2014 Event The U.S. will end its 1960 embargo and reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba; the agreement took place after an exchange of three Cuban spies for aid worker Alan Gross and an unnamed American spy 2014 Event American doctor Craig Spencer has been diagnosed with Ebola after recently returning to New York from Sierra Leone; Spencer rode the subway, went bowling, and took a taxi the day before he began displaying symptoms 2014 Event Tiger Woods has announced that he will begin golfing again after a three-month hiatus he took to recover from back surgery; he will play in the Quicken Loans National in Maryland next week 2014 Event Petro Poroshenko is inaugurated as the new Ukrainian president; Poroshenko took a firm stand on keeping Ukraine united and suggested plans to ease tensions in the eastern part of the country, including an offer of amnesty for separatists 2010 Event In New Zealand, 100,000 people are left without water after a large storm; the storm took the roof off of Stadium Southland in Invercargill 2005 Death Fay Godwin, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell, dies at age 74, in Hastings, England 2002 Death Barry Took, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1986 Event Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world 1984 Event Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period 1982 Event Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78 1981 Event Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth 1980 Death Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, dies at 31 1980 Death Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31 1979 Event Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes 1978 Event Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders 1973 Event Vice President Spiro T Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are "damned lies" from government contracts in Maryland. He vowed not to resign 1971 Event Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in U.S. Embassy in 1968 Event M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923 1968 Event Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823 1967 Event Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep 1967 Event Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD 1960 Event 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon and Kennedy took place (Chicago) 1950 Birthday Mick Malone, cricketer, WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14 1949 Birthday Steven Peregrine Took, rocker, T-Rex 1944 Event General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London 1943 Event German troops occupied Rome and took over the protection of Vatican City 1941 Birthday Brian Yuile, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests 1941 Event Germans advanced into Russia and took Vilna, Brest-Litovsk and Kaunas 1940 Birthday Javed Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test 1937 Birthday Col Guest, cricketer, Test Australia vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59 1937 Birthday Khalid Hassan, Pak cricket leg-spinner, took 2-116 at 16 in only Test 1935 Event China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1932 Birthday Francis Cameron, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65 1931 Event Wiley Post and Harold Catty took off for flight around world 1931 Birthday Fay Godwin, born in Berlin, Germany, British photographer, noted for black-and-white landscapes of British coast and countryside, took portraits of literary figures, Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Anthony Powell 1930 Event 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1928 Birthday Barry Took, born in Muswell Hill, North London, England, comedian, writer, television presenter on BBC program Points of View and BBC Radio 4 program The News Quiz, wrote comedy with Mary Feldman 1927 Event Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 and took 5-36 vs. S Af 1927 Birthday Torbjorn Falkanger, Norway, took Olympic oath, 1952 1925 Event Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial 1925 Event Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 vs. England 1924 Birthday Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricket fast bowler, took 70 wickets in 1950's 1918 Birthday Martin Hanley, cricketer, took 1-88 with off-spin in Test for South Africa 1917 Event Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I 1917 Birthday John B. Connally, Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx, took a bullet with John F. Kennedy 1915 Birthday Tom Burtt, cricketer, slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand 1911 Birthday Richard Torriani, born in Switzerland, took Olympic oath, 1948 1909 Birthday Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for New Zealand 1932 and 1946, took 0-130 1908 Event John Krohn begins walk around perimeter of U.S., which took 357 days 1901 Event Test debut of S F Barnes vs. Australia SCG, took 5-65 in 1st innings 1895 Event 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) 1893 Birthday Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa 1889 Event Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) vs. South Africa at Newlands 1887 Event George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG 1876 Death Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79 1872 Event 1st black U.S. Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) 1859 Event 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Ind 1856 Event Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Kansas 1845 Birthday Allen Hill, cricketer, took the 1st wicket in Test cricket 1741 Event Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia 1455 Birthday Joao II, the perfect, King of Portugal, 1481 - 1495, took in Spanish Jews
