| 2009 | Sweden takes over the presidency of the European Union |
| 1997 | Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield |
| 1997 | STS-94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit |
| 1997 | U.K. returns Hong Kong to China |
| 1996 | Kevan James scores 103 and takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants vs. Ind |
| 1996 | NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes |
| 1996 | Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera |
| 1996 | WBSI TV replaces WNYC on channel 31 in New York City |
| 1995 | "Kiss of the Spider Woman" closes at Broadhurst New York City after 906 performances |
| 1995 | Kiersten Rickenbach, of New Jersey, crowned America's Junior Miss |
| 1994 | Fokker's-28 crashes at Tidjikja, Mauritania (94 killed) |
| 1994 | Roman Herzog sworn in as German president |
| 1994 | Soyuz TM-19 launches |
| 1994 | Yassar Arafat returns to Gaza strip |
| 1993 | 1 second is added to the clock |
| 1993 | Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit |
| 1993 | STS-57 (Endeavour) lands |
| 1992 | 6.6 earthquake in Big Bear Valley of Los Angeles |
| 1992 | Ali Kafi becomes president of Algeria |
| 1992 | Fox broadcasting adds Wednesday night TV programming |
| 1990 | 11th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino |
| 1990 | 18th du Maurier Golf Classic: Cathy Johnston |
| 1990 | 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo |
| 1990 | Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0 |
| 1990 | Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht |
| 1990 | FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells |
| 1990 | German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency |
| 1990 | In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal |
| 1990 | New York Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0 |
| 1989 | Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad |
| 1989 | NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF |
| 1989 | Yankees beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play |
| 1987 | Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by senate |
| 1987 | New York City radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio |
| 1987 | WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format |
| 1984 | "Baby" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 241 performances |
| 1984 | Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open |
| 1984 | Royals pitcher Paul Splittorff, retires |
| 1983 | Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period |
| 1982 | 2,100 Unification church couples wed in New York City |
| 1982 | ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) |
| 1982 | Cal Ripken's 1st game |
| 1982 | Challenger moves overland to Dryden |
| 1982 | General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina |
| 1982 | Kosmos 1383, 1st search and rescue satellite, launched |
| 1982 | Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at New York MSG |
| 1982 | PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells |
| 1981 | Laurel Canyon California murders (4 die, 1 wounded) |
| 1981 | NEC soccer team forms in Nijmegen |
| 1981 | Nell Dunn's "Steaming," premieres in London |
| 1981 | Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam |
| 1981 | Radio Shack 3rd release of Model III TRSDOS 1.3 |
| 1980 | Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo |
| 1979 | Stampede Pass, Washington is covered with 6" of snow |
| 1979 | Vicki Fergon wins LPGA Lady Stroh's Golf Open |
| 1978 | "Act" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 233 performances |
| 1978 | Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974 |
| 1978 | Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing |
| 1977 | 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61) |
| 1977 | FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam, Netherlands |
| 1977 | Marlies Gohr runs Europen record 100m (10.88 sec) |
| 1976 | Kenneth Gibson, is 1st black president of U.S. Conference of Mayors |
| 1975 | Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1975 | Ringo Starr and Maureen, divorce |
| 1975 | WEDway People Mover inaugurated |
| 1974 | 1st Laura Ashley-store in U.S. opens in San Francisco |
| 1974 | General Pinochet becomes president of Chile |
| 1974 | Isabel Peron succeeds husband Juan as President of Argentina |
| 1974 | Monmouthshire renamed Gwent and becomes part of Wales |
| 1973 | "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 711 performances |
| 1973 | 1st U.S. - China basketball game, U.S. collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61 |
| 1973 | Mary Mills wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic |
| 1972 | "Follies" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 524 performances |
| 1972 | "Hair" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 1750 performances |
| 1972 | Ms. magazine begins publishing |
| 1971 | British and Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands |
| 1971 | Golden Gate Bridge paid for |
| 1971 | State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination |
| 1970 | Denny McLain returns, (leaves trailiing) Tigers beat Yankees in 11 |
| 1970 | FC Utrecht soccer team forms in Utrecht |
| 1970 | Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (New York City) |
| 1969 | Charles Philip Arthur George invested as Prince of Wales |
| 1969 | John and Yoko are hospitalized after a car crash |
| 1969 | Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips |
| 1968 | Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 inn scoreless streak ends on wild pitch |
| 1968 | Fortuna Sittard soccer team forms in Sittard |
| 1968 | John Lennon's 1st full art exhibition (You are Here) |
| 1968 | U.S., Britain, U.S.S.R. and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty |
| 1968 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 1967 | "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 1348 performances |
| 1967 | 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2 |
| 1967 | BBC starts their World Radio Club |
| 1967 | Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks |
| 1966 | 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64) |
| 1966 | Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART |
| 1966 | Explorer 33 launched |
| 1966 | Medicare goes into effect |
| 1966 | VVV soccer team forms in Venlo |
| 1965 | FC Twente '65 Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede |
| 1965 | KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, Idaho (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1965 | Kinderstraf trial starts |
| 1963 | Beatles record "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You" |
| 1963 | President Kennedy arrives in Rome |
| 1963 | U.S. postal service institutes zip code system, Zone Improvement Plan |
| 1962 | Algeria votes for independence |
| 1962 | Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) |
| 1961 | 16th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright |
| 1961 | Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii |
| 1961 | KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| 1960 | Benjamin Britten's cantate "Carmen Baseliense," premieres in Basel |
| 1960 | British Somaliland becomes Somalia |
| 1960 | Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell and Texaco in Cuba |
| 1960 | Ghana becomes a republic |
| 1960 | Italian Somaliland gains independence, unites with Somali Republic |
| 1960 | No passports needed inside Benelux |
| 1960 | U.S.S.R. shoots down U.S. RB-47 reconnaissance plane |
| 1959 | Heinrich Lubke elected President of West-Germany |
| 1959 | Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West-Germany |
| 1959 | WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (IND) begins broadcasting |
| 1959 | World Refugee Year begins |
| 1957 | International Geophysical Year begins, ends December 31, 1958 |
| 1957 | WRLP TV channel 32 in Greenfield/Keene/Brat, MA (IND) 1st broadcast |
| 1956 | Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open |
| 1956 | Elvis Presley wearing a tuxedo appears on Steve Allen Show |
| 1956 | Ibrahim Hashiroe succeeds Said el-Moefti as premier of Jordan |
| 1955 | 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61) |
| 1955 | KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Cards' Joe Cunningham hits 2 home runs for record 3 home runs in his 1st 2 days |
| 1954 | Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 years 352, then world record |
| 1954 | WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins |
| 1951 | Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open |
| 1951 | Cleveland Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 2-1 |
| 1950 | "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 281 performances |
| 1950 | 1st 407 U.S. soldiers flown to South Korea |
| 1950 | New York City bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents |
| 1950 | WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1949 | 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64) |
| 1949 | Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France |
| 1949 | WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1949 | WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1948 | Bradman scores 128 Australia vs. Surrey, 141 minutes, 15 fours |
| 1948 | Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher |
| 1948 | New York City subway fare goes to 10 cents, bus fare to 7 cents and combo fare at 12 cents |
| 1947 | 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched |
| 1947 | British Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office |
| 1946 | Rajah cedes Sarawak to British crown |
| 1946 | U.S. drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion) |
| 1945 | 1st of the superstars returns from the WW II, Hank Greenberg homers |
| 1945 | 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office |
| 1945 | Allies troop land on Balikpapan |
| 1944 | 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs |
| 1944 | Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF and World Bank |
| 1944 | Earl Claus von Stauffenberg promoted to colonel |
| 1944 | General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy |
| 1944 | Von Rundstedt against Keitel: "Signs peace, idiots!" |
| 1943 | "Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks |
| 1942 | German troops conquer Sebastopol |
| 1941 | 1st coml TV licenses granted-W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) and WCBW (CBS), New York City |
| 1941 | Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial |
| 1941 | Joe Dimaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak |
| 1941 | WCBW (now WCBS) TV channel 2 in NY, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1941 | WNBT TV (W2XBS, Now WNBC) channel 4 in New York City (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1940 | Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees |
| 1938 | 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63) |
| 1937 | Britian begins using an emergency phone number (999) |
| 1937 | Reverend Martin Niemoller (Bekennende Kirche) arrested in Germany |
| 1937 | Spanish bishops support Franco and fascists |
| 1936 | AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens |
| 1936 | Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam |
| 1935 | General Netherlands Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam |
| 1934 | 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, New York |
| 1933 | German nazi regime decides married women shouldn't work |
| 1933 | Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's opera "Arabella," premieres in Dresden |
| 1932 | 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61) |
| 1932 | New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for president at Dem Convention in Chicago |
| 1932 | New York newspaper Evening Standard goes bankrupt |
| 1931 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium is completed |
| 1931 | Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents |
| 1931 | Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs. Chicago Cubs |
| 1931 | Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo) |
| 1930 | Great Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq |
| 1929 | U.S. Immigration law of 1924 in effect |
| 1929 | U.S. cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye" |
| 1926 | Canada restores gold standard |
| 1925 | New York Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 home runs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7 |
| 1925 | SDAP wins 4 chairs in Second-Parliamentary election |
| 1925 | Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in U.K. |
| 1924 | Light Brigade forms |
| 1924 | Through regular transcontinental airmail service forms, New York City-SF |
| 1923 | 1st permanent radio network-AT&T (WEAF New York and WMAF Mass) |
| 1920 | Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0 |
| 1919 | 1st class postage drops from 3 cents to 2 cents |
| 1919 | Scheveningen soccer team forms in Scheveningen |
| 1917 | 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted |
| 1917 | Race riots in East St. Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed) |
| 1917 | Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates |
| 1917 | Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn |
| 1916 | Battle on the Somme: British 4th Army walks to German lines |
| 1916 | British court martial (Easter uprising) |
| 1916 | Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market |
| 1916 | Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary 'Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver. Colorado |
| 1916 | Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park home run |
| 1915 | Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service |
| 1915 | Australian Survey Corps becomes part of Military Forces |
| 1913 | Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria |
| 1911 | German boat Panther nears for Agadir Morocco |
| 1911 | Proclamation removes "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins |
| 1910 | Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St. Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0 |
| 1910 | Union of South Africa becomes a dominion |
| 1910 | White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns |
| 1907 | World's 1st air force established in the U.S. Army |
| 1904 | 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St. Louis |
| 1903 | 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins |
| 1902 | Ranji (230) and Newham (153) add 344 for 7th wkt, Sussex vs. Essex |
| 1902 | Start of Sherlock Holmes "Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" |
| 1899 | Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels |
| 1899 | San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building |
| 1898 | Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill |
| 1897 | Bronx acquires Hutton Square |
| 1896 | Harbor of Ymuiden opens |
| 1896 | Wilfrid Laurier sworn in as 1st French speaking Prime Minister |
| 1893 | San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st U.S. bicycle race track, made of wood |
| 1890 | Great Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty |
| 1889 | Frederick Douglass named Minister to Haiti |
| 1889 | U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada reopens |
| 1883 | ANWB forms in Utrecht |
| 1881 | 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St. Stephen, NB |
| 1881 | U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri opens |
| 1879 | Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples |
| 1878 | Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization |
| 1877 | 1st edition of "Amsterdammer" published |
| 1875 | Universal Postal Union established |
| 1874 | 1st Chamber accept law against child labor |
| 1874 | 1st U.S. kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20,000 |
| 1874 | 1st U.S. zoo opens in Philadelphia |
| 1873 | Henry Flipper of Georgia is 2nd black to enter West Point |
| 1873 | Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province |
| 1871 | The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada |
| 1870 | James W Smith of South Carolina is 1st black to enter West Point |
| 1869 | Dutch newspaper stamp tax repealed |
| 1869 | U.S. Mint at Carson City, Nevada opens |
| 1867 | Dominion of Canada forms (New Bruns, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec) |
| 1863 | Battle at Baltimore: Crump's Crossroads Virginia |
| 1863 | Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted |
| 1863 | Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz |
| 1863 | Slavery abolished in Suriname and Netherlands Antilles |
| 1862 | Battle at Booneville Mississippi: Confederate superior power driven out |
| 1862 | Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia (Harrison's Landing, Crew's Farm) |
| 1862 | Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah |
| 1862 | Day 7 of 7 Days-Battle of Malvern Hill (Poindexter's Farm) Day 7 of Seven Days US15,249 CS17,583 |
| 1862 | Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books |
| 1862 | Battle of Holly Spring, MS |
| 1862 | Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate) |
| 1861 | 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington and Mason St, SF |
| 1861 | War Department decrees the KA and Tennessee are to be canvassed for volunteers |
| 1859 | 1st intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32 |
| 1859 | Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St. Louis |
| 1850 | At least 626 ships lie at anchor around San Francisco Bay |
| 1847 | 1st U.S. postage stamps go on sale, 5 cents Franklin and 10 cents Washington, New York City |
| 1839 | Abdul-Medjid succeeds Mahmud II as Sultan of Turkey |
| 1831 | Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole |
| 1823 | 9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office |
| 1823 | United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico |
| 1820 | 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published" |
| 1816 | French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa" |
| 1810 | Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands |
| 1798 | Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt |
| 1795 | John Rutledge becomes 2nd chief justice of Supreme Court |
| 1776 | 1st vote on Declaration of Independence |
| 1747 | Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army |
| 1745 | Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle |
| 1690 | Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army |
| 1690 | Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland |
| 1689 | Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan |
| 1674 | Spain, France and Netherlands form Triple Alliance |
| 1656 | 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested) |
| 1600 | Prince Maurits' army occupies Newport Flanders, Netherlands |
| 1569 | Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland |
| 1543 | England and Scotland sign Peace treaty of Greenwich |
| 1535 | Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason |
| 1517 | 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands |
| 1517 | Inquisitor Adrian Boeyens (pope Adrianus VI) becomes cardinal |
| 1390 | French and Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates |
| 1347 | Engagement of Count Louis of Male to Margaretha to daughter of Jan III |
| 1253 | Battle at Westkapelle-Floris the Guardian beats Gwijde van Dampierre |
| 1252 | King Alfonso X "el Sabio" of Castilie/Leon crowned |
| 1233 | Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice |
| 1200 | In China, sunglasses are invented |
| 1097 | 1st Crusaders defeat Sultan Kilidj Arslan of Nicea |
| 649 | Pope Martinus I elected to succeed Theodore I |
| 70 | Titus sets up batterig rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem |
