2015 Australian golfer Jason Day wins the PGA Championship with a score of 20 under par; American Jordan Spieth wins second place, resulting in a rank of #1 in the world, replacing Northern Irish golf champ Rory McIlroy 2014 Continued riots in Ferguson, Missouri over the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown by a police officer have resulted in the announcement of a state of emergency and a curfew by Governor Jay Nixon 2014 India has put the INS Kolkata into service; the battleship, built locally, is the second to be commissioned this year and signals the nation's intent to update its military in response to concern regarding China's growth 2013 In Cebu, Philippines, 200 are missing and at least 26 are dead after a cargo ship and the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas collide 2013 The Indian rupee falls below 62.03 rupees against the U.S. dollar, hitting a record low 2012 Dallas, Texas Mayor Mike Rawlings declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of West Nile Virus kills at least 17 people; the city plans to combat the mosquitoes with aerial spraying of pyrethroid insecticides 2012 The U.S. State Department states the U.N. Secretary-General's decision to attend the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement summit is 'strange' and 'not a good signal' 2011 Concerns about the European economy are heightened as Germany reports second quarter growth of only 0.1% 2011 In England, two men who created a Facebook site to incite violence during the riots are sentenced to four years imprisonment 2010 U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings 2010 United Nations officials believe 3.5 million children may contract waterborne diseases as a result of the floods in Pakistan 1998 80th PGA Championship at Sahalee CC, Seattle WA 1998 Weetabix Women's British Golf Open 1997 For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia) 1994 Chandrika Kumaratungo's party wins Sri Lanka elections 1994 Shauna Gambill, 17, of California, crowned 12th Miss Teen USA 1992 20th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sherri Steinhaur 1992 74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St. Louis 1992 Moses Kiptanui runs world record 3k (7:28.96) 1991 Belgium census is 10,000,963 inhabitants 1991 President Bush declares recession is near an end 1990 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1990 Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq 1989 Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich 1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400 m (43.29) 1988 IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence 1988 Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis 1988 Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshield washers 1987 Astrological Harmonic Convergence - Dawn of New Age 1987 New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9 1987 Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) 1987 Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am 1986 Sudan rebels shoot a Fokker's F-27 down, 57 killed 1986 "Papa Don't Preach," goes #1 for 2 weeks 1986 Madonna's "True Blue," album goes #1 for 5 weeks and her single 1985 Madonna weds Sean Penn on her 27th birthday 1984 Andrea Doria's safe opened 1984 L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges 1984 Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500) 1983 Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher 1981 Highest score in World Cup soccor match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0) 1981 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic 1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 100m butterfly (57.93) 1980 Bill Ward quits Black Sabbath 1980 Cozy Powell quits Rainbow 1980 Jools Holland quits Squeeze 1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1977 Yankees blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th 1976 58th PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots a 281 at Congressional MD 1976 St. Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Chargers 20-10 in Tokyo (NFL expo) 1975 "Rodgers and Hart" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 108 performances 1975 Peter Gabriel quits Genesis 1974 Ramones concert debut (NY's CBGBs) 1972 54th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills, Michigan 1972 Morocco King Hassan II's B727 shot at 1972 Philip Potter appointed Secretary-General of World council of Churches 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1970 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills OK 1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cincinnati Golf Open 1969 WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, Georgia begins broadcasting 1969 Woodstock rock festival begins in New York 1967 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves 1967 WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins) 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational 1964 St. Louis Card Curt Flood gets 8 straight hits in a doubleheader 1963 Independence is restored to Dominican Republic 1962 Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer 1961 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin 1961 Martin L. King protests for black voting right in Miami 1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus 1960 Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700') 1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open 1959 U.S.S.R. introduces installment buying 1956 Adlai E. Stevenson nominated as Democratic presidential candidate 1956 Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4 1955 Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor 1954 Sports Illustrated magazine begins publishing 1954 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood 1953 KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins 1953 Shah of Persia and princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome 1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England 1948 Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1948 Israeli pound becomes legal tender 1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive home runs 1946 Great Calcutta blood bath - Moslem/Hindu riot (3-4,000 die) 1944 2nd Canadian Division occupies Falaise Normandy 1944 Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux 1943 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily) 1943 Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler 1942 Premier Churchill travels back to Cairo from Moscow 1940 45 German aircrafts shot down over England 1936 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin 1934 U.S. explorer William Beebe descends 3,028' (923 m) in Bathysphere 1927 1st home run hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago by New York Yankee Babe Ruth 1924 38th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (61 63) 1924 Conference about German recovery payments opens in London 1924 Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed 1922 AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (New York City) 1920 Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yankees' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1918 U.S. troops overthrows Archangelsk 1915 KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0 1914 German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught 1914 Zapata and Pancho Villa over run Mexico 1907 Abd al-Hafid proclaims himself sultan of Morocco 1906 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000 1905 Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa 1904 New York City begins building Grand Central Station 1903 Tigers play a home game in Toledo, Ohio, Yankees win 12-8 1898 Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster 1896 Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala 1894 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith 1890 Alexander Clark, journalist/lawyer, named minister to Liberia 1882 British under General Wolseley land in Alexandria 1876 Opera "Siegfried" premieres in Bayreuth 1870 Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion 1864 4th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia, Federal assault 1864 Battle of Front Royal Virginia (Guard Hill) 1864 Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam 1863 Chickamauga campaign GA 1863 Emancipation Proclamation signed 1861 President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy 1861 Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri 1858 Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs President James Buchanan 1846 Gioacchino Rossini marries Olympe Pelissier in Paris 1834 Charles Darwin climbs Mount Campana in Chile 1829 Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited 1819 Manchester Massacre: English police charge unemployed demonstrators 1812 General Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to England 1797 Comet C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel) approaches 0.0879 AUs of Earth 1794 Hungarian revolutionary Ignac Martinovics arrested in Vienna 1780 British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC 1777 Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt 1748 "Geldermalsen" sails to East-Indies 1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots 1743 Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) 1717 Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade 1691 Yorktown Virginia founded 1625 Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe 1570 King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II 1513 Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian and Henry III beat France 1465 Battle at Montlhery 1290 Charles van Valois weds Margaretha van Anjou
