2015 Event China's central bank takes action to reassure investors that it is attempting to address the nation's economic downturn, reducing interest rates and the amount of reserve funds required to be held by banks 2014 Event A partial solar eclipse takes place, only viewable from certain regions of Australia and Antarctica; the annular eclipse was formed as the moon blocked out the center of the sun, leaving a ring of solar rays 2014 Event A total lunar eclipse takes place tonight; the eclipse will be visible in North and South America, New Zealand, Australia and nearby regions; the next total lunar eclipse will take place on October 8, 2014 2014 Event The University of Connecticut achieves a second championship as the women's basketball team takes home the NCAA championship title after a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame; the men's basketball team won the NCAA title this season 2014 Event Exxon Mobil takes the initiative among energy companies to disclose its plans for dealing with climate change in response to a 2013 shareholder resolution; the company's move may set a standard for other energy companies to follow 2014 Event Apple purchases SnappyLabs, a small company that makes a popular photography app; the $1 app enables smartphone users to modify how the built-in camera takes photos and how quickly the photos are taken 2014 Event The Superbowl takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey; the Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8, a historic win for the Seahawks, who haven't won a major championship in 30 years 2014 Event The 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are held in Los Angeles; 'American Hustle' takes top awards, actor Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win Outstanding Performance awards 2013 Event An error on the Delta Air Lines website allows thousands of customers to buy tickets for super-low fares, some 90% below regular ticket prices; Delta takes responsibility for the error, and will honor ticket purchases as well as frequent flier miles earned on the reduced-fare flights 2013 Event Argentinian Vice President Amado Boudou takes over the duties of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner when she undergoes surgery to remove a subdural hematoma 2013 Event Microsoft takes negative feedback into account, and announces plans to change many features of its Xbox One 2013 Event After stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France Titles, the IOC takes away the cyclist's bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics; he was found guilty of doping 2012 Event Physics professor Enzo Di Fabrizio, of Magna Graecia University in Catanzaro, Italy, successfully takes the first direct photograph of DNA 2012 Event Amid tension with China, Keen Sword, the biennial naval training exercise between the United States and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, takes place off the shore of Okinawa 2012 Event The governing Worker's Party takes control of Brazil's financial capital and largest city when Fernando Haddad is elected mayor of Sao Paulo 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 A pop concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee takes place at Buckingham Palace, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, among others 2012 Event The Government of Fiji takes over controlling interest in Australia's Qantas airline subsidiary Air Pacific 2012 Event The movie 'John Carter' becomes one of the biggest losses in film history; Disney takes a $200 million writedown on the film 2012 Event The 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards takes place in Los Angeles, California 2011 Event Essam Sharaf, Prime Minister of Egypt resigns after protests; Kamal Ganzouri takes is appointed as the new Prime Minister 2011 Event In Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigns, as an emergency government takes his place to deal with the country's economic crisis 2011 Event Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs resigns over poor health issues; Tim Cook takes over as CEO 2011 Event Rioting takes place in English cities including Manchester, liverpool, Salford, Birmingham and Nottingham; police from Scotland are called in to help 2011 Event Space Shuttle Atlantis takes off to conduct the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program 2011 Event Hungary takes over the position of the presidency of the European Union 2010 Event Sony takes its original cassette Walkman off the market 2009 Event Sweden takes over the presidency of the European Union 2009 Event The 5th Summit of the Americas takes place in Port of Spain, Trinidad, thirty-four heads of government attend 2008 Event Iceland takes control of 3 banks due to the global financial crisis 2006 Event U.N. cease fire takes effect in Lebanon 2006 Event Union of Islamic Courts takes over Mogadishu, Somalia 1997 Event Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus vs. Pakistan, MCG 1997 Event Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs. England at Harare 1996 Event Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India 1996 Event O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" 1996 Event Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire 1996 Event Phil Simmons scores 171 and takes 6-14 for Leics vs. Durham 1996 Event Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex 1996 Event Kevan James scores 103 and takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants vs. Ind 1996 Event Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire vs. Hampshire 1996 Event Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H 1996 Event 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle 1996 Event Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad vs Leeward Is 1996 Event Rajindra Dhanraj takes 9-97 for Trinidad against Leeward Islands 1995 Event Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617 1995 Event Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record 1995 Event Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar 1995 Event Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto 1995 Event Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe 1995 Event Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win vs. WI 1995 Event Mark Ilott takes 9-19 incl all lbw hat-trick, Essex vs. Northants 1995 Event Tiger manager Sparky Anderson takes unpaid leave due to baseball strike 1995 Event Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka vs. Kerala 1994 Event Shane Warne takes a hat-trick vs. England at cricket MCG 1994 Event Richard Johnson takes 10-45 for Middlesex against Derbyshire 1993 Event Shamrock Broadcasting, a Disney company, officially takes ownership of Cleveland's WMMS-FM/100.7 and WHK-AM/1420 1993 Event Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km 1993 Death Marv Johnson, U.S. soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54 1993 Event 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride 1992 Event Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs. West Indies 1992 Event Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ 1992 Event U.N. imposes embargo against Libya takes effect 1992 Event Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI 1992 Event Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his 1st Test innings 1991 Event Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin 1991 Event Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs vs. India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah 1991 Event President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game 1991 Event Allan Border takes 5-68 vs. WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown 1991 Event Craig McDermott takes 8-97 vs. England at the WACA 1990 Event Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts 1990 Event Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown 1990 Event Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system 1990 Event Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar) 1989 Event Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live 1989 Event New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules 1989 Event Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG 1989 Event Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket 1988 Event Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets vs. WI at the WACA but Australia lose 1988 Event Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Event Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war 1988 Event Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93 1988 Event Namphy takes control of Haitian government 1988 Event Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 and 8-75) vs. WI on Test debut 1987 Event Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore 1987 Event Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan 1987 Event 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India 1987 Event Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so 1987 Event New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect 1987 Event Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest 1986 Event Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v New Zealand, The Oval) 1986 Event Constitution of Guatemala takes effect 1985 Event R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane 1985 Event Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba 1985 Event Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan 1985 Event Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins 1984 Event Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeds his mother, Indira Gandhi 1984 Event Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG 1983 Event Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose 1983 Event Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia 1983 Event Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury" 1982 Event Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan vs. Australia 1982 Event Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore 1982 Event "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1981 Event Voyager 2 takes photo's of Saturn's moon Titan 1981 Event Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million 1981 Event Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins 1980 Event Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision 1980 Event "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m) 1979 Event Ayatolla Khomeini takes over in Iran 1979 Event Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) 1979 Event Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala 1979 Event Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test 1978 Event Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling 1978 Event Muriel Humphrey, Senator-D-Minnesota 1978, wife of late Hubert Humphrey takes his office 1978 Event Chandrasekar takes 6-52 and 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win 1977 Event U.S. Voyager I takes 1st space photograph of Earth and Moon together 1977 Event Dennis Lillee takes 6-26, England all out 95 in Centenary Test 1977 Event Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain 1977 Event Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG 1977 Event Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes 1976 Event John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi 1976 Event Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on debut New Zealand vs. Pak Javed 1st wkt 1976 Death Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60 1976 Event Richard Hadlee takes 7-23 vs. India, his 1st match-winning spell 1976 Event Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park 1975 Event Mexico City's 1st major subway accident takes 26 lives 1975 Event Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production 1975 Event Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi vs. England 1975 Event Dennis Lillee takes 1st one-day 5WI, 5-34 vs. Pakistan World Cup 1974 Event Tony Greig takes 8-86 vs. WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn) 1974 Event Lee MacPhail takes over as AL president, succeeding Joe Cronin 1973 Event All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels 1972 Event Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India vs. England at Delhi 1972 Event Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole 1972 Event Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng 1971 Event George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in New York City 1971 Event Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station 1971 Event J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI vs. India at Port-of-Spain 1971 Event Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his 1st Test bowl, vs. England 1971 Event John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs 1970 Event NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins 1970 Event Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways 1970 Event Marxist government takes over in Congo 1969 Event Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs. Australia at Calcutta 1969 Event Yassar Arafats takes over as chairman of PLO 1968 Event New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect 1968 Event Bobby Simpson takes 5-59 vs. India in his last Test for ten years 1967 Event John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce 1967 Event NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints" 1966 Event Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of Earth from Moon 1966 Event Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list 1966 Event Ba'ath-party takes power in Syria 1965 Event Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect 1965 Event U.S. Ranger 9 launched; takes 5,814 pictures before lunar impact 1965 Event Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs. New Zealand at Delhi 1965 Event Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton 1965 Event Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling 1964 Event Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke) 1964 Event U.S. Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon 1964 Event Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey vs. Sussex 1964 Event Papandreou Government takes power in Greece 1963 Event Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545 1963 Event 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office 1963 Event Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands 1963 Event Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km 1963 Event Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs. England 1962 Event 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place 1962 Event USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes X-15 to 40,800m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 Birthday Anthony Edwards, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, It Takes Two, Dr. Greene-ER 1962 Event NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1962 Event Emir Said al-Djazairi takes van Algerian throne in Syria 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 1962 Event NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 31,580 m 1962 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 40,420 m 1962 Event Robert A. Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 46,900m 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 m 1962 Event A NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m 1961 Event Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m 1961 Event USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m 1961 Event Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies 1961 Birthday Kimberly Foster, actress, It Takes Two 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m 1961 Event Lieutenant Colonel Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude 1961 Event USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 32,000 m 1961 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) 1961 Event Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide 1960 Event King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power 1960 Event Minneapolis-St. Paul baseball club takes the name Twins 1960 Event USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m 1960 Event Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa vs. England Lord's 1960 Event USAF Major Robert M. White takes X-15 to 33,222 m 1959 Event Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs. Australia at Kanpur 1959 Event Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore 1958 Event Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs. West Indies at Kanpur 1958 Event Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It" 1958 Event Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power 1958 Event Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town 1957 Event Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight 1957 Event Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England vs. WI Headingley 1957 Event John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada 1957 Event Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 vs. England, 13 wkts for match 1957 Birthday Jerry Marotta, rocker, Orleans-Love Takes Time 1956 Event Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match vs. Aus, Karachi 1956 Event Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match 1956 Event Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester 1956 Event Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey vs. Australians at the Oval 1955 Event Australia takes control of Cocos Islands 1955 Event Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows and takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo 1954 Event India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements 1954 Event Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later) 1954 Event Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh 1953 Event Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 and 7-44) vs. Australia 1952 Event Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash 1952 Event Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford 1952 Event WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect 1952 Event NFL takes control of New York Yankees 1951 Event Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1951 Event Persian army takes over nationalized oil installations 1951 Event Government of Drees takes power 1951 Event Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta and takes middleweight title 1951 Event NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts 1950 Event In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place 1950 Event King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium 1950 Event Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial 1950 Event 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name 1950 Event Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion 1949 Event Roly Jenkins (Worcs vs. Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game 1948 Event Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager 1948 Event Haganah takes control of Safed and port of Haifa 1948 Event Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. WI Barbados 1946 Event Alec Bedser takes 7-49 vs. India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket 1946 Event British Government takes control of Bank of England, after 252 years 1945 Event 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office 1945 Event Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1944 Event U.S. 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery 1944 Event U.S. takes Okinawa 1944 Event SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal Belgium 1944 Event General Montgomery takes command of 12th and 21st army 1944 Event Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight 1944 Event U.S. takes Eniwetok Island 1943 Event Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China 1942 Event Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe, 1st jet fighter, takes 1st flight 1942 Event Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa 1941 Event Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1941 Event Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males 1941 Event Navy takes over Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay 1940 Event 54th Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office 1939 Event O'Reilly takes 14-45 (8-23 and 6-22) as NSW crush Qld in 2 days 1939 Birthday Agatha N "Kim" Weston, U.S. gospel/singer, It Takes Two 1939 Event British fleet takes German U-27 boat 1939 Event Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner 1939 Event WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig 1938 Event Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa 1938 Event Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties 1937 Event Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia 1937 Event Joe DiMaggio takes Ty Cobb's advice and replace his 40 with 36 oz bat 1936 Event Gen. Anastasio Somoza takes over as dictator of Nicaragua 1936 Event Quiroga government takes office in Spain 1936 Event Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia) 1935 Event U.S. - Russian commerce treaty takes effect 1934 Event Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430 1934 Event SS-Reichs Fuhrer Himmler takes command of German Concentration Camps 1934 Event Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia (7-61 and 8-43) 1933 Event Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria vs. Tasmania at Hobart 1933 Event Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251 1933 Event Spanish president Zamora takes power 1933 Event Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager 1933 Event 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of U.S. Mint takes office 1933 Event French government of Daladier takes power 1933 Event Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match 1933 Event Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled 1932 Event Grimmett takes 14 wickets vs. South Africa (7-116 and 7-83) 1931 Event Fleetwood-Smith takes 5-69 Victoria vs. Tas at Hobart 1931 Event Japan takes Manchuria, renames it Manchukuo 1930 Event Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw) 1930 Event Hedley Verity takes 10 for 10 vs. Notts (19 4-16-10-10) at Leeds 1930 Event Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs. Yorkshire at Sheffield 1930 Birthday Robert Wagner, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart 1930 Event Maurice Allom takes Test hat-trick England vs. New Zealand Christchurch 1929 Event Grimmett takes 6-146 for SA, Queensland all out 380 Crowd 5,390 1928 Event 1st aerial cross of Pacific takes off from Oakland 1928 Event 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler) 1927 Event At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris 1926 Event Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) NSW vs. Vic 1926 Event 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC) 1926 Event National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1926 Event Belgian government of Jaspar takes power 1926 Event German government of Marx takes power 1926 Event De Geer government in Netherlands takes office 1925 Event Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over 1925 Event Lester Patrick takes over New York Rangers 1925 Event Italian army takes Somalia 1924 Event Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim 1924 Event Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1924 Event Charles Jewtraw, U.S. 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal 1923 Event Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1922 Event Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government 1922 Event Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech 1922 Event Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian win over NSW 1921 Event Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history 1920 Event NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 1919 Event 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days 1917 Event British king George V takes the name Windsor 1917 Event Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank 1916 Event 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place 1915 Birthday Allan Jackson, Hot Springs, Arkansas, newscaster, Youth Takes a Stand 1915 Event U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years 1915 Event Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army 1915 Event 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho 1914 Event Legendary/unofficial "Christmas Truce" takes place (Brits and Germans) 1914 Event Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place 1913 Event Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103) 1913 Event Greece formally takes possession of Crete 1913 Event Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) 1913 Event Federal income tax takes effect, 16th amendment 1913 Event Mexican General V Huerta takes power with U.S. support 1913 Event 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon 1912 Event Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia vs. South Africa 1911 Event Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs vs. Australia at MCG 1911 Event Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica 1910 Event 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) 1910 Event Simpson-Hayward (England) takes 6-43 on debut with underarm lobs 1909 Event Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers 1908 Event Russia takes part of Poland 1907 Event Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Mddx vs. Somerset 1906 Event British-controlled Egypt takes Sinai peninsula from Turkey 1905 Event H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW vs. Qld) 1905 Event Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa 1904 Event Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match 1903 Event Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place 1902 Event Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick vs. England at the MCG 1899 Event Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick England vs. Australia at Headingley 1899 Event U.S. takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific 1898 Event 1st Spanish-American War action: USS Nashville, takes enemy ship 1897 Event King Leopold II takes Belgian crown 1896 Event Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place 1896 Event G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) 1896 Event Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit 1896 Event George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs. South Africa at Johannesburg 1896 Event George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa, 8-7 for inning 1895 Event Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record 1892 Event Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass) 1892 Event Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia SCG 1886 Event China takes British protectorate of Burma 1885 Event German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon and Togoland 1884 Event German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon 1884 Event Fred Spofforth takes 7-34 and 7-3 vs. England XI in 4 hours 1883 Event Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia MCG 1880 Event Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula 1876 Event 29th Postmaster General: James N. Tyner of Indiana takes office 1874 Event Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie, Kansas 1874 Event Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force 1874 Event 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Connecticut takes office 1874 Event 27th Postmaster General: James W. Marshall of New Jersey takes office 1874 Event Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect 1868 Event Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey vs. Sussex 1867 Event U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia 1866 Event 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office 1865 Event V E Walker takes 10-104 in an innings for Middlesex vs. Lancs 1864 Event General David Hunter takes command of Department of West Virginia 1864 Event Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee 1862 Event General Robert E Lee takes command of Confederate armies of E Virginia and NC 1862 Event Valley Campaign-Stonewall Jackson takes Ft. Royal, Virginia 1861 Event Union General George McClellan takes command from McDowell of Potamic Army 1861 Event Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 1861 Event Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans 1861 Event President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield Illinois to Washington D.C. 1861 Event State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans 1860 Event Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st U.S. superintendent of agriculture 1859 Event V E Walker takes 10-74 in an innings for England vs. Surrey 1858 Event Nadar takes 1st airborne photo, in a balloon 1857 Event Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse 1852 Event 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office 1851 Event Louis Napoleon takes power in France 1850 Event 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of New York takes office 1850 Event Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star, Vega 1848 Event Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua 1843 Event 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1840 Event Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype) 1839 Event John Herschel takes 1st glass plate photograph 1831 Event Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives 1831 Event Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam 1828 Event Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea 1827 Event Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ 1823 Event 9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office 1815 Event King Willem I takes oath in Brussels 1808 Event Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain 1806 Event Prussia takes possession of Hanover 1801 Event 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia 1791 Event 1st Jewish member of U.S. Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office 1781 Event Washington takes Yorktown 1775 Event 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office 1775 Event George Washington takes command of U.S. troops 1775 Event Washington takes command of Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass 1772 Event 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI 1766 Event Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French 1744 Event French army takes Austrian Netherlands 1729 Event Sister St. Stanislas Hachard, 1st U.S. nun, takes her vows, N Orleans 1691 Event Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania 1680 Event Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fe from Spanish 1668 Event England takes control of Bombay India 1668 Event 1st horse race in America takes place 1643 Event Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians 1638 Event Cornelis S. Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited) 1621 Event Dutch Governor-General John Pieterszoon Coen takes Banda-islands, 15,000 die 1583 Event Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on William Gibbons, premium was 383 pounds 1562 Event Council of Trente takes ecclesiastical canon 1556 Event Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over 1522 Event Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland 1521 Event Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St. Lazarus 1455 Event Richard of York takes St. Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI 1281 Event Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge 610 Event Heraclius' fleet takes Constantinople 587 Event Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram takes cousin Childebert II as heir
