1. Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants - 1997
2. Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8) - 1997
3. Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown - 1996
4. Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election - 1995
5. Michelle McGann wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic - 1995
6. "On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City after 8 performances - 1995
7. Twins beat Indians 10-9 in 17 innings, 6 hours and 36 minutes - 1995
8. 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6 - 1994
9. Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle) - 1994
10. Edvard Munchs painting "The Scream" recovered 3 months after stolen - 1994
11. Gary Hart's girlfriend Donna Rice (36) weds Jack Hughes (42) - 1994
12. Matlock actor Daniel Roebuck (30) weds Kelly Durst (24) - 1994
13. South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections - 1993
14. 5 New York City cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine - 1992
15. Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes - 1992
16. Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races - 1992
17. U.S. space shuttle STS-49 launched (maiden voyage of Endeavour) - 1992
18. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1991
19. Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs - 1991
20. Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic - 1989
21. Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet - 1989
22. Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency - 1989
23. 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2 - 1988
24. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. - 1988
25. 105 degrees F in Sacramento, California - 1987
26. Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers - 1987
27. Bucharest wins 31st Europe Cup I - 1986
28. Phillies outfielder Garry Maddox, retires - 1986
29. $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit - 1984
30. Sharon Barrett wins LPGA Potamkin Cadillac Golf Classic - 1984
31. 109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Sunny's Halo wins in 2:02.2 - 1983
32. August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups - 1983
33. Bruins 4-Isles 8-Wales Conf Championship-Isles win series 4-2 - 1983
34. Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing - 1982
35. IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 - 1982
36. "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore New York City for 12 performances - 1982
37. Oakland Raiders to move to Los Angeles - 1982
38. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1982
39. Josip Tito, Yugoslav president, buried - 1980
40. Samm-Art Williams' "Home," premieres in New York City - 1980
41. 5th UNCTAD-conference opens in Manila - 1979
42. Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland) - 1979
43. 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2 - 1977
44. "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 75 performances - 1977
45. Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead - 1975
46. President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" - 1975
47. Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays - 1975
48. Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) - 1974
49. Pulitzer prize awarded to Eudora Welty (Optimist's Daughter) - 1973
50. 26th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 1 - 1972
51. Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic - 1972
52. "Long and Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release - 1970
53. 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1 - 1969
54. Robert E. Cushman, Jr., becomes deputy director of CIA - 1969
55. Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open - 1967
56. 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02 - 1966
57. Mamas and Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1 - 1966
58. Yankees fire manager Johnny Keene - 1966
59. WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1965
60. Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champ - 1963
61. SETC Telstar 2 launched (apogee 6,700 miles (10,800 km)) - 1963
62. Pulitzer prize awarded to Theodore H White (Making of President 1960) - 1962
63. U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island - 1962
64. Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open - 1961
65. "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 27 performances - 1961
66. 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4 - 1960
67. "Christine" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 12 performances - 1960
68. Dodgers Larry and Norm Sherry are baseball's 10th brother battery - 1960
69. "Flower Drum Song" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 602 performances - 1960
70. "From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 21 performances - 1960
71. Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of U.S.S.R. - 1960
72. Los Angeles Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th HR wins the game for brother Larry - 1960
73. Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12 -8 for world chess championship - 1960
74. U.S.S.R. announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy - 1960
75. "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum) sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition - 1959
76. Howard Johnson sets aircraft altitude record in F-104, 27,810 m - 1958
77. Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald - 1957
78. Maj Johnson, USAAF flies a Lockheed Starfight to 17.28 miles (27.8 K) - 1957
79. Battle at Oran, Algeria, kills 300 - 1956
80. New York Giant Bill White, homers in his 1st at bat - 1956
81. Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett - 1956
82. 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8 - 1955
83. U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great-Britain - 1955
84. West Europe Union established - 1955
85. French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu - 1954
86. U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO - 1954
87. "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 892 performances - 1953
88. Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by LE Marron, in Chile - 1953
89. International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics - 1951
90. Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town) - 1951
91. 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2 - 1949
92. Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentence to death - 1948
93. General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution - 1947
94. "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC - 1947
95. Paraguayian government unleashes contra revolt - 1947
96. William H. Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands - 1946
97. Branch Rickey announces formation of the U.S. Negro Baseball League - 1945
98. British troops pull into Utrecht, Netherlands - 1945
99. Formal undertaking of complete German surrender - 1945
100. Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated - 1945
101. Nazi generals Jodl and Von Friedenburg surrender - 1945
102. Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Neth - 1945
103. Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano) - 1945
104. SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22 - 1945
105. German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia - 1944
106. British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia - 1943
107. Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps - 1943
108. Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched - 1943
109. U.S. 1st Armour division occupies Ferryville, Tunisia - 1943
110. U.S. 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert, Tunisia - 1943
111. Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion - 1942
112. Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed - 1942
113. British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3) - 1941
114. Cornerstone of B of A building at 300 Montgomery laid - 1941
115. Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA - 1941
116. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain - 1940
117. Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis - 1939
118. 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8 - 1938
119. Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of nazi-Germany "undesired strangers" - 1938
120. Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal - 1934
121. Part of Khabarovsk becomes a Jewish Autnomous Region - 1934
122. Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) - 1934
123. World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines - 1934
124. 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2 - 1932
125. Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex vs. Northants in 330 mins - 1930
126. England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21 - 1928
127. Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for (Bridge of San Luis Rey) - 1928
128. San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated - 1927
129. Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row - 1925
130. Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play - 1925
131. Peruvian Torre forms APRA, Alianza Popular Revolutionaria Americana - 1924
132. Mine strike at Belgian Borinage railroad - 1923
133. Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2 - 1922
134. New York Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0 - 1922
135. 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2 - 1921
136. U.S.S.R. recognizes Georgia's independence - 1920
137. Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0 - 1917
138. Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost - 1915
139. U.S. Congress establishes mother's day - 1914
140. Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House - 1914
141. British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote - 1913
142. Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories The award is established by Joseph Pulitzer - 1912
143. 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6 - 1910
144. Construction begins on first 100 houses in Ahuzat Bayit (Tel Aviv) - 1909
145. Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph) - 1907
146. Flexible Flyer trademark registered - 1904
147. Soufriere volcano on St. Vincent kills 2-5,000 - 1902
148. Battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed - 1891
149. Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris - 1888
150. George Eastman patents "Kodak box camera" - 1888
151. John E. W. Thompson, named minister to Haiti - 1885
152. German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed - 1875
153. U.S. Marines attack Panama - 1873
154. Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans - 1867
155. German premier Otto von Bismarck seriously wounded in assassin attempt - 1866
156. Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500) - 1864
157. Skirmish at Port Walthall Junction Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) - 1864
158. Battle of West Point, Virginia (Eltham's Landing, Barnhamsville) - 1862
159. Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire - 1862
160. Riot occurs between prosecessionist and Union supporters in Knoxville TN - 1861
161. Argentine and Brazilian sign a navigation pact - 1856
162. Prussians stop insurrection in Varsovia - 1848
163. American Medical Association organizes (Phila) - 1847
164. Tornado strikes Natchez Miss, kills 317 - 1840
165. Greece becomes independent republic - 1832
166. Otto of Bavaria is chosen king of Greece - 1832
167. Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna - 1824
168. Indiana Territory organized - 1800
169. Capt Robert Gray discovers Grays Harbor (Washington) - 1792
170. 1st inaugurational ball (for George Washington in New York City) - 1789
171. Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria - 1775
172. Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada - 1771
173. Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground - 1765
174. French troops conquer Maastricht - 1748
175. William Penn began monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation - 1700
176. Theatre Royal in Drury Lane London opens - 1663
177. Isaack B. Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni - 1660
178. Cornelis S. Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited) - 1638
179. Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru - 1624
180. Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands - 1579
181. English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc - 1429
182. Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay - 1416
183. 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara - 1355
184. 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens - 1274
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