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2013 Event - The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history

2013 Event - Lazarus Project scientists reveal that they successfully recovered frozen tissue from the 1970's and rejuvenated the cells of Rheobatrachus silus, a species of frog that has been extinct since 1983

2013 Event - In retaliation for recently approved U.N. sanctions, generals in North Korea claim they are aiming their long range missiles at the U.S. mainland

2013 Event - Venezuela holds a funeral for former President Hugo Chavez; following the funeral, they swear in Vice President Nicolas Maduro as Interim President

2013 Event - In North Carolina, a neuroscientist at Duke University announces he has successfully connected the brains of two rats in such a way that they share information

2013 Event - Scientists in Illinois, announce they've developed stretchable batteries that can power a new generation of flexible electronics

2013 Event - At a University of Leicester media conference, it is announced that during a 2012 archeological dig in Leicester, the skeleton they unearthed is confirmed to be the remains of King Richard III of England

2013 Event - Iran releases a new Qaher-313 combat jet which they claim can evade radar detection

2013 Event - Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory

2013 Event - NASA scientists achieve a first in laser communication when they successfully beam a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a spacecraft orbiting the Moon

2013 Event - Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice determines they can defer the latest inauguration of President Hugo Chavez while his cancer operation recovery continues

2013 Event - Developers at Apple, the U.S. creators of the iphone, claim they gave Apple sufficient warning concerning issues with iOS maps

2012 Event - In Oklahoma, airport workers discover a painted golden object with a hole in the bottom in the luggage of musician Wayne Coyne; they mistake the object for a live grenade and shut down the Will Rogers World Airport

2012 Event - Standard & Poor's credit rating agency receives a ruling by an Australian judge that they misled investors in their rating of two-pre-crisis issues of structured debt

2012 Event - The novel coronavirus alert is lifted by the World Health Organization after they determine the virus, which originated in Saudi Arabia, is not highly contagious

2012 Event - In Greece, trade unions call a general strike as they continue their protest against austerity measures

2012 Event - Japanese automakers announce plans to cut output in China; they announce plans to suspend operations in the country until after National Day

2012 Event - The United Communist Party of Nepal is removed from the U.S. terror list citing they have made a 'credible commitment to pursuing peace and reconciliation.'

2012 Event - In an apparent effort to keep his contract, a subcontractor at Japan's defunct Fukushima's nuclear power plant shielded dosimeters with lead plates to ensure they did not reach radiation limits, and workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure

2012 Event - Ending an extensive study on the wooly mammoth, scientists conclude that they were wiped out by multiple things, including climate change, human hunters, and shifting habitats

2012 Event - The United Kingdom's government announces it will introduce a consultation process on internet measures which require online users to opt-in if they want to view adult content

2012 Event - Three widows and two daughters of Osama bin Laden were charged with illegally living in Pakistan; they were sentenced with 45 days in jail and fined $114 each

2012 Event - The IAEA announces that Iran has denied access to the Parchin military complex where they believe suspicious nuclear activities are taking place

2012 Event - As a cost-saving measure during bankcruptcy, Eastman Kodak Co. reports they will no longer make digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames

2011 Event - Iran refuses to return the RQ-170 Sentinel that Iran captured after it crash landed in the country; Iran reports they are extracting data from the aircraft

2011 Event - New York's Police Department clears Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zucotti Park, the public space they have occupied to stage their protest

2011 Event - Japan's government announces they require a $157 billion additional budged to cover costs for recovering from the tsunami and earthquake in March 2011

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 South Korea, the Financial Services Commission reveals they plan to inject more money into suspended local savings banks

2011 Event - At the Zekiah Swamp in Charles County, Maryland, archeologists believe they found a fort from 1680 built to protect the 'friendly' Piscataway Indians

2011 Event - The Foreign Ministry of Iran calls for Musa al-Sadr to be released; they claim he has been held in Libya since 1978

2011 Event - Australian travelers are warned they may face more disruption from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile

2011 Event - North Korea attests it has detained Jun Young Su, a U.S. citizen; they plan to charge him with 'committing a crime' against their country

2011 Event - James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calls for the Federal Reserve to limit its purchase of U.S. Treasuries because they 'feed the fire' of inflation

2011 Event - Wisconsin AFL-CIO assemble hundreds of union supporters claiming they will risk arrest to prevent police from clearing the Wisconsin State Capitol building

2011 Event - North Korea raises concerns regarding nuclear testing; reports show they have dug tunnels at a nuclear test site located in Punggye-ri, North Hamgyong Province

2010 Event - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad publicly declares Palestinians have changed; they are now fully committed to non-violence

2010 Event - Floodwaters rise throughout New South Wales; they cause thousands to evacuate the Australian town of Wagga Wagga

2010 Event - Pablo Picasso's electrician reveals 271 previously unknown works by the artist, claiming they were gifts

2010 Event - Somali pirates seized Indian crewmen and the Panamanian-flagged ship they were sailing off the coast of Tanzania

2010 Event - Raul Castro, head of the Cuban government, declares they will lay off half a million state workers to improve their economy by the middle of 2011

2010 Event - Mexican marines arrest seven gunmen they believe were involved in the massacre of 72 migrants at Tamaulipas

2010 Event - Muslims across the world begin the holy month of Ramadan where they must fast between sunrise and sunset

2010 Event - Scientists at the Craig J. Venter Institute announce they have successfully created the world's first artificial lifeform by transplanting a synthesized genome into an existing cell

2010 Event - The U.S. Senate investigates Goldman Sachs, finding that they made billions of dollars at the expense of clients during the housing market collapse

2005 Event - Apple Computer announces they will switch to Intel processors in 2006

1998 Event - Russia buries tsar Nicholas II and family, 80 years after they died

1998 Event - Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers

1998 Event - President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference

1997 Event - Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon

1997 Event - Donald Trump and Marla Maples announce they are separating

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

1997 Event - Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"

1996 Death - Francois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72

1995 Event - New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign

1995 Event - Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0

1995 Event - Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis

1994 Event - Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere announce they are seperating

1993 Event - Deadline for Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, they don't

1993 Death - John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65

1992 Event - New York Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR

1992 Event - New York Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio

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

1991 Event - Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17

1991 Event - Roseanne Arnold and Tom Arnold wed again, they divorced later

1991 Event - Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable

1991 Event - St. Louis Blues becomes 8th NHL team in Play-off to come back from a 3-1 deficit as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in game 7

1991 Event - Kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers

1991 Event - Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital

1991 Event - Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel

1991 Event - UN's deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait (they don't)

1990 Event - Greyhound files reoganization plan so they can be traded publically

1990 Event - 1st time in New York Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0

1990 Event - East and West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3

1990 Event - The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games

1990 Event - Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland

1989 Event - Cincinnati Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning

1989 Event - Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing

1989 Event - H. J. Heinz, Van Camp Seafood and Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins

1989 Event - 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature

1988 Event - U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist

1986 Event - Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs

1985 Event - Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract

1985 Event - Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula

1983 Event - U.S. say they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984

1983 Event - New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands

1983 Event - IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball

1982 Event - Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel

1982 Event - 30 Something stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry

1981 Event - "They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial New York City after 1082 performances

1981 Death - Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79

1981 Event - FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish

1979 Event - "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial New York City for 1082 performances

1979 Event - Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in New York City

1978 Event - Soyuz 29 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6; they stay 139 days

1978 Death - Faith Baldwin, U.S. author (They Who Love), dies at 84

1977 Event - James Brown's band walks out claiming they were underpaid and overworked

1977 Event - Randy Bachman quits BTO, they disband

1977 Event - Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5

1976 Event - 1st NBA playoff game for Cleveland Cavliers, they lose 100-95 to Wash

1976 Event - India set 403 to win by WI They get them, 6 wkts 7 overs spare

1975 Event - Cher files for divorce from Gregg Allman, 10 days after they married

1974 Event - 1st time Washington Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota

1974 Event - Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"

1973 Event - Yankee pitchers Peterson and Kekich announce they swapped wives

1972 Event - NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC

1971 Event - New York Giant football team announces they're leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975

1970 Event - "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaches #1

1970 Event - John and Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations

1969 Event - Ted Williams begins managing Washington Senators, they lose to Yankees 8-4

1967 Event - New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 27-13

1967 Event - New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 16-77

1966 Event - Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"

1966 Event - Dave Clark 5 set record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan

1964 Event - EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who

1964 Event - WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th

1964 Event - Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend

1964 Event - Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years

1962 Event - Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cincinnati for 10 yrs

1962 Event - Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums

1962 Event - 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds

1962 Death - Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62

1961 Event - Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th and 6 in 9th

1960 Death - Maude Eburne, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman), dies at 84

1960 Event - Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres

1958 Event - President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months

1958 Event - Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo

1956 Event - Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961

1955 Birthday - Margaux Hemingway, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce

1954 Event - White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920

1954 Event - BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0

1954 Birthday - Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come

1954 Event - Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forfeit game

1953 Event - Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply

1953 Event - 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0

1952 Event - Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty

1950 Birthday - David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful

1950 Event - Marshall Voroshilov of U.S.S.R. announces they developed atomic bomb

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 Event - Charley Lupica begins stay on 4' platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and stays 117 days)

1949 Event - "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)

1947 Event - Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists

1946 Birthday - Edgar Winter, Beaumont, Texas, rocker, They Only Come Out at Night

1946 Event - University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game

1945 Event - Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated

1944 Event - Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row

1944 Event - Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans

1943 Event - Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz

1943 Event - Soviets announce they broke long Nazi siege of Leningrad

1942 Event - 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out

1942 Event - Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort

1941 Event - Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin

1941 Event - Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there

1941 Birthday - Terence Hill, born in Venice, Italy, actor, Super Fuzz, They Call Me Trinity

1940 Birthday - Michael Sarrazin, actor, Seduction, They Shoot Horses Don't They

1936 Birthday - Anthony Zerbe, Cal, actor, Harry-O, Centennial, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs

1936 Event - Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season

1934 Event - Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 vs. Qld before 6,180

1931 Event - France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics

1931 Birthday - Bill Gilbert, born in Washington D.C., sports author, They Also Served, Big E

1929 Event - Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field

1929 Event - Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF

1928 Event - Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game

1928 Event - Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm are 1st to fly across the Pacific when they end their flight from California to Brisbane

1924 Event - Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand

1923 Birthday - Francois Chaumette, actor, They Never Slept, Christine

1919 Event - Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season

1918 Event - Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers

1917 Event - 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House

1917 Event - Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers

1917 Event - After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames, they take the name Windsor

1913 Birthday - Gig Young, St. Cloud, Minnesota, actor, They Shoot Horses Don't They

1912 Event - AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball

1912 Birthday - Helen Craig, born in San Antonio, Texas, actress, Snake Pit, They Live by Night

1908 Event - Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m

1904 Birthday - Jean Helion, artist/author, They Shall Not Have Me

1904 Birthday - Kurt G. Kiesinger, German chancellor, Wherever They May Be

1903 Birthday - Dorothy Stickney, Dickinson ND, actress, And So They Were Married

1903 Event - New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2

1902 Event - Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL

1901 Birthday - Allyn Joslyn, born in Milford, Pennsylvania, actor, They Won't Forget, Cafe Society

1900 Event - NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)

1899 Birthday - Elliot Nugent, director, And so They were Married

1897 Event - After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"

1893 Birthday - Faith Baldwin, New Rochelle, New York, author/novelist, They Who Love

1881 Event - Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)

1875 Birthday - Maude Eburne, Canada, actress, Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman

1870 Event - 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king

1803 Event - Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La

1800 Event - Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops

1797 Event - Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow. He can't sell it to farmers, though, they fear effects of iron on soil!

1794 Event - New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British

1285 Event - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire













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