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2009 North Korea announces a successful nuclear test in North Hamgyong, the U.N. Security Council condems the test
2005 Apple Computer announces they will switch to Intel processors in 2006 2005 North Korea announces that it has nuclear weapons 1998 NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again 1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league 1997 WNBA announces it will add Detroit and Washington D.C. franchises 1997 Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000 1997 Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc 1997 RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads 1997 NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 and Minneapolis-St. Paul and Columbus, Ohio in 2000 1997 Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion 1997 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl" 1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi 1997 South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp 1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish 1996 NASA announces that life may have existed on Mars 1996 Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts" 1996 Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement 1995 CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31 1995 Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease 1995 Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt 1995 Forbes Mag announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world, worth$12.9 billion dollars 1995 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football 1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement 1994 Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on Jan 11, 1995 1994 Gary Larson, announces he is retiring from doing "Far Side" cartoon 1994 Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons 1994 President Clinton announces U.S. will no longer repatriate boat people 1994 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994 1994 Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announces plans to divorce 1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor 1994 Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces 1994 Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) 1994 Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA 1993 NFL announces 30th franchise - Jacksonville Jaguars 1993 NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte 1993 Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte 1993 Prodigy announces it will offer Cox newspapers 1993 Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field 1993 NBC announces Conan O'Brien to replace David Letterman 1993 Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years 1993 David Letterman announces his show is moving from NBC to CBS 1993 Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones 1992 Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada 1992 New Jersey Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, and white for the 1992-93 season 1992 NBC announces that "Cheers" will go off the air in May, 1993 1992 Bradlees announces it will take over Alexander's department stores in New York City 1992 USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp 1992 New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores 1992 Nelson Mandela announces he will seek divorce from Winnie 1992 IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992 1992 Algeria's President Chadli announces his resignation 1991 General Motors announces closing of 21 plants 1991 Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus and retires from Los Angeles Lakers 1991 General Motors announces 9 month loss of $2.2 billion 1991 USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics 1991 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993 1991 NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992 1991 Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23) 1991 Johnny Carson announces he will retire next year from Tonight Show 1991 U.S. announces closing of 31 major U.S. military bases 1991 Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of pancreas 1991 U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable 1990 Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait 1990 NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win) 1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages 1990 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister 1990 Iraq announces it will free all German hostages 1990 Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages 1990 U.S. announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions 1990 NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season 1990 Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term, 1990 New York Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917 1990 Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement 1990 South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th 1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act 1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds 1989 AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201 1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip 1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years 1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation 1989 NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president 1989 Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan 1989 IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988 1989 U.S.S.R. announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars 1988 Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN 1988 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1988 China announces a herbal male contraceptive 1988 Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft 1988 IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer 1988 IBM announces price hike on older models 1988 Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer 1988 Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992 1988 Nippon Airways announces that painting eyeballs on Jets cut bird collisions by 20% 1988 Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile 1988 U.S.S.R. announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics 1987 NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte and Miami for 1988 and Minneapolis and Orlando for 1989 1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. announces his retirement 1987 NBA announces expansion to Charlotte North Carolina and Miami Florida in 1988 and Minneapolis Minnesota and Orlando Florida in 1989 1986 UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS 1986 Dodgers' Bill Russell, 38, announces his retirement 1986 IOC announces baseball will become a medal sport in 1992 1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics 1986 Pravda announces high-level Chernobyl staff fired for stupidity 1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character 1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans 1986 Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money 1986 NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts 1986 Johnson and Johnson announces it no longer sell capsule drugs 1986 President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident 1985 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke 1985 CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover 1985 Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula 1985 "Playboy" announces end of stapling centerfolds 1984 John W Mercom, Jr. announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million 1984 President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project 1984 Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction 1984 U.S.S.R. announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics 1984 President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term 1984 NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams 1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding 1983 Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) 1983 Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2) 1983 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation 1983 U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 1983 Stern mag announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolph Hitler (turned out to be a hoax) 1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis 1982 China announces its population at 1 billion people plus 1982 Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs 1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display 1982 New York City Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful) 1982 DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1981 Britain's Prince Charles announces engagement to Lady Diana Spencer 1980 U.S.S.R. formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin 1980 President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow 1980 President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics 1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage 1979 Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president 1979 President Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil 1978 1st daughter Susan Ford announces engagement to Charles F. Vance 1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus 1977 Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 3.4-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered 1977 Princess Anne announces she's expecting her 1st child (Peter) 1977 President Carter announces U.S. foreign aid will consider human rights 1975 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg Manitoba 1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters 1974 President Richard M Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9 1974 George Harrison announces his concert tour of U.S. in November 1974 Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic" 1973 Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal 1973 Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents 1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season 1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics 1973 Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide 1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman 1973 President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War 1972 Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks 1972 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall 1972 NASA announces development of space shuttle 1971 Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement 1971 New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975 1971 President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents 1971 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings 1971 President Nixon announces he would visit China 1971 CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show" 1971 Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks 1971 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones 1970 IBM announces System 370 computer 1970 Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon 1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles 1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles 1969 U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19 1969 Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency 1968 Yale University announces it is going co-educational 1968 Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby 1968 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother and Holding Co" 1968 Albania announces it is withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact 1968 Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion 1968 NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969 1968 Canada announces it will replace silver with nickel in coins 1968 AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions 1968 Czechoslovakian government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek 1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he will not seek re-election 1968 Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign 1968 Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. announces plans for Poor People's Campaign 1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 1968 Former Vice President Richard Nixon announces candidacy for presidency 1968 NBA announces it will expand to Milwaukee and Phoenix 1967 Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball 1966 Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow 1966 U.S. Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints 1966 Canadian Minister of Finance announces a $20 Centennial gold coin 1966 Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance 1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball 1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam 1965 Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting 1965 France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold 1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., announces a baseball team is moving there 1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City A's to Louisville 1963 Stan Musial announces he will retire at end of year 1962 American Basketball League announces suspension of operation 1962 John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled 1962 U.N. announces Earth population has hit 3 billion 1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia 1962 AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation 1962 John F. Kennedy announces U.S. will resume above ground nuclear testing 1961 Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies 1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) 1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 1960 AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins and announces franchises in LA and Washington D.C. for 1961 1960 Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 1960 U.S.S.R. announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy 1960 NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) and Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises 1960 John F. Kennedy announces run for U.S. Presidency 1960 Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for president 1959 De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US 1959 William Shea announces he plans to have a baseball team in New York City in 1961 1958 AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9 1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1958 AL announces Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959 1958 AL announces that Kansas City will play AL record 52 night games in 1959 1958 Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium 1958 Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958 1958 Yemen announces it would join the United Arab Republic 1958 Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars 1957 U.S. announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond) 1957 U.S.S.R. announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile 1956 President Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term 1955 WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's) 1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour 1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery 1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired 1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory 1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio 1953 President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb 1952 Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Britain has its own atomic bomb 1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement 1950 Marshall Voroshilov of U.S.S.R. announces they developed atomic bomb 1949 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs 1949 Truman announces evidence of U.S.S.R.'s 1st nuclear device detonation 1949 President Truman announces his point 4 program 1948 U.S. State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit 1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor World Series 1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god 1945 U.S. government announces end of shoe rationing 1945 Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference 1944 U.S. Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast 1944 Sweden announces intention to stay neutral and refuse sanctuary in WW II 1944 Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed 1944 Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59 1943 Yankee 2nd baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York) 1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces end of coffee rationing in U.S. 1943 Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II 1942 Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth 1942 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters 1941 Japan announces surrender of British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong 1939 Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem 1938 George Cukor announces Vivien Leigh will play Scarlett O'Hara 1938 Hermann Goering announces he wants Madagascar as a Jewish homeland 1938 DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon" 1935 Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player 1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player 1933 Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt announces U.S. will leave gold standard 1932 Clark Griffith announces Walter Johnson will be manager of Senators 1931 France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics 1930 Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory 1929 AL announces it will discontinue MVP award 1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming 1926 Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week 1926 James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage 1925 Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays 1925 Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe president 1924 Hubble announces existence of distant galaxies 1924 Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems 1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season 1919 Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act 1919 Communist Party in Germany announces a general strike 1918 Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution 1917 Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war 1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season 1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1905 Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara 1902 AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY 1896 Wilhelm Rontgen announces his discovery of x-rays 1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1877 Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention (phonograph) 1867 President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska 1863 Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South 1861 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South 1861 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality 1851 Gail Borden announces invention of evaporated milk 1785 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals 1783 William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex 1744 James Bradley announces discovery of Earth's nutation motion (wobble) 1672 New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston 1582 Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar 1492 Spain announces it will expels all Jews |
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