| 2013 | Brazilian Roberto Azevedo is named the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization; he assumes the position September 1, 2013 |
| 2013 | Three months after $50 million in diamonds is stolen at the Brussels Airport, more than 24 people in France, Switzerland and Belgium were detained, and a significant stash of the diamonds and stash recovered |
| 2012 | The Polar Music Prize is awarded to Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma |
| 2012 | A Beijing court announces it will hear artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, held and gagged on tax evasion charges by the People's Republic of China |
| 2011 | A near riot breaks out at the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China |
| 2011 | Thousands march in Mexico City to protest the 38,000 people who have died since the Mexican Drug War began in 2006 |
| 2010 | Bolivian president Evo Morales Ayma and United National Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discuss climate change |
| 1997 | Tea Leoni and David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village |
| 1996 | New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3 |
| 1996 | South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution |
| 1994 | "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 9 performances |
| 1994 | 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes |
| 1994 | Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game |
| 1994 | Ernesto Perez Balladares elected president of Panama |
| 1994 | Jose Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica |
| 1994 | Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
| 1994 | President Clinton announces U.S. will no longer repatriate boat people |
| 1993 | ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware |
| 1993 | Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1993 | 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride |
| 1991 | CIA director William H. Webster resigns |
| 1990 | Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway |
| 1989 | Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey" |
| 1989 | U.S. space shuttle STS-30 lands |
| 1988 | "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 46 performances |
| 1988 | Francois Mitterrand elected president of France |
| 1988 | Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic |
| 1988 | Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St. in New York City |
| 1988 | Amateur referees work New Jersey Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils |
| 1987 | Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race due to Donna Rice affair |
| 1985 | 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win |
| 1985 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1984 | Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9) |
| 1984 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1984 | Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles |
| 1984 | Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed |
| 1984 | U.S.S.R. announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics |
| 1983 | Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament |
| 1982 | Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead |
| 1981 | Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record |
| 1980 | Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game |
| 1980 | World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated |
| 1979 | Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3 |
| 1978 | ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30" |
| 1978 | Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament |
| 1977 | David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings |
| 1977 | Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic |
| 1976 | "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 7 performances |
| 1974 | 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted |
| 1974 | Canada government of Trudeau falls |
| 1974 | FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II |
| 1973 | Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager |
| 1973 | Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender |
| 1972 | Sabena aircraft at Lod International, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians |
| 1971 | "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 5 performances |
| 1971 | Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden |
| 1970 | Beatles release "Let it Be" album |
| 1970 | Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street |
| 1970 | NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99 |
| 1969 | Cambodia recognizes East Germany |
| 1969 | Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation |
| 1968 | Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0) |
| 1968 | Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner) |
| 1967 | Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army |
| 1966 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open |
| 1966 | Last game at old Busch stadium, St. Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF |
| 1966 | Only home run ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson) |
| 1965 | 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7") |
| 1963 | "Dr. No" premieres in U.S. |
| 1963 | John F. Kennedy offers Israel assistance against aggression |
| 1962 | "Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 965 performances |
| 1962 | 1st Atlas Centaur Launch |
| 1962 | London trolley buses go out of service |
| 1961 | 1st practical sea water conversion plant - Freeport, Texas |
| 1961 | Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington |
| 1960 | U.S.S.R. and Cuba resume diplomatic relations |
| 1960 | Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open |
| 1959 | 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore |
| 1958 | President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock |
| 1958 | Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru |
| 1956 | John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London |
| 1954 | 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1953 | WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1952 | "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 72 performances |
| 1952 | "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 4 performances |
| 1952 | Mad Magazine debuts |
| 1951 | Dacron men's suits introduced |
| 1951 | U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak |
| 1950 | Chiang Kai-shek asks U.S. for weapons |
| 1949 | West German constitution approved |
| 1948 | Bradman scores 146 Australia vs. Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours |
| 1947 | A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon |
| 1946 | Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game |
| 1945 | Canadian troops move into Amsterdam |
| 1945 | Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet |
| 1945 | General Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov |
| 1945 | V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe |
| 1944 | 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death |
| 1944 | U-575 sinks Asphodel |
| 1943 | 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4 |
| 1943 | Adm Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass" |
| 1942 | Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea |
| 1942 | German summer offensive opens in Crimea |
| 1942 | 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund |
| 1941 | German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean |
| 1938 | Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, D.C. |
| 1937 | 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2 |
| 1936 | Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track |
| 1935 | Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th beat Phils 15-4 |
| 1931 | Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London |
| 1929 | Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway |
| 1929 | New York Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0 |
| 1926 | 1st flight over North Pole by Bennett and Byrd |
| 1926 | A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters |
| 1926 | Fire breaks out in Fenway Park |
| 1925 | 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59 |
| 1925 | French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco |
| 1924 | Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres |
| 1924 | Memel territories given to Lithuania |
| 1924 | Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut |
| 1923 | Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* vs. Somerset at Bath |
| 1921 | Sweden abolished capital punishment |
| 1920 | 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09 |
| 1919 | 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a Navy seaplane |
| 1919 | Appingedam soccer team forms |
| 1916 | German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes |
| 1915 | 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4 |
| 1909 | Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6) |
| 1909 | Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31) |
| 1907 | Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0 |
| 1907 | Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1906 | Philadelphia A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield and hits 2 home runs |
| 1902 | Mount Pelee erupts, wipes out St. Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 |
| 1901 | In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4 |
| 1900 | 250 grave robbers shot to death |
| 1900 | John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals |
| 1897 | 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51 |
| 1896 | Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire |
| 1895 | China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki |
| 1886 | Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine) |
| 1885 | Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl |
| 1882 | David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in New York City |
| 1881 | Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch |
| 1879 | George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile |
| 1878 | 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines |
| 1877 | 1st Westminster Dog Show held |
| 1871 | English - U.S. treaty ends Alabama dispute |
| 1866 | Australian Rules Football is created |
| 1864 | Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff) |
| 1864 | Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton |
| 1864 | Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill) |
| 1863 | Confederacion Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia |
| 1862 | Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va |
| 1861 | Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederacy |
| 1858 | John Brown holds antislavery convention |
| 1847 | Robert Thompson patents rubber tire |
| 1846 | 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas |
| 1842 | Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die |
| 1840 | Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process |
| 1834 | Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle |
| 1834 | Prussia, Austria and Russia sign classified accord about Belgium |
| 1823 | "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London) |
| 1794 | U.S. Post Office established |
| 1792 | British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier, Washington |
| 1792 | U.S. establishes military draft |
| 1784 | Only known deaths by hailstones in U.S. in Winnsborough, South Carolina |
| 1741 | France and Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg |
| 1721 | Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII |
| 1660 | English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns |
| 1639 | William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island |
| 1624 | Hungarian king Bethlen Gabor and emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna |
| 1541 | Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River |
| 1450 | Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI |
| 1429 | French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans |
| 1360 | Treaty of Bretigny signed by English and French |
| 685 | St. Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 615 | St. Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
| 535 | John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
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