| 2012 | Spain confirms its receipt of over 100 billion euros in loans to help manage the needs of its struggling banks |
| 2011 | The Financial Times finds computer hackers may have accessed details on Citigroup bank card customers |
| 2011 | In Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, six women were arrested for practicing driving in an empty car lot; women are banned from driving on the road |
| 2010 | President Obama meets with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, and promises Palestinians $400 million in U.S. assistance for the West Bank and Gaza |
| 2001 | Stanley Cup Finals, Colorado Avalanche beat New Jersey Devils 4 games to 3 |
| 1997 | British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires |
| 1997 | Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning |
| 1996 | 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76) |
| 1996 | Michelle McGann wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic |
| 1996 | Sunday League game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311 |
| 1995 | "Congo" premieres in USA |
| 1994 | 5.6 earthquake strikes South-Mexico |
| 1994 | Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed) |
| 1993 | "Ce que femme veut", premieres in France |
| 1993 | "Tout capour ca!", premieres in France |
| 1993 | "What's Love Got to Do with It", premieres |
| 1993 | Japanese crown prince Naruhito weds Masaka Owada |
| 1993 | Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles Kings, 4 games to 1 |
| 1993 | Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale |
| 1991 | 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64) |
| 1991 | 9th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Albus |
| 1991 | Bruce Springsteen weds his backup singer Patty Scialfa |
| 1991 | Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI |
| 1991 | Jane Geddes wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic |
| 1991 | WLAF 1st world bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0 |
| 1990 | 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go and Go wins in 2:27.2 |
| 1990 | 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64) |
| 1990 | Czechoslovakia beats U.S. 5-1 in World Cup soccer |
| 1990 | Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games |
| 1990 | Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) and Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed |
| 1990 | Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage |
| 1990 | Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title |
| 1989 | "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA |
| 1989 | Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football |
| 1989 | Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals |
| 1989 | Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1 |
| 1988 | Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to U.K. |
| 1986 | 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn |
| 1986 | Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0 |
| 1986 | Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points |
| 1986 | Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol |
| 1985 | 39th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2 |
| 1985 | 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62) |
| 1985 | Alice Miller wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
| 1985 | American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon |
| 1985 | Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France |
| 1985 | U.S.S.R.'s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus |
| 1984 | 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2 |
| 1984 | 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61) |
| 1984 | Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times" |
| 1984 | Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland |
| 1984 | Jurgen Hingsen of W Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts |
| 1984 | Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD |
| 1984 | Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater |
| 1983 | 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim |
| 1983 | Margaret Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election |
| 1983 | Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, vs. Australia |
| 1982 | General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala |
| 1982 | Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley |
| 1980 | 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn |
| 1980 | Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine |
| 1980 | Phillies and San Francisco Giants end their game at 3:11 AM |
| 1980 | Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth |
| 1979 | 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6 |
| 1979 | 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60) |
| 1979 | Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes |
| 1979 | Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st and last time |
| 1979 | Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome |
| 1978 | Gutenberg Bible, 1 of 21, sells for $2.4 million, London |
| 1978 | Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1978 | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood |
| 1977 | 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist |
| 1977 | George and Patti Harrison divorce |
| 1977 | Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks |
| 1975 | 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2 |
| 1975 | Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard (Sanford Fla) |
| 1975 | House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time |
| 1975 | Tony Orlando and Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You" |
| 1974 | Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic |
| 1973 | 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24 |
| 1972 | 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 |
| 1972 | Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia |
| 1971 | Abdul Zahir appointed premier of Afghanistan |
| 1971 | Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold |
| 1970 | Argentine military junta under Lieutenant-general Lanusse drives out President Ongania |
| 1970 | Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton |
| 1970 | Harry A. Blackmun, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice |
| 1969 | Brian Jones quits (sic) Rolling Stones because of his drug problems |
| 1969 | Warren Burger confirmed as U.S. Chief Justice |
| 1968 | 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62) |
| 1968 | 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61) |
| 1968 | Carol Mann wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational |
| 1968 | Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms |
| 1967 | Boycott scores 246* vs. India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six |
| 1967 | Israeli troops reach Suez Canal |
| 1967 | Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl |
| 1966 | 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, and Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4 |
| 1965 | Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6 |
| 1964 | Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament |
| 1963 | 1st Sunday night game in baseball San Francisco Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0 |
| 1963 | Barbara Romack wins LPGA Rock City Ladies Golf Open |
| 1963 | Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show" |
| 1963 | Colt .45s beat Giants 3-0 in major leagues' 1st Sunday night game |
| 1963 | Equal Pay Act enacted |
| 1963 | John F. Kennedy names Winston Churchill U.S. honorary citizen |
| 1963 | Movie "Cleopatra" opens in New York |
| 1962 | "Bill of Hare," premieres in U.S. |
| 1962 | 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8 |
| 1962 | Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City |
| 1961 | Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox |
| 1960 | ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract |
| 1960 | Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600 |
| 1959 | 1st ballistic missile sub launched, George Washington |
| 1958 | "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1 |
| 1957 | Anthony Eden resigns as British PM |
| 1956 | Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed |
| 1955 | 100 degrees F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington |
| 1955 | Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge |
| 1954 | Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings |
| 1953 | "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1953 | South African premier Malan visits Netherlands |
| 1953 | Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless |
| 1951 | "Doodles Weaver Show," debuts on NBC-TV |
| 1949 | Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of U.S. |
| 1948 | WBZ TV channel 4 in Boston, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1946 | 19 guests at Canfield Hotel die in fire, Dubuque, Iowa |
| 1946 | 66,545 fans help Yankees break million attendance mark, the earliest |
| 1946 | Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand |
| 1946 | Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1946 | New York Giant Mel Ott is 1st manager ejected from both games of a doubleheader |
| 1945 | "Gruesome Twosome," premieres in USA |
| 1945 | Australian troops lands in Brunei Bay North, Borneo |
| 1945 | 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop, Jr. wins in 2:07 |
| 1945 | Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him |
| 1944 | Russian offensive in Carelia |
| 1943 | U.S. income tax withholding paycheck deductions authorized |
| 1942 | Adipatie Ario Soejono becomes minister in Gerbrandy government |
| 1942 | German-Netherlands press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe |
| 1942 | Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, Czechoslovakia |
| 1941 | Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500 |
| 1941 | Archbishop De Young bans priest cooperation on Rijks radio |
| 1940 | 44th U.S. Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury Golf Club Ohio |
| 1940 | General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill |
| 1940 | Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II |
| 1938 | Second Chamber agrees to return Jews to nazi-Germany |
| 1936 | Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for U.S. Open |
| 1936 | Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA |
| 1934 | 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released |
| 1934 | 38th U.S. Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA |
| 1934 | 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2 |
| 1934 | Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen") |
| 1934 | Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes for U.S. Open |
| 1933 | Spanish president Zamora takes power |
| 1933 | Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager |
| 1931 | 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard |
| 1931 | 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon |
| 1930 | Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile, 29:36.4 |
| 1929 | Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free |
| 1928 | 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2 |
| 1928 | Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane |
| 1924 | "Jelly-Roll Blues," is recorded by blues great, Jelly Roll Morton |
| 1923 | 55th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:19 |
| 1923 | Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans |
| 1923 | Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski and King Boris III overthrown |
| 1919 | General steel strike in France |
| 1914 | Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits |
| 1910 | Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard, found June 6, 1983 in Queensland |
| 1906 | Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3 |
| 1902 | 1st Automat restaurant opens, 818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia |
| 1901 | New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13 |
| 1899 | James J Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 for heavywgt boxing title |
| 1898 | China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years |
| 1892 | 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12 |
| 1891 | Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti |
| 1890 | Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago |
| 1888 | 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40 |
| 1887 | 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43 |
| 1883 | 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42 |
| 1883 | 1st commercial electric railway line begins operation in Chicago |
| 1877 | 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46 |
| 1870 | Washington: President Grant meets with Sioux chief Red Cloud |
| 1869 | Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer, Philadelphia |
| 1868 | 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California |
| 1865 | Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi |
| 1864 | Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia |
| 1864 | Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha |
| 1863 | Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford |
| 1862 | Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Jacksons Valley camp |
| 1860 | 1st "dime" novel issued "Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White Hunter" |
| 1822 | Charles Graham patents false teeth |
| 1790 | 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" |
| 1789 | Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver I |
| 1784 | John Carroll appointed supervisor of U.S. Catholic Missions |
| 1772 | 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion |
| 1772 | 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI |
| 1752 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India |
| 1742 | Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia |
| 1732 | Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe |
| 1720 | Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm |
| 1628 | 1st deportation from what is now U.S., Thomas Morton from Mass |
| 1588 | Spanish Armada sails from Lisbon to England |
| 1572 | Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland |
| 1549 | Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England |
| 1549 | England enforces Act of Supremacy |
| 1534 | Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River |
| 1531 | Pope Clemens VII and Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V |
| 1529 | Zurich declares war on Catholic kantons |
| 1525 | Tax revolt in Hertogenbosch |
| 1456 | 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
| 1075 | Battle at Homburg/Unstrut: German king Henry IV beats Saksen |
| 922 | French republic chooses Robert I, King of France |
| 641 | Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria |
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