2015 Event At the 67th Annual Emmy Awards, Viola Davis is the first black woman to win outstanding lead drama actress; Jon Hamm wins outstanding lead drama actor, Peter Dinklage wins best supporting actor, and 'Game of Thrones' wins for outstanding drama 2015 Event Helen Mirren wins best leading actress for her role in 'The Audience,' and Alex Sharp wins best leading actor for 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' at the 69th annual Tony Awards 2015 Event Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards 2014 Event Pope Francis gives his annual Christmas address from the Vatican, praying for groups that included refugees and exiles, persecuted Christian communities, and workers fighting the Ebola epidemic 2014 Event Swiss voters decide against a proposal to limit annual immigration to 0.2% of the population, or to approximately 16,000 people; the current immigration rate is about 80,000 people per year 2014 Event Seth Meyers hosts the 66th Annual Emmy Awards; winning series include 'Modern Family' for best comedy and 'Breaking Bad' for best drama; winning actors include Julianna Margulies ('The Good Wife') and Bryan Cranston ('Breaking Bad') 2014 Event Greenpeace releases its annual energy efficiency report praising several Internet companies, including Apple, which scored poorly a couple of years ago; Amazon was noted as lagging behind in use of renewable energy for its data centers 2014 Event U.S. Girl Scout Katie Francis breaks the record for selling cookies for the organization's annual fundraiser, selling 18,107 boxes over a seven-week period 2014 Event Bill Gates is named the world's richest person in the 'Forbes' annual ranking, with a total net worth of $76 billion; he outranked last year's wealthiest person, Carlos Slim, by $4 billion 2014 Event Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces plans to raise the price of gas to 17 cents from 6 cents; the country's annual gas subsidy's cost $12 billion, too much to bear when facing 50 percent inflation and dwindled cash reserves 2014 Event The 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are held in Los Angeles; 'American Hustle' takes top awards, actor Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win Outstanding Performance awards 2013 Event The Syrian civil war is a high-priority topic at the39th annual G8 Summit begins in Northern Ireland 2013 Event At the annual Billboard Music Awards, Taylor Swift wins top album, top artist, and 6 other awards 2012 Event At St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Rome, Pope Benedict XVI delivers the annual Christmas Message and holds traditional Mass at St. Peters Basilica 2012 Event The European Physical Society's annual Edison Volta Prize is awarded to CERN Director General, Rolf-Dieter Heuer 2012 Event The Guardian proclaims 'The Guard' has won its first annual film award 2011 Event The annual Christmas message is delivered by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City 2011 Event Millions of Muslims begin Hajj, their annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca 2010 Event Pusan, South Korea, celebrates the 15th annual Pusan International Film Festival 2004 Event At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1998 Event 6th annual ESPY Awards 1998 Event At least 119 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia 1998 Event 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win 1997 Event 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 Event 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV 1997 Event 5th annual ESPY Awards presented 1993 Event 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street 1993 Event 14th annual star-athon $24,000,000 1990 Event 12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania 1990 Event 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards 1990 Event 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held in Michigan 1982 Event 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot home run off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2 1978 Event 3rd annual reentry free-agent draft, Pete Rose, Tommy John, and Darrell Evans, available 1975 Event 1st Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King 1970 Event Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game 1969 Event 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 1968 Event Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 1957 Event 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published 1956 Birthday Joe Satriani, born in Westbury, New York, instrumentalist, guitarist, Grammy-Award nominee, recruited by Mick Jagger to play lead guitar for The Rolling Stones' tour, in 1988, lead guitarist for Deep Purple in 1994, performed in annual G3 Jam Concerts, influenced by Eric Clapton 1950 Event 1st annual National Book Awards 1937 Event New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1935 Event NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936 1928 Event 51 frogs enter 1st annual "Frog Jumping Jubilee" (Angel's Camp, Cal) 1920 Event Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to 1917 Event 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) 1906 Event 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI 1864 Event Fire Department celebrates 1st annual ball 1750 Event Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods
