- 641 Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
Event of Interest
1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River

Jacques Cartier
- 1549 England enforces Act of Supremacy
- 1572 Willem van Oranges army occupies Gelderland
- 1628 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Massachusetts
- 1650 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. First legal corporation in the Americas.
- 1720 Sweden and Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm
- 1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe
- 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh-Spanish assault on Simons Island, Georgia
- 1752 French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly, India
- 1772 1st Protestant church west of Pennsylvania (in Ohio) holds communion
- 1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, Rhode Island
- 1784 John Carroll appointed supervisor of US Catholic Missions
- 1789 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver Island
- 1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"
- 1815 End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set
- 1822 Charles Graham fo New York patents porcelain false teeth
- 1851 San Francisco Committee of Vigilance forms (1st time)
- 1856 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts
- 1860 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens
- 1862 Battle of Port Republic, last of 5 battles in Stonewall Jacksons Shenandoah Valley campaign, won by the Confederates
- 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia (Fleetwood, Beverly Ford)
- 1864 Battle of Big Shanty, Georgia
- 1864 Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia (Pine Mt, Pine Knob, Golgotha)
- 1865 Battle of Grand Gulf, Mississippi
- 1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
Event of Interest
1869 Charles E. Hires sells his 1st root beer, in Philadelphia

Charles E. Hires
Meeting of Interest
1870 US President Ulysses S. Grant meets with Sioux Chief Red Cloud at The White House in Washington, D.C.

Ulysses S. Grant
- 1873 Alexandra Palace burnt down, after being open for only 16 days
- 1877 11th Belmont: C Holloway aboard Cloverbrook wins in 2:46
- 1883 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42.5
- 1887 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43.5
- 1888 22nd Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Sir Dixon wins in 2:40.25
- 1890 Comic opera "Robin Hood" by Reginald De Koven, Harry B. Smith, and Clement Scott premieres in Chicago
Event of Interest
1891 French painter Paul Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti

Paul Gauguin
- 1892 26th Belmont: W Hayward aboard Patron wins in 2:12
- 1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to the United Kingdom for 99 years
- 1898 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins 2nd title by 1 stroke from dual champion Willie Park Jr
Boxing Title Fight
1899 American boxer James J. Jeffries KOs defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England in 11th round in Brooklyn, New York to win the lineal World Heavyweight title

James J. Jeffries
- 1900 In China, Boxers destroy the race course in Peking, a few miles from the legations and the center and symbol of diplomatic social life and Western privilege.
- 1901 NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13
- 1902 1st Automat restaurant opens at 818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia
- 1905 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman James Braid wins his 2nd Open title 5 strokes ahead of runners-up Rowland Jones and J.H. Taylor
- 1906 Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3
Event of Interest
1908 King Edward VII of Great Britain visits Tsar Nicholas II at Reval, Russia, where the two discuss the growing power of Germany and British plans for reform in Macedonia

Nicholas II

Edward VII
- 1909 Alice Huyler Ramsey, 22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the 1st woman to drive across the US, in a Maxwell 30, drives 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days
- 1910 A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)
Baseball Record
1914 Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits

Honus Wagner
Event of Interest
1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as US Secretary of State

William Jennings Bryan
Event of Interest
1915 US President Woodrow Wilson sends 2nd Lusitania note to Germany protesting sinking of the Lusitania and refuting German claim British blockade illegal

Woodrow Wilson
- 1919 General steel strike in France
- 1919 Red Army captures Ufa
- 1922 First ringing of the Harkness Memorial Chime at Yale University
- 1923 55th Belmont: Earl Sande riding Zev wins in 2:19
- 1923 Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans
- 1923 Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown
- 1924 "Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by jazz pioneer pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton
- 1928 60th Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Vito wins in 2:33.2
- 1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane
- 1929 Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free
World Record
1930 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)

Paavo Nurmi
Historic Invention
1931 First rocket-powered aircraft design patented by Robert Goddard

Robert H. Goddard
- 1933 Spanish president Zamora takes power
Event of Interest
1933 Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager

Walter Johnson
- 1934 1st appearance of Donald Duck in a cartoon, "The Wise Little Hen"
- 1934 US Open Men's Golf, Merion Cricket Club: Olin Dutra overcomes an 8-stroke deficit after 36 holes to win his second major title by 1 stroke from Gene Sarazen
- 1934 66th Belmont: Wayne D Wright aboard Peace Chance wins in 2:29.2
- 1935 Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China.
- 1936 Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA
- 1940 US Open Men's Golf, Canterbury GC: Lawson Little defeats Gene Sarazen by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only professional major title
Event of Interest
1940 General Charles de Gaulle's 1st meeting with Winston Churchill

Charles de Gaulle

Winston Churchill
Event of Interest
1942 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”

Reinhard Heydrich
Event of Interest
1945 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop Jr scores his third of record 5 Derby wins

Eddie Arcaro
Event of Interest
1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him

Leo Durocher
Event of Interest
1946 Bhumibol Adulyadej becomes King of Thailand after the death of his brother King Ananda Mahidol

Bhumibol Adulyadej
Event of Interest
1953 "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater" last airs on NBC-TV

Milton Berle
Event of Interest
1954 Joseph Welch asks US Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings

Joseph McCarthy
- 1955 Temperature reaches 100°F in Seattle, Washington, the then hottest day on record
- 1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge
- 1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed
- 1957 First ascent of Broad Peak (the world's 12th highest mountain).
- 1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
Event of Interest
1958 HM Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London Gatwick Airport, (LGW), Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom.

Elizabeth II
- 1959 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
- 1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
- 1960 Typhoon Mary in China kills at least 1,600
- 1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
- 1962 "Bill of Hare" premieres in USA
- 1962 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
Music Concert
1962 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC

Tony Bennett
- 1963 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
TV Show Appearance
1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "Ed Sullivan Show"

Barbra Streisand

Ed Sullivan
Baseball Record
1966 5 Minnesota Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A's 9-4

Harmon Killebrew

Josip Broz Tito
French Open Men's Tennis
1968 French Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ken Rosewall beats Rod Laver 6-3, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; first Grand Slam of Open Era allowing professional players to compete

Ken Rosewall

Rod Laver
Event of Interest
1971 Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold

Paul McCartney
- 1972 14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 237
Event of Interest
1972 Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia

Bruce Springsteen
- 1972 In a show of support for Iraq, OPEC moves to prevent companies whose interests were nationalized in Iraq from increasing production elsewhere
- 1973 105th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 2:24, becoming the 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years
- 1975 107th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Avatar wins in 2:28.2
- 1975 Fire in prison hospital at Sanford, Florida, kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard
- 1975 UK House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for first time
- 1975 Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for "He Don't Love You"
- 1977 50th National Spelling Bee: John Paola wins spelling cambist
- 1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain celebrated with fireworks
Event of Interest
1978 Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, the first book produced using the printing press, (1 of 21 complete versions) sells for $2.4 million, London

Johannes Gutenberg
Boxing Title Fight
1978 Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Larry Holmes
- 1978 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
- 1979 111th Belmont: Ruben Hernandez aboard Coastal wins in 2:28.6
- 1979 Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
- 1979 Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st and last time
- 1979 Willie Horton is honored at Seattle's Kingdome
Event of Interest
1980 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn
Event of Interest
1980 Comedian Richard Pryor suffers burns from free basing cocaine

Richard Pryor
Event of Interest
1982 General Efraín Rios Montt declares himself President of Guatemala

Efraín Ríos Montt
Election of Interest
1983 Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election

Margaret Thatcher
- 1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
- 1984 Cyndi Lauper gets her first US #1 hit with "Time After Time"
- 1984 "Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
- 1984 116th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr.aboard Swale wins in 2:27.2
- 1984 Donald Duck's 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland
- 1984 Jurgen Hingsen of West Germany sets record for decathlon, 8,798 pts
- 1984 NASA suffers a launch vehicle failure launching Intelsat 509
- 1984 Polygram's Hanover Germany plant produces its 10 millionth CD
Event of Interest
1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater

Weird Al Yankovic
French Open Women's Tennis
1984 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-1; 2nd women in Open Era to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once

Martina Navratilova

Chris Evert
Event of Interest
1985 NBA Championship, Boston Garden: Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 111-100 for a 4 games to 2 series victory; Finals MVP: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
French Open Men's Tennis
1985 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Mats Wilander wins 4th career Grand Slam title; beats Czech star Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Mats Wilander

Ivan Lendl
- 1986 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn
Event of Interest
1986 In a clash of future Baseball Hall of Fame starting pitchers California Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats Tom Seaver of the Chicago WS (306 wins), 3-0 at Comiskey Park

Tom Seaver
- 1986 Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points
- 1986 Rogers Comm report on Challenger disaster blames Morton Thiokol
- 1988 "Bloodsport (1987)" premieres in Germany
- 1988 US Attorney General Edwin Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
- 1989 "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" premieres in USA
- 1989 Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
- 1990 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
Baseball Record
1990 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games

Eddie Murray

Mickey Mantle
Event of Interest
1990 Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage

Michael Jackson
French Open Women's Tennis
1990 French Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-4

Monica Seles

Steffi Graf
French Open Men's Tennis
1991 French Open Men's Tennis: Jim Courier wins first career Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

Andre Agassi
- 1991 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Jim Albus wins his only career major title by 3 strokes from New Zealander Bob Charles, Charles Coody and Dave Hill
- 1993 "Amantes" (1991) premieres in France
- 1993 "Body Snatchers" (1993) premieres in France
- 1993 "Ce que femme veut" (1993) premieres in France
- 1993 "Passion Fish" (1992) premieres in France
- 1993 "Tout capour ca!" (1993) premieres in France
- 1993 "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993) premieres
- 1993 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat LA Kings, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Canadiens' 24th SC Championship
- 1993 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
- 1994 "Hudsucker Proxy" premieres in Germany
- 1994 5.6 earthquake strikes southern Mexico