2015 The National Baseball Hall of Fame elects four players: Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio; the induction ceremony will take place in July 2014 Janet Yellen becomes the first woman to hold the post of chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve 2014 The Midwest experiences life threateningly low temperatures and forces over 2,500 flight cancellations; the tunnel of arctic air called the "polar vortex" should head eastward during the week 2013 The President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, declares that official documents must use the words 'State of Palestine' 2013 Developers at Apple, the U.S. creators of the iphone, claim they gave Apple sufficient warning concerning issues with iOS maps 2012 45,000 Facebook logins and passwords are stolen by the Ramnit worm 2012 Jamaica's new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller announces the country will become a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state 2011 China places new controls on text messages sent on mobile phones containing references to democracy, human rights and corruption 2011 Jordan's Ali bin Al Hussein is elected as Vice President of FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football 2010 Extreme cold temperatures across Europe lead to 122 deaths in Poland, 7 die in Switzerland as the result of an avalanche 1998 Barry Switzer resigns as Dallas Cowboy coach 1998 Don Sutton selected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1997 "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City 1996 Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) 1995 Atlanta Hawks' Lenny Wilkens becomes NBA's winningest coach (939) 1994 "Government Inspector" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 37 performances 1994 Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88 1994 Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard 1994 Yat Weiju swims world record 50m butterfly stroke (26.44) 1994 Zhong Weiju swims world record 25m pool (26.44) 1993 Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones 1993 Jean Mueller discovers comet Mueller/1993a 1993 Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews 1992 New York Yankees sign free agent Danny Tartabul 1992 Robert Schenkkan's "Kentucky Cycle," premieres in LA 1992 Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* vs. Australia at the SCG 1992 Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings 1991 "Gypsy" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 477 performances 1991 "Real Life With Jane Pauley" premieres on NBC-TV 1991 Jorge Serrano Elias elected president of Guatemala 1991 Qian Hong swims female world record 50m butterfly (27.30 sec) 1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (18-25-26-32-42-44) 1987 100th U.S. Congress convenes 1987 Astronomers at University of California see 1st sight of birth of a galaxy 1986 British Defense Secretary Michael Heseltine resigns 1986 Impala Platinum fires 20,000 black mine workers in Johannesburg 1986 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland 1986 STS-61-C scrubbed at T-31sec because of liquid oxygen valve problem 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41 B mission 1984 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee 1981 50th hat trick in Islander history - John Tonelli scored 5 goals 1980 "1940's Radio Hour" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 105 performances 1980 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1980 Phil Flyers set NHL record of 35 straight games without a defeat 1978 1st postage stamp copyrighted by U.S. (Carl Sandburg stamp) 1978 U.S. hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary 1977 EMI records drop punk rock group Sex Pistols 1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million 1975 "AM America," premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host 1975 "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV 1974 "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio 1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike 1973 "Schoolhouse Rock," premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock 1972 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1972 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley 1972 Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from U.S.S.R. 1971 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones 1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate 1969 Supremes release "I'm Livin' In Shame" 1969 WLIW TV channel 21 in Garden City, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 8 weeks 1968 Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation 1968 Surveyor 7 (last of series) launched by U.S. for soft-landing on Moon 1967 "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV 1967 KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140 1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling 1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville 1964 Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes) 1963 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC 1963 "Oliver!" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 774 performances 1958 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to ee cummings 1958 Gibson patents Flying V Guitar 1958 WIPR TV channel 6 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show 1957 Yeshiva Kol Ya'ackov opens in Moscow, Russia 1956 KGNS TV channel 8 in Laredo, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 100 performances 1951 Indianapolis beats Rochester 75-73 in NBA-record 6 overtimes 1950 "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 3 performances 1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China 1947 Ray Lindwall smashes 100 vs. England in MCG Test 1946 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Quemadmodum 1945 Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY 1942 1st around world flight, Pan Am "Pacific Clipper" 1942 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia 1941 FDR's "4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear) 1938 Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx 1937 Bradman scores 270 Australia vs. England at the MCG, incl 110 singles 1936 Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario) 1930 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed 1930 Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 minutes, 49 fours 1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia 1928 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Mortalium animos (against oecumene) 1927 U.S. Marines sent to Nicaragua 1926 Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland 1925 Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile and 14:44.6 5,000m 1924 Poulenc/Nijinska's ballet "Les Biches," premieres in Monte Carlo 1922 Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments 1914 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded 1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state 1907 Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) 1906 Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris 1903 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam 1900 Boers attack at Ladysmith, about 1,000 killed or injured 1900 Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris 1898 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake 1896 1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden 1896 Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony 1893 Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast 1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union forms 1880 Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm 1873 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia" 1873 U.S. Congress begins investigating Credit Mobilier scandal 1861 Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola 1861 New York City mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N and S 1857 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn 1842 4,500 British and Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India 1839 2 day storm off Irish and English coast immortalized as "Big Wind" 1838 Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph 1832 New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston) 1784 Turkey and Russia sign treaty in Constantinople 1781 Battle of Jersey (Island in UK) 1773 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom 1759 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws to Glasgow 1690 Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king 1681 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher) 1663 Great earthquake in New England 1639 Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed 1622 Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide 1579 Artois/Hainault/Dowaai sign pro-Spanish Union of Arras 1540 King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves 1535 City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro 1497 Jews are expelled from Graz (Syria) 1496 Moorish fortress Alhambra, near Grenada, surrenders to the Christi 1453 Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria 1352 French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star 1227 Ferrand of Portugal freed from the Louvre 1099 Henry V crowned German king 1066 King Harald of England crowned
