2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet at the Summit of the Americas in Panama for talks aimed at thawing relations; the historic meeting marks the first interaction in decades between top leaders of the two nations 2014 Event Mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is now one of the top three downloads in the free app category of the Apple App store in the U.S.; the game was released a little over two weeks ago 2014 Event Japanese banks are promoting women to upper management levels for the first time in history; four women in the nation's top three banks have been promoted in the last year 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 Declassified CIA documents reveal that during the Iran-Iraq War, top Reagan administration officials gave Iraq information on the location of Iranian troops 2013 Event At the annual Billboard Music Awards, Taylor Swift wins top album, top artist, and 6 other awards 2013 Event James Hansen, a top scientist and professor from NASA, retires in order to concentrate on global warming activism 2013 Event In the U.K., the top 50 payday loan companies were sited for "widespread irresponsible lending"; the Office of Fair Trading gives them 12 weeks to change their practices 2012 Event Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein are listed first on 'Foreign Policy' magazine's 2012 Top 100 Global Thinkers 2012 Event Top executive Marissa Mayer, leaves Google after being appointed Yahoo! Inc.'s new CEO 2012 Event Sybrand van Haersma Buma becomes the top candidate for 2012's Dutch general election after being elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal 2012 Event Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne reveals the 2012 British budget which cuts the top rate of income tax 2012 Event Fears over bioterrorism cause top international virologists agree to halt work on a more virulent strain of H5N1 influenza virus 2011 Event U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promotes democratic reforms in her meeting with Burma's top pro-democracy activist, Aung San Suu Kyi 2011 Event Top airport security officials are fired after a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport kills 35 people, injures 130 2011 Event Scientists posit that streams of antimatter positrons detected annihilating electrons cause Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes on top of thunderstorms 2010 Event One of Al Qaeda's top commanders, Sheikh Mohammad Fateh al Masri, is killed in a recent drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region 2010 Event South Africa's top police officer, Jackie Selebi, former chief of Interpol, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption 2010 Event Bronislaw Komorowski becomes Acting President of Poland after a plane carrying President Lech Kaczynski and top Polish officials crashes, leaving no survivors 2010 Event Yvo de Boer, top climate change official at the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, resigns 1995 Death Nancy LaMott, singer, cabaret genre, album 'Ask Me Again' ranked 12th in Billboard Magazine's Top Jazz Albums chart, performed twice for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, dies at 43 1995 Death Phyllis Hyman, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies, dies from suicide at 45 1995 Death Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83 1994 Event Kirby Puckett pass Rod Carew with 2,088 hit as Twin's top hit leader 1994 Event 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins 1994 Event 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob's Field 1993 Event Top mafia leader Salvatore "Toto" Riina arrested in Palermo 1992 Birthday Miley Ray Cyrus, pop-rock singer, actress, 100 Most Influential People in the World list, Time magazine, 2008, star of Disney's 'Hannah Montana', debut album, 'Meet Miley Cyrus' had first top ten single, 'See You Again' 1992 Death Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52 1992 Event Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 1990 Death Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at 84 1989 Event Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer 1989 Event Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top 1988 Death Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for U.S., executed 1987 Event Allan Border scores 205 vs. New Zealand to become Australia's top rungetter 1987 Event Charles Cole climbs 870'Tyrolean Traverse from top of Elephant Rock 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 Event 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each 1986 Event RUN-DMC is 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' Hell) 1986 Event "Top Gun," premieres 1986 Death Paul Stewart, actor (Top Secret USA, Deadline), dies at 77 1985 Death Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64 1985 Event West German top counter espionage Hans Tiedge moves to East Germany 1985 Event Pirates score 10 in top of 1st, but lose 15-11 to Phillies, as Steve becomes 1st Phillie to switch hit home runs in same game 1984 Event After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose" 1983 Birthday Michelle Branch, born in Sedona, Arizona, singer, songwriter, guitarist, top selling albums, 'The Spirit Room', 'Hotel Paper', Grammy-nominated single, 'Leave the Pieces' 1982 Event Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls," premieres in London 1981 Birthday Serena Williams, born in Saginaw, Michigan, professional tennis player, winner, top earning female athlete of all time, 5th Australian title at 2010 Australian Open 1981 Event NCAA St. Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul 1981 Event Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249 1980 Event Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die 1980 Event Richard Hadlee becomes New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117 1979 Event 12 degrees F, on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record) 1978 Event Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1978 Event Yankees score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Baltimore wins 3-0 1976 Birthday Amanda Little, Miss USA-Texas, 1997, top 6 1976 Birthday Trisha Stillwell, Miss USA-Oklahoma, 1997, top 10 1975 Birthday Temple Taggart, Miss USA-Utah, 1997, top 6 1975 Event Junko Tabei is 1st woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest 1974 Death Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89 1974 Birthday Autumn Smith, Miss USA-Alabama, 1997, top 10 1974 Event Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2 1973 Event 1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith and J Connors) 1973 Birthday Jennifer Makris, Miss USA-New Jersey, 1997, top 10 1973 Birthday Lee Westwood, born in Workshop, England, professional golfer, top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings between 1998 - 2001 1973 Birthday Claudia Jordan, Miss USA-Rhode Island, 1997, top 10 1973 Event Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6 1971 Birthday Angelia Savage, Miss USA-Florida, 1997, top 6 1971 Birthday David Mendenhall, actor, Over the Top, Space Raiders, Witchfire 1971 Birthday Nicklas Kulti, born in Stockholm, Sweden, professional tennis player, won the Australian Open in Wimbledon junior titles in 1989, top singles title in Adelaide, 1990 1971 Birthday Gail Porter, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, television presenter, known for program 'The Big Breakfast' and 'Top of the Pops', modeled for 'FHM' magazine 1971 Birthday Richard Green, born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia, professional golfer, won 1997 Dubai Desert Classic, listed in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Rankings 1971 Birthday Lisa Snowdon, born in Hertfordshire, England, model, television personality, host of 'Britain's Next Top Model' 1971 Birthday Tommy Puett, born in Gary, Indiana, actor, Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10 1970 Event Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio 1970 Death Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72 1969 Event 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back) 1969 Birthday Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1969 Death John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73 1968 Event Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters 1967 Birthday Diane Madl, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, field hockey forward/midfielder 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Marla Wynne, born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Miss Penn-America 1991, top 10 1966 Birthday Tracy Byrd, born in Vidor, Texas, Tracy Lynn Byrd, country singer, musician, known for Number One Billboard hit single 'Holdin' Heaven', recorded nine studio albums, 30 hit singles, 11 top ten hits 1966 Death Bobby Fuller, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, found dead at 22 1965 Birthday Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1965 Birthday Adrian Pasdar, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, actor, C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun 1965 Birthday Carrot Top, Florida, comedian, American Comedy Award-1994 1964 Event Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts 1963 Birthday John Andretti, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, race car driver, winner, CART, NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters NASCAR stock racing and endurance racing 1963 Event Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me" 1963 Birthday Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned 1961 Event 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle), opens 1961 Death Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 1960 Birthday Paul Azinger, born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Paul William Azinger, professional golfer, ranked in the top 10 Official World Golf Rankings for 300 weeks between 1988 and 1994, won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour in 7 seasons, won 1993 PGA Championship 1959 Birthday Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow 1959 Birthday Val Kilmer, actor, Top Secret, Batman Forever 1959 Death Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies 1958 Event "Flip Top Box" by Dicky Doo and The Don'ts hits #46 1958 Birthday Malcolm Marshall, cricketer, WI quickie 1978-91, WI top wicket-taker 1958 Event Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart and peaks at #3 1957 Event William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in New York City 1957 Birthday Rick Rossovich, Palo Alto California, actor, Top Gun, Roxanne, ER 1957 Birthday Kelly McGillis, born in Newport Beach, California, actress, Top Gun, Accused, Witness 1956 Birthday Lucy Gutteridge, actress, Top Secret, Trouble With Spies 1956 Event Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel" 1955 Event Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!" 1955 Event "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart 1955 Birthday John Nunn, born in London, England, champion chess player, chess writer, publisher, mathematician, once ranked among the world's top ten, two-time champion in chess problem solving 1954 Birthday Michael Chetwood, born in Telford, England, rocker, musician, played for pop band T'Pau, which had Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom in the 1980's 1954 Death Joe Laurie, Jr., comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61 1954 Birthday Scott Kempner, "Top Ten" rocker, Del Lords 1953 Death Top Naeff, Anthonetta van Rhijn-N, Dutch writer, dies at 75 1952 Event "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 356 performances 1951 Birthday Nancy LaMott, born in New York City, New York, singer, cabaret genre, album 'Ask Me Again' ranked 12th in Billboard Magazine's Top Jazz Albums chart, performed twice for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton 1951 Birthday Richard Skinner, born in Portsmouth, England, British DJ, radio and television broadcaster, lead presenter on flagship programs 'Top of the Pops', 'Top 40 Show', 'Whistle Test' 1951 Event "Top Banana" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 356 performances 1951 Event Johnny Mercers "Top Banana," premieres in New York City 1950 Birthday Phyllis Hyman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies 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 French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal 1949 Birthday Billy Gibbons, born in Houston, Texas, jazz guitarist, Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top 1949 Birthday Dusty Hill, rocker, ZZ Top 1948 Birthday David Gwillim, Plymouth England, actor, Island at Top of the World 1947 Birthday David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret 1947 Birthday Rob Davis, born in Carshalton, England, musician, guitarist, songwriter, song 'Tiger Feet' for glam rock band Mud top record of the United Kingdom in 1974 1945 Birthday Lee Michaels, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, organist, pianist, known for Top 10 hit 'Do You Know What I Mean' 1944 Birthday Tony Scott, director, Top Gun, Revenge, Days of Thunder 1944 Birthday Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion 1991 1944 Birthday Jim Abrahams, Shorewood, Wisconsin, director, Hot Shots, Top Secret 1944 Birthday Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years 1942 Birthday Bobby Fuller, born in Baytown, Texas, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran 1942 Event Top German Nazi Reinhard Heydrich is shot and mortally wounded in Prague 1942 Event 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund 1941 Birthday Dick Top, Dutch actor and director, Witch of Haarlem 1940 Birthday Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, drag racer, 1st woman Top Fuel champ 1940 Birthday Giorgio Moroder, born in Ortisei, Italy, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun 1939 Event Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-minute mile beyond human effort 1935 Birthday Heather Sears, born in London, England, actress, Room at the Top 1934 Birthday Wink Martindale, Jackson, Tennessee, TV host, Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This 1933 Event Hitler, Goring, Prince Ruprecht, Bruning and top army meet in Berlin 1932 Birthday O. C. Smith, born in Mansfield, Louisiana, born Ocie Lee Smith, singer, pastor, "Save the Last Dance for Me" hit number one on Rhythm n' Beach Top 40, founded The City of Angels Church 1932 Birthday Casey Kasem, born in Detroit, Michigan, radio personality, American Top 40 1932 Birthday Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret 1932 Birthday Robert Anton Wilson, U.S., sci-fi author, Trick Top Hat 1931 Birthday Bob Crewe, born in Newark, New Jersey, American songwriter, singer, co-wrote with Bob Gaudio, Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons, recorded with Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle 1930 Event Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14 1929 Death Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone 1925 Birthday Arnold Stang, Massachusetts, comedian/actor, Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat 1924 Birthday Marvin Kaplan, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Top Cat, Henry-Alice 1922 Event Cards enter 1st place, marks 1st time both St. Louis teams are on top 1922 Birthday John Braine, English novelist, Life at the Top 1921 Birthday Simone Signoret, born in Weisbaden, Germany, Casque d'Or, Room at the Top 1917 Event Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top," premieres in New York City 1915 Event Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die 1913 Event Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled 1912 Birthday Richard Carlson, Minnesota, actor, All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi 1909 Birthday Bruce Mitchell, cricketer, South African bat, their top run-scorer, 3471, 1908 Birthday Paul Stewart, born in New York City, actor, Top Secret USA, Deadline 1906 Birthday Erik Rhodes, Ernest Sharpe, actor, Top Hat, Night at the Ritz 1903 Event Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes 1900 Event Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers 1900 Birthday Allen Jenkins, born in Staten Island, actor, Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit 1888 Birthday Irving Cummings Sr, New York City, silent screen star/director, Curly Top 1885 Birthday Harry Hershfield, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist, Can You Top This? 1878 Birthday Top Naeff, Anthonetta van Rhijn-N-Naeff, Dutch writer 1865 Birthday Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer, Amore and Amore, Top 1858 Birthday Laurence "Lon" Myers, U.S., track star, top U.S. miler 1834 Event Charles Darwin reaches top of Campana, Chile 1834 Event Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia 1797 Event 1st top hat worn (John Etherington of London) 1787 Event Horace the Saussure reaches top of Mont Blanc 1786 Event Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc
