2015 Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announces that Arab leaders will be combining their military resources to combat violence in the region; Saudi Arabia has already led joint forces in airstrikes on Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen 2014 African Story wins the Dubai World Cup with 12-1 odds, overtaking favored Mukhadram with 14-1 odds; both horses are owned by members of Dubai's Al Maktoum family 2014 Russia makes assurances that the country will not invade Ukraine in its efforts to resolve the dispute over its annexation of Crimea 2013 New research on the Shroud of Turin supports that it may actually been used as Jesus Christ's burial cloth; researchers used mechanical and thermal measurements to date the shroud between 300 BC and 400 AD 2013 A transistor-like transcriptor is built out of DNA and RNA molecules by American bioengineers at Stanford University 2012 U. K. government officials announce that Viaspan, a solution used to preserve some donor organs, could be contaminated with bacteria after tests identified Bacillus cereus was present in the solution used to test Viaspan's sterility 2012 In New Delhi, India, leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India meet for the 2012 BRICS summit 2011 In London, England, international leaders take part in a conference focused on military action and the future of Libya 2011 James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calls for the Federal Reserve to limit its purchase of U.S. Treasuries because they 'feed the fire' of inflation 2010 At least 38 are killed and 60 injured when two female suicide bombers carry out two separate terrorist attacks at Moscow Metro stations Lubyana and Park Kultury 1999 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg 1998 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC 1998 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship 1997 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition) 1997 Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna 1997 PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith 1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men 1996 Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens 1996 New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game 1995 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago, Illinois on WCKG 105.9 FM 1994 Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys 1994 Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border 1994 Serbs and Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia 1993 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win 1993 Queensland all out for 75 vs. NSW in Sheffield Shield Final 1992 "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale New York City for 462 performances 1992 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins 1992 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie 1992 Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in New York City 1992 Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS) 1992 Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS) 1992 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA) 1992 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1992 NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC 1989 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL 1989 1st U.S. private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM) 1989 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman and Jodie Foster win 1989 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins 1989 I. M. Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris 1989 Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in New York for racketeering 1988 "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 46 performances 1988 U.S. Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras 1987 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 1987 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic 1987 Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant 1987 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party 1986 Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia 1985 Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece 1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist 1984 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis 1984 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1982 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins 1982 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62 1982 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda and K Hepburn win 1982 Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy 1981 "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 770 performances 1981 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1981 Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m 1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1979 Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball vs. Pakistan at WACA 1979 Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London 1979 Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1979 Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad 1976 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68 1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students 1975 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open 1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers 1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos 1973 Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP 1973 U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution 1971 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1971 Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines 1971 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor 1971 Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced 1971 Royal Albert Hall opens 1971 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances 1970 Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II 1969 Communist New People's Army found in Philippines 1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College 1967 WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin New York City for 129 performances 1966 Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone" 1962 Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army 1962 Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show" 1961 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Washington D.C. residents to vote for president 1961 After a 4 year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge 1961 KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, Missouri (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres 1959 "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon premieres 1959 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore 1958 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss 1958 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open 1951 "King and I" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 1246 performances 1951 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday and J Ferrer win 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying 1949 Turkey recognizes Israel 1948 Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten 1948 Yankees and Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game 1947 "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 111 performances 1946 1st Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand 1946 Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon 1943 Meat, butter and cheese rationed in U.S. during WW II 1943 Meat rationed in U.S., 784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's 1942 British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea 1942 British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die 1942 German submarine U-585 sinks 1941 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem" 1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 1941 WPAT radio in New Jersey begins broadcasting (country music format) 1940 Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title 1936 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis 1936 Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates 1935 French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage 1934 Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt 1932 Jack Benny debuts on radio 1929 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in 2 games 1928 Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (New York City) 1927 Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona 1924 Bayern and Vatican reach accord 1919 Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) and Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic 1912 Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1906 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games 1897 Japan adopts Gold Standard 1886 Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke 1882 Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men 1879 Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow 1871 Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London 1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes 1867 Congress approves Lincoln Memorial 1865 Battle of Quaker Road, VA 1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1864 Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas 1860 Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in New York City 1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day 1850 Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die 1849 Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1848 Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam 1827 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians 1804 Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti 1798 Republic of Switzerland forms 1795 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna 1673 English king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions 1638 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) 1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses) 502 Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power
