2015 Event Search and rescue efforts continue for missing passengers of a cruise ship that capsized on Monday in the Yangtze River during a tornado; there are 14 survivors to date, with most of the 456 passengers still missing 2015 Event Flooding from recent heavy rains in Texas has resulted in over 200 rescues and at least 27 deaths to date; several people have also been reported missing 2015 Event Scientists discover a huge magma reservoir under Yellowstone National Park that feeds the magma chamber heating the park's geothermal features; though no volcanic eruption is likely for thousands of years, such an event would dwarf all others to date 2015 Event Shiite militia forces in Iraq boycott the fight against ISIS in Tikrit to protest U.S. airstrikes; the U.S. was responding to a request from the Iraqi government, but militias are concerned that the U.S. will receive credit for their work to date 2015 Event A small treasure of 2,300-year-old coins and jewelry is found in a cave in the Galilee region of Israel; the items date from the time of Alexander the Great 2015 Event Snowstorms continue to hit Boston, Massachusetts, bringing the city's snowfall this season to 102 inches to date; the city's highest snowfall occurred in the winter of 1995 with 107.6 inches 2015 Event Tiger Woods announces that he will be taking a hiatus from golf in order to recover from a recent injury and work on improving his game back to peak levels; Woods did not specify an expected return date to the game 2015 Event California officials believe that an outbreak of measles among Disneyland visitors was caused by someone with overseas exposure; Disneyland visitors account for 67 cases, with 94 total infections across the U.S. to date 2015 Event Despite finding no wreckage to date, Malaysian officials announce that the March 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is being ruled an accident; the ruling lets families of the missing passengers seek compensation for the tragedy 2014 Event Sierra Leone has expanded the regions of the country subject to quarantine as the Ebola virus continues to spread; over 7,000 people in the nation have been infected and over 1,500 have died to date 2014 Event Continued rain in the Hiroshima province of Japan poses a risk of additional landslides, which have caused the death of at least 42 people to date 2014 Event GM recalls 269,000 additional vehicles; the company has issued 66 recalls this year to date 2014 Event Fossils of prehistoric bird species Pelagornis sandersi have been uncovered at the Charleston, S.C. airport; the species is the largest-known bird discovered to date, with a wingspan of approximately 24 feet 2014 Event eBay announces that its databases were accessed by hackers in February and March of this year; despite no reports to date of illicit activity arising from the cyberattack, the company is requiring all users to change their passwords 2014 Event General Motors announces an additional recall of 2.4 million vehicles as a proactive measure against discovery of further safety defects; in 2014 to date, the company has recalled over 13 million vehicles for safety issues 2014 Event A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico about 80 miles to the northwest of Acapulco; only minor damage has been reported to date 2014 Event Andrus Ansip resigns as Prime Minister of Estonia; Ansip presided over the entry of Estonia into the eurozone and has served the longest to date among the prime ministers of the European Union 2014 Event The world's largest virus to date is discovered in 30,000-year-old Siberian ice; the ancient virus is still able to infect amoebae, its target hosts 2014 Event Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen set a new record for the highest number of Olympic medals awarded to a female Winter Olympics athlete after her gold medal at Sochi; Bjoergen has won ten Olympic medals over to date, including six golds 2013 Event If verified, a Buddhist shrine discovered in Nepal that dates to 550 BC could change the date of the Buddha's birthday 2013 Event The NASDAQ index was shut down for 44 minutes due to a human error that occurred while performing an operational function; the error resulted in the flawed delivery of date to the NASDAQ distribution system 2013 Event New research on the Shroud of Turin supports that it may actually been used as Jesus Christ's burial cloth; researchers used mechanical and thermal measurements to date the shroud between 300 BC and 400 AD 2012 Event For the first time, a browsable, analysable overview of four million functional elements of the human genome discovered to date, are made available to the public in the 'Encyclopedia of DNA Elements' 2012 Event Illegally excavated Buddhist relics that were recovered by Pakistani police were stolen from a police station in Karachi; the pieces date back to the Gandhara civilization which existed over 2,000 years ago in Pakistan 2011 Event The most expensive Bollywood film to date, Ra.One, is released to coincide with Diwali, the Hindu festival 2011 Event In the U.S., 133 people in 26 states are suffering from the 2011 U.S. listeriosis outbreak, which killed 28 people to date 2011 Event Christian radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicts May 21, 2011 at 6:00pm as the date of the Rapture for all Christians around the world 1999 Event Last upside down date until January 1, 6000 1998 Event Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs. President Clinton 1992 Event Target date for Europe's single market 1991 Event Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 1986 Event 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia at Detroit 1985 Event Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit) 1985 Event Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit 1982 Event Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date) 1978 Death Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67 1976 Event U.S.S.R. launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth 1976 Event Scientists in Pasadena, California, announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars 1970 Birthday Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star, 1996 Japan Open 1970 Event Bill Halley and Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia 1968 Event 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four" 1965 Birthday Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England, artist, richest living artist to date, 'For the Love of God' a diamond-encrusted scull sculpture, sold for 50 million pounds in 2007 1964 Event WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th 1962 Birthday B D Wong, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Freshman, Mystery Date 1961 Event Expansion Washington Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games 1960 Event 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" 1959 Birthday Michael E Knight, Princeton, New Jersey, actor, Date with Angel, All My Child 1957 Event Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (DC) 1955 Event Date returned to in "Back to the Future" and "Back to the Future II" 1954 Death Eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65 1954 Birthday Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Surfacing, Blind Date 1953 Event Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston 1951 Event Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle 1950 Birthday Mark Blum, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Worth Winning, Blind Date, Presidio 1945 Event Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 9/2 in Japan) 1942 Event Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date 1941 Event Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, a date that will live in infamy 1936 Event Yankees sweep Indians, New York clinches pennant on earliest date in history 1935 Birthday Bent Lorentzen, born in Stenvad, Denmark, prolific composer, dramatist, wrote 18 operas to date, compared to Richard Vagner 1933 Birthday Joseph Bottoms, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Blind Date, Braker 1933 Event 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20 1927 Event Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards 1918 Birthday Peggy Moran, actress, Double Date, Horror Island 1916 Event Codell, Kansas hit by tornado (also on same date in 1917 and 1918) 1916 Birthday Bill Williams, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Starlit Time, Date With the Angels 1909 Birthday Carmen Miranda, born in Brazil, vocalist/actress, Copacabana, Date With Judy 1907 Birthday Renzo Cesana, Rome, Italy, TV host, First Date, Continental 1906 Birthday Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho 1904 Birthday Selena Royale, New York City, actress, Date With Judy, Misleading Lady 1901 Birthday Joseph Pasternak, film producer, Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy 1900 Event Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock" 1900 Event 1st date in John dos Passos' USA trilogy (The 42nd Parallel) 1896 Death Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 1891 Death Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1875 Event Latest date for measurable snow in New York City (3") 1867 Event Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line 1867 Death Faustin-Elie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown) 1841 Event 1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan 1840 Event Records show 95,820 licensed public houses in England on this date 1786 Death Patience Wright, 1st U.S. woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown) 1770 Event Date of action in the opera "Madeleine" 1769 Death Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown) 1672 Death Anne Bradstreet, American poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1656 Death Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) 1655 Death Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1631 Death John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1624 Death Jakob Bohme, German philosophical mystic, dies (birth date unknown) 1616 Death Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown) 1614 Death El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown) 1612 Death Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1600 Event 1st date in James Clavell's novel Shogun 1593 Death Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn) 1557 Death Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) 1533 Event England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date) 1455 Event Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date) 810 Death Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) 468 Death Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 352 Event 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th 337 Event Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th 143 Event Earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed
