2015 The human trafficking crisis continues in the Mediterranean, as approximately 7,000 migrants are rescued from 34 vessels intercepted over the last few days 2014 Online business networking site LinkedIn will be expanding its presence in Singapore's central business district; the company established headquarters in Singapore in 2011 and sees the prime location as a means to attract the best talent 2014 Union backers and California legislators are seeking to raise the state's minimum wage to $13 per hour; Governor Jerry Brown ratified a law only 8 months ago to raise the wage to $10 an hour by 2016 2013 Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', faces a court battle in a lawsuit claiming a literary agent tricket her into giving up the copyright to her world-famous book 2013 American boxer Floyd Mayweather defeats Robert Guerrero and retains his WBC Welterweight title in a unanimous decision 2012 A study finds that 90% of dropouts in Asia's major city schools suffer from myopia, or short-sightedness, with 10 - 20% having advanced, or high myopia, which can cause blindness 2012 The United Kingdom's government announces it will introduce a consultation process on internet measures which require online users to opt-in if they want to view adult content 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama chooses not release photos of Osama bin Laden following his death; photos taken at the Abbotabad compound are released by Reuters 2011 U.S. conductor Daniel Barenboim holds a 'Peace Concert' in the Gaza Strip; he is a supporter of Palestinian rights 2010 An auction at Christie's in New York sets a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it sells Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' for $106 million 2009 Peace talks witht he Tuareg rebel groups in north Niger are held by the President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou 1997 Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic 1997 Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open 1997 Sprint Titleholders LPGA Championship 1997 Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship 1996 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01 1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel 1996 Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917 1994 Arsenal wins 34th Europe Cup II 1994 Courtney Love cleared of drug charges 1993 "Angels in America-Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 performances 1991 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03 1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent 1991 Actress Sharon Gless and producer Barney Rosenzeig wed 1991 Indians' Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9) 1991 Mo Udall, Representative-D-Arizona, resigns due to Parkinson disease 1991 New York Mets M Sasser and Mark Carreon are 8th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1991 President Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat 1990 Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence 1990 Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns 1990 Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah 1989 Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit home run on 1st at bat 1989 U.S. launches Magellan to Venus 1989 U.S. space shuttle STS-30 launched 1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1986 President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghanistan 1985 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2 1984 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling) 1983 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1982 British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket 1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles win series 4-0 1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans 1981 Rockline premieres on KLOS FM in Los Angeles 1981 Silvana Cruciata runs 15k female world record (49:44.0) 1981 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2 1980 Dodgers bat out of order against Phillies in 1st inning 1980 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament 1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958 1979 Jackie Mercer wins her 4th golf title 31 years after her 1st 1979 NASA launches Fltsatcom-2 1978 Russian president Brezhnev visits West-Germany 1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 7 performances 1976 Kiss performs their 1st concert 1975 Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane," premieres in New York City 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots 1975 Houston's Bob Watson scores baseball's one-millionth run of all time 1975 Maria Astrologes wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1974 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04 1973 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)-Valerie Perrine 1973 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Millie Martorella 1973 Longest game in Veterans' Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 1973 Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope 1973 Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20 innings 1973 Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK 1972 Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam 1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio 1970 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt 1970 Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth) 1969 Charles Gordone's "No Place to be Somebody," premieres in New York City 1969 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1969 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games 1968 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3 1968 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins 1968 Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02 1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by U.S.; begins orbiting Moon May 7 1966 Soviet government signs accord about building Fiat factory in U.S.S.R. 1965 Willie Mays 512th home run breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record 1964 "Another World" and "As the World Turns" premieres on TV 1964 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva 1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism) 1963 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8 1963 Pitcher Bob Shaw sets record of 5 balks in a game 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1961 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South 1961 1st on-the-road Spacemobile lecture given. 1961 CORE begins freedom rides from Washington, D.C. 1961 Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon 1961 South Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested 1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland 1959 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win 1959 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish 1958 Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen president of Colombia 1957 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2 1957 Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show 1957 Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam 1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam 1956 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea) 1952 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open 1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives) 1948 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death 1946 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco bay 1946 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6 1946 Wash's Cecil Travis gets 6 straight hits before being stopped 1945 German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender 1943 NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier 1942 Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air) 1942 Food 1st rationed in U.S. 1942 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages 1942 Pulitzer prize awarded to Ellen Glasgow (In this our Life) 1940 21 "not neutral" nazis and communists arrested in Netherlands 1940 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05 1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire 1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn) 1935 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05 1933 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (Conquistador) 1932 Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary 1931 Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president 1929 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive home runs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 1927 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill) 1927 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms 1927 Nicaragua agrees to a U.S. supervised presidential election in 1928 1926 General strike hits Britain 1925 League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage 1924 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France 1924 German Republic election fascists and communists win 1923 Bloody street battles between Nazi's, socialist and police in Vienna 1923 New York state revokes Prohibition law 1922 KNX-AM in Los Angeles, California begins radio transmissions 1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Phillies beat Giants 4-3) 1919 FVC soccer team forms 1919 Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3 1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 1917 Arabs sack Tel Aviv 1916 At request of U.S., Germany curtails its submarine warfare 1915 Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungaryb and Germany 1912 Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes 1910 Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent 1910 Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy 1910 Tel Aviv founded 1899 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12 1898 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09 1897 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12 1897 Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 1896 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny) 1896 Grease fire ignites ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek Colorado 1893 Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging 1888 Italy and Spain sign military covenant 1886 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen 1883 John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" (Miss) 1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House 1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double 1866 Woodward's Gardens opens to public 1865 Battle of Citronville, Alabama; Richard Taylor surrenders 1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama 1864 General Grant's Army at Potomac attacks at Rappahannock 1864 Ulysses S. Grant crosses Rapidan and begins his duel with Robert E. Lee 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville - action at Salem Church 1863 End of Chancellorsville - Beaten Union army withdraws 1862 Battle at Williamsburg, Virginia 1862 Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains 1861 At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel Navy is cast 1858 War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz 1851 1st major San Francisco fire 1847 New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration 1846 U.S. state Michigan ends death penalty 1843 Great Britain annexes Natal 1839 The Cunard Steamship Company Ltd forms San Bonifacio 1834 Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean 1818 Netherlands and England sign treaty against illegal slave handling 1814 Bourbon reign restored in France 1805 Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx 1783 Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus 1780 American Academy of Arts and Science founded 1780 Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins 1st Epsom Derby 1776 Rhode Island declares independence from England 1747 Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel 1728 Georg F Handels opera "Tolomeo, re di Egitto," premieres in London 1715 French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris) 1652 Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels 1634 Johan van Walbeecks fleet departs to West-Indies 1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons 1626 Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands 1572 Veere sides with Geuzen 1540 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople 1494 Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica 1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha 1303 Flemings conquers Middelburg
