1. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis Tennessee on WMFS 92.9 FM - 1996
2. 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire - 1995
3. 64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61) - 1994
4. 64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64) - 1994
5. 7th Children's Miracle Network Telethon - 1994
6. Beth Daniel wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic - 1994
7. "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 8 performances - 1994
8. 125th Belmont: Julie Krone aboard Colonial Affair wins in 2:29.8 - 1993
9. 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64) - 1993
10. Liberian Charles Taylors rebellion kills 550 fugitives - 1993
11. "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18 - 1993
12. Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music) - 1993
13. Somali warlord Aidids murders 23 Pakistani - 1993
14. Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church - 1991
15. Mikhail Gorbachev receives his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize - 1991
16. Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) launched - 1991
17. South African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling - 1990
18. 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis - 1989
19. Billy Smith, last original New York Islander, retires - 1989
20. Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt" - 1989
21. Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3 - 1989
22. 1st Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $590,000 - 1988
23. 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61) - 1988
24. Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone - 1988
25. Laura Davies wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic - 1988
26. Longest champagne cork flight is 177'9 in New York - 1988
27. Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary - 1988
28. Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation and allows wins game - 1987
29. "Nightline" presents it's 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3:47 AM - 1987
30. San Diego Padre Steve Garvey ejected for 1st time - 1986
31. Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" becomes #1 - 1984
32. Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site, Golden Temple - 1984
33. 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy and Cats win - 1983
34. 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76) - 1983
35. Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic - 1983
36. 114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28 - 1982
37. 52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger, 76 61 - 1982
38. "Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39 - 1982
39. Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle - 1982
40. Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777 - 1981
41. Center of Disease Control reports of a pneumonia affecting gays, AIDS - 1981
42. George Harrison releases "Somewhere in England" - 1981
43. Soyuz T-2 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station - 1980
44. Seychelles adopts constitution - 1979
45. 31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Philadelphia 76er, 4 games to 2 - 1977
46. 31st Tony Awards: Shadow Box and Annie win - 1977
47. Coup in Seychelles, National Day - 1977
48. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Talk Tournament '77 Golf Tournament - 1977
49. Los Angeles Dodgers retire Walt Alston's #24 - 1977
50. 108th Belmont: Angel Cordero, Jr. aboard Bold Forbes wins in 2:29 - 1976
51. "Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57 - 1976
52. Teton Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage, 14 die - 1976
53. 48th National Spelling Bee: Hugh Tosteson wins spelling incisor - 1975
54. British population agrees to European Common Market membership - 1975
55. Egypt president Sadat reopens Suez Canal, closed since 1967 - 1975
56. A's Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in clubhouse fight at Detroit - 1974
57. 43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60) - 1973
58. "If You Had Wings" opens - 1972
59. U.N. Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm - 1972
60. Yugoslav president Tito visits U.S.S.R. - 1972
61. 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6 - 1971
62. KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1970
63. Dutch Antilles government of Kroon resigns - 1969
64. Race riot in Hartford Connecticut - 1969
65. Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day - 1968
66. 6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin - 1967
67. Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair - 1967
68. Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible - 1967
69. WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
70. Cincinnati Red Leo Cardenas hits 4 home runs in a doubleheader - 1966
71. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Clayton Federal Golf Invitational - 1966
72. 97th Belmont: John Sellers aboard Hail to All wins in 2:28.6 - 1965
73. Lopez Arellano becomes president of Honduras - 1965
74. "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hits #2 - 1965
75. Davie Jones and King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me," group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie - 1964
76. Princess Marijke changes her name to Christina - 1963
77. State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested - 1963
78. "George Gobel Show," last airs on CBS-TV - 1960
79. Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open - 1960
80. Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minnesota - 1959
81. New York narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes - 1957
82. Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const - 1956
83. "Milton Berle Show," last airs on NBC-TV - 1956
84. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open - 1955
85. New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce - 1955
86. Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos - 1954
87. "Your Show Of Shows," last airs on NBC-TV - 1954
88. Denmark adopts a new constitution - 1953
89. U.S. Senate rejects China PR membership to U.N. - 1953
90. 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs Charles boxing - 1952
91. Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for hw boxing title - 1952
92. Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman vs. India at Headingley - 1952
93. U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation - 1950
94. Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23 - 1948
95. Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines Marshall Plan - 1947
96. Fire at LaSalle Hotel cocktail lounge kills 61 (Chicago, Illinois) - 1946
97. Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London - 1945
98. U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany - 1945
99. 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure - 1944
100. 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day - 1944
101. Allies march into Rome - 1944
102. General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6 - 1944
103. King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto - 1944
104. 75th Belmont: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:28.2 - 1943
105. German occupiers arrest Louvain University's chancellor - 1943
106. British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie - 1942
107. Elwood Ordnance Plant near Joliet Illinois kills 54 - 1942
108. USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania - 1942
109. Sandor Szabo beats B Nagurski in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ - 1941
110. 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh - 1940
111. American Negro Theater organizes - 1940
112. Battle of France begins in WW II - 1940
113. Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme - 1940
114. General De Gaulle becomes under minister of Defense - 1940
115. Gov of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees - 1940
116. Netherlands rations petroleum - 1940
117. 69th Belmont: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 2:28.6 - 1937
118. Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week - 1937
119. 1st formal meeting of Baker Street Irregulars (New York City) - 1934
120. Gold standard abolished - 1933
121. Jules Renkin becomes premier of Belgium - 1931
122. Ramsey MacDonald forms minority Labour government in Britain - 1929
123. 3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9) - 1927
124. Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard and 200-yard free-style swim record - 1927
125. Indians triple-play Yankees and win 15-3 - 1926
126. 29th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass - 1925
127. 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell - 1920
128. A's VP Thomas Shibe denies charges that baseballs are livelier - 1920
129. 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I - 1917
130. 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn wins in 2:18.6 - 1915
131. Dutch Disability laws go into effect - 1913
132. U.S. Marines invade Cuba, 3nd time - 1912
133. Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win - 1911
134. Automatic washer and dryer are introduced - 1907
135. Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria - 1900
136. Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted - 1899
137. Democrats nominate Grover Cleveland for president - 1888
138. 20th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Inspector B wins in 2:41 - 1886
139. William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" - 1884
140. Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die - 1882
141. 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75 - 1879
142. Bananas become popular in U.S., at Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia - 1876
143. Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens - 1875
144. Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar - 1873
145. Republican National Convention meets, Philadelphia - 1872
146. Constantinople in fire; 900 die - 1870
147. 3rd Belmont: C Miller aboard Fenian wins in 3:04 - 1869
148. Battle of Piedmont, Virginia, Augusta City - 1864
149. Battle of Franklin's Crossing, Virginia, Deep Run - 1863
150. CSS "Alabama" captures "Tailsman" in Mid Atlantic - 1863
151. Federal marshals seize arms and gunpower at Du Pont works DE - 1861
152. Walter Woodbury and James Page open photo studio in Batavia, Djakarta - 1857
153. Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention - 1855
154. Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy - 1849
155. Statue of prince Willem the Silent unveiled - 1848
156. Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Balt - 1846
157. Ada Lovelace (future 1st computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage - 1833
158. Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ - 1827
159. Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians - 1808
160. 1st trotter to break 3 minute mile, Yankee - 1806
161. Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland - 1806
162. 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley", Southern Illinois - 1805
163. Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces - 1794
164. Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight - 1783
165. Prince Willem van Orange becomes Knight of Garter - 1752
166. England and Emperor Karel VI signs military treaty - 1716
167. Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge - 1661
168. Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Roermond - 1632
169. Spanish troops under Spinola conquer Breda - 1625
170. England and Netherlands sign trade agreement - 1507
171. Bordeaux's archbishop Bertrand the Got elected Pope Clement V - 1305
172. Battle of Woeringen: Reinald I vs Jan I - 1288
173. Friezen murders bishop Boniface and over 50 companions - 0754
174. Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem - 0070
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