2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama restores the Native American name of Alaska's Mount McKinley, the tallest North American peak; the mountain will revert to its former name of Denali 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 Israel closes visitation to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, citing security concerns after the shooting of Israeli activist Yehudah Glick; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claims that the action is a 'declaration of war' 2014 Event Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung erupts on Sumatra Island, shooting toxic clouds of ash into the air; 15 people die, and the search continues for more victims and survivors 2014 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts again, with pyroclastic flows streaming down the volcanic slope; the activity has caused the evacuation of 22,000 people from the danger zone around Sinabung 2013 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung explodes, causing nearly 6,000 people in the country's North Sumatra province to flee 2013 Event A 1,400 year old treasure, called 'the Ophel Treasure' is discovered near the foot of Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem 2013 Event Southern Japan's Mount Mount Sakurajima erupts for the 500th time, covering the city of Kagoshima in ash 2013 Event The mission of the NASA Curiosity Mars rover begins as it makes way to its destination and drives to Mount Sharp 2013 Event UNESCO officially names Mount Fuji a World Heritage Site 2013 Event The Skagit River bridge over Interstate 5 collapses in the U.S. town of Mount Vernon, Washington; several vehicles plunge into the river, but there are no fatalities 2013 Event County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever, who was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro 2012 Event For the second time in four months, New Zealand's Mount Tongariro volano erupts; the volcano is located on the country's North Island 2012 Event After a century of silence, Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupts, spreading volcanic ash across the country's central North Island and affecting airports 2011 Event New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest 2011 Event In Nepal, Sherpa Apa Sherpa achieves a new record by climbing Mount Everest for the 21st time 2010 Event Indonesia's Mount Bromo spews ash, forcing the closure of a nearby airport 2010 Event The Mount Bulusan volcano in the Philippines erupts again, spreading an ash plume up to 700 meters above the volcano's crater 2010 Event A series of eight 3G wireless transmitters have been installed along the trail to base camps on Mount Everest, with coverage reaching the summit 2010 Event Economic losses mount and class action lawsuits are filed as the U.S. Coast Guard plans a controlled burn to remove spilled oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster 2009 Event 30,000 Phillipine people remain in temporary shelter as scientists predict the Mount Mayon volcano will erupt in the coming weeks 1997 Event Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time 1995 Event Mount Ruapehu Volcano, North Island, New Zealand erupts 1995 Event World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai 1992 Event 1st Belgian woman, Ingrid Baeyens, to ascend Mount Everest 1991 Event Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines 1991 Event Philippines volcano Mount Pinatubo erupts 1991 Event Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts 1991 Event Mount Unzen erupts in Japan, worst eruption in Japanese history 1991 Death Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mount Unzen Volcano in Japan 1991 Event Mount Pinatubo (Philippines) erupts for 1st time in 600 years 1990 Death Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78 1989 Event Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top 1986 Death Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71 1985 Event -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (state record) 1982 Event Mount Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return 1982 Event Battle of Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands 1980 Event Macalaster University of St. Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14 1980 Event Mount Everest climbed by Italian Reinhold Messner, alone 1980 Event Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mount Everest 1980 Event Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die 1980 Event Mount St. Helens becomes active after 123 years 1979 Event Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on Antarctica kills 257 1978 Birthday Adrienne Frantz, born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, Tiffany Thorne-Sunset Beach 1977 Birthday Danny Gerard, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Alan Silver-Brooklyn Bridge 1975 Event Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest 1975 Event Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit 1974 Event Mount Etna in Sicily erupted 1973 Death Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer (Mount Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 1972 Event 200,000 attend Mount Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania 1972 Event 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche 1971 Birthday Garvin Alston, Mount Vernon, New York, pitcher for the Colorado Rockies 1971 Event Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy 1971 Birthday Tony Miller, Mount Pleasant Texas, 400m runner 1970 Event Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mount Everest 1970 Event 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour rec) 1970 Event 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington, New Hampshire a state record 1969 Birthday Kimberly Ann Grimm, Mount Lake Park, Maryland, Miss Maryland-America 1991 1969 Birthday Kelly Robbins, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, LPGA golfer, 1995 McDonald's LPGA 1968 Event Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption 1967 Event Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 in New Hampshire 1967 Birthday Dar Williams, born in Mount Kisco, New York, singer, songwriter, guitarist, pop folk genre, albums include, 'The Honesty Room', 'End of The Summer' 1967 Event WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Birthday Dean Cain, born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, actor, Clark-Lois and Clark 1966 Event 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die 1965 Event Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens 1963 Event 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest 1963 Event Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, kills 1,900 Balinese 1962 Death John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, New York City builder, dies at 79 1962 Event French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel 1962 Birthday Bonny Warner, born in Mount Baldy, California, lugist 1962 Event Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages and kill 3,500 1961 Birthday Johnny Ray Huston, Mount Vernon, Illinois, PGA golfer, 1990 Honda Classic 1960 Birthday Mike Lookinland, born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, actor, Bobby-Brady Bunch 1960 Birthday Mary Beth Zimmerman, Mount Vernon, Illinois, LPGA golfer, 1987 Henredon Classic 1960 Birthday Leora "Sam" Jones, born in Mount Olive, North Carolina, U.S. team handball player 1992 Olympics 1960 Birthday Cindy Figg-Currier, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, golfer, 1994 British Open-6th 1960 Birthday Peggy A. Whitson, Mount Ayr Iowa, PhD/astronaut 1956 Event Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai 1956 Birthday Richard A. Searfoss, born in Mount Clemons, Michigan, Astronaut, STS-58, 76, sk 90 1956 Death Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 1956 Event Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (U.S.S.R.) explodes 1955 Birthday Danny Joe Pohl, born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, PGA golfer, 1986 Colonial 1955 Birthday Jerry M Linenger, Mount Clemens, Michigan, PhD/Commander USN/astronaut, STS-81/84 1955 Event WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mount Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Birthday Denzel Washington, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Dr. Chandler-St. Elsewhere 1954 Birthday George E. Mahlberg, Astrophysicist, Mount Palomar/Mount Wilson California, 1974 - 1978 1954 Birthday John Schneider, born in Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Bo-Dukes of Hazzard 1954 Birthday Julie Carmen, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Gloria, Last Plane Out 1954 Birthday James F Reilly II, born in Mount Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut, STS-89, sk:100 1953 Birthday Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet 1951 Event Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500 1951 Birthday James Stephens, Mount Kisko, New York, actor, Paper Chase, Devil's Island 1951 Event "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000 1949 Birthday Tom Verlaine, Miller, Mount Morris, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Television 1949 Birthday Bruce Jenner, born in Mount Kisco, New York, decathalete 1976 Olympics gold 1948 Event Korczak Ziolkowski begins sculpture of Crazy Horse near Mount Rushmore 1948 Event Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus 1948 Event 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus 1947 Event 200" mirror arrives at Mount Palomar 1947 Birthday Ken Singleton, born in Mount Vernon, New York, baseball player, Orioles 1947 Birthday Dave Mount, born in Carshalton, Surrey, rocker, member of the glam English rock band, Mud 1946 Event 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mount Greylock, MA 1946 Event Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456 1944 Birthday Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber, Mount Everest 1944 Birthday Martha Rockwell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, skier, Mount Washington 1944 Event Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes 1943 Birthday Roz Kelly, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Owl and Pussycat, Happy Days 1943 Birthday Benjamin W. Jipcho, born in Mount Elgon, Kenya, 3K steeplechase, won Olympic silver in 1972 1943 Event Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured 1942 Birthday Michael Eisner, born in Mount Kisko, New York, CEO, Walt Disney 1941 Event Mount Rushmore is completed 1941 Death Gutzon Borglum, sculptor Mount Rushmore, dies at 73 1941 Death John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73 1939 Birthday Junko Tabei, Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest 1939 Birthday Ferdinand Mount, British Writer 1938 Birthday Don Meredith, born in Mount Vernon, Texas, NFL quarterback, Cowboys, and Monday Night Football 1935 Birthday Dick Enberg, Mount Clemens, Michigan, sportscaster, Where's Huddles 1934 Event 5.08-m (200") Mount Palomar Observatory mirror is cast 1934 Event Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph 1934 Event Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (SF) dedicated 1934 Event Howard Hanson's "Merry Mount," premieres in New York City 1933 Event Mount Davidson Cross lit by Franklin D. Roosevelt via telegraph 1933 Event 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale 1933 Event 1st airplane flight over Mount Everest 1933 Event Mount Rushmore dedicated 1932 Birthday Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1931 Birthday Gavin MacLeod, Mount Kisco, New York, actor, Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat 1930 Event Mount Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York opens 1930 Birthday James Felton Boyd, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, light HW boxer 1956 Olympics gold 1930 Birthday Kenneth Nelson, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, actor, Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family 1930 Event -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record) 1929 Event Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park 1929 Birthday Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV Host, American Bandstand 1929 Birthday Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV host, American Bandstand 1929 Birthday Jim Whittacker, mountain climber, 1st American to climb Mount Everest 1928 Birthday Ann Blyth, Mount Kisko, New York, actress, Kismet, Mildred Pierce 1928 Birthday Lew Gallo, Mount Kisko, actor, 12 O'Clock High 1926 Birthday Paul Lynde, Mount Vernon, Ohio, comedian, Uncle Arthur-Bewitched 1926 Birthday Andy Griffith, Mount Airy, North Carolina, actor, Andy Griffith Show, Matlock 1926 Birthday Tim Valentine, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1983 - 1995 1925 Event Mount Rushmore 1st proposed 1919 Birthday Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand, mountaineer, explorer, first climber to summit Mount Everest 1919 Event Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1918 Birthday Art Carney, Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Ed Norton-Honeymooners 1917 Event 257cm-mirror for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted 1912 Event Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses 1910 Event Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mount McKinley climbed 1909 Event Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals 1909 Birthday Robert Helpmann, born in Mount Gambier, Australia, actor, Second Time Lucky 1908 Event 1st ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica 1906 Birthday John Betjeman, poet laureate of England, Mount Zion 1906 Birthday Kay Kyser, born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, orchestra leader, Kay Kyser's Kollege 1906 Birthday John Betjeman, English Poet Laureate 1972-1984, Mount Zion 1904 Birthday Kay Johnson, Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Real Glory, Of Human Bondage 1902 Event Mount Pelee erupts, wipes out St. Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 1899 Event President McKinley signs bill creating Mount Rainier National Park (5th in U.S.) 1898 Birthday Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer, Mount Wilson/Palomar 1891 Event Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania 1886 Birthday Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mount Fuji at age 99 1885 Death Ulysses S Grant, 18th U.S. president, dies in Mount McGregor, New York, at 63 1882 Birthday John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall 1876 Birthday Walter S. Adams, U.S. astronomer and director of Mount Wilson, 1923 - 1946 1873 Event 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, California, 14,494' 1873 Birthday Luigi A, duke of the Abruzzes, Italy, explorer/climber, Mount St. Elias 1870 Event 1st ascent of Mount Rainier, Washington 1869 Event William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio, patents chewing gum 1867 Birthday Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, Mount Rushmore 1864 Birthday Carl Ethan Akeley, U.S., naturalist, devoleped animal mount process 1864 Event Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas 1861 Event Battle of Mount Ivy, Kentucky 1843 Event Mount Rainier in Washington State erupts 1842 Event Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts 1838 Event Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class 1837 Event Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women 1837 Event 1st ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York 1834 Event Mount Vesuvius erupts 1834 Event Charles Darwin climbs Mount Campana in Chile 1816 Event 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia 1805 Event Great Stoneface Mount found in New Hampshire 1800 Event Mount Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in U.S. 1799 Event George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon 1797 Birthday Mary Lyon, U.S., educator, Mount Holyoke, Hall of Fame 1792 Event British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier, Washington 1741 Event Captain Bering discovers Mount St. Elias, Alaska 1693 Event Mount Etna erupts, Sicily 1669 Event Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000 1631 Event Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages and kills 4,000 1535 Event Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal) 79 Event Mount Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die
