2015 NASA is isolating a six-person team for a year within a small dome in Hawaii in order to simulate theoretical conditions of a Mars mission; the team will have no fresh air or fresh food, and a spacesuit must be worn when exiting the dome 2014 The British government raises its terror threat level to 'severe' due to concern over the number of participants in Middle Eastern conflicts who have been traveling to and from the U.K. and who may seek to instigate terrorist actions inside the country 2014 A 21-year-old man is the first reported case of Ebola in Senegal; the man had recent contact with Ebola victims from Guinea 2013 The first federal health study reporting on the use of sleeping pills reveals that 8.6 million Americans take prescription sleeping pills 2013 Austrian researchers successfully grew 'cerebral organoids' or mini-brains, containing several distinct regions of the brain; the mini-brains will help scientists understand how brains develop, and what causes schizophrenia and autism 2012 China's President, Hu Jintao, officially receives Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who came to the country for cooperation talks and in-depth discussion 2012 London holds the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Paralympics 2011 Nepal's Parliament elects Unified Communist Party leader Baburam Bhattarai as Prime Minister 2011 Libya's National Transitional Council raises concerns about the mass killing of political prisoners by Muammar Gaddafi's government 2010 Sumatra's Sinabung volcano erupts for the first time in 400 years, killing one and causing Indonesia to evacuate thousands of people 2010 In Hong Kong, 80,000 people rally in response to last week's fatal tourist coast hijacking hostage crisis in the Philippines 2005 Hurricane Katrina causes sever damage to the Gulf Coast killing 1836 1993 21st du Maurier Golf Classic: Brandie Burton 1993 93rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris 1993 Actress Elke Sommer (52) weds Wolf Walther (46) 1993 Actress Marlee Matlin (28) weds Kevin Grandalski (28) 1992 Largest wrestling crowd out side of U.S. (75,000) at Wembley Stadium 1992 Randy Myers blows his 6th save of the season and it marks the 5th time he's blown a potential win for Greg Harris 1992 Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout and decides to keep the ball He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on error 1991 John F. Kennedy, Jr. wins his 1st battle as an attorney 1991 U.S.S.R. suspends Communist Party activities 1990 C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13 1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq 1988 Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record 1988 U.S.S.R. launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir 1987 Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time 1987 Rosa Mota becomes wins female Rome marathon (2:25:17) 1986 Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s) 1986 Morocco king Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya 1985 Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission 1985 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1985 New York Yankee Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time 1982 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1982 George Brett gets his 1,500th hit 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic 1982 Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" hits #1 1981 28th Walker Cup: U.S. wins 15-9 1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1979 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1978 USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York 1977 St. Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1975 Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky 1974 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1972 San Francisco Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last 21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row 1970 Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed) 1969 Joe Pepitone quits Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench 1969 KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, Montana (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1968 1st U.S. Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr. Vija Vuskains) 1968 Democratics nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president (Chicago) 1968 Norwegian king Harald V marries Sonja 1967 Final TV episode of "Fugitive" 1967 Yankees longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yankees win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes 1966 Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF) 1965 Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad successfully land the Gemini 5 in 7 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes and 14 seconds, breaking the record for manned spaceflight for total mission duration 1965 Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August 1964 "Funny Thing Happened" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 965 performances 1964 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released 1964 On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) 1963 Harmon Killebrew (Twins) home runs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH 1962 Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended 1962 U.S. U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba 1960 Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack 1958 Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo 1958 George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe) 1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 1957 Strom Thurmond, Senator-D-South Carolina, ends 24 hour filibuster against civil rights 1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis 1954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens 1953 KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 U.S.S.R. explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb 1950 International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52 1949 U.S.S.R. explodes its 1st atomic bomb 1947 Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier 1945 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan 1945 General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan 1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1944 Anti German rebellion in Slovakia 1943 Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany 1941 German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children 1940 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567) 1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II 1937 Philadelphia A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) 1935 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450) 1932 International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam 1932 United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops 1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight 1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him 1924 German Republic day accepts Dawes plan 1916 Congress creates U.S. Naval reserve 1916 General Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff 1916 Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die 1916 U.S. Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence 1916 Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staff 1914 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, General Martos caught 1914 Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in San Francisco via Panama Canal 1914 Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac 1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government 1909 AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m 1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins 1908 N.Y. gives a ticker tape parade to returning U.S. Olympians from London 1906 Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die 1906 William J. Clothier wins the U.S. Tennis Open 1905 Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville 1904 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis 1896 Chop suey invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 1889 1st American International pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle 1885 Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0 1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey 1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion 1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket" 1882 Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match vs. England (7-46 and 7-44) 1864 William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins 1862 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels 1862 Battle of Bull Run, Virginia (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station) 1862 U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation 1854 Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) 1844 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win 1842 Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war 1831 Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer 1793 Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed 1792 English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 1786 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass 1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester 1758 New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation 1756 England and France meet in war 1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War 1742 Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist 1708 English troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia 1708 Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians 1664 Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam 1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw 1640 English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland 1612 Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1540 Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges 1533 Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa 1526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohacs 1484 Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII 1475 Treaty of Picquigny, king Louis XI buys English contacts 1261 Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV 1178 Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III 284 General Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome 284 Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
