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June 23, 1997 Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts June 23, 1996 "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq New York City after 29 performances June 23, 1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament June 23, 1996 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan June 23, 1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in U.N. June 23, 1994 Replay shows A's Bobby Witt beat KC's Gagne to 1st in 6th but ump Gary Cedarstrom calls him safe, runing Witt's perfect game June 23, 1993 Lindsay Wagner (Bionic Woman) files for divorce from Lawrence Mortorff June 23, 1993 U.N. authorizes worldwide oil embargo against Haiti June 23, 1992 "Tin Bigha Day" protest in India of corridor opening to Bangladesh June 23, 1992 Emmy 19th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 13th time June 23, 1992 Rabin wins Israeli parliamentary election June 23, 1991 "Odd Couple" opens and closes at Belasco Theater New York City June 23, 1991 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music" June 23, 1991 Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship June 23, 1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race June 23, 1990 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty June 23, 1990 Moldavia declares independence June 23, 1990 Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home June 23, 1990 TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year June 23, 1990 Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy June 23, 1989 Movie "Batman" premieres June 23, 1988 Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft June 23, 1988 Yank manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager June 23, 1986 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84) June 23, 1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House June 23, 1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic June 23, 1985 Bomb destroys Air India Boeing 747 in air near Ireland, 329 die June 23, 1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million June 23, 1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat June 23, 1983 U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions June 23, 1982 "Cleavage" opens and closes at Playhouse Theater New York City June 23, 1982 -117 degrees F; All time low at South Pole June 23, 1982 Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) June 23, 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) June 23, 1982 Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight June 23, 1981 "This Was Burlesque" opens at Princess Theater New York City for 28 performances June 23, 1981 33 inning game ends, Pawtucket 3, Rochester 2 June 23, 1981 Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competition June 23, 1981 French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists June 23, 1981 New York City mayor Koch turns down a $7,500 offer to perform comedy June 23, 1981 Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with bases-loaded single in bottom of 33rd inning, Pawtucket beats Rochester 3-2 June 23, 1980 "David Letterman Show," debuts on NBC-TV daytime June 23, 1980 1st solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation June 23, 1980 West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium) June 23, 1979 Charlie Daniels Band releases "Devil Went Down to Georgia" June 23, 1979 Rock group, the Knack releases "My Sharona" June 23, 1979 West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup June 23, 1978 33rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy June 23, 1977 13th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 6-4 June 23, 1976 CCN Tower in Toronto, tallest free-standing structure, 555 m, opens June 23, 1975 75th U.S. Golf Open: Lou Graham shoots a 287 at Medinah CC ILL June 23, 1975 Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs June 23, 1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space June 23, 1974 20th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie June 23, 1973 "Cyrano" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 49 performances June 23, 1973 "Sugar" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 506 performances June 23, 1973 Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game HR in which he pitched June 23, 1972 Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history June 23, 1972 Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate June 23, 1972 President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports June 23, 1971 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0 June 23, 1971 WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting June 23, 1970 "Red Skelton Show," last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV June 23, 1970 Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary June 23, 1970 Rocker Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession June 23, 1969 French government of Couve de Murville resigns June 23, 1969 Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title June 23, 1969 Warren E. Burger sworn in as Supreme Court Chief Justice June 23, 1967 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA) June 23, 1967 John Entwistle of rock group Who weds Alison Wise June 23, 1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson and Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey June 23, 1967 U.S. Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (D-Ct) for misusing campaign funds June 23, 1964 Gen Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam June 23, 1963 63rd U.S. Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 293 at The Country Club Mass June 23, 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open June 23, 1963 New York Mets Jimmy Piersall, hits his 100th HR, he circles bases backwards June 23, 1963 President Kennedy tours West-Europe June 23, 1962 "Subways Are after Sleeping" closes at St. James New York City after 205 performances June 23, 1962 Laos Suvanna Phuma forms government June 23, 1962 Larry Doby, retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan June 23, 1961 Antarctic Treaty goes into effect June 23, 1961 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak June 23, 1961 Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th and 6 in 9th June 23, 1961 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m June 23, 1960 "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV June 23, 1960 Japan signs security treaty with the U.S. June 23, 1958 Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers June 23, 1958 Fed judge rules race separation must end in 2 years in Little Rock June 23, 1958 Foundation Praemium Erasmianum (Erasmus Prize) established June 23, 1956 "Jimmy Durante Show," last airs on NBC-TV June 23, 1956 "Transfusion" by Nervous Norvous peaks at #8 June 23, 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser elected president of Egypt June 23, 1955 Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" released June 23, 1954 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994) June 23, 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament June 23, 1952 U.S. airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu, Korea June 23, 1951 British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean flee to U.S.S.R. June 23, 1951 Most expensive U.S. hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage and $14M property-Kansas) June 23, 1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women June 23, 1950 Yanks and Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9 June 23, 1950 Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 June 23, 1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School June 23, 1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die June 23, 1947 Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa June 23, 1947 Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress June 23, 1945 77th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Pavot wins in 2:30.2 June 23, 1945 Last organized Japanese defiance broken, Tarakan June 23, 1944 4 tornadoes strike Appalachia, killing 153 June 23, 1944 Russian offensive in central front sector June 23, 1944 Thomas Mann becomes a U.S. citizen June 23, 1943 Dutch artsens protest against nazis June 23, 1943 RAF discovers Werner von Brauns V1/V2-base in Peenemunde June 23, 1941 Germany occupies Telz Lithuana June 23, 1940 Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp June 23, 1939 Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz in Houston, to become wrestling champ June 23, 1939 France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey June 23, 1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority (U.S.) established June 23, 1938 Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium June 23, 1938 New York City Mayor LaGuardia assigns 21 cops to patrol subway June 23, 1935 Anthony Eden offers Mussolini, Somalian harbor June 23, 1933 Don McNeill's Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 year run on NBC June 23, 1932 Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a New York uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland) June 23, 1931 Wiley Post and Harold Catty took off for flight around world June 23, 1930 Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 21-8 June 23, 1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox June 23, 1926 8th government of Briand van France forms June 23, 1926 Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's June 23, 1925 British warship fires on Hong Kong harbor strikers June 23, 1925 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming) June 23, 1924 8 month Twenste textile strike ends June 23, 1922 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St. George June 23, 1919 Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) incorporates June 23, 1919 Nitti government forms in Italy June 23, 1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0 June 23, 1917 31st U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beat Marion Vanderhoef (46 60 62) June 23, 1917 Ammunition factory in Boleweg Bohemia explodes, killing 1,000 June 23, 1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game June 23, 1915 Yanks get record 16 walks and 3 wild pitches beat A's Bruno Hass, 15-0 June 23, 1915 Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag) June 23, 1909 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections June 23, 1902 Gioacchino Rossini's unveils monument to Santa-Croce June 23, 1888 Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for president June 23, 1868 Christopher Latham Sholes patents "Type-writer" June 23, 1865 At Ft. Towson, Gen Stand Watie surrenders last sizeable confed army June 23, 1863 Tullahoma campaign, Tennessee June 23, 1860 Congress establishes Government Printing Office June 23, 1860 U.S. Secret Service created June 23, 1854 Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use June 23, 1848 Antoine Joseph Sax patents Saxophone June 23, 1848 Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris June 23, 1821 Dutch troops conquer Palembang June 23, 1810 John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon) June 23, 1794 Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev June 23, 1784 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren June 23, 1776 Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to U.S. Congress June 23, 1775 1st regatta held on Thames, England June 23, 1760 Battle of Landshut Silesia: Austria beats Prussia June 23, 1757 Robert Clive defeats Indians at Plassey, wins control of Bengal June 23, 1724 Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople June 23, 1683 William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken" June 23, 1661 Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal June 23, 1658 Dutch troops occupy last Portugese Fort Jafnapatnam Ceylon June 23, 1611 Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again June 23, 1585 Spanish army under Tassis beats Amerongen Staatse troops June 23, 1532 Henry VIII and Francois I signs secret treaty against emperor Karel V June 23, 1305 French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge June 23, 1298 Duke Albrecht von Habsburg chosen Roman Catholic German king June 23, 1295 Pope Boniface VIII enters Rome June 23, 930 World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established |