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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The Turkish government has reversed its stance and is now allowing Kurds to cross into Syria in order to fight Islamic State forces 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 South African President Jacob Zuma is sworn into office for his second 5-year term 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The legality of the United States' plans to strike Syria without UN backing are called into question by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon New Zealand's most active volcano - the White Islands' Whakaari, erupts, sending ash 4 kilometres into the air 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 Microsoft takes negative feedback into account, and announces plans to change many features of its Xbox One 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Wade Davis' non-fiction book, 'Into the Silence', wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize The FBI claim to have completed it's investigation into the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya in one day 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 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 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 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 In the U.S. city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, a U.S. Navy FA-18 Superhornet crashes into an apartment complex Between 60 to 70 artifacts of the ancient Olympic games are stolen by thieves who broke into the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in Greece According to Israel's military chief, the country is preparing for a increase of Syrian refugees into Golan Heights 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 Over 88 containers from the MV Rena, New Zealand's stranded cargo ship, fall into the Bay of Plenty The Bank of England pumps an additional 75 billion pounds into the British economy via quantitative easing 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. In South Korea, the Financial Services Commission reveals they plan to inject more money into suspended local savings banks 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 In Kabul, a rocket is fired into the compound of Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces the country's plan to launch a manned shuttle into space by 2019 U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announces an inquiry into News of the World, allegedly involved in a phone hacking scandal In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect Iran's Government rejects an investigation into alleged human rights abuses called for by the United Nations Human Rights Council The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame In the Battle of Az Zawiyah, rebels successfully overcome pro-Gaddafi forces trying to push into the city Russia began searching for a missing military satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit 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 Experts believe three Russian satellites that failed to reach orbit after launching from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome have crashed into the Pacific Ocean A professor searching into medical records of playwright Bertolt Brecht discovers he may have died after contracting undiagnosed rheumatic fever as a child In Italy, a package at the Bologna Airport, addressed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bursts into flames during an inspection by police Thirty Kurds are killed when the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution crosses the border into Iraq China leads an investigation into its commercial pilots upon learning over 200 of them falsified their resumes In Sichuan, China, massive flooding sweeps two passenger train carriages into the river South Korea states that North Korea fired over 100 rounds of artillery into the Sea of Japan, signaling tension along the Korean Peninsula The U.S. Government estimates the Deepwater Horizon oil spill dumped nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico 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 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 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 A food crisis in Niger causes Nigerians to flee across the border into Nigeria 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 A tsunami warning went into effect for Chile and Peru after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Conception, Chile 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 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 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 Tony Awards, Hairspray, Take Me Out, Long Day's Journey Into Night revival and Nine revival won major awards 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 Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128 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 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 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 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 STS-86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit STS-85, Discovery 23, launches into orbit STS-94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space Space Shuttle STS-81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space 1996 Event Space Shuttle STS-80 (Columbia 21), launches into space "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances Space Shuttle STS-79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space 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 Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space STS-77 (Endeavour 11), launches into orbit STS-76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit STS-75 (Columbia 19), launches into orbit Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit Space Shuttle STS-72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space 1995 Event Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16 STS-74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit STS-73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit STS-69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit New York Police Department and New York Transit Police merge into one organization STS-63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit 1994 Event B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit Space shuttle STS-64 (Discovery 20), launches into orbit Tu-22 crashes into Aeroflot Tu-134a at Zhukovsky, 7 killed Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054) Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300 STS-59, Endeavour, launches into orbit Chuck Jones found guilty of breaking into Marla Maples home Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose, California, 1 dead Russian manned space craft TM-18, launches into orbit North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect 1993 Event C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit Dave Winfield hits 442nd home run to move into 19th place Russian manned space craft TM-17, launches into orbit STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit Boeing 727 crashes into mountain at Medellin Colombia, kills 132 STS-55 (Columbia) launches into orbit STS-56, Discovery, launches into orbit New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns get into a major brawl Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit Czechoslovakia separates into Czech Republic (Bohemia) and Slovakia 1992 Event Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 Space Shuttle STS-52 (Columbia 13) launches into space Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die) Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies Thai Airbus crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 113 die William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space 1st Belgium in the space, Dirk Frimout on Atlantis Space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) launches into space Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect Space Shuttle STS-42 (Discovery 15) launches into space 1991 Event Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei New York Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs U.S. 70th manned space mission STS-39 (Discovery 12) launches into orbit Joni Mitchel inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame 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 U.S. 68th manned space mission STS-38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit U.S. 67th manned space mission STS-41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda 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 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery U.S. 66th manned space mission STS-31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit Pistons and 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) U.S. 65th manned space mission STS-36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 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 U.S. 62nd manned space mission STS-34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit Senegambia separates back into Gambia and Senegal "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 764 performances Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game) Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy AT&T announces New Jersey's 201 area code will split into 908 and 201 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 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 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle globe alone Kay Cottee sails into Sydney as 1st woman to circle the globe alone Mike Schmidt hits his 535th home run, moving into 8th place Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran 1987 Event South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 764 performances Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft Syrian army marches into Beirut 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 "Into the Light" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 6 performances Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS "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 Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die Reggie Jackson hit his 537th home run passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place U.S.S.R. launches Mir space station into Earth orbit 1985 Event Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit L Brock, Slaughter, A Vaughan, and H Wilhelm inducted into Hall of Fame Reggie Jackson hits his 513th home run to move into 10th place 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 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36 Harmon Killebrew, Rick Ferrell, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese, and Luis Aparicio inducted into Hall of Fame Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game Soviet sub crashes into USS aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off Japan Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River Landsat 5 and ham satellite Oscar 11 launched into polar orbit 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq 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 B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean 1982 Event Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die U.S.S.R. Salyut 7 space station put into orbit Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard Honduras constitution goes into effect 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 Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket George Foster hits his 8th home run into red seats at Riverfront Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business 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 Kaline, Snider, Klein, and Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall of Fame Rohini 1, 1st Indian satellite, launches into orbit Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 1979 Event Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on Antarctica kills 257 Mali's constitution goes into effect Gary Roenicke hits into Orioles 13th triple play (Oakland) Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water 1978 Event Spain constitution goes into effect Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect South Africa military goes into Angola Israel turns 3 military outposts in West Bank into civilian settlements 1977 Event International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation Belgium reapportions 2,359 communities into 596 1976 Event Albania constitution goes into effect Piper Cherokee crashes into Baltimore Memorial Stadium upper stands, 10 minutes after Colts lose 40-14 to Steelers. No one seriously hurt Algeria Constitution goes into effect Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after 11-month flight from Earth Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars U.S. Viking 1 goes into Martian orbit after 10-month flight from Earth ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs) merges into NBA International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying) 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 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space Malta's constitution goes into effect Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 Taiwan police shoots into crowd 1973 Event Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days Bahrain's constitution goes into effect Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league Egyptian tanks move further into Israel Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days) New York Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12 games President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout Roberto Clemente and Warren Spahn inducted into Hall of Fame Stevie Wonder involved in car crash, goes into a 4 day coma Munson and Fisk get into a brawl at Fenway Park 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river, India NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont 1972 Event New North Korean constitution comes into effect Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect Chicago's Dick Allen is 4th (Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, and Alex Johnson) to homer into Comiskey Park's center field bleachers Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt) Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77 Kiteman attempting to throw out 1st ball in Phillie Vet crashes into centerfield seats Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die 1971 Event Eisenhower dollar put into circulation Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska) Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame U.S. launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft 1971 Death Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard Bulgarian constitution goes into effect 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2 1970 Event Iraq's constitution goes into effect Chartered Dan-Air Comet crashes into mountains north of Barcelona, Spain killing 112 vacationing Britons U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4) Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect 1969 Event Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit 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 Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit 1968 Event Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit U.S. pro soccer 14 teams merged into 1 all star team France refuses U.K. entry into common market NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions Truth in Lending Act signed into law AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect Country's 1st 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala Pennsylvania Railroad/New York City Central merge into Penn Central 1968 Death Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars), checked into the boards and killed Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km) ABC radio splits into 4 networks (Info, Entertainment, Contemp and FM) 1967 Event United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL U.S. launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title Martial Law goes into effect in Greece Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit 1966 Event Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit Medicare goes into effect Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switzerland), 117 die Rocker Jan Berry crashes his corvette into a parked truck 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit 1965 Event Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) Trackless trolley plunged into Nile River drowning 74 (Cairo Egypt) India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect Orioles' Brooks Robinson hits into his record tying (George Sisler) Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand 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 Phillies Dick Allen and Frank Thomas get into a fight during practice Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test) Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach, New Jersey, kills 84 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) 1964 Event Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit 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) Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot 1962 Event Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched into Earth orbit Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector Mariner I launched to Mars falls into Atlantic Ocean Lou Brock is 2nd to home run into Polo Grounds right-center field bleachers Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit 1962 Death H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water) Express train crashed into wreckage of a commuter train and a freight, killing 163, injuring 400 (Tokyo, Japan) American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands) 1961 Event Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit Antarctic Treaty goes into effect NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka, a dog, into orbit Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure U.N. genocide pact goes into effect 1960 Event Benelux treaty goes into effect South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive) CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed House investigating committee, looking into payola questions India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus 1959 Event Chinese troops move into India, 17 die Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit 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 Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) Joyce Sims, born in Rochester, New York, singer, songwriter, released U.S. and UK hit single titled, 'Come Into My Life', 1987 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission 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 Brooks Robinson, hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays UP and International News Service merge into United Press International Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape Royals basketball star Maurice Stokes collapsed during a playoff game with encephalitis; He goes into a coma and is permanently disabled Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km Egypt and Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic 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 Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 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 Israeli paratroopers drop into Sinai to open Straits of Tiran 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada) Joe Cronin and Hank Greenberg inducted into Hall of Fame 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 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect 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 U.S. Senate censures Joe McCarthy, Senator-R-Wisconsin, for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor and disrepute" Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1954 Birthday Jeremy Coney, cricketer, New Zealand captain turned them into world-beaters European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1953 Event 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yankees beat Washington 12-4 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 Indies Constitution goes into effect North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 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 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 NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association 1948 Event U.S. State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo 1947 Event HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece 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 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die Canadian troops move into Amsterdam British troops pull into Utrecht, Netherlands Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands 1944 Event Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp British troops march into Athens Soviets march into Hungary and Czechoslovakia Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest U.S. B-24 crashes into school in Freckelton England, 76 killed U.S. troop march into Guam Soviet Army marches into Lublin Poland Russian troops cross river Bug/march into Poland British troops march into Caen U.S. troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy Allies march into Rome 1944 Birthday Billy Vera, musician, & Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16 1943 Event Bomb fleeing crowd falls into London shelter; 173 die New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the U.S. army British 8th army marches into Tripoli 1942 Event 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) Anne Frank, 13, goes into hiding with her family and 4 other Jews Germany troop march into Woronezj Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam Germany troop march into Sebastopol Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine Germany Armys march into Sebastopol Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road U.S. move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers Japanese troop march into Batavia Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S. General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine 1941 Event State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II 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 Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas Estonia loses 11,000 inhabitants as a consequence of mass deportations into Siberia Great British convoy marches into Alexandria Adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation Wolfgang Bauer, born in Graz, Styria, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change' 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies) British troops march into Abyssinia 1940 Event Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938) Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire Lithuanian SSR is accepted into U.S.S.R. German armour division moves into Northern France 1939 Event Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service German troops move into Danzig 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 Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee and survives 1935 Event Saar incorporated into Germany Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 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 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays 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 Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days" 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) 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 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 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 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 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service 1929 Event Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway 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 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 Firestone puts their inflatable tires into production 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 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 USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years 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 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933 1919 Event Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play Austrian National Meeting affirms Anschluss (incorporate into Germany) 1918 Event 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect 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 Germany troop march into Fort Faux, Verdun Belgian troop march into Kigali, German East-Africa General Pershing, 15,000 troops chasing Villa into Mexico, stays 10-mos 1915 Event Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 1914 Event German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I) German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia 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 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%) Serbian troops march into Albania 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 Dutch Disability laws go into effect Montenegro troops march into Skoetari, North-Albania Department of Commerce and Labor split into separate departments 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box 1912 Event Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect 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 British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet 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 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 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 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 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 David Garnett, England, novelist and editor, Lady into Fox 1890 Event 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation 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) Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park 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 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 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 Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg 1863 Event Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland, freeing slaves 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army 1862 Event Confederate armies officially divide into corps 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 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) 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 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley 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 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 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 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