| 2012 | Winds in southwestern Western Australia of up to 140km/h batter the area and leave more than 170,000 homes without power |
| 2012 | Construction of The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), the world's biggest optical telescope is approved |
| 2011 | In Rome, Italy, over 500,000 people demonstrate, demanding same-sex rights |
| 2011 | Ancient Korean royal books looted by French troops in 1866 are returned to South Korea; 1,000 officials and locals celebrate the return of the 297-volume 'Oegyujanggak' books |
| 2010 | Flash floods on the Little Missouri River kill at least 20 people near a campground in the Ouachita Mountains, west of Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 2009 | The "swine flu", the H1N1 influenza strain is the first condition deemed a global pandemic since the Hong Kong flu of 1967 - 1968 |
| 2001 | Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole, Senator-R-Kansas, resigns from U.S. senate to run for president |
| 1995 | 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64) |
| 1995 | Julie Larsen wins Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic |
| 1995 | Rondell White has six hits and hits for the cycle in 13-innings |
| 1994 | "Meet The Flintstones" by The BC 52's peaks to #33 |
| 1994 | 126th Belmont: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 2:26.8 |
| 1994 | Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden |
| 1994 | Moshood Abiola becomes President of Nigeria |
| 1994 | Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn |
| 1993 | "Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1993 | "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1992 | Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group |
| 1992 | Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| 1992 | U.S. Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0 |
| 1991 | Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0 |
| 1990 | Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional |
| 1990 | U.N. appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador |
| 1990 | Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress |
| 1990 | Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yankees) |
| 1989 | 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62) |
| 1989 | 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody |
| 1989 | Robin Hood 16 wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Points Golf International |
| 1988 | "Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3 |
| 1988 | "Rooty Toot Toot" by John Cougar Mellencamp peaks at #61 |
| 1988 | "We All Sleep Alone" by Cher peaks at #14 |
| 1988 | 120th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6 |
| 1988 | 25th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 11-7 |
| 1988 | Freedomfest - Mandela addresses Wembley Stadium London |
| 1988 | Galina Chistyakova of U.S.S.R. sets long jump woman's record (24"8") |
| 1988 | Yankees' Rick Rhoden becomes 1st pitcher to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI) |
| 1987 | Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd term |
| 1986 | "Blacke's Magic," last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1986 | Amnesty International megaconcert |
| 1985 | Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus |
| 1985 | Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 home runs in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7) |
| 1985 | WJW-AM/TV in Cleveland Ohio change call letters to WRMR |
| 1984 | Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial of half of his ashes |
| 1984 | Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally |
| 1983 | "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes peaks at #8 |
| 1983 | "Cool Places" by Sparks and Jane Wiedlin peaks at #49 |
| 1983 | "Faithfully" by Journey peaks at #12 |
| 1983 | "My Love" by Lionel Richie peaks at #5 |
| 1983 | "Theme From Doctor Detroit" by Devo peaks at #59 |
| 1983 | "When I'm With You" by Sheriff peaks at #61 |
| 1983 | 115th Belmont: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Caveat wins in 2:27.8 |
| 1983 | Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab |
| 1983 | Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball |
| 1983 | Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 |
| 1982 | Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon |
| 1982 | Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1982 | Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) |
| 1982 | Pope John Paul II visits Argentina |
| 1981 | Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike |
| 1980 | K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF) |
| 1979 | Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months |
| 1978 | "Grease" starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John opens |
| 1978 | 24th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez |
| 1978 | Bjorn Borg wins French Open Title |
| 1978 | Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24 hours of hula-hoop |
| 1978 | Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
| 1977 | "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12 |
| 1977 | "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93 |
| 1977 | "I'm Your Boogie Man" by Kansas City and Sunshine Band peaks at #1 |
| 1977 | 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6 |
| 1977 | Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland |
| 1977 | ELO releases "Telephone Line" |
| 1977 | Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disney |
| 1976 | "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1976 | Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa |
| 1976 | Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain |
| 1976 | Beatles "Rock and Roll Music" LP is released in USA |
| 1975 | 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield |
| 1975 | Greece adopts constitution |
| 1975 | One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 years 364 days |
| 1974 | Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief |
| 1972 | 18th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Ahern |
| 1972 | 31 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June |
| 1972 | KPAT-AM in Berkeley, California returns from KRE |
| 1971 | U.S. and Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan |
| 1971 | U.S. ends ban on China trade |
| 1970 | U.S. leaves Wheelus AFB Libya |
| 1969 | "The Ballad Of John and Yoko" by The Beatles hit #1 in UK |
| 1967 | A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans |
| 1967 | Chicago Cubs (7) and New York Mets (4) tie record of 11 home runs in a game |
| 1967 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational |
| 1967 | Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes |
| 1966 | "(I'm A) Road Runner" by, Jr. Walker and The All-Stars peaks at #20 |
| 1966 | "I Am A Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel peaks at #3 |
| 1966 | "On A Clear Day You..." closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 280 performances |
| 1966 | "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1 |
| 1966 | "Skyscraper" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 248 performances |
| 1966 | "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys hit #1 in U.K. |
| 1966 | French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry |
| 1966 | Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig in San Francisco |
| 1964 | Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference |
| 1964 | Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy |
| 1964 | Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend |
| 1964 | West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia |
| 1963 | Governor Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama |
| 1963 | Greek government of Karamanlis resigns |
| 1963 | John F. Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act" |
| 1962 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Yale |
| 1961 | Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament |
| 1961 | Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium |
| 1961 | Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 home runs |
| 1960 | 92nd Belmont: Bill Hartack aboard Celtic Ash wins in 2:29.2 |
| 1960 | House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan) |
| 1959 | Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960) |
| 1958 | U.N. Security council sends observers to Lebanon |
| 1957 | 12 die in a train crash in Vroman, Colorado |
| 1955 | 1st magnesium jet airplane flies |
| 1955 | 87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29 |
| 1955 | Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues |
| 1953 | "Amos 'n Andy," TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS |
| 1953 | Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge |
| 1951 | Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal |
| 1951 | New York Times reports the New York City subway will auction off things found |
| 1950 | Ben Hogan wins U.S. Open golf tournament |
| 1949 | 49th U.S. Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL |
| 1949 | 81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2 |
| 1949 | Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m, 29:28.2 |
| 1947 | WW II sugar rationing finally endd in U.S., began May 28, 1942 |
| 1944 | 15 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas |
| 1944 | 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in U.S., Cathedral of St. Sava, New York City |
| 1944 | KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail |
| 1943 | British invades Pantelleria, tiny island south of Sicily |
| 1943 | Heinrich Himmler orders liquidation of Polish ghettos |
| 1942 | German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa |
| 1942 | U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II |
| 1941 | 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam |
| 1941 | Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews |
| 1940 | Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta |
| 1940 | Premier Winston Churchill flies to Orleans |
| 1939 | King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party |
| 1938 | 42nd U.S. Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 284 at Cherry Hills Denver |
| 1938 | Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0 |
| 1938 | Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 vs. Australia) aged 20 years 19 days |
| 1938 | Earthquake in Belgium |
| 1938 | England declare at 8 for 658 vs. Australia at Trent Bridge |
| 1937 | Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released |
| 1936 | Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia |
| 1934 | Disarmament conference in Geneva fails |
| 1928 | Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released |
| 1927 | 59th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6 |
| 1927 | Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 home runs |
| 1927 | Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross |
| 1924 | Bene Brak Palestine founded |
| 1924 | Koos Vorrink elected President of AJC |
| 1921 | 53rd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Grey Lag wins in 2:16.8 |
| 1921 | Brazil adopts women suffrage |
| 1920 | Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president |
| 1919 | 23rd U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass |
| 1919 | 51st Belmont: J Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:17.6 and Trip Crown |
| 1911 | Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15 |
| 1911 | UNIA founded by Garvey |
| 1907 | Northants all out for 12 vs. Gloucestershire |
| 1905 | Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world, New York - Chicago in 18 hours |
| 1904 | Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits New York Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0 |
| 1904 | German Lieutenant-general Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa |
| 1901 | Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand |
| 1900 | Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha |
| 1898 | 1st U.S. Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War |
| 1898 | 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms aboard Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75 |
| 1898 | 600 U.S. Marines land at Guantanamo Cuba |
| 1898 | Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking |
| 1896 | U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized |
| 1895 | Charles E Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile |
| 1891 | Puerto Rican flag adopted |
| 1878 | DC is given a new government by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974) |
| 1876 | Republicans pick Rutherford B Hayes as presidental candidate |
| 1870 | 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam |
| 1864 | Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad |
| 1864 | 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm |
| 1864 | Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: General Hobsons unit caught |
| 1864 | Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia |
| 1864 | Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad |
| 1864 | Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg |
| 1859 | Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada |
| 1838 | Iowa Territory is organized |
| 1816 | Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded |
| 1793 | 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick |
| 1788 | 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound |
| 1776 | Continental Congress create a committee to draft Declaration of Independence |
| 1774 | Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army |
| 1770 | Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia |
| 1742 | Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove |
| 1726 | Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier |
| 1699 | England, France and Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain |
| 1690 | English king Willem III departs to Ireland |
| 1685 | James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II |
| 1676 | Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden |
| 1666 | Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht) |
| 1644 | Florentine scientist describe invention of barometer |
| 1578 | England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US |
| 1572 | Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock |
| 1517 | Sir Thomas Pert reaches Hudson Bay |
| 1509 | King Henry VIII marries wife #1 Catharina of Aragon |
| 1488 | Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland |
| 1231 | Harderwijk becomes a city |
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