994
6. U.S. loses to Brazil 1-0 in 1994 World Cup quarter finals - 1994
7. 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier (76 76 36 63) - 1993
8. Brandie Burton wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic - 1993
9. Dave Winfield hits 442nd HR to move into 19th place - 1993
10. Pilar Fort, crowned 25th Miss Black America - 1993
11. Pizza Hut blimp deflates and lands safely on W 56th street in New York City - 1993
12. 99th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (62 61) - 1992
13. John Phillips, rocker (Mamas and Papas), undergoes a liver transplant - 1992
14. U.S. actress Bobbie Eakes marries author David Stone - 1992
15. 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address - 1990
16. 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minn - 1990
17. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1990
18. Wrestler Brutus Beefcake injured during para-sailing - 1990
19. 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide - 1989
20. Red's Tom Browning is 3 outs away from his 2nd career perfect game when Phillie Dickie Thon doubles - 1989
21. Unmanned Russian Mig-23 crashes in Bellegem-Kooigem, Belgium (1 dies) - 1989
22. 102nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Becker (46 76 64 62) - 1988
23. KC releases pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose 238 saves are the 4th most - 1988
24. U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 - 1988
25. 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (75 63) - 1987
26. Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission - 1987
27. Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so - 1987
28. Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France - 1987
29. Tinker Bell's nightly flight begins - 1985
30. Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial half his ashes next to N Senzaki - 1984
31. Kallicharran gets 206 and 6-32 in a NatWest Trophy game - 1984
32. New York Yankee Phil Niekro is 9th to strikeout 3,000 - 1984
33. Yuri Sedykh of U.S.S.R. throws hammer a record 86.33 m - 1984
34. New York Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox - 1983
35. 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie - 1982
36. 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 lands at Edwards AFB - 1982
37. 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Connors beats J McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64) - 1982
38. Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico - 1982
39. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1982
40. Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning - 1982
41. 95th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats B Borg (46 76 76 64) - 1981
42. Clive Rice 105* out of 143 all out, Notts vs. Hants at Bournemouth - 1981
43. Nolan Ryan is 4th to strikeout 3,000 - 1980
44. Algerian ex-president Ben Bella freed - 1979
45. Memphis fire fighters halt 3-day strike under a court order - 1978
46. Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher - 1977
47. Nigel Harrison replaces Gary Valentine as bassist of Blondie - 1977
48. Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6 - 1977
49. Opening ceremony of the Dai Bosatsu monastery Catskill Mt., New York - 1976
50. Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers - 1976
51. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Bloomington Golf Classic Bicentennial - 1976
52. 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61) - 1975
53. Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days - 1974
54. Alan Ayckbourne's "Absurd Person Singular," premieres in London - 1973
55. CARICOM - Caribbean Community and Common Market, forms - 1973
56. In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth" - 1973
57. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1971
58. 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park, New Jersey - 1970
59. 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61) - 1970
60. Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio - 1970
61. Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons - 1970
62. 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep and Janis Joplin - 1969
63. 76th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Ann Jones beats Billie J King (36 63 62) - 1969
64. "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in U.K. - 1969
65. Italian Rumor government resigns - 1969
66. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1969
67. Arthur Kopit's "Indians," premieres in London - 1968
68. Radio astronomy satellite Explorer 38 launched (o 450 m) - 1968
69. Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center - 1967
70. Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader - 1967
71. Beatles attacked in Philippines after insulting Imelda Marcos - 1966
72. Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Freedom of Information Act - 1966
73. 20th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Carol Mann - 1965
74. 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63) - 1964
75. Beachboy's "I Get Around" reaches #1 - 1964
76. Island Records begins - 1962
77. KIKU (now KHNL) TV channel 13 in Honolulu, HI (IND) 1st broadcast - 1962
78. 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright - 1960
79. America's new 50-star flag honoring Hawaiian statehood unfurled - 1960
80. Mickey Mantle is 18th to hit 300 HRs - 1960
81. 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63) - 1959
82. America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled - 1959
83. Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony - 1959
84. 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11) - 1958
85. Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase - 1957
86. Independence National Historical Park forms in Philadelphia - 1956
87. U.S. most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville, Maryland - 1956
88. West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern - 1954
89. WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins - 1954
90. 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75) - 1953
91. Imre Nagy succeeds Matyas Rakosi as premier of Hungary - 1953
92. 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62) - 1952
93. Canadain Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted - 1952
94. Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4 - 1950
95. Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution) - 1950
96. 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62) - 1947
97. Anti Jewish riots in Kielce Poland, 42 die - 1946
98. Philippines gains independence from U.S. - 1946
99. 1,100 U.S. guns fire 4th of July salute at German lines in Normandy - 1944
100. 1st Japanese kamikaze attack, U.S. fleet near Iwo Jima - 1944
101. Allied assault on Carpiquet airport at Caen - 1944
102. Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber - 1944
103. 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) - 1942
104. U.S. air offensive against nazi-Germany begins - 1942
105. Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin - 1941
106. Latvia partisans shoot 416 Jews dead - 1941
107. Politburo of Yugoslav Communist Party reorganizes - 1941
108. British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die - 1940
109. German occupiers forbids anti-nazis speeches - 1940
110. Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game - 1939
111. Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day - 1939
112. 1st game at Shribe Park, Phila; Braves beat Phillies 10-5 - 1938
113. France-Turkish friendship treaty - 1938
114. 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75) - 1936
115. League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy - 1936
116. Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment - 1934
117. Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge - 1933
118. Bradman scores 260, a North American record, vs. Western Ontario - 1932
119. 1st fireworks are held at Cleveland Stadium - 1931
120. 1st trailside museum opens in Cleveland Metroparks - 1931
121. 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62) - 1930
122. AM radio station WOWO, Indiana's transmitter burns down - 1929
123. Ir Sukarno forms PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia - 1927
124. Baronie soccer team forms in Breda Neth - 1926
125. NSDAP-party forms in Weimar - 1926
126. 44 die when Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses - 1925
127. 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86) - 1925
128. Yanks Lefty Grove beats A's Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings - 1925
129. Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1923
130. ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms - 1919
131. Cincinnati Reds are 10 games back in NL, and win World Series - 1919
132. Jack Dempsey KOs Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship - 1919
133. Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa - 1918
134. 1st U.S. motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks) - 1914
135. 37th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A F Wilding beats McLoughlin (86 63 10-8) - 1913
136. Detroit Tiger George Mullen no-hits St. Louis Browns, 7-0 - 1912
137. Jack Johnson TKOs Jim Flynn in 9 for heavyweight boxing title - 1912
138. 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record) - 1911
139. 106 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record) - 1911
140. Ty Cobb goes 0 for 4 and ends a 40 game hit streak - 1911
141. White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak - 1911
142. Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1910
143. New York Giant George "Hooks" Witse no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 in 10 inn - 1908
144. Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title - 1907
145. Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia - 1906
146. Philadelphia A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game - 1905
147. Pacific Cable (SF, Hawaii, Guam, Phil) opens, President TR sends message - 1903
148. French liner "La Bourgogne" collides with bark Cromartyshire, 560 die - 1898
149. U.S. flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War) - 1898
150. Katherine Lee Bates publishes "America the Beautiful" - 1895
151. Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of 1st U.S. autos at 6 MPH - 1894
152. Republic of Hawaii proclaimed, Sanford B. Dole as president - 1894
153. James Keir Hardie chosen 1st socialist in British Lower house - 1892
154. Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting - 1889
155. 1st organized rodeo competition held, Prescott, Arizona - 1888
156. 1st scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt Moody, BC - 1886
157. 1st U.S. bullfight held (Dodge City Ks) - 1884
158. Statue of Liberty presented to U.S. in Paris - 1884
159. Buffalo Bill Cody presents 1st wild west show, North Platte, Nebr - 1883
160. Telegraph Hill Observatory opens in San Francisco - 1882
161. Booker T. Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute in Alabama - 1881
162. Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony - 1879
163. Battle at Rorkes Drift: Britain ends attack on Zulus - 1879
164. 1st public exhibition of electric light in San Francisco - 1876
165. Batholdi visits Bedloe Island, future home of his Statue of Liberty - 1876
166. White Democrats kill several blacks in terrorist attacks in Vicksburg - 1875
167. Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed - 1874
168. Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens - 1873
169. Battle at Ueno: last Tokugawa armies defeated - 1868
170. Firecracker thrown in wood starts fire destroying of Portland, Me - 1866
171. 1st edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is published - 1865
172. Battle at Chattahoochee River, Georgia - 1864
173. Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho) - 1863
174. Failed Confederate assault on Helena Arkansas (640 casualties) - 1863
175. General Lee's army withdraws from Gettysburg - 1863
176. Skirmish at Smithburg, Tennessee - 1863
177. Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Union forces - 1863
178. Battle at Green River Kentucky (Morgan's Ohio Raid) - 1862
179. Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) - 1862
180. Lewis Carroll creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice P. Liddell - 1862
181. In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops - 1861
182. Skirmish at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - 1861
183. Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond - 1845
184. Texas Congress votes for annexation to U.S. - 1845
185. Wisconsin Territory forms - 1836
186. "America" 1st sung publicly in Boston - 1832
187. Cornerstone laid for 1st U.S. mint (Chestnut and Juniper St, Philadelphia) - 1829
188. Construction begins on B and O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st U.S. passenger RR - 1828
189. Slavery abolished in NY - 1827
190. William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet - 1819
191. Construction on Erie Canal begins - 1817
192. French troops occupy Amsterdam - 1810
193. U.S. Military Academy officially opens (West Point, New York) - 1802
194. 1st Independence Day celebration is held - 1796
195. 1st U.S. tariff act - 1789
196. French fleet occupies Grenada - 1779
197. Declaration of Independence - U.S. gains independence from Britain - 1776
198. George Washington gives Ft. Necessity to France - 1754
199. Swedish King Karel XII beats Russians - 1708
200. Battle at Boussu-lez-Walcourt: French-English vs Dutch army - 1693
201. States of Holland declares "Eternal Edict" void - 1672
202. British Barebones Parliament goes into session - 1653
203. Prince of Conde starts blood bath in Paris - 1652
204. City of Providence, Rhode Island form - 1636
205. Battle at Klushino: King Sigismund II beats Russian and Sweden - 1610
206. 41 Jewish martyrs burned at stake at Breslau - 1453
207. Angelo Correr becomes Pope Gregory XII - 1415
208. Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg - 1301
209. Battle of Hittin (Tiberias): Saladin defeats Reinoud of Chatillon - 1187
210. Brightest known super-nova (Crab Nebula) starts shining (23 days) - 1054
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