2014 Event Two boys in a New York town are rescued early this morning after being inadvertently buried in snow by a snow plow; the plow operator did not see the children as he cleared snow from a parking lot in which they were building a snow fort 2014 Event North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend festivities for today's North Korean Workers' Party holiday; Kim has not made any public appearances since early September, raising questions regarding his whereabouts and his health 2014 Event Rob Manfred has been elected as the new commissioner of Major League Baseball; Manfred will take the position after current commissioner Bud Selig retires early next year 2014 Event Early election tallies show that Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will be the next president of Egypt; el-Sisi, the military commander who removed former president Mohamed Morsi from office due to mass protests, resigned his military position to run for president 2014 Event Reality star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West are married in Florence, Italy, about 7 months after the birth of their daughter, North West; the celebrities have been together since early 2012 2014 Event Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Opportunity rover landing on Mars; NASA announces the rover has discovered clay minerals indicating water flowed on Mars early in the planet's history 2013 Event Engineers working off of Italy's Tuscan coast pull the MS Costa Concordia cruise ship upright after it ran aground in early 2012 2013 Event Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, will welcome it's first McDonald's early next year; the site will be run by the son of Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Henry Nguyen 2013 Event Google agrees to settle a privacy lawsuit, paying a $7 million fine over its handling of wireless data from early 2008 until the spring of 2010 2012 Event An early work by noted childhood fairytale author Hans Christian Andersen, titled, 'The Tallow Candle", is found at the bottom of a filing box at the National Archives of Funen 2012 Event Light from the first stars in the universe is detected by astronomers studying high-energy radiation data; the data suggests these stars existed as early as 500 million years after the 'big bang' 2012 Event Typhoon Haikui, expected to make landfall in Zhejiang early tonight or early tomorrow, prompts the People's Republic of China to evacuate 200,000 people form Shanghai 2012 Event Author JK Rowling announces that the Pottermore website, her version of the Harry Potter universe will launch in early April, 2012 2011 Event Four states and 1.5 million people in the Eastern U.S. still have no power after a 2011 Halloween nor-easter hit the area with unusually early snowfall 2010 Event Photographic negatives purchased at a garage sale prove to be early works by American photographer Ansel Adams 2004 Death Jack Paar, TV host, early Tonight Show host, dies at 85 2002 Death Mildred Wirt Benson, journalist/writer, wrote many early Nancy Drew books, dies at 96 2001 Death Lance Loud, "actor/early ""reality show"" star", An American Family, dies at 50 2001 Death William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87 2000 Death Steve Allen, writer/TV host, early Tonight Show host, dies at 80 1999 Death Early Wynn, American Athlete 1994 Death Kay Petre, early racing driver, dies at 91 1985 Event 1st AIDS theme TV movie - "An Early Frost" 1981 Event Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777 1977 Birthday Fiona Apple, born in Manhattan, New York, singer, songwriter, alt-rock, pop, early jazz influences, Grammy-Award winning single, 'Criminal' 1975 Event Chinese archeologists discover a 3-acre burial site with 6,000 clay statues of warriors dating as early as 221 BC 1974 Event Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia) 1972 Event Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez and Early Wynn 1972 Event Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame 1965 Event 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite 1965 Event Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service 1965 Birthday Quinn Early, NFL wide receiver, NO Saints, Buffalo Bills 1965 Event Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st coml geosynchronous communication satellite 1963 Event Early Wynn, wins his 300th and last game at 43 1960 Birthday Eldine Baptiste, cricketer, WI all-rounder early 80's 1959 Birthday Paul Di'anno, rocker, Iron Maiden Chingford, London V Early Vocalist 1959 Event White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1958 Birthday Yograj Singh, cricketer, Indian pace bowler early 80's 1957 Birthday Mari Wilson, born in Neasden, England, singer, influenced by early 1960s pop music songs 1957 Birthday Graeme Fowler, cricketer, England left-handed opener early 80s 1957 Birthday Everton Mattis, cricketer, WI batsman early 80's 1956 Birthday Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani batsman early 80's 1956 Event Hoboken dedicates a plaque honoring achievements of Alexander Cartwright in organizing early baseball at Elysian Field 1955 Birthday Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's 1955 Birthday Mohsin Khan, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s 1955 Birthday Garry Christian, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, musician, singer, played with brother Russell and Roger Christian in sophisti-pop band, The Christians, known for late 1980's, early 1990's chart-topping hits 1954 Birthday Derick Parry, cricketer, WI off-spinner early 80's 1954 Birthday Yashpal Sharma, cricketer, Indian right-handed batsman early 80' 1953 Birthday Peter McEwan, cricketer, New Zealand batsman early 80's 1953 Birthday Elquemedo Willett, cricketer, WI lefty spinner early 70's 1951 Birthday Geoff Howarth, cricketer, New Zealand captain early 80's 1951 Birthday Karsan Ghavri, cricketer, Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s 1951 Event German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison 1949 Birthday Peter Willey, cricketer, England batsman late 70's early 80's 1945 Birthday Steven Camacho, cricketer, WI batsman early seventies 1945 Birthday Robin Jackman, cricketer, England medium-pacer early eighties 1944 Death Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia, dies at 51 1943 Birthday Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper, WI early 70's 1942 Birthday Barry Wood, cricketer, England opener in early 70's 1942 Birthday Arthur Barrett, cricketer, WI leggie early 70's 1939 Birthday Clem Cattini, born in Stoke Newton, North London, England, musician, drummer, played with The Tornados in the 1960's, appeared for diverse array of artists, featured on 45 different UK number one singles, considered most beloved early British rock n' roll figure 1939 Birthday Brian Luckhurst, cricketer, England opener of 60's and early 70's 1938 Birthday Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s 1937 Birthday V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler, early 1960's 1937 Birthday Barry Shepherd, cricketer, Australian lefty bat early 60's 1937 Birthday R Surendranath, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s 1936 Birthday Eric Russell, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60s 1935 Birthday Paul Barton, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa 1935 Birthday Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1935 Birthday Geoff Pullar, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's early 60's 1934 Birthday Ron Gaunt, cricketer, Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s 1934 Birthday Brian Bolus, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60's 1933 Birthday Joseph D. Early, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1975 - 1993 1931 Birthday Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1930 Birthday Michael Melle, cricketer, South African pace bowler of early 1950's 1928 Birthday Ken Archer, cricketer, Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s 1927 Birthday Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's 1927 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) 1926 Birthday John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's 1926 Birthday Probir Sen, cricket wicketkeeper, India in late 40's/early 50's 1924 Event Adolf Hitler freed from jail early 1923 Birthday Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's 1922 Birthday Roy Tattersall, cricketer, brilliant England off-spinner early 50's 1922 Birthday Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s 1921 Birthday H. C. Artmann, born in Vienna, Australia, born Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, writer, poet, celebrated for his early Viennese poems 1920 Birthday Jack Cheetham, cricketer, South African batsman, Test captain early 50's 1920 Birthday Early Wynn, Hartford Ala, baseball Hall of famer, pitcher 1918 Birthday Doug Ring, cricketer, Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's 1918 Event Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early 1918 Birthday Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper, England 3 times early 50's 1913 Event "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released 1912 Death Georg Heym, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style, dies at 24 from falling through the ice, trying to save a friend 1908 Birthday Bill Merritt, cricketer, early New Zealand Test leg-spinner, also Northants 1907 Death Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Australia's early Tests), dies 1906 Birthday Alan Fairfax, cricketer, Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's 1905 Birthday Ian Cromb, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the early 1930's 1903 Birthday Johnny Blood, aka John McNally, early NFL halfback, Green Bay 1903 Birthday Kay Petre, early racing driver 1902 Birthday Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer, New Zealand bat early 1930's, All Black half 1901 Birthday George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper, England late 20's early 30's 1900 Event An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours 1896 Birthday Louis Bromfield, Mansfield Ohio, writer, Early Autumn, Pulitzer-1926 1896 Birthday Cyril Allcott, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in their early Tests 1894 Birthday Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star, 1920-26 1894 Birthday Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach, Canton, Frankford, Cards 1892 Birthday Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist 1892 Birthday Hal Roach, early film director/producer, 1 Million BC 1891 Birthday Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia 1887 Birthday Georg Heym, born in Hirschberg, Germany, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style 1885 Birthday Erich von Stroheim, early film director/actor, Grand Illusion 1885 Birthday Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe 1883 Birthday Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer, great Aussie quick of early century 1881 Birthday Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent 1878 Birthday Hanson Carter, cricketer, Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century 1876 Birthday Bert Vogler, cricketer, early South African googly bowler 1865 Event General Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough 1864 Event Battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia, General Early Retreats to Brown's Gap 1864 Event Early retreats from Washington City back to Shenandoah Valley 1864 Event Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD) 1864 Event Confederate forces led by General J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C. 1864 Event Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance 1864 Event General Early and Confederate forces reach Winchester en route to Washington D.C. 1864 Event Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley 1862 Death Alexander Early Stone, Confederate, dies in battle 1862 Event Raid at Early's: Maryland towards Washington D.C. 1857 Birthday Conrad Haebler, German historian, Early printers of Spain/Portugal 1851 Birthday Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer 1844 Birthday 'Abdu'l-Baha, early Baha'i leader, 'Azamat 7, 1 1836 Event Mexico attacks Alamo in the early morning 1818 Event Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun patents "draisine" (early bicycle) 1816 Birthday Jubal Anderson Early, Lt General Confederate Army 1801 Death Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28 1794 Death Marquis de Condorcet (Marie Jean Antoine Nicholas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet) , philosopher, mathematician, early political scientist and inventor of the Condorcet method, dies 1772 Birthday Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night' 1729 Birthday Henry William, Baron, Stiegel, early American glassmaker 1492 Event Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early
