2015 Event Google, Inc. restructures, placing its search business and its various research ventures into a holding company called Alphabet; Google will begin reporting under the new company with the fourth quarter of this year 2015 Event The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turns polluter by accidentally releasing a million gallons of heavy-metal-laden mining wastewater into Colorado's Animas River while investigating a Superfund site 2015 Event Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4 million vehicles after two researchers successfully hack wirelessly into a test car 10 miles away, enabling them to control functions such as steering and braking; the news raises concerns for all automakers 2015 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning artificial trans fats from all foods and beverages; the ban will go into effect in 2018 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data for about 100,000 taxpayers after breaking into a U.S. Internal Revenue Service system that allows taxpayers to retrieve previous tax returns; the data can be used to file tax refund claims and commit identity theft 2015 Event Oil spill cleanup continues at Refugio State Beach in California after a pipeline burst two days ago; about 21,000 gallons of oil have been released into the ocean and 105,000 gallons on land 2015 Event NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft ends its three-year orbit around Mercury with a planned crash into the planet's surface; originally, the probe was to orbit and collect data for one year, but fuel saving efforts extended its mission for two more years 2015 Event Nigerian troops rescue 93 women and 200 girls from Boko Haram encampments in the Sambisa Forest; the 'Chibok girls', kidnapped by the militants last year and taken into the forest, were not among those rescued 2015 Event The Vatican ends a five-year investigation into a key organization of U.S. nuns two years ahead of schedule and recommends no major changes; the group was under scrutiny for practices considered out of line with Catholic Church teaching 2015 Event Online preorders begin for the Apple Watch, initially planned for sale on April 24th; however, the volume of orders has already pushed delivery dates into June or July for the various models, which are priced from $349 to $17,000 2015 Event TransAsia Airways suspends flights and begins retraining all its pilots in compliance with orders from Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration after the crash of Flight 235 into the Keelung River three days ago 2015 Event New U.S. rules loosening trade restrictions with Cuba go into effect today, including permission to sell instruments, tools, equipment and supplies to private businesses; U.S. banks will also be given greater freedom to transact with Cuban banks 2015 Event Commercial space company SpaceX successfully launches its Falcon 9 rocket, which has released the Dragon cargo ship into orbit to the International Space Station; the rocket returned to Earth after releasing the Dragon but had a rough landing 2014 Event Private car scheduling service Uber has been meeting with opposition as it rapidly expands into cities around the world; complaints range from insufficient driver background checks to violation of rules protecting existing transportation services 2014 Event A U.S. House Intelligence Committee investigation into the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, agrees with the Obama administration that U.S. response to the attack was appropriate; miscommunication caused critics to suspect a coverup 2014 Event The Turkish government has reversed its stance and is now allowing Kurds to cross into Syria in order to fight Islamic State forces 2014 Event Hewlett-Packard (HP) plans to split into two companies: HP Enterprise, focused on enterprise products and services, and HP Inc., focused on printing and personal computing; the move will be completed in 2015 2014 Event EBay Inc. announces that it will split its PayPal unit into a separate company, raising the possibility of a PayPal buyout by mobile payment operators such as Google 2014 Event India has successfully launched a space probe into orbit around Mars on its first attempt, making it the first Asian country to orbit the planet; at $74 million, the spacecraft cost about 11% of the U.S. Maven, which reached Mars orbit two days prior 2014 Event A man is apprehended inside the White House after scaling the fence and running into the building; U.S. President Barack Obama and his family were not there at the time of the incident 2014 Event 24-year-old Matthew Miller, one of three Americans currently held in North Korea, has been convicted of unlawful entry into the country for the purpose of spying; he has been sentenced to six years of hard labor 2014 Event Russia sends roughly 215 trucks of humanitarian supplies into Ukraine without permission from Kiev; the truck contents were inspected by neither Ukrainian officials nor Red Cross members as agreed to by Ukraine and Russia, but Kiev did not protest 2014 Event India has put the INS Kolkata into service; the battleship, built locally, is the second to be commissioned this year and signals the nation's intent to update its military in response to concern regarding China's growth 2014 Event In an effort to diversify into home systems automation, Samsung Electronics is buying SmartThings, a manufacturer of remote control applications for home appliances and other devices 2014 Event Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine enter into free-trade pacts with the European Union, a decision counter to that of Kazakhstan and Belarus, who partnered with Russia in creation of the Eurasian Union 2014 Event The U.S. is pressing Iraq to put a new government into place as soon as possible in order to keep the nation from being torn apart by sectarian violence; the U.S. plans to send military advisors but not direct military assistance at this time 2014 Event South African President Jacob Zuma is sworn into office for his second 5-year term 2014 Event Electronics manufacturer Samsung is diversifying into the pharmaceutical industry; after besting Apple in the smartphone market, Samsung has now set a goal to become the leader in the growing biotechnology sector 2014 Event Donald Sterling, L.A. Clippers owner, is banned for life after reports of his racist comments; a new CEO will be appointed, and other team owners are encouraged to pressure Sterling into selling; many parties have already expressed interest 2014 Event The government of the U.K. has announced that it will put 11 million pounds into the funding of the Square Kilometer Array project, a radio telescope that will collect massive amounts of data from space, requiring immense computing resources 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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to revise food labels by providing realistic serving sizes, emphasizing calories and sugar amounts, and breaking down fat listings into 'good' and 'bad' fats 2014 Event German design company Art+Com sues Google, claiming the Internet company infringed on its patented spatial mapping technology by incorporating its features into Google Earth; Art+Com offered to sell the patent to Google in 2006 but wasn't satisfied with Google's offer 2014 Event As part of its increasing move into mobile presence, Facebook announces that it will purchase WhatsApp for $19 billion; younger users seem to prefer communicating with mobile apps, which allow them to avoid cell phone texting charges 2014 Event As part of a political transition, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and representatives from the country's main political parties agree to transform Yemen into a six-region federation 2014 Event Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung erupts on Sumatra Island, shooting toxic clouds of ash into the air; 15 people die, and the search continues for more victims and survivors 2014 Event In West Virginia, 10 people were hospitalized and 300,000 people have been unable to use tap water for four days since 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, an industrial chemical, leaked into the Elk river 2014 Event The cryogenic engine built India's Space Research Organisation engineers powers the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5), which successfully placed a 1,982-kg GSAT-14 communications satellite into orbit in 17 minutes 2013 Event It is announced that Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates, Nirvana, KISS and Cat Stevens will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 2013 Event Concerned over weakening growth in the economy, the U.S. Federal Reserve announces plans to continue its stimulus program, which injects $85 billion a month into the the U.S. economy 2013 Event The legality of the United States' plans to strike Syria without UN backing are called into question by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon 2013 Event New Zealand's most active volcano - the White Islands' Whakaari, erupts, sending ash 4 kilometres into the air 2013 Event A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight 2013 Event Microsoft takes negative feedback into account, and announces plans to change many features of its Xbox One 2013 Event Russia's parliament passes bills banning homosexual 'propaganda'; police near the Duma take gays into custody after they anti-gay extremists hit them with eggs 2013 Event The Skagit River bridge over Interstate 5 collapses in the U.S. town of Mount Vernon, Washington; several vehicles plunge into the river, but there are no fatalities 2013 Event Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', faces a court battle in a lawsuit claiming a literary agent tricket her into giving up the copyright to her world-famous book 2013 Event The first-ever European MP's of Croatia are determined in an election held in anticipation of Croatia gaining formal entry into the European Union 2013 Event The group of hackers known as Anonymous, hacks into the U.S. Sentencing Commission website as a response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz, an American computer programmer, and internet activist 2012 Event The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act is signed into law by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III 2012 Event The launch of a space satellite into space by North Korea is disputed by South Korean defense ministry, who claim it was a disguised test of a 10,000 km range missile 2012 Event The U.N. condemns North Korea for launching a long-range Unha rocket; North Korea claims its purpose is to put its first satellite into space, but critics say the launch is a disguised ballistic missile test 2012 Event Wade Davis' non-fiction book, 'Into the Silence', wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 Event The FBI claim to have completed it's investigation into the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya in one day 2012 Event Inquiries into the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya increase as the only surviving witness of the attack, Walid Faraj, has yet to be interrogated 2012 Event At the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the U.S. Democratic Party vote three separate times in order to approve putting the terms, 'God', 'Jerusalem', and 'Israel' back into the platform 2012 Event Scientists reveal new research identifying a mechanism by which Earth-warming carbon is pulled deep into the Southern Ocean, and locked away; scientists claim this process may be threatened by global warming 2012 Event After Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized for a NATO airstrike that killed 26 Pakistani soldiers and officials, Pakistan reopens key NATO supply routes into Afghanistan 2012 Event In the U.S. city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, a U.S. Navy FA-18 Superhornet crashes into an apartment complex 2012 Event Between 60 to 70 artifacts of the ancient Olympic games are stolen by thieves who broke into the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Greece 2012 Event According to Israel's military chief, the country is preparing for a increase of Syrian refugees into Golan Heights 2012 Event The failed Fobos-Grunt spacecraft is expected to re-enter the earth's atmosphere and crash into earth in the next week 2011 Event An investigation into the death of American actress Natalie Wood is reopened by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after fresh information surfaces; Wood drowned in 1981 2011 Event Over 88 containers from the MV Rena, New Zealand's stranded cargo ship, fall into the Bay of Plenty 2011 Event The Bank of England pumps an additional 75 billion pounds into the British economy via quantitative easing 2011 Event A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 2011 Event In South Korea, the Financial Services Commission reveals they plan to inject more money into suspended local savings banks 2011 Event The 8th largest search engine in the world, Russia's Yandex, marks its first venture outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by expanding into Turkey 2011 Event In Kabul, a rocket is fired into the compound of Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan 2011 Event Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces the country's plan to launch a manned shuttle into space by 2019 2011 Event U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announces an inquiry into News of the World, allegedly involved in a phone hacking scandal 2011 Event In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect 2011 Event Iran's Government rejects an investigation into alleged human rights abuses called for by the United Nations Human Rights Council 2011 Event The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame 2011 Event In the Battle of Az Zawiyah, rebels successfully overcome pro-Gaddafi forces trying to push into the city 2011 Event Russia began searching for a missing military satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit 2011 Event Over half a million people participate in the world's largest wildlife survey after extreme cold drives exotic birds into Britain's back gardens 2010 Event Italy's plan to ban plastic bags goes into effect; the country was using 20 billion plastic bags a year - about 300 per person 2010 Event Experts believe three Russian satellites that failed to reach orbit after launching from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome have crashed into the Pacific Ocean 2010 Event A professor searching into medical records of playwright Bertolt Brecht discovers he may have died after contracting undiagnosed rheumatic fever as a child 2010 Event In Italy, a package at the Bologna Airport, addressed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bursts into flames during an inspection by police 2010 Event Thirty Kurds are killed when the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution crosses the border into Iraq 2010 Event China leads an investigation into its commercial pilots upon learning over 200 of them falsified their resumes 2010 Event In Sichuan, China, massive flooding sweeps two passenger train carriages into the river 2010 Event South Korea states that North Korea fired over 100 rounds of artillery into the Sea of Japan, signaling tension along the Korean Peninsula 2010 Event The U.S. Government estimates the Deepwater Horizon oil spill dumped nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico 2010 Event Israel restricts a blacklist of weapons, construction materials and other items but drops all other restrictions on the free flow of consumer goods into the Gaza strip 2010 Event At last count, 76 people are dead while hundreds have disappeared after a train crash in the Republic of Congo caused the train to fall into a ravine 2010 Event The inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, 1972, determined British paratroopers first the first shot without warning, and concocted lies to cover up their acts 2010 Event A food crisis in Niger causes Nigerians to flee across the border into Nigeria 2010 Event Scientists at the Craig J. Venter Institute announce they have successfully created the world's first artificial lifeform by transplanting a synthesized genome into an existing cell 2010 Event A tsunami warning went into effect for Chile and Peru after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Conception, Chile 2010 Event The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced foreign direct investment into China has risen for the sixth consecutive month, up $8.3 billion year-on-year 2010 Event A 28-year old Somali male is shot for breaking into Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoonist Jurt Westergaard's home and threatening his family with an axe 2009 Event En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board 2009 Event Iran launches first domestically made satellite, Omid, into orbit 2008 Event President George W. Bush signs the 700 billion dollar TARP program into law 2005 Death Wolfgang Bauer, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change', dies of heart failure in Graz, Styria 2003 Event China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space 2003 Event Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards 2003 Event Iranian Revolutionary Guard military flight crashes into the Sirach Mountains, killing 275 2002 Event Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major awards 2002 Event Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128 2002 Event Iran Air Tours flight 956 crashes into a mountain in Iran killing 119 2001 Event Terrorists break into parliament building in New Delhi, murder at least 12 2001 Event Russian Mir space station is crashed into the Pacific during a controlled re-entry 2000 Death Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69 2000 Event Air Philippines flight 541 crashes into a hill near Davao, killing 131 1999 Death Bethel Leslie, actress/writer, Long Day's Journey into Night, dies at 70 1998 Event Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City) Tram, injuring 10 1998 Event STS-89 (Endeavour 12) launches into orbit 1997 Death Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb', dies at 39 1997 Event STS-87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit 1997 Event 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11 1997 Event STS-86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit 1997 Event STS-85, Discovery 23, launches into orbit 1997 Event STS-94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit 1997 Event Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1997 Event Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit 1997 Event Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space 1997 Event Space Shuttle STS-81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-80 (Columbia 21), launches into space 1996 Event "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances 1996 Event "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space 1996 Event Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit 1996 Death Ivan V. Lalic, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages, dies at 65 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space 1996 Event STS-77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit 1996 Event STS-76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit 1996 Event STS-75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit 1996 Event Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space 1995 Event Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16 1995 Event STS-74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit 1995 Event STS-73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit 1995 Event STS-69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit 1995 Event Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit 1995 Event New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization 1995 Event STS-63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit 1994 Event B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed 1994 Event Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit 1994 Event Space shuttle STS-64 (Discovery 20), launches into orbit 1994 Event Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed 1994 Event Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054) 1994 Event Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash 1994 Event Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center 1994 Event Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed 1994 Event Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300 1994 Event STS-59, Endeavour, launches into orbit 1994 Event Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home 1994 Event Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit 1994 Event Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect 1994 Event Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31 1994 Event STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit 1994 Event Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose, California, 1 dead 1994 Event Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit 1994 Event North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect 1993 Event C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed 1993 Event Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed 1993 Event STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit 1993 Event STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit 1993 Event Dave Winfield hits 442nd home run to move into 19th place 1993 Event Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit 1993 Event STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit 1993 Event Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellin Colombia, kills 132 1993 Event STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit 1993 Event STS-56, Discovery, launches into orbit 1993 Event New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl 1993 Event Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die 1993 Event STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit 1993 Event Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia 1992 Event Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 1992 Event Space Shuttle STS-52 (Columbia 13) launches into space 1992 Event Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus 1992 Event El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die) 1992 Event Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies 1992 Event Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die 1992 Event William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame 1992 Event Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space 1992 Event 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space 1992 Event Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit 1992 Event Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW 1992 Event Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect 1992 Event Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space 1991 Event Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei 1991 Event New York Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame 1991 Event MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993 1991 Event Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 1991 Event Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame 1991 Event Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees 1991 Event Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy 1991 Event Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs 1991 Event U.S. 70th manned space mission STS-39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit 1991 Event Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame 1991 Event 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R. 1990 Event U.S. 69th manned space mission STS-35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit 1990 Event U.S. 68th manned space mission STS-38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit 1990 Event U.S. 67th manned space mission STS-41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit 1990 Event 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th home run in 1st 92 at bats and becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome 1990 Event Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame 1990 Event Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Event Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list 1990 Event Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery 1990 Event U.S. 66th manned space mission STS-31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit 1990 Event Pistons and 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) 1990 Event U.S. 65th manned space mission STS-36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit 1990 Event Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1990 Event 64th U.S. manned space mission STS-32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit 1989 Event U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS-33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit 1989 Event U.S. 62nd manned space mission STS-34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit 1989 Event Senegambia separates back into Gambia and Senegal 1989 Event "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 764 performances 1989 Event Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed 1989 Event Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game) 1989 Event Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river 1989 Event Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 1989 Event Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house 1989 Event Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy 1989 Event AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201 1989 Event Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom 1989 Event Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 1989 Event U.S. Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die 1988 Event Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills, New York 1988 Event Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place 1988 Event Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone 1988 Event Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone 1988 Event Mike Schmidt hits his 535th home run, moving into 8th place 1988 Event Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US 1988 Event Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran 1987 Event South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1987 Event "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 764 performances 1987 Event Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres 1987 Event Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel 1987 Event 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis 1987 Event Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft 1987 Event Syrian army marches into Beirut 1987 Event Philippines constitution goes into effect 1986 Event Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service and fined $500 1986 Event "Into the Light" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 6 performances 1986 Event Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS 1986 Event "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 6 performances 1986 Death Cliff Burton, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band, dies in Sweden at age 24, when tour bus for the band skidded and crashed, inducted posthumously into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica 1986 Event Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die 1986 Event Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place 1986 Event U.S.S.R. launches Mir space station into Earth orbit 1985 Event Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit 1985 Event L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, and H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame 1985 Event Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place 1985 Event U.S.'s 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect in New York 1984 Event Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to go into orbit 1984 Event Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl 1984 Event Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36 1984 Event Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame 1984 Event Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game 1984 Event Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan 1984 Event Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River 1984 Event Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit 1984 Event 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq 1984 Event AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies divests into 8 companies 1983 Event Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet 1983 Event B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame 1983 Event Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab 1983 Event Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit 1983 Event Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean 1982 Event Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut 1982 Event Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place 1982 Event Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die 1982 Event U.S.S.R. Salyut 7 space station put into orbit 1982 Event Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard 1982 Event Honduras constitution goes into effect 1982 Event Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78 1981 Event 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain 1981 Event Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed 1981 Event Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket 1981 Event George Foster hits his 8th home run into red seats at Riverfront 1981 Event Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business 1981 Event European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit 1981 Birthday Jessica Alba, born in Pomona, California, actress, appeared in television series, 'Dark Angel', films include, 'Sin City', 'Into the Blue', 'Good Luck Chuck' 1980 Event New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1980 Event Kaline, Snider, Klein, and Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall of Fame 1980 Event Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit 1980 Event Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 1979 Event Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on Antarctica kills 257 1979 Event Mali's constitution goes into effect 1979 Event Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland) 1979 Event Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect 1979 Event Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water 1978 Event Spain constitution goes into effect 1978 Event Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus 1978 Event Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus 1978 Event NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions 1978 Event Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris 1978 Event U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit 1978 Event Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect 1978 Event South Africa military goes into Angola 1978 Event Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements 1977 Event International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Event Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van 1977 Event Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Event High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit 1977 Event Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation 1977 Event Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 1976 Event Albania constitution goes into effect 1976 Event Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt 1976 Event Algeria Constitution goes into effect 1976 Event Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days 1976 Event U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth 1976 Event Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars 1976 Event U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth 1976 Event ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs) merges into NBA 1976 Event International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying) 1976 Event US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit 1975 Event Constitution of Democratic Republic of Madagascar comes into force 1974 Event Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days 1974 Event Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 1974 Event 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space 1974 Event Malta's constitution goes into effect 1974 Event Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 1974 Event Taiwan police shoots into crowd 1973 Event Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days 1973 Event Bahrain's constitution goes into effect 1973 Event Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit 1973 Event New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league 1973 Event Egyptian tanks move further into Israel 1973 Event Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents 1973 Event Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days) 1973 Event New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games 1973 Event President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout 1973 Event Roberto Clemente and Warren Spahn inducted into Hall of Fame 1973 Event Stevie Wonder involved in car crash, goes into a 4 day coma 1973 Event Munson and Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park 1973 Event 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India 1973 Event NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit 1973 Event President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law 1973 Event Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont 1972 Event New North Korean constitution comes into effect 1972 Event Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect 1972 Event Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers 1972 Event Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13 1972 Event U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) 1972 Event White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel 1972 Event Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt) 1972 Event Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77 1972 Event Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats 1972 Event Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die 1971 Event Eisenhower dollar put into circulation 1971 Event Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska) 1971 Event Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office 1971 Event Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame 1971 Event U.S. launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft 1971 Death Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 1971 Event A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard 1971 Event Bulgarian constitution goes into effect 1971 Event 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 1971 Event 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos 1971 Event Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2 1970 Event Iraq's constitution goes into effect 1970 Event Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons 1970 Event U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia 1970 Event Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days 1970 Event Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect 1970 Event Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102 1970 Event Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) 1970 Event NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4) 1970 Event Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect 1969 Event Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit 1969 Event 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hour flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft 1969 Event Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use 1969 Event Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame 1969 Event Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit 1968 Event Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit 1968 Event U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team 1968 Event France refuses U.K. entry into common market 1968 Event NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969 1968 Event Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions 1968 Event Truth in Lending Act signed into law 1968 Event AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions 1968 Event Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect 1968 Event Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala 1968 Event Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central 1968 Death Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars), checked into the boards and killed 1968 Event Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) 1968 Event ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM) 1967 Event United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL 1967 Event U.S. launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit 1967 Event Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play 1967 Event Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title 1967 Event Martial Law goes into effect in Greece 1967 Event Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit 1966 Event Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit 1966 Event Medicare goes into effect 1966 Event Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die 1966 Event Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck 1966 Event 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die 1966 Event French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit 1965 Event Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit 1965 Event 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125 1965 Event Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Event Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt) 1965 Event India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect 1965 Event Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler) 1965 Event Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966 1965 Birthday Corey Parker, born in New York City, actor, How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd 1965 Event Phillies Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice 1965 Event Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service 1965 Event U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test) 1965 Event Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach, New Jersey, kills 84 1965 Event Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) 1964 Event Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place 1964 Event Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 1964 Event President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law 1964 Event Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit 1964 Event 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes 1963 Event Landslide into Vaiont Dam emptys lake, kills 3-4,000 (Italy) 1963 Event Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot 1962 Event Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit 1962 Event Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place 1962 Event E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 Event Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean 1962 Event Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers 1962 Event Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit 1962 Event M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit 1962 Death H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water) 1962 Event Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) 1962 Event American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95 1962 Event Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands) 1961 Event Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit 1961 Event Antarctic Treaty goes into effect 1961 Event NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays 1961 Event Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) 1961 Event Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered 1961 Event Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka, a dog, into orbit 1961 Event Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure 1961 Event U.N. genocide pact goes into effect 1960 Event Benelux treaty goes into effect 1960 Event South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea 1960 Event International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence 1960 Event 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil 1960 Event Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive) 1960 Event CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium 1960 Event Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space 1960 Event Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed 1960 Event House investigating committee, looking into payola questions 1960 Event India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states 1960 Event Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus 1959 Event Chinese troops move into India, 17 die 1959 Event Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit 1959 Event Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit 1959 Birthday Magic Johnson, born in Lansing, Michigan, professional basketball player, inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame, 2002, played for Michigan State, NBA All-Star Games 1959 Event Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) 1959 Birthday Joyce Sims, born in Rochester, New York, singer, songwriter, released U.S. and UK hit single titled, 'Come Into My Life', 1987 1959 Event 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis 1959 Event Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission 1959 Event USAF launches Discoverer II into polar orbit 1958 Event Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1958 Event Brooks Robinson, hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays 1958 Event UP and International News Service merge into United Press International 1958 Event Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City 1958 Event Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape 1958 Event Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled 1958 Event Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km 1958 Event Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic 1958 Event Phillies agree to televise 78 games into New York City (doesn't happen) 1958 Birthday Anatoli Boukreev, born in Russia, Anatolij Nikolaevich Bukreev, climber, mountaineer, made seven, 8,000-metre peaks without supplemental oxygen, died in avalanche on Annapurna, chronicled in books 'Into Thin Air', 'The Climb' 1957 Event USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space 1957 Event Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 1957 Event 11th Tony Awards: Long Days Journey into the Night and My Fair Lady win 1956 Event U.S.S.R. sends tanks into Hungary and threatens to bomb Budapest 1956 Event Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran 1956 Event 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada) 1956 Event Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame 1956 Event At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1955 Event 1st separation of virus into component parts reported 1955 Birthday Patrick McCabe, born in Clones, Ireland, novelist, wrote 'Butcher Boy', 'Breakfast on Pluto', both adapted into films by Neil Jordan 1955 Event South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect 1955 Event U.S. federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO 1954 Event Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being 1954 Event U.S. Senate censures Joe McCarthy, Senator-R-Wisconsin, for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor and disrepute" 1954 Event Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries 1954 Event Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1954 Birthday Jeremy Coney, cricketer, New Zealand captain turned them into world-beaters 1954 Event European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect 1954 Event 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 Event 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service 1953 Event Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago 1953 Event Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame 1953 Event Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yankees beat Washington 12-4 1953 Event Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers 1953 Birthday Billy Sheehan, rocker, Mr Big-Lean Into It 1952 Event Arab League security pact goes into effect 1952 Birthday Diane E[lizabeth] Duane, U.S., sci-fi author, Door into Fire 1951 Birthday Peabo Bryson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, R&B vocalist, I'm So into You 1950 Event Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea 1950 Event Indies Constitution goes into effect 1950 Event North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1950 Event Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 1950 Birthday Cathy Sherk, born in Bancroft, Ontario, professional golfer, achieved No. 1 World ranking by Golf Digest, 1978, earned silver medal with Canadian team at 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships, joined LPGA tour, inducted into Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, 1995 1950 Birthday Jack Youngblood, born in Jacksonville, Florida, professional football player, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, voted into College Football Hall of Fame 1949 Event Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place 1949 Event NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect 1949 Event NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association 1948 Event U.S. State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit 1948 Event 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy 1948 Event 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo 1947 Event HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood 1947 Event Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef 1947 Event 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China 1947 Event "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece 1947 Event Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect 1946 Event Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR 1945 Event U.N. charter comes into effect 1945 Event UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence 1945 Event 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log 1945 Event Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building 1945 Event U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die 1945 Event Canadian troops move into Amsterdam 1945 Event British troops pull into Utrecht, Netherlands 1945 Event Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands 1944 Event Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 1944 Event 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp 1944 Event British troops march into Athens 1944 Event Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia 1944 Event Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 1944 Event Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest 1944 Event U.S. B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed 1944 Event U.S. troop march into Guam 1944 Event Soviet Army marches into Lublin Poland 1944 Event Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland 1944 Event British troops march into Caen 1944 Event U.S. troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy 1944 Event Allies march into Rome 1944 Birthday Billy Vera, musician, & Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night 1944 Event Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania 1944 Event Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16 1943 Event Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die 1943 Event New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the U.S. army 1943 Event British 8th army marches into Tripoli 1942 Event 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use 1942 Event Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) 1942 Event Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews 1942 Event Germany troop march into Woronezj 1942 Event Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam 1942 Event Germany troop march into Sebastopol 1942 Event Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine 1942 Event Germany Armys march into Sebastopol 1942 Event Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road 1942 Event U.S. move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers 1942 Event Japanese troop march into Batavia 1942 Event Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1942 Event Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S. 1942 Event General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine 1941 Event State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia 1941 Event Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II 1941 Event Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto 1941 Birthday Doris Coley, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, lead singer of The Shirelles, married names are Doris Coley Kenner and Doris Kenner Jackson, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1941 Event Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas 1941 Event Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia 1941 Event Great British convoy marches into Alexandria 1941 Event Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland 1941 Event Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect 1941 Event Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1941 Birthday Wolfgang Bauer, born in Graz, Styria, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change' 1941 Event 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) 1941 Event British troops march into Abyssinia 1940 Event Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto 1940 Event 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) 1940 Event Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union 1940 Event Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire 1940 Event Lithuanian SSR is accepted into U.S.S.R. 1940 Event German armour division moves into Northern France 1939 Event Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service 1939 Event German troops move into Danzig 1939 Event Hitler proclaims he wants to move into Poland 1938 Event Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use 1937 Event 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1936 Event 1st giant panda imported into US 1936 Event Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee and survives 1935 Event Saar incorporated into Germany 1935 Event Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 1935 Event Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use 1934 Event Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1934 Event Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays 1934 Event Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play 1934 Birthday Yuri Gagarin, born in Russia, cosmonaut, 1st man into space, aboard Vostok 1 1933 Event NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions 1933 Birthday Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 1933 Event Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days" 1933 Event 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March 1932 Event Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest) 1932 Event World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers 1932 Event Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1932 Event George Washington quarter goes into circulation 1931 Event His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI 1931 Death Ivan V. Lalic, born in Belgrade, Serbia, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages 1931 Event Piccard and Knipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon 1930 Event Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a home run, now a double 1930 Birthday Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009 1930 Event Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service 1929 Event Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway 1929 Event Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador 1927 Birthday Oskar Pastior, born in Sibiu, Romania, poet, writer, translator, studied German at University of Bucharest, translated Romanian literature into German, among other works by Tudor Arghezi, Tristan Tzara, Gellu Naum, Urmuz 1926 Birthday Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1925 Birthday Harvey Haddix, baseball pitcher, pitched perfect game into 12th 1925 Event Philadelphia A's go into bottom of 8th inning trailing 15-4, then score 13 times to defeat Cleveland 17-15 1925 Event 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind 1923 Event Yankees hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2 1923 Event Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production 1923 Event Flying Scotsman goes into service 1922 Event 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1921 Event Belgium's public library law goes into force 1921 Event Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect 1920 Event Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament 1920 Birthday Vaino Linna, born in Urjala, Finland, author, wrote Finnish books, Under the North Star translated into English by Richard Impola 1920 Event USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany 1920 Event Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect 1920 Event British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years 1920 Birthday David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X', autobiography 'Deafness. A Personal Account' gives insight into deafness 1920 Event 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933 1919 Event Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play 1919 Event Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) 1918 Event 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect 1918 Event Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River 1917 Birthday Lawrence F O'Brien, Watergate conspirators broke into his office 1916 Event U.S. troops under General Pershing march into Mexico 1916 Event Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun 1916 Event Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa 1916 Event General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos 1915 Event Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands 1915 Event British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 1914 Event German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I) 1914 Event German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan 1914 Event Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia 1914 Event U.S. Army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps 1914 Birthday Sammy Baugh, born in Texas, American football player, coach, inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame 1913 Event President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law 1913 Event Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%) 1913 Event Serbian troops march into Albania 1913 Event Phillies and Braves tie record of only 1 run in a double header, Phillies win 1st game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th 1913 Event Dutch Disability laws go into effect 1913 Event Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania 1913 Event Department of Commerce and Labor split into separate departments 1913 Event 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box 1912 Event Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect 1912 Event British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect 1912 Event New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12 1910 Event 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon 1909 Event 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City 1903 Event French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad and Ubangi-Shari 1903 Event British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet 1903 Event In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleveland, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game 1901 Birthday Florence Elridge, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Long Days Journey into the Night 1901 Birthday George Keyt, born in Sri Lanka, artist, modern painter, cubist style, influenced by Henri Matisse, celebrated for line drawing translation of Gita Govinda into English and Sinhalese 1900 Birthday Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author, Kordian into Cham 1900 Birthday Bruno Apitz, born in Leipzip, Germany, writer, published poems in Communist newspapers, novel 'Nackt unter Wolfen', Naked Among the Wolves, translated into more than thirty languages 1900 Event Brigadier General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands 1900 Event Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect 1898 Birthday Guomundur G Hagalin, Iceland author, Kristun/d into Hamravik 1898 Event Ottawa Football Club re-organizes into the Rough Riders 1898 Event Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl 1897 Event Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into New York City (1/1/1898) 1893 Event Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) 1892 Birthday Jack Hulbert, born in Ely, England, actor, Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack 1892 Birthday David Garnett, England, novelist and editor, Lady into Fox 1890 Event 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation 1890 Event Captain Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo 1881 Event World's 1st elec tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin) 1877 Death Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56 1877 Event Chase National Bank opens in New York City (later merges into Chase Manhattan) 1877 Event Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park 1877 Event U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico 1875 Event William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities 1870 Event Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps 1870 Event Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree 1868 Event Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect 1867 Event U.S. Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson 1866 Event Chicago water supply tunnel 3,227 m into Lake Michigan completed 1866 Event 1st ambulance goes into service 1865 Event Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco 1864 Event Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley 1864 Event Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg 1863 Event Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves 1863 Event 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect 1863 Event 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army 1862 Event Confederate armies officially divide into corps 1862 Event 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi 1862 Death Felix Zollicoffer, General killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines 1854 Event Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use 1854 Event Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine 1853 Event Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay 1845 Event Henry David Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond 1835 Event HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) 1835 Event HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion 1834 Event German Tolunie goes into effect 1829 Death Sam Patch, loses his live in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls 1829 Event "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service 1822 Event In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US 1822 Event 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley 1822 Event Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory 1817 Event Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi 1814 Event Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1812 Event Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it disgusting and immoral. No wonder it caught on! 1806 Event A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley, Switzerland, kills 500 1805 Event Napoleons army draws into the Rhine 1803 Event 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states 1800 Event John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House 1798 Event New conscription law goes into effect in France 1792 Event Prussia army moves into French territory 1791 Event President Washington calls the U.S. Senate into its 1st special session 1790 Event Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China 1789 Event U.S. constitution goes into effect 1789 Event President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York 1788 Event U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify 1787 Event Prussian army moves into Netherlands 1774 Event Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) 1765 Event Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies 1759 Event Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages 1746 Birthday Absalom Jones, Delaware, born into slavery 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester 1745 Event Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle 1734 Event Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples 1688 Event Prince Willem III's troops pull into London 1667 Event French troops attack into Southern Netherlands 1662 Event Uniformity Act of England goes into effect 1655 Event Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts 1653 Event British Barebones Parliament goes into session 1621 Event Sir Francis Bacon thrown into Tower of London for 1 night 1618 Event Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht 1601 Event Earl Robert Devereux of Essex armies draws into London 1587 Event Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain and sinks Spanish fleet 1569 Event Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland 1556 Event Charles V and Maria of Hungary march into Spain 1553 Event Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England 1544 Birthday William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist, researcher into magnetism 1534 Event Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River 1534 Event Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea 1522 Event Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches 1391 Event Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery 1265 Event 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester 1199 Event Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew 1187 Event Saladins army marches into Jerusalem 1138 Event English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard 1110 Event Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath 1099 Event Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire 609 Event Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church
