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2013 Event - Cairo, Egypt conducts a retrial of its former President Hosni Mubarak over his alleged role and complicity in the deaths of protestors during the 2011 Egyptian revolution

2013 Event - Savar, Bangladesh celebrates a woman found alive in the rubble 17 days after after a garment factory building collapsed and killed over 1,042 people

2013 Event - A new study reports that all Europeans are related to a small group of ancestors dating back only 1,000 years; researchers believe it's likely that everyone in the world is related over the past few thousand years

2013 Event - Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan for over 25 years, announces he will step down in 2015

2013 Event - France's former President, Nicolas Sarkozy is investigated over claims of illegal donations made by Liliane Bettencourt of L'Oreal, the country's richest woman

2013 Event - Google agrees to settle a privacy lawsuit, paying a $7 million fine over its handling of wireless data from early 2008 until the spring of 2010

2013 Event - An investigation is taking place over recent hacking incident involving a hacker gaining access to the email accounts of former President George H. W. Bush, his friends and relatives

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 - UK's oldest music retailer HMV calls in administrators after talks to rescue the company fail; the company which has over 4,500 employees, opened its first shop on Oxford Street in 1921

2013 Event - Thousands of people on Australia's east coast are threatened by over 130 wildfires burning, and are forced to leave their homes

2012 Event - Toyota Motor Corporation agrees to pay $1 billion to settle over a dozen lawsuits related to sudden acceleration

2012 Event - An asteroid named 4179 Toutatis, over 3 miles wide, passes within 4.3 million miles, or 18 lunar distances from Earth

2012 Event - Vietnamese police break up anti-China protests over oil and gas claims in the disputed territorial waters of the South China Sea

2012 Event - Philippine President Benigno Aquino, announces a state of national calamity after Typhoon Bopha claims over 450 lives

2012 Event - Typhoon Bopha, striking New Bataan and parts of the southern Philippines, leads to the deaths of 283 people with 339 injured, over 300 missing, and over 87,000 evacuated from the area

2012 Event - In the U.S., over 60 people die in the Mid-Atlantic states as the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without electricity and cripples its mass transportation system

2012 Event - Andrew Mitchell, the Chief Whip of the British Conservative Party, resigns over remarks he made to police officers in Downing Street

2012 Event - Amidst controversy over the anti-doping scandal, Lance Armstrong resigns as chairman of LIVESTRONG, his anti-cancer charity

2012 Event - Sisters Eva Hoffe and Ruth Wiesler, who inherited valuable documents belonging to Franz Kafka and his colleague Max Brod are ordered to turn the documents over to the National Library in Tel Aviv

2012 Event - Australian daredevil Felix Baumgartner breaks the world record for human ascent by balloon by space diving 128,100 feet out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon over Roswell, New Mexico

2012 Event - The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the European Union for 'over six decades (having) contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe'

2012 Event - The Libyan parliament passes a vote of no confidence for Mustafa A.G. Abushagur, the first elected Prime Minister of Libya; Abdurrahim El-Keib again takes over the post

2012 Event - After a strike over working conditions, the world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo Platinum Limited, fires 12,000 people in South Africa

2012 Event - A report on the nuclear program of Iran released by the IAEA, highlights concern over Iran's nuclear program as the country reportedly has doubled its number of centrifuges as the Fordow facility

2012 Event - A California state jury rules that Samsung electronics owes Apple Inc. over $1 billion for patent infringement

2012 Event - In a letter on a controversy in Germany over circumcision, the President of Israel, Shimon Peres stresses that circumcision is at the core of Jewish identity

2012 Event - An Egyptian lawyer, Mohamed Salem, files a lawsuit over the country's President Morsi removing Hussein Tantawi, former commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Sami Anan, former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces

2012 Event - In India, an earlier blackout that left over 600 million people without power ends when power is restored

2012 Event - Over 300 million people are left without power in Delhi, India, due to a power grid failure

2012 Event - Illegally excavated Buddhist relics that were recovered by Pakistani police were stolen from a police station in Karachi; the pieces date back to the Gandhara civilization which existed over 2,000 years ago in Pakistan

2012 Event - A drought spreading through the United States leads to over 1,000 counties declared natural disaster areas

2012 Event - Hearings are delayed for the U.S. extradition of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom over concerns about the search and seizure of documents

2012 Event - In an attempt to restore profitability, Air France announces plans to cut over 5,000 jobs by the end of 2013

2012 Event - Spain confirms its receipt of over 100 billion euros in loans to help manage the needs of its struggling banks

2012 Event - Pensacola, Florida and adjacent areas experience widespread flooding after over 12 inches of rain falls on the area

2012 Event - The trial over illegal use of campaign funds by U.S. Presidential candidate John Edwards begins in North Carolina

2012 Event - At the London Book Fair, Ma Jian, Chinese author of the banned novel 'Beijing Coma,' puts red paint over his face and calls Chinese publishers, 'the mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party'

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 - German poet, Gunter Grass, awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, is declared a persona non grata by the Internal Affairs Minister of Israel, over his poem, 'What Must Be Said.'

2012 Event - VISA and MasterCard warn banks that a security breach has compromised over 10 million credit card numbers

2012 Event - The Government of Fiji takes over controlling interest in Australia's Qantas airline subsidiary Air Pacific

2012 Event - U.S. President Barack Obama begins a three-day visit to South Korea, as tensions rise over North Korea's proposed missile tests

2012 Event - In Montreal, Canada, over 200,000 people march to protest against post-secondary education tuition hikes

2012 Event - Scientists discover two new species of prehistoric penguins, Kairuku waitaki and Kairuku grebneffi, which stood over five feet tall

2012 Event - Ahead of court martial, suspect U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is formally charged with turning over a massive cache of classified documents to Wikileaks

2012 Event - Elizabeth Taylor's collection of artworks by Vincent Van Gogh, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas sell for over 13.7 million pounds at Christie's in London

2012 Event - Europe's cold wave continues, with over 400 dead; the Danube River freezes over for 170 km

2012 Event - Iran initiates new military exercises as tensions rise over the country's nuclear program

2012 Event - Apple, Inc. reports over 37 million iPhones and over 15 million iPads were sold during the 2011 fourth quarter; the company generated over $127 billion in revenue

2012 Event - Fears over bioterrorism cause top international virologists agree to halt work on a more virulent strain of H5N1 influenza virus

2012 Event - With over 42% of the vote, the island nation of Kiribati re-elects President Anote Tong to a third and final term

2012 Event - U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins the 2012 Iowa Caucus by 8 votes over Rick Santorum

2011 Event - Consumers spend over $30 billion on online holiday shopping in the U.S., a 15 percent increase over last year

2011 Event - Sears Holding Corporation reveals its plan to close over 100 Sears and K-Mart stores in the U.S.

2011 Event - In Peru, protests over a mining project persist in four provinces, causing the country to declare a state of emergency

2011 Event - Tiger Woods wins the Chevron World Challenge, the first tournament he has won in over two years

2011 Event - John Corzine, former Governor of New Jersey, is issued a subpoena over the collapse of MF Global and disappearance of customer funds

2011 Event - Scientists in New Britain discover the first orchid known to flower at night, Bulbophyllum nocturnum, over the cost of Papua New Guinea

2011 Event - Over 45,000 runners participate in the New York City marathon; Geoffrey Mutai and Firehiwot Dado win the mens and women's races

2011 Event - The Northern Lights become visible over much of North America due to a coronal mass ejection

2011 Event - A vaccination program immunizing over 170 million children every year has resulted in the near eradication of polio in India

2011 Event - U.S. company Apple Inc. breaks company sales records with the release of its iPhone 4S smartphone with over 4 million units sold in 4 days

2011 Event - Over 88 containers from the MV Rena, New Zealand's stranded cargo ship, fall into the Bay of Plenty

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 - Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested when they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic

2011 Event - In Australia, thousands of Toyota workers go on strike over a pay dispute

2011 Event - In the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Public Security arrests over 2,000 people in an effort to crackdown on gang-related crime

2011 Event - In Pakistan, over 5,000 people reportedly are infected with Dengue fever

2011 Event - Renewed concerns over the Eurozone debt crisis cause Asian markets to fall

2011 Event - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs resigns over poor health issues; Tim Cook takes over as CEO

2011 Event - Over half of the country of Peru enters a state of emergency as a result of unusually cold weather

2011 Event - The World Health Organization claims over 5 million Ethiopian are susceptible to developing cholera due to the breakout of acute watery diarrhea

2011 Event - Senior politician Norman Moore calls upon Western Australia to consider secession over carbon tax and Minerals Resource Rent Tax

2011 Event - Over 270,000 people in Illinois experience a power failure due to thunderstorms and funnel clouds

2011 Event - In efforts to fund rising social security costs, the Government of Japan plans to double its sales tax over four years

2011 Event - In Greece, Police fire tear gas on protesters angry over cuts their government made in co-operation with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund

2011 Event - In the 2011 NBA Finals, he Dallas Mavericks win their first NBA title, winning 4 - 2 over the Miami Heat

2011 Event - In Rome, Italy, over 500,000 people demonstrate, demanding same-sex rights

2011 Event - The U.S. announces it will boycott an anti-racism conference at the United Nations due to concerns over anti-Semetism

2011 Event - On a mission to destroy Muammar Gaddafi's forces, NATO jets fly over Tripoli and knock out three television stations

2011 Event - The Mid-April 2011 Southern United States tornado outbreak results in over 30 deaths; North Carolina is the state worst affected

2011 Event - Over 230,000 acres of land, including the town Fort Davis, are destroyed by wildfires in the state of Texas

2011 Event - Peruvians reclaimed 45,000 Inca artefacts taken by Yale University from Machu Picchu over a hundred years ago, finally successful in their campaign to return of 'the dignity and pride of Peru'

2011 Event - Newspapers report that Japan will issue over 10 trillion yen in emergency government bonds to help pay for their earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts

2011 Event - Over 200,000 people are evacuated from Japan as fear of nuclear contamination from the power plants grows

2011 Event - Japan estimates over 46,000 structures were damaged in the 9.0 magnitude earthquake

2011 Event - NATO increases its surveillance flights over Libya, patrolling the area on a 24/7 basis

2011 Event - In China, Jia Qinglin, senior leader of the People's Republic of China, calls for controls over Tibetan Buddhism and a renewed struggle against the Dalai Lama

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

2011 Event - The Arctic sun rises two days earlier than expected over Ilulissat, Greenland

2011 Event - Chinese prosecutors claim over 600 people were killed in Yunnan over a seven year period from official misconduct

2011 Event - Tunisia's youth protest for several days over political grievances and social problems including the job market and purchase power

2011 Event - Over 5,000 red-winged blackbirds suddenly die in Beebe, Arkansas, on New Year's Eve; scientists investigate causes of the bird die-off

2011 Event - Hungary takes over the position of the presidency of the European Union

2010 Event - In Tunisia, a protester dies of injuries incurred during continued protests over unemployment and living conditions

2010 Event - The U.S. announces it has no clear record of ownership or records of access for over 119,000 private planes

2010 Event - Sri Lanka's floods maroon over 76,000 people

2010 Event - NATO nations reach an agreement to begin handing over Afghanistan's security to the Afghanistan military by 2014

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 - In a dispute over the use of rare earth metals, China cancels a meeting with Japan and South Korea

2010 Event - Over 250 people die as a result of the cholera outbreak in the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak; cholera is detected for the first time in Port-au-Prince

2010 Event - Shanghai's Expo 2010 attracts over 64 million people, a record-breaking number of visitors in the history of World's Fairs

2010 Event - Archaeologists at a site on the Egypt-Gaza border unearth parts of a possible hidden city believed to be over 2,000 years old

2010 Event - In France, over 200 protests occur in as part of the 2010 strikes to fight against plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62

2010 Event - American Actor Tony Curtis dies in Las Vegas, Nevada; Curtis appeared in over 100 films

2010 Event - Wildfire concerns cause over 3,500 people to evacuate Boulder County, Colorado

2010 Event - China leads an investigation into its commercial pilots upon learning over 200 of them falsified their resumes

2010 Event - After a weeklong battle with 43 people killed, Somalia's al-Shabaab rebel group called for reinforcements to take over the capital Mogadishu

2010 Event - The German economy reports 2.2 percent quarterly growth, the fastest quarterly growth in over 20 years

2010 Event - South Korea states that North Korea fired over 100 rounds of artillery into the Sea of Japan, signaling tension along the Korean Peninsula

2010 Event - Officials determine that over 28,000 people have died from Mexican drug violence since December 2006

2010 Event - Floods in Pakistan kill over 900 people, and the death toll is expected to rise further

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 Stonehenge World Heritage Site announces the discovery of a possible new henge, the biggest discovery at a major monument in over 50 years

2010 Event - At least 70 people are killed and 300 wounded in a series of bombings over the three-day Shia pilgrimage to the Musa Kadhim mausoleum in Iraq

2010 Event - A fuel tanker overturns and explodes in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing over 230 people and injuring

2010 Event - Ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan's city of Osh and Jalal-Abad left more than 100 people dead and over 1,400 injured after three days of four days of fighting

2010 Event - Fighting over the past three days in Darfur, Sudan's western region, has killed 41 people

2010 Event - Over 150 members of the Justice and Equality Movement are killed by Sudanese forces in their effort to gain control of a rebel held area in Darfur

2010 Event - Pope Benedict XVI celebrates open-air Mass at Fatima, Portugal with over 500,000 pilgrims attending from 35 nations including Vietnam, China and India

2010 Event - Kyrgyzstan unrest continues as over 1,000 people in Jala-Abad gather in the towns main square denouncing Otunbayeva's interim government and chanting pro-Bakiev slogans

2010 Event - Roza Otunbayeva says Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev must stand trial over riots; gunfire disrupts a rally in support of the former President in the city of Osh

2010 Event - Ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano drifts towards Europe, causing air traffic to close over Northern Norway

2010 Event - Rescuers search for over 200 people believed to be buried in their homes by a landslide in Murro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2010 Event - Over 100 people die in the Krygyzstani riots; opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva says she will lead a temporary government for six months

2010 Event - Rescuers in Shanxi, China, enter a flooded mine to help over 153 workers who have been trapped for over a week

2010 Event - Tear gas is fired on more than 200 Palestinians and their allies protesting outside the gates of Ofer Prison over the recent detainment of colleagues

2010 Event - Over 700 former Tamil Tigers are released by the Sri Lankan army after completing a rehabilitation program

2010 Event - A suicide bomber kills 95 people, injures over 100, and destroys 20 houses at a volleyball game in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan

2009 Event - Cuban and Venezuelan leaders sign over $3.2 billion worth of trade and cooperation agreements

2009 Event - An ethnic conflict over fishing rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills 100 people, displaces 50,000

2009 Event - Six people sentenced to death over ethnic rioting in July that killed almost 200 in the region of Xinjiang

2009 Event - A new kind of flying reptile fossil, Darwinopterus, lived over 160 million years ago, is found in China

2009 Event - Typhoon Morakat approaches southeastern China, over one million people are evacuated

2009 Event - A solar eclipse, the longest in history, lasts up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean

2009 Event - Sweden takes over the presidency of the European Union

2009 Event - A large amount of space debris is created when a Russan and American satellite collide over Siberia

2008 Event - Mumbai terrorist attacks kill over 195 people over four days

2007 Event - 8.0 Earthquake in Peru kills over 500 people, injures over 1,500

2007 Event - Multiple suicide bombings kill over 550 people in Qahtaniya, Iraq

2007 Death - Johnny Hart, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers, dies of a stroke while at the drawing table, at age 76

2006 Event - Union of Islamic Courts takes over Mogadishu, Somalia

2006 Event - Egyptian ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio, sinks killing over 1200 people in the Red Sea

2005 Event - Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots win 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles

2004 Event - Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa

2004 Death - Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, dies at 8

2004 Death - Jackson Beck, voice over actor, Popeye, dies at 92

2004 Death - Hugh Cave, pulp writer, a professional writer for over 70 years, dies at 95

2003 Event - After an Ohio FirstEnergy power plants shut down unexpectedly, a power outtage occurs for over ten hours all over northeastern North America

2003 Event - President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over

2003 Event - Space Shuttle Columbia destroyed over Texas when returning to Earth, 7 crew members are killed

2002 Event - Stove mishap sets Egyption train on fire, kills over 360 people

2001 Death - Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, dies at 66

2001 Event - Tony Awards, The Producers, Proof, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest revival and 42nd Street revival won major awards

2001 Event - The heir to the Nepalese throne killed his parents and eight other family members before shooting himself, after an argument over his choice of a bride

2001 Event - Police tear gas unruly soccer fans, ensuing panic kills over 100 in Ghana

2000 Death - Martin Mailman, composer, teacher, guest conductor-composer at over 90 colleges across the U.S. and Europe dies in Denton, Texas

1999 Death - Wilt Chamberlain, "Wilt ""The Stilt"" Chamberlain", basketball great/sometime actor, Record-smashing basketball player who scored over 70 points in several pro games, dies at 63

1999 Event - During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China

1998 Event - 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace

1997 Event - Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US

1997 Death - Richard Berry, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times, dies at 61

1996 Event - Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010)

1996 Event - U.S. wins Federation Cup over Spain

1996 Death - Og Mandino, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine

1996 Event - "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 308 performances

1996 Event - Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya

1995 Event - Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend)

1995 Event - Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners

1995 Event - "Moon Over Buffalo" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 308 performances

1995 Event - Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team

1995 Event - Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers

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

1995 Event - Browns and Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles

1995 Death - Aziz Nesin, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, dies at 79

1995 Death - Henning Kronstam, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years, dies at 60 of a pulmonary embolism

1995 Event - Steve Fossett completes 1st air balloon over Pacific Ocean (9600 km)

1995 Event - Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning

1994 Event - 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot)

1994 Event - Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights

1994 Event - Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300

1994 Event - U.S. F-15 accidentally shoots 2 U.S. helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die

1994 Event - Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed

1993 Event - Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in 7-1 over Mets

1993 Event - Brazil votes over importing monarchy

1993 Event - Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium

1993 Event - "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" closes at Booth New York City after 232 performances

1993 Event - Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head and goes over fence for a home run

1993 Death - Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78

1993 Event - Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos

1992 Event - "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me" opens at Booth New York City for 232 performances

1992 Event - Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush

1992 Event - Bradlees announces it will take over Alexander's department stores in New York City

1992 Event - Screw magazine superimposed a gunsight over a picture of Larry Flint

1992 Event - Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races

1992 Event - President candidate Bill Clinton (D) and Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair

1992 Event - Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride

1991 Event - New Jersey Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues

1991 Event - Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win

1991 Event - 1st time Seattle Mariners are 9 games over .500

1991 Event - In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless

1991 Event - Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured

1991 Event - Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"

1991 Event - Greg Haugen scores a split decision over Hector "Macho" Camacho

1991 Event - Howard Stern kisses New York Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Superbowl

1991 Event - Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title

1991 Event - U.S. acknowledges CIA and U.S. Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career

1990 Event - Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year

1990 Event - Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000

1990 Event - New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)

1990 Event - Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

1990 Event - New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case

1990 Event - Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma

1990 Event - Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity

1990 Event - Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws

1990 Event - Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic

1990 Event - FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs

1989 Event - Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles

1989 Event - "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years

1989 Event - Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin

1989 Event - 5 days after hitting a home run for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners,

1989 Event - After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps

1989 Event - Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes

1989 Event - Yankees beat Milwaukee Brewers 4-1, score is changed to 5-1 after game is over. Umpire rules Roberto Kelly scored before a double-play

1989 Event - Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils

1989 Event - Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China

1989 Event - Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stad

1989 Event - New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars and Stripes, in a New York court

1989 Death - Earl Nightingale, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs, dies

1989 Event - Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book

1989 Event - U.S. Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die

1989 Event - U.S. F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean

1988 Event - New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die

1988 Event - Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series

1988 Event - Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignity over West Bank to PLO

1988 Event - U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290

1988 Event - New Jersey Devil Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick and 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals

1988 Event - Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"

1988 Event - Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2

1988 Event - Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round

1988 Event - Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round

1988 Event - Devils 3-2 over Isles, 1st round tied 1-1

1987 Birthday - Hilary Duff, born in Houston, Texas, actress, appeared in 'A Cinderella Story', singer, sold over 13 million albums, which include, 'Metamorphosis', 'Hilary Duff', 'Dignity'

1987 Event - Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 home runs in Minnesota 10-6 win over Milwaukee

1987 Event - Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds

1987 Event - Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB

1987 Event - Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set

1987 Event - FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves

1987 Birthday - Joss Stone, born in Dover, England, singer, actress, multi-platinum album, 'The Soul Sessions', top ten hit song, 'You Had Me', sold over 10 million albums worldwide

1987 Death - Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71

1987 Event - "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend New Jersey Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands

1986 Event - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime

1986 Death - Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30

1986 Event - Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates

1986 Event - President Reagan presided over relighting of renovated Statue of Liberty

1986 Event - 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon

1986 Event - Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500

1986 Event - Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles

1986 Event - Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld

1985 Event - Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M

1985 Event - "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief

1985 Event - India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster

1985 Event - War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"

1984 Event - President Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D)

1984 Event - California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0

1984 Birthday - Avril Lavigne, born in Belleville, Canada, singer, songwriter, albums have sold over 16 million copies, albums include, 'Let Go', 'Under My Skin', 'The Best Damn Thing'

1984 Birthday - Gareth Gates, born in Bradford, England, singer finalist on show, 'Pop Idol', sold over 3.5 million records; hit song, 'Unchained Melody', voted 'The Record of the Year' in 2002

1984 Event - Over 70 inches of snow falls on Red Lake Montana

1984 Event - Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army

1984 Event - Riot in Tunis kills over 100

1983 Event - Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial

1983 Event - Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's

1983 Event - Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours

1982 Death - Roy Webb, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar', dies at 94

1982 Event - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez

1982 Event - Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins

1982 Event - Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres

1982 Event - Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at New York MSG

1982 Event - Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies

1981 Birthday - Beyonce Knowles, born in Houston, Texas, singer, actress, dancer, song, 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)', earned six Grammy Awards, worth over $87 million dollars

1980 Event - NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio

1980 Event - John Lennon releases "(Just Like) Starting Over" in the United Kingdom

1980 Event - Michael Myers (D-Pa), is 1st rep expelled in over 100 years (ABSCAM)

1979 Event - Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran

1979 Event - Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)

1979 Event - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000

1979 Event - NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new

1979 Event - Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza

1979 Event - U.S. Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates

1979 Event - Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes

1979 Event - Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m

1979 Event - CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney

1979 Event - Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100

1978 Birthday - Nelly Furtado, born in Victoria, Canada, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning song, 'I'm Like a Bird', sold over 20 million albums worldwide

1978 Birthday - Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million

1978 Birthday - Usher Raymond, born in Dallas, Texas, stage name, 'Usher', recording artist, actor, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, films include, 'In the Mix'

1978 Event - John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston

1978 Event - Israeli jet fighters swooped over mostly Moslem West Beirut

1978 Event - Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999

1978 Death - Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at 84

1978 Birthday - A. J. McLean, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, born Alexander James 'Alex' McLean, musician, singer, member of the Backstreet Boys, over 130 million albums sold

1978 Event - U.S. hand over St. Stephan crown to Hungary

1977 Event - Yankees leap frog over Red Soxs game in 1st place to stay

1977 Event - England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia

1977 Event - Roy Wilkins turn over NAACP leadership to Benjamin L Hooks

1977 Event - Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over Kansas City Royals

1977 Event - Vietnam hands over MIA to U.S.

1977 Event - Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris

1976 Event - Wings release triple album "Wings Over America"

1976 Event - Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years

1976 Event - 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard

1976 Birthday - Carlos Moya, born in Geneva, Spain, professional tennis player, ranked 1st in the World for singles, won over 500 ATP-level matches, won French Open singles, 1998

1976 Birthday - Ja Rule, born in New York City, New York, born Jeffrey Atkins, rapper, singer, actor, sold over 35 million albums worldwide, hit single, 'Livin' It Up'

1976 Birthday - Emma Bunton, born in Barnet, England, singer, songwriter, member of Spice Girls girl band, which sold over 35 million albums, nicknamed, 'Baby Spice'

1975 Event - Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production

1975 Event - 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey

1975 Event - Communists take over Laos

1975 Death - Dimitri D Shostakovich, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68

1975 Event - Quake damages over 2,000 temples in Pagan Burma, 20-foot-high seated Buddha of Thandawgya decapitated

1975 Event - Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers

1975 Birthday - Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide

1975 Event - "Over Here" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 341 performances

1974 Event - Murray Schisgal's "All Over Town," premieres in New York City

1974 Event - Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto

1974 Event - South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies

1974 Event - U.S. General George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in U.S. over his treatment during the 1973 World Series

1974 Event - Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes

1974 Birthday - Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You'

1974 Event - President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings

1974 Event - 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states

1974 Event - "Over Here" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 341 performances

1974 Event - Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee

1974 Event - Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin

1973 Event - Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica

1973 Birthday - Anastacia, born in Chicago, Illinois, born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, singer, songwriter, sold over 20 million albums, successful outside of the U.S.

1973 Event - Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea

1973 Event - Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy

1973 Event - Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments

1973 Death - Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66

1972 Event - U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army

1972 Event - 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps

1972 Event - Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland

1972 Event - 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)

1971 Birthday - Dido Armstrong, born in London, England, known as 'Dido', singer, songwriter, album, 'No Angel' sold over 16 million copies worldwide, 'Life for Rent' sold over 12 million copies

1971 Event - John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US

1971 Event - "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington

1971 Event - John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in New York City

1971 Event - 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison

1971 Birthday - Ger Senden, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for Roda JC, 1989 - 2008, retired May 2008 after playing over 400 matches in the club

1971 Birthday - David Mendenhall, actor, Over the Top, Space Raiders, Witchfire

1971 Event - Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die

1971 Birthday - Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums

1971 Event - 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win

1971 Event - Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 64 and causes over $ B damage

1971 Birthday - Kid Rock, born in Romeo, Michigan, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winner, hits include, 'All Summer Long', 'American Bad Ass', sold over 22 million albums

1971 Birthday - Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide

1970 Birthday - Chad Taylor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, lead guitarist, member of the band, Live, album 'Throwing Copper', sold over 25 million records

1970 Event - Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways

1970 Event - Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35

1970 Birthday - Ani Difranco, born in Buffalo, New York, singer, musician, guitarist, songwriter, considered a feminist icon, released over twenty albums

1970 Event - Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10-8, Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals

1970 Event - Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank

1970 Event - Marxist government takes over in Congo

1969 Event - "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John and Yoko" posters begin appearing

1969 Event - Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial

1969 Event - After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over New York Mets

1969 Event - Over 1000 mi flooded on Shantung Province China

1969 Event - Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mexico

1969 Event - Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO

1968 Event - Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily

1968 Event - Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City

1968 Birthday - Kenny Chesney, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country music artist, over 30 hits, 13 albums certified gold or higher by RIAA, albums include, 'When the Sun Goes Down'

1967 Event - Cloud burst over Lisbon kills about 450

1967 Event - Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured and over 1000 arrested

1967 Birthday - Tim McGraw, born in Delhi, Louisiana, singer, actor, sold over 40 million albums and singles, famous songs include, 'I Like It, I Love It', married to singer, Faith Hill

1967 Birthday - Brent Muscat, rocker, Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over

1967 Birthday - Laura Golarsa, born in Milan, Italy, professional tennis player, played on the WTA tour from 1985 to 2001, 124 - 184 singles record included wins over Jana Novotna and Zina Garrison

1967 Event - CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL

1966 Event - Wyoming's Jerry DePoyster kicks 3 field goals over 50 yards (54, 54, 52)

1966 Event - Salazarbrug over Tag opens (longest suspension bridge of Europe)

1966 Event - Indians set club record by hitting 7 home run in 15-2 win over Detroit

1966 Birthday - Tracii Guns, rock guitarist, LA Guns-It's Over Now

1965 Birthday - Shahrukh Khan, born in New Delhi, India, actor, Bollywood figure, film producer, television host, appeared in 'Om Shanti Om', 'My Name Is Khan', worth over $540 million dollars

1965 Birthday - Shania Twain, born in Windsor, Canada, born Eileen Regina Edwards, singer, album, 'Come on Over' best-selling album of all time by a female musician

1965 Event - 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")

1965 Birthday - Michael Dell, born in Houston, Texas, businessman, founder of Dell, Inc., philanthropist, named 'Inc.' magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, worth over $12 billion

1965 Event - U.S. - Japan baseball relations suspended over Masanori Murakami dispute

1964 Event - Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine

1964 Birthday - Alex Solis, born in Panama City, Panama, jockey, in the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame, over 4,500 career wins

1964 Event - U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany

1964 Event - France and Great Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel

1964 Event - FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City

1963 Event - Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545

1963 Birthday - Greg Steele, rocker, Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over

1963 Birthday - Norman Cook, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There

1963 Event - Giant Willie Mays' home run in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves

1963 Birthday - George Michael, born in Bushey, England, singer, songwriter, member of band Wham!, famous song, 'Careless Whisper', sold over 100 million records

1963 Event - 2 Russian reconnaissance flights over Alaska

1963 Birthday - Joel Osteen, born in Houston, Texas, pastor, Lakewood Church, ministry reaches over seven million viewers per week in the U.S., author of 'Your Best Life Now'

1962 Death - Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba

1962 Event - Stevenson demands U.S.S.R. ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"

1962 Event - Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place

1962 Event - East Berliner Peter Fechter flees over Berlin Wall

1962 Event - Netherlands and Indonesia accord over New-Guinea

1962 Event - 3 more Cleveland home run set AL record for most home runs (26) over 8 games

1962 Birthday - Paul Heaton, rocker, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There

1962 Birthday - Al Unser, Jr., Indy-car racer, over 10 wins

1962 Birthday - Stan Cullimore, bassist, Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There

1962 Event - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India

1962 Event - General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea

1962 Event - 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games)

1962 Birthday - Phil Lewis, born in London, England, rock vocalist, LA Guns-It's Over Now

1961 Event - Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn

1961 Birthday - Andy Lau, born in Hong Kong, China, singer, film actor, producer, Cantopop genre, appeared in over 100 films, 300 TVB television mini-series

1961 Death - Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56

1961 Birthday - Roland Orzabal, rock vocalist, Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels

1961 Event - Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait

1961 Event - USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours

1960 Event - TWA 266 and United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134

1960 Birthday - Carol Alt, born in Flushing, New York, supermodel, actress, appeared on over 500 magazine covers, known as 'The Face', contestant on 'Celebrity Apprentice'

1960 Event - New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' home run over right field roof in Detroit

1960 Event - U.S.S.R. shoots down a U.S. aircraft over Barents sea

1960 Event - Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races

1960 Event - U.S. send U-2 over U.S.S.R.

1959 Event - WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal

1959 Event - Jim Brown scores 5 TDs in Cleveland Browns 38-31 win over Balt

1959 Birthday - Al Yankovic, born in Downey, California, singer, songwriter, satirist, won three Grammy Awards, four gold records, six platinum records, sold over 12 million albums

1959 Birthday - Radney Foster, born in Del Rio, Texas, singer, Foster and Lloyd-Crazy Over You

1959 Event - Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold

1958 Event - USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's

1958 Event - Oman turns over Gwadur (on Baluchistan coast) to Pakistan

1958 Birthday - Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven'

1958 Event - 30th Academy Awards-"Bridge over River Kwai," Woodward and Guinness win

1958 Event - Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It"

1957 Birthday - Michael Cretu, born in Bucharest, Romania, born Mihai Cretu, known as Curly M.C., Enigma project creator, sold over 50 million albums by the year 2008

1957 Event - 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)

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 - RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records

1956 Birthday - David Copperfield, born in Metuchen, New Jersey, illusionist, history's most successful commercial magician, sold over 40 million tickets, grossed over $1 billion

1956 Event - 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph)

1956 Event - United DC-7 and TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128

1956 Event - Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California

1956 Event - U.S. explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll

1956 Event - A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000')

1955 Birthday - Bill Lloyd, Bowling Green, Kentucky, singer, Foster and Lloyd-Crazy Over You

1955 Event - Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st

1955 Event - 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel

1955 Event - 1st Vice President to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon

1954 Event - 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins

1954 Event - India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements

1954 Birthday - Lorraine Bracco, Brooklyn, actress, Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team

1954 Event - Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)

1954 Event - Peter B Cortese of U.S. achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania

1954 Event - 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA

1953 Event - Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated St. Louis Browns

1953 Event - Yankees clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians

1953 Birthday - John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War

1953 Birthday - Debbie Steinbach, born in Fullerton, California, professional golfer, author, instructor, twelve-year LPGA Tour veteran, founder of Venus Golf, wrote, 'Venus on the Fairway', has provided over 5,000 individual golf lessons

1953 Birthday - Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer, over 15 wins

1952 Event - U.N. turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia

1952 Birthday - Marianne Williamson, born in Houston, Texas, spiritual activist, author, speaker, lecturer, wrote, 'A Course in Miracles', a program about choosing love over fear, 'A Return to Love', breakthrough success attributed to appearance on Oprah Winfrey

1952 Event - Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8

1952 Birthday - Philip Green, born in Croyden, England, businessman, owns large retail stores including Arcadia Group, 9th richest person in Britain, worth over $4 billion

1951 Birthday - Rick Mears, Indy-car racer, over 25 wins

1951 Birthday - John Mellencamp, born in Seymour, Indiana, singer, songwriter, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, hits include, 'Jack & Diane'

1951 Event - Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations

1951 Birthday - Bill Frisell, born in Baltimore, Maryland, guitarist, composer, song 'Over the Rainbow' featured in move, 'Finding Forrester', Grammy-award winning album 'Unspeakable'

1951 Birthday - Chris Rea, English rock guitarist, Fool If You Think It Is Over

1950 Birthday - Gilbert Perreault, NHL center, over 500 goals

1950 Birthday - Nora Roberts, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, author, wrote 165 romance novels, Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame inductee, sold over 280 million books

1950 Event - Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit

1950 Birthday - Ronnie Dyson, U.S., singer, Hair, All over your face

1950 Birthday - Tom Berenger, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me

1950 Event - Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations

1950 Birthday - Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer, over 10 wins

1949 Event - Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government

1949 Event - Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners

1949 Birthday - Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End'

1948 Event - President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey

1948 Event - Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager

1948 Birthday - Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company

1948 Event - 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends

1947 Birthday - Larry Brown, NFL runningback, 3rd to rush over 4,000 yards

1947 Birthday - John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow'

1946 Birthday - Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazil, Indy-car racer, over 10 wins

1946 Birthday - John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau

1946 Event - Italian plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy, National Day

1946 Birthday - Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records

1946 Event - Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over

1945 Event - Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him

1945 Event - U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany

1945 Event - British premier Churchill looks over at the Rhine (near Ginsberg)

1945 Event - During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany

1944 Birthday - Larry Davidson, rocker, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over

1944 Event - 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump"

1943 Event - Molotov-Eden-Cordell Hull accord over operations at UN

1943 Event - German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City

1943 Birthday - Denis Payton, rocker, Dave Clarke 5-Glad All Over

1943 Birthday - Dennis Paxton, rocker, Dave Clark Five-Glad All Over

1943 Event - Argentina taken over by General Rawson and Col Juan Peron

1943 Event - 99th Pursuit Squadron flies 1st combat mission, over Italy

1943 Event - Riot at Mobile Alabama shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers

1943 Event - U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje

1943 Event - RAF shoots down 14 German transport planes over Mediterranean Sea

1943 Event - Allied reconnaissance flight over Java

1942 Birthday - Dave Clark, born in London, England, rock drummer, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over

1942 Event - NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over

1942 Birthday - Rick Huxley, guitarist, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over

1942 Event - 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II)

1942 Birthday - Lenny Davidson, London, rock guitarist, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over

1941 Event - Admiral Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note

1941 Birthday - John A Wismont, Jr., California, watercolor painter, over 50,000

1941 Event - Nazi's force German Jews, 6 and over to wear Jewish stars

1941 Event - All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star

1941 Birthday - Patricio Guzman, director/actor, Cruz del Sur, Moon over Parador

1941 Event - Ted Williams raises his batting avg over .400 for 1st time in 1941

1941 Event - Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400

1941 Event - Navy takes over Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay

1940 Birthday - Phil Ochs, born in El Paso, Texas, anti-war folk singer, Joe Hill, War is Over

1940 Event - Blizzard strikes midwestern U.S. killing over 100

1940 Event - 45 German aircrafts shot down over England

1940 Event - Goering's "Adler Tag" 45-48 German aircrafts shotdown over South-Engld

1940 Event - 31 German aircraft shot down over England

1940 Event - Boston's Jimmie Foxx home run goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof

1940 Birthday - Peter McEnery, England, actor, Game is Over, Moonspinners

1939 Event - Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's

1939 Event - France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey

1939 Birthday - Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books

1939 Birthday - Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos

1938 Event - AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric

1938 Event - 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over U.S. radio (by Father Coughlin)

1938 Event - New York Yankees suspend Jake Powell, after he said on Chicago radio he'd "hit every colored person in Chicago over head with a club"

1938 Event - "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic

1938 Birthday - Carla Bley, Carla Borg, Oakland, musician, Escalator Over the Hill

1938 Event - Landslides and floods cause over 200 deaths in Los Angeles, California

1937 Event - Arturo Toscanini conducts 1st Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio

1937 Event - Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean

1937 Death - Fred L Noonan, U.S. navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean

1937 Birthday - Jack Nicholson, born in New Jersey, actor, One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining

1937 Birthday - Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005

1936 Event - President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon

1936 Event - Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua

1935 Event - Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD

1935 Birthday - Ken Kesey, author, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1935 Birthday - Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times

1935 Event - Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House

1934 Birthday - Louise Fletcher, Birmingham, Alabama, actress, One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest

1934 Birthday - Sydney Pollack, born in Indiana, American film director, producer, actor in over 30 films

1934 Birthday - Henning Kronstam, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years

1933 Event - Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251

1933 Event - Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager

1933 Event - 1st flight over Mount Everest by Lord Clydesdale

1933 Event - 1st airplane flight over Mount Everest

1932 Event - Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500

1932 Event - Englishman James Mollisson is 1st to fly east to west over Atlantic

1932 Birthday - Martin Mailman, born in New York City, New York, composer, teacher, guest conductor-composer at over 90 colleges across the U.S. and Europe

1932 Event - Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son

1932 Birthday - Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian/U.S. director, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', 'Amadeus'

1931 Event - New Yorks's Metropolitan Opera broadcasts an entire opera over radio

1931 Birthday - Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books

1931 Event - Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1

1931 Event - St. Louis Cardinals repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies

1931 Event - British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts

1931 Birthday - Dick Motta, NBA coach, 856 wins, Its not over 'til the fat lady sings

1931 Birthday - Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards

1931 Birthday - Jim Jones, reverend, poisoned over 100 in Guyana, Jonestown Massacre

1931 Birthday - Johnny Hart, born in Endicott, New York, cartoonist, creator, comic strips, 'The Wizard of Id', 'B.C.', strips each appeared in over 1,000 newspapers

1930 Birthday - Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs

1930 Event - West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England

1930 Birthday - Frances Sternhagen, Washington D.C., actress, Outland, Starting Over

1929 Event - Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in New York in 1st all-instrument flight

1929 Event - A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox

1929 Event - Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage

1929 Birthday - John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson

1928 Event - Nichols/Brownes "Wings over Europe," premieres in New York City

1928 Event - Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro flight over English Channel

1928 Event - Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again

1927 Birthday - Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum

1927 Event - Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds

1927 Event - Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox

1927 Event - 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)

1927 Event - U.S. and Mexico battle over oil interests

1926 Event - 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)

1926 Birthday - Chuck Berry, St. Louis, rocker, Roll over Beethoven

1926 Event - Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies

1926 Event - 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8

1926 Event - Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole

1926 Event - Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole

1926 Event - Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole

1926 Event - 1st flight over North Pole by Bennett and Byrd

1926 Event - In the Giants' 9-8 win over Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, 1st appearance

1926 Event - Dutch Calvinists oust Reverend J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3

1925 Event - Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over

1925 Event - Lester Patrick takes over New York Rangers

1925 Event - Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy

1925 Event - Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran

1925 Birthday - Paul Newman, born in Ohio, actor, entrepreneur, humanitarian, donated over $250 million to charity

1925 Event - Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island

1924 Event - Conference over German recovery payments begins in London

1924 Event - Yankees win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win

1924 Event - Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co

1924 Event - Netherlands and U.S.S.R. begin talks over U.S.S.R. recognition

1924 Event - Ponsford scores second 110 of the game in Vic win over NSW

1923 Birthday - Og Mandino, born in Italy, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine

1923 Event - Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co

1923 Event - ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower

1923 Event - Mexico and U.S. reaches accord over oil concession of 1917

1923 Event - Harbor strike in Hull/Grimsby/Cardiff/Bristol over to London

1923 Event - 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals

1922 Event - 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Captain Turner, RAF

1922 Event - Allies deliberate over German mark

1922 Event - For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ and WGY)

1922 Event - 1st facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C.

1922 Event - Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops

1922 Event - "Abie's Irish Rose" 1st of over 2,500 performances

1922 Event - Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW

1921 Event - Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis

1921 Birthday - Malcolm Arnold, Northampton England, composer, Bridge over River Kwai

1921 Event - Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history

1921 Birthday - Earl Nightingale, born in Los Angeles, California, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs

1921 Birthday - Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America

1920 Event - Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands

1920 Event - South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa

1920 Event - 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die

1920 Event - British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years

1920 Birthday - Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host, over 20 different games

1920 Event - International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard

1920 Event - Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies

1919 Death - John Alcock, pilot (1st non-stop over Atlantic), dies in crash at 27

1919 Event - Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto

1919 Event - 1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)

1919 Event - 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)

1918 Event - Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleveland, prevailing rules reduce Babe's Hhome runR to a triple

1918 Birthday - William Holden, born in Illinois, actor, Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB

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

1918 Event - Britain grants women (30 and over) vote

1917 Event - Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I

1917 Event - Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top," premieres in New York City

1917 Event - German troops over run Riga Latvia

1917 Event - Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pirates

1917 Event - Tornadoes kills 211 over 4 days in Midwest U.S.

1917 Event - Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank

1916 Event - Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar

1916 Birthday - Robert Lowery, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Murder Over New York

1916 Birthday - Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author, Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables

1916 Event - British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey

1915 Birthday - Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey

1915 Event - German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia

1915 Event - German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana

1915 Event - German troops over run Warsaw

1915 Event - Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever

1915 Event - 1st Zeppelin air raid over England

1915 Event - 1st German Zeppelin attack over Great Britain, 4 die

1914 Event - Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary

1914 Event - German troops over run Lodz

1914 Birthday - Sarah Churchill, London, actress, All Over Town, Royal Wedding

1914 Event - Zapata and Pancho Villa over run Mexico

1914 Event - Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you," poster spreads over UK

1914 Birthday - Ernest Tubb, born in Texas, guitarist/singer, I'm Walking the Floor over You

1913 Event - Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea

1913 Birthday - Stephen McNally, New York City, actor, Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo

1913 Event - Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England

1912 Event - Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup)

1912 Event - J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph)

1912 Event - Eddie Collins steals record 6 bases in 9-7 Athletics win over Detroit

1912 Event - J. Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph - 161.29 kph

1911 Event - Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to U.S., not ratified

1911 Event - South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide

1911 Event - Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to U.S. (not ratified)

1910 Event - 1st roundtrip flight over English Channel, C S Rolls, England

1909 Birthday - Elisabeth Welch, singer, Song of Freedom, Over the Moon

1908 Event - William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan

1908 Event - Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die

1907 Event - Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland

1907 Event - U.S. proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic

1906 Event - Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass)

1906 Birthday - Louis Borell, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Over the Moon, Queer Cargo

1906 Event - Hugh Jennings resigns as Baltimore manager to take over at Detroit in 1907

1906 Event - Yankees win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win

1906 Birthday - Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress, I Lived With You, Over the Moon

1905 Birthday - Edgar P. Snow, U.S. author/journalist: Red star over China

1905 Birthday - Harold Arlen, Hyman Arluck, U.S., composer, Over the Rainbow

1905 Event - Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US

1904 Birthday - John J. Sirica, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, John Joseph Sirica, judge, Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, presided over Watergate scandal, Time magazine Person of the Year, 1973

1903 Event - 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox

1902 Event - Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco

1901 Birthday - Sam Spiegel, producer, On the Waterfront, Bridge over River Kwai

1901 Event - 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor)

1900 Event - After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close

1900 Event - France proclaims a protectorate over Chad

1900 Event - British troops over run Johannesburg

1900 Event - Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga

1900 Event - An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours

1899 Event - Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 and 19-3 victories over Cleveland Spiders

1899 Event - Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's

1899 Event - San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building

1898 Event - U.S. flag hoisted over Wake Island (Spanish-American War)

1898 Event - U.S. declares war on Spain over Cuba

1897 Event - Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)

1895 Event - France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar

1894 Birthday - Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith, Empress of Blues, over 200 songs

1894 Event - Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed

1893 Birthday - Charlotte Greenwood, born in Philadelphia, actress, Oklahoma, Moon over Miami

1893 Birthday - Stanley Lupino, English comic, Cheer Up, Over She Goes

1888 Birthday - Roy Webb, born in New York City, New York, composer, arranger for over 200 films, Academy Award nominee, wrote fight song 'Roar, Lion, Roar'

1888 Birthday - Sigurd Erixon, Swedish etnologist, Atlas over Svensk Folk culture

1886 Event - Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"

1886 Event - Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class

1884 Event - British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea

1884 Event - Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention

1876 Event - 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires

1876 Event - 1st record high jump over 6' (Marshall Jones Brooks)

1871 Event - Railway bridge over Dutch Deep opens

1871 Event - Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4miles (10 km) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation

1871 Event - Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky

1868 Event - Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D)

1867 Event - Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto

1867 Event - Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto

1866 Event - President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over

1866 Event - Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto

1865 Event - Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot

1864 Event - 640m long ponton bridge over James River Virginia finished

1864 Event - Captain Mendell begins building 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia

1862 Event - Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)

1862 Event - General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed U.S. flag on display over New Orleans Mint

1861 Event - West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg

1861 Event - U.S. levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800)

1861 Event - Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state

1861 Event - Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans

1861 Event - State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans

1861 Event - Ft. Jackson and Ft. Philip are taken over by LA state troops

1860 Event - Dem convention in Charleston South Carolina divided over slavery

1859 Event - Balloon covers a record 809 miles over St. Louis

1853 Event - Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal

1844 Birthday - Elijah McCoy, black inventor, held over 50 patents

1842 Event - City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany)

1839 Event - Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad

1837 Event - Riot in New York over high price of flour

1835 Event - Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York City

1832 Event - John Calhoun becomes 1st Vice President to resign over differences with President Jackson

1825 Event - Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826

1819 Birthday - Franz von Suppe, Spalato Dalmatia, composer, Light Cavalry Over

1817 Event - San Martin leads a revolutionary army over Andes

1805 Event - Tripoli forced to conclude peace with U.S. after war over tribute

1801 Event - House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson President over Burr

1784 Event - Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol

1778 Event - Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)

1699 Event - People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter

1680 Event - Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas

1679 Event - Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet

1647 Event - King Charles I handed over to English parliament

1600 Event - Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588

1556 Event - Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over

1431 Event - Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop

1429 Event - Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English

1312 Event - Power of Luik Patriarch murders over 200

754 Event - Friezen murders bishop Boniface and over 50 companions

641 Event - Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria

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