2015 Event Serbian Novak Djokovic beats Swiss Roger Federer to win his second U.S. Men's Open title; a day earlier, Italian Flavia Pennetta beat fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Women's Open to win her first Grand Slam, then announced her retirement 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama bans the use of certain military equipment by police in the wake of recent deaths of unarmed black men by police officers; the move is meant to help communities see police as protectors rather than as an 'occupied force' 2015 Event UConn defeats Notre Dame 63-53 to win the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship; these results follow yesterday's Duke University win over the University of Wisconsin 68-63 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship 2015 Event Duke University defeats the University of Wisconsin to win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship; the game, with a 68-63 score, resulted in Duke's fifth title 2015 Event American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first to successfully free-climb the Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a climb of 3,000 feet; the men started the climb on December 27th, 2014 2015 Event Police have killed two of the three men who attacked the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' yesterday to avenge the Prophet Muhammad; the third attacker turned himself in after the incident, which killed 12 and wounded 11 people 2014 Event Tension increases for New York City police after a man kills two officers to avenge the killing of two unarmed black men by police in recent weeks; police have been ordered to work in pairs and to consider their own safety first while on patrol 2014 Event Thousands of protesters march in Washington, D.C., to protest recent killings of unarmed black men by policemen; the marchers called for an end to police brutality and racial injustice in the U.S. legal system 2014 Event Six men being detained in the U.S. Guantanamo Bay facility have been released to Uruguay; the men are considered refugees and will not have restrictions on their travel 2014 Event Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement have been denied permission to travel to the mainland; the men sought to fly to Beijing to present their grievances to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang 2014 Event Israel reopens Jerusalem's Temple Mount a day after closing it to visitors in the wake of the shooting of activist Yehudah Glick; however, security restrictions have been applied to Muslim men seeking to pray at the site 2014 Event Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah have agreed to share power in a unity government, with Ghani as president and Abdullah as chief executive officer of Afghanistan; both men claimed fraud after the election, prompting a U.N.-monitored recount 2014 Event Iran is strengthening gender segregation policies, forbidding women to work in public areas of restaurants and seeking separation from men in office settings; the move will increase the 18.9% female jobless rate 2014 Event Two former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, have been convicted of war crimes during the period of Cambodian genocide in the 1970s; a U.N.-supported war crimes tribunal sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s 2014 Event Petra Kvitova beats Eugenie Bouchard to win the women's Wimbledon final; Novak Djokovic wins the men's final after defeating Roger Federer 2014 Event An American, Meb Keflezighi, wins the men's Boston Marathon, one year after the race was targeted by bombings; an American last won the men's race in 1983 2014 Event The University of Connecticut achieves a second championship as the women's basketball team takes home the NCAA championship title after a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame; the men's basketball team won the NCAA title this season 2014 Event The UConn Huskies beat the University of Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 for the NCAA Men's Basketball Division I championship title 2014 Event The menswear industry consolidates as Men's Wearhouse announces a merger with JoS. A. Bank Clothiers 2014 Event The Sochi Winter Olympics ends; on this last day of the competitions, Canada beats Sweden in men's hockey, keeping Canada as the reigning gold winner in two consecutive Winter Games 2014 Event Eleven illegal gold miners are rescued from a collapsed shaft; the remaining men refuse to surface upon learning that the rescued men have been immediately arrested; over 200 miners may still remain in the shaft 2013 Event At the U.S. Open, defending men's singles champion Andy Murray is beaten in straight sets by Swiss player, Stanislas Wawrinka 2013 Event At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Andy Murray wins the Men's Singles after beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets; he becomes the first British man to win since Fred Perry's Wimbleton 1936 win 2013 Event The 2012-13 Biathlon World Cup ends, with Martin Fourcade winning men's and Tora Berger winning women's overall World Cup titles 2013 Event Serbian tennis pro Novak Djokovic achieves a four-set victory over opponent Andy Murray, winning the men's singles at the 2013 Australian Open 2013 Event Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory 2012 Event At the 2012 U.S. Open, Andy Murray of the U.K. wins the Men's Singles, defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic; Murray becomes the first British player to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry 76 years ago 2012 Event Britain tennis pro Andy Murray wins the16th gold medal for Britain during the 2012 Summer Olympics after defeating Roger Federer in the men's singles final 2012 Event A new Olympic Record in the men's 100m breaststroke is set at the 2012 Summer Olympics, by Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa 2012 Event At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, tennis pro Roger Federer beats Andy Murray three sets to one at the Men's Singles final 2011 Event The 63rd Emmy Awards for U.S television programs is held in Los Angeles, California: Mad Men wins for the outstanding drama series 2011 Event In Sweden, four men arrested for the 2011 failed Gothenburg terrorist attack are believed to be linked to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network 2011 Event In England, two men who created a Facebook site to incite violence during the riots are sentenced to four years imprisonment 2010 Event Over 40,000 runners compete in the New York Marathon; Gebre Gebremariam wins the men's marathon and Edna Kiplagat wins the women's marathon 2010 Event Two men on motorcycles fatally shot Pedro Alcantara de Souza, a Brazilian land reform activist, five times in the head while he tried to ride his bicycle in Para 2010 Event Three men are detained in relation to the theft of former Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos' corpse, December 11, 2009 2010 Event Men's freestyle skiing moguls competitor, Alexandre Bilodeau, wins the first gold medal Canada has ever won on home soil at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics 2006 Event 17 Islamic men are arrested in a plot to bomb targets in Toronto 2005 Event NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Illinois 75-70 2004 Event Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 2004 Event Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Julian Knowles and Nenad Zimonjic 2003 Event Wimbledon Men's Finals, Roger Federer beat Mark Philippoussis 2003 Event Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 2002 Event Wimbledon Men's Finals, Lleyton Hewitt beat David Nalbandian 2002 Event Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor, 2002 Event 64th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Georgia Dome Atlanta 2001 Event Wimbledon Men's Finals, Goran Ivanisevic beat Pat Rafter 2001 Event Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer beat Jiri Novak and David Rikl 2001 Event 63rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Metrodome Minneapolis 2000 Death Jason Robards, actor, All the President's Men, dies at 78 2000 Event Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Pat Rafter 2000 Event Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde beat Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle 2000 Event 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at RCA Dome Indianapolis 1999 Event Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1999 Event Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi 1999 Event Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes beat 1999 Event 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St. Petersburg 1998 Death Alan J. Pakula, "director, producer", All the President's Men, dies at 70 1998 Event Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Event Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic 1998 Event Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis beat Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde 1998 Event 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio 1997 Event Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA 1997 Event Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 Event "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City 1997 Event "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City 1997 Death Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men, dies at 68 1996 Event Couples, Love and Stewart win Wendy's Men's 3 Tour Golf Challenge 1996 Event Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1996 Event 58th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Syracuse 76-67 1996 Event 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men 1996 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA) 1995 Event Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1995 Event 57th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: UCLA Bruins beats Arkansas 89-78 1995 Event 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win 1995 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1995 Event 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win 1994 Event 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Arkansas Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72 1994 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1993 Event "3 Men on a Horse" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 40 performances 1993 Event "3 Men on a Horse" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 40 performances 1993 Event 55th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Michigan 77-71 1993 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN 1992 Death Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies 1992 Event 54th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Duke beats Michigan 71-51 1992 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1991 Event Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92 1991 Event Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men's pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit 1991 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1991 Event "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1991 Death Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59 1991 Death Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40 1990 Event Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait 1990 Event European court rules pension rights for both men and women 1990 Event 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73 1989 Event "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances 1989 Event Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men," premieres in New York City 1989 Event Cincinnati Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning 1989 Event 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime 1989 Death May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies 1989 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1989 Event 77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62) 1988 Event 3 men end 29-hour all-466-station subway ride in New York City 1988 Event Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title 1988 Event 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4 hours 55 minutes - longest men's final in U.S. Open history 1988 Event 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79 1988 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA) 1987 Event 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic 1987 Event 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73 1987 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN) 1986 Event 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69 1986 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA) 1985 Event 47th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Villanova beats Georgetown 84-75 1984 Event 73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62) 1984 Event Men's choir Maranatha Netherlands forms 1984 Event U.S. men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics 1984 Event 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75) 1984 Event 8 men record longest distance (13 miles) rowed in 24 hours 1984 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1983 Event NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule 1983 Event 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 1983 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1983 Event 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins 1983 Event "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on U.K. pop chart 1982 Event Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1982 Event 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62 1982 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1981 Event National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1981 Death Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies 1981 Event 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50 1981 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1980 Event Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder 1980 Event 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA 59-54 1980 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR 1980 Event 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62) 1979 Death Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 1979 Event 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan State beats Indiana State. 75-64 1979 Event Men's Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.) 1978 Event 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry 1978 Event Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood 1978 Event 40th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Duke 94-88 1978 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA) 1977 Death Gertrude Astor, actress (Ship of Wanted Men), dies on 90th birthday 1977 Event New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0 1977 Event 39th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Marquette beats North Carolina 67-59 1977 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.) 1976 Death Frankie Darro, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58 1976 Event 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68 1976 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB) 1976 Death Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64 1975 Birthday Viaceslav Ivanovski, Israel, Men's Weightlifting 99kg 1975 Death Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65 1975 Event 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55 1975 Event "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 Event "Men on the Moon" opens at Little Theater New York City for 5 performances 1974 Birthday Tony Delk, born in Covington, Tennessee, professional basketball player, point guard, shooting guard, leader of University of Kentucky Wildcats team that won the 1996 NCAA Men's Division 1973 Birthday Wanya Morris, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men 1973 Death Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62 1973 Death Walter Greaza, actor (Leonard-Martin Kane, Treasury Men), dies at 76 1973 Event 35th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Memphis 81-76 1972 Birthday Shawn Stockman, Slim, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men 1972 Event U.S. Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to U.S.S.R. (disputed) 1972 Event 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76 1971 Birthday Michael S McCary, Boss, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men 1971 Birthday Nathan Morris, Alex Vanderpool, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, rapper, Boyz II Men 1971 Event 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title 1971 Event "City Command" kidnaps 4 U.S. military men at Ankara, Turkey 1971 Death Teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73 1971 Event Swiss men accept female suffrage 1971 Birthday Konstantin Matoussevich, Israel, Men's high jump, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Sergi Bruguera, born in Barcelona, Spain, professional tennis player, played for Spain, won consecutive men's singles titles at the 1993 and 1994 French Open 1970 Death Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63 1970 Birthday Shay-Oren Smadja, born in Israel, men's half middleweight judoka, 1996 Olympics 1970 Event 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1970 Event 32nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Jacksonville 80-69 1970 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA) 1969 Birthday Konstantin Semyonov, Israel, Men's pole vaulter, 1996 Olympics 1969 Event Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only) 1969 Event 2nd U.S. Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain) 1969 Event 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1969 Event Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1969 Birthday Nir Shental, Israel, Men's 470 yachter, 1996 Olympics 1969 Event 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years 1969 Birthday Scott Alexander Brownlee, born in Hamilton, New Zealand, rowing coxless 4 men 1996 Olympics 1969 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA 1969 Event Diana Crump becomes 1st U.S. woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah 1969 Event Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City 1968 Event Borman, Lovell and Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon 1968 Birthday Will Smith, actor/rapper, Men In Black, Indepedence Day, Fresh Prince 1968 Event Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing and is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores 1968 Event 30th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats North Carolina 78-55 1968 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) 1968 Birthday Cuba Gooding, Jr., actor, Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men 1967 Event 7 men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridan Miss 1967 Birthday Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump, 1996 Olympics 1967 Event 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64 1967 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) 1967 Event John Herbert's "Fortune and Men's Eyes," premieres in New York City 1966 Death Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1966 Event Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage 1966 Birthday Vladislav Neiman, born in Israel, Men's flyweight boxer, 1996 Olympics 1966 Event 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65 1966 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer AUT 1965 Birthday Rob Schneider, actor, Saturday Night Live, Men Behaving Badly 1965 Event 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 1964 Birthday Rosie Perez, born in Brooklyn, actress, Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump 1964 Event 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery" 1964 Event 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83 1964 Birthday Reniet Vrieze, rock singer and guitarist, Pilgrims-White Men 1963 Event John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women 1963 Event 25th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Loyola beats Cincinnati 60-58 (OT) 1962 Birthday Cary Elwes, born in Westminster, London, actor, films include, 'The Princess Bride', 'Liar Liar', 'Twister', 'Lady Jane', 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' 1962 Birthday Alex Tripolski, born in Israel, Men's Shooting 50M air pistol, Olympics 1996 1962 Event 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 71-59 1962 Birthday Eddie Izzard, born in Colony of Aden, Yemen, actor, comedian, standup sets include, 'Stripped', 'Dress to Kill', 'Glorious', appeared in films, 'Ocean's Twelve', 'Mystery Men' 1962 Death Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 1961 Birthday Nancy Travis, New York City, actress, Kim-Almost Perfect, Chaplin, 8 Men Out 1961 Birthday Jared Harris, born in London, England, actor, known for role of Lane Pryce on 'Mad Men' television series 1961 Event Spain accept equal rights for men and women 1961 Event 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) 1960 Event 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55 1960 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA) 1960 Event USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating 1959 Event 21st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70 1959 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA 1958 Event 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere") 1958 Event Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society 1958 Birthday Kevin Pollak, SF, comedian, Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men 1958 Event St. Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout 1958 Event 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72 1958 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA 1957 Birthday Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist, Men At Work-Who Can it Be 1957 Event John Lennon (16) and Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group The Quarry Men perform at a church dinner 1957 Birthday Margaret Colin, actress, Independence Day, Three Men and a Baby 1957 Event 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs) 1957 Event Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA) 1956 Death George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 1956 Event Yankees set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway 1956 Event 18th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats Iowa 83-71 1956 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA 1955 Birthday Tony Allcock, born in Leicestershire, England, bowler, two-time world outdoor singles champion, 1992, 1996, world singles champion 1986, 1987, 2002, won silver medal in men's singles event at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada 1955 Event 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63 1954 Birthday Boris Polak, Israel, Men's 50M Free Rifle 3 Positions, 1996 Olympics 1954 Event Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1954 Event 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76 1954 Birthday Craig Wasson, born in Oregon, actor, Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club 1954 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US 1953 Birthday Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist, Men At Work 1953 Birthday Colin Hay, born in Scotland, rock vocalist, Men At Work 1953 Event 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68 1953 Event Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA 1952 Event 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns 80-63 1952 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA 1951 Event Dacron men's suits introduced 1951 Event 13th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Kansas 68-58 1951 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA 1950 Death Agnes Repplier, American essayist and writer, 'Books and Men' and 'In Pursuit of Laughter', dies 1950 Event 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year 1950 Event 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford and De Havilland win 1950 Event Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA) 1950 Event Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" 1950 Birthday David Strathairn, actor, LA Confidential, Eight Men Out 1950 Event 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities 1949 Event 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 1949 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA 1948 Event 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42 1948 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA 1947 Birthday Ted Danson, born in San Diego California, actor, Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men and a Baby 1947 Birthday Belinda Balaski, Inglewood California, actor, Cannonball, Proud Men, Howling 1947 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men) 1947 Event 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47 1946 Event 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40 1946 Birthday Andre Dussollier, Annecy France, actor, 3 Men and a Cradle 1945 Event 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44 1945 Birthday Barry Holstein Lopez, U.S. author, Of Wolves and Men 1944 Event In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis 1944 Event German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany 1944 Event 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40 1943 Event Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps 1943 Event 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34 1942 Birthday Rex Thompson, New York City, actor, Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men 1942 Event 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty 1941 Event All elderly Jewish men of Kerenchug Ukraine, are killed by SS 1941 Birthday Michael Lerner, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 8 Men Out, Harlem Nights 1941 Event 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 1940 Event 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime 1940 Birthday John Mahoney, born in Manchester, England, actor, Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out 1940 Event 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42 1939 Event 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 1937 Event John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," premieres in New York City 1935 Birthday Link Wray, rocker, Link Wray and His Ray Men 1935 Birthday Ann Wedgeworth, Abilene, Texas, actress, Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie 1934 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Sidney Kingsley (Men in White) 1934 Event 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61) 1933 Event Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in New York City 1932 Death R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76 1931 Birthday John Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men 1930 Birthday Bryan Magee, born in Hoxton, England, broadcaster, author, politician, presented current affairs television show This Week, made philosophy accessible with his 'Men of Ideas' television series 1928 Event Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6 1928 Birthday Alan J. Pakula, director, All the President's Men, Klute 1928 Birthday Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men 1927 Event Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet 1927 Death James Curwood, U.S. journalist and writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 1927 Birthday Anne Gillis, Little Rock, Arkansas, actress, Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men 1926 Event 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours 1925 Birthday Dickie Moore, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men 1925 Birthday Hal Holbrook, born in Cleveland, actor, All the President's Men, Mark Twain 1924 Event 1st men's college swimming championships begin 1923 Event New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers 1921 Birthday Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist, 100 Men and a Girl 1921 Birthday Harry Secombe, Swansea, Wales, actor, Down Among the "Z" Men 1921 Event 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium 1920 Birthday D. J. Enright, born in England, poet and novelist, Some Men are Brothers 1920 Event Swiss men vote against women's suffrage 1919 Event 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam 1918 Birthday Frankie Darro, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men 1918 Birthday Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet, Illinois, actress, All the King's Men 1917 Event 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1917 Event American men begin registering for the draft 1916 Event General Douglas Haig reports "The men are in splendid spirits" 1915 Birthday Charles L[eonard] Harness, U.S., sci-fi author, Paradox Men, Wolfhead 1915 Event 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280,000 men 1914 Birthday Jeff Corey, born in New York City, actor, Getting Straight, Superman and Mole Men 1912 Birthday Ann Dvorak, McKim, New York City, actress, G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface 1911 Birthday Broderick Crawford, Philadelphia, actor, All the King's Men, Highway Patrol 1911 Birthday Lee J Cobb, New York City, actor, Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront 1910 Birthday Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist, Men Around the President 1910 Birthday Jack Hawkins, London, actor, Ben-Four Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story 1910 Birthday Richard Conte, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, 4 Just Men, Tony Rome, Hotel 1908 Event 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa 1908 Birthday Robert Rossen director and writer, Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo 1906 Event Henry Mathewson (New York Giants, Christy's brother) walks 14 men 1905 Event Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3 1905 Birthday Robert Penn Warren, 1st U.S. poet laureate, All the King's Men 1905 Event Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago 1899 Birthday Jacques Audiberti, French poet, Race of Men 1898 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men" 1897 Birthday Teddy Hart, New York City, actor, 3 Men on a Horse 1896 Birthday Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer, Men of the South 1894 Birthday Percy Helton, New York, actor, Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men 1893 Birthday Irving Bacon, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actor, Branded Men, Fort Ti 1893 Event For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago 1889 Birthday Walter Lippmann, New York City, journalist/political writer, Men of Dystany 1888 Event Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest 1888 Birthday Hedwig "Vicki" Baum, Austrian/US author, Men Never Know 1886 Birthday Jean Hersholt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actor, Men in White, Aryan 1885 Birthday Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet, Men of Good Will 1884 Event Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces 1882 Death Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. poet (Representive Men), dies 1882 Event Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men 1881 Event 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI) 1881 Birthday Lois Weber, 1st U.S. woman film director, What Do Men Want? 1880 Event Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England 1874 Event Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City 1868 Event Great Train Robbery-7 men (Reno Brother) make off with $98,000 in cash 1863 Birthday Hermann Bahr, Austria writer and director, New Men 1863 Event Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men 1862 Event 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, SC 1861 Event Manassas, Virginia General Beauregard requests reinforcements for his 22,000 men, General Johnston is ordered to Manassas 1859 Birthday Verner von Heidenstam, Sweden, poet and novelist, Charles Men, Nobel 1916 1855 Birthday Agnes Repplier, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American essayist and writer, 'Books and Men' and 'In Pursuit of Laughter' 1852 Event 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St. London) 1851 Event 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) 1851 Event 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal) 1844 Event Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London 1837 Event Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) 1836 Event London Working Men's Association forms 1828 Event 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard 1820 Event Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50 1792 Event 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 1778 Event British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa 1776 Event Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" 1776 Event Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" 1774 Event Minute Men organized in colonies 1722 Event Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards 1689 Event Russia began taxing men's beards 1676 Event Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass 1664 Event Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1640 Event 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka 1612 Birthday Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader, King's Men 1528 Event Panfilo the Narvaez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida
