2014 A 219-year-old time capsule is being excavated from beneath the cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House in Boston; the capsule, first found in 1855 and reburied, is likely the oldest in the U.S. 2014 Photo-sharing application Instagram has overtaken short-messaging application Twitter with over 300 million monthly users to Twitter's 284 million 2013 Pope Francis is named 'Time' magazine's 'Person of the Year' 2013 Twenty people die on the island of Madagascar from bubonic plague, which is transmitted to humans via rat fleas; chronic overcrowding and unhygienic prison conditions are identified as the root cause of the outbreak 2012 The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, undergoes surgery for cancer in Cuba 2012 Thousands of union employees protest outside of the capital building in Lansing, Michigan, as Michigan's government passes legislation, becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state, and most highly unionized state in the U.S. to have such laws 2011 The Cote d'Ivoire holds Parliamentary elections 2011 In Taipei, protesters demand Taiwan's 200,000 foreign live-in caregivers receive the legal right to a weekly day off 2010 China's inflation rate reaches 5.1%, a 28-month high 2010 The 46-year old son of convicted fraud king Bernard Madoff kills himself in a Manhattan apartment 1997 "Sunshine Boys," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City 1997 Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows 1995 Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million 1994 Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches 1994 Russian troops pull inside Tsjetsjenia 1993 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (quarterback) 1993 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile 1992 Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing 1 billion dollars worth of damage 1992 WNEW AM radio on 1130 in New York City ends transmitting after 58 years 1990 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tennessee I-75, due to fog 1990 U.S. 69th manned space mission STS-35 (Columbia 11) returns from space 1989 "City of Angels" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 878 performances 1989 Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year Kansas City Royals contract 1987 Test debut of Carl Hooper, WI vs. India at Bombay 1986 A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League 1986 South Africa censors press 1985 Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb 1985 Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70) 1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC 1985 NHL Record 62 points scored, Edmonton (36) beats Chicago (26) 12-9 and ties record of 21 goals 1984 "Doug Henning and His World..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 60 perf 1984 Mauretania military coup under Col Maawiya Ould Sid'ahmed Taya 1983 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) 1983 72nd Australian Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (61 64 64) 1983 Jan Stephens/Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic 1981 Argentine president/general Roberto Viola flees 1981 Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick 1981 Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN 1981 Spacelab I arrives at Kennedy Space Center 1981 U.N. Sec Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as 5th Sec Genl 1981 Washington Capitals biggest margin of victory (9) beating Toronto 11-2 1980 Dirk Wellham scores 100 on 1st-class debut, NSW vs. Victoria 1979 Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international 1979 Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry 1977 Billboard Awards 1975 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents 1975 Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph, Dock Ellis and Ken Brett from Pirates for George "Doc" Medich 1973 Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed in death of 19 year old woman 1973 NA Soccer League awards LA, SF, Seattle and Vancouver franchises 1973 Ron Santo becomes 1st to invoke no-trade clause of 10-year-1-club vet 1973 West German chancellor Willy Brandt normalizes trade with Czechoslovakia 1972 Astronauts Cernan and Harrison become 11th and 12th on Moon 1972 Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632) 1970 Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA, vs. England 1970 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Stephen Chappell 1969 Libya adopts constitution 1968 KECC (now KECY) TV channel 9 in El Centro, California (CBS) 1st broadcast 1968 U.S. Soccer Football Assoc refuses to let NASL disband 1967 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed 1967 Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit 1967 People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established 1967 SST prototype "Concorde" 1st shown (France) 1966 Al Nelson sets NFL record returning missed field goal, 100 yards 1965 "Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 16 performances 1965 "Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 3 performances 1961 "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released 1961 Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel 1961 Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 weeks 1961 John F. Kennedy provides U.S. miltary helicopters and crews to South Vietnam 1960 Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die 1960 Coleman/Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City 1960 Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run 1959 Yankees trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri 1958 4th (last) Dutch government of Drees falls 1958 Archibald MacLeish's "JB," premieres in New York City 1958 Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France 1956 Anti-Russian demonstrates in Stettin and Wroclaw Poland 1954 USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va 1953 KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station 1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement 1950 Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract 1950 Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres 1949 Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Chicago Cards (52-29) 1949 Cleveland Browns beat San Francisco '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game 1949 WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast 1948 WHEN (now WTVH) TV channel 5 in Syracuse, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 308 performances 1947 Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in Wings," premieres in New York City 1947 Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected 1946 Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label 1946 Spain suspended from UN 1946 U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965) 1945 Het Parool publishes 1st Captain Rob-strip 1944 Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed 1942 Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia 1941 Dutch government in London declares war on Italy 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on US 1941 Giants acquire Johnny Mize from Cards for 3 players and $50,000 1941 Japanese attack Wake Island (only failed WW II-landing) 1941 Japanese occupy Guam 1940 Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault 1939 New anti Jewish measurements in Poland, proclaimed 1938 New York Giants win NFL championship 1937 25th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7 1937 Italy withdraws from League of Nations 1936 King Edward VIII marries Mrs. Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI 1934 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland 1934 1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers 1934 Ford Frick becomes president of baseball's National League 1934 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team) 1932 SF's coldest day (27 degrees F) - it snows 1931 Japan leaves the Golden Standard 1931 British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1930 Bank of the United States opens in New York City 1928 Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on President-elect Herbert Hoover 1928 NL President John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers 1926 Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam 1926 Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, vs. NSW 1925 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quas Primas 1919 Boll weevil monument dedicated in Enterprise, Ala 1917 13 black soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot 1917 German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia 1916 David Lloyd George forms British war government 1914 Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed 1909 Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York City 1909 Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000 1908 Frederick Delius' "In a Summer Garden," premieres 1906 U.S. president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo 1905 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record) 1905 British government of Campbell-Bannerman forms 1903 British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet 1901 Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld 1899 Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronje vs. General Methuen 1893 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed 1888 French Panama Canal company fails 1882 Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" 1882 Victorien Sardous "Fedora," with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris 1872 1st black U.S. Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) 1866 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean 1844 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct 1816 Citizens of Geneva thwarted Savoyard invaders 1816 Indiana becomes 19th state 1812 1st newspaper on Curaeao (Curaeao Gazette and Commercial Advertiser) 1792 France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 1730 Voltaire's "Brutus," premieres in Paris 1719 1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in U.S. (New England) 1718 Battle at Frederikshall Norway 1710 Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers) 1688 King James II arrested 1665 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna 1620 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1618 Russia and Poland signs Peace treaty of Dailino 1572 Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem 1477 Duchess Maria van Bourgondie ends Great Privilegie 1419 Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence 384 St. Damasus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
