2014 CEO Richard Branson says that Virgin Galactic will first determine the cause of a recent test space flight crash before deciding whether to continue developing commercial space travel 2014 Craig Spencer, a U.S. doctor who served with Doctors Without Borders, is now in stable condition after contracting Ebola; Spencer began showing symptoms of the virus a day after commuting to various locations around New York City 2013 An $800 million lawsuit is filed by Fannie Mae against nine banks for manipulating the Libor benchmark interest rate; the banks involved include Bank of America and Citigroup 2013 Australian scientists discover three new species of marsupial in Queensland: the Tweed Volcano Antechinus, the Buff-footed Antechinus and the Kroombit Antechinus 2012 Half of the population of New York City, and millions of others in the Northeastern United States continue to deal with power outages, gas shortages and limited public transportation after Hurricane Sandy struck; the death toll rises to 90 2012 Light from the first stars in the universe is detected by astronomers studying high-energy radiation data; the data suggests these stars existed as early as 500 million years after the 'big bang' 2011 At the 2011 Melbourne Cup, the French-trained horse Dunaden wins the closest finish in the race's history 2011 Four states and 1.5 million people in the Eastern U.S. still have no power after a 2011 Halloween nor-easter hit the area with unusually early snowfall 2010 The People's Republic of China announces it is taking its first census in ten years 2010 Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia, visits the Kuril Islands, the subject of a dispute with Japan 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume as soon as possible 1998 Nichirei Golf International 1995 "Tempest" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 71 performances 1994 Moslem fundamentalists in Mostaganem Algeria murder 5 children 1993 Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems 1993 Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. New Zealand 1993 STS-58 (Columbia) lands 1992 22nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Lisa Ondieki in 2:24:40 1992 23rd New York City Marathon won by Willie Mtolo in 2:09:29 1992 New York Jet Al Toon becomes 10th NFL to catch a pass in 100 straight games 1992 Space Shuttle STS-52 (Columbia 13) lands (scheduled) 1991 New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules and Traffic signs enforced 1990 "Oh, Kay!" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 77 performances 1990 Last of Margaret Thatcher's original government resigns, Deputy Prime Minister Howe 1990 Sandra Miller awarded $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Curran Theatre, San Francisco 1989 Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup 1989 Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights 1988 Actor Jeff Goldblum and actress Gena Davis wed in Las Vegas 1988 Chris Sabo, wins NL Rookie of Year award 1988 Staten Island ferry gets 1st pay phones 1987 17th New York City Women's Marathon won by Priscilla Welch in 2:30:17 1987 18th New York City Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein in 2:11:01 1987 22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01) 1987 Fukumi Tani wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship 1987 New York Jets retire Don Maynards #13 1987 New Orleans Saints shutout Atlanta Falcons 38-0 1986 Fire in Sandoz-factory Basel, 30 tons of chemicals in the Rhine 1986 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita 1985 Netherlands decides definative sites for cruise missiles 1985 Nostalgia Television begins on cable 1984 1st NBA game at LA Memorial Sports Arena - Clipper beat Knick, 107-105 1984 Larry Shues "Foreigner," premieres in New York City 1984 Willem de Kooning's "Two Women" sells for $1,980,000 1984 Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4 1982 Andrew "Dice" Clay and George Wendt appear in "Trick or Treatment" 1982 Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract 1981 1st Class Mail raised from 18 cents to 20 cents 1981 3rd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets up 2-1 with 26-7 win 1981 Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1981 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1979 A. L. Webber musical "Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," premieres 1979 Bolivia military coup under General Busch, President Guevara flees 1979 Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million 1979 Federal government makes a $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler 1979 Tanker Burmah Agate off Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 10.7 m gallons of oil, in US's worst oil spill disaster 1978 New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award 1977 Islander Goran Hogosta's only shut-out Flames 9-0-Trottier 4 goals 1977 President Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 for Jan 1 1981 1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1976 "Don't Step on My Olive Branch" opens at Playhouse New York City for 16 performances 1976 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule 1976 West German Gens Krupinski/Franke admit to being Nazis 1974 Fire kills 189 in less than 25 minutes (Sao Paulo Brazil) 1974 U.N. affirms independence of Cyprus 1973 "Molly" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 68 performances 1972 1st gay theme TV movie - "That Certain Summer" 1972 Germaoin Gagnon scores 1st Islander hat trick 1971 Eisenhower dollar put into circulation 1970 1st regular season Giants-Jets game, Giants win 22-10 at Shea 1970 Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die 1970 Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 144 die 1970 KGTF TV channel 12 in Agana, GU (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 Beatles' "Abbey Road," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks 1968 "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 36 performances 1968 Detroit Tiger Denny McLain unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award 1968 Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X) 1968 U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team 1968 University of Suriname opens 1966 Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created 1966 NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day) 1966 Sandy Koufax becomes 1st 3-time Cy Young Award winner 1966 William Dana in X-15 reaches 93 km 1965 1st concert at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco 1965 Ernie Terrel beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing 1965 Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt) 1964 George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts 1964 Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Denver (49-39) 1964 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Las Cruces Ladies' Golf Open 1964 Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon 1962 Cuban missile crisis ends, John F. Kennedy says U.S.S.R. is dismantling missile bases 1962 Greece enters European Common Market 1962 KYVE TV channel 47 in Yakima, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1962 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 1; radio contact lost before arrival at Mars 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1962 WNYC TV channel 31 in New York, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year 1960 Benelux treaty goes into effect 1959 1st NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask (Jacques Plante) 1959 Jim Brown scores 5 TDs in Cleveland Browns 38-31 win over Balt 1959 Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo 1959 WOV-AM in New York City changes call letters to WADO 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1957 KVII TV channel 7 in Amarillo, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 KXGN TV channel 5 in Glendive, Montana (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 WICZ TV channel 40 in Binghamton, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 World longest suspension bridge opens in Mackinac Straits, Michigan 1956 Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union 1956 Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms 1956 Indian states of Punjab, Patiala and PEPSU merge as Punjab protection 1956 Nagy government of Hungary withdraws from Warsaw Pact 1956 Nobel for physics awarded to Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Laetamur admodum 1955 Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado 1954 Algeria begins rebellion against French rule 1954 General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba 1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements 1954 KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 U.S. Senate admonishes Joseph Mccarthy because of slander campaign 1953 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10K (29:01.6) and 6 mile (28:08.4) 1953 KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, Texas (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 1st hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific 1951 "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances 1951 1st atomic explosion witnessed by troops, New Mexico 1951 Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella wins 1st of his 3 NL MVP 1951 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins NL MVP 1951 Jet magazine founded by John H. Johnson 1951 Johnny Mercers "Top Banana," premieres in New York City 1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1950 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov 1950 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House 1948 Mao's Red army conquerors Mukden, Manchuria 1948 President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey 1947 "Medium and The Telephone" closes at Barrymore New York City after 211 performances 1947 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii 1947 Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose," a large wooden airplane 1947 U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, New Zealand and UK 1946 Charles S. Johnson becomes 1st black president of Fisk University 1946 Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated 1946 German "Country" Nedersaksen forms 1946 Marken soccer team forms 1946 New York Knicks 1st basketball game beat Toronto Huskies 68-66 1946 WABC becomes WCBS radio in New York City 1946 WEAF radio changes call letters to WNBC (New York City) 1946 West German state of Niedersachsen formed 1945 1st issue of Ebony magazine published by John H. Johnson 1944 Mary Coyle Chase' "Harvey," premieres in New York City 1944 Zeeuws and Flanders freed 1943 Dim-out ban lifted in San Francisco Bay area 1943 U.S. troops land on Bougainville Island on Solomon Island 1942 10th day of battle at El Alamein 1942 Vice-Admiral Cunningham becomes British commander-in-chief 1941 Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia 1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima arrive in Pearl Harbor 1940 1st U.S. air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa 1940 Dutch "Curfew" forms (12 AM - 4 AM) 1939 1st animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed 1939 1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry 1939 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sertum laetitiae 1938 German colonel-general Gerd von Runstedt retires 1938 NL batting champ Ernie Lombardi is named MVP 1938 Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico 1936 Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis" 1936 Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded 1935 T. S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral," premieres in London 1932 Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program 1931 Dupont introduces synthetic rubber 1929 Lundy, part of British Isles, issue their own stamps 1928 1st celebration of Author's Day 1928 Bradman scores a century each innings (131 and 133*), NSW vs. Qld 1928 Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6384 km 1926 Air Commerce Act passes 1925 VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam 1924 1st U.S. NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded 1924 Forest Peters of Montana State University hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals 1923 Bruno E. Lucander forms Aero E/Y (Finnair) 1922 Ottoman Empire abolished 1922 Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam 1921 National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League 1920 Eugene O'Neill's "Emperor Jones," premieres in New York City 1920 Warren Harding elected 29th president 1918 102 die in a New York City BMT subway derailment at Malbone Street Brooklyn 1918 Yugoslav battleship Viribus Unitis sunk by Italians 1917 In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat 1914 Connie Mack asks waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Colby 1914 German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile 1914 Pope Benedictus Xv's encyclical Ad beatissimi, against integrity 1914 Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front 1913 Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively 1910 1st issue of "Crisis" published by editor W E B Du Bois 1904 George Bernard Shaws "John Bull's Other Island," premieres in London 1896 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag 1894 Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris 1889 North and South Dakota entered the union as the 39th and 40th states 1885 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Immortale Dei 1878 Edward Scripps and John Sweeney found Penny Press (Cleveland Press) 1877 Dutch government of Heemskerk-Van Lynden resigns 1876 King Willem III opens North Sea Canal (Amsterdam-IJmuiden) 1870 U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations) 1869 Deli Me forms T B V tobacco in Sumatra 1867 "Harpers Bazaar" publishes 1866 1st Civil Rights Bill passes 1865 Zutphen-Fishing Dutch railway opens 1863 Averell's Raid (on)to Lewisburg, West Virginia 1863 Fortifications built on Angel Island (SF Bay) by troops 1861 General George B. McClellan made general in chief of Union armies 1849 Dutch government of Thorbecke forms 1848 1st U.S. woman's medical school opens (Boston) 1834 1st published reference to poker (as Mississippi riverboat game) 1787 1st free school in New York City (African Free School) opens 1784 Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents 1783 Continental Army dissolved; George Washington's "Farewell Address" 1776 Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California 1765 Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies 1755 Lisbon earthquake kills more than 50,000 1721 Prince Eugenius of Savoye unveals statue of himself 1671 French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty 1628 French king Louis XIII occupies La Rochelle 1623 Fire at Plymouth, Massachusetts destroys several buildings 1611 Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Tempest" 1st presented 1604 William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" 1st presented 1570 Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed 1512 Michelangelo's paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, 1st exhibited 1462 Arch duke Albrecht VI van Habsburg occupies Vienna 1349 Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels, accusing them of poisoning the wells 1248 Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor 1210 King John of England begins imprisoning Jews 996 1st use of name "Austria" for Ostarrichi/in oorkonde
