1. 53rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI - 1998
2. 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna - 1997
3. New York Yankees withdraw Kenny Rogers and Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre - 1997
4. A's scores 13 in 1st vs Angels - 1996
5. New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves - 1996
6. Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st U.S. to win Henley Regatta - 1995
7. Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma - 1994
8. U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back - 1994
9. A's Rickey Henderson is 2nd to hit leadoff homers in doubleheader - 1993
10. Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villagers in East Turkey - 1993
11. Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91) - 1993
12. 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64) - 1992
13. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic - 1992
14. Sixto Duran Ballen elected president of Ecuador - 1992
15. Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins given final approval by owners - 1991
16. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1991
17. Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins) - 1991
18. Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals - 1990
19. Barry Bond's HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408 - 1989
20. Mark McGwire's gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner) - 1989
21. Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out - 1989
22. South-African President Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela - 1989
23. Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East - 1989
24. Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93 - 1988
25. 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75) - 1987
26. A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break - 1987
27. Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic - 1987
28. 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63) - 1986
29. Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74) - 1986
30. Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty - 1986
31. Statue of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished - 1986
32. 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985) - 1985
33. Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hr, 30 min - 1985
34. Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections - 1985
35. Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials - 1984
36. France invades Algeria - 1983
37. New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team - 1983
38. Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia - 1983
39. Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas - 1982
40. ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol vs. Malay - 1982
41. 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson - 1981
42. Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections - 1981
43. Rajan Mahadevan recites 31,811 digits of ã from memory - 1981
44. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1981
45. 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76) - 1980
46. 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86) - 1980
47. Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan - 1978
48. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1978
49. Pakistan's army, led by Gen Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power - 1977
50. 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors (61 61 57 64) - 1975
51. Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule - 1975
52. 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64) - 1974
53. Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps - 1973
54. "Live and Let Die," James Bond film premieres - 1973
55. Maj Gen Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda - 1973
56. Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana - 1973
57. Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird vs. NZ at Leeds - 1973
58. Pierre Messmer appointed French premier - 1972
59. 26th amendment certified, reduces voting age to 18 - 1971
60. Simon Gray's "Butley," premieres in London - 1971
61. 25th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young - 1970
62. Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109 - 1970
63. 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64) - 1969
64. Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park - 1969
65. 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62) - 1968
66. John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce - 1968
67. "Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague - 1968
68. Philadelphia 76'ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to Los Angeles Lakers - 1968
69. Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme - 1967
70. National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting - 1966
71. New York City transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents - 1966
72. Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy - 1966
73. 1st Beatle tune to hit U.S. charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87 - 1963
74. 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria - 1962
75. Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule - 1962
76. Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers - 1962
77. 80 die in collisions in Algiers - 1961
78. KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1961
79. St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double - 1961
80. Mongolia adopts constitution - 1960
81. Ben-Gurion's Israeli government resigns - 1959
82. Indonesia restores constitution - 1959
83. Jack Gelber's "Connection," premieres in New York City - 1959
84. 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62) - 1958
85. J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname - 1958
86. 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62) - 1957
87. Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge - 1957
88. France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria - 1956
89. English harbor strike ends - 1955
90. B-52A bomber made its maiden flight - 1954
91. Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days - 1954
92. Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament - 1953
93. WANorth Carolina TV channel 21 in Asheville, North Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting - 1953
94. 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63) - 1952
95. "Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 72 performances - 1952
96. Dodgers sweep the Giants and lead by 7 games (Giants will win pennant) - 1951
97. Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ) - 1951
98. Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel - 1950
99. New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks - 1949
100. Britain's National Health Service Act begins - 1948
101. 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64) - 1947
102. "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 108 performances - 1947
103. Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL - 1947
104. Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show - 1946
105. Labour Party wins British parliamentary election - 1945
106. Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight - 1944
107. Battle of Gulf of Kula - 1943
108. Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. begins (6,000 tanks) - 1943
109. Liberator bombers sink U-535 in Gulf of Biskaye - 1943
110. U.S. invasion fleet of 96 ships sails to Sicily - 1943
111. 1st performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Choros 6/9/11 - 1942
112. Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada - 1942
113. German occupiers disband political parties - 1941
114. Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France - 1940
115. Herb Caen's 1st column in San Francisco Chronicle - 1938
116. 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record) - 1937
117. Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game and 2 in 2nd game - 1937
118. Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer - 1937
119. Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain - 1937
120. 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) - 1936
121. 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast - 1935
122. 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit HRs, Tony and Al Cuccunello - 1935
123. Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant - 1935
124. Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act - 1935
125. German party Catholic Center disbands - 1933
126. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal - 1932
127. 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64) - 1930
128. 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62) - 1929
129. WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down - 1929
130. Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil - 1924
131. 1st general election in Netherlands - 1922
132. Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro - 1922
133. Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win - 1922
134. 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97) - 1919
135. Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times - 1919
136. Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series - 1914
137. Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia - 1914
138. Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra - 1913
139. Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn - 1904
140. Australia won the one and only Test Cricket played at Sheffield - 1902
141. Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber - 1900
142. Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD - 1891
143. German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon - 1884
144. U.S. Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act - 1884
145. Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins - 1871
146. Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws - 1865
147. Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department - 1865
148. Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg) - 1864
149. Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi - 1863
150. Battle of Carthage, Missouri - U.S. Gen Sigel attacks pro-secessionist - 1861
151. Capt N. C. Brooks discovers Midway Islands - 1859
152. Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country - 1843
153. Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency - 1841
154. Provisional government forms in Oregon Country - 1834
155. HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro - 1832
156. France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest - 1830
157. Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario - 1814
158. Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain - 1811
159. Battle of Buenos Aires - 1808
160. Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) - 1791
161. Slave revolt on Curacao - 1750
162. Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England - 1687
163. 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts) - 1643
164. Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated - 1626
165. English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz - 1596
166. Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster - 1450
167. German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten - 1436
168. Scotland and France sign anti-English covenant - 1295
169. Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V - 1294
170. Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported - 1054
171. Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II - 0767
172. St. Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope - 0649
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