2014 The Vatican issues a document indicating that the Catholic Church is taking a softer stance on relationships outside of traditional marriage, upholding the church's views but advocating respect for unmarried couples and homosexual unions 2014 An independence referendum for the Spanish region of Catalonia has been cancelled after the nation's constitutional court accepted the case for legal decision, effectively suspending the move until a ruling is given 2013 Following an elaborate two-day state funeral, national independence hero of Vietnam, General Vo Nguyen Giap, is buried 2013 For the second year in a row, Novak Djokovic is the winner of the Shanghai Masters Tennis competition 2012 Israel launches four airstrikes in response to multiple rockets being fired across the border. The airstrikes kill two Salafist jihadist militants and wound one other in the northern Gaza strip 2012 The U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavor inches through the streets of Los Angeles on a trolley, making its way to a museum 2011 Over 88 containers from the MV Rena, New Zealand's stranded cargo ship, fall into the Bay of Plenty 2011 In Punakha, Bhutan, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck marries Jetsun Pema, a 21 year old college student 2010 The Australian dollar reaches the highest level in 27 years against the U.S. dollar 2010 In China, 23 elder members of the Communist Party of China call for ending the country's restrictions on free speech 2006 Ban Ki-moon is elected to be U.N. Secretary-General 1997 Andy Green's Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH 1996 "Big," closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 193 performances 1996 Annika Sorenstam wins Betsy King LPGA Golf Classic 1996 New York Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374 1996 Yankees (3) and Orioles (3) combine to tie play off record of 6 home runs 1995 Joseph Rotblat awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1994 Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland vs. Tasmania) 1994 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Kenzaburo Oe 1993 Greek government of Papandreou forms 1993 Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game 1993 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Kary Mullis and Michael Smith 1993 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Russel Hulse and Joseph Taylor 1993 Phillies beat Atlanta in NLCS 1991 Actress Katey Segal suffers a miscarriage 1991 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game 1991 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games 1990 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral 1990 Target Center in Minneapolis opens 1989 Bob Quinn resigns as New York Yankee Vice President/General Manager and replaced by Harding Peterson 1989 Dow Jones down 190.58 points 1988 Concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest 1988 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz 1988 Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1987 1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy 1987 Costa Rican President Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize 1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka 1986 20th Country Music Association Award: 1986 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's) 1986 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992 1985 "Sunday in the Park with George" closes at Booth New York City after 604 performances 1985 Belgium premier Martens CVP wins parliamentary election 1985 During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium's automated tarpaulin 1984 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million 1984 STS-41-G mission; lands at Kennedy Space Center 1982 IOC restores 2 gold medals from 1912 Olympics to Jim Thorpe 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st short handed goal-Don Lever 1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak elected president of Egypt 1980 14th Country Music Association Award 1980 Unprovoked slayings of 6 blacks in Buffalo, New York 1978 James Earl Ray, assassin of Martin Luther King weds Anna Sandhu 1978 President Carter answers caller questions on National Public Radio 1978 Swaziland's new constitution promulgated bans political parties 1978 Tiros N, U.S.'s 1st 3rd generation weather satellite, is launched 1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yankees win next 4 1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins 1975 Rock vocal Neil Young undergoes throat surgery 1973 Jordan enters Yom Kippur war 1973 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Emily in for Carol" 1972 "Hurry, Harry" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 2 performances 1972 Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die 1972 Commish Bowie Kuhn allows Bert Campaneris to play in World Series 1972 Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12 of 23 rescue) 1971 1st World Series night game (Pittsburgh 4-Baltimore 3) 1971 WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting 1970 Angela Davis arrested in New York City 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. 1969 1st time 7 people in space 1969 Billy Martin (97-65) is fired as manager of AL West-winning Twins 1969 Soyuz 8 is launched 1968 Tinker Creek Gorge of Cleveland Metroparks is dedicated 1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party" 1966 173 U.S. airplanes bomb North-Vietnam 1966 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA 1964 At Plesman airport, Curaeao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record) 1964 Voskhod 1 crew returns 1963 "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at Palladium 1963 15th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats 23-9 at East Lake CC Ga 1963 9th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright 1962 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen 1960 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY 1960 Opponents of Fidel Castro executed in Cuba 1960 Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off home run beats New York Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series 1957 German Dem Rep recalls East Mark and issues new currency 1956 WAGM TV channel 8 in Presque Isle, ME (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins 1955 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris 1954 RP Smith/M Shulman's "Tender Trap," premieres in New York City 1953 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno 1949 "Touch and Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 176 performances 1947 "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" premieres 1947 1st NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 4-3 at Toronto 1944 Riga Latvia freed 1944 U.S. 1st army begins battle of Aachen 1943 Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany 1937 A recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City 1936 Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleveland Stadium 1933 JDJ Boularan's "Tovarich," premieres in Paris 1933 Soccer team STEVO forms in Geesteren 1931 Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in New York City 1931 Noel Cowards "Cavalcade," premieres in London 1930 New German Reichstag opens with 107 NSDAP'ers in uniform 1924 Wahhabietes under Ibn Saudi take Mecca 1923 Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital 1921 New York Giants beat New York Yankees, 5 games to 3 in 18th World Series 1920 World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders 1919 Race riot at Elaine Arkansas 1917 Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military 1915 Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1 in 12th World Series 1914 Belgian regime forms at St. Adresse at Le Havre 1914 Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia A's, 1st sweep in World Series history 1914 Garrett Morgan invents and patents gas mask 1914 Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa 1913 Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales 1903 Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland," premieres in New York City 1902 Arna W. Bontemps noted poet and librarian of Fisk University 1899 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal 1893 Vigilant (U.S.) beats Valkyrie II (England) in 9th America's Cup 1884 Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude 1881 Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations 1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert 1864 Battle at Darbytown Road Virginia (337 casualties) 1864 Battle of Dalton, Georgia - surrendered 1864 Battle of Harpers Ferry, WV (Mosby's Raid) 1864 Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery 1863 Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties) 1862 Bismarck's "Blood and Iron" speech 1860 1st aerial photo taken in U.S. (from a balloon), Boston 1845 Texas ratifies a state constitution 1843 B'nai B'rith founded (NY) 1812 Battle of Queenstown Heights, British beats U.S. attempt to invade Canada 1792 1st Old Farmer's Almanac is published 1792 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House) 1775 Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet 1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1724 Jonathan Swift publishes last of Drapier's letters 1716 Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar 1710 English troops occupy Acadia (Nova Scotia) 1702 Dutch/English troops occupy Luik 1660 Denmark king Frederik III makes coup 1659 General-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt 1652 Prince of Conde flees Paris 1629 Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies 1534 Alessandro Farnese elected as Pope Paul III 1501 Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII sign Treaty of Trente 1492 English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock 1483 Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on Bible 1307 French king Philip IV convicts templars because of heresy 1213 Battle at Steppes-Bishop Pierrepont and Louis II beat Henry I of Brabant
