2015 Members of the E.U. have agreed to relocate 40,000 of the recent migrants to Italy and Greece; over 120,000 of the 150,000 migrants to Europe so far this year have landed in these two countries 2014 Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez is thrown out of the World Cup for biting Italian player Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder; Suarez has also been banned from nine international matches and a four-month suspension from playing 2014 Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine enter into free-trade pacts with the European Union, a decision counter to that of Kazakhstan and Belarus, who partnered with Russia in creation of the Eurasian Union 2013 The new leader of the Australian Labor Party is former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who won over incumbent Julia Gillard 2013 In the state of California, the 2008 Proposition 8 ballot measure is upheld in an appeals case, allowing same-sex marriage to continue 2012 In an attempt to encourage people to buy from their local bookstores, novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo boycotts e-books 2012 Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, the four thousand year-old ridge-top monastery in Bhutan catches fire and is destroyed; no relics were lost in the fire because the monastery was under renovation 2011 The E.coli strain that caused 46 deaths in Germany reportedly resurfaced in france, with eight people hospitalized in Bordeaux 2011 The ash cloud from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption closes 39 flights in Chile and Argentina 2010 Leaders of the twenty largest economies meet for the 2010 G-20 Summit in Toronto, Canada 1997 Galileo, Ganymede Observations, Orbit 9 1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law 1997 Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban 1995 Gunmen ambush Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, escapes unharmed 1994 "Broken Glass" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 73 performances 1994 "Medea" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 82 performances 1994 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Denver Colorado 1994 107 degrees F (41.6 degrees C) at Albuquerque New Mexico 1994 112 degrees F (44.4 degrees C) at El Paso Texas 1994 122 degrees F (50 degrees C) at Laughlin Nevada 1994 126 degrees F (52.2 degrees C) in Death Valley California 1994 Actor Brandon Cruz (32) weds Elizabeth Finkelstein (26) 1994 Air Ivory Fokker's-27 crashes at Abidjan (16 killed/1 lives) 1994 Donna Andrews wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic 1994 Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader 1994 PLO-leader Yasser Arafat returns to Gaza after 27 years 1994 U.S. loses to Romania 1-0 in 1994 soccer world cup 1993 "Late Night with David Letterman" airs for last time on NBC-TV 1993 Actress Julia Roberts and country singer Lyle Lovett wed 1993 New York Met Eddie Murray is 20th to get 1,600 RBIs 1993 Rebecca Jones, of Georgia, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss 1993 Clinton orders cruise missle strike on Iraqi secret service in Baghdad 1992 India leases Tin Bigha corridor to Bangladesh 1992 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 1992 Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be banned at airports 1991 "Getting Married" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 70 performances 1991 ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress 1991 Amy Elizabeth Goodman, of California, crowned America's Junior Miss 1991 Charlotte Hornets make Larry Johnson of UNLV, NBA's #1 draft pick 1990 122 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona 1990 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad 1990 New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall 1989 Canada updates coins with a new potrait of the Queen 1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time 1988 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship 1987 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yankees score 11 in 3rd and win 12-11 in 10 inn 1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement 1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1984 1st flight of Shuttle Discovery (41-D) scrubbed at T -4 1984 Barbra Streisand records "Here We Are at Last" 1983 "Show Boat" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 73 performances 1983 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Rochester Golf International 1982 Carlos Lopes runs Europe record 10k (27:34.39) 1982 Marie Osmond marries Steve Craig 1982 U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces 1981 "For Your Eyes Only" premieres in U.S. 1979 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final 1979 Rocker Nigel Olsson runs a stop sign, crashes and kills a driver 1978 Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France 1978 First dedicated oceanographic satellite, SEASAT 1, launched 1977 42 die in fire inmate causes at Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic 1977 Elvis Presley sings in Indianapolis, last performance of his career 1976 WS shortstop Toby Harrah plays DH without touching a batted ball 1975 Cher divorces Sonny Bono 1975 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency 1974 Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) 1973 London production of "Grease" premieres 1972 Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng 1972 IRA proclaims resistant in North-Ireland 1971 "Man of La Mancha" closes at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City after 2329 performances 1971 Angels suspend Alex Johnson (after 5 benchings and 29 fines) 1970 Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2 1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions 1968 Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US 1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals 1966 "Time for Singing" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 41 performances 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational 1966 Kanton Bazel leads female suffrage in Switzerland 1965 Wallon party forms in Belgium 1964 Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album 1964 Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine 1964 Moise Tsjombe forms government in Congo 1963 Alfons Gorbach forms Austrian government 1963 Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns commercial TV 1963 Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) 1962 Blacks begin passive resistance in Cairo Ill 1962 Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0 1962 WSEC (now WLRN) TV channel 17 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain 1960 Hall of Fame allows veteran committee to vote annually 1960 Italian Somaliland declares independence from Italian-administration 1960 Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France 1959 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title 1959 Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St. Lawrence Seaway 1958 Gaston Eyskens becomes premier of Belgium 1958 Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated 1958 Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed) 1955 Actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lavallade 1955 Freedom Charter signed in South Africa 1955 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1954 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4 1953 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, Texas (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%) 1952 Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew 1950 President Gottwald of Czechoslovakia confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence 1949 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) 1948 U.S. denounces Soviet blockade of Berlin 1946 Dutch Nazi collaborator Arnold Meijer sentenced to 5 years 1946 Fred Allen's last radio show, his guest is Jack Benny 1945 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs 1945 U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in SF 1944 2nd British army reaches Grainville-Mouen line 1944 Yankees, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yankees-1 and Giants-0 1942 German assault on British at Mersa Matruh 1941 Finland enters WW II against Russia 1941 Lithuanian fascist massacre 2,300 Jews in Kovno 1940 End of U.S.S.R. experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 1938 Cincinnati Red Lonny Frey hits 8 doubles in a doubleheader 1937 Test cricket debut of Len Hutton vs. New Zealand at Lord's, scores 0 and 1 1936 1st flight of Fw61 helicopter 1936 Everett Marshall beats Ali Baba in Columbus, to become wrestling champ 1935 Andrew Sandham's 100th FC hundred, 103 vs. Hants 1935 Lloyd Waner sets record of 18 putouts in center in doubleheader 1935 SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam 1935 Work service for recent graduate obligatory in Germany 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions 1934 Germany and Poland sign no-attack treaty 1934 W. E. B. Du Bois resigns position at NAACP 1929 ENKA/Vereinigte Glanzstoff Factory merge AKU (Genl Kunstzijde Union) 1927 Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke approaches within 0.0394 AUs of Earth 1924 After 8 years of occupation, U.S. troops leave Dominican Republic 1924 Ziegfeld Follies opens on Broadway 1919 N.Y. Daily News begins publishing 1917 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I 1916 Cleveland Indians experiment with #s on their jerseys (one game) 1915 Germany suppresses its "Vorwarts" newspaper after it called for peace 1912 Gustav Mahlers 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna 1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph, 133 kph 1910 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed 1910 24th U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62) 1910 Hazel Hotchkiss wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship 1909 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach (60 61) 1909 Victoria and Albert Museum opens in London 1907 Bolsheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis 1906 Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France) 1902 Order of Merit instituted by King Edward VII 1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Garidebs" 1900 Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever 1896 1st movie theater in U.S. opens, charging 10 cents for admission 1894 Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto 1879 Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt 1870 1st section of Atlantic City Boardwalk opens 1870 Wagner's opera "Valkyrie" premieres in Munich 1862 Battle of Beaver Dam Creek-Union repulses Confederacy in Virginia 1862 Day 2 of 7 Days-Battle of Mechanicsville Virginia (Meadow Bridge) 1862 U.S. Army of Virginia established under General John Pope 1857 62 receive Victoria Cross 1857 Cawnpore England massacre 1848 1st pure food law enacted in U.S. 1844 U.S. President John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City 1843 Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony 1807 Lightning hits gunpowder warehouse in Luxembourg; 230 die 1797 Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil! 1794 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army 1721 Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America 1714 Spain and Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement 1630 Swedish troops under Gustaf II Adolf lands at Peenemunde 1553 Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter 1498 Toothbrush invented 1483 Duke of Gloucester appoints himself English king Richard III 1483 Richard III usurps English throne 1409 Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V 1284 Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened) 684 St. Benedict II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
