| 2012 | For the first time, Curiosity, the Mars rover, discovers what could be determined as direct evidence of a fast-moving stream bed, a prior watersource, on Mars |
| 2012 | A referee lockout that has taken place since June 2012 ends as an agreement is reached between the NFL and NFL Referees Association |
| 2011 | In South Korea, the Financial Services Commission reveals they plan to inject more money into suspended local savings banks |
| 2011 | The Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is destroyed in an explosion; the line supplies gas to Jordan and Israel |
| 2010 | Responding to a U.N report accusing the Rwandan army of genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda threatens to remove its peacekeepers from Darfur |
| 2010 | In one of Spain's biggest corruption trials, 95 people, including two former mayors and a planning chief, appear in court in Malaga |
| 1998 | Core States Betsy King Golf Classic |
| 1996 | Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck |
| 1993 | Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges |
| 1992 | ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals |
| 1992 | Los Angeles Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place |
| 1992 | Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163 |
| 1992 | Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic |
| 1992 | Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title |
| 1992 | Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs |
| 1991 | "Princesses" premieres on CBS TV |
| 1991 | President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert |
| 1991 | 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) |
| 1990 | Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession |
| 1990 | Deposed emir of Kuwait address United Nations General Assembly |
| 1990 | Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley California |
| 1990 | Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court |
| 1990 | Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House |
| 1990 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1989 | Oakland wins AL West and San Francisco wins NL West title |
| 1989 | Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash |
| 1988 | Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ's burial cloth |
| 1988 | Senate votes for major federal tax code changes |
| 1987 | 27th Ryder Cup: Europe beats U.S., 15-13 at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Ohio |
| 1987 | Jan Stephens wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic |
| 1987 | NFL players' strike |
| 1987 | Phil Niekro final appearance and is pounded for 5 runs in 3 innings |
| 1986 | Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms |
| 1985 | 8 killed as roof collapses in Brussel's supermarket |
| 1985 | Hurricane Gloria's 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast |
| 1983 | South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years |
| 1983 | Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs |
| 1982 | Cards clinching NL East title |
| 1982 | Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again" |
| 1982 | Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize |
| 1982 | John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show |
| 1981 | "Day in Hollywood, A Night..," closes at John Golden New York after 588 perf |
| 1979 | Congress' final approval to create Department of Education |
| 1979 | Elton John, sick with flu, collapses at the Hollywood Universal Ampitheater |
| 1979 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1978 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1978 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1977 | Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title |
| 1975 | Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain |
| 1974 | Austr National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000 |
| 1973 | Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season |
| 1973 | Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days) |
| 1973 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1972 | 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition) |
| 1971 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1970 | Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error |
| 1968 | "Hair" opens in London |
| 1968 | Cardinal's super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year |
| 1968 | France refuses U.K. entry into common market |
| 1967 | Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year |
| 1967 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1964 | Despite 3 home runs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves |
| 1964 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Visalia Ladies' Golf Open |
| 1964 | Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place |
| 1964 | Warren Commission released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone |
| 1963 | At 10:59 AM census clock, records U.S. population at 190,000,000 |
| 1962 | Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen |
| 1962 | U.S. sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles |
| 1961 | Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269 |
| 1961 | Sierre Leone becomes 100th member of U.N. |
| 1960 | Europe's 1st "moving pavement," (travelator), opens at Bank station |
| 1959 | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open |
| 1959 | Braves and Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68) |
| 1959 | Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit |
| 1957 | Giants rent Seals Stadium until Candlestick is built |
| 1954 | School integration begins in Washington D.C. and Baltimore Md public schools |
| 1954 | Steve Allen's "Tonight Show" premieres |
| 1953 | Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal |
| 1953 | KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, Missouri (CBS) begins |
| 1953 | KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | St. Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game |
| 1953 | Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan |
| 1953 | WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1951 | Persian troops occupies oil refinery at Abadan |
| 1950 | Dr. Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize |
| 1950 | Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in New York City for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1948 | "Carib Song" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 36 performances |
| 1947 | "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 288 performances |
| 1946 | King George II of Greece returns from exile |
| 1944 | Helmond and Oss Netherlands liberated |
| 1943 | Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples |
| 1943 | Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter |
| 1942 | Heavy German assault in Stalingrad |
| 1942 | New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a 1st down |
| 1942 | Reinhard Heydrich, "butcher of Prague," appointed SS-general |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals win NL pennant on last day of season |
| 1941 | 1st WW II liberty ship, freighter Patrick Henry, launched |
| 1940 | 55 German aircraft shot down above England |
| 1940 | Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces |
| 1940 | Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller |
| 1940 | Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis) |
| 1940 | Yankees, lose to A's and eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935 |
| 1939 | Warsaw Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance |
| 1939 | White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleveland, 5-2 and 7-5 |
| 1938 | British ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth," launches at Clydebank Scotland |
| 1938 | Jewish lawyers forbidden to practice in Germany |
| 1938 | League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China |
| 1938 | Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow |
| 1937 | 1st Santa Claus Training School opens in Albion, New York |
| 1936 | 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game |
| 1936 | Franco troops conquer Toledo |
| 1936 | Netherlands leave Gold Standard/devaluate guilder |
| 1935 | Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game and clinch NL pennant |
| 1931 | Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481) |
| 1931 | Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's |
| 1930 | 34th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones |
| 1930 | Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 home runs give him NL record 56 home runs |
| 1930 | White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns |
| 1928 | U.S. recognizes Nationalist Chinese government |
| 1924 | Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1 |
| 1923 | Italian troops leave occupied Korfu |
| 1923 | New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 home runs |
| 1922 | King Constantine I of Greece abdicates |
| 1921 | Yankees beat Indians 21-7 in Polo Grounds |
| 1919 | British troops withdraw from Archangelsk |
| 1919 | Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members |
| 1919 | Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs |
| 1919 | Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season) |
| 1917 | Broadhurst Theater opens at 235 W 44th St. New York City |
| 1917 | EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek, Netherlands |
| 1916 | 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians |
| 1916 | Emperor Lidj Jasu of Ethiopia flees |
| 1914 | Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit |
| 1912 | W C Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" 1st Blues Song, 1912 |
| 1910 | 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France) |
| 1909 | 29th U.S. Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61) |
| 1905 | 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues |
| 1905 | Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0 |
| 1900 | Victory Theater (Republic, Belasco) opens at 207 W 42nd St. New York City |
| 1894 | Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY |
| 1892 | Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company |
| 1881 | Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12 |
| 1877 | John Mercer Langston named minister of Haiti |
| 1864 | Battle at Pilot Knob (Ft. Davidson), Missouri: 1700 killed/injured |
| 1864 | Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed |
| 1863 | Jo Shelby's cavalry in action at Moffat's Station, Arkansas |
| 1855 | George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in New York City |
| 1854 | Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board |
| 1852 | George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," premieres in Troy, New York |
| 1834 | Charles Darwin returns to Valparaiso |
| 1833 | Charles Darwin rides horse to Santa Fe |
| 1830 | Dutch army leaves Brussels, after 100s killed |
| 1825 | Railroad transportation is born with 1st track (Stockton-Darlington) |
| 1821 | Mexican Empire declares its independence |
| 1821 | Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw |
| 1794 | French troops conquer Crevecoeur |
| 1787 | Constitution submitted to states for ratification |
| 1779 | John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain |
| 1777 | Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British |
| 1777 | English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia |
| 1694 | Hurricane hits Carlisle Bay Barbados; 27 British ships sink and 3,000 die |
| 1540 | Pope Paul III recognizes Society of Jesus/Order of the Jesuits |
| 1540 | Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola |
| 1509 | Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast, 1000s killed |
| 1312 | Duke John II of Brabant ends Charter of Kortenberg |
| 1290 | Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000 |
| 70 | Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans |
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