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2010 Event - U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings
2010 Event - After South Korea's ROKS Cheonan ship is sunk by North Korea, South Korea cuts off trade with North Korea and announces North Korean ships will no longer be allowed to use South Korean waters 2010 Event - Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for the US to be expelled from the international nuclear system because religion prohibits the use of nuclear weapons 1997 Event - Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm 1995 Event - FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC 1994 Event - U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti 1992 Death - Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83 1991 Event - Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii 1991 Event - Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use 1991 Event - Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use 1991 Event - Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd 1989 Event - Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran) 1989 Event - David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo 1989 Event - Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129 1987 Death - Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 1987 Event - 1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy 1986 Event - Astros and Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game 1984 Event - Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use 1984 Event - Last sixpence minted in Great Britain (in use since 1551) 1984 Event - Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene 1984 Event - Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws 1983 Event - Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use 1982 Event - WQXI, Atlanta, is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system 1980 Event - 1st consumer use of home banking by computer 1979 Birthday - Matt Nagle, born in Massachusetts, quadriplegic, first to use brain-computer interface to control movement 1979 Event - Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities 1977 Event - Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher 1976 Event - U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use 1975 Birthday - Casual, born in Oakland, California, born Jon Owens, rapper, hip hop, vocalist, songs use a verse-chorus-verse arrangement, member of Hieroglyphics 1972 Event - Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate 1971 Event - U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1970 Event - White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader and lose both games 1969 Event - Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners 1969 Event - Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use 1968 Event - Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos 1967 Event - Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning 1967 Event - White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game) 1967 Event - Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed 1966 Event - Beatles record "Rain," 1st to use reverse tapes 1965 Event - 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite 1963 Event - Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators 1962 Event - John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi 1961 Event - Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns 1960 Event - Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium 1960 Event - U.S. is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally 1959 Event - U.N. Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established 1959 Event - 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica 1959 Event - Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green) 1959 Birthday - Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour' 1958 Event - Los Angeles Coliseum Commission approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility 1957 Event - New York narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes 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 - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards and the News) 1956 Event - 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland) 1955 Event - President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war 1954 Event - 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston) 1954 Event - Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters 1953 Birthday - Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet 1953 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens 1953 Event - Schools 1st use Cliff's Notes 1953 Event - Yankees and Browns use record 41 players in a game 1952 Event - American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 1951 Event - U.S. General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea 1951 Event - 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands 1950 Event - 1st use of TV laugh track - Hank McCune 1950 Birthday - Jenny Holzer, born in Gallipolis, Ohio, conceptual artist, abstract artist, known for use of words and ideas in public spaces 1949 Event - St. Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 1948 Event - 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio 1948 Event - 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army 1946 Event - University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game 1946 Event - 1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York City) 1944 Event - German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland 1944 Event - 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol) 1943 Event - Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core 1943 Event - Japanese government in Java limits sale and use of motorcars 1942 Event - 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use 1942 Event - Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward 1941 Event - Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland 1941 Event - 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war) 1941 Event - Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time 1941 Birthday - Julio B. Euson, Aruban singer, I Use the Soap 1939 Event - 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St. Louis, Missouri 1939 Event - Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures 1938 Event - Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use 1938 Event - 1st use of seeing eye dog 1936 Event - Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use 1935 Event - 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars 1935 Event - Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use 1932 Birthday - Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition 1931 Event - Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering 1931 Event - Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo) 1931 Event - 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail, Austria 1927 Event - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF 1926 Birthday - Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author, Change of Use 1922 Event - President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore 1919 Event - NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers 1918 Event - 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) 1916 Event - Britains 1st use of tanks (Battle of Somme) 1916 Birthday - Hank Luisetti, NBA forward, 1st to use a one-handed shot 1915 Event - Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series 1915 Event - 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I 1913 Event - Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively 1912 Event - A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension 1909 Event - Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call 1908 Event - 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague) 1904 Birthday - Theodore Brameld, author/educator, Use of Explosive Ideas 1903 Event - San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use 1901 Event - 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris 1900 Event - Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins 1898 Event - Post Office authorizes use of postcards 1897 Death - Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens 1896 Event - Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer 1892 Event - Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite 1886 Event - Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class 1881 Event - Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations 1869 Event - Margarine is patents by Hippolye Mega-Mouries for use by French Navy 1868 Event - 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes 1868 Death - William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies 1861 Event - Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers 1859 Event - 1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence 1855 Event - Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use 1854 Event - Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use 1850 Event - Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use 1850 Event - Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices 1846 Event - Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether 1844 Event - 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct 1842 Birthday - Dr. Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic 1839 Event - 1st known use of term OK (Boston) 1839 Event - 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post) 1834 Birthday - Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory 1834 Event - President Jackson orders 1st use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute 1822 Event - King Willem I obligates inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language 1818 Event - 2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves 1817 Event - Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight 1815 Birthday - Crawford Williamson Long, surgeon/pioneer, use of ether 1815 Birthday - Horace Wells, dentist, pioneered use of medical anethesia 1813 Event - Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail 1806 Death - John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 1803 Event - French law rules the use of intention 1793 Event - France becomes 1st country to use the metric system 1791 Birthday - George Hayward, U.S., surgeon, 1st to use ether 1701 Event - Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar 1583 Event - Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583) 1582 Event - France begins use of Gregorian calendar 996 Event - 1st use of name "Austria" for Ostarrichi/in oorkonde |
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