1. 69th All Star Baseball Game: at Coors Field, Denver - 1998
2. Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open - 1997
3. Tower Minnesota temps dip to 24 degrees F - 1997
4. 110th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: R Krajicek beats M Washington (63 64 63) - 1996
5. 17th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Dave Stockton - 1996
6. Joan Pitcock wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic - 1996
7. Space Shuttle STS 78, Columbia 20, lands - 1996
8. Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL home game vs, BC Lions - 1995
9. Space shuttle STS-71, Atlantis 14, lands - 1995
10. Actress Diane Lane files for divorce from Christopher Lambert - 1994
11. "Les Miserables," opens at Imperial Theatre, Tokyo - 1994
12. North Yemenite troops occupy Aden - 1994
13. Guntis Ulmanis elected president of Latvia - 1993
14. New York Met Anthony Young, loses his 26th straight game, goes to 27 - 1993
15. Philadelphia Phillies beat San Francisco Giants 7-6 in 20 innings - 1993
16. Prodigy announces it will offer Cox newspapers - 1993
17. Red Tom Browning decides to watch his team play at Wrigley Field from the roof of a building across Sheffield Ave, he is fined $500 - 1993
18. 105th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Michael Stich beats B Becker (64 76 64) - 1991
19. Alice Miller wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic - 1991
20. Nolan Ryan possible 8th no-hitter ends in the 8th inning - 1991
21. 97th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Z Garrison (64 61) - 1990
22. New Jersey Devils sign Russians Viacheslav Fetisov and Sergei Starikov - 1990
23. Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful) - 1988
24. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1988
25. Alan and Colin Wells make 303* partnership for Sussex vs. Kent - 1987
26. Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women - 1987
27. Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing - 1987
28. Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 and 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7 - 1987
29. IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released - 1986
30. It is reported Boy George is being treated for heroin addiction - 1986
31. Jordan government shuts al-Fatah offices - 1986
32. Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law - 1986
33. U.S. actress Deborah Hunter marries actor Michael Tylo - 1986
34. 92nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (46 63 62) - 1985
35. Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship - 1985
36. 5 die in a train crash in Williston, Vermont - 1984
37. 91st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (76 62) - 1984
38. Frankie Valli marries Randy Clohessy - 1984
39. 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for U.S.S.R. - 1983
40. David Moorcroft of U.K. sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41 - 1982
41. Steve Scott of U.S. runs mile in a record 3:47.69 - 1982
42. 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel - 1981
43. Ben Plucknett of U.S. throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified - 1981
44. Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court - 1981
45. 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel - 1980
46. Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours - 1980
47. Jineane Ford, (AZ) replaces S Weatherly (Miss Univ) as 29th Miss USA - 1980
48. Larry Holmes TKOs Scott LeDoux in 7 for heavyweight boxing title - 1980
49. Shawn Weatherly, of USA, crowned 29th Miss Universe - 1980
50. 93rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats R Tanner (67 61 36 63 64) - 1979
51. U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. - 1979
52. 85th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (26 64 75) - 1978
53. Solomon Islands declares independence from U.K. - 1978
54. 12,000 police occupy university in Mexico City - 1977
55. E. Henry Knoche, becomes deputy director of CIA - 1976
56. Vernon A. Walters, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA - 1976
57. Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars - 1976
58. TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres - 1975
59. Brewer Don Money sets record of consec errorless games at 3rd, 78 - 1974
60. Sue Roberts wins LPGA Niagara Frontier Golf Classic - 1974
61. West Germany beats Netherlands 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich - 1974
62. 1st all - U.S. women's Wimbledon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert - 1973
63. 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India - 1973
64. 80th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats C Evert, 60 75 - 1973
65. 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli, 61 98 63 - 1973
66. All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels - 1973
67. Baltimore Orioles pull their 4th triple play, 5-4-3 vs Oakland - 1973
68. Glenda Reiser, Canada, sets record women's mile, 4:34.9 - 1973
69. Shoelace Park in the Bronx named - 1973
70. 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce) - 1972
71. 79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (63 63) - 1972
72. Dutch Minister of Agt decides to ignore soft drug usage - 1972
73. Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang - 1969
74. Der Spiegel reveals Munich's Bishop Defregger is a war criminal - 1969
75. 23rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning - 1968
76. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1968
77. Rock group "Yardbirds" disband - 1968
78. 81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61) - 1967
79. Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released - 1967
80. Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1 - 1967
81. Otis Redding records "Respect" - 1965
82. 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York - 1964
83. All star MVP: John Callison, Philadelphia Phillies - 1964
84. Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open - 1963
85. 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64) - 1962
86. Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races - 1962
87. U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site - 1962
88. 75th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64) - 1961
89. James R. Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters - 1961
90. Neth - U.S. cemetery Margraten official opens - 1960
91. U.S.S.R. shoots down a U.S. aircraft over Barents sea - 1960
92. 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh - 1959
93. C A Milton scores 104* on Test Cricket debut, England vs. NZ Headingley - 1958
94. President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood - 1958
95. William Shea outlines plans for a $12M stadium at Flushing Meadows New York - 1958
96. Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast - 1957
97. 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61) - 1956
98. 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroying 2,000 buildings - 1956
99. Douglas Moore/John Latouche' opera "Ballad of Baby Doe," premieres - 1956
100. 1st LPGA Championship won by Beverly Hanson - 1955
101. T.A.N.U. party forms in Tanzania - 1954
102. 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Mich - 1953
103. SS United States cross Atlantic in record 82:40 - 1952
104. 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60) - 1951
105. 1st Farnborough airshow held - 1950
106. 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63) - 1950
107. 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon - 1950
108. "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway New York City for 76 performances - 1949
109. "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 and 1967 - 1949
110. 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy - 1948
111. Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige at 42 - 1948
112. Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint - 1946
113. Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France - 1944
114. Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan - 1944
115. 3rd day of battle at Kursk: Germans occupy Dubrova - 1943
116. Erich Hartmann shoots 7 Russian aircraft at Kursk - 1943
117. Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java - 1943
118. Liberator bombers sinks U-517 - 1943
119. Germany troop march into Woronezj - 1942
120. Milt all star team (including Bob Feller) losts to AL all stars 5-0 - 1942
121. Nazis executed 5,000 Jews in Kovono, Lithuania - 1941
122. U.S. forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion - 1941
123. 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60) - 1939
124. 5th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 8-3 at Griffith Stadium, Wash - 1937
125. Japanese and Chinese troops clash, (Marco Polo Bridge), becomes WW II - 1937
126. 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston - 1936
127. Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles championship - 1934
128. Bradman scores a cricket double century in Montreal - 1932
129. Construction begins on Boulder Dam - 1930
130. Romania and Vatican sign concord - 1929
131. 41st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 63) - 1928
132. Edward Hamm of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 11" - 1928
133. Robert LeGendre of U.S., sets then long jump record at 25' 5 " - 1924
134. 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61) - 1923
135. Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning - 1923
136. University of Delaware invents "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne) - 1923
137. Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game - 1919
138. Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty - 1914
139. British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law - 1913
140. 28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60) - 1911
141. Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record - 1911
142. Great White Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay - 1908
143. 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker Ariz (state record) - 1905
144. Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory - 1900
145. U.S. annexes Hawaii - 1898
146. Travelers checks patents - 1891
147. Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam - 1878
148. Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri - 1875
149. 27th Postmaster General: James W. Marshall of New Jersey takes office - 1874
150. Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey vs. Sussex - 1868
151. S Middleton, MD -Early's Washington Raid- - 1864
152. 1st military draft by U.S., exemptions cost $100 - 1863
153. Orders barring Jews from serving under U.S. Grant are revoked - 1863
154. Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land - 1862
155. Battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia - 1861
156. Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia - 1850
157. U.S. annexs California - 1846
158. Central American federation is dissolved - 1838
159. Royal Military Chapel forms - 1829
160. Walter Scott's "Waverley" published - 1814
161. France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit - 1807
162. 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published - 1802
163. Toussaint L'Ouverture declares Haitian independence - 1801
164. Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel - 1768
165. Kings College in New York City opens (renamed Columbia College) - 1754
166. English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship - 1753
167. 1st performance of Georg F Handel's "To Deum" and "Jubilate" - 1713
168. Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge - 1668
169. People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples - 1647
170. "God Save the King" is 1st sung - 1607
171. King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms - 1585
172. Chocolate introduced - 1550
173. French troops invade Luxembourg - 1543
174. Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel - 1498
175. King Ferdinand II returns to Naples - 1495
176. Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted - 1456
177. French church/King Charles VII release Pragmatieke Sanctie of Bourges - 1438
178. Tyrus surrenders to Crusaders - 1124
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