2014 A grand jury in St. Louis County reaches the decision that police officer Darren Wilson will not be indicted in the shooting death of Ferguson teenager Michael Brown; the decision sparked protests, looting and businesses being burned to the ground in St. Louis, as well as protests across the U.S. 2014 U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns; the resignation may be due to disagreements over current U.S. strategy concerning Islamic State militants and the conflict in Syria 2013 Angola's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights deny the country has banned Islam and is dismantling mosques in an effort to stop the spread of Muslim extremism; they claim mosques are closed because Islam has not gone through the process of approval or legalization 2013 Pope Francis displays relics believed to be the bones of St. Peter at a mass in St. Peter's Square; the first time the bones have ever been shown to the public 2012 In Dublin, an estimated crowd of 10,000 protesters demonstrated against austerity and called for a general strike to shut down the country 2012 Palestinian officials plan to exhume the body of former leader Yasser Arafat to determine whether his death in Paris, 2004, was caused by poisoning 2011 Opposition MP Peter Slipper replaces Harry Jenkins as speaker of the Australian House of Representatives 2011 India's government relaxes rules relating to the operation of foreign-owned retailers such as Wal-Mart and Tesco within India 2010 University students in England and Wales protest the government's plan to increase tuition fees and make higher education funding cuts 2010 Ireland presents its 15 billion euro austerity package to secure a financial bailout from European Union and the International Monetary Fund 1997 "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 79 performances 1996 "Juan Darien - A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City 1996 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton 1996 Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship 1996 Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup 1996 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan vs. New Zealand Lahore 1996 Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship 1995 Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%) 1993 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales 1993 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood 1992 Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 1991 1st International flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico) 1991 79th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21 1991 After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21 1991 Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year 1991 Rachmon Nabijev elected President of Tadzjikistan 1991 U.S. 75th manned space mission "STS-44" Atlantis 10 launched 1989 Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia 1989 Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon 1989 Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record 1987 Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR 1986 "Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 48 performances 1986 Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year 1986 Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana 1985 73rd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24 1985 Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed 1983 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians and Lebanese 1983 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI vs. India Bombay 1982 Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year 1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan 1981 1st air-launched cruise missile tested 1980 Ronald Reagan, Jr. marries Doria Palmieri 1979 Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders 1979 U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St. Louis (55-14) 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak 1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award 1975 "Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 7 performances 1974 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7 1974 Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty 1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic 1973 Miss Teenage America Pageant 1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1971 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year 1971 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000 1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey 1970 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (quarterback) 1969 Apollo 12 returns to Earth 1969 West German President Heinemann visits Netherlands 1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational 1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire) 1966 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog 1966 The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper" 1965 Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes President of Zaire 1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1964 Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP 1964 For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washington D.C. permitted to vote 1964 Rebellion ends in Zaire 1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald 1962 Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea 1960 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record) 1958 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community 1957 Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yards rushing 1956 "Pajama Game" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1063 performances 1956 44th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27 1955 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship 1954 Air Force One, 1st U.S. Presidential airplane, christened 1954 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria 1953 Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954 1952 Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opens in London (still running) 1951 "17" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 180 performances 1951 "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 56 performances 1951 39th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14 1951 British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge 1950 "Guys and Dolls" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1200 performances 1950 U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas 1950 U.S. infantry division conquerors Chonju, Korea 1949 Britain nationalizes it's steel and iron industry 1949 Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs 1948 Ireland votes for independence from UK 1948 WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published 1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists 1944 U.S. bombers based on Saipan, begin 1st attack on Tokyo 1942 Field Marshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk 1942 French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx" 1941 "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated 1941 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar 1941 U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine 1938 Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon," premieres in New York City 1938 National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball 1936 Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," premieres in New York City 1936 Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize 1935 King George II returns to Greece after 12 years 1934 CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto 1934 SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven," premieres in New York City 1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1926 KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions 1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast) 1925 Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St. New York City 1924 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java) 1923 Radio Belgium's 1st transmission 1922 Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" 1918 Bela Can forms Hungarian Communist Party 1915 Serbian leader flees to Albania 1914 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party 1914 Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms 1905 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel 1903 Clyde Coleman of New York City patents automobile electric starter 1903 George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in New York City 1897 Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston 1896 1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont 1887 Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris 1880 Southern University forms 1874 Joseph F. Glidden patents barbed wire 1871 National Rifle Association organized in New York City 1869 American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) 1863 Battle of Chattanooga, Columbia and Lookout Mountain begins in Tennessee 1862 M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo" 1861 Luik-Vise-Maastricht railway opens 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species" 1835 Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Prov Government 1832 South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification 1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent 1800 Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen," premieres in Freiburg 1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius 1715 Thames River freezes 1703 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner in Philadelphia 1688 General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III 1655 English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans 1643 Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under General Mercy beats France 1642 Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) 1639 1st observation of transit of Venus occured (only 2, record event) 1628 John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London 1601 Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy 1587 Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins 1542 Battle at Solway Moss: English beat Scottish King James 1434 Thames River freezes 1105 Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary 642 Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 496 Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope
