| 2012 | At least 20 people due from the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 2012 | A study describing the Big Bang, published in 'Physical Review', suggests it is actually a phase change ruled by event symmetry, a theory which best supports how spacetime could originate from original matter |
| 2011 | Muammar Gaddafi appears on Libyan television claiming himself the 'father of Libya' |
| 2011 | The world's potentially oldest fossils, thought to be 3.4 billion years old, are found in the Strelley Pool rock formation in Western Australia's outback |
| 2010 | Russia's Federal Security Service assassinates Magomedali Vagabov, a militant leader reportedly responsible for the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings |
| 2010 | The U.S. experiences a salmonella scare, with hundreds of people ill from bad eggs; eggs are recalled from stores throughout the nation |
| 1997 | Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China |
| 1997 | U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out |
| 1996 | "Hughie," opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City |
| 1996 | Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA |
| 1996 | Netscape Browser 3.0 is released |
| 1995 | U.S. marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho |
| 1994 | Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed |
| 1994 | Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election |
| 1994 | Jane Geddes wins LPGA Chicago Golf Challenge |
| 1994 | Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed |
| 1993 | Lyricist Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes |
| 1993 | NASA loses contact with Mars Observer |
| 1991 | Communist coup is crushed in U.S.S.R. in 2 days |
| 1991 | Latvia declares it's independence from U.S.S.R. |
| 1989 | Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune |
| 1988 | Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war |
| 1988 | Juli Inkster wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic |
| 1988 | Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21) |
| 1987 | "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52) |
| 1987 | Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted |
| 1987 | Silke Horneer swims female world record 100m breaststroke (1:07.91) |
| 1986 | "Rags" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 4 performances |
| 1986 | Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v New Zealand, The Oval) |
| 1986 | Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746 |
| 1986 | Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians |
| 1986 | Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 government officials |
| 1986 | Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000 |
| 1986 | With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs |
| 1985 | Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71 |
| 1985 | New York Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47) |
| 1983 | "La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 1761 performances |
| 1983 | 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record) |
| 1983 | Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf |
| 1982 | Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut |
| 1982 | Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300 |
| 1980 | Linda Ronstadt opens in "Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway |
| 1979 | Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0 |
| 1978 | 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs U.S. Air Force |
| 1977 | Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic |
| 1977 | Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph) |
| 1976 | Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park home run in Oriole history |
| 1976 | Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman |
| 1975 | 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway |
| 1975 | Rick and Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out |
| 1975 | U.S. lightens trade embargo against Cuba |
| 1972 | 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps |
| 1972 | British harbor strike ends |
| 1972 | Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs |
| 1972 | Republican convention opens in Miami Beach, Florida |
| 1972 | U.S. orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched |
| 1969 | Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem |
| 1968 | After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio |
| 1968 | Democratic Convention opens in Chicago |
| 1968 | Marine James Anderson, Jr. is 1st black Medal of Honor winner |
| 1968 | Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion |
| 1968 | Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement |
| 1968 | William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) |
| 1967 | China reports downing of 2 U.S. bombers |
| 1967 | Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent |
| 1967 | Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed |
| 1967 | Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece |
| 1966 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open |
| 1965 | Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts) |
| 1965 | Romania adopts constitution |
| 1965 | The Crusher beats Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, to become NWA champ |
| 1963 | Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 win |
| 1963 | Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas |
| 1962 | Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ |
| 1961 | Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya |
| 1959 | Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state |
| 1958 | KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions |
| 1957 | 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket) |
| 1956 | WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1953 | Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation |
| 1953 | Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m |
| 1953 | Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed |
| 1949 | Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners |
| 1948 | Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson |
| 1947 | 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport Pennsylvania win |
| 1945 | President Truman ends Lend-Lease program |
| 1944 | Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy |
| 1944 | Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in New York City |
| 1944 | Raid on Jewish childrens house in Secretan/St-Mande |
| 1944 | U.S. 12nd Army corp occupies Sens |
| 1943 | Gromyko named U.S.S.R.-ambassador in Washington |
| 1943 | Japan leaves Aleutian Islands |
| 1942 | Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus |
| 1942 | Transport nr 22 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany |
| 1938 | Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public and High School |
| 1936 | Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him |
| 1933 | Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game |
| 1932 | Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons |
| 1931 | Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of Browns |
| 1930 | Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished |
| 1929 | Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town |
| 1927 | 4th Pan-African Congress meets (New York City) |
| 1926 | Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos |
| 1926 | White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway |
| 1925 | BV Emmen soccer team forms |
| 1922 | Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise |
| 1920 | 3rd PGA Championship: Jock Hutchison at Flossmoor CC Flossmoor Ill |
| 1914 | 20th U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian CC Ill |
| 1914 | Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines |
| 1914 | French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre |
| 1912 | Mr. Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of University of British Columbia |
| 1901 | 21st U.S. Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64) |
| 1901 | Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching and spitting on an ump |
| 1897 | Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division |
| 1891 | Dutch Mackay government resigns |
| 1888 | William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine |
| 1887 | Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with New York Giants! |
| 1883 | Providence shuts out Phillies 28-0 |
| 1878 | American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, New York |
| 1878 | Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match |
| 1864 | Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties |
| 1864 | Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY |
| 1864 | Battle of Summit Point, VA |
| 1864 | General-major Nathan Bedford Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee |
| 1863 | Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill |
| 1858 | 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) |
| 1841 | John Hampton patents venetian blind |
| 1718 | Emperor Karel VI, Turkey and Venice sign peace treaty |
| 1703 | Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II |
| 1680 | Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fe from Spanish |
| 1673 | Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet |
| 1598 | Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence |
| 1560 | Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy |
| 1321 | 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake |
| 959 | Erachus becomes bishop of Luik |
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