2015 Pope Francis becomes the first pope in history to speak to the U.S. Congress; the pontiff exhorted the lawmakers to work together to address climate change, immigration reform and other issues that have stalled due to strong political division 2014 India has successfully launched a space probe into orbit around Mars on its first attempt, making it the first Asian country to orbit the planet; at $74 million, the spacecraft cost about 11% of the U.S. Maven, which reached Mars orbit two days prior 2014 United Nation member states agree to a resolution aiming to prevent their citizens from joining or supporting militant groups, particularly the Islamic State, in Iraq and Syria 2013 In Bangladesh, workers seeking higher pay go on strike, and hundreds of garment factories shut down 2013 The 68th UN Assembly opens 2012 Chinese bookstore suspend the sale of books by or about Japan, and all books by Japanese authors 2012 Vice foreign minister to Japan, Chikao Kawai, is sent to China to help improve the status of relations between the two countries 2011 The 2011 Syrian uprising continues as Turkey seizes a Syrian ship that is possibly carrying weapons to the Syrian Army 2011 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepts a proposal from President Dmitry Medvedev to run in Russia's 2012 Presidential election 2010 In a prolonged rally, gold prices reach a record-high price of $1,300/oz 2010 Nigeria's government opens two swollen dams, displacing two million people in Jigawa State 2008 Taro Aso becomes the new Prime Minister of Japan 1997 Drug kingpin Ramon Arellano Felix placed on FBI's 10 most-wanted 1995 31st Ryder Cup: Europe beats U.S., 14 -13 at Oak Hill CC (NY) 1995 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic 1995 Emillio and Gloria Estefan's boat hits and kills a jet skiier 1995 Mount Ruapehu Volcano, North Island, New Zealand erupts 1994 Parliamentary election in Ukraine 1993 Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty (Brenda) weds Ashley Hamilton 1993 Norodom Sihanouk again installed as king of Cambodia 1992 John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers) 1992 Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in New Jersey Devils history 1992 Toronto's Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI 1991 "Good and Evil" and "Sibs" premieres on ABC TV 1991 After 3 year reign as AL champs, A's are eliminated from AL West 1991 Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns 1991 Robin Yount is 37th to hit 2,000 singles 1990 East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact 1990 South African president F W de Klerk meets President Bush in Washington D.C. 1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market 1990 West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty 1989 28th Ryder Cup: U.S. and Europe draw, 14-14 at The Belfry, England 1989 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Nippon Travel-MBS Golf Classic 1988 Barbara C Harris of Massachusetts, elected 1st woman Episcopal bishop 1988 Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec 1988 Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec) 1988 Dave Stieb has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in the 9th 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets heptathlon woman's record (7,291) 1987 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1985 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) 1985 Expos Andre Dawson joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 home runs in an inn twice 1985 Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th) 1984 Cubs clinch NL East title 1984 Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights" 1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season 1983 Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, vs. India Jullundur 1983 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1982 Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 1982 U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon 1981 Enterprise Radio (all sports) resigns air 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season 1980 Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan 1979 CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service 1979 Ghana adopts constitution 1979 Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time 1979 Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1978 Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ping Team Golf Classic 1978 Dutch women hockey team wins world championship 1978 Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74 1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1977 "Estrada" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 7 performances 1977 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV 1977 Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards 1976 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 5959 performances 1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter 1974 Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits 1974 Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th home run, 1st American to win a Japanese home run title 1973 Guinea-Bissau declares independence 1972 Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22 1972 Jack Tatum, Oakland, returns a fumble 104 yards vs Green Bay (rec) 1972 N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Baltimore Colts (44-34) 1971 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying 1971 Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament 1971 Houston Astros beat San Diego Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings 1970 Soviet Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon 1969 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati 1969 New York Mets clinch NL East pennant 1969 Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam 1969 Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins 1968 "60 Minutes" premieres on CBS-TV 1968 "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show 1968 New York Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational 1966 Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida and Mexico 1966 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1965 Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament 1965 Saudi-Arabian and Egyptian accord about Yemen 1965 Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government 1964 "Munsters" premieres on TV 1964 1st Minuteman II ICBM was tested 1964 Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd 1964 Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of East Germany 1963 Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards 1963 Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and U.S.S.R. limit nuclear testing 1962 KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open 1960 International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence 1960 USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launches 1958 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0 1957 Eisenhower orders U.S. troops to desegregate Little Rock schools 1956 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland) 1955 "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances 1955 President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver 1955 Washington Senators lose their 99th and 100th games of season 1954 Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later) 1954 Yankees tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning 1953 "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway 1953 Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1952 Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death 1952 Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5 1951 Industrial estate at Harlow New Town U.K. opens 1951 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1950 "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel 1948 Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Washington D.C. 1948 Yankees, Boston and Cleveland are tied for 1st place in AL (91-56) 1946 Yankees set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs 1943 Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk 1941 9 Allied governments pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter 1941 Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev 1940 Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career home run 1940 Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton 1938 Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles U.S. tennis title 1938 Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam 1934 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium 1934 Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0 1932 New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt visits LA 1931 Round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yankees 1930 G Kaufman and M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY 1930 Noel Coward's "Private Lives," premieres in London 1930 Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights 1929 Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in New York in 1st all-instrument flight 1929 Yankees Tom Zachary ends season 12-0 1928 Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in New York City 1927 NHL's Toronto St. Patricks become Maple Leafs 1927 Yankees set record of 106 victories 1926 Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4 1924 Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport 1923 Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) 1922 Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky 1922 Roger Hornsby sets NL home run mark at 42 1919 Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey 1916 Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam 1908 Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1 1906 St. Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game 1906 V Herbert and H Blossom's musical "Red Mill," premieres in New York City 1903 Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier 1903 Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle 1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle" 1895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) 1890 President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned 1889 Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder 1885 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar 1884 Dixey, Rice and Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in New York City 1883 National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky 1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1872 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna 1869 Black Friday; Wall St. panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold 1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF 1862 Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal 1853 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt) 1853 France annexes Caledonia 1853 Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London 1852 Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight 1850 Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England 1845 1st baseball team is organized 1841 Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei, James Brooke appointed Rajah 1838 Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law 1829 Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople 1789 Congress creates Post Office 1789 Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court 1789 President George Washington appointed John Jay the 1st Chief Justice 1789 U.S. Attorney General Office is created 1776 1st St. Leger horesrace held at Doncaster 1776 St. Leger horse race run for 1st time 1742 Faneuil Hall opens to public 1732 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn 1706 Treaty of Altranstadt: Charles XII of Sweden and August II of Saksen 1688 France declares war on German 1683 King Louis XIV expels all Jews from French possessions in America 1664 Dutch Fort Orange (Albany New York) surrenders to English 1657 1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland 1629 Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies 1625 Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico 1537 Uprising in Lubeck fails 1493 Columbus' 2nd expedition to New World 787 2nd Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor 673 Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church 366 Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 312 Start of Imperial Indication
