2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama speaks out in defense of the recent nuclear agreement between Iran and Western nations; the deal removes economic sanctions against Iran in exchange for reductions in its technological research and its nuclear fuel 2015 Event Nuclear talks between Iran and Western nations fail to conclude by today's extended deadline, leading both sides to agree to another extension; Iran seeks removal of all U.N. sanctions in exchange for limitations on its nuclear development activities 2014 Event Separatists in Eastern Ukraine hold elections in Donetsk and Luhansk; Russia will recognize the elected leaders, but Ukraine and Western nations declare the elections illegitimate 2014 Event Western Nghe An, Vietnam, records its first snowfall 2013 Event Upon completion of the nuclear genome of a 24,000 year old Siberian boy, the data reveals that two-thirds of today's Native Americans come from Eastern Asia and only one-third originated in Western Eurasia 2012 Event After a series of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, hundreds of Tibetan monks and students protest against education policies in China's western Qinghai Province 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 Clashes between Buddhists and Muslims occurs in western Burma, causing the area to declare a state of emergency 2012 Event People in East Asia, the North Pacific and the Western United States have the opportunity today to view a rare annular solar eclipse 2011 Event If Western nations impose more sanctions, Iran threatens to close down the key oil route of the Strait of Hormuz 2011 Event In western Ethiopia, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees opens new refugee camp for refugees from Sudan and South Sudan 2011 Event The world's potentially oldest fossils, thought to be 3.4 billion years old, are found in the Strelley Pool rock formation in Western Australia's outback 2011 Event Senior politician Norman Moore calls upon Western Australia to consider secession over carbon tax and Minerals Resource Rent Tax 2010 Event The U.N. compound in Herat, western Afghanistan, is attacked by a suicide bomber 2010 Event The fourth named cyclone of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Cyclonic Storm Giri, lands in western Burma with winds of 144mph 2010 Event Fighting over the past three days in Darfur, Sudan's western region, has killed 41 people 2002 Event Earthquake kills at least 260 in western Iran 1997 Event Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open 1995 Event Earliest 1st-class cricket in Australia season (Qld vs. Western Prov) 1995 Event North and Western Colorado begins using new area code 970 1995 Event Western Washington begins using new area code 360 1992 Event 11th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62 1991 Death Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies at 64 of cancer 1990 Event Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields) 1988 Event Gilbert is strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere 1988 Death Louis L'Amour, western writer (Bowdrie), dies at 80 of cancer 1986 Death Virginia Gilmore, actress (Jennie, Western Union), dies 1986 Event AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School 1985 Event Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle 1983 Event George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere 1983 Event NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield 1982 Death Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68 1980 Birthday Jenny Smith, born in Western Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1979 Death Ludwig Renn, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany, dies at 90 1979 Event Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in U.S.S.R. 1979 Birthday Heath Ledger, born in Perth, Western Australia, Australian television and film actor 1979 Event Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time 1976 Event Spain withdraws from Western Sahara 1975 Birthday Mindy McCready, country/western singer 1975 Event Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill) 1974 Event Israeli forces leave western Suez 1973 Death Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (All's Fair), dies at 64 1970 Birthday Brennan Little, St. Thomas Ont, golfer, 1994 Western States mini-tour 1970 Event Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect 1969 Birthday Dean Wilson, Kaneohe Hawaii, golfer, 1991 Western Athletic 1969 Death Rod[erique] La Rocque, U.S. western actor (Mystery Woman), dies 1969 Event Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam 1967 Event 1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 147-118 1967 Event Great Western Forum opens in LA 1967 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1967 Birthday Todd Doohan, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer, Western Ont Amateur-92 1966 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1966 Event 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65 1965 Event Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN) 1965 Event Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1964 Birthday Scott Rachal Verplank, born in Dallas, Texas, PGA golfer, 1985 Western Open 1964 Event Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational 1963 Event West German Chancellor Adenauer condemns western grain shipments to U.S.S.R. 1963 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1963 Event Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa 1962 Event Pravda criticizes western art 1962 Event 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran 1962 Event E German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 Event Mickey Wright wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1962 Event Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand, Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa 1961 Birthday Greg Egan, born in Perth, Western Australia, author, science fiction, books include, 'Permutation City', 'Diaspora', 'Incandescence' 1961 Event Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1960 Event "Johnny Ringo," TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV 1960 Event "Outlaws," TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV 1960 Event Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1959 Event Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico 1959 Birthday Billy Montana, Country/Western performer, No Yesterday, Angelia 1959 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1958 Birthday Russell Earl Cochran, Paducah, Kentucky, PGA golfer, 1991 Centel Western 1958 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1957 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1956 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1955 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1955 Birthday Melinda Culea, Western Springs, Illinois, actress, A-Team, Brotherly Love 1954 Event Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1953 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1953 Birthday Andy Bean, born in Lafayette, Georgia, PGA golfer, Western 1978, Kemper 1978 1953 Event NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf 1952 Event Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1951 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1950 Event Western allies rearm West Germany 1950 Event Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open 1949 Event "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC) 1948 Event Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs. Western Australia 1946 Event 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League), die in a bus crash 1945 Event General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken 1944 Death Max Brand, Frederick Schiller Faust, western author, dies 1943 Event German offensive at Western Dorsalgebergte Tunisia 1942 Event German offensive in South Western Stalingrad 1942 Event Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 1939 Death Zane Grey, U.S. western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67 1939 Event Germany annexes Western Poland 1938 Event Nazi forces occupy western Czechoslovakia and declared them German citizens 1936 Birthday Paul Nowee, Dutch western writer, Eagle's Eye 1933 Event U.S. forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere 1932 Event Bradman scores 260, a North American record, vs. Western Ontario 1931 Event 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1931 Death Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs and Saddles), dies at 40 1930 Event Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights 1927 Birthday Lucio Fulci, born in Rome, Italy, director, screenwriter, actor, known for directing gore films, Zombi 2 and The Beyond, other genres, including giallo, western, comedy 1922 Event Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games 1919 Event Wichita outfielder Joe Wilhoit (Western League) fails to get a hit, ending a 69-game streak (155 hits in 299 at bats for a .505 avg) 1918 Event Armistice Day-WW I ends (at 11 AM on Western Front) 1918 Event Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I 1917 Event General Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for 1st time 1915 Event Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine 1914 Birthday Jim Boyd, country/western performer 1911 Event Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union 1908 Birthday Lew Ayres, Minnesota, actor, All Quiet on Western Front, Dr. Kildare 1907 Event 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia 1907 Event J M Synge's "Playboy of Western World" opens; police are called 1903 Event "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released 1899 Birthday John Randall, Jr., Michigan, historian/philosopher, Western Man 1898 Birthday Erich Maria Remarque, novelist, All Quiet on the Western Front 1898 Birthday Randolph Scott, actor, Last of the Mohicans, Western Union 1896 Birthday Rod, erique, La Rocque, La Tour, western actor, Beau Bandit 1896 Event Western Conference forms of Midwestern U, later renamed Big 10 Conf 1895 Birthday Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, born in India, diplomat, Asia and Western Dominance 1892 Birthday Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor, Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw 1892 Birthday Edmund Cobb, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, western actor, Comanche Territory 1890 Birthday Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists 1889 Birthday Ludwig Renn, born in Dresden, Germany, writer, fought in World War I on the Western Front, wrote, 'Krieg', member, Communist Party of Germany 1883 Birthday Clarence Mulford, Illinois, western writer, Hopalong Cassidy 1871 Event Millions of birds fly over western SF, darkens sky 1861 Event Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 1861 Event Western Virginia campaign 1855 Event Western railroads blocked by snow 1845 Event Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western U.S. 1838 Event English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City 1838 Event Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to New York City) 1830 Event Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie 1813 Birthday John C Fremont, Pathfinder, map maker/explorer, western U.S., Gov, AZ 1810 Event U.S. annexes western Florida 1807 Birthday Ezra Cornell, founder, Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University 1804 Birthday Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan 1782 Event Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English 1620 Event 1st stones layed in Western Tower 1545 Death John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55 1262 Event Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm 472 Birthday Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker 427 Birthday Plato, born in Athens, Greece, writer, philosopher, mathematician, laid foundations of natural philosophy, science, Western philosophy 410 Event Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire 350 Event General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans
