1. Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open - 1999
2. Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open - 1998
3. Athen's Greece selected for 2004 Olympics - 1997
4. Larry King weds Shawn Southwick - 1997
5. Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game - 1997
6. MTV Video Music Awards - 1996
7. "Summer and Smoke" opens at Criterion Theater New York City - 1996
8. Cal Ripken, Jr. ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games - 1995
9. Barb Mucha wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic - 1994
10. Jerry Lewis' 29th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,100,000 - 1994
11. Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec) - 1994
12. Kirgizie government resigns - 1994
13. SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass - 1994
14. F Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident - 1993
15. "Fool Moon" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 207 performances - 1993
16. "Jelly's Last Jam" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 569 performances - 1993
17. Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502) - 1993
18. Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39) - 1993
19. Robocop Richard Eden (36) weds actress Shannon Hile (30) - 1993
20. "Will Rogers Follies" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 983 performances - 1993
21. Andrew "Dice" Clay marries his longtime live-in lover Trinie - 1992
22. Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts) - 1992
23. 8th MTV Awards: REM - 1991
24. Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston - 1991
25. Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC - 1991
26. U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins - 1991
27. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West - 1990
28. Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight U.S. Open final - 1990
29. Chris Evert last U.S. Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison - 1989
30. Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show - 1989
31. Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic - 1988
32. CFL's Earl Winfield (Ham) scores TDs on 101-yd punt return, 100-yd kickoff return and 58-yd pass reception - 1988
33. Jerry Lewis' 23rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $41,132,113 - 1988
34. Carlton Fisk clubs his 300th career HR off Danny Jackson - 1987
35. John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at U.S. Tennis Open - 1987
36. 3rd MTV Awards: Whitney Houston wins - 1986
37. Karachi Pakistan army storms hijacked U.S. B-747, 19 killed - 1986
38. MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins - 1986
39. NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms - 1986
40. NASA launches DOD-1 - 1986
41. 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) -Discovery 1- lands at Edwards AFB - 1984
42. 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB - 1983
43. Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph - 1983
44. Jerry Lewis' 18th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,691,627 - 1983
45. Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic - 1983
46. 82nd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel - 1982
47. Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph - 1982
48. Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns - 1980
49. World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens - 1980
50. A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19) - 1979
51. Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale - 1979
52. Earl of Mountbatten funeral held in Burma - 1979
53. Iran army occupies Piranshahr - 1979
54. Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in U.S. Tennis Open quarterfinals - 1979
55. Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md - 1978
56. Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night" - 1977
57. Jerry Lewis' 12th Muscular Dystrophy telethon - 1977
58. RAF kidnap West German work chairman Schleyer - 1977
59. Voyager 1 (U.S.) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn - 1977
60. "Rex" closes at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City after 48 performances - 1976
61. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic - 1976
62. "Very Good Eddie" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 307 performances - 1976
63. Czech tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in New York City - 1975
64. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento - 1975
65. Portugal premier Goncalvez resigns - 1975
66. Wings release "Letting Go" - 1975
67. 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket - 1973
68. "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 15 performances - 1973
69. 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by terrorists - 1972
70. Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium - 1972
71. Jerry Lewis' 7th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, John and Yoko appear - 1972
72. Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win - 1971
73. New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet - 1971
74. Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record) - 1970
75. Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections - 1969
76. 21 killed by hijackers aboard a Pan Am jet in Karachi Pakistan - 1968
77. 82nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64) - 1968
78. 88th U.S. Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker (1412 57 63 36 63) - 1968
79. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1968
80. Hurricane Beuleah, kills 54 in Caribbean, Mexico and Texas - 1967
81. KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
82. WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1967
83. Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $15,000 - 1966
84. WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1966
85. Atletico Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup II - 1962
86. Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 and consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th - 1962
87. John F. Kennedy begins underground nuclear testing - 1961
88. President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty) - 1961
89. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1961
90. Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal - 1960
91. President Kasavubu fires premier Lumumba of Congo - 1960
92. Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal - 1960
93. Washington Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) - 1959
94. 1st color video recording on magnetic tape - 1958
95. "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US - 1958
96. WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1958
97. Cuban dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising - 1957
98. Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers" - 1957
99. 20 die in a train crash in Springer NM - 1956
100. Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician - 1955
101. Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season - 1955
102. WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting - 1955
103. WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1955
104. Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die - 1954
105. 1st privately operated atomic reactor, Raleigh NC - 1953
106. U.S. give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid - 1953
107. General Carlos Ibanez elected president of Chile - 1952
108. 65th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64) - 1951
109. 71st U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Elias Seixas, Jr. (64 61 61) - 1951
110. 64th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63) - 1950
111. 70th U.S. Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63) - 1950
112. 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record) - 1950
113. 63rd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61) - 1949
114. 69th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64) - 1949
115. Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game - 1946
116. "Yours Is My Heart" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 36 performances - 1946
117. 5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen - 1944
118. Allies liberate Brussels - 1944
119. Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign unity treaty - 1944
120. British premier Churchill travels to Scotland - 1944
121. Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard - 1944
122. "Mad Tuesday" 65,000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany - 1944
123. 57th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (63 57 63) - 1943
124. U.S. airland at Nadzab, New-Guinea - 1943
125. Battle at Alam Halfa ends - 1942
126. British and U.S. bomb Le Havre and Bremen - 1942
127. 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2) - 1939
128. Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U.S. neutrality at start of WW II in Europe - 1939
129. Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees - 1936
130. French premier A Briand requests a U.S. of Europe - 1929
131. Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings - 1927
132. 112 F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record) - 1925
133. 29th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones - 1925
134. Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho KO each other simultaneously - 1923
135. 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1) - 1922
136. Yankees final game at Polo Grounds (played there 7 years) - 1922
137. Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287 - 1921
138. Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders - 1920
139. Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early - 1918
140. 36th U.S. Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64) - 1916
141. 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) - 1915
142. Anti-war conference in Zimmerwald, Switzerland - 1915
143. Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians - 1914
144. French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine - 1914
145. Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London - 1914
146. Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins - 1914
147. Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th - 1913
148. Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings - 1910
149. Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 - 1908
150. 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider) - 1906
151. Lillian Mortimer's "No Mother to Guide," premieres in Detroit - 1905
152. Treaty of Portsmouth USA, ends Russo-Japanese War - 1905
153. National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms - 1901
154. France proclaims a protectorate over Chad - 1900
155. George Washington Murray elected to Congress from SC - 1895
156. Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 - 1887
157. 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft. Wayne, Ind) - 1885
158. 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in New York City - 1882
159. Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas - 1877
160. British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits - 1864
161. Bread revolt in Mobile Alabama - 1863
162. Lee crosses Potomac and enters Maryland - 1862
163. Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains - 1844
164. Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands - 1838
165. Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas - 1836
166. Battle at Masurische Meren: Germans chase Russ out of E Prussia - 1814
167. Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops - 1800
168. New conscription law goes into effect in France - 1798
169. General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy - 1796
170. U.S. - Algiers sign peace treaty - 1795
171. In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins - 1793
172. Montplaisir Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium - 1786
173. Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis - 1781
174. 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia - 1774
175. Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods - 1750
176. French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski - 1725
177. Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards - 1698
178. French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested - 1661
179. Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent - 1644
180. Battle at Nordlingen: King Ferdinand III and Spain beat Sweden and German protestants - 1634
181. Richelieu becomes cardinal - 1622
182. Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java - 1596
183. William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs - 1550
184. 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala Aztecs - 1519
185. Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany - 1198
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