2014 A U.S. House Intelligence Committee investigation into the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, agrees with the Obama administration that U.S. response to the attack was appropriate; miscommunication caused critics to suspect a coverup 2014 Snow storms are ending in the Buffalo, New York region, leaving behind up to 7 feet of snow and placing the region at risk for floods as temperatures rise over the next few days; the storms resulted in 13 deaths and hundreds of stranded motorists 2013 A report from Japan's Coast Guard and earthquake experts claims that a new islet has been created; a volcanic eruption raised the new island, which is located off the coast of Nishinoshima - a small, uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain, far south of Tokyo 2013 The roof of a Maxima superstore collapses in Latvia's capital, Riga; a least six are killed and 35 injured 2012 In Oklahoma, airport workers discover a painted golden object with a hole in the bottom in the luggage of musician Wayne Coyne; they mistake the object for a live grenade and shut down the Will Rogers World Airport 2012 For the second time in four months, New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volano erupts; the volcano is located on the country's North Island 2011 In Cambodia, the three most senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity 2011 More sanctions are imposed against Iran's nuclear program by the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom 2010 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects Iran's successful family planning program and urges young Iranian girls to marry at age 16 2010 Jimmy Johnson becomes the first driver ever to win five straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships 2004 Ukraine re-elects Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich. but the election results were thrown out after large protests about the way the election was conducted 1996 "Rehearsal" opens at Criterion Theater New York City 1995 Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time 1995 Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship 1995 New double Beatle CD released with new song "Free as a Bird" 1994 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland vs. NSW, SCG) 1993 "Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 14 performances 1993 "Cyrano - The Musical" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 137 performances 1993 Neo-fascists MSI win 36% of municipal elections in Rome 1992 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec) 1992 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec) 1992 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec) 1992 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson 1991 Poet Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba 1990 Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations 1989 Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush 1989 TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons 1987 Actress Demi Moore marries actor Bruce Willis 1987 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood 1986 Central African Republic adopts constitution 1986 Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village 1983 "Doonesbury" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 104 performances 1983 New York Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt 1981 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles 1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks 1980 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating (83 mill) 1980 Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1980 Gene Michael named 25th Yank mgr, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns 1980 It is revealed Kristen shot J.R. Ewing on "Dallas" 1980 John and Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum 1980 MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas in fire; 84 die 1979 Crowd at Islamabad, Pakistan attack U.S. embassy, 1 dies 1978 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award 1977 1st flight of Concorde, London to New York 1977 Orioles 1st baseman Eddie Murray wins AL Rookie of Year 1975 Linda McCartney drug charges in U.S. are dropped 1974 Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto 1973 Pete Rose wins NL MVP 1973 President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate 1972 Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL 1971 New York Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 1971 Richard Baker becomes teacher of San Francisco Zen Center 1970 New York Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG 1969 KXIX (now KVCT) TV channel 19 in Victoria, Texas (ABC) 1st broadcast 1969 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1968 Cincinnati trades shortstop Leo Cardenas to Twins for pitcher Jim Merritt 1968 Supremes and Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" 1968 Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage 1967 Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet 1966 Dutch government of Zijlstra forms 1965 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel 1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1964 "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 15 performances 1964 "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 49 performances 1964 Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council 1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (New York City) 1963 John F. Kennedy flies to Texas 1960 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down 1959 Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet 1956 Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award 1955 Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron 1955 KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax 1953 WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft. Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 1st U.S. postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced 1952 Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year 1949 Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million 1947 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ 1946 Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria 1946 Harry Truman becomes 1st U.S. president to travel in a submerged sub 1945 Benjamin Britten's 2nd String quartet in C, premieres 1945 General Motors workers go on strike 1944 Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food 1943 7 Belgian ministers in London sentence King Leopold III 1942 Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in "Tale of Two Kitties" 1940 Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands 1938 Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands 1938 Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declared them German citizens 1937 Dmitri Shostakovich's 5th Symphony premieres in Lenningrad 1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) 1935 Jean Giraudoux' "La Guerre de Troie n'Aura," premieres in Paris 1934 "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race 1934 New York Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) 1933 1st U.S. ambassador to U.S.S.R., W.C. Bullitt, begins service 1925 Red Grange plays final University of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears 1924 British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with U.S.S.R. 1922 Rebecca L. Felton sworn in as 1st female U.S. Senator 1920 Karel Capek's "Vec Makropulos," premieres in Prague 1920 Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy 1918 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die 1918 Polish soldiers organize a pogrom against Jews of Galicia Poland 1917 M Gorki calls Lenin a blind fanatic/unthinking adventurer 1914 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1914 British army conquerors Bazra 1906 China prohibits opium trade 1905 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open 1902 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0 1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1901 Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot," premieres in Dresden 1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" 1880 Henry Stanley and Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo 1877 Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph) 1876 Skirmish between HM Stanley's expedition and natives 1871 Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (New York City) 1871 The 1st human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot 1865 Shaw University forms in Raleigh NC 1852 Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College 1849 Friedrich Hebbel's "Der Rubin," premieres in Vienna 1848 Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto," premieres in Paris 1848 Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded 1847 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200 1837 Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile 1824 1st Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC 1818 Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine 1813 Stettin surrenders to allied armies 1806 Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England 1794 Honolulu Harbor discovered 1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th U.S. state 1787 Andrew Jackson admitted to bar 1783 Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight 1759 Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians 1729 Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville 1696 J Vanbrughes "Relapse or Virtue in Danger," premieres in London 1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1620 Pilgrim Fathers reach America: Provincetown Harbor, Mass 1620 Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod 1492 Pinta under Martin A Pinzon separates from Columbus' fleet 1317 Frederik of Sierck/Zyrick becomes bishop of Utrecht 695 Pope Sergius names Willibrord as archbishop Clemens of Friezen 496 St. Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 235 St. Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
