1. 111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64) - 1997
2. "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale New York City after 109 performances - 1997
3. Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Classic - 1997
4. Montreal Expos retire Andre Dawson's uniform #10 - 1997
5. Wimbledon Women's Doubles Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva beat Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf - 1997
6. 103rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (63, 75) - 1996
7. Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24 - 1996
8. Lottie Dod, 15, beats Blanch Bingley at Wimbledon - 1995
9. Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77) - 1994
10. Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85) - 1994
11. Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL game (vs Ottawa) - 1994
12. Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. Australia - 1993
13. John F. Kennedy, Jr., gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan - 1993
14. Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East - 1992
15. 98th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats G Sabatini (64 36 86) - 1991
16. After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0 - 1990
17. "Jetson's the Movie" with Tiffany, premieres - 1990
18. Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game - 1989
19. Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected president of Mexico - 1988
20. North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die - 1988
21. Wrestler Jake Roberts convicted of battery - 1988
22. 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India - 1987
23. Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds - 1987
24. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test - 1987
25. 100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75) - 1986
26. Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship - 1986
27. Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game - 1986
28. Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines - 1986
29. Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election - 1986
30. 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago - 1983
31. Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3) - 1983
32. Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less - 1983
33. Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic - 1980
34. France performs nuclear test - 1980
35. Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836) - 1980
36. 86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64) - 1979
37. IRA-bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp - 1979
38. Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut - 1978
39. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1977
40. Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station - 1976
41. Argentine government falls - 1975
42. Comoros declare independence from France (most of them) - 1975
43. Dmitri Shostakovitch completes Sonate for alto opus 147 - 1975
44. Susie McAllister wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic - 1975
45. 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64) - 1974
46. Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi - 1971
47. White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks - 1971
48. California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law - 1970
49. Italian Rumor government resigns - 1970
50. Filming begins on "Ned Kelly" starring Mick Jagger - 1969
51. Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curacao - 1969
52. 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75) - 1968
53. Sacharov publishes "Manifest of 10,000 words" - 1968
54. Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade - 1967
55. Malawi becomes a republic, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes pres - 1966
56. Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms - 1965
57. Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London - 1964
58. Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) declares independence from U.K. - 1964
59. 70th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Smith beats Billie J King (63 64) - 1963
60. 77th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: C McKinley beats Fred Stolle (97 61 64) - 1963
61. South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested - 1963
62. 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61) - 1962
63. Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria - 1962
64. Mantle hits his 3rd and 4th consecutive homer - 1962
65. Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300 - 1961
66. Dr. Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City - 1960
67. 5th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls - 1959
68. Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic - 1959
69. WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1959
70. Adolfo Lopez Mateos elected President of Mexico - 1958
71. Alaska becomes 49th state - 1958
72. 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62) - 1957
73. Beatle John Lennon 1st meets Paul McCartney - 1957
74. Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri - 1957
75. 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64) - 1956
76. 85th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 286 at Hoylake England - 1956
77. Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honor to outstanding pitcher - 1956
78. Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats - 1956
79. Elvis Presley records his 1st hit, "That's All Right" - 1954
80. KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1954
81. Tunisian government of M'zali, resigns - 1954
82. Last tram ride in London - 1952
83. 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (64 64 64) - 1951
84. German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland - 1950
85. Cincinnati Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs - 1949
86. Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes - 1949
87. 53rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough (62 64) - 1946
88. 60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64) - 1946
89. "St. Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 113 performances - 1946
90. Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept United Nations Charter - 1945
91. President Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom - 1945
92. Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games - 1945
93. 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut - 1944
94. French General De Gaulle arrives in Washington, D.C. - 1944
95. U.S. General Patton lands in France - 1944
96. 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed - 1943
97. U.S. destroyer William D. Porter [Willie Dee] launched - 1943
98. 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York - 1942
99. Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam - 1942
100. Von Hoth' IV Pantser army fights with Voronezj - 1942
101. New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield - 1941
102. German Nazi's close last Jewish enterprises - 1939
103. 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati - 1938
104. 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record) - 1936
105. 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record) - 1936
106. 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75) - 1935
107. Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens - 1935
108. 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago - 1933
109. 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents - 1932
110. Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli - 1932
111. 35th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio - 1931
112. St. Louis has 2, 10 run innings and beats Phillies 28-6 - 1929
113. 1st all-talking motion picture shown in New York (Lights of New York) - 1928
114. Worlds largest hailstone 1 lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska - 1928
115. 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, U.S. - England - 1924
116. 36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62) - 1923
117. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics form - 1923
118. Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy - 1922
119. Yankees score 14 in 5th inning and beat Washington Senators, 17-0 - 1920
120. British R-34 lands in New York, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hr) - 1919
121. William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president - 1919
122. T. E. Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey - 1917
123. 5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens - 1912
124. Donald Lippincott runs world record 100m (10.6) - 1912
125. Robert Peary's expedition sails from New York City for north pole - 1908
126. George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of SF - 1903
127. Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike - 1894
128. British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary) - 1893
129. Dr. Jose Rizal forms League Filipina - 1892
130. Striking steel workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania fire on scabs, killing 7 - 1892
131. 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60) - 1887
132. Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public - 1886
133. Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine - 1885
134. 14 Russian Jews of Bilu, arrive in Jaffa Palestine - 1882
135. Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated - 1869
136. Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia - 1863
137. Skirmish at Devall's Bluff Arkansas (106 casualties) - 1862
138. Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine - 1858
139. 1st Republican state convention in Ripon, Wisconsin - 1854
140. National Black convention meets, Rochester New York - 1853
141. William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," 1st novel by black American - 1853
142. Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo - 1848
143. Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin - 1840
144. Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British - 1801
145. U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... and removed as alien enemies" - 1798
146. French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax - 1787
147. Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede - 1787
148. Congress resolves U.S. currency named "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage - 1785
149. British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies) - 1782
150. British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans - 1777
151. Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette" - 1776
152. Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent - 1775
153. Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish - 1770
154. Pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston - 1699
155. Newton publishes "Principia" - 1687
156. Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth - 1685
157. French troops conquer Maastricht - 1673
158. LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River - 1669
159. Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns - 1652
160. Battle at La Marfee Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French government army - 1641
161. Johan van Walbeecks ships bypass St-Anna Bay, Curacao - 1634
162. Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde - 1630
163. Dutch Governor-General John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die - 1621
164. Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion - 1609
165. English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag - 1590
166. Pacificatie of Boulogne: new peace treaty with huguenots - 1573
167. England/Scotland signs Treaty of Edinburgh - 1560
168. Battle at Fornovo] French king Charles VIII beats St. League - 1495
169. Opening ceremony of Daitokuji's Shinju at subtemple - 1491
170. England's King Richard III crowned - 1483
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