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2013 Event - Wal-Mart revenue exceeds that of Exxon Mobil, becoming the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list

2013 Event - British catering firm Compass Group and Whitbread, one of the country's largest hotel chains, find horse DNA in products sold as "beef"

2013 Event - Bankrupt carrier, American Airlines and U.S. Airways merge, forming the world's largest air carrier, to trade under the name, American Airlines

2013 Event - Founder Michael Dell leads a consortium that announced plans to take Dell private with a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout deal - the largest buyout seen since the recession

2013 Event - In efforts to turn its back on nuclear power, Japan announces plans to build the world's largest offshore wind farm in the Fukushima Prefecture, near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

2012 Event - Atlanta IntercontinentalExchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world

2012 Event - Several European countries protest against unemployment and austerity measures; Spain and Portugal hold the largest protests, with Greece, Italy and Belgium holding smaller ones

2012 Event - The governing Worker's Party takes control of Brazil's financial capital and largest city when Fernando Haddad is elected mayor of Sao Paulo

2012 Event - Publishers Penguin and Random House merge to become Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the world

2012 Event - After mediation with creditors fails, the city of Stockton, California becomes the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy

2012 Event - Australia announces its plan to create the largest marine reserve in the world

2012 Event - The American company Apple, Inc. announces it is worth over $600 billion dollars, making the technology company the largest in the world by market capitalization

2012 Event - The largest solar flare in five years, occurring March 6, 2012, nears the Earth, threatening to disrupt airline flights, GPS systems and power grids

2011 Event - Brazil overtakes the United Kingdom as the world's sixth largest economy

2011 Event - The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars

2011 Event - Over 110 people are arrested in Queens, New York as part of the largest identity theft and retail crime ring in U.S. history

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 Britain, a ticket holder wins 161,653,000 pounds, the largest EuroMillions jackpot in history

2011 Event - New York becomes the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage when Governor Andrew Cuomo signs the New York State Marriage Equality Law

2011 Event - The Wallow Fire becomes the largest wildfire in Arizona history; firefighters have contained 20% of the 469,407-acre fire

2011 Event - Amid unrest in the Mideast, activists claim China has launched the largest crackdown on dissenters in recent years

2011 Event - Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post

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 - U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal a cable from Hillary Clinton accusing Saudi Arabia's rich of being the largest source of funding for Sunni terrorist groups

2010 Event - Authorities searching two homes near Escondido, California, find the largest cache of homemade explosives ever discovered in the U.S.

2010 Event - U.S. voters go to the polls; Republicans win control of the House of Representatives with the largest number of seats gained since 1894

2010 Event - Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water control and utilization project, announces its water levels have reached full capacity

2010 Event - China's largest fair, Canton Fair, opens and is closely watched as it is the barometer of the country's trade and economic development

2010 Event - Over 92,000 classified documents detailing incidents related to the war in Afghanistan are released by Wikileaks; this is the largest leak in U.S military history

2010 Event - The largest manhunt in U.K. recent history ends when gunman Raoul Moat shoots and kills himself in a 6-hour standoff with police

2010 Event - Leaders of the twenty largest economies meet for the 2010 G-20 Summit in Toronto, Canada

2010 Event - United and Continental air lines announce that the two American companies will merge, creating the world's largest airline

2010 Event - China begins text message surveillance, blocking customers from the country's two largest operators for lewd messages

2010 Event - China surpasses Germany, becoming the. world's largest exporter

2009 Event - More than 2,000 people found in Poland's largest mass grave during World War II are reburied in a military cemetary

2007 Event - Burj Dubai becomes the world's largest structure

2005 Event - Sumatran earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7, the second largest earthquake since 1965

1999 Event - The London Eye, the world's largest Ferris wheel, opens by the banks of the Thames

1997 Event - South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp

1995 Event - Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27 games)

1995 Event - World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank and Bank of Tokyo merge

1994 Event - Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618

1994 Event - Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn

1994 Event - In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made

1994 Event - Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706

1994 Event - Largest omelet (1,383 ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan

1994 Event - Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa)

1994 Event - Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal

1994 Event - 10th largest wrestling crowd (58,000-Tokyo Dome)

1993 Event - Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502)

1993 Event - Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the world

1993 Event - 7th largest wrestling crowd (63,500-Tokyo Dome)

1992 Event - Largest wrestling crowd out side of U.S. (75,000) at Wembley Stadium

1992 Event - World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil

1992 Event - 5th Largest wrestling crowd (64,287-Toronto SkyDome)

1992 Event - U.N. officially embarks on its largest peacekeeping operation

1992 Event - 8th largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)

1991 Event - Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)

1991 Event - Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30

1991 Event - World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs

1991 Event - Largest wrestling crowd in Japan (64,500) at Tokyo Dome

1991 Event - World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait

1991 Event - Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)

1990 Event - 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis

1990 Event - World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City

1990 Event - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen

1990 Event - 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)

1989 Event - 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)

1989 Event - Smith Dairy at Orrville Ohio, makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal)

1989 Event - Ground breaking begins in Minnesota on world's largest mall

1989 Event - Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary

1989 Event - Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois

1988 Event - Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million

1988 Event - World's Largest Sausage completed at 13 miles long

1988 Event - Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards)

1988 Event - Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)

1988 Event - 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit

1987 Event - Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016

1987 Event - 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Philadelphia at Detroit

1987 Event - Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0)

1986 Event - Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium

1986 Event - Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M)

1986 Event - 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia at Detroit

1985 Event - Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens

1985 Event - Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit)

1985 Event - Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit

1984 Event - Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)

1983 Event - 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18"(46 cm))

1982 Event - Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279

1981 Event - Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen

1981 Event - Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond, Virginia

1981 Event - Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history

1981 Event - Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane

1977 Event - Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)

1977 Event - World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival

1976 Event - 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China

1976 Event - Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130)

1976 Event - World's largest telescope (600 cm) begins operation (U.S.S.R.)

1973 Event - 2 bettors win largest U.S. Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit)

1972 Event - "December Giant" largest sinkhole in U.S. collapses (Alabama)

1972 Event - Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)

1972 Event - Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)

1971 Event - Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history

1970 Event - World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight

1969 Event - 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati - Detroit, San Diego - Boston

1967 Event - Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7

1967 Event - U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War

1965 Event - Largest newspaper-Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents )

1964 Event - World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin

1963 Event - 7th largest snowfall in New York City history (42.4 cm, 16.7")

1961 Event - 6th largest snowfall in New York City history (17.4" (44.2cm))

1961 Event - Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)

1960 Event - Largest New York Knick 49th St. MSG crowd-18,499

1960 Event - World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)

1960 Event - 9th largest snowfall in New York City history, 14.5"

1959 Event - 10th largest snowfall in New York City history (13.7")

1959 Event - 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod

1957 Birthday - Mukesh Ambani, born in Aden, Yemen, Indian business tycoon, largest shareholder and managing director of Reliance Industries, worth over $29 billion

1956 Event - Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted

1955 Event - U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan

1954 Event - Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns and win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Washington 62-3

1954 Event - Indians sweep Yankees at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563)

1954 Event - Largest check: Internal U.S. Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57

1953 Birthday - Jerry Page, golfer, largest PGA victory margin

1951 Event - Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle

1951 Event - World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville Tx, to 134th St, New York City)

1948 Event - 8th largest snowfall in New York City history (15.3")

1947 Event - Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed

1947 Event - Largest group of sunspots on record

1946 Event - Largest solar prominence, 300,000 mi/500,000 km, observed

1945 Event - Largest one-day airborne drop, 600 transports and 1300 gliders

1945 Event - Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa

1944 Event - World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn)

1943 Event - World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed

1941 Event - Largest roller skating rink (outside of New York City) opens in Peekskill NY

1941 Event - 3rd largest snowfall in New York City history (18.1")

1940 Event - Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1 cent 1856 British Guiana)

1938 Event - Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight

1938 Event - American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)

1937 Event - World's largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12' calla lily

1934 Birthday - Bob Martinez, born in America, served as Mayor of Tampa, Florida and 40th Governor of Florida, initiated Preservation 2000, America's largest environmental land acquisition program, appointed Drug Czar by President George H.W. Bush

1934 Event - World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines

1931 Event - Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe

1928 Event - Worlds largest hailstone 1 lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska

1927 Event - Worlds largest gas tank in Pittsburgh Penn explodes; 28 die

1922 Event - Largest U.S. flag displayed (150' X 90') expanded in 1939 (270' X 90')

1922 Event - Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs

1919 Death - Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69

1918 Birthday - Dwayne Andreas, born in Worthington, Minnesota, called the 'Soybean King', CEO of Archer Daniels Midland - ADM, largest producer of farm commodities in the U.S. for over 30 years

1911 Event - Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)

1910 Event - New Yorks's Penn Station opens as world's largest train station

1909 Event - Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det

1906 Event - Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched

1905 Event - World's largest diamond, Cullinan - 3106 carets, found in South Africa

1892 Death - John Banvard, painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies

1888 Event - 2nd largest snowfall in New York City history (21")

1872 Event - 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18")

1872 Event - World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales

1863 Event - Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory

1849 Birthday - Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke and steel operation

1815 Birthday - John Banvard, New York City, painted worlds largest painting, 3 mile canvas

1655 Event - Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)

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