2015 A report is released on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 today, one year after the incident, revealing that the flight's locator beacon battery had expired a year before the flight, but nothing unusual was otherwise detected 2014 U.S. payrolls show growth, with 129,000 jobs added in January and 175,000 jobs added in February in spite of difficult winter weather 2014 The U.N. celebrates International Women's Day with the theme 'Equality for women is progress for all' 2013 In retaliation for recently approved U.N. sanctions, generals in North Korea claim they are aiming their long range missiles at the U.S. mainland 2013 Venezuela holds a funeral for former President Hugo Chavez; following the funeral, they swear in Vice President Nicolas Maduro as Interim President 2012 The first comprehensive map of the debris field of the RMS Titanic is revealed 2012 Scientists claim a recent study suggests that donor stem cells may prevent organ rejection in cases of imperfectly matched transplants 2011 Redondo Beach, California authorities investigate the source of a large fish kill at the King Harbor Marino 2011 In an interview held before the third anniversary of deadly unrest, Gyaincain Norbu claims Tibetans have 'never been freer' 2010 35 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia are captured by the French Navy, the European Union's most successful mission 1995 -26 degrees F (-32.2 degrees C) in Bismarck, North Dakota 1995 Costis Stephanopoulos becomes president of Greece 1995 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections 1994 20th People's Choice Awards 1994 B737 collides with Ilyushin-86 in New Dehli, at least 8 killed 1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces 1994 Train accident at Pinetown, Natal kills 47 1993 Katharine Hepburn released from the hospital after exhaustion 1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder 1992 22nd Easter Seal Telethon 1992 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic 1991 17th People's Choice Awards: Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby, Pretty Woman 1991 Harry Hamlin and Nicollette Sheridan wed 1991 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1991 Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured 1989 "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 621 performances 1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60m hurdles (7.37 seconds) 1987 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425 1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia 1987 FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr. in California 1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic 1987 Nelli Cooman becomes world champion 60m indoor 1986 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon 1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million 1985 Ice Dance Championship at Tokyo won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS) 1983 House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with U.S.S.R. 1983 IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0 1983 President Reagan calls the U.S.S.R. an "Evil Empire" 1981 "Shakespeare's Cabaret" closes at Bijou Theater New York City after 54 performances 1981 Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game 1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic 1980 Greg Chappell 235 and Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad 1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter 1979 5th People's Choice Awards 1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1979 Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) transported 38 miles overland from Palmdale 1977 Henry L. Marsh III elected mayor of Richmond 1977 Princess Anne announces she's expecting her 1st child (Peter) 1976 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China 1975 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba 1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris 1973 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/U.S. longest, opens 1973 Paul and Linda McCartney are fined 100 pounds for growing cannabis 1973 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1972 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa) 1972 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp 1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record) 1971 Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" 1970 WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo 1968 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Maryland) 1968 Fillmore East opens 1968 Students demonstrate in Warsaw 1967 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day) 1966 "Golden Boy" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 569 performances 1966 An IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin 1966 Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame 1965 1st U.S. combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 1964 Malcolm X leaves Black Muslim Movement 1963 Syrian Arab Rep Revolution Day - Military coup in Syria 1962 Beatles, with Pete Best, TV debut (perform "Dream Baby" on BBC) 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1961 Jean Kerr's "Mary, Mary," premieres in New York City 1961 U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1960 "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 95 performances 1959 Groucho, Chico and Harpo's final TV appearance together 1959 KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, Arizona (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open 1959 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq 1958 Silky Sullivan comes from 40 lengths back to win by 3 at Santa Anita 1958 William Faulkner says U.S. school degenerated to become babysitters 1957 1st performance of David Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston 1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships 1957 U.S.S.R. performs atmospheric nuclear test 1953 "Two's Company" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 90 performances 1953 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years 1953 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open 1953 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 Antoine Pinay forms French government 1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis 1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) 1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) 1950 Marshall Voroshilov of U.S.S.R. announces they developed atomic bomb 1949 WAGeorgia TV channel 5 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting 1948 Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional 1946 1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York City) 1945 "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain 1945 53 Amsterdammers executed by nazi occupiers 1945 International Women's Day is 1st observed 1945 Phyllis M. Daley is 1st black nurse sworn-in as U.S. Navy ensign 1944 U.S. resumes bombing Berlin 1943 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg 1943 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico 1943 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1943 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Arthur Vaughn 1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 1942 KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies 1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 1939 Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres 1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars 1930 Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1929 U.S. worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia 1927 Pan American Airlines incorporates 1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah 1920 Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations 1917 Russian revolution breaks out in Petrograd 1916 U.S. invades Cuba for 3rd time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime 1915 1st U.S. Navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned 1913 Federal League organizes with 6 teams 1913 Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes 1911 1st International Woman's Day 1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed female pilot 1908 Collingwood Elementary, Cleveland, burns, kills 173 kids and 2 teachers 1908 Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, New York 1906 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Smiths Falls (Ont) in 2 games 1904 Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match 1902 1st performance of Jean Sibelius' 2nd Symphony 1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee) 1898 Richard Straus' "Don Quixote," premieres in Keulen 1896 Volunteers of America forms (New York City) 1894 New York passes 1st state dog license law 1887 Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes 1884 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite 1865 Battle of Kingston, North Carolina (Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks) 1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends with Confederate withdrawal 1862 Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched 1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1861 St. Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies 1858 Opera "I Pagliacci" is produced (Naples) 1855 1st train crosses 1st U.S. railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls 1854 U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's 2nd trip to Japan 1838 U.S. Mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes) 1813 1st concerto of Royal Philharmonic 1801 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt 1782 Gnadenhutten Massacre - Ohio militia kills 90 indians 1766 Willem V (18) becomes governor of United Provinces 1754 Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain 1746 Cumberland's troops occupy Aberdeen 1722 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia 1711 Antoin de Guiscard tries English premier Haley for murder 1706 Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established 1702 England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III 1658 Peace of Roskilde between Sweden and Denmark 1586 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor 1418 Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant
