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2013 Event - For the first time since the Battle of Mogadishu, the U.S. announces it will officially recognize, and open diplomatic relations with, the new government of Somalia

2012 Event - In ceremonies held at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is officially inactivated after a 51-year U.S. Naval career

2012 Event - China's President, Hu Jintao, officially receives Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who came to the country for cooperation talks and in-depth discussion

2012 Event - Ivica Dacic is officially sworn in as Prime Minister of Serbia

2012 Event - Europe's tallest, habitable, free-standing structure, The Shard, which stands at 1,016 feet (309.6 metres) officially opens in London, England

2011 Event - South Australia swears in their new Premier, Jay Weatherill after officially electing him as the leader of the Australian Labor Party

2011 Event - Helle Thorning-Schmidt introduces the new coalition government, officially becoming Denmark's 41st and first female Prime Minister

2011 Event - The U.S. officially ends its Don't ask, don't tell military policy, allowing gay and lesbian personnel to publicly declare their sexual orientation

2011 Event - Thailand's parliament officially elects Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister of Thailand; Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Minister

2011 Event - Japan's economy officially enters a recession, partially due to financial strain caused by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami

2011 Event - The international association football tournament, the AFC Asian Cup, officially opens in Qatar

2010 Event - The World Bank officially ends financing Cote d'Ivoire

1997 Event - 1st time a Channukah candle is officially lit in Vatican City

1997 Event - Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs

1996 Event - NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes

1995 Event - Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt

1995 Event - New Jersey officially dedicates the Howard Stern Rest Area along Route 295

1995 Event - Kevin Eubanks officially becomes band leader of "Tonight Show"

1994 Event - Kansai International airport officially opens

1994 Event - New York Central park reservior officially named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis

1994 Event - Chunnel linking England and France officially opens

1994 Event - Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens

1993 Event - Shamrock Broadcasting, a Disney company, officially takes ownership of Cleveland's WMMS-FM/100.7 and WHK-AM/1420

1993 Event - U.S. officially backs peace plan in Bosnia

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

1991 Event - U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

1991 Event - Warsaw Pact officially dissolves

1991 Event - 9 of 15 Soviet reps officially approve new union treaty

1991 Event - U.S. Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens

1991 Event - Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

1989 Event - Disney's MGM Studio theme park officially opens to public

1989 Event - Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position

1989 Event - Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court

1988 Event - WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio

1988 Event - NFL's St. Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix

1986 Event - Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia

1984 Event - Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed

1982 Event - New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans

1978 Event - Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

1977 Event - Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City)

1977 Event - Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer

1975 Event - Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit U.S.

1974 Event - Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh

1972 Event - Keswick to Penrith railway officially closes

1968 Event - Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL

1961 Event - NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio

1958 Event - Dodgers officially become the Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc

1953 Event - St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc

1951 Event - Israeli Knesset officially designated April 13 as Holocaust Day

1946 Event - President Truman officially proclaims end of WW II

1946 Event - U.S. officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court

1945 Event - Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance

1935 Event - Persia officially renamed Iran

1935 Event - Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe

1934 Event - Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison

1931 Event - "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem

1930 Event - North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens

1928 Event - Boston Garden officially opens

1926 Event - Dahlia is officially designated as San Francisco city flower

1925 Event - Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens

1918 Event - King Oil/Shell refinery on Curacao officially opens

1913 Event - Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools

1912 Event - Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11

1896 Event - 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens

1889 Event - Amsterdam Central Station officially opens

1889 Event - Oklahoma land rush officially started; some were "sooner"

1889 Event - 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution

1885 Event - U.S. Salvation Army officially organized

1874 Event - Baseball batter's box is officially adopted

1862 Event - Confederate armies officially divide into corps

1862 Event - United army officially divides corps

1861 Event - Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army

1822 Event - Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US

1817 Event - University of Gent officially opens

1812 Event - Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"

1802 Event - U.S. Military Academy officially opens at West Point, New York

1794 Event - Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)

1793 Event - Louvre officially opens in Paris

1610 Event - German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610

843 Event - Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople

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