2015 A pending merger between telecommunication giants Comcast and Time Warner Cable is canceled after regulators indicate that there are concerns regarding competitive and public interest issues 2014 Google is partnering with solar manufacturer SunPower to form a financing program to help families afford solar power for their homes 2014 Facebook announces first-quarter profits of $642 million, an increase of nearly a factor of 3 over first-quarter profits in 2013, resulting in earnings of 25 cents per share versus the 17 cents per share expected by Wall Street 2013 The ambassador from the People's Republic of China is summoned by Japan's government after a flotilla of Chinese ships sail near the disputed Senkaku Islands 2013 In France, an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage is passed, opening the door for Francois Holland to promulgate it 2012 Despite an initial ban on the film 'Borat,' Kazakhstan issues and official 'thank you' to actor Sacha Baron Cohen for his character, Borat Sagdiyev 2012 The trial over illegal use of campaign funds by U.S. Presidential candidate John Edwards begins in North Carolina 2011 In England, the guest list for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is released 2011 A clash occurs in the disputed border region of Cambodia and Thailand; thousands evacuate 2010 A series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, near Shia mosques, kill dozens of people and wound 100 others 2000 Gulf Air flight 72 crashes near Bahrain, killing 143 1997 "Titanic," opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City 1997 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines and Brooks and Dunn 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Reno, Nevada on KRZQ 96.5 FM 1996 Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis things nets $34.5 million 1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Golf Championship 1995 President Clinton declares a national day of mourning for Oklahoma City 1994 Army shoots to death 23-40 fishermen in Gonaives Haiti 1994 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke 1994 Libertarian party nominates Howard Stern for Governor of New York 1993 Eritrea votes to secede from Ethiopia 1993 Motley Crue's Mike Mars files for divorce from Emi-Canyn 1993 Peter Townshend's musical "Tommy," premieres in New York City 1992 "Shirnada" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances 1992 Marion Berry, former mayor of Washington D.C., let out of prison 1992 McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China 1991 Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off 1991 Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs. Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home 1991 U.S.S.R. grants republics right to secede under certain conditions 1990 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1989 Betsy King wins LPGA USX Golf Classic 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker 1989 Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning 1989 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts 1988 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles 1988 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hours or less 1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06) 1987 28 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct 1987 New Jersey Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY 1986 Grand Floridian Beach Resort groundbreaking 1986 Madrid-Nelli Cooman runs world record 60m indoor (7 sec) 1985 Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational 1985 Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula 1985 Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead 1985 New Coke debuts 1984 AIDS-virus identified, acquired immune deficiency syndrome 1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1978 Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic 1978 Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 cons errorless games at 2nd 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1977 ADO The Hague soccer team forms 1977 Dr. Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops 1977 Miltitary workers kill 300-500 students in Addis Ababa 1977 Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10 1975 Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land," premieres in London 1974 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. 1972 26th Tony Awards: Sticks and Bones and 2 Gentlemen of Verona win 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface 1972 Betty Burfeind wins LPGA Birmingham Centennital Golf Classic 1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike 1971 Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station 1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney 1969 Los Angeles Laker Jerry West scores 53 points 1969 Over 1000 mi flooded on Shantung Province China 1969 Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy 1968 "I'm Solomon" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 7 performances 1968 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 and 10 pence) 1968 United Methodist Church forms 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational 1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty 1965 Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite 1964 James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr. Charlie," premieres in New York City 1964 New York State Theater opens 1964 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Reds win 1-0 1963 "She Loves Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 302 performances 1963 Jerry Bock and S Harnick's musical "She Loves Me," premieres in New York City 1962 1st U.S. satellite to reach the moon launched 1962 New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 1962 Ranger 4, 1st U.S. satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral 1961 "Tenderloin" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 216 performances 1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open 1960 1st performance of Ferde Grofe's "San Francisco Suite" 1959 "Destry Rides Again" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 472 performances 1959 1st heliport in Britain opens in London 1958 Gil Hodges hits his 300th home run and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game 1956 U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1955 "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 583 performances 1955 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open 1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers 1953 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA 1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, Arizona (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, Alabama (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Bob Cain of Browns and Bob Feller of Indians each pitch a one-hitter 1952 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game and hits his only home run 1952 Oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Banias completed 1951 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open 1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 1950 4th NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2 1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island 1950 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3 1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing 1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco 1949 Netherlands annexes Elten and Tudderen 1948 KSTP TV channel 5 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (ABC) 1st broadcast 1946 Brooklyn Dodger Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0 1945 Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated 1945 U.S. troops in Italy cross river Po 1943 British and U.S. offensive directed at Tunis/Bizerta 1942 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1941 Greece Army surrenders to German Nazis RAF brings Greek king George II to Egypt 1940 Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss) 1940 New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert 1939 1st performance of Bela Bartok's 2nd Concerto for violin 1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st home run 1938 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government 1936 Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win 1933 Dovo soccer team forms in Veenendaal 1932 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre opens at Stratford-on-Avon 1925 1st London performance of operetta "Fasquita" staged 1925 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms 1924 British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley 1921 Charles Paddock runs world record 100m (10.4 seconds) 1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara 1919 Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season 1918 Battle of Zeebrugge ends 1918 Dover Patrol overthrows Germany U-boat in East Sea 1918 National Urban League forms 1916 Lord Dunsany's "Night at an Inn," premieres in New York City 1915 ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA) 1910 International Exhibition opens in Brussels 1908 Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord 1904 American Academy of Arts and Letters forms 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) win their 1st game beating Washington Senators 7-2 1900 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (New York Journal) 1896 Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City) 1896 Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (New York City) 1891 Jews are expelled from Moscow, Russia 1883 John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch government 1881 Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Patience" produced in London 1878 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram 1871 Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up 1867 Queen Victoria and Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel 1864 Battle of Cane River, Louisiana (Red River Expedition, Monett's Ferry) 1861 Arkansas troops seize Ft. Smith 1861 Battle of San Antonio, Texas 1860 Dem convention in Charleston South Carolina divided over slavery 1851 Canada issues its 1st postage stamps 1838 English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City 1826 Missolonghi captured by Turks 1798 Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution 1795 William Hastings acquitted in England of high treason 1789 President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York 1775 Opera "Il Re Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) 1723 Cornelis Steenoven elected archbishop of Utrecht 1705 Richard Steele's "Tender Husband," premieres in London 1662 Connecticut chartered as an English colony 1661 English king Charles II crowned in London 1633 Sweden and Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn 1616 Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England 1504 King Maximilian I routes troops to Bavaria 1501 Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral and 6 ships return to Lisbon 1500 Pedro Cabral lands and annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz) 1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter) 1154 Damascus surrenders to sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo 1014 King Brian Boru of Ireland beats Danes at Battle of Clontarf
