1. British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires - 1997
2. Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning - 1997
3. 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76) - 1996
4. Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic - 1996
5. Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311 - 1996
6. "Congo" premieres in USA - 1995
7. 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico - 1994
8. Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed) - 1994
9. "Ce que femme veut", premieres in France - 1993
10. Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada - 1993
11. Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles Kings, 4 games to 1 - 1993
12. Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale - 1993
13. "Tout capour ca!", premieres in France - 1993
14. "What's Love Got to Do with It", premieres - 1993
15. 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64) - 1991
16. 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus - 1991
17. Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa - 1991
18. Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI - 1991
19. Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic - 1991
20. WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0 - 1991
21. 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go and Go wins in 2:27.2 - 1990
22. 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64) - 1990
23. Czechoslovakia beats U.S. 5-1 in World Cup soccer - 1990
24. Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games - 1990
25. Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) and Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed - 1990
26. Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage - 1990
27. Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title - 1990
28. Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football - 1989
29. Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals - 1989
30. Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1 - 1989
31. "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA - 1989
32. Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to U.K. - 1988
33. 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn - 1986
34. Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0 - 1986
35. Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points - 1986
36. Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol - 1986
37. 39th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2 - 1985
38. 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62) - 1985
39. Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship - 1985
40. American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon - 1985
41. Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France - 1985
42. U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus - 1985
43. 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2 - 1984
44. 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61) - 1984
45. Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times" - 1984
46. Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland - 1984
47. Jurgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts - 1984
48. Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD - 1984
49. Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater - 1984
50. 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim - 1983
51. Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election - 1983
52. Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, vs. Australia - 1983
53. General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala - 1982
54. Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley - 1982
55. 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn - 1980
56. Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine - 1980
57. Phillies and San Francisco Giants end their game at 3:11 AM - 1980
58. Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth - 1980
59. 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6 - 1979
60. 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60) - 1979
61. Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes - 1979
62. Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st and last time - 1979
63. Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome - 1979
64. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood - 1978
65. Gutenberg Bible, 1 of 21, sells for $2.4 million, London - 1978
66. Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title - 1978
67. 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist - 1977
68. George and Patti Harrison divorce - 1977
69. Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks - 1977
70. 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2 - 1975
71. Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard (Sanford Fla) - 1975
72. House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time - 1975
73. Tony Orlando and Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You" - 1975
74. Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic - 1974
75. Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert - 1974
76. 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24 - 1973
77. 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 - 1972
78. Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia - 1972
79. Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan - 1971
80. Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold - 1971
81. Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out President Ongania - 1970
82. Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton - 1970
83. Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice - 1970
84. Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems - 1969
85. Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice - 1969
86. 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62) - 1968
87. 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61) - 1968
88. Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational - 1968
89. Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms - 1968
90. Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six - 1967
91. Israeli troops reach Suez Canal - 1967
92. Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl - 1967
93. 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4 - 1966
94. Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6 - 1965
95. Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament - 1964
96. 1st Sunday night game in baseball San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0 - 1963
97. Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open - 1963
98. Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show" - 1963
99. Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game - 1963
100. Equal Pay Act enacted - 1963
101. John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen - 1963
102. Movie "Cleopatra" opens in New York - 1963
103. 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8 - 1962
104. "Bill of Hare," premieres in U.S. - 1962
105. Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City - 1962
106. Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox - 1961
107. ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract - 1960
108. Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600 - 1960
109. 1st ballistic missile sub launched, George Washington - 1959
110. "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1 - 1958
111. Anthony Eden resigns as British PM - 1957
112. Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed - 1956
113. 100 degrees F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington - 1955
114. Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge - 1955
115. Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings - 1954
116. "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV - 1953
117. South African premier Malan visits Netherlands - 1953
118. Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless - 1953
119. "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV - 1951
120. Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of U.S. - 1949
121. WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1948
122. 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa - 1946
123. 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest - 1946
124. Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand - 1946
125. Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title - 1946
126. New York Giant Mel Ott is 1st mgr ejected from both games of a doubleheader - 1946
127. 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop, Jr. wins in 2:07 - 1945
128. Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North-Borneo - 1945
129. Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him - 1945
130. "Gruesome Twosome," premieres in USA - 1945
131. Russian offensive in Carelia - 1944
132. U.S. income tax withholding paycheck deductions authorized - 1943
133. Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government - 1942
134. German-Neth press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe - 1942
135. Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Czechoslovakia - 1942
136. Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500 - 1941
137. Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio - 1941
138. 44th U.S. Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH - 1940
139. General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill - 1940
140. Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II - 1940
141. Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to nazi-Germany - 1938
142. Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for U.S. Open - 1936
143. Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA - 1936
144. 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released - 1934
145. 38th U.S. Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA - 1934
146. 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2 - 1934
147. Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen") - 1934
148. Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for U.S. Open - 1934
149. Spanish president Zamora takes power - 1933
150. Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager - 1933
151. 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard - 1931
152. 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon - 1931
153. Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile, 29:36.4 - 1930
154. Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free - 1929
155. 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2 - 1928
156. Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane - 1928
157. "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton - 1924
158. 55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19 - 1923
159. Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans - 1923
160. Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski and King Boris III overthrown - 1923
161. General steel strike in France - 1919
162. Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits - 1914
163. Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard, found June 6, 1983 in Queensland - 1910
164. Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3 - 1906
165. 1st Automat restaurant opens, 818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia - 1902
166. New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cin Reds 25-13 - 1901
167. James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title - 1899
168. China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years - 1898
169. 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12 - 1892
170. Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti - 1891
171. Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago - 1890
172. 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40 - 1888
173. 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43 - 1887
174. 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42 - 1883
175. 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago - 1883
176. 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46 - 1877
177. Washington: President Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud - 1870
178. Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer, Philadelphia - 1869
179. 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California - 1868
180. Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi - 1865
181. Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia - 1864
182. Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha - 1864
183. Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford - 1863
184. Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp - 1862
185. 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" - 1860
186. Charles Graham patents false teeth - 1822
187. 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" - 1790
188. Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I - 1789
189. John Carroll appointed supervisor of U.S. Catholic Missions - 1784
190. 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI - 1772
191. 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion - 1772
192. French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India - 1752
193. Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia - 1742
194. Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe - 1732
195. Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm - 1720
196. 1st deportation from what is now U.S., Thomas Morton from Mass - 1628
197. Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England - 1588
198. Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland - 1572
199. Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England - 1549
200. England enforces Act of Supremacy - 1549
201. Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River - 1534
202. Pope Clemens VII and Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V - 1531
203. Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons - 1529
204. Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch - 1525
205. 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet - 1456
206. Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen - 1075
207. French republic chooses Robert I, King of France - 0922
208. Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria - 0641
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