| 2012 | Greece appoints Yiannis Stournaras as its new finance minister |
| 2012 | After mediation with creditors fails, the city of Stockton, California becomes the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy |
| 2011 | The Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy |
| 2011 | Tests show radioactive cesium is present in small quantities in residents of Iitate and Kawamata, Fukushima, towns located 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant |
| 2010 | The first democratic election in the history of Guinea is held |
| 2008 | Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work |
| 1995 | Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest) |
| 1995 | Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears |
| 1995 | Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches |
| 1995 | Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland |
| 1994 | "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 8 performances |
| 1994 | 118 degrees F (47.8 degrees C) at Lakewood, New Mexico |
| 1994 | 12th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton |
| 1994 | N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents |
| 1993 | "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 487 performances |
| 1993 | 11th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Colbert |
| 1993 | New York Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game |
| 1993 | Shelley Hamlin wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic |
| 1993 | Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton |
| 1992 | 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon |
| 1992 | Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault and eliminated from Olympics decathlon |
| 1992 | Daryl Gates retires as Los Angeles police chief |
| 1992 | Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship |
| 1991 | Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time |
| 1990 | Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract |
| 1988 | Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m) |
| 1988 | Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning |
| 1986 | Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking |
| 1986 | In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce |
| 1986 | Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game |
| 1986 | San Francisco Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times |
| 1986 | U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack |
| 1986 | World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal |
| 1985 | 1st hotel strike in New York |
| 1985 | Route 66, Chicago to Santa Monica, is decertified |
| 1984 | Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time |
| 1984 | Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill" |
| 1984 | France wins soccer's European Cup |
| 1984 | Late Night's 1st Tower Drop |
| 1984 | Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts |
| 1983 | Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro |
| 1983 | Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning |
| 1983 | NASA launches space vehicle S-205 |
| 1983 | Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station |
| 1982 | "Dancin'" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 1,774 performances |
| 1982 | "Play Me a Country Song" opens and closes at Virginia Theater New York City |
| 1982 | STS-4 Launch (Columbia) |
| 1982 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Rochester Golf International |
| 1981 | "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot |
| 1981 | Cambodia adopts its constitution |
| 1981 | Pamela Jenks, 21, crowned 14th Miss Black America |
| 1980 | 1st female state police graduates, New Jersey |
| 1980 | Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits San Francisco Giants 8-0 |
| 1980 | Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 |
| 1980 | U.S. revives draft registration |
| 1979 | Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ |
| 1979 | Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities |
| 1978 | Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1 |
| 1978 | Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station |
| 1978 | U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit |
| 1977 | 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise |
| 1977 | Djibouti (Afars and Issas) claims Independence from France |
| 1977 | Willie McCovey smashes 2 home runs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973) |
| 1976 | "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances |
| 1976 | Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda |
| 1976 | Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda |
| 1976 | Judy Rankin wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Invitational |
| 1976 | Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president |
| 1974 | "Flip Wilson Show," last airs on NBC-TV |
| 1974 | U.S. president Nixon visits U.S.S.R. |
| 1973 | "Live and Let Die" premieres in U.S. |
| 1973 | John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list" |
| 1973 | Uruguay suspends constitution |
| 1971 | "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden New York City after 31 performances |
| 1971 | 26th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner |
| 1969 | 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival |
| 1969 | Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match |
| 1969 | Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days |
| 1968 | Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague |
| 1967 | Race riot in Buffalo New York (200 arrested) |
| 1966 | 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV |
| 1966 | 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yankees beat Mets 5-2 |
| 1965 | Carol Mann wins LPGA Carling Golf Open |
| 1964 | "New Phil Silvers Show," last airs on CBS-TV |
| 1964 | Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" |
| 1963 | Bill J Kramer and Dakotas record Lennon and McCartney "I Call Your Name" |
| 1963 | President Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland |
| 1963 | USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m |
| 1963 | Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games |
| 1962 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m |
| 1962 | Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems, EDS |
| 1960 | British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia |
| 1960 | Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass |
| 1960 | Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens |
| 1959 | "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances |
| 1959 | 14th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright |
| 1959 | Players vote Henry Aaron unanimously for the All-Star Game |
| 1958 | Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th |
| 1958 | Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) New York to London |
| 1957 | Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana and Texas |
| 1956 | Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings |
| 1955 | "Julius LaRosa Show," debuts on CBS-TV |
| 1954 | 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) |
| 1954 | CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala |
| 1953 | Joseph Laniel appointed French premier |
| 1950 | "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 12 performances |
| 1950 | 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio |
| 1950 | U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam |
| 1950 | North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict |
| 1949 | "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV |
| 1947 | 98 degrees F (36.8 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands |
| 1947 | WRC TV channel 4 in Washington D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1945 | Foundation 1940-45 established |
| 1944 | Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies |
| 1943 | Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m) |
| 1943 | Fanny Blankers-Koen runs Dutch record 200m (24.5) |
| 1942 | FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York's Long Island |
| 1942 | PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk |
| 1941 | Bialystok Poland falls to Germany |
| 1941 | Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam |
| 1940 | Soviet Army attacks Romania |
| 1940 | U.S.S.R. returns to Gregorian calendar |
| 1939 | 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) |
| 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings |
| 1939 | Headley scores a cricket century in each innings vs. England at Lord's |
| 1935 | Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ |
| 1934 | Federal Savings and Loan Association created |
| 1933 | 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6 -5 at Southport and Ainsdale, England |
| 1931 | 3rd Ryder Cup: U.S., 9-3 at Scioto CC Ohio |
| 1929 | 1st color TV demo, New York City |
| 1929 | President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I |
| 1922 | Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon) |
| 1917 | 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service |
| 1915 | 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record) |
| 1915 | Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription |
| 1914 | Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1914 | U.S. signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia |
| 1909 | 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (60 61) |
| 1909 | Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Netherlands (Belgium count De Lambert) |
| 1905 | Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" |
| 1903 | 9th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey |
| 1893 | Great stock crash on New York stock exchange |
| 1890 | Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland |
| 1890 | George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight) |
| 1876 | 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Philadelphia Athletics) |
| 1876 | Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate |
| 1867 | Bank of California opens doors |
| 1864 | Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia |
| 1863 | Skirmish at Fairfax (Courthouse) Virginia |
| 1862 | Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia |
| 1862 | Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3 |
| 1847 | NY and Boston linked by telegraph wires |
| 1833 | Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn |
| 1806 | Buenos Aires captured by British |
| 1778 | Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left |
| 1756 | French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca |
| 1743 | English defeat French at Dettingen |
| 1697 | Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king |
| 1693 | 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France |
| 1693 | 1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London) |
| 1652 | New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US |
| 1580 | Duke van Alva's army occupies Portugal |
| 1542 | Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain |
| 1524 | Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess |
| 678 | St. Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
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