1. 115th U.S. Womens Tennis - 2001
2. 121st U.S. Mens Tennis - 2001
3. Sinn Fein accepts Mitchell Principles on para-military disarmamen - 1997
4. 109th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (76 06 63) - 1995
5. "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902) - 1995
6. Chynna Phillips weds William Baldwin - 1995
7. Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th MTA station to close since 1904 - 1995
8. Ice Skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41) - 1995
9. Space shuttle STS 64 (Discovery 20), launches into orbit - 1994
10. Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed - 1994
11. Croupier of casino in Bristol England, shoots a 4, a record 8 times - 1993
12. PLO recognizes state of Israel - 1993
13. Ukraine premier Leonid Koetsjma, resigns - 1993
14. 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home - 1992
15. 9th MTV Awards: Howard Stern appears as Fartman - 1992
16. Robin Yount, is 17th to get 3,000 hits - 1992
17. Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington - 1991
18. Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland - 1991
19. 110th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 62) - 1990
20. Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait - 1990
21. Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr. Johnson's forces - 1990
22. Oakland beats New York 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year - 1990
23. Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship - 1990
24. 103rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (36 75 61) - 1989
25. Braves Bruce Sutter joins Fingers and Gossage to save 300 games - 1988
26. Chris Evert defaults at U.S. Open due to a stomach flu - 1988
27. U.S. swamps NZ at 27th America's Cup: NZ set to appeal - 1988
28. Gary Hart admits on "Nightline," to cheating on his wife - 1987
29. Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 - 1987
30. Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59 - 1987
31. Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter - 1987
32. New York City jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet United Nations employee) of spying - 1986
33. President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa - 1985
34. Race riot in Birmingham England - 1985
35. 104th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl (63 64 61) - 1984
36. Amy Alcott wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship - 1984
37. California Angel Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game - 1984
38. Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas - 1983
39. Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2) - 1983
40. Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player - 1983
41. Columbia mated with SRBs and external tank in preparation for STS-5 - 1982
42. Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight - 1982
43. "Your Arms are Too Short..." opens at Alvin New York City for 69 performances - 1982
44. Vernon Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League - 1981
45. 31st Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ron Leibman and Ruth Gordon - 1979
46. 93rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats C E Lloyd Mills (64 63) - 1979
47. 99th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis (75 63 63) - 1979
48. Sally Little wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic - 1979
49. Sid Bernstein offers $ billion for a Beatle reunion - 1979
50. Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) weds Fouzia Ali at Kensington Mosque - 1979
51. 3rd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0 - 1978
52. 92nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats Pam Shriver (75 64) - 1978
53. Baltimore Orioles pull their 7th triple play (5-4-3 vs Toronto) - 1978
54. Iraqi Ayatollah Khomeini calls for uprising in Irani army - 1978
55. Kylene Barker (Virginia), crowned 51st Miss America 1979 - 1978
56. 1st TRS-80 computer sold - 1977
57. Tiger rookies Lou Whitaker and Allan Trammell debut together and will play together for 19 years - 1977
58. Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (18) asks for political asylum - 1975
59. Viking 2 Mars probe launch - 1975
60. 88th U.S. Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley (36 63 75) - 1974
61. 93rd U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62) - 1973
62. Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open - 1973
63. 86th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75) - 1972
64. Terry Anne Meeuwsen (Wisc), 23, crowned 45th Miss America 1973 - 1972
65. 1,000 convicts riot and seize Attica, New York prison - 1971
66. John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV) - 1971
67. John Lennon releases "Imagine" album - 1971
68. NHL great Gordie Howe retires - 1971
69. Bowie Kuhn suspends Denny McLain for carrying a gun - 1970
70. Feyenoord wins soccer's World Cup - 1970
71. Allegheny 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills 82 - 1969
72. Seaplane crashes at Indianapolis, kills 83 - 1969
73. Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only) - 1969
74. WCVN TV channel 54 in Covington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1969
75. 1st U.S. Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins) - 1968
76. Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win U.S. Tennis Open - 1968
77. Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7) - 1968
78. WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
79. WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting - 1968
80. 1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V - 1967
81. Debra Dene Barnes (Kansas), 20, crowned 40th Miss America 1968 - 1967
82. Uganda declares independence from Great Britain - 1967
83. John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at an avante-garde art exposition - 1966
84. Francois Mitterrand nominated for French presidency - 1965
85. Sandy Koufax pitches his 4th no-hitter, a perfect game vs Cubs (1-0) - 1965
86. Tibet is made an autonomous region of China - 1965
87. German DR government allows short visits to West Germany - 1964
88. John Osborne's "Inadmissable Evidence," premieres in London - 1964
89. Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools - 1963
90. Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) - 1963
91. 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) - 1962
92. 82nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) - 1962
93. Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open - 1962
94. Soviet economist Liberman plead for autonomous businesses - 1962
95. WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting - 1962
96. Maria Beale Fletcher (NC), 19, crowned 34th Miss America 1962 - 1961
97. 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10) - 1960
98. Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game - 1958
99. Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London - 1958
100. "Diana" by Paul Anka reaches #1 - 1957
101. Nashville's new Hattie Cotton Elementary School dynamited - 1957
102. President Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction - 1957
103. 70th U.S. Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64) - 1956
104. 76th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad (46 62 63 63) - 1956
105. African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde forms - 1956
106. Elvis Presley's 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan's Show - 1956
107. Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run - 1955
108. Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open - 1955
109. Earthquake strikes Orleansville, Algeria: 1,400 killed - 1954
110. Indians becomes 1st Cleveland team to win 100 games in a season - 1954
111. KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, California (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
112. WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting - 1953
113. 1st broadcast of "Love of Life" on CBS-TV - 1951
114. Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open - 1951
115. 1st use of TV laugh track - Hank McCune - 1950
116. Massive arrests of communists in France - 1950
117. "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 293 performances - 1950
118. "Where's Chartev?" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 792 performances - 1950
119. Bkln Dodger Rex Barney no-hits New York Giants, 2-0 - 1948
120. "Hilarities (of 1949)" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 14 performances - 1948
121. People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed - 1948
122. 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log - 1945
123. Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies - 1945
124. Jimmie Foxx hits his 534th and final HR - 1945
125. Philadelphia A's Dick Fowler no-hits St. Louis Brown, 1-0 - 1945
126. Allied forces liberate Luxembourg - 1944
127. Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day) - 1944
128. Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal Neth - 1944
129. U.S. 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders - 1944
130. Very strong hurricane hits Netherland - 1944
131. 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome - 1943
132. Lt-Gen Bradley flies from Algiers to to Marrakech/Prestwick - 1943
133. Red Army occupies Bachmatsj - 1943
134. U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) - 1943
135. Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia - 1942
136. Japanese planes drop incendiary bombs on Oregon - 1942
137. 28 German aircraft shot down above England - 1940
138. 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert L Riggs (46 68 63 63 75) - 1940
139. Nazi army reaches Warsaw - 1939
140. Yankees sweep Indians, New York clinches pennant on earliest date in history - 1936
141. Armas Toivonen becomes 1st European marathoner (2:52:29.0) - 1934
142. G Kaufman and M Hart's "Merrily We Roll Along," premieres in New York City - 1934
143. 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Jack Crawford (63 1113 46 60 61) - 1933
144. Frank Crosetti ties record, striking out twice in 1 inning - 1932
145. Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ended - 1932
146. Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy - 1932
147. Steamboat SS Observation explodes in New York City East River (71 killed) - 1932
148. Silvio Cator of Haiti, sets then long jump record at 26' " - 1928
149. Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium - 1927
150. National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America - 1926
151. Train disaster at Wassenaar Neth, 4 die - 1926
152. Albin Stenroos runs world record 20 km (1:07:11.2) - 1923
153. St. Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0 - 1922
154. Turkish troops conquer Smyrna/murder Greek citizens - 1922
155. William T. Cosgrave replaces Irish premier Collins - 1922
156. Boston's police force forms strike - 1919
157. Dutch government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms - 1918
158. Assn for study of Negro Life and History forms by Carter G Woodson - 1915
159. Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved) - 1914
160. Belgian offensive from Antwerp - 1914
161. Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0 - 1914
162. Assn for Study of Negro Life and History organizes in Chicago - 1913
163. J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph) - 1912
164. 1st European airpost (Hendon to Windsor, England) - 1911
165. Jack Johnson fights Al Kaufman to no decision in 10 for boxing title - 1909
166. Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va - 1908
167. Russia takes part of Poland - 1908
168. Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913 - 1904
169. Mounted police 1st used in New York City - 1904
170. 6 km long Engadin-railroad tunnel of Switzerland inaugurated - 1903
171. French Capt Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds - 1899
172. Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders - 1898
173. American Bowling Congress forms (New York City) - 1895
174. E E Barnard at Lick discovers Amalthea, 5th Jupiter moon - 1892
175. Egyptian military coup under colonel Arab "El Wahid" - 1881
176. Lotta's Fountain (Kearny and Market) dedicated - 1875
177. Luxembourg gains independence - 1867
178. Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN - 1863
179. Lee splits his army and sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry - 1862
180. Sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer - 1861
181. California becomes 31st state - 1850
182. Territories of New Mexico and Utah created - 1850
183. Great Lakes steamer "Erie" sinks off Silver Creek NY, kills 300 - 1841
184. John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph - 1839
185. Charles Durant, 1st U.S. aeronaut, flies a balloon from Castle Garden, New York City to Perth Amboy, NJ - 1830
186. Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from U.S. college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College - 1817
187. Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "US" - 1776
188. 1st steam engine arrives in U.S. colonies - 1753
189. Slave revolt in Stono South Carolina led by Jemmy (25 whites killed) - 1739
190. Expelled Polish and Lotharings reach Wienerwald - 1683
191. New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians - 1675
192. Battle at Flores Azores: Spanish beat English - 1591
193. Lomaraal van Egmond and Philip van Hoorne captured - 1567
194. Sermon of Poissy - 1561
195. Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor - 1556
196. Battle of Flodden Fields; English defeat James IV of Scotland - 1513
197. Columbus' fleet sets sail west - 1492
198. St. Sergius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope - 0701
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