1. Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox - 1997
2. Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning - 1995
3. California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40) - 1993
4. Dana Lofland wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic Dormann at Stratton Mt - 1993
5. Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed - 1993
6. Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas - 1992
7. Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career HR - 1992
8. Billy Preston charged with exhibiting porno to a minor - 1991
9. Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge - 1991
10. Shite Moslems release British hostage John McCarthy - 1991
11. With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951) - 1991
12. Baltimore Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland) - 1990
13. Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 home runs as a catcher - 1990
14. Iraq annexes Kuwait as its 19th province - 1990
15. Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp - 1990
16. U.S. space shuttle STS-28 launched - 1989
17. 9th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player - 1988
18. Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease fire treaty - 1988
19. Army in Rangoon shoots on students, 5-10,000 killed - 1988
20. Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 - 1988
21. Discovery of most dostant galaxy (15 * 10 ^ 12 light yrs) announced - 1988
22. Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl - 1988
23. Goose Gossage registers 300th career save - 1988
24. Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar - 1988
25. Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season - 1988
26. Matt Biondi swims U.S. record 200m freestyle (1:47.72) - 1988
27. Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year and beat Cleveland 6-2 - 1988
28. Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years - 1988
29. Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war - 1988
30. Secretary of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia - 1988
31. South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola - 1988
32. Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in New York City - 1988
33. Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game - 1987
34. Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait - 1987
35. Pakistan all out 708 vs. England at The Oval, Botham 3-217 - 1987
36. Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets and Dwyer-Orioles) - 1986
37. Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993 - 1985
38. Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet - 1985
39. Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer - 1984
40. Milwaukee 10-game losing streak ends - 1984
41. "Rink" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 204 performances - 1984
42. Brig Gen Efrain Rios Montt was deposed as president of Guatemela - 1983
43. Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) - 1983
44. Military coup in Guatemala, President Rios Montt flees - 1983
45. 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa - 1982
46. Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic - 1982
47. LBV Conference Center and Club Lake Villas open - 1980
48. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents - 1979
49. Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus - 1978
50. Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi - 1977
51. Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's) - 1977
52. Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts - 1976
53. President Richard M Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9 - 1974
54. VP Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign (Right!) - 1973
55. New York Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium - 1972
56. France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island - 1971
57. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open - 1971
58. New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there) - 1970
59. Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos - 1968
60. Race riot in Miami, Florida - 1968
61. Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Nixon for pres - 1968
62. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) - 1967
63. South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark) - 1966
64. Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open - 1965
65. Singapore leaves Malaysian Federation - 1965
66. "110 in the Shade" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 330 performances - 1964
67. Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam - 1964
68. Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert - 1964
69. Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie," radio stations label it obscene - 1963
70. Los Angeles Dodgers F Howard and B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs - 1963
71. Verne Gagne beats Fritz Von Erich in Amarillo, to become NWA champ - 1963
72. Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario - 1961
73. Verne Gagne beats Gene Kiniski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ - 1961
74. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hits #1 - 1960
75. U.S.S.R. offers Syria economic/military aid - 1957
76. Fire and explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium - 1956
77. WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins - 1956
78. Fidel Castro forms "July 26th Movement" - 1955
79. Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy - 1955
80. Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb - 1953
81. U.S. and South Korea initial a mutual security pact - 1953
82. Syngman Ree re-elected president of South-Korea - 1952
83. Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open - 1950
84. Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy - 1949
85. "Hold It!" opens at National Theater New York City for 46 performances - 1948
86. Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million - 1946
87. India agrees to give Bhutan 32 miles - 1946
88. England and Aust Services draw 4th Victory Test - 1945
89. President Harry S. Truman signs United Nations Charter - 1945
90. U.S., U.S.S.R., England and France sign Treaty of London - 1945
91. U.S.S.R. declares war against Japan in WW II - 1945
92. U.S.S.R. establishes a communist government in North Korea - 1945
93. Canada/Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aignan - 1944
94. Germans raid Achterhuis, home of Anne Frank and family - 1944
95. U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans - 1944
96. Common Chiefs of staff meet in Quebec - 1943
97. U.S. amphibians land at St. Agata on North coast of Sicily - 1943
98. Vegetables and fruit rationed in Holland - 1943
99. 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in U.S. executed in Washington D.C. - 1942
100. Dianthus sinks U-379 - 1942
101. "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein - 1942
102. Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko - 1942
103. 20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman - 1941
104. 31 German aircraft shot down over England - 1940
105. Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks - 1940
106. Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power - 1937
107. Washington Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0 - 1931
108. St. Louis Cardinals are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant - 1930
109. German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight - 1929
110. Salem, Oregon airport dedicated - 1929
111. 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, D.C. - 1925
112. British-Russian trade agreement signed - 1924
113. Italian general strike broken by fascist terror - 1922
114. Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies) - 1922
115. Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes - 1920
116. Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence - 1919
117. 6 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more - 1918
118. Canada/Australian/British breakthrough with 600 tanks at Amiens - 1918
119. A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road - 1916
120. 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance" - 1914
121. French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas - 1914
122. Montenegro declares war on Germany - 1914
123. Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia - 1913
124. 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1) - 1903
125. In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleve, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game - 1903
126. 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2) - 1902
127. 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, and won by U.S. 2 days later - 1900
128. Daughters of American Revolution organizes - 1890
129. Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m - 1876
130. Thomas Edison patents mimeograph - 1876
131. Magic (U.S.) defeats Cambria (England) in 2nd running of America's Cup - 1870
132. Quake destroyes Arica, Chile - 1868
133. Comet C/1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth - 1864
134. Red Cross forms in Geneva - 1864
135. Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama - 1864
136. Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in New York City - 1860
137. Smith and Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges - 1854
138. Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki, Japan - 1853
139. Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death - 1844
140. Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony - 1843
141. Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army - 1831
142. French government of De Polignac forms - 1829
143. Bavarian joins Saint Alliance - 1816
144. Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena - 1815
145. Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium - 1814
146. 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnus, arrive in Israel (Palestine) - 1809
147. Boston African Society establishes with 44 members - 1796
148. King Louis XVI calls French States and Generals together - 1788
149. Congress adopts silver dollar and decimal system of money - 1786
150. Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc - 1786
151. British troops occupy and plunder Cherbourg - 1758
152. 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors) - 1709
153. Denmark and Sweden sign peace treaty - 1700
154. Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of New York City - 1673
155. Duke Maximilian I and Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen - 1619
156. Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope - 1609
157. Sea battle at Grevelingen: English fleet battles Spanish armada - 1588
158. Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) - 1585
159. Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory - 1579
160. Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots - 1570
161. Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium - 1567
162. France declares war on England - 1549
163. Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor - 1502
164. Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect - 1322
165. German king Otto I the Great, crowned - 0936
166. Kings Charles the Bare and Louis the German divide Lutherans - 0870
167. Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans - 0070
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