2015 Scientists discover a huge magma reservoir under Yellowstone National Park that feeds the magma chamber heating the park's geothermal features; though no volcanic eruption is likely for thousands of years, such an event would dwarf all others to date 2014 The Federal Communications Commission moves away from the idea of net neutrality, in which all Internet users are able to equally access and view content; the agency instead proposes to allow large companies to pay Internet service providers for access to faster-streaming 'lanes' 2014 The U.K. recognizes people of Cornish heritage as minorities in accordance with the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; people of Scottish, Welsh and Irish heritage already have minority standing 2013 Americans learn the FBI and CIA had previous intelligence from Russia warning U.S. intelligence agencies about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's extremist connections before the Boston Marathon bombings 2013 Italy's vice-secretary of the Democratic Party , Enrico Letta, receives the mandate for form a new government from president Giorgio Napolitano 2012 Scientists in Kamchatka, Russia, report sighting the first adult white orca to be seen in the wild 2012 Organizers of the London Marathon accidentally publish the home and email addresses of 38,000 entrants in the marathon on their website 2011 A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia's southeastern island of Sulawesi 2011 Pope Benedict XVI performs Easter Mass at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City; he calls for dialogue and diplomacy to end Libya's unrest 2010 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rejects demands by Thai protesters to dissolve Parliament in 30 days 2009 Concern about spreading influenza from Mexico and the United States to other countries is expressed by the WHO 1997 "Steel Peer," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 76 performances 1996 "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 perf 1996 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain 1996 Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 1995 Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes 1995 Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98 1995 Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B. Murray 1994 "Broken Glass" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 73 performances 1994 "Flowering Peach" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 41 performances 1994 Actress Kelly Preston (26) weds actor Lou Diamond Phillips (32) 1994 Armando Calderon Sol wins El Salvador presidential election 1994 Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed 1994 David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA - 71 1994 New York Rangers sweep New York Islanders in NHL playoffs 1993 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1 1993 ABC news analyst Jeff Greenfield weds Karen Gannett 1993 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham 1992 "Man of La Mancha" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 108 performances 1992 David Bowie marries model Iman in Switzerland 1992 George Steinbrenner drops his suits against baseball 1992 Vinson Pike fined 1000 pounds for distributing obscene computer pictures 1991 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks 1990 Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa," premieres in Dublin 1990 Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies 1990 U.S. 66th manned space mission STS-31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit 1990 West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st 1989 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China 1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day" 1988 Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic 1987 Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza New York City 1985 Pulitzer prize awarded to Carolyn Lizer for "Yin" 1984 Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1983 "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 73 performances 1983 Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic 1982 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany 1982 Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies 1982 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin 1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey 1981 IBM-PC computer introduced 1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record 1981 U.S. ends grain embargo against U.S.S.R. 1980 U.S. military operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die 1979 Rhodesian bishop Muzorewa wins general election 1978 Angels Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game 1977 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament 1975 Penguins 1-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-series tied at 3-3 1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion 1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers 1971 "Frank Merriwell" opens/closes at Longacre Theater New York City for 1 perf 1971 Soyuz 10 returns to Earth 1970 China launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red" 1970 Gambia becomes a republic within Commonwealth 1970 Senegal adopts constitution 1969 General Lin Piao succeeds Mao, is seriously wounded 1969 Lebanese army in battle with Palestinians 1969 Paul McCartney says their is no truth to rumors he is dead 1969 U.S. B-52's drop 3,000 ton bombs at Cambodian boundary 1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas 1968 Leftist students take over Columbia University, New York City 1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1967 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2 1967 Pink Floyd's single 'Arnold Layne is released in the United States 1966 Atlanta Braves win NL-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee) 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational 1965 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" closes at John Golden New York City after 192 performances 1965 Military coup under Donald Reid Cabral in Dominican Republic 1965 New York Met Casey Stengel wins his 3,000 game as manager 1963 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 1963 English princess Alexandra marries sir Angus Ogilvy 1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1962 1st Lockheed A-12 is taxi tested 1962 MIT sends TV signal by satellite for 1st time: CA to MA 1962 Sandy Koufax's 2nd 18-strikeout game 1961 John F. Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs 1961 Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised 1960 14th Tony Awards: Miracle Worker and Fiorello! win 1960 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open 1960 Record 4 grand slams hit today 1959 Netherlands Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig and Cut Flier) 1959 WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Lee Walls hits 3 home runs, as Cubs beat Dodgers 15-2 1957 Chicago Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning 1956 AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game 1955 Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends 1955 Gaullists lose elections in France 1955 KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina 1954 Australia and U.S.S.R. break diplomatic relations 1954 WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II 1951 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open 1950 "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 320 performances 1950 Independent republic of South Molukkas declared 1950 President Truman denies there are communists in U.S. government 1949 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win 1946 11 players Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, and McGinnity are named to Hall of Fame 1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner 1945 Delegates of 46 countries gather in San Francisco to discuss U.N. 1944 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" 1944 RAF bombs Munich 1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Exeter 1941 British army begins evacuation of Greece 1941 Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes an RAF pilot 1938 Lindenheuvel soccer team forms 1933 1st major league to get 4 consecutive doubles in 9 inn (Dick Bartell) 1932 German national election (NSDAP 36.3% in Prussia) 1929 1st non-stop England to India flight takes-off 1929 Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark 1928 Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented 1923 Colonel Jacob Schick patents Schick shavers 1923 General harbor strike begins in New York City 1921 1st municipal elections for men and women in Belgium 1920 British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years 1920 Polish troops attack Ukraine 1917 Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway 1916 Easter rebellion of Irish against British occupation begins 1915 Massacre of Armenians by Turks starts (Armenian Martyrs Day) 1915 Pittsburghs' Frank Allen no-hits St. Louis (Federal League), 2-0 1910 German Catholic youth movement Quickborn forms 1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds 1908 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m 1905 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey vs. Gentlemen (18 and 28) 1905 Senators execute a triple-play and beat Yankees 4-3 1901 1st AL game, Chicago beats Cleveland Blues 8-2, 3 other games rained out 1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer 1899 Transvaal British Uitlanders ask Queen Victoria for aid 1898 Spain declares war on U.S. rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba 1898 U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines 1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House 1895 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat 1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 1894 Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs Brooklyn Dodgers 1891 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem" 1888 Eastman Kodak forms 1884 National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta 1883 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair 1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England 1877 Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south in New Orleans 1877 Russia declares war on Turkey through Romania 1872 Volcano Vesuvius erupts 1871 Opera "Aida" is produced (Cairo) 1867 Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Virginia streetcars 1865 Fire alarm and police telegraph system put into operation in San Francisco 1863 Skirmish at Okolona/Birmingham, Mississippi (Grierson's Raid) 1854 Austria's Franz Joseph I marries Elisabeth A E "Sissi" 1833 Jacob Evert and George Dulty patent soda fountain 1833 Patent granted for 1st soda fountain 1823 Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris 1801 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" 1800 Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation 1792 "La Marseillaise" composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle 1762 Russia and Prussia signs peace treaty 1704 "Boston News-Letter," 1st successful newspaper in U.S., forms 1570 Battles between Spanish troops and followers of sultan Suleiman 1558 Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois 1547 Battle of Muhlberg: Emperor Karel V vs ruler Johan F the Brave 1524 Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan 1364 Pope Urbabus V names John V van Virneburg as bishop of Utrecht 1311 General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 1288 Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder 1185 Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats imperial fleet 1061 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country'll be destroyed 858 Nicolaas I succeeds Benedict III as pope
