2013 Event The famous final New Year's Eve countdown in Times Square will be lead by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; she will have the honor of pushing he ceremonial countdown button to start the descent of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball 2012 Event In Mexico, thousands in Guanajuato, come out to greet Pope Benedict XVI at the start of his first visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America 2010 Event Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, commands Iran's atomic agency to start enriching uranium at a higher level 2009 Event Inmates at Iraq's notoriuous Abu Grraib prison start a fire and clash with guards during two days of unrest 2009 Event After two years of trying to maintain order, Ethiopian military forces start pulling out of Somalia 1999 Death Clifton Fadiman, "writer, host", helped to start the Book-of-the-mon Club, dies at 95 1996 Event Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England 1996 Event Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur 1995 Event Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26 1994 Event Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland vs. Tasmania) 1993 Event Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start 1992 Event Start of Zimbabwe's 1st Test match, vs. India at Harare 1992 Event Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) 1991 Event Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his 1st big league start 1990 Event Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history 1990 Event Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour 1989 Event Dave Stewart is 1st since 1976 to start consec World Series openers 1989 Event In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines 1989 Event Despite retiring May 29, Mike Schmidt elected to start All Star game 1989 Event 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2 1989 Event Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs. Pak, washed out 1988 Event Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21) 1987 Event Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel 1987 Event Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young and Sutton) 1987 Event Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season 1986 Event Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City) 1985 Event Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season 1984 Event SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games 1984 Event Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990 1984 Event U.S.S.R. offers to start talking about banning SDI 1984 Event Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4) 1983 Event Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) 1982 Event Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm 1982 Event Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins 1981 Event Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW vs. Queensland 1981 Event Pawtucket and Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game 1981 Event Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0 1980 Event Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) 1979 Event Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3 1979 Event Iran press censors start massive book burnings 1978 Event Islanders start 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) 1978 Event New York Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8) 1978 Event Yankees start 14 game comeback with 2-0 win 1978 Event Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start 1976 Event Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals 1975 Death Gertrude Niesen, actress (Start Cheering), dies at 63 1974 Event Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief 1973 Event Los Angeles Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8 1973 Event Monks Heng Yo and Heng Ju, start 1000 mile San Francisco to Seattle pilgrimage 1973 Event Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records 1972 Event Los Angeles Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak 1972 Event Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak 1970 Event Would have been start of Australia/England Test Cricket at MCG, washed out 1970 Event Start of the 1st Test match at the WACA, vs. England 1969 Event Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together 1968 Event Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, 1st person to do so 1967 Event Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible 1964 Event Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant 1962 Event Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start 1962 Event New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season 1962 Event Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season 1958 Event Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China 1956 Event White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses) 1953 Event Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Philadelphia A's, 6-0 1949 Event Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day" 1949 Event Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0 1948 Event Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start and goes 7 innings 1946 Event Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era) 1945 Event Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Australia Services 1943 Event Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II 1941 Event Dodgers start to wear liners in their caps 1939 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt declares U.S. neutrality at start of WW II in Europe 1938 Event Would be start of Eng/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1936 Event Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win 1930 Event Start of the 1st Australia vs. West Indies Test (at Adelaide) 1930 Event Mao Tse-tung writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" 1929 Event "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% 1919 Event Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia 1919 Event Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto 1918 Event Giants' 9-0 winning start and Dodgers' 0-9 losing streak are stopped 1917 Event China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I 1917 Event Lenin returns to Russia to start Bolshevik Revolution 1915 Event Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs 1914 Event NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep 1911 Birthday Gertrude Niesen, born in New York, actress, Start Cheering 1910 Event Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Australia (vs. South Australia) It rained 1909 Event Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal 1903 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man" 1903 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Gables" 1903 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" 1902 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle" 1902 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client" 1902 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" 1902 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 3 Garidebs" 1902 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" 1901 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Priory School" 1900 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Problem of Thor Bridge" 1900 Event Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris 1900 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 6 Napoleons" 1899 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton 1898 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Retired Colourman" 1898 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dancing Men" 1897 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" 1897 Event Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official) 1897 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" 1896 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" 1896 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Sussex Vampire" 1895 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" 1895 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder" 1895 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Black Peter" 1895 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Solitary Cyclist" 1895 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes' "Adventure of 3 Students" 1894 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Golden Pince-Nez" 1894 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Empty House" 1891 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" 1890 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Beryl Coronet" 1890 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League" 1890 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" 1890 Event Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1890 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Crooked Man" 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Engineer's Thumb" 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Cardboard Box" 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Naval Treaty" 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Man with the Twisted Lip" 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Boscombe Valley Mystery" 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Copper Beeches" 1889 Event Start of South Africa's 1st Test, vs. England, Port Elizabeth 1888 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Hound of Baskervilles" 1888 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Sign of Four" 1888 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" 1888 Event Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale 1888 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Yellow Face" 1888 Event Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia" 1888 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" 1887 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle" 1887 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" 1887 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" 1887 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" 1887 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" 1886 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" 1886 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Noble Bachelor" 1886 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Resident Patient" 1884 Event 1st steam cable trams start in highgate 1883 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Speckled Band" 1881 Event Pogroms against Russian Jews start in Elisabethgrad 1879 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" 1874 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "Gloria Scott" 1867 Event Bricklayers start working 8-hour days 1863 Event Battle of Little Rock AK and Start of Chattanooga campaign 1860 Event Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco 1849 Event Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield 1815 Event Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France 1812 Event Napoleon occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th) 1787 Event Federalist letters start appearing in New York newspapers 638 Event Start of Islamic calendar 532 Event Start of Dionysian Pascal Cycle 463 Event Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius 313 Event Start of Roman (Pontifical) Indiction 312 Event Start of Imperial Indication
