2015 Event Scientists discover a cache of skeletons of a new species of human ancestor, named Homo naledi, in a South African cave; the hominids are thought to have possibly lived up to three million years ago 2015 Event Greece and its creditors agree to a bailout of up to 86 billion euros in exchange for economic reforms to include changes to the pension system and tax laws; the Greek Parliament must still approve the deal 2015 Event HSBC bank announces plans to let go up to 8,000 workers in the U.K. and potentially up to 25,000 around the world as it restructures itself to improve profitability 2015 Event A shipwreck that may have drowned up to 900 North African migrants traveling to Europe has prompted the European Union to meet in order to develop a plan to fund and organize rescues while reducing human trafficking incidents 2015 Event RadioShack, the U.S. electronics retailer founded in 1921, files for bankruptcy; the company plans to sell up to half of its stores to Sprint and close the remainder 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data on up to 80 million customers of health insurance provider Anthem, Inc.; though free credit monitoring is being offered to victims, such monitoring won't detect or prevent medical identity theft 2014 Event Office supply company Staples announces that up to 1.16 million cards may have been affected by a data breach in October; the company is offering free identity theft protection for shoppers at the affected stores and advises all customers to monitor their credit records 2014 Event Snow storms are ending in the Buffalo, New York region, leaving behind up to 7 feet of snow and placing the region at risk for floods as temperatures rise over the next few days; the storms resulted in 13 deaths and hundreds of stranded motorists 2014 Event The foundation set up by Bill and Melinda Gates will provide funding to research and test various treatments for the Ebola virus, including vaccines and blood plasma therapy 2014 Event North Korea releases Americans Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae; Bae was imprisoned for two years after arrest for missionary actions, while Miller was detained in April for 'hostile acts' after tearing up his visa and requesting asylum 2014 Event Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, is sentenced in the U.S. to life in prison for providing support to al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks; Abu Ghayth commented that hundreds of young Muslims would rise up as a result of his imprisonment 2014 Event Crowds line up at retailers across the U.S. as the Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are offered for sale; buyers are seeking to be some of the first to own the devices, which may be shipped as late as November for those who pre-ordered online 2014 Event Facebook reports that over 90% of its tech employees are Asian or white, while women make up only 15% of tech employees and 31% of all employees; COO Cheryl Sandberg notes that more women are also needed in leadership roles at the company 2014 Event Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin targeting assets stored overseas in an effort to avoid taxes; the Indian government estimates that up to $2 trillion may be in hiding; the nation follows China and Russia in magnitude of offshored wealth 2014 Event President Barack Obama proposes a plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants up to 25% over 15 years in order to address climate change; the legislation would give states the freedom to determine how to implement the emission reductions 2014 Event Atlanta-based Birch Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond announce their merger; Birch will pay approximately $323 million, with Cbeyond stockholders receiving up to $10 per share 2014 Event Afghans show up at the polls in spite of potential violence to vote for their next president; this is the third such election since the 2001 removal of the Taliban from power 2014 Event For the first time in history, millionaires made up the majority of Congress in 2012; The Center for Responsive Politics study reveals that of the 534 members, 268 had a net worth of $1 million or more 2014 Event U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticizes Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, for legislation he signed last week to ban same-sex marriage and criminalize gay rights groups and their activities; the law includes penalties of up to 14 years imprisonment 2013 Event To avoid Obamacare penalties, today is the last day consumers in the U.S. can sign up for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2013 Event A security news site reports that the credit and debit card account stolen from 40 million Target Corporation customers are up for sale on the black market; cards are being sold from around $20 to more than $100 each 2013 Event Ukraine's former Prime Minister, Yulia Tymoshenko posted messages supporting the anti-government protesters who toppled the last status of Vladimir Lenin on her website, calling on suporters to keep up their demands 2013 Event During the first month of its release in October, the U.S. government reports that 106,185 people signed up for health insurance; only 26,794 signed up using the failed website, HealthCare.gov 2013 Event An agreement is made between the U.S. and Russia to draw up a UN Security Council resolution to eliminiate chemical weapons in Syria 2013 Event In Greenland. a canyon over 800km long is discovered up to 800m deep in different places below the ice sheet covering the country; the canyon is longer than Arizona's Grand Canyon; it was carved out by a river over four million years ago 2013 Event Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', faces a court battle in a lawsuit claiming a literary agent tricket her into giving up the copyright to her world-famous book 2013 Event In Greenland, the Siumut party wins the parliamentary election, setting up Aleqa Hammond to become the country's first female Prime Minister 2012 Event Christmas food parcels are distributed in the Republic of Ireland; hundreds of people line up to receive them 2012 Event Vietnamese police break up anti-China protests over oil and gas claims in the disputed territorial waters of the South China Sea 2012 Event Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, Chairman of Libya's legislative authority, the General National Congress, says al-Qaeda elements who fought with rebels in Libya's civil war number "up to 200" in Libya 2012 Event For the first time since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the United States plans to help clean up herbicide Agent Orange from areas in Vietnam 2012 Event The Sudanese city of Khartoum requires security forces to break up anti-austerity protests 2012 Event Winds in southwestern Western Australia of up to 140km/h batter the area and leave more than 170,000 homes without power 2012 Event China allows the yuan to fluctuate up to 1% from 0.5%, in trading against the U.S. dollar 2012 Event Customers of online shoe retailer Zappos must change their passwords after Zappos reports hackers accessed up to 24 million customer accounts 2011 Event The 'underwear bomber', Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, pleads guilty to attempting to blow up an airplane on Christmas, 2009 2011 Event In Guinea, up to 80 people, including soldiers, are arrested for a failed assassination attempt on President Alpha Conde, which occurred July 19 2011 Event Australia bans live cattle exports to Indonesia for up to six months in response to reports of cruel treatment at Indonesian slaughterhouses 2010 Event The Mount Bulusan volcano in the Philippines erupts again, spreading an ash plume up to 700 meters above the volcano's crater 2010 Event Students in Britain plan a nationwide protest against a proposal to charge up to $9,000 pounds per year for tuition fees 2010 Event Eastern Japan braces itself as Typhoon Chaba heads its way, carrying winds of up to 162 kilometers per hour near its center 2010 Event The inquiry into Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, 1972, determined British paratroopers first the first shot without warning, and concocted lies to cover up their acts 2010 Event The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced foreign direct investment into China has risen for the sixth consecutive month, up $8.3 billion year-on-year 2010 Event The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, no one is killed 2009 Event U.S. Commerce Department imposes high anti-dumping tariffs up to 99% on imports of Chinese tubular goods 2009 Event A solar eclipse, the longest in history, lasts up to 6 minutes and 38.8 seconds, over parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean 2007 Event Marion Jones gives up 5 Olympic medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs 2003 Death David Hemmings, actor/durectir, Blow Up, dies at 62 2003 Death Felice Bryant, Songwriter, ", Wake Up, Little Susie, ", dies at 77 2000 Death Bea Marcus, pitchwoman, famous for saying I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 88 1998 Death Mary Millar, actress, Keeping Up Appearances, dies at 62 1997 Event MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy 1997 Death Edith Fore, pitchwoman, I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 81 1997 Event President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery 1997 Death Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up, dies at 66 1996 Event Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days 1996 Event Albert Belle uses a forearm to break up a double play and nearly breaks Brewer 2nd baseman Fernando Vina's nose, Belle gets 2 game suspension 1996 Death Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77 1995 Death Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89 1995 Death Dorothy McHugh, actress (I Fallen and I Can't Get Up), dies at 87 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 Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0 1995 Event Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B. Murray 1994 Death Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78 1994 Event Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus 1994 Event O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up 1994 Event Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal 1993 Death Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61 1993 Event Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm 1993 Event 12 member European Economic Community sets up vast free trade zone 1992 Event Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test 1992 Death Bobby Mcclure, U.S. singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50) 1992 Event Sinead O'Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on SNL 1992 Event 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period 1992 Death Georgia Brown, British actress (Lock up your daughters), dies at 58 1992 Death Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70 1992 Event Lynn Gunther of California threatens to blow herself up in front of U.N. 1992 Event CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute" 1992 Death Sandy Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase), dies of cancer at 54 1991 Event "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale 1991 Death Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at 72 1991 Death Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse), dies at 72 1991 Event Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census 1990 Event Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait 1990 Event "Stand Up Tragedy" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 13 performances 1990 Event "Stand Up Tragedy" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 13 performances 1990 Event U.S. begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf 1990 Event President Bush calls up military reserves 1990 Event For 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs in 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts still beats Philadelphia 11-0 1990 Event Graham Gooch scores 123 vs. India to follow up 1st innings 333 1990 Event Cost of rescuing savings and loan failures is put at up to $130 billion 1990 Event Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1990 Event Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1990 Event Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1989 Event Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines 1989 Event Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by New York Yankee Roberto Kelly 1989 Event New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season 1989 Death Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 1989 Event IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988 1988 Birthday Daniel Shalikar, actor, Honey I Blew Up the Kids 1988 Birthday Joshua Shalikar, actor, Honey I Blew Up the Kids 1988 Event Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1988 Event Dave Stieb has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in the 9th 1988 Death Jimmy Edwards, actor (Plank, Bottoms Up, Late Mr. H), dies at 68 1988 Event Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games 1987 Event Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 1987 Event Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts 1986 Event Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season 1986 Death William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies 1986 Event Barbra Striesand and Jon Peters relationship breaks up 1985 Event French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near New Zealand 1984 Event John W Mercom, Jr. announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million 1984 Death Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27 1984 Event Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game 1984 Event Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 1983 Event While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull 1983 Event Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air 1982 Event Rock group Doobie Brothers split up 1982 Event Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey) 1981 Death Enid Markey, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy), dies at 85 1981 Event 3rd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets up 2-1 with 26-7 win 1981 Event Dutch guilder/Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5% 1981 Event Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1981 Death Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies 1981 Event New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames 1980 Event 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up 1980 Death Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, doc?), dies at 72 1980 Event Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" 1979 Event Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up 1979 Event Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year 1979 Event In New York 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as Yank manager 1979 Event Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm 1979 Birthday Chris H E Smith, Daddy Mack, Atlanta, rapper, Kris Kross-Warm it Up 1979 Event 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up 1978 Birthday Joshua Harris, actor, Locked Up: A Mother's Rage 1978 Birthday Katherine Heigl, actress, born in Washington, D.C., actress, breakthrough role as Dr. Isobel Stevens on television show, 'Grey's Anatomy', movie's include, 'Knocked Up' 1978 Event New York Yankees now 7 out of 1st, picked up 7 games in previous 2 weeks 1977 Event Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks 1977 Event "Up Your Nose" by Gabriel Kaplan peaks at #91 1977 Death Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76 1977 Event Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.) 1976 Event New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters 1976 Event "Going Up" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 49 performances 1976 Event "Going Up" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 49 performances 1976 Event An earthquake and tidal wave in the Philippines kills up to 8,000 1976 Event Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts 1976 Death Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47 1976 Death Busby Berkeley, U.S. choreographer/dir (Strike Up the Band), dies at 80 1976 Birthday Ja Rule, born in New York City, New York, born Jeffrey Atkins, rapper, singer, actor, sold over 35 million albums worldwide, hit single, 'Livin' It Up' 1975 Event 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway 1975 Birthday Chris Kelly, Mack Daddy, Teaneck, New Jersey, rapper, Kris Kross-Warm it Up 1974 Event "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52 1973 Birthday Trick Daddy, born in Miami, Florida, rapper, popular hits 'Let's Go', 'Shut Up', 'Thugs are Us' 1973 Event Gold goes up $10 overnight to record $95 an ounce in London 1973 Event Mushtaq Mohammad follows up 201 to take 5-49 vs. New Zealand Dunedin 1972 Birthday Fantasia, Tonya Manley, born in Detroit, Michigan, dancer/actress, Pump it Up 1972 Event Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up 1972 Event Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate 1972 Birthday Dane Cook, born in Boston, Massachusetts, Dane Jeffrey Cook, comedian, stand up comic, released five comedy albums, 'Retaliation' went double platinum, the highest charting comedy album in 28 years, appeared in 15 films since 1997, including 'My Best Friend's Girl' 1972 Event Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) 1970 Birthday Mark Caldero, Oklahoma City, vocalist, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up 1970 Birthday Sam Waters, Camp Springs, Maryland, singer, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1970 Event Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1970 Event Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks 1970 Event New York Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days 1970 Event Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 2nd of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Event Players and management end labor dispute up minimum salary to $12,000 1970 Event Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for the 1st of 3 times in 28 days 1970 Event Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in New York City's Wall Street 1970 Event Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife and daughter 1969 Birthday Bryan Abrams, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, singer, Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up 1969 Event Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization knowns as Nader's Raiders 1969 Birthday Kevin Thornton, born in Amarillo, vocalist, Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up 1968 Death Hugo Haas, actor and director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66 1968 Birthday Shelby Lynne, Quantico, Virginia, country singer, If I Could Bottle This Up 1968 Birthday Stephanie Seymour, SD California, actress/model, Sunny Side Up 1968 Event University church in Leipzig, East Germany, blown up 1968 Event North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks 1968 Event 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up and Away, Sgt. Pepper's wins 4 1967 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up commission to study cause of urban violence 1967 Birthday Tim Vine, born in London, Enlgand, actor, comedian, performs stand up comedy, television, appears at festivals, tours through the United Kingdom include 'Current Puns' and 'Punslinger', achieved Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour 1967 Event Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up 1966 Death Helen Kane, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62 1966 Event Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game 1966 Event Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1966 Event New York Mets pass up Reggie Jackson to draft Steve Chilcott #1 1966 Death Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75 1966 Birthday Rick Astley, rock vocalist, Never Gonna Give You Up 1965 Event Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up 1965 Death Russell Collins, actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68 1965 Event At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada 1964 Event Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference 1964 Birthday Chip Foster, actor, Chip and Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday 1964 Birthday Pepper Foster, actress, Chip and Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday 1963 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy 1963 Event U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line 1963 Birthday Sharon June Howe Pederson, born in Glencoe, Minnesota, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up 1963 Birthday Andrew Ridgeley, England, rock guitarist, Wham-Wake Me Up 1962 Event "Nowhere to Go, But Up" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 9 performances 1962 Event "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances 1962 Event Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack 1962 Birthday Sharon Lawrence, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, actress, Civil Wars, New YorkPD Blue, Fired Up 1962 Birthday Paula Abdul, born in Van Nuys, California, singer and choreographer, Straight Up 1962 Event U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases 1962 Birthday Janet Patricia Gardner, born in Juneau, Alaska, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up 1962 Birthday Roxy Petrucci, born in Rochester, Minnesota, rock drummer, Vixen-Rev It Up 1962 Birthday Michelle Shocked, born in Dallas, Texas, singer, songwriter, political activist, created label, Mighty Sound, song 'When I Grow Up' featured in an ad for Kaiser Permanente 1961 Birthday Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, St. Paul, Minnesota, rocker, Vixen-Rev It Up 1961 Event After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 1961 Event East Germany begins erecting 5' high wall along the border with the west to replace the barbed wire put up Aug 13 1961 Birthday Pete De Freitas, rocker, Echo and the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here 1961 Event Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die 1961 Event John F. Kennedy sets up the Alliance for Progress 1961 Birthday Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show 1960 Event American Samoa sets up a constitutional government 1959 Birthday Danitra Vance, comedienne, SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up 1959 Event Johnson and Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters," premieres in London 1959 Birthday Ian McCulloch, rock vocalist, Echo and Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here 1959 Birthday Randy Travis, Marshville, North Carolina, country singer, Diggin' Up Bones 1959 Birthday Vanity, Denise Marquardt, Ontario Canada, actress, 52 Pick Up 1958 Event 1st class postage up to 4 cents (had been 3 cents for 26 years) 1958 Event Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1958 Event UP and International News Service merge into United Press International 1958 Birthday Lee Pattinson, rock bassist, Echo and Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here 1958 Event Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere 1958 Event Sputnik 1 reenters atmosphere and burns up 1957 Event 1st U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails - Vanguard rocket blows up 1957 Event Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1 1957 Event Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight 1957 Birthday Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism 1956 Event Ferdinand de Lesseps statue blown up in Port Said Egypt 1956 Birthday Rhonda Shear, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, comedian, Up All Night 1956 Event Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, NBC News, team up 1956 Event Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 Birthday Debby Boone, born in Hackensack, New Jersey, singer, You Light Up My Life 1956 Event After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control 1956 Event Reds' John Klippstein, Hershel Freemman and Joe Blacks no-hitter, broken up with 2 outs in 10th and lose to Braves in 11th, 2-1 1956 Event Weather forecasting phone line set up in London England 1956 Event Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France 1955 Event Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight 1955 Event Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 and becomes a floating museum 1954 Event Netherlands Indonesian Union breaks up 1954 Event Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1953 Birthday Robert Picardo, Philadelphia, actor, Frame Up, Gremlins 2 1953 Birthday Alfred Molina, London, actor, Enchanted April, Prick up your Ears 1953 Event Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1953 Birthday Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer, KC and the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up 1953 Birthday Richard Stallman, born in New York City, New York, computer programmer, software freedom activist, set up the Free Software Foundation 1953 Event Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years 1951 Event Bill Veeck's "Fans Managers' Night," Browns defeat A's 5-3; Browns coaches hold up placards for fans to vote on 1951 Event King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I 1951 Birthday Steve Harley, rocker, Come Up and See Me 1950 Birthday Julie Walters, England, actress, Educating Rita, Prick Up Your Ears 1949 Birthday Nigel Havers, English actor, Dr. Latimer-Don't Wait Up 1949 Birthday Kieran Kane, Queens, New York, singer, O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up Too 1948 Event Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike 1948 Event Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin 1948 Birthday Bo Rucker, born in Tampa, Florida, actor, Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up 1948 Event Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1948 Event Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid 1948 Birthday James Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, vocalist and guitarist, Up on the Roof 1947 Birthday Tim Matheson, born in California, actor, Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek 1947 Event With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game 1947 Event Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 1946 Birthday Jimmy Webb, born in Elk City, Oklahoma, songwriter, MacArthur Park, Up Up and Away 1946 Event 1st U.S. rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up) 1946 Event U.N. set up temporary HQ at Hunter (now Lehman) College (Bronx) 1946 Event U.S. president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency 1945 Event 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia 1945 Event Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets 1944 Event Convention on International Civil Aviation drawn up in Chicago 1944 Birthday Archie Bell, U.S. singer, & the Drells-Tighten up 1944 Event Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy 1944 Birthday Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian, How to be a Stand Up 1944 Event Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation 1944 Birthday Rosetta Hightower, U.S. singer, Don't Hang Up 1943 Event German round up Jews in Amsterdam 1943 Event British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II 1943 Birthday Bob "Bear" Hite, California, vocalist, Canned Heat-Going Up the Country 1943 Event Shoe rationing begins in U.S. (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942) 1943 Event 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others 1942 Event 7,000 Jews are rounded up in Vichy-France 1942 Birthday Bobby McClure, U.S. gospel singer, Don't Mess Up a Good Thing 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 1942 Event Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942 1941 Event North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing 1941 Event Nazi's blow up 6 synagoges in Paris 1941 Birthday Stephen Frears, born in England, dir, Prick Up Your Ears, Dangerous Liaisons 1941 Event 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up 1941 Event Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam 1941 Event Nazi raid Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation 1941 Birthday Marjoe Gortner, born in Long Beach, California, actor, Speak Up America, Falcon Crest 1940 Event "Strike Up Band," opens 1940 Event German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government 1940 Event SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond, Netherlands 1940 Birthday Abbas Kiarostami, author/director, Under the Olive Trees, Close Up 1940 Event Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up 1940 Birthday Anne Campbell, born in England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Cambridge, portrayed by Harriet Walter in 10 Days to War, a BBC drama on events leading up to the Iraq War 1940 Event Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische 1939 Birthday Jerry Butler, Sunflower Mississippi, rock vocalist, Never Give You Up 1939 Birthday Clarence Williams III, New York City, actor, Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain 1939 Birthday Neil Sedaka, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and songwriter, Breaking Up is Hard to Do 1938 Event Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves New York for LA, wound up in Ireland 1938 Birthday Lenny Welch, Asbury Park, New Jersey, Breaking up is Hard to Do 1938 Birthday Jerzy Skolimowski, Warsaw, Poland, director, Hands Up, Deep End 1938 Birthday Phil Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, singer, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie 1937 Birthday Sean Garrison, New York City, actor, Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass 1937 Birthday Anna Dawson, British comedienne, Violet-Keeping Up Appearances 1937 Birthday Don Everly, Brownie, Kentucky, vocalist, Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie 1936 Event A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game 1936 Birthday Verne Allison, singer, Dells-Open Up My Heart 1934 Event NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team) 1934 Event Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1934 Birthday Vern Gosdin, Woodland Al, country singer, Set 'em Up Joe 1934 Event Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1934 Event Shirley Temple appears in her 1st movie, "Stand Up and Cheer" 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal 1933 Birthday Ron Townson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock vocalist, 5th Dimension-Up Up and Away 1933 Birthday Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist, Prick Up Your Ears 1932 Event 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents 1932 Birthday John Grogery Dunne, U.S. writer, Up Close and Personal, True Confessions 1931 Event Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1930 Birthday Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor, Someone Up There Likes Me 1930 Birthday Kenny Ball, born in Essex, England, musician, lead trumpet player, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, appeared in film Live It Up!, featured with Joe Brown, Brenda Lee on Kapp Records 1930 Birthday Joan Rice, actress, Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up 1929 Event Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up and Dream," premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday Rachel Ames, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Line Up, Audrey-General Hospital 1928 Event NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network 1928 Birthday Johnny Mann, born in Baltimore, Maryland, music director, Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer 1926 Event Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam 1926 Birthday Carleton Carpenter, born in Bennington, Vermont, actor, Up Periscope, Summer Stock 1926 Event Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs 1926 Event Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice California She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped 1926 Event Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam 1925 Birthday Frank Latimore, Kline, Darien, Connecticut, actor, Patton, Breakin Up 1925 Event After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him 1925 Event Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York 1924 Event Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US 1923 Event International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco 1923 Event Carl Mays gave up 13 runs and 20 hits in 13-0 lose to Indians 1921 Birthday Johnny Otis, California, R&B talent scout, Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up 1921 Birthday John Doucette, Brockton Massachusetts, actor, Lock Up, Big Town 1920 Birthday Dolph Sweet, born in New York City, actor, Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up 1919 Event League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty 1919 Event W Collison and O Harbach's "Up in Mabel's Room," premieres in New York City 1918 Birthday Ronnie Brody, England, actor, Superman 3, What's Up Nurse, Ritz 1918 Event Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up 1917 Event Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up," premieres in New York City 1917 Event Cincinnati Fred Tooney and Chicagos's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0 1917 Event Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 Event Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1916 Event German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey 1915 Event Assault up Russell's Top at Gallipolis, 232 Australians die 1915 Event Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever 1915 Event German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile 1914 Event Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed 1914 Event Von Glucks army meets up with British expeditionary army 1914 Event Chicago Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0 1914 Birthday Ruth White, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actress, Up the Down Staircase 1913 Event Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix 1913 Event After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk 1911 Event Polo Grounds grandstand and left field bleachers go up in flames 1911 Birthday Alan Gifford, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Time Lock, Up Periscope 1909 Event Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1908 Event Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1908 Birthday Tex Avery, cartoon director, What's up, Doc? 1906 Birthday Jeffrey Lynn, actor, Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front 1906 Event 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile 1903 Birthday Helen Kane, Schroeder, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Heads Up, Pointed Heels 1902 Event Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels 1901 Event 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris 1901 Event Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 1900 Event Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Event English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up 1899 Event Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed 1899 Event Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack 1899 Birthday Byron Foulger, Ogden, Utah, actor, River's Edge, Up in Smoke 1898 Event Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill 1896 Event 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) 1896 Birthday Enid Markey, born in Dillon, Colorado, actress, Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy 1893 Event 11 fishing ships wash up at Wadden Sea, 22 killed 1893 Birthday Stanley Lupino, English comic, Cheer Up, Over She Goes 1892 Birthday Mae West, Brooklyn, actress, Go Up and See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie 1890 Birthday Douglas MacLean, Philadelphia, silent film comedian/producer, Going Up 1888 Birthday Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist, Religious Build Up 1884 Birthday Julius Callewaert, Flemish dominican/bringing up children 1880 Event Salvation Army of England sets up U.S. welfare and religious activity 1879 Event Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English 1878 Event Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization 1876 Event Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa 1875 Event Peter Tsjaikofsky's "1st Pianoconcert up. 23" premieres in Boston 1874 Birthday Mary Carr, born in Philadelphia, actress, Forbidden Trail, Pack Up Your Troubles 1871 Event Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay blown up 1866 Event Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) 1865 Event Steamboat "Sultana" explodes in Mississippi River, kills up to 1,547. 1450 of 2000 paroled Union POWs on their way home are killed when river steamer "Sultana" blows up 1864 Event Sheridan sets up camp in Harrisonburg VA 1862 Event U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years) 1861 Event Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army 1851 Event Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory 1834 Event Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia 1832 Event Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1831 Event Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 1813 Event Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" 1807 Event Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire 1807 Event Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River 1790 Event New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 1787 Event Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution 1781 Birthday James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1775 Event Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent 1775 Event Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1771 Event West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname 1722 Death John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72 1708 Event Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC 1639 Event 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts 1607 Event Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia 1605 Event Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1540 Event Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River 1526 Event Francis I forced to give up claims in Burgundy, Italy and Flanders 1391 Event Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews 70 Event Titus sets up batterig rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem
