2015 Harper Lee will release her second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman,' after 55 years; Lee wrote this novel first, presenting Scout as an adult, but editors convinced Lee to write instead about Scout as a child, resulting in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' 2014 The 2011 abortion rate reportedly is at its lowest in 30 years; the rate of 16.9 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age was 19.4 per thousand in 2008, and 29.3 per thousand in 1981 2014 Peyton Manning, quarterback for the Denver Broncos, wins a record fifth Associated Press MVP award; the award has never been won more than three times by a single NFL player 2013 Turkey's Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan responds to air strikes on Syria, saying Israel's government is waging 'state terrorism' 2013 A power outage occurs during the Super Bowl XLVII at New Orleans' Superdome; the Baltimore Ravens defeat the San Francisco 49ers 34 - 31 2012 The U.S. unemployment rate drops to 8.3%, the lowest in three years after employers added 240,000 jobs in January 2012 Colorado closes its highways, including the I-70, due to heavy snowfall 2011 The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reports that world food prices have reached a record high 2011 Lawmakers in Nepal vote to elect a new Prime Minister 2010 Somali pirates seize a North-Korean flagged cargo ship south of Yemen 2002 Super Bowl XXXVI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams 20-17 1998 Florida Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals 1998 New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman 1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain 1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit, Michigan on WKRK 97.1 FM 1995 STS-63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit 1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore 1994 Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok 1994 President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam 1994 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit 1993 Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments 1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles California 1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends 1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week 1991 Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic 1991 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21 1990 Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation 1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race 1990 New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center 1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head 1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay 1989 Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs. Pak, washed out 1987 Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton 1987 San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup 1986 President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident 1985 "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 5 performances 1985 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic 1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched 1983 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1982 Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission 1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, U.S.S.R. 1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours 1981 Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup 1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway 1980 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title 1980 Mohammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy 1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart 1979 Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players 1979 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1979 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test 1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445 1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame 1976 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia 1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame 1974 "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 65 performances 1974 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational 1973 Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6 1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law 1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia) 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast 1969 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances 1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix 1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched U.S. 1966 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9) 1965 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams 1965 Geraldine McCullough wins Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture 1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) 1965 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down 1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold 1964 Black and Puerto Rican students boycott New York City public schools 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1962 John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm 1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs 1961 6th largest snowfall in New York City history (17.4" (44.2cm)) 1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3 1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open 1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot 1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events 1954 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) 1953 J. Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show 1951 "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV 1951 Dick Button wins U.S. skating title for 6th time 1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle 1951 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City 1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges 1948 Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US 1947 -81 degrees F (-63 degrees C), Snag Yukon (North American record) 1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis) 1947 Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket 1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin 1945 Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released 1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others 1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java 1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1938 Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time," premieres in New York City 1937 Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket vs. England 1933 1st interstate legislative conference in U.S. opens, Washington, D.C. 1933 German minister Goering bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwarts 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin 1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" 1930 Vietnamese Communistic Party forms 1930 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons 1929 Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam 1927 Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal 1924 Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin) 1919 Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in New York City 1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris) 1919 Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland) 1918 Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service 1917 U.S. liner Housatonic sunk by German sub and diplomatic relations severed 1916 Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down 1916 Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland 1915 Turkish and German army reach Suez Canal 1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified 1913 Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in New York City 1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act 1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa 1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra 1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt 1895 Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 seconds) 1894 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me 1892 Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin 1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo 1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football 1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed 1869 Booth theater at 23rd and 6th opens in New York City (Romeo and Juliet) 1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912) 1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse 1864 Sherman's march through Mississippi 1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st U.S. superintendent of agriculture 1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1844 Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris 1836 Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany New York) 1825 Dutch North Sea coast floods 1815 World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland 1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin) 1783 Spain recognizes U.S. independence 1781 Dutch West Indies island of St. Eustatia taken by British 1752 Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills 1743 Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants 1740 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily 1690 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass) 1660 General Moncks army reaches London 1653 Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile 1591 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau 1576 Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris 1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova 1488 Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros) 1377 Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term 1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
