2015 Event 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 Event Sony Corporation's gaming service is back online after a hacking attack disrupted its PlayStation Network; the company is probing whether this incident is related to the attack on its Sony Pictures Division earlier this month 2014 Event The UConn Huskies beat the University of Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 for the NCAA Men's Basketball Division I championship title 2014 Event Google sells Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion after purchasing it three years ago for $12.5 billion, and selling off it's cable-box division for $2.4 billion 2013 Event The mobile division of Nokia is purchased by Microsoft for $7.2 billion 2011 Event According to the U.N. Population Division, the world population has reached seven billion people 2011 Event In Game 5 of the American League Division Series, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees, moving on to play the Texas Rangers 1995 Event Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series 1995 Event Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees 1995 Event Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners 1995 Event Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title 1991 Death Dudley McConnell, headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies 1988 Event Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record 1988 Event New Jersey Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final 1985 Event Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Division Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead 1981 Event In 1st Eastern Division championship Yankees beat Brewers 5-3 1980 Death Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 1978 Event Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title 1977 Event Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title 1976 Event Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title 1976 Event Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title 1975 Event Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title 1974 Birthday Tony Delk, born in Covington, Tennessee, professional basketball player, point guard, shooting guard, leader of University of Kentucky Wildcats team that won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division 1973 Birthday Chris Woodruff, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star, 1993 NCAA Division I 1969 Event Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title 1963 Event CIA Domestic Operations Division created 1958 Event U.S. Navy forms atomic sub division 1956 Birthday Bernard Albrecht, English pop guitarist, Joy Division 1954 Birthday Sammy McIlroy, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, soccer player, athlete, played for Manchester United, manages Morecambe Football Club, in Football League Two, the fourth division of English football 1950 Event U.S. infantry division conquerors Chonju, Korea 1950 Birthday Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1948 Event Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life 1945 Event 6th Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa 1945 Event U.S. 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa 1945 Event 6th Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa 1945 Event 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine 1945 Death Thomas Rennie, General-Major (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies 1945 Event U.S. 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar 1945 Event British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) 1945 Event U.S. 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine 1945 Event Chinese 38th division occupies Lashio 1945 Event British 43rd Division under General Essame occupies Xanten 1945 Event Chinese 30th division occupies Hsenwi 1945 Event Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland 1945 Event U.S. 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line 1945 Event U.S. 4th Infantry division occupies Elcherrath 1945 Event West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma 1945 Event Scottish 52nd Lowland division occupies Heinsberg 1945 Event Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg 1944 Event U.S. 2nd Inf division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid 1944 Event U.S. 95th Infantry division reaches Westwall 1944 Event U.S. 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hurtgenwald 1944 Event U.S. 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar 1944 Event U.S. 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1944 Event 1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda, Netherlands 1944 Event Cabadese 2nd Infantry division frees Goes South-Beveland 1944 Event U.S. 266th division occupiers Brest Bretagne 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1944 Event U.S. 1st Infantry division pushes through to Westwall 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Hill 555 at Roscheid 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies 1.5 km of Roscheid 1944 Event U.S. 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall 1944 Event 30th Infantry division of U.S. 1st Army frees Margraten 1944 Event U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall 1944 Event U.S. 5th pantzer division is 1st to enter nazi-Germany 1944 Event British 2nd Armoured pantzer division frees Antwerp 1944 Event Tank division of British Guards free Brussels 1944 Event France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 1944 Event Polish 1st Division occupies Hill 262 (Mont Ormel), Normandy 1944 Event U.S. 90th/Polish 1st Division occupy Chambois Normandy 1944 Event 4th Canadian Armour division occupiers Trun Normandy 1944 Event Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy 1944 Event 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy 1944 Event U.S. 7th Armour division reaches Chartres 1944 Event French 5th Armour division recaptures Sees 1944 Event U.S. 79th/90th division enter Le Mans 1944 Event U.S. 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne 1944 Event U.S. 90th division occupies St. Hilaire-du-Harcourt 1944 Event U.S. 30th division reaches suburbs of St-Lo Normandy 1944 Event U.S. 4th Armour division occupiers Avranches 1944 Event Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy 1944 Event U.S. 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein 1944 Event 4th U.S. marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands 1944 Event U.S. 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur 1943 Event U.S. 45th Division occupies Falcone 40 km outside of Messina 1943 Event U.S. 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily 1943 Event U.S. 45th Infantry division occupies San Stefano 1943 Event U.S. 45th Infantry division occupies north coast of Termini 1943 Event Counter attack by Hermann Goering Armour division in Sicily 1943 Event U.S. 45th Division occupies airport Comiso, Sicily 1943 Event U.S. 82nd Airborne division shot at, by "friendly fire" in Sicily 1943 Event Hermann Goering division in Tunisia surrenders 1943 Event U.S. 1st Armour division occupies Ferryville, Tunisia 1943 Event U.S. 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert, Tunisia 1943 Event U.S. 1st armour division occupies Mateur Tunisia 1943 Event U.S. 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia 1943 Event U.S. 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia 1943 Event German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow 1942 Event Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division 1941 Event 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14 1941 Event Luftwaffe bombs German 23rd division 1940 Event German 7th Armour division under General-Major Rommel occupies Cherbourg 1940 Event German 5th Armour division occupies Rouen 1940 Event German armour division moves into Northern France 1939 Event General Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw 1939 Event "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division 1925 Event League of Nation advises against Turk/Iraqi division of Mosoelgebied 1917 Event 1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st U.S. shot in WW I 1916 Event British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey 1916 Event French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun 1907 Event Signal Corps of U.S. Army starts aircraft division 1897 Event Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division 1883 Birthday Ernest E Just, biologist, pioneered cell division 1878 Event Congress of Berlin discusses division of African colonization ends 1858 Birthday Emile Durkheim, French sociologist, Division du travail social 1848 Event In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed
