| 2005 | London is declared the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympics |
| 2003 | Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis |
| 2003 | Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama beat Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez |
| 2003 | Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Findals, Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes beat Andy Ram and Anastassia Rodionova, |
| 2002 | Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams |
| 1997 | "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale New York City after 109 performances |
| 1997 | 111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64) |
| 1997 | Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Classic |
| 1997 | Montreal Expos retire Andre Dawson's uniform #10 |
| 1997 | Wimbledon Women's Doubles Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva beat Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf |
| 1996 | 103rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (63, 75) |
| 1996 | Yankee John Weteland sets record of 20th cons saves en route to 24 |
| 1995 | Lottie Dod, 15, beats Blanch Bingley at Wimbledon |
| 1994 | Irina Privalova runs 100m European Record (10.77) |
| 1994 | Lerou Burrell runs world record 100m (9.85) |
| 1994 | Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL game (vs Ottawa) |
| 1993 | Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. Australia |
| 1993 | John F. Kennedy, Jr., gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan |
| 1992 | Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East |
| 1991 | 98th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats G Sabatini (64 36 86) |
| 1990 | "Jetson's the Movie" with Tiffany, premieres |
| 1990 | After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0 |
| 1989 | Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game |
| 1988 | Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected president of Mexico |
| 1988 | North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die |
| 1988 | Wrestler Jake Roberts convicted of battery |
| 1987 | 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India |
| 1987 | Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds |
| 1987 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| 1986 | 100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75) |
| 1986 | Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mazda Hall of Fame Golf Championship |
| 1986 | Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a game |
| 1986 | Ex-minister Arturo Tolentino failed coup in Philippines |
| 1986 | Premier Nakasones Liberal Democr Party wins Japan's election |
| 1983 | 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago |
| 1983 | Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less |
| 1983 | Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3) |
| 1980 | Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic |
| 1980 | France performs nuclear test |
| 1980 | Steve Carlton (14-4) pitches most strikeouts by a lefty (2,836) |
| 1979 | 86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64) |
| 1979 | IRA-bomb explodes in British consulate in Antwerp |
| 1978 | Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut |
| 1977 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1976 | Soyuz 21 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 5 space station |
| 1975 | Argentine government falls |
| 1975 | Comoros declare independence from France |
| 1975 | Dmitri Shostakovich completes Sonate for alto opus 147 |
| 1975 | Susie McAllister wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic |
| 1974 | 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64) |
| 1971 | Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi |
| 1971 | White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks |
| 1970 | California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law |
| 1970 | Italian Rumor government resigns |
| 1969 | Filming begins on "Ned Kelly" starring Mick Jagger |
| 1969 | Frente Obrero y Liberacion (FOL) forms in Curacao |
| 1968 | 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75) |
| 1968 | Sacharov publishes "Manifest of 10,000 words" |
| 1967 | Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade |
| 1966 | Malawi becomes a republic, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president |
| 1965 | Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms |
| 1964 | Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premieres in London |
| 1964 | Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) declares independence from U.K. |
| 1963 | 70th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Smith beats Billie J King (63 64) |
| 1963 | 77th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: C McKinley beats Fred Stolle (97 61 64) |
| 1963 | South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested |
| 1962 | 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61) |
| 1962 | Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria |
| 1962 | Mantle hits his 3rd and 4th consecutive homer |
| 1961 | Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300 |
| 1960 | Dr. Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City |
| 1959 | 5th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls |
| 1959 | Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic |
| 1959 | WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1958 | Adolfo Lopez Mateos elected President of Mexico |
| 1958 | Alaska becomes 49th state |
| 1957 | 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62) |
| 1957 | Beatle John Lennon 1st meets Paul McCartney |
| 1957 | Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri |
| 1956 | 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64) |
| 1956 | 85th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 286 at Hoylake England |
| 1956 | Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honor to outstanding pitcher |
| 1956 | Indians' Jim Busby hits a grand slam in two consecutive at bats |
| 1954 | Elvis Presley records his 1st hit, "That's All Right" |
| 1954 | KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Tunisian government of M'zali, resigns |
| 1952 | Last tram ride in London |
| 1951 | 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (64 64 64) |
| 1950 | East Germany recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland |
| 1949 | Cincinnati Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs |
| 1949 | Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158 degrees F for 2 minutes |
| 1946 | "St. Louis Woman" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 113 performances |
| 1946 | 53rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough (62 64) |
| 1946 | 60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64) |
| 1945 | Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept United Nations Charter |
| 1945 | President Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom |
| 1945 | Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games |
| 1944 | 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford, Connecticut |
| 1944 | French General De Gaulle arrives in Washington, D.C. |
| 1944 | U.S. General Patton lands in France |
| 1943 | 2nd day of battle at Kursk: 25,000 German killed |
| 1943 | U.S. destroyer William D. Porter [Willie Dee] launched |
| 1942 | 10th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Polo Grounds, New York |
| 1942 | Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam |
| 1942 | Von Hoth' IV Pantser army fights with Voronezj |
| 1941 | New York Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield |
| 1939 | German Nazi's close last Jewish enterprises |
| 1938 | 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati |
| 1936 | 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record) |
| 1936 | 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record) |
| 1935 | 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75) |
| 1935 | Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens |
| 1933 | 1st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, Chicago |
| 1932 | 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents |
| 1932 | Cubs shortstop Bill Jurges is shot twice in Chicago hotel room by a spurned girlfriend, Violet Popovich Valli |
| 1931 | 35th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio |
| 1929 | St. Louis has 2, 10 run innings and beats Phillies 28-6 |
| 1928 | 1st all-talking motion picture shown in New York (Lights of New York) |
| 1928 | Worlds largest hailstone 1 lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska |
| 1924 | 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, U.S. - England |
| 1923 | 36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62) |
| 1923 | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics form |
| 1922 | Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy |
| 1920 | Yankees score 14 in 5th inning and beat Washington Senators, 17-0 |
| 1919 | British R-34 lands in New York, 1st airship to cross Atlantic (108 hours) |
| 1919 | William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president |
| 1917 | T. E. Lawrence captures Port of Agaba from Turkey |
| 1912 | 5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens |
| 1912 | Donald Lippincott runs world record 100m (10.6) |
| 1908 | Robert Peary's expedition sails from New York City for north pole |
| 1903 | George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of SF |
| 1894 | Cleveland sends 2,000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike |
| 1893 | British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary) |
| 1892 | Dr. Jose Rizal forms League Filipina |
| 1892 | Striking steel workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania fire on scabs, killing 7 |
| 1887 | 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60) |
| 1886 | Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public |
| 1885 | Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine |
| 1882 | 14 Russian Jews of Bilu, arrive in Jaffa Palestine |
| 1869 | Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated |
| 1863 | Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia |
| 1862 | Skirmish at Devall's Bluff Arkansas (106 casualties) |
| 1858 | Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine |
| 1854 | 1st Republican state convention in Ripon, Wisconsin |
| 1853 | National Black convention meets, Rochester New York |
| 1853 | William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," 1st novel by black American |
| 1848 | Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo |
| 1840 | Christian Hebbel's "Judith," premieres in Berlin |
| 1801 | Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British |
| 1798 | U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... and removed as alien enemies" |
| 1787 | French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax |
| 1787 | Orange troops occupy Area at Duurstede |
| 1785 | Congress resolves U.S. currency named "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage |
| 1782 | British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies) |
| 1777 | British General Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans |
| 1776 | Declaration of Independence announced on front page of "Pennsylvania Evening Gazette" |
| 1775 | Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent |
| 1770 | Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish |
| 1699 | Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston |
| 1687 | Newton publishes "Principia" |
| 1685 | Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth |
| 1673 | French troops conquer Maastricht |
| 1669 | LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River |
| 1652 | Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns |
| 1641 | Battle at La Marfee Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French government army |
| 1634 | Johan van Walbeecks ships bypass St-Anna Bay, Curacao |
| 1630 | Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf land at Peenemunde |
| 1621 | Dutch Governor-General John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die |
| 1609 | Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion |
| 1590 | English Admiral Francis Drake takess Portuguese Forts at Taag |
| 1573 | Pacificatie of Boulogne: new peace treaty with huguenots |
| 1560 | England/Scotland signs Treaty of Edinburgh |
| 1495 | Battle at Fornovo, French king Charles VIII beats St. League |
| 1491 | Opening ceremony of Daitokuji's Shinju at subtemple |
| 1483 | England's King Richard III crowned |
