2015 Amazon is again exempted from Federal Aviation Administration commercial drone flight prohibitions, allowing it to test delivery drones; the company had to reapply for exemption, as its drone fleet grew outdated while waiting for initial approval 2014 A flaw in OpenSSL, the encryption method for many websites, has been identified, potentially compromising user security data across the Internet; web users are urged to change login names and passwords immediately 2014 The University of Connecticut achieves a second championship as the women's basketball team takes home the NCAA championship title after a 79-58 victory over Notre Dame; the men's basketball team won the NCAA title this season 2013 Japan set Patriot missiles in central Tokyo and Okinawa Island and sent two warships to patrol the Sea of Japan 2013 Authorities from North Korea, advise authorities to leave South Korea soon, anticipating a possible conflict 2012 The broadway show, 'The Lion King', becomes the highest grossing show of all time, overtaking 'Phantom of the Opera' 2012 Facebook purchases Instagram, a photo sharing application, for $1 billion 2011 In the Republic of Djibouti, located in the Horn of Africa, President Ismael Omar Guelleh wins re-election with 79% of the vote 2011 Iowa's Monona County, located in the midwestern United States, is hit by a tornado 2010 Rescuers search for over 200 people believed to be buried in their homes by a landslide in Murro do Bumba near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2005 Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles are married 2000 64th Golf Masters Championship: 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion 1997 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl" 1995 "Translations" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 25 performances 1995 59th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Crenshaw wins, shooting a 274 1994 BPAA U.S. Open by Justin Hromek 1994 STS-59, Endeavour, launches into orbit 1994 Singer Wayne Newton (52) weds attorney Kathleen McCrone (30) 1993 Colorado Rockies 1st home game and 1st victory, 11-4 over Mont Expos 1992 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Neiderlander theater on Broadway 1992 John Majors, (C) elected Prime Minister of England 1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges 1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) 1992 U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes 1992 William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA 1991 Date of Microsoft MS DOS 5.0 1991 Georgia SSR votes to secede from U.S.S.R. 1990 "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees 1990 New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 1990 World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City 1989 53rd Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 283 1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car 1989 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic 1989 Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to Clev 1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament 1989 Washington D.C. march supporting 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka 1988 Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round 1988 U.S. imposes economic sanctions on Panama 1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ 1986 "Dallas" announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character 1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game 1984 56th Academy Awards - "Terms of Endearment," R Duvall and S Maclaine win 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth 1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot 1982 Los Angeles Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers Fernando Valenzuela's 1st start, beats Astros 2-0 1981 U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru 1980 Belgium's Marten's government resigns 1980 Kings tie NHL rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Isles 1980 Soyuz 35 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 1979 51st Academy Awards - "Deer Hunter," Jon Voight and Jane Fonda win 1979 Longest doubles ping-pong match of 101 hours, begins 1978 42nd Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 277 1978 Brewers sweep Orioles 11-3, 16-3, and 13-5 (each with a grand slam) 1978 David Thompson scores ties 3rd highest total in the NBA - 73 1978 Denver's David Thompson scores 73 points and San Antonio's George Gervin scores 63 points in separate NBA games (33 in 1 quarter) 1977 Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years 1976 U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use 1974 Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life" 1973 37th Golf Masters Championship: Tommy Aaron wins, shooting a 283 1973 Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme 1972 "Sugar" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 506 performances 1972 36th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286 1972 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI 1972 U.S.S.R. and Iraq sign friendship treaty 1971 Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK 1970 Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles 1969 1st flight of Concorde 002 (Filton-Bristol) 1969 Chicago Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3 1968 East Germany adopts constitution 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta 1968 Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1968 Ralph Aberbathy elected to head So Christian Leadership Conference 1967 "At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth New York City after 105 performances 1967 1st Boeing 737 rolls out 1967 31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer, Jr. wins, shooting a 280 1967 Shortwave broadcaster Radio New York Worldwide's transmitter burns down 1966 Anaheim Stadium for California Angels opens 1966 Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris 1965 Beatles "Ticket to Ride" is released in U.K. 1965 India and Pakistan engage in border fight 1965 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun 1963 Winston Churchill becomes 1st honorary U.S. citizen 1962 26th Golf Masters Championship: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280 1962 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win 1962 John F. Kennedy throws out 1st ball at Washington's new DC Stadium 1960 14th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 3 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle 1959 Baltimore Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Washington Senators) 1959 Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot 1959 NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury 1959 13th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics sweep Minnesota Lakers in 4 games Boston Celtics wins 8th straight title 1957 Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," premieres in Washington D.C. 1957 Suez Canal cleared for all shipping 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue 1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya 1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia 1950 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283 1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win 1950 Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance 1949 U.N. International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages 1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed 1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year 1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 1946 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 1945 Liberty ship at Bari Italy carrying aerial bombs explodes, kills 360 1945 NFL requires players to wear long stockings 1944 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientals Ecclesiae 1942 Battle of Bataan, U.S. and Filipino forces overwhelmed by Japanese at Bataan 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame 1940 German cruiser Blucher torpedoed and capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II, Denmark surrenders 1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial 1935 Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 3 games 1932 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep New York Rangers in 3 games 1931 Chicago Cy Wentworth beats Mont Canadiens at 13:50 of 6th period 1928 Eugene O'Neill's "Lazarus Laughed," premieres in Pasadena 1928 Mae West's New York City debut in a daring new play "Diamond Lil" 1928 Top-Oss soccer team forms in Oss 1928 Turkey passes separation of church and state 1927 Italy and U.S. anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti given death sentences 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital 1923 Sean O'Casey's "Shadow of a Gunman," premieres in Dublin 1918 Latvia proclaims independence 1917 Battle of Arras begins 1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops 1914 "World, the Flesh and the Devil," 1st color film, shown in London 1914 1st full color film shown "World, Flesh and Devil" in London 1914 Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico 1913 Brooklyn Dodger's Ebbets Field opens, Phillies win 1-0 1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard) 1912 Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for New York 1906 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens 1894 1st performance of Anton Bruckner's 5th Symphony in B in Graz 1878 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn 1872 Samuel R. Percy patents dried milk 1870 American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves 1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada 1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto 1865 Federals capture Ft. Blakely, Alabama 1865 Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops, surrender to U.S. Grant at Appomattox 1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, 2870 causalities 1838 National Galley opens in London 1833 1st tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire 1831 Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain and Spain 1829 Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200 1816 African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes in Philadelphia 1814 Elias Canneman (L) resigns as minister of Finance 1808 Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace 1783 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India 1770 Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia) 1691 French troops occupy Mons 1682 Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1667 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) 1621 Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends 1609 Spain and Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact 1555 Marcello Cervini elected Pope Marcellus II 1538 Danish king Christian III enters Schmalkaldische Union 1483 Edward I (12) succeeds Edward IV as king of England 1474 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians 1454 Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi 1388 Battle of Nafels; Glarius Swiss defeat Habsburg (Austrian) army 1241 Battle of Liegnitz - Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans 715 Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope
