2015 Event The U.S. state of Hawaii raises the legal smoking age from 18 to 21, the highest smoking age among all the states 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 2014 Event The Buffalo Bills are being sold to businessman Terry Pegula for $1.4 billion, the highest price paid in history for an NFL team; previously owner Ralph Wilson, now deceased, paid $25,000 in 1959 2014 Event Vice Admiral Michelle Janine Howard is promoted to 4-star admiral, becoming the first woman to achieve the highest rank in the U.S. Navy 2014 Event Voters in Switzerland reject a proposal to raise the minimum wage to about $25 per hour; if passed, the rate would have been the highest minimum wage in Europe 2014 Event The 86th Academy Awards is hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. 'Gravity,' '12 Years a Slave,' and 'Dallas Buyers Club' win the most awards. The broadcast received the highest views of any Oscars ceremony since the year 2000 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 Shanghai officials deliver the highest level health warning as a record level of smog shrouds the city; hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled 2013 Event The NASDAQ hits its highest level in ten years; the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 close at record highs 2013 Event In Japan, optimism for economic revival sparked Bank of Japan's stimulus plan, impacts Japan's stock market index; following its release, the Nikkei 225 hits its highest level in nearly five years 2012 Event The broadway show, 'The Lion King', becomes the highest grossing show of all time, overtaking 'Phantom of the Opera' 2012 Event Britain has 2.67 million people unemployed, its highest unemployment rate since 1995 2012 Event The animated film, 'The Lorax' earns $70.7 million dollars at the box office, the fifth highest returns ever for an animated film 2012 Event The Euro zone experiences the highest unemployment level in its history: 10.7 per cent 2012 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average achieves its highest level at closing since May 2008 2011 Event New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest 2011 Event In Singapore, two cabinet ministers, George Yeo and Li Hwee Hua, become the highest ranking ministers to be unseated in a general election since 1963 2011 Event Following a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the band U2's tour, 360 degrees, becomes the highest grossing music tour of all time 2011 Event The United Nations releases a report stating world food prices are at the highest in 20 years 2011 Event The United Kingdom raises its value-added tax to 20% from 17.5%, its highest rate ever 2010 Event The Australian dollar reaches the highest level in 27 years against the U.S. dollar 2010 Event James Cameron's film, Avatar, surpasses his 1997 film Titanic, and becomes the highest grossing film of all time 2007 Event Mega Millions has the highest lottery jackpot ever, $370 million dollars 1996 Event Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1996 Event Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 1994 Event David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71 1993 Event Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m 1992 Event Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia 1992 Event Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil 1991 Event Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million 1990 Event Highest combined CFL score (111), Toronto Argonauts beat BC 68-43 1990 Event 95.5 degrees F (35.3 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands (highest Aug temp in Neth) 1989 Event 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona 1988 Event Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C) 1988 Event 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1988 Event Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115 1987 Event Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka) 1987 Event Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year) 1985 Event Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score 1983 Event Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI 1983 Event Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph 1983 Event Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro 1982 Event 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December 1982 Event Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) 1982 Event NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT) 1981 Event Highest score in World Cup soccor match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0) 1981 Birthday Adriana Lima, born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, model, appeared on covers of 'ELLE', 'GQ', 'Vogue' magazines, ranked world's 4th highest paid supermodel in 2008 1980 Event Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft 1979 Event Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas 1978 Event Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player 1978 Event David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 1976 Event Lance Gibbs becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308 1975 Birthday Tiger Woods, born in Cypress, California, pro golfer, highest paid pro athlete, most successful golfer of all time 1973 Event Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/U.S. longest, opens 1972 Birthday Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 1970 Event NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m) 1970 Event Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1970 Event Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado 1970 Event 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1968 Birthday Henrik Holm, born in Taby, Sweden, professional tennis player, won five doubles titles, achieved highest ATP-ranking of 17th in the world, July 1993 1967 Event Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (U.S.S.R.) 1967 Birthday Ulf Stenlund, born in Falun, Sweden, professional tennis player, won one doubles title in Bari, 1987 and one singles title in Palermo, 1986, highest ATP-ranking was 23rd in the World, April, 1987 1966 Event San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year 1964 Event Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707) 1961 Event Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78 1961 Event Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black 1958 Birthday Fernando Luna, born in Cuidad Real, Spain, tennis player, highest singles ATP-ranking was 33rd in 1984 1958 Event Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid 1956 Birthday Sue Barker, born in Paignton, England, professional tennis player, television presenter with the BBC, won singles title at the French Open, highest career singles ranking was third in the World 1955 Birthday Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable 1953 Event 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1950 Event 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov 1950 Event Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7 1950 Event 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January 1950 Event Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history 1948 Event 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1946 Event Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers) 1946 Event 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1946 Birthday Marilyn Vos Savant, born in St. Louis, Missouri, writer/world's highest IQ, 228 1945 Event Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) 1941 Event 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1941 Event 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1938 Event Highest temperature for December in U.S. recorded in La Mesa California 1938 Event Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game 1934 Event Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph 1933 Event Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane 1932 Event 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February 1927 Event Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) 1922 Event Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game 1917 Death Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix 1910 Event Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley climbed 1910 Event 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1900 Event Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10 1891 Event 61 degrees F, highest temp for July 1891, in Baltimore and Philadelphia 1886 Event W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. AuAustraliast, The Oval 1885 Event Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set 1879 Event 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May 1874 Birthday Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning 1868 Event An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave 1837 Event 1st ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York
