2015 The U.S. is allocating $300 million to an HIV reduction program for females ages 15 to 24; the goal is to cut infections by 40% by the end of 2017 in Malawi, Kenya, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho 2014 As the Ebola epidemic spreads, the World Health Organization (WHO) has requested Ebola vaccine doses from GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo); the company offered the vaccine to WHO in March, but the offer was rejected because the vaccine had not been tested on humans 2014 Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, announce the birth of their first child, Charlotte, making grandparents of former U.S. presidential couple Bill and Hillary Clinton 2013 U.S. accountant Paul Konigsberg is charged for complicity in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme that fell apart in 2008 2013 An agreement is made between the U.S. and Russia to draw up a UN Security Council resolution to eliminiate chemical weapons in Syria 2012 In Greece, trade unions call a general strike as they continue their protest against austerity measures 2012 Japanese automakers announce plans to cut output in China; they announce plans to suspend operations in the country until after National Day 2011 The ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe causes European and Asian stock markets to open lower 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Wangari Maathai of Kenya, dies while undergoing treatments for cancer 2010 Thirty Kurds are killed when the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution crosses the border into Iraq 2010 Georgia changes its second language to English; Russian was originally its second language 2009 Two mass graves relating to Columbia's long fight with the Farc, were found in northwest and south Columbia 2006 Japan elects Shinzo Abe as new Prime Minister of Japan 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 56th home run of 1997 1996 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bond is 2nd player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases 1996 Space Shuttle STS-79 (Atlantis 17), lands 1995 "George" magazine premieres, published by John F Kennedy Jr 1995 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Australia season (Qld vs. Western Prov) 1995 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1 1994 Estonia government of Laar flees 1993 30th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 15-13 at The Belfry, England 1993 Cubs bat out of order against Pirates in 2nd inning 1993 Indians win their last game at Cleveland Stadium, beating Brewers 6-4 1993 Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic 1993 Seattle's Randy Johnson joins 300-strikeout club 1992 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3 1992 Nigerian Hercules C-130 crashes at Lagos, 163 die 1992 Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 1992 Tsuruhiko Kiuchi discovers comet Swift-Tuttle 1992 1st time a positional player pitches for New York Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates 1991 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins 1990 Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating 1989 Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia 1989 MPAA creates NC-17 rating for movies with adult themes 1989 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons 1988 Canada's Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test 1988 New York City's Rockefeller Center declared a national landmark 1988 Polish Communist Party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new PM 1988 U.S. space shuttle STS-26 launched 1987 Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games 1986 RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell) 1986 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court 1986 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season) 1985 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Libya 1984 5,251 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1984 Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit 1984 Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 1984 Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University 1984 Phila's Juan Samuel sets record for steals by a rookie with his 72nd 1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa 1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal 1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-U.S. winner) 1983 Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 1983 Lebanon premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns 1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic 1983 St. Louis Card Bob Forsch 2nd no-hitter beats Montreal Expos, 3-0 1982 "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 5 performances 1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic 1981 Houston Astro Nolan Ryan 5th no-hitter beats Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-0 1981 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1980 Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed 1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla" 1980 Soyuz 38 returns to Earth 1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million 1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1978 RR clerks go on strike, halting more than 2/3s of rail service 1978 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms 1977 Cleveland Browns play their 1st overtime game, beat Patriots 30-27 1977 Sir Freddie Laker begins cut-rate "Skytrain" service, London to NY 1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1976 Denver's Rick Upchurch returns 2 punts for TDs against Cleveland 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Carlton Golf 1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title 1975 Phillies and New York Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM 1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Concorde flies from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3h 33m 1973 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years) 1973 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors 1972 American Museum of Immigration dedicated 1972 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market 1971 Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season 1971 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open 1971 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open 1969 Beatles release "Abbey Road" album 1969 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia 1969 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1968 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV 1968 Marcelo Caetano elected premier of Portugal 1968 St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout, ends with 1.12 ERA 1968 Theatre censorship ends in Britain 1967 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Violin concert, premieres in Moscow 1966 "Staten Island," 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco bay 1965 11th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie 1965 Minnesota gains its 1st AL pennant by defeating Washington, 2-1 1965 Queen Elizabeth decorates Beatles with Order of British Empire 1964 Braves (25) and Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn 1963 1st edition of New York City Review of Books 1962 Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104) 1962 TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS 1962 Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day) 1961 "From the Second City" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 87 performances 1961 Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record 1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon and Kennedy took place (Chicago) 1960 Fidel Castro gives a very long speech at the United Nations, 4 hours, 29 minutes 1960 Ted Williams last at bat is his 521st home run off Jack Fisher 1959 Japan hit by typhoon Vera; about 5,000 die 1959 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty 1959 San Francisco Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 1958 Columbia (U.S.) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1957 "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances 1957 Bernstein and Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in New York City 1957 Dag Hammarskjold re-elected Secretary-General of UN 1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway 1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1955 NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929 1954 Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die 1954 KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA Ardmore Golf Open 1954 Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600 1954 WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 A's defeats Yankees 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Philadelphia 1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop 1953 Billy Hunter is last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game 1953 KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, California (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Polish government fires/imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski 1953 U.S. and Spain sign defense treaty (4 U.S. bases in Spain) 1952 Yankees clinch 4th straight and 19th AL pennant, beating A's 5-2 1951 Professor Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris 1950 Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament 1950 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England 1950 Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year 1950 U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul 1948 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914 1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor World Series 1946 1st edition of Tintin (Kuifje), publishes until June 1993 1945 All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid 1944 British and Polish paratroopers evacuate Oosterbeek (Arnhem) 1944 Soviet forces occupy Estonia 1941 Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev 1940 Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed 1940 Japanese troops attack French Indo-China 1939 German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed) 1938 Hitler issues ultimatum to Czechoslovakian government, demanding Sudenten Land 1934 British liner Queen Mary is launched 1933 Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City 1931 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld 1929 John Schrober becomes chancellor of Austria 1927 St. James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St. New York City 1926 JB Fagan's "And So to Bed," premieres in London 1926 Shortest double header, Yankees lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to Browns. Yankees had already clinched pennant 1925 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill 1925 Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead 1923 Stresemann Government ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied 1921 Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7 1919 U.S. President Wilson hit by a heart attack 1918 Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I 1917 British assault on Menin-street, France 1916 Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions 1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce 1914 Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussels 1908 Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader 1907 New Zealand declares independence from U.K. 1906 Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game 1904 Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in New York City 1904 Earl Grey is named British governor-general of Canada 1904 GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband," premieres in New York City 1901 Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana) 1898 Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in New York City 1895 Italian general Oreste Baratieri lands in Massawa, Eritrea 1892 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band, New Jersey 1892 Diamond Match Co patented book matches 1890 U.S. stops minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece 1887 Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone 1884 Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed 1876 1st Belgian parachute jump (Glorieux) 1874 1st Grand International Rifle match held 1861 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club 1835 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor," premieres in Naples 1831 Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in New York City 1824 Kapiolani defies Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess) and lives 1815 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign Holy Alliance 1789 Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State; John Jay 1st chief justice; 1786 England and France sign trade agreement 1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution 1772 New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine 1771 Denis Diderot's "Le Fils Naturel," premieres in Paris 1733 France, Spain and Sardinia sign anti-German covenant 1687 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1680 Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal 1655 Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft. Casimir from Swedish in Delaware 1629 Sweden and Poland signs Peace of Altmark 1580 Francis Drake with Spanish treasure returns to England 1404 Brussels Brabants/Limburgse audit-office established 1396 Sultan Bajezid I beheads 100s of crusaders 1371 Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey
