2015 G.M. will pay $900 million and will undergo compliance monitoring to settle charges that it knew about faulty ignition switches in certain autos for years but neither reported nor fixed the problem; over 120 people died in crashes as a result 2014 President Xi Jinping of China begins a visit to India today to discuss strengthening economic relations and potentially resolving disputes regarding segments of the border between the two nations 2014 The Federal Reserve will continue its current program of slow withdrawal of economic stimulus measures, as U.S. unemployment and underemployment numbers have not improved quickly enough to warrant a change in policy 2013 The fifth installment of the 'Grand Theft Auto' videogame series is released by Rockstar Games, netting $800 million on the day it is launched 2013 Engineers working off of Italy's Tuscan coast pull the MS Costa Concordia cruise ship upright after it ran aground in early 2012 2012 In an effort to ease economic sanctions on Myanmar, Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi embarks on a 17-day tour of the United States 2012 NASA reports its three-man crew of Joe Acaba and Russian colleagues Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin landed safely in the Russian-made Soyuz capsule after 123 days at the International Space Station 2011 Latvian voters head to the polls for a parliamentary election 2011 A 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Japan, setting off a series of aftershocks 2010 The world's biggest airline is created when United Airlines shareholders approve a deal to merge with Continental Airlines 2010 A drill reaches 33 Chilean miners who remain trapped underground after the 2010 Copiapo mining accident August 5, 2010 1997 Dr. Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test 1996 Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field 1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 276 performances 1995 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic 1994 Andy Waller out handled the ball for Mashonaland CD vs. Mash U24 1994 Heather Whitestone, 21, (Ala), crowned 68th Miss America 1995 1994 Princess Christina separates 1992 House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates 1992 NFL decides to suspend World League Football 1991 4,355 turn out to see Expos play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1991 U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia 1990 Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing 1990 Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties 1989 Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston, South Carolina 1989 41st Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Dana Delany and Candice Bergen win 1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic 1989 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1989 Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 1989 New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from New Zealand) 1988 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea 1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL 1988 Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1987 Philadelphia celebrates 200th anniversary of Constitution 1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed 1986 Marina Stepanova of U.S.S.R. sets 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94) 1986 Mets clinch NL East Championship 1986 U.S. Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice 1985 Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1984 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister succeeding John Turner 1984 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games 1984 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 home runs 1984 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship, 1983 Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa 1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season 1980 "Divine Madness" starring Bette Midler, premieres 1980 Iraq (Saddam Hussein) signs accord with Algeria 1980 Solidarity labor union in Poland forms 1980 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death 1980 Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22 1979 Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72") 1979 Royals George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/home runs in a season 1978 30th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win 1978 Begin, Sadat and Carter sign Camp David accord 1978 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1978 Red Sox finally beat Yankees in Sept 1978, 7-3 1977 22nd Ryder Cup: U.S., 12 -13 at Royal Lytham and St. Annes England 1977 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1977 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more 1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" is #1 for 19th straight week 1976 Amnesty International receives Erasmus-prize 1976 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California 1976 Ringo releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album 1975 Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101) 1974 Courageous (U.S.) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in 23rd America's Cup 1972 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Quality First Golf Classic 1972 Tanzania troops march in to Uganda 1970 Jordanian King Hussein moves against PLO guerrillas 1970 WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview, WV (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 1-0 1968 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of Moon 1967 "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV 1967 Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 in New Hampshire 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 27-13 1967 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational 1966 Cleveland pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings 1965 WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 "Bewitched" premieres on ABC TV 1964 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) 1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th home run 1964 Supremes release "Baby Love" 1963 "Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV 1963 Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32 1962 Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools 1962 U.S. space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts 1961 Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13) 1961 Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," premieres in New York City 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1960 "Vintage '60" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 8 performances 1960 Cuba nationalizes U.S. banks 1959 59th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus 1959 Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit 1959 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1957 KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight 1957 Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat 1957 2 male attorneys "stand in" as actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico 1956 Black students enter Clay Kentucky elementary school 1956 Yankees clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year 1955 "Ankles Aweigh" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 176 performances 1955 Future Hall of Famer Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game 1954 Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1953 1st successful separation of Siamese twins 1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player 1952 "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" 1951 "Borscht Capades" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 90 performances 1951 Romanian bishop A Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years 1950 San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17 1949 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto 1949 8th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 7-5 at Ganton GC, England 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time 1949 WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, California (IND) begins 1948 WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News 1947 James Forrestal sworn in as 1st U.S. Secretary of Defense 1947 U.S. Department of Defense forms 1946 "Gypsy Lady," opens at Century Theater New York City for 79 performances 1946 "If the Shoe Fits," opens at Century Theater New York City for 20 performances 1944 British Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. 1944 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers 1944 Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station 1943 Red Army recaptures Brjansk 1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4 1940 Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seelowe) 1940 Nazis deprive Jews of possessions 1939 German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die 1939 Poland's president Moscicki and Prime Minister Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania 1939 Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner 1939 Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II 1938 52nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Nancye Wynne Bolton (60 63) 1938 58th U.S. Mens Tennis: J Donald Budge beats C Gene Mako (63 68 62 61) 1938 British premier Neville Chamberlain leaves Munich 1938 Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam 1937 1st NFL game in Washington, D.C.; Redskins beat New York Giants 13-3 1935 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 1st president of Philippines 1934 RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th) 1934 U.S.S.R. joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switzerland and Portugal vote no) 1931 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, New York City), venture failed 1931 Operetta "Victoria and Her Husband," premieres in London 1931 Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles 1929 British troops begin evacuating 1928 48th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats F T Hunter (46 64 36 75 63) 1928 Henri Cochet wins U.S. Tennis Open 1928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 1928 Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning 1927 47th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119) 1927 Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco 1926 Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die 1924 Italy signs treaty of Rapallo 1923 Sutton Vane's "Outward Bound," premieres in London 1922 Bicyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ 1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) 1920 Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) and 5th (2) innings 1920 National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1916 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right 1912 Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn and hits 4 singles 1911 25th U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats F Sutton (8-10 61 97) 1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes 1st fatality of powered flight 1906 Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia U jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's 1903 Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3 1902 U.S. protests anti-semitism in Romania 1901 Battle at Blood River Port: Boer General Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry 1901 Battle at Elands River Port: Boer General Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers 1900 Queen Victoria disbands British parliament 1899 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa 1897 3rd U.S. Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois 1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University 1872 Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires 1871 Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens 1864 Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign 1863 Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada 1862 Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals 1862 Battle of Mumfordville, Kentucky-U.S. Col J Wilder surrenders city 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of Civil War, 23,110 die 1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia 1861 Hampton Institute forms 1859 Man in San Francisco claims himself Norton I, emperor of America 1850 Great fire in San Francisco 1835 Charles Darwin lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago 1819 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii 1789 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn 1787 Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem 1787 U.S. constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention 1778 1st treaty between the U.S. and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) 1776 Presidio of San Francisco forms as a Spanish fort 1745 Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders 1737 Georg-August University opens in Gottingen 1730 Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees 1697 Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen of Savoye beats Turks 1691 Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter 1683 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria 1678 France and Spain signs peace treaty 1644 French troops occupy Mainz 1631 Battle of Breitenfeld: King Gustaaf Adolf defeats General Tilly 1598 Netherland sailors discover Mauritius 1595 Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henri IV as king of France 1584 Gent surrenders to duke of Parma 1562 Council of Trente takes ecclesiastical canon 1394 Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI 1156 Markgraafschap Austria becomes a temple (Privilegium minus) 642 Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed 335 Church of Heilig Grave initiated in Jerusalem
