2015 The U.S. Internal Revenue Service warns of an increase in taxpayer phone scams threatening victims unless they pay a given amount with a debit or prepaid credit card; over 366,000 people have been swindled of over $15 million since 2013 2014 China releases satellite images of debris possibly linked to the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight on March 8th 2014 President Obama meets with Ukrainian acting Prime Minster Yatsenyuk and vows to 'stand with Ukraine' in its conflict with Russia 2013 Google agrees to settle a privacy lawsuit, paying a $7 million fine over its handling of wireless data from early 2008 until the spring of 2010 2013 In Rome, Italy, Roman Catholic Cardinals meet in a conclave to appoint a successor to Pope Benedict XVI 2012 The U.S. Census Bureau reports the world now has 7 billion people 2012 A section of China's high-speed railway collapses after it underwent test runs; the collapse may have resulted from heavy rains 2011 Analysts report a nuclear meltdown may be occurring at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant; a state of emergency is declared at five plants 2011 Following the earthquake and tsunami, Japan deploys 50,000 Self-Defense Forces personnel in search and rescue efforts 2010 Residents of Mogadishu are instructed to leave the war zone after more than 50 are killed in three days of violence 1998 "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1996 Leeward Islands beat Trinidad by 73 runs to win Red Stripe Trophy 1995 Congress party loses India national election 1995 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA PING/Welch's Golf Championship 1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham U.K. won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) 1995 Ice Pairs Champ at Birmingham won by Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny 1995 Lara scores 139 in ODI vs. Australia at Port-of-Spain 1995 Letitia Vriesde runs S American indoor record 800m (2:00.35) 1995 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1995 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) 1994 Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests 1993 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay 1993 Cleveland radio station WMMS-FM/101.7 is bought by Disney 1993 Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show 1993 Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2 week speech 1991 5th Soul Train Music Awards 1990 Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland 1989 15th People's Choice Awards 1989 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found in Philadelphia 1989 Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial New York City for 4000+ performances 1987 David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game 1987 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North 1987 Ice Pairs Championship at Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) 1987 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN) 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1986 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 1985 Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points 1984 National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike 1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships 1983 Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49) 1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs. Leeward Islands 1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" 1981 Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station 1981 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Marry Me a Little," premieres in New York City 1981 Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia 1980 Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago 1980 New York Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin 1978 Eric Heiden skates world record 1000m (1:14.99) 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic 1977 Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party 1977 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel 1976 South African troops leave Angola 1975 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam 1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lady Eve Golf Open 1972 NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons 1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias 1971 Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected president 1971 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army 1970 U.S. lowers voting age from 21 to 18 1969 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins 1969 Paul McCartney marries Linda Louise Eastman in London 1968 Mauritius gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet 1967 Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority 1966 Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record 1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins) 1966 Love's 1st album released "Love" 1966 Pioneer Plaza dedicated 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2 1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years 1964 Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam 1964 SN Behrmann's "But for Whom Charlie," premieres in New York City 1964 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1963 Beatles perform as a trio, John Lennon is ill with a cold 1963 Bob Dylan cancels "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance 1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open 1959 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections 1959 U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood 1958 British Empire Day is renamed "Commonwealth Day" 1957 East Germany accepts 22 Russian divisions 1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24) 1954 1st performance of Arnold Schonberg's "Moses und Aaron" 1951 Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office 1951 Communist troops driven out of Seoul 1950 Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III 1950 Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda" 1948 -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1947 "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater New York City for 69 performances 1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns 1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism 1946 Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland 1945 30 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers 1945 British Empire celebrates it's 1st British Empire Day 1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy 1945 New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment 1945 U.S.S.R. returns Transylvania to Romania 1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma 1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands 1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 1939 Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies 1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss) 1935 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages 1934 Acting President Constantine Pats commits coup in Tallinn Estonia 1934 Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail 1934 Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Berlin 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his 1st fireside chat 1930 Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax 1930 Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1) 1926 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament 1926 Pope Pius XI names J E van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium 1925 British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement 1919 Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) 1919 George Bernard Shaw's "Augustus Does His Bit," premieres in New York City 1917 Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 Stalin, Kamenev and Muranov arrives in St. Petersburg 1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3 1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid 1912 Captain Albert Berry performs 1st parachute jump from an airplane 1912 Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low 1912 Helen Hayes Theater opens at 238 W 44th St. New York City 1910 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3 1908 Stanley Cup: Mont Wanderers sweep Win Maple Leafs in 2 games 1906 Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast 1904 1st main line electric train in U.K. (Liverpool to Southport) 1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL 1901 Ground is broken for Boston's 1st AL ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds) 1900 President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein 1897 Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel 1896 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) 1894 Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday 1889 Battle at Metema (Gallabad): Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV, defeated 1889 Start of South Africa's 1st Test, vs. England, Port Elizabeth 1888 2nd day of the Great blizzard of '88 in NE U.S. (400 die) 1884 Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women 1877 British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa 1877 Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony 1868 Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa 1868 Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax 1868 Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa 1867 Last French troops leave Mexico 1865 Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri 1860 Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1857 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice 1850 1st U.S. $20 gold piece issued 1849 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California 1848 2nd republic established in France 1799 Austria declares war on France 1789 U.S. Post Office established 1773 Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago 1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine 1737 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy 1689 Former English King James II lands in Ireland 1664 1st naturalization act in American colonies 1664 New Jersey becomes a British colony 1642 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand 1622 Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint 1619 Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia 1609 Bermuda becomes an English colony 1597 England routes troops to Amiens 1594 Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies 1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower 1572 Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusiados" in Portugal 1496 Jews are expelled from Syria 1365 University of Vienna founded 1350 Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples 1144 Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II 1054 Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome 1000 Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III
