- 1294 – John II becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg
- 1342 – Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
- 1382 – Battle on Beverhoutsfield near Brugge
- 1455 – Jews flee Spain
- 1494 – Columbus discovers Jamaica
- 1494 – Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it “St Iago”
- 1512 – 5th Lateran Council (18th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
- 1512 – Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen
- 1515 – Persian Gulf: Portugese fleet occupies Ormuz
- 1616 – Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war
- 1621 – Francis Bacon accused of bribery
- 1624 – Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama
- 1629 – French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain
- 1640 – English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
- 1654 – Bridge at Rowley Mass begins charging tolls for animals
- 1660 – Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva
- 1661 – Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen
- 1662 – Royal charter granted Connecticut
- 1678 – French conquering fleet at Cura‡ao, 1200 die
- 1715 – Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon “Baily’s Beads”
- 1722 – Pierre de Marivaux’ “La Double Inconstance,” premieres in Paris
- 1747 – Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht
- 1765 – 1st US medical college opens in Philadelphia
- 1802 – Washington DC incorporates as a city
- 1808 – Goya’s “Executions of 3rd of May”
- 1810 – Lord Byron swims Hellespont
- 1815 – Battle at Tolentino: Austria beats king Joachim of Naples
- 1822 – Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France)
- 1830 – 1st regular steam train passenger service starts
- 1845 – 1st black lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to bar (Mass)
- 1845 – Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton China
- 1846 – Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas
- 1851 – Most of SF destroyed by fire; 30 die
- 1855 – Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens
- 1861 – Gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan
- 1861 – Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers & another 18,000 seamen
- 1863 – Battle of Chancellorsville-Beaten Union army withdraws
- 1863 – Battle of Fredricksburg, VA (Marye’s Heights)
- 1863 – Battle of Salem Church, VA
- 1864 – 3rd day in Battle at Alexandria Louisiana: Confederate assault
- 1886 – M A Maclean elected 1st mayor of Vancouver, BC
- 1898 – Camp Merriman forms at Presidio (SF) (see 0517)
- 1900 – 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06¬
- 1901 – Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1902 – 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75
- 1903 – AVC Heracles (SC Heracles ‘74) soccer team forms in Almelo
- 1906 – British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey
- 1909 – 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2
- 1917 – 1st performance of Ernest Bloch’s symphony “Israel”
- 1919 – Afghanistan Emir Amanoellah begins war against Great Britain
- 1919 – America’s 1st passenger flight (NY-Atlantic City)
- 1921 – West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
- 1922 – Mayor Hylan closes streets for building of Yankee Stadium
- 1922 – Salt layer find at Winterswijk
- 1923 – 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (NY-San Diego) completed
- 1926 – British general strike-3 million workers support miners
- 1926 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
- 1926 – US marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933
- 1929 – Prussia bans anti-fascists
- 1932 – 24 tourists begin 1st air-charter holiday (London-Basle, Switz)
- 1933 – 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of US Mint takes office
- 1934 – Bradman scores 206 Aust v Worcestershire, 210 mins, 27 fours
- 1936 – French People’s Front wins elections
- 1936 – NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
- 1937 – Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for “Gone With the Wind”
- 1938 – Concentration camp at Flossenbrg goes into use
- 1938 – Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn’t lose there until May 12 1941
- 1938 – Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain
- 1941 – -4] German air raid on Liverpool
- 1941 – 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 2:01.4
- 1942 – Japanese troop attack Tulagi, Gavutu & Tanambogo, Solomon Islands
- 1942 – Luftwaffe bombs Exeter
- 1942 – Nazi’s execute 72 OD’ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands
- 1942 – Nazi’s require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star
- 1943 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon’s Teeth)
- 1943 – Strike against obligatory labor camps ends, after 200 killed
- 1943 – US 1st armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia
- 1944 – “Meet Me in St Louis” opens on Broadway
- 1944 – Meat rationing ends in US
- 1945 – 1st Polish armour brigade occupies Wilhelmshafen
- 1945 – Allies arrests German nuclear physics Werner Heisenberg
- 1945 – British troop join in Rangoon
- 1945 – German ship “Cap Arcona” sinks in East Sea, 5,800 killed
- 1946 – International military tribunal in Tokyo begins
- 1947 – 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
- 1947 – Japan forms a constitutional democracy
- 1948 – Pulitzer prize awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams
- 1949 – 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
- 1951 – Gil McDougald ties major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
- 1951 – NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
- 1952 – “Call Me Madam” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances
- 1952 – 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
- 1952 – 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6
- 1953 – WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
- 1953 – Westchester conf of Amer Library Assoc proclaims “Freedom to Read”
- 1954 – KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1954 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh & John Patrick
- 1954 – WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 – “Most Happy Fella” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 678 performances
- 1956 – A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000′)
- 1956 – Frank Loesser’s musical “Most Happy Fella,” premieres in NYC
- 1958 – 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05
- 1958 – WINS suspends Alan Freed for causing a riot in Boston, he quits
- 1959 – Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament
- 1959 – Tiger’s Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader
- 1960 – Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones’ musical “Fantasticks,” premieres in NYC
- 1961 – Warren Spahn pitches a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter
- 1962 – Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train & a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan)
- 1963 – Leslie Narum is only Balt Oriole to homer on his 1st at bat
- 1963 – Martin Luther King Jr delivers his “I have a dream” speech
- 1964 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational
- 1965 – 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite
- 1965 – 3rd Mayor’s Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 2-1 in 10
- 1965 – Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US
- 1965 – Don Steele, begins a 40+ year radio career at KRTH (LA Calif)
- 1965 – KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast
- 1965 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era)
- 1966 – WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
- 1967 – Black students seize finance building at Northwestern U
- 1968 – Holland Pirate Radio Station VRON becomes Radio Veronica Intl
- 1969 – “Trumpets of the Lord” closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 perfs
- 1969 – 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8
- 1970 – 24th NBA Championship: NY Knicks beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
- 1970 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational
- 1971 – All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
- 1971 – Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
- 1971 – National Public Radio begins programming
- 1971 – Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
- 1971 – Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)
- 1973 – Chicago’s Sears Tower, world’s tallest building (443 m), topped out
- 1973 – KC Royals’ George Brett gets his 1st major league hit
- 1975 – 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02
- 1975 – Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8)
- 1976 – Panama 747SP lands after record flight around world (46:26)
- 1976 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt’s Gift)
- 1978 – “Sun Day” – solar energy events are held in US
- 1978 – Anderlecht wins 18th Europe Cup II
- 1978 – Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
- 1978 – WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till riots end game
- 1979 – 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher)
- 1979 – Bobby Bonds hits his 300th HR (2nd to have 300 HRs & 300 stolen bases)
- 1979 – Martin Sherman’s “Bent,” premieres in London
- 1980 – 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02
- 1980 – Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits his 521st & final HR
- 1980 – Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL & NL
- 1981 – “Can-Can” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances
- 1981 – “Moony, Shapiro Songbook” opens & closes at Morosco Theater NYC
- 1981 – Sally Little wins LPGA CPC Women’s Golf International
- 1982 – ABC’s All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
- 1982 – NY Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA’s budget
- 1982 – Pres Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
- 1983 – Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead
- 1983 – Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe
- 1983 – US bishops condemn nuclear weapons
- 1985 – Date of $5 million check in “View to a Kill”
- 1986 – 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8
- 1986 – Air Lanka crashes, killing 22
- 1986 – Cubs 3rd baseman Ron Cey hits his 300th & 301st HR
- 1986 – NASA launches Goes-G, it failed to achieve orbit
- 1986 – NY Yankee Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
- 1987 – “Mikado” closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances
- 1987 – Cindy Hill wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
- 1987 – Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday & Saturday with Gary Hart
- 1988 – 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida
- 1988 – Jasper Johns’ “Diver” sold for $4,200,000
- 1991 – Andy Williams weds Debbie Hass
- 1991 – 356th & final episode of CBS 2nd longest running series Dallas, 2nd only to Gunsmoke
- 1992 – Balt’s Gregg Olson, 25, is youngest to record 100 saves
- 1992 – Beverly Hills 90210 Gabrielle Carteris marries Charles Isaacs
- 1992 – Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Centel Golf Classic
- 1992 – NY Met Eddie Murray is 24th to hit 400 HRS
- 1992 – Ohio Glory wins 1st WLAF game (after 6 loses), beat Frankfurt 20-17
- 1992 – Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Centel Senior Golf Challenge
- 1993 – “Kiss of the Spider Woman” opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 perfs
- 1994 – 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins
- 1994 – D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election
- 1994 – US space probe Clementine launched
- 1995 – “My Thing of Love” opens at Beck Theater NYC for 16 performances
- 1995 – Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
- 1995 – David Bell debuts for the Indians (3rd generation player, Gus & Buddy)
- 1996 – Martin Moxon & Michael Vaughan make 362 1st wkt Yorks v Glam
- 1997 – 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
- 1997 – ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen
- 1997 – Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
- 1998 – wins Titleholders Golf Championship
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- 1345 – “Quaden Maendach” in Gent: Battles between volders & weavers
- 1497 – John Cabot departs to North-America
- 1526 – German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League
- 1536 – King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery & incest
- 1595 – King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Neth
- 1598 – France & Spain signs Peace of Vervins
- 1652 – Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik
- 1668 – 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
- 1668 – Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution
- 1670 – King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company
- 1703 – Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant
- 1749 – Empress Maria Theresa signs “Haugwitzschen State reform”
- 1750 – Carlo Goldoni’s “La Botega di CaffŠ,” premieres in Mantua
- 1776 – France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels
- 1780 – William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris
- 1808 – Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
- 1824 – Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)
- 1833 – Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs
- 1845 – Domingo Sarmiento publishes “Civilizaci¢n y Barbarie”
- 1847 – Sabbath famine
- 1853 – Franconi’s Hippodrome opens (NYC)
- 1863 – South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Va
- 1863 – Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men
- 1865 – Pres Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis
- 1876 – Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League
- 1878 – US stops minting 20› coin
- 1885 – “Good Housekeeping” magazine is 1st published
- 1885 – Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium
- 1887 – G Rossini’s corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence
- 1887 – Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film
- 1889 – Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale
- 1890 – Territory of Oklahoma created
- 1900 – George Bernard Shaws “You Never Can Tell,” premieres in London
- 1902 – “A Trip To The Moon,” the 1st science fiction film released
- 1903 – 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09
- 1904 – 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08«
- 1905 – French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work
- 1906 – 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8
- 1907 – Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian govt
- 1909 – Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
- 1911 – French troops occupy FŠs El Bali Morocco
- 1915 – Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road
- 1916 – US president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act
- 1916 – 2nd Ave & Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe & Selwyn Avenue named
- 1917 – Cin Fred Tooney & Chic’s Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits & a run in 10th, so Cin wins 1-0
- 1919 – 1st US air passenger service starts
- 1920 – 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
- 1921 – Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia
- 1922 – WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft Worth Texas
- 1923 – Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0
- 1924 – Netherlands refuses to recognize USSR
- 1925 – Kezar Stadium in SF’s Golden Gate Park opens
- 1926 – US military intervenes in Nicaragua
- 1927 – Intl Economic Conference (52 countries including USSR) opens
- 1927 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn)
- 1928 – KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions
- 1930 – Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
- 1932 – Jack Benny’s 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
- 1932 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S Buck (Good Earth)
- 1933 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions
- 1934 – Nazi-Germany begins People’s court
- 1936 – “Peter & Wolf” premieres in Moscow
- 1936 – 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6
- 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie & family flee Abyssinia
- 1938 – Ella Fitzgerald records “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
- 1938 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town)
- 1939 – Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2
- 1941 – FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1
- 1941 – Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler’s deputy
- 1941 – Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists
- 1941 – Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400
- 1942 – 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4
- 1942 – Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma
- 1943 – German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia
- 1944 – WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in NYC (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast
- 1945 – Allies occupy Wismar
- 1945 – Dutch Queen Wilhelmina & Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen
- 1945 – German Army in Italy surrenders
- 1945 – Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders
- 1945 – Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste
- 1946 – Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die
- 1947 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Moon for the Misbegotten,” premieres in NYC
- 1949 – Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for “Death of a Salesman”
- 1949 – Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
- 1949 – Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
- 1950 – Carlo Terrons “Giuditta,” premieres in Milan
- 1950 – Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration
- 1950 – Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR
- 1952 – 1st performance of John Cage’s “Water Music”
- 1952 – 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet
- 1952 – Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers
- 1953 – 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02
- 1953 – Feisal II installed as king of Iraq
- 1953 – Hussein I installed as king of Jordan
- 1954 – Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader
- 1955 – India poses discrimination “onaanraakbaren” punishable
- 1955 – Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
- 1955 – WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- 1956 – US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
- 1956 – US Methodist church disallows race separation
- 1958 – Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into NYC
- 1959 – 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2
- 1960 – Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
- 1960 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice & Consent)
- 1960 – “American Bandstand’s” Dick Clark
- 1960 – House investigating committee, looking into payola questions
- 1962 – Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I
- 1962 – OAS strikes in Algeria
- 1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
- 1962 – WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, NY (PBS) 1st broadcast
- 1964 – 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00
- 1964 – Beatles’ “Beatles’ 2nd Album” goes #1 & stays #1 for for 5 weeks
- 1964 – Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
- 1965 – “New Faces of 1965″ opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances
- 1965 – Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service
- 1965 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational
- 1965 – Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
- 1966 – Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger Jr (Thousand Days)
- 1967 – Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
- 1968 – 1st performance of Roger Sessions’ 8th Symphony
- 1968 – 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 2
- 1968 – Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London
- 1968 – Israeli television begins transmitting
- 1969 – British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to NY
- 1970 – 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
- 1970 – 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4
- 1970 – KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast
- 1971 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
- 1972 – Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
- 1972 – Lt General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
- 1972 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1974 – Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
- 1975 – Apple records closes down
- 1976 – Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
- 1977 – “King & I” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 719 performances
- 1978 – NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games
- 1979 – “Quadrophenia” premieres in London
- 1979 – -May 10] Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) begins nonstop ride, cycling 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 1979 – 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell
- 1980 – Joseph Doherty & 3 other IRA men arrested for murder
- 1980 – Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in Wall (Part II)” is banned in S Africa
- 1980 – Pope John Paul II begins African tour
- 1980 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1981 – 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02
- 1981 – Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes
- 1982 – Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
- 1982 – Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
- 1983 – 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga Calif
- 1984 – “Sunday in the Park with George” opens at Booth NYC for 604 perfs
- 1984 – Indians’ Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn)
- 1984 – Mattingly’s single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt’s perfect game bid
- 1984 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1985 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1986 – Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II
- 1986 – Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver, BC
- 1987 – 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4
- 1988 – Balt Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Balt & get a new park
- 1988 – David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow,” premieres in NYC
- 1988 – Jackson Pollock’s “Search” sold for $4,800,000
- 1988 – Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
- 1990 – “Some Americans Abroad” opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 perfs
- 1990 – South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
- 1991 – Pope John Paul II’s encyclical on Centesimus annus
- 1992 – “High Rollers Social & Pleasure Club” opens at H Hayes NYC 14 perfs
- 1992 – 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03
- 1992 – Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian Pres Alija Izetbegovic
- 1993 – “5 Guys Named Moe” closes at Eugene O’Neill NYC after 445 perfs
- 1993 – “Candida” closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
- 1993 – “Redwood Curtain” closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 40 perfs
- 1993 – “Tango Passion” closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
- 1993 – Kristi Albers wins Sprint Golf Classic
- 1993 – Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament
- 1994 – Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed
- 1994 – Dr Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides
- 1994 – Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros “Love is Wonderful Thing”
- 1995 – “Hamlet” opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 121 performances
- 1995 – Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning
- 1995 – Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
- 1997 – Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating
- 1997 – Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber
- 1997 – Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
- 1997 – Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
- 1998 – 124th Kentucky Derby
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- 0305 – Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome resigns
- 1006 – Supernova observed by Chinese & Egyptians in constellation Lupus
- 1048 – Bishop Bernold flees St Pieterskerk for Utrecht Neth
- 1394 – Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple & it’s surroundings from an old badger
- 1523 – Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere
- 1528 – P nfilo the Narva‚z begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida
- 1544 – Turkish troops occupy Hungary
- 1551 – Council of Trente resumes
- 1598 – Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java
- 1625 – Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
- 1625 – Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland
- 1628 – Meiboom in Quincy Mass) degenerates into orgy with indian women
- 1682 – Louis XIV & his court inaugurates Paris Observatory
- 1703 – Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians
- 1704 – Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad
- 1707 – England, Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain
- 1711 – Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar
- 1715 – Prussia declares war on Sweden
- 1725 – Spain & Austria sign trade treaty
- 1751 – 1st American cricket match is played
- 1756 – France & Austria sign alliance
- 1757 – Austria & France divide Prussia
- 1759 – British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
- 1776 – Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati
- 1777 – RB Sheridans “School for Scandal,” premieres in London
- 1781 – Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population
- 1786 – Mozart’s opera “Marriage of Figaro” premieres in Wien (Vienna)
- 1822 – John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston
- 1834 – Belgian parliament accept railway laws
- 1840 – 1st adhesive postage stamps (“Penny Blacks” from England) issued
- 1841 – 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for Calif
- 1844 – Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message
- 1844 – Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate
- 1846 – Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world
- 1850 – John Geary becomes 1st SF mayor
- 1851 – Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London
- 1853 – Argentina adopts it’s constitution
- 1854 – Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes
- 1857 – William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to US Navy
- 1861 – Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper’s Ferry
- 1862 – Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans
- 1863 – Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (29,000 injured or died)
- 1863 – Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi
- 1863 – Confederate “National Flag” replaces “Stars & Bars”
- 1863 – Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers
- 1864 – -8] Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign)
- 1864 – Atlanta campaign, GA
- 1864 – Wilderness campaign
- 1866 – American Equal Rights Association forms
- 1867 – Howard University chartered
- 1867 – Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration
- 1869 – Folies BergŠre opens in Paris
- 1873 – 1st US postal card issued
- 1873 – Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World’s Fair in Vienna
- 1873 – International Exhibition opens in Vienna
- 1875 – 238 members of “Whiskey Ring” accused of anti-US activities
- 1883 – “Buffalo Bill” Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show
- 1883 – Amsterdam World’s Fair opens
- 1883 – Baseball returns to Phila, 1st NL game since 1876
- 1883 – NY Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer
- 1884 – Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)
- 1884 – Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league
- 1885 – Maria “Goeie Mie” Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Neth
- 1886 – US general strike for 8 hour day, begins
- 1889 – 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International
- 1889 – Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
- 1891 – Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland’s League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3
- 1892 – US Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, SF Bay
- 1893 – World Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
- 1898 – George Dewey commands, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley” as US route Spanish fleet at Manila
- 1900 – Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah
- 1900 – Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond
- 1901 – Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox
- 1901 – Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League
- 1901 – Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo
- 1906 – Phillie’s John Lush no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 6-0
- 1907 – Belgium govt of De Trooz forms
- 1907 – Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
- 1908 – World’s most intense shower (2.47″ in 3 minutes) at Portobelo Panama
- 1909 – Netherlands begins unity with Belgium
- 1912 – Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms
- 1912 – Beverly Hills Hotel opens
- 1913 – Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St NYC
- 1914 – China’s 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
- 1915 – British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool
- 1915 – German submarine sinks US ship Gulflight
- 1919 – Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages
- 1920 – Babe Ruth’s 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds
- 1920 – Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens
- 1920 – Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings
- 1921 – Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected governor of Suwayda
- 1922 – Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game
- 1924 – Admiral Paul Koundouri¢tis becomes president of Greece
- 1925 – A’s Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single
- 1925 – Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony
- 1926 – British coal-miners go on strike
- 1926 – Brooklyn Dodgers & Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings
- 1926 – Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League
- 1927 – 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)
- 1927 – Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam
- 1927 – Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen
- 1928 – 6 children die & 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania
- 1928 – Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
- 1928 – Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
- 1928 – Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service
- 1928 – Rotterdam soccer team Black White ‘28 forms
- 1929 – Brooklyn’s Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds
- 1929 – Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen
- 1929 – Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin
- 1930 – Bradman scores 236 Aust v Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng
- 1931 – Empire State Building opens in NYC
- 1931 – Norway claims Peter I Island
- 1931 – Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS
- 1932 – 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo
- 1934 – Austria signs pact with Vatican
- 1934 – Philippine legislature accepts US proposal for independence
- 1934 – Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert
- 1935 – Boulder Dam completed
- 1935 – Canada’s 1st silver dollar is circulated
- 1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades
- 1936 – FBI’s J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis
- 1937 – FDR signs act of neutrality
- 1939 – Batman comics hit street
- 1939 – Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling)
- 1940 – 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship
- 1940 – The 1940 Olympics are cancelled
- 1941 – “Citizen Kane,” directed & starring Orson Welles, premieres in NY
- 1941 – General Mills introduces Cheerios
- 1941 – German assault on Tobruk
- 1942 – Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear “Jewish star”
- 1943 – 1st edition of illegal “The Free Artist” appears in Amsterdam
- 1943 – 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04
- 1943 – Food rationing begins in US
- 1943 – German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes
- 1943 – German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta
- 1943 – Rauter signs unofficial death sentence
- 1944 – Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight
- 1944 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark)
- 1944 – Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails
- 1945 – 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren, commit suicide
- 1945 – Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government
- 1945 – Australian & Dutch troops lands on Tarakan
- 1945 – General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms
- 1945 – Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II
- 1945 – Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg
- 1945 – Soviet army reach Rostock
- 1946 – Fieldmarshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander
- 1946 – Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named “American Mother of Year”
- 1947 – Cleve Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad
- 1947 – Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA
- 1947 – Radar for coml & private planes 1st demonstrated
- 1947 – Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA
- 1948 – 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4
- 1948 – North Korean proclaims itself People’s Democratic Republic of Korea
- 1948 – Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam
- 1948 – Glenn Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham Alabama for trying to enter a meeting through a door marked “for Negroes”
- 1949 – A’s Elmer Valo is 1st AL’er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game
- 1949 – Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
- 1950 – Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry)
- 1950 – Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
- 1950 – New marriage laws enforced in People’s Republic China
- 1950 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein (South Pacific)
- 1950 – WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
- 1951 – 600,000 march for peace & freedom in Germany
- 1951 – Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir
- 1951 – Mickey Mantle’s 1st HR
- 1951 – Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox
- 1952 – Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada
- 1952 – Mr Potato Head, introduced
- 1952 – TWA introduces tourist class
- 1954 – 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03
- 1954 – Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist org forbidden)
- 1954 – HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies)
- 1954 – WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting
- 1955 – Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
- 1955 – Bob Feller’s 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters)
- 1957 – Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord
- 1957 – Larry King’s 1st radio broadcast
- 1957 – US give Poland credit of $95 million
- 1957 – Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km
- 1958 – Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai
- 1958 – Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina
- 1959 – Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
- 1959 – West Germany introduces 5 day work week
- 1959 – White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR
- 1960 – India’s Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states
- 1960 – Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis
- 1960 – Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk
- 1961 – 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
- 1961 – Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
- 1961 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
- 1961 – Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain
- 1962 – 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara
- 1962 – Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start
- 1962 – France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
- 1962 – JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)
- 1963 – 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
- 1963 – Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Neth
- 1964 – 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
- 1965 – 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2
- 1965 – Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3
- 1965 – USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
- 1966 – Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley)
- 1966 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
- 1966 – Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
- 1966 – US troops shooting targets in Cambodia
- 1967 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua
- 1967 – Elvis Presley & Pricilla Beaulieu wed
- 1967 – Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank
- 1967 – Priscilla Beaulieu & Elvis Presley wed in Las Vegas
- 1967 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer)
- 1968 – “Ben Franklin in Paris” closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 215 perfs
- 1968 – Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup
- 1969 – 43 Unification church couples wed in NYC
- 1969 – Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0
- 1969 – Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000
- 1969 – Pirate Radio Station 259 (England/France) begins transmitting
- 1971 – 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2
- 1971 – Amtrak Railroad begins operation
- 1971 – Rolling Stones release “Brown Sugar”
- 1972 – “Different Times” opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances
- 1972 – North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
- 1972 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)
- 1972 – Radio’s Mutual Black Network premieres
- 1973 – SF Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7
- 1975 – Islander Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead
- 1976 – 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6
- 1976 – Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2)
- 1977 – Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4)
- 1977 – Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
- 1977 – Empress Lilly dedicated
- 1978 – 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated
- 1978 – MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht
- 1978 – Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone
- 1979 – Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel
- 1979 – Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
- 1979 – Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing
- 1980 – “Day in Hollywood, A Night…” opens at John Golden NYC for 588 perf
- 1980 – 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins
- 1980 – Sabres & Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff
- 1980 – Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)
- 1981 – Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett
- 1981 – Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) convicted on FBI Abscam charges
- 1981 – Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3
- 1982 – 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4
- 1982 – 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville Tennessee opens
- 1982 – Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead
- 1983 – “My One & Only” opens at St James Theater NYC for 767 performances
- 1983 – Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament
- 1983 – Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508)
- 1984 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- 1984 – Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
- 1985 – “Communist” bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels
- 1985 – US president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
- 1985 – William Hoffman’s “As Is,” premieres in NYC
- 1986 – Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph
- 1986 – Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
- 1986 – Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole
- 1987 – 46 HRs hit in 13 baseball games
- 1987 – Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun
- 1988 – “Romance/Romance” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 perfs
- 1988 – IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3
- 1988 – Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
- 1989 – 135 acre Disney’s MGM studio officially opens to public
- 1989 – Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days
- 1989 – US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting
- 1990 – “Prelude to a Kiss” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC
- 1991 – “Will Rogers Follies” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 983 performances
- 1991 – A’s Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks
- 1991 – Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy
- 1991 – Angola’s civil war ends
- 1991 – Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge
- 1991 – Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings
- 1991 – Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter, beating Toronto
- 1991 – Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal
- 1991 – Tx Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0)
- 1991 – Skin-Spit-Skin featuring lesbain, homosexual & hetrosexual nude couples caressing, is seen by 5,000 in NYC
- 1992 – Eric Houston kills 4 in a Calif HS where he failed history 4 yrs prior
- 1992 – LA Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King
- 1992 – NY Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs NJ Devils)
- 1992 – Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base
- 1993 – 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4
- 1993 – Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die)
- 1994 – “My Fair Lady” closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 165 performances
- 1994 – “Rise & Fall of Little Voice” opens at Neil Simon NYC for 9 perfs
- 1994 – -3] Tornado & hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed
- 1994 – Charles Kuralt, retires as CBS newsman (On the Road)
- 1994 – Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament
- 1994 – Sherri Steinhauer wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship
- 1995 – “On the Waterfront” opens at Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances
- 1995 – Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia v WI at Sabina Park
- 1996 – “Ideal Husband” opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
- 1996 – Gerald Williams is 1st NY Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game
- 1997 – Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM
- 1997 – Toni Blair elected PM of UK
- 1999 – 125th Kentucky Derby
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