1. Star Bank LPGA Classic - 1998
2. Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by New York City police - 1997
3. Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins - 1997
4. Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night - 1994
5. Stanley Betrian put in charge of Curacao - 1994
6. King Albert II of Belgium, crowned - 1993
7. 25th Olympic Summer games closes in Barcelona, Spain - 1992
8. Florence Descampe wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic at Stratton Mt - 1992
9. Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower - 1992
10. Record temperature in Berlin-Dahlem 99.3 degrees F (37.4 degrees C) - 1992
11. "Streetcar Named Desire" closes at Ethel Barrymore New York City after 137 perf - 1992
12. 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia - 1990
13. Soyuz TM-10 lands - 1990
14. Cubs beat Mets 6-4 in their 1st official night game at Wrigley Field - 1988
15. Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to Los Angeles Kings for $15-$20 millions - 1988
16. Just 1 day after 8/8/88 New York's daily number is 888 - 1988
17. 69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA National Palm Beach - 1987
18. "Les Miserables," opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv - 1987
19. Los Angeles Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo) - 1987
20. Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic - 1987
21. "Honky Tonk Nights" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 4 performances - 1986
22. Daley Thomas of Britain sets decathalon record (8,847) in LA Cal - 1984
23. STS 41-D vehicle again moves out to launch pad - 1984
24. 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve - 1981
25. 6 English lifeguards set relay swim record English Channel (7:17) - 1981
26. 63rd PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots a 273 at Atlanta AC Ga - 1981
27. All star MVP: Gary Carter (Mont Expos) - 1981
28. Hollis Stacy wins LPGA West Virginia Bank Golf Classic - 1981
29. NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium) - 1981
30. Belgian constitution revised - 1980
31. English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach - 1979
32. U.S.S.R. performs (underground) nuclear test - 1978
33. Yanks score 5 in bottom of 9th beat Brewers 8-7 - 1978
34. Chris Old completes a century in 37 mins, Yorks vs. Warwicks - 1977
35. NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs - 1977
36. Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI vs. Glamorgan - 1976
37. Pitt Pirate John Candelaria no-hits Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0 - 1976
38. U.S.S.R. launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth - 1976
39. 1st NFL game in Louisiana Superdome, Houston beats Saints 13-7 - 1975
40. Dodger Davey Lopes steals record 32nd consec base without being caught - 1975
41. Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Colgate European Ladies Golf Open - 1975
42. Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th president - 1974
43. Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell quit Wings - 1973
44. U.S.S.R. launches Mars 7 - 1973
45. Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle - 1972
46. Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame - 1971
47. Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open - 1970
48. Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 U.S. exchange students explodes - 1970
49. Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders - 1969
50. "Zorba" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 305 performances - 1969
51. Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague - 1968
52. Biafran offensive against Nigerian army - 1967
53. KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting - 1967
54. Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die - 1965
55. Singapore gains independence from Malaysia, National Day - 1965
56. 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands - 1964
57. Bunning continues pitching perfectly to New York Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings - 1964
58. Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational - 1964
59. Britains rock TV show, Ready Steady Go, premieres - 1963
60. New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends - 1963
61. James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court - 1961
62. Race riot in Jacksonville Florida - 1960
63. 24th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Giants 22, All-Stars 12 (75,000) - 1957
64. 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama - 1956
65. South African women demonstrate against pass laws - 1956
66. Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired - 1953
67. General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium - 1952
68. Dutch Korea volunteers win U.S. Collective Unit Citation - 1951
69. Lusty Song wins Hambletonian - 1950
70. 1st time all major-league baseball games (8) are played at night - 1946
71. US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki - 1945
72. 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw," executed at Camp Vught - 1944
73. Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention - 1944
74. US 79th/90th division enter Le Mans - 1944
75. Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zurich - 1943
76. 200 Jews escape Mir Ghetto in Poland - 1942
77. Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony performed in Leningrad - 1942
78. Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress - 1942
79. Vice-Adm Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island - 1942
80. Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for 1st talk with FDR - 1941
81. Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics - 1936
82. 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record) - 1930
83. Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes - 1930
84. Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec) - 1930
85. Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out - 1925
86. New York State Golf Association formed - 1923
87. Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect - 1920
88. Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, and suspends him "for indifferent play" - 1918
89. British attack at Chanak Bair at Gallipolis - 1915
90. German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser - 1914
91. Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine - 1910
92. Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him - 1905
93. Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria - 1902
94. 34-35 degrees N/98-99 degrees W open for U.S. colonization - 1901
95. 1st U.S. bowling magazine, Gut Holz, published in New York - 1893
96. 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations - 1890
97. Battle of Ft. Morgan AL - 1864
98. Battle of Cedar Mountain Virginia (Slaughter Mountain, Southwest Mountain) - 1862
99. Berlioz' opera "Beatrice et Benedict," premieres in Baden-Baden - 1862
100. Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however Gen Charles S Winder is killed - 1862
101. Elevator patented - 1859
102. Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising - 1855
103. Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden" - 1854
104. Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia - 1849
105. Austria and Sardinia sign cease fire - 1848
106. Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominateing Martin Van Buren for president - 1848
107. U.S. - Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty - 1842
108. Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die - 1841
109. King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria - 1832
110. 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York) - 1831
111. Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X - 1830
112. "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service - 1829
113. 1st horses arrive in Hawaii - 1803
114. Columbia returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st ship to carry U.S. flag around the world - 1790
115. Captain Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits - 1778
116. English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops - 1757
117. Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover - 1726
118. Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recaptures New York - 1673
119. Dutch recapture New York from English; regained by English in 1674 - 1673
120. Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts - 1655
121. Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx - 1638
122. Henry van Cuyk becomes bishop of Roermond - 1596
123. Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht - 1559
124. Cardinals declare pope Urbanus VI lawless (anti christian/devil) - 1378
125. Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army - 0378
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