1. Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape - 1997
2. Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 1997
3. NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes - 1997
4. Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics - 1997
5. Alvaro Arzu aimed at ending 35 years of civil war - 1996
6. Guatemala's leftist guerrillas sign key accord with government of Pres - 1996
7. Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Hartford, Connecticut on WCCC 106.9 FM - 1996
8. 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2 - 1995
9. ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby - 1995
10. Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV - 1995
11. Chunnel linking England and France officially opens - 1994
12. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on Tonight Show - 1994
13. House passes the assault weapons ban - 1994
14. Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title - 1994
15. Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa - 1994
16. STS-55 (Columbia) lands - 1993
17. New York Met Anthony Young begins losing streak of at least 26 games - 1992
18. Werder Bremen wins 32nd Europe Cup II - 1992
19. Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees - 1991
20. Seppo Raty of Finland sets javelin record to 301' 9" - 1991
21. Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) lands - 1991
22. Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic - 1990
23. Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party - 1990
24. 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05 - 1989
25. Doughnutgate incident: New Jersey Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended - 1988
26. Graeme Hick scores 405 for Worcs vs. Somerset 35 fours 11 sixes - 1988
27. Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice - 1987
28. Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH - 1987
29. Niroslav Milhailovic begins 54 hours of telling jokes - 1987
30. PTL's Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God - 1987
31. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1987
32. Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup - 1986
33. Donald E. Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop - 1986
34. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1986
35. 17th Space Shuttle Mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 lands at Edwards AFB - 1985
36. Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken, Jr. hits for cycle - 1984
37. Jose Napoleon Duarte wins El Salvador presidential election - 1984
38. Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games - 1982
39. "Inacent Black" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 14 performances - 1981
40. Mariners manager Maury Wills is fired and replaced by Rene Lachemann - 1981
41. U.S. expels Libyan diplomats - 1981
42. Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m - 1979
43. Louis LaRusso II's "Knockout," premieres in New York City - 1979
44. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament - 1979
45. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1979
46. 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2 - 1978
47. South Africa military goes into Angola - 1978
48. "Beatles at Hollywood Bowl," released in U.K. - 1977
49. 3 people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska - 1975
50. A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games - 1974
51. Smallest attendance at Phila's Veterans Stadium (4,149) - 1974
52. Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London - 1974
53. West German chancellor W. Brandt resigns - 1974
54. 1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Win Jets, 4 games to 1 - 1973
55. Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic - 1973
56. 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8 - 1972
57. Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt. Everest - 1970
58. Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured - 1968
59. Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964) - 1968
60. Spain closes border to Gibraltar except to Spaniards - 1968
61. 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College - 1967
62. 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6 - 1967
63. Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22) - 1967
64. Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem president of India - 1967
65. Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin - 1966
66. Most runs scored in 11th inning (9) Phils score 5 to beat Pirates 8-7 - 1966
67. Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies - 1965
68. Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloan," premieres in London - 1964
69. Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August) - 1963
70. 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine (Ethan Allen) - 1962
71. Antonio Segni elected president of Italy - 1962
72. Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament - 1962
73. Pathet Lao breaks cease fire/conquerors Nam Tha Laos - 1962
74. U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean - 1962
75. 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04 - 1961
76. Omer Vanaudenhove chosen chairman of Belgium Liberal Party - 1961
77. English prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) - 1960
78. President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960 - 1960
79. Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta - 1960
80. Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader), freed in Mexico - 1960
81. Italian government of Segni resigns - 1957
82. Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS-TV - 1957
83. Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage) - 1957
84. Gus Bell (Reds) homers off Bob Miller in both ends of a double header - 1956
85. WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1956
86. West Germany joins NATO - 1955
87. Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4) - 1954
88. Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0 - 1953
89. Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0 - 1951
90. 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6 - 1950
91. "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances - 1950
92. Liz Taylor's 1st marriage to Conrad Hilton, Jr. - 1950
93. "Sally" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 36 performances - 1948
94. Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M. Schlesinger (Age of Jackson) - 1946
95. General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands - 1945
96. 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2 - 1944
97. KJR-AM in Seattle Washington swaps calls with KOMO - 1944
98. British 1st army opens assault on Tunis - 1943
99. Corregidor and Philippines surrender to Japanese Armies - 1942
100. Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia - 1941
101. Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath) - 1940
102. 1st performance of Honegger/Claudel's "Jeanne d'Arc Ouch B-cher" - 1939
103. 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4 - 1939
104. Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler) - 1938
105. Dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey (36 die) - 1937
106. British King George and Queen Mary celebrates silver jubilee - 1935
107. KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC) - 1935
108. Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush) - 1935
109. Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, and B Walters - 1934
110. 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8 - 1933
111. Italy and U.S.S.R. sign trade agreement - 1933
112. AL announces it will discontinue MVP award - 1929
113. New York to San Francisco footrace begins - 1929
114. Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884 - 1925
115. American Soccer League forms - 1921
116. Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa - 1919
117. St. Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 - 1917
118. Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa - 1916
119. Allies attack Cape Helles, Hellespont - 1915
120. German U-20 sinks Centurion SE of Ireland - 1915
121. Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15 - 1915
122. British House of Lords rejects women suffrage - 1914
123. King Nikita I of Montenegro vacates Skoetari, North-Albania - 1913
124. King George V ascends to British throne - 1910
125. 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6 - 1907
126. "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St. SF - 1906
127. American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting - 1904
128. Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers - 1903
129. British SS Camorta sinks off Rangoon; 739 die - 1902
130. Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" - 1902
131. Zulu assault at Holkrantz South-Africa - 1902
132. 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75 - 1896
133. 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37 - 1895
134. Conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike - 1891
135. Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)] - 1890
136. Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed - 1889
137. Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S. Congress ceases Chinese immigration - 1882
138. Epping Forest England dedicated by Queen Victoria - 1882
139. Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia - 1864
140. Battle of Wilderness-Gen Longstreet seriously injured - 1864
141. General Sherman begins advance to Atlanta Georgia - 1864
142. Arkansas and Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th state to secede from US - 1861
143. Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between U.S. and Confederacy - 1861
144. San Francisco Olympic Club, 1st U.S. athletic club forms - 1860
145. 1st major U.S. rail disaster kills 46 in Norwalk, Connecticut - 1853
146. Dr. John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" - 1851
147. Linus Yale patents Yale-lock - 1851
148. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce starts - 1851
149. Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony - 1848
150. Johan Thorbecke argue general right to vote - 1844
151. 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cents ) - 1835
152. John Deere makes 1st steel plow - 1833
153. Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816) - 1804
154. Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France - 1794
155. 1st Black Masonic Lodge (African # 459) forms Prince Hall, Boston - 1787
156. Battle at Prague: Frederik II of Prussia beats emperor army - 1757
157. French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle - 1753
158. 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni - 1733
159. Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands - 1672
160. Battle at Zolty Wody-Bohdan Chmielricki's Cossaks beat John II Casimir - 1648
161. Johan Mauritius resigns as governor of Brazil - 1644
162. Ville Marie (Montreal) forms - 1642
163. Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets - 1626
164. Arch duke Albrecht and Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands - 1598
165. King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church - 1536
166. Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals - 1529
167. Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance - 1527
168. Emperor Frederik III of Habsburg and duke Charles the Stout arrange marriage of their children - 1476
169. Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna - 1312
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