2015 The world's oldest living person, Gertrude Weaver of the U.S., dies at age 116, just five days after the death of the previous record holder, Misao Okawa of Japan, who died at age 117 2014 Microsoft ends support for its Windows XP operating system; the system was first released in 2001 2014 Eight-month-old Prince George begins his first overseas royal tour with his parents, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge 2013 The release of 1.7 million U.S diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973-1976 when Henry Kissinger was U.S. Secretary of State were released by Wikileaks; Julian Assange worked on the project inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London 2013 Britain's former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, dies of a stroke at age 87 in London 2012 German poet, Gunter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, is declared a persona non grata by the Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, over his poem, 'What Must Be Said.' 2012 U.S. golfer Bubba Watson defeats Louis Oosthuizen at the 2012 Masters Tournament in a sudden-death playoff 2011 One hour before the deadline, the U.S. Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 U.S. federal budget, avoiding a government shutdown 2011 The U.S. Department of Justice admits and defends it has probed WikiLeaks-related Twitter accounts, dismissing privacy and freedom of speech concerns 2010 Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months 2001 65th Golf Masters Championship: 1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1997 STS-83, Columbia 22, lands 1996 Bruce Seldon TKOs Tony Tucker in 7 to win vacated WBA boxing title 1995 BPAA U.S. Open won by Dave Husted 1995 Oliver McCall beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1994 Atlanta Brave Kent Mercker no-hits Dodgers, 6-0 1994 Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic 1994 Japans premier Morihiro Hosokawa resigns 1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon and all U.S. military bases 1993 Indians' Carlos Baerga is 1st to switch hit home runs in same inn (vs Yankees) 1993 STS-56, Discovery, launches into orbit 1992 "5 Guys Named Moe" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 445 performances 1992 After 151 years Britain's "Punch Magazine" final issue 1991 "I Hate Hamlet" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 88 performances 1991 Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident 1991 Major league umpires and baseball reach a 4-year agreement 1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas 1991 Oakland A's stadium becomes 1st outdoor arena to ban smoking 1990 "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 377 performances 1990 "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV 1990 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278 1990 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties 1990 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1989 1-handed pitcher Jim Abbott debut but lasts only 4 2/3 inn 1989 Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman 1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California 1985 "Leader of the Pack" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 120 performances 1985 Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix 1985 India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster 1984 13th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Juli Inkster 1984 4th Golden Raspberry Awards: Lonely Lady wins 1982 Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead 1982 Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th U.S. swimming title 1981 Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in playoffs 1980 Islander Potvin's 2 shorthanded goals tie NHL record vs Kings and set NHL rec of 2 shorthanded playoff goals in 1 period 1979 "Carmelina" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 17 performances 1979 204th and final episode of "All in the Family" 1979 8th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sandra Post 1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC 1977 Israel premier Rabin resigns 1975 47th Academy Awards - "Godfather II," Ellen Burstyn and Art Carney win 1975 Frank Robinson debuts as 1st black baseball manager (Cleveland, beats New York 5-3) 1974 Discovery Island opens 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, breaks Babe Ruth's record 1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. New Zealand 1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York) 1970 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 8 performances 1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court 1969 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats New York Mets 10-9 1969 Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games 1968 40th Academy Awards postponed to Apr 10th due to death of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 Baseball's Opening Day is postponed because of Martin Luther King assassination 1968 Czechoslovakia Cernik government forms 1968 New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect 1968 WKPI TV channel 22 in Pikeville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner 1966 Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party 1966 OAO 1, 1st orbiting astronomical observatory, launched 1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched 1963 35th Academy Awards - "Lawrence of Arabia," A Bancroft and G Peck win 1963 Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000 1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France 1961 "Show Girl" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 100 performances 1961 British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236 1960 Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties 1956 20th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Burke, Jr. wins, shooting a 289 1956 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Is SC 1956 M Bandaranaike's People's front wins election in Ceylon 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 270 performances 1952 President Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike 1950 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 308 performances 1948 Soen Nakagawa and Nyogen Senzaki (Zen teachers) meet in SF 1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed 1946 League of Nations assembles for last time 1945 Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands 1943 Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, founder of Sanbo Kyodan, receives dharma 1943 Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya convicted of involvement with Mau Mau 1943 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games 1942 A Schoenberg and Tudor's ballet "Pillar of Fire," premieres in New York City 1941 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Musto in 9 for heavyweight boxing title 1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious 1939 ACV soccer team forms in Axes 1939 King Zog I of Albania, flees 1935 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282 1935 Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C. 1935 Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress 1933 Manchester Guardian warns of unknown nazi terror 1931 "White Horse Inn" opens in London 1931 Dmitri Sjostakovitch' ballet "The Arrow," premieres 1920 LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg 1916 Norway approves active and passive female suffrage 1914 U.S. and Colombia sign a treaty concerning Panama Canal Zone 1913 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified 1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) 1912 Steamers collide in Nile, drowning 200 1908 Lord Asquith succeeds Henry Campbell-Bannerman as British premier 1904 Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 1898 Battle of Atbara River, Anglo-Egyptian forces crush 6,000 Sudanese 1893 The Critic reports that ice cream soda is our national drink 1879 Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers 1879 Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time 1876 Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan 1869 American Museum of Natural History opens (New York City) 1864 Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana Federals routed by General Richard Taylor 1862 John D. Lynde patents aerosol dispenser 1861 U.S. Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia seized by Confederacy 1848 1st battle at Gioto: Sardinia-Piemonte beats Austrians 1848 Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro 1838 Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City) 1832 Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro 1802 French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled 1801 Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews 1789 House of Representives 1st meeting 1783 Catharina II of Russia annexes the Krim 1781 Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379 1766 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain 1759 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India 1730 1st Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, New York City" 1716 Duke Karel Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin signs covenant with Russia and marries Czar Peter the Great's niece 1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain 1500 Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza 1455 Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III 1378 Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI 1341 Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome 1195 Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor
