2015 An outbreak of an unknown disease in Nigeria has so far resulted in 17 deaths, each occurring within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms; while tests show that the disease is not viral, the cause has not yet been identified 2014 Michaels Stores, Inc. states that data for 2.6 million payment cards at its Michaels stores and 400,000 cards at its Aaron Brothers stores may have been compromised in a security breach; the breaches occurred between May 8, 2013 and February 27, 2014 2014 A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico about 80 miles to the northwest of Acapulco; only minor damage has been reported to date 2013 Viacom loses its billion-dollar copyright infringement suit against YouTube 2013 Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, two planets resembling planet Earth are discovered revolving around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone, an area around the stars whose atmospheric pressure can suport liquid water at the surface 2012 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission together complete rules to limit which firms are required to register with either or both agencies as 'swap dealers' 2012 Naples' Casoria Contemporary Art Museum begins burning its artworks to protest government budget cuts affecting cultural institutions 2011 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, begins an anti-piracy conference 2011 A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people 2010 President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for 'alien troops' to leave and suggests that the regional nations be allowed to settle things themselves 1996 "Funny Thing Happened," opens at St. James Theater New York City for 715 performances 1995 Houston Post folds after 116 years 1995 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football 1994 "Beauty and the Beast" opens at Palace Theater New York City 1994 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45 1994 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15 1994 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994 1994 Brian Lara scores 375 for WI vs England to beat Sobers' record 1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record) 1994 Former President Nixon suffered a stroke and dies 4 days later 1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran 1994 Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold 1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) lands 1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances 1993 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo 1993 Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil 1993 David Lee Roth arrested in New York City for purchasing marijuana for 1993 Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship 1992 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) 1992 Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden 1991 Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census 1991 Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike 1991 John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136 1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF 1989 Zimbabwe gains independence 1988 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30 1988 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43 1988 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over" 1987 An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air 1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race 1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run vs Robinson-Pirates 1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph) 1987 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1986 Robert M. Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA 1986 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB 1985 Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead 1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) 1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43 1983 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00 1983 Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon 1983 Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" 1983 KMO-AM in Tacoma Washington changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) 1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple" 1983 Rangers 3-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Series tied at 2-2 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) 1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act 1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International 1982 Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare 1981 Pawtucket and Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game 1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK 1979 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV 1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent 1978 Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box New York City for 390 performances 1977 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33 1977 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46 1977 Alex Haley, author of "Roots," awarded Pulitzer Prize 1977 Eddie Murray hits his 1st home run 1977 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box" 1977 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres in New York City 1976 30th Tony Awards: Travesties and Chorus Line win 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten- Ping Golf Open 1975 John Lennon releases "Stand by Me" 1974 Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi 1972 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 39 performances 1971 Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs. WI after 124 in 1st 1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic 1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund 1968 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike 1968 1st ABA basketball championship began 1968 Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms 1968 London Bridge is sold to U.S. oil company to be erected in Arizona 1968 Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band," premieres in New York City 1968 Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII," premieres in London 1968 San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1966 Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) 1964 "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 3 performances 1964 "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 72 performances 1964 Artisans strike in Belgium ends 1964 Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches 1964 Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" 1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances 1963 Dr. James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant 1963 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 1962 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1959 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 1958 Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia 1958 NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles 1956 Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire 1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony) 1955 "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 176 performances 1955 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed 1955 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens 1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open 1953 "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 542 performances 1951 "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances 1951 Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms 1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community 1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game 1950 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2 1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip 1950 Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations 1950 Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves 1950 Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th 1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth 1948 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1946 "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater New York City for 734 performances 1946 Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals 1946 League of Nations dissolves, 3 months after United Nations starts 1946 Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister," premieres in New York City 1946 U.S. recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government 1945 1 armed outfielder, St. L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4 1945 Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken) 1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops 1944 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4 1944 Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' ballet premieres in New York City 1942 "Stars and Stripes" paper for U.S. Armed Forces starts 1942 James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities 1942 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1939 Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey 1939 Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government 1936 Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu 1935 General Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters 1935 Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote) 1934 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Ft. Worth, Texas) 1934 Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 1929 Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 1927 Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-government in China 1926 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany 1925 World's fair opens in Chicago 1924 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon and Schuster) 1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium 1923 Poland annexes Central Lithuania 1922 Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0 1921 Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Springs Colo 1921 Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy," premieres in New York City 1918 Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play 1909 Joan of Arc declared a saint 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1907 Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in New York City 1907 Fairmont Hotel opens 1906 8.25 earthquake shakes San Francisco California 1906 Calvinist Reformed Union in Netherlands Church forms in Utrecht 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 and destroys 75% of city 1904 L'Humanite, under Jean Jaures begins publishing 1902 Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals 1899 John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager 1890 New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton 1881 Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens 1879 Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins 1876 Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 min 1869 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian 1868 San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed 1865 Confederate General Johnson surrendered to General Sherman in North Carolina 1864 Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition) 1862 Battle of Ft. Jackson, Ft. St. Philip and New Orlean's, Louisiana 1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia 1861 Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies 1856 Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns 1853 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km) 1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails 1835 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Government 1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia 1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England 1797 France and Austria signs cease fire 1775 Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!" 1775 Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington 1676 Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians 1666 Peace of Kleef: Netherlands and bishop Von Galen of Munster 1663 Osman declares war on Austria 1599 Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain 1552 Mauritius of Saksen occupies Linz 1521 Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther 387 Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus 310 St. Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
