2014 American freelance videographer Ashoka Mukpo tests positive for Ebola while working in Liberia; the cameraman has been working in the country for the past three years but became symptomatic the day after beginning an assignment for NBC News 2014 JPMorgan Chase discloses that a July data breach resulted in exposure of contact information for 83 million households; the bank states that security information, such as passwords and birth dates, did not appear to have been compromised 2013 In the case of AEG Live v. Michael Jackson Estate, the court determines that AEG live is not guilty of negligence for hiring Michael Jackson physician Conrad Murray 2013 Best-selling American author Tom Clancy dies at the age of 66; the author's debut book, 'The Hunt for Red October' has been cited as one of the greatest genre novels ever written 2012 A report from the European Commission on the need for increased safety at Europe's 134 power station nuclear reactors will cost 10 to 25 billion euros 2012 The parliamentary election in Georgia is determined to be 'fair and free' by the OSCE 2011 At the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Danedream wins with a record racing speed of 2:24.49, the second German horse to win since 1975 2011 Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested when they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic 2010 In France, over 200 protests occur in as part of the 2010 strikes to fight against plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 2010 Delegates from 120 nations worldwide arrive in China for the 60th Miss World 2010 pageant 2009 The International Olympic Committee awards the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro 1996 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win 1995 "Moon Over Buffalo" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 308 performances 1995 Seattle Mariners beat California Angels, 9-1 in a playoff game to win AL West 1994 "Show Boat," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City 1994 Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test 1993 Spike Lee weds Tonya Lewis 1992 Vice President Itamar Franco becomes President of Brazil 1991 Eric Lindros, refused to sign with Quebec Nordiques 1991 Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 pro tennis matches 1991 Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans 1990 "Michael Feinstein in Concert -" opens at Golden New York City for 30 performances 1990 Allies cede any remaining rights as occupiers of Germany 1990 Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die 1990 U.S. Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court 1990 Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is "The End" by Doors 1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea 1988 Gelindo Bordin wins 21st Olympics marathon (2:10:32) 1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance 1988 Pakistan's Supreme Court orders free elections 1988 Police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson and Robin Givens 1988 Mike Tyson wrecks furniture in his Bernardsville New Jersey Mansion 1986 Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi 1986 Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306) 1986 New York Met Dwight Gooden is 1st to strike out 200 or more in 1st 3 seasons 1986 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 1985 Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris 1985 Tigers Darrell Evans is 1st to hit 40 home run seasons in both leagues 1984 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit 1984 In 1st LCS game played with replacement umps, Cubs cbeat Padres 13-0 1984 Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage 1983 Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions 1983 Carl Yastrezemski's last at bat 1983 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA San Jose Golf Classic 1982 Bomb attack in Teheran, kills 60, injures 700 1981 Ali Chamenei elected president of Iran 1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1980 Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM) 1978 Syrian and Palestinians shoot in East Beirut, 1,300 killed 1978 Yankees win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding 1977 Pakistan general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition 1977 Vivian Brownlee wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1977 Dusty Baker 30th home run joins teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in make Dodgers 1st team to boast 4 30-home run hitters 1976 "Let My People Come" closes at Morosco Theater New York City after 106 performances 1974 Hank Aaron's 733rd career home run on his last NL at bat 1972 "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 8 performances 1972 Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105 1972 Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating Mets, 7-0 1972 Danish population votes for European Common Market membership 1972 Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats New York Mets, 7-0 1972 Ron Johnson becomes 1st New York Giant to score 4 touchdowns vs. Philadelphia 1971 Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race 1970 Billy Martin named manager of Detroit Tigers 1970 Plane carrying Wichita State University football team crashes killing 30 1969 Seattle Pilots last game in Seattle, lose 3-1 to As in front of 5,473 1969 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians 1968 1st London performance of "Promises Promises" presented 1968 Bob Gibson sets a World Series record of 17 strikeouts 1968 Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed 1968 Peru coup under General Velasco Alvarado, President Belaunde Terry flees 1968 Republic Guinea forms (day of republic) 1968 1st time, 2 soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other Cards Bob Gibson beat Tigers Denny McLain 4-0 1967 Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents 1967 Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia 1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational 1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers Sandy Koufax clinches 3rd Los Angeles pennant in 4 years 1965 Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant 1965 Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20 1965 Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 New York Mets 1965 Pope Paul VI named MR Perey bishop's helper of New Orleans 1964 Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds) 1963 Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 Yankees 1963 West German Chancellor Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to U.S.S.R. 1962 SF beats LA, 8-7 in 4h18m 9 inning playoff game 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1961 "Ben Casey" premieres on NBC-TV 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1961 WETA TV channel 26 in Washington, D.C. (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 WHRO TV channel 15 in Hampton-Norfolk, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament 1959 Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS-TV 1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) 1958 Musical show "Valmouth," 1st produced in London 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1957 New York Yankees appear in their 25th World Series 1957 New volcanic island appears off Fayal Island Azores 1956 1st atomic power clock exhibited-NYC 1955 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres 1955 9th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 3-1 at Detroit 1955 Actress Joyce Randolph marries publisher Richard Charles 1955 Chiva Stoica becomes premier of Romania 1955 WHTN (now WOWK) TV ch 13 in Huntington-Charleston, WV (CBS) begins 1954 8th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Detroit 2-2 at Detroit 1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal 1954 New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series 1953 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf 1953 Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in World Series 1951 1st Netherland TV broadcast (Toverspiegel) 1951 Dodgers beat Giants 10-0, in 2nd game of play-offs 1950 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers 1950 Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea 1950 Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases 1950 Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions 1950 Chicago Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (55-13) 1949 St. Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 1949 U.S.S.R. recognizes People's Republic of China 1949 Yankees and Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yankees win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16 1948 "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 725 performances 1947 "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 124 performances 1947 Revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted 1947 Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer 1946 1st network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont 1944 Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people 1944 U.S. B-17's drops pamphlets on Walcheren 1943 Japanse troops leave Kolombangara, Solomon Island 1943 Yankees sweep 14th doubleheader of year, beating Browns, 5-1 and 7-6 1942 "Queen Mary" slices cruiser "Curacao" in half, killing 338 1942 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago 1941 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo 1941 Germans launch attack on Moscow 1940 17 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 British Council receives British Charter 1940 British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk 1939 Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF 1938 Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 1936 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas 1936 Amsterdam's Calvinist Churches reject nazism 1936 French franc devalued 1936 New York Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4 1936 Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam 1935 Mussolini's Italian armys attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1935 NY Hayden Planetarium, 4th in U.S., opens 1933 Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in New York City 1932 New York Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series 1932 Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play 1st NFL game, lose 14-0 1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical On economic crisis 1926 Bert Gibb of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1924 League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva 1923 British occuping army leaves Constantinople 1923 Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403 1921 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run 1920 Only tripleheader of century (Reds win 13-4, 7-3 then Pirates win 6-0) 1919 1st edition "Volkskrant" (People's newspaper) published in Netherlands 1919 President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed 1916 Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of year 1916 San Diego Zoo founded 1915 7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley Nevada 1913 Phillies beat New York Giants 2 games out of 3 in a tripleheader 1910 1st 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy) 1910 Henry Wijnmalen flies to 2,800m altitude (world record) 1909 1st rugby match (Twickenham) 1908 Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row 1907 Phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader vs Giants 1906 Tommy Burns KOs Jim Burns in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1901 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow 1900 Belgium crown prince Albert von Saksen-Coburg weds Elisabeth of Bayern 1899 Orange Free state mobilizes 1895 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper 1889 1st Pan American conference (Washington D.C.) 1879 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" 1872 Morgan State University founded 1871 Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrest for bigamy 1870 Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital 1866 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener 1861 Former Vice President John C. Breckinridge flees Kentucky 1853 Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land 1836 Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle (after 5 years) 1833 Charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe, Argentina 1833 New York Anti-Slavery Society organized 1804 England mobilizes to protect against French invasion 1799 Duke of York and Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands 1795 Tula (leader slave uprising) sentence to death in Curacao 1792 Baptist Missionary Society forms in London 1787 Maagden House opens in Amsterdam 1760 Russian/Austrian army evacuates Berlin 1700 Spanish king Carlos II appoints Philip van Anjou, heir to throne 1656 U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers 1614 French king Louis XIII (13) declared an adult 1608 Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey 1586 Battle at Zutphen: English-Dutch army 1572 Spanish army occupies/plunders/destroys Mechelen 1540 Venice/Turkey signs peace 1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal) 1518 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey makes European plan 1492 King Henry VII of England invades France 1187 Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders 1134 Storm flood ravages Zeeland county 976 Hisham II appointed kalief of Cordoba 939 Battle at Andernach: King Otto and Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France and Giselbert of Lutherans
