| 2012 | Demonstrations by thousands of Libyan people cause Ansar al-Sharia Islamists evacuate their headquarters |
| 2012 | A leadership ballot held by the Democratic Party of Japan is won by Japan's Prime Minster, Yoshihiko Noda |
| 2011 | Google's new social network service, Google+, is released to the general public |
| 2011 | The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces the 2015 UCI World Championships will be held in Richmond, Virginia |
| 2010 | President Obama's economic advisor Lawrence Summers announces he will leave his post as head of the U.S. Economic Council |
| 2010 | In the Atlantic Ocean, tropical storm Lisa forms off the Cape Verde Islands |
| 1999 | Earthquake kills 2,295 in central Taiwan |
| 1997 | Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip |
| 1997 | Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA PING Welch's Championship |
| 1997 | Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium |
| 1997 | New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th home run |
| 1997 | Tim Herron wins Texas Golf Open shooting a 271 |
| 1996 | Christie Brinkey gets married for 4th time, she marries Peter Cook |
| 1996 | John F. Kennedy, Jr. marries Caroline Bisset |
| 1994 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Lauderdale / Miami, Florida on WBGG 105.9 FM |
| 1993 | Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns |
| 1991 | Armenia votes on whether to remain in Soviet Union |
| 1991 | USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics |
| 1990 | Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years |
| 1990 | Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt |
| 1990 | Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68, |
| 1989 | Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki |
| 1988 | Mike Tyson smashes TV camera outside his Bernardsville New Jersey home |
| 1987 | 3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf |
| 1986 | 38th Emmy Awards: Golden Girls, Cagney and Lacey and Michael J Fox win |
| 1986 | Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs New York Jets (51-45) |
| 1986 | New York Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards |
| 1986 | New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown |
| 1986 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic |
| 1986 | San Diego Padre Jimmy Jones pitchs 1-hitter in his major league debut |
| 1985 | Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1984 | NASA launches Galaxy-C |
| 1983 | 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila |
| 1983 | David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," premieres in London |
| 1983 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1982 | 2,251 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium |
| 1982 | Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands, New Jersey |
| 1982 | NFL players begin a 57 day strike |
| 1982 | STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad |
| 1981 | Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from U.K. |
| 1981 | Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice |
| 1981 | Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson) |
| 1980 | Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic |
| 1980 | LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception |
| 1980 | Richard Todd of New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) |
| 1977 | U.S. minister of Foreign affairs Cyrus Vance dismissed |
| 1976 | Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia |
| 1975 | Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic |
| 1974 | U.S. Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury |
| 1973 | Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000 |
| 1973 | New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games |
| 1973 | Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA Kansas City Kings for $450,000 |
| 1972 | Marcos declares martial law in Philippines |
| 1972 | U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test |
| 1971 | AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers) |
| 1971 | John Lennon and Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest |
| 1970 | "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21 |
| 1970 | KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1970 | Luna 16 leaves Moon |
| 1970 | Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0 |
| 1969 | 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0) |
| 1969 | Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open |
| 1969 | New York Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos |
| 1969 | Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8) |
| 1967 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1966 | 5" of rain falls on New York City |
| 1966 | Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to Jimi |
| 1965 | O Kommissarova (U.S.S.R.) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250') |
| 1964 | Constellation (U.S.) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup |
| 1964 | Malta gains independence from Britain |
| 1964 | Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant |
| 1961 | Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles) |
| 1959 | 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US |
| 1958 | 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas, Texas |
| 1958 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1957 | "Perry Mason" with Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV |
| 1957 | German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean |
| 1957 | Olav V, becomes king of Norway |
| 1957 | Pote Sarasin forms government in Thailand |
| 1956 | Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway |
| 1955 | Last allied occupying troops leave Austria |
| 1955 | Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1955 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| 1954 | 1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned |
| 1954 | Kleffens appointed chairman of General Meeting U.N. |
| 1953 | Allied forces form West Germany |
| 1953 | KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| 1951 | Emil Zatopek runs 15,000m in record 44 min, 54.6 sec |
| 1949 | Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China |
| 1949 | Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation |
| 1948 | "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV |
| 1946 | Indians play their final game in League Park, ending a 55-year stay |
| 1944 | Last British paratroopers at bridge of Arnhem surrenders |
| 1943 | Arundel (Solomon Island) in U.S. hands |
| 1943 | Lynch Triangle (Square) in Bronx named |
| 1943 | Russian 13th/61st Army reconquer Chyernigov |
| 1943 | Soviet forces reach Dnjepr |
| 1942 | 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris |
| 1942 | Transport nr 35 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany |
| 1941 | U.S. launches its 1st Liberty-ship, "Patrick Henry" |
| 1939 | Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews |
| 1938 | Hurricane (183 MPH winds) in New England kills 700 |
| 1938 | Winston Churchill condemns Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia |
| 1937 | J R R Tolkien, publishes "Hobbit" |
| 1936 | Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander |
| 1934 | St. Louis Card Paul Dean no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 3-0 |
| 1934 | Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000 |
| 1933 | Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens |
| 1931 | Britain abandons gold standard/pound devalues 20% |
| 1930 | Johann Ostermeyer patents flashbulb |
| 1929 | 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton |
| 1928 | "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut |
| 1922 | President Warren G Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine |
| 1921 | Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die |
| 1921 | Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians |
| 1919 | 33rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Zinderstein (61 62) |
| 1915 | CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for 6,600 pounds |
| 1915 | Emanuel Querido ("Kerido") begins publishing Querido |
| 1913 | 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France |
| 1913 | Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople |
| 1906 | Yankee 1st baseman Hal Chase's 22 put-outs ties record |
| 1903 | 1st cowboy film "Kit Carson," premieres in U.S. |
| 1898 | China's empress-mother Ci Xi and emperor De Zong arrested |
| 1897 | New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial |
| 1896 | General Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan |
| 1895 | 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company |
| 1893 | Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car) |
| 1885 | Dutch demonstrate for general voting right |
| 1883 | 1st direct U.S. - Brazil telegraph connection |
| 1872 | John Henry Conyers of South Carolina becomes 1st black student at Annapolis |
| 1863 | Union forces retreat to Chattanooga after defeat at Chickamauga |
| 1837 | Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores |
| 1823 | Moroni 1st appears to Joseph Smith, according to Smith |
| 1815 | King Willem I takes oath in Brussels |
| 1814 | "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem |
| 1792 | 1st French Republic forms |
| 1792 | Proposal by Collot D'Herbois, to abolish the monarchy in France |
| 1784 | 1st daily newspaper in America (Penns Packet and General Advertiser) |
| 1784 | Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser 1st success U.S. daily newspaper |
| 1780 | Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point |
| 1776 | Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested |
| 1746 | French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras |
| 1745 | Battle at Preston Pans: Bonnie Prince Charles beats English army |
| 1677 | John and Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher |
| 1676 | Benedetto Odescalchi elected as Pope Innocent XI |
| 1648 | Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir |
| 1621 | King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling |
| 1591 | French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France |
| 1589 | Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League |
| 1451 | Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge |
| 1435 | Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French king Charles II |
| 1348 | Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells |
| 1192 | English king Richard I the Lion hearted, captured |
| 1066 | Battle at Fulford: Norway king Harald III Hardrada beats British militia |
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