2015 An outbreak of an unknown disease in Nigeria has so far resulted in 17 deaths, each occurring within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms; while tests show that the disease is not viral, the cause has not yet been identified 2014 Michaels Stores, Inc. states that data for 2.6 million payment cards at its Michaels stores and 400,000 cards at its Aaron Brothers stores may have been compromised in a security breach; the breaches occurred between May 8, 2013 and February 27, 2014 A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico about 80 miles to the northwest of Acapulco; only minor damage has been reported to date 2013 Viacom loses its billion-dollar copyright infringement suit against YouTube Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, two planets resembling planet Earth are discovered revolving around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone, an area around the stars whose atmospheric pressure can suport liquid water at the surface 2012 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission together complete rules to limit which firms are required to register with either or both agencies as 'swap dealers' Naples' Casoria Contemporary Art Museum begins burning its artworks to protest government budget cuts affecting cultural institutions 2011 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, begins an anti-piracy conference A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people 2010 President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for 'alien troops' to leave and suggests that the regional nations be allowed to settle things themselves 1996 "Funny Thing Happened," opens at St. James Theater New York City for 715 performances 1995 Houston Post folds after 116 years Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football 1994 "Beauty and the Beast" opens at Palace Theater New York City 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994 Brian Lara scores 375 for WI vs England to beat Sobers' record Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record) Former President Nixon suffered a stroke and dies 4 days later Lebanon drops relations with Iran Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold STS-59 (Endeavour) lands 1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 25 performances 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil David Lee Roth arrested in New York City for purchasing marijuana for Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship 1992 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden 1991 Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136 1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF 1989 Zimbabwe gains independence 1988 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over" 1987 An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run vs Robinson-Pirates Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph) U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1986 Robert M. Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB 1985 Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead 1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) 1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00 Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" KMO-AM in Tacoma Washington changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple" Rangers 3-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Series tied at 2-2 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare 1981 Pawtucket and Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game 1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK 1979 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent 1978 Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box New York City for 390 performances 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46 Alex Haley, author of "Roots," awarded Pulitzer Prize Eddie Murray hits his 1st home run Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box" Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres in New York City 1976 30th Tony Awards: Travesties and Chorus Line win Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten- Ping Golf Open 1975 John Lennon releases "Stand by Me" 1974 Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi 1972 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 39 performances 1971 Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs. WI after 124 in 1st Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic 1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund 1968 178,000 employees of U.S. Bell Telephone System go on strike 1st ABA basketball championship began Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms London Bridge is sold to U.S. oil company to be erected in Arizona Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band," premieres in New York City Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII," premieres in London San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1966 Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) 1964 "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 3 performances "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 72 performances Artisans strike in Belgium ends Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" 1963 "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 8 performances Dr. James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 1962 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1959 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 1958 Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles 1956 Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony) 1955 "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 176 performances 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens 1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open 1953 "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 542 performances 1951 "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 102 performances Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game 1950 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th 1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth 1948 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1946 "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater New York City for 734 performances Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals League of Nations dissolves, 3 months after United Nations starts Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister," premieres in New York City U.S. recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government 1945 1 armed outfielder, St. L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4 Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken) Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops 1944 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4 Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' ballet premieres in New York City 1942 "Stars and Stripes" paper for U.S. Armed Forces starts James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1939 Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government 1936 Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu 1935 General Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote) 1934 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Ft. Worth, Texas) Hitler names J von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament 1929 Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 1927 Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-government in China 1926 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany 1925 World's fair opens in Chicago 1924 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon and Schuster) 1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium Poland annexes Central Lithuania 1922 Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0 1921 Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Springs Colo Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy," premieres in New York City 1918 Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play 1909 Joan of Arc declared a saint 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1907 Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in New York City Fairmont Hotel opens 1906 8.25 earthquake shakes San Francisco California Calvinist Reformed Union in Netherlands Church forms in Utrecht San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 and destroys 75% of city 1904 L'Humanite, under Jean Jaures begins publishing 1902 Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals 1899 John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager 1890 New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton 1881 Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens 1879 Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins 1876 Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 min 1869 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian 1868 San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed 1865 Confederate General Johnson surrendered to General Sherman in North Carolina 1864 Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition) 1862 Battle of Ft. Jackson, Ft. St. Philip and New Orlean's, Louisiana 1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia Col Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies 1856 Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns 1853 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km) 1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails 1835 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British Government 1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia 1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England 1797 France and Austria signs cease fire 1775 Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!" Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington 1676 Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians 1666 Peace of Kleef: Netherlands and bishop Von Galen of Munster 1663 Osman declares war on Austria 1599 Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain 1552 Mauritius of Saksen occupies Linz 1521 Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther 387 Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus 310 St. Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
