2015 Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to twin cubs at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.; the cubs appear healthy but will alternate between an incubator and nursing time with their mother 2014 The Washington, D.C. zoo is holding a Chinese first-birthday ceremony for celebrity giant panda baby Bao Bao; the cub will be sent to China when she turns 4 2014 17-year-old Katie Ledecky, the current world record holder for fastest 400-meter freestyle, breaks her own record at the Pan Pacific championships 2013 In the U.S., a computer problem shuts down the NASDAQ electronic stock exchange for three hours 2013 Prior to being transferred to house arrest, former Egyptian President is released from prison and transferred to a military hospital 2012 The writer of 'Carrie's War,' Nina Bawden, who was shortlisted for the 1987 Booker Prize and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010, dies in London at age 87 2012 A proposal for a statue to George Orwell is flatly turned down by the BBC, who said Orwell resigned from the organization, 'because for some time past I have been conscious that I was wasting my time and the public money on doing work that produces no results.' 2011 The Chairman of the National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil announces Muammar Gaddafi's regime has collapsed 2011 The Foreign Ministry of Iran calls for Musa al-Sadr to be released; they claim he has been held in Libya since 1978 2010 International pledges to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods currently totals $800 million 2010 A U.S. federal investigation results in 47 foreign-born gang members arrested in New England, half are arrested in the state of Maine 2009 Fearing that turkeys contracted swine flu from humans, two turkey farms in Valparaiso, Chile are quarantined 1995 FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho 1994 DNA testing links O. J. Simpson to murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman 1994 Wim Cook government forms in Netherlands 1993 "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 25 performances 1993 Hiromi Kobayash wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic 1992 Matthews and Warne spin Australia to a famous win vs. Sri Lanka 1991 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100 m backstroke (1:00.31) 1990 President Bush calls up military reserves 1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) 1988 Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala) 1988 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee) 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1987 Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1 1986 NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics 1985 30th Walker Cup: U.S. wins 13-11 1985 Airtours Boeing-737 crashes at airport of Manchester, 55 killed 1984 Evelyn Ashford of U.S. ties world women's mark for 100 m, 10.76 sec 1984 Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced 1984 Met pitcher Dwight Gooden becomes 11th rookie to strikeout 200 1984 Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush 1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted 1982 General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence 1982 Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf 1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale 1979 200 black leaders, meet in New York, to support Andrew Young 1978 Sandinistas occupy National Palace in Managua Nicaragua 1976 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic 1975 Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford 1975 McNichols Sports Arena in Denver opens 1973 Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws 1972 International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia 1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out 1971 Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open 1969 Beatles record a video for "Long and Winding Road" 1969 Gloria O Smith, (NY), crowned 2nd Miss Black America 1968 1st papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 1968 Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultry 1968 Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota 1966 Beatles arrive in New York City 1965 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open 1964 Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market 1964 Supreme's "Where Did Our Love Go," reaches #1 1963 NASA civilian test pilot Joe Walker in X-15 reaches 67 miles (106 km) 1962 Failed assassination on president De Gaulle 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1962 Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga 1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open 1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty home run record with #352 1959 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive home runs 1958 Argos' Boyd Carter, Dave Mann combine for record 131-yd punt return 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1957 Floyd Patterson KOs Pete Rademacher in 6 for heavyweight boxing title 1956 Elvis Presley begins filming "The Reno Brothers" (Love Me Tender) 1956 President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon renominated by Republican convention in San Francisco 1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 France closes jail on Devil Island 1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union 1953 Shah of Persia returns to Teheran 1951 Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium, Berlin before 75,052 1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) 1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition 1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end 1947 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840) 1946 Baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it 1946 Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55) 1945 Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Australia Services at Old Trafford 1945 England defeat Australia Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket 1945 Noel Coward's revue "Sigh no More," premieres in London 1945 Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup 1944 Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany 1943 Soviet troops free Karkov 1942 Brazil declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1941 Nazi troops reach Lenningrad 1939 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion 1939 Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest 1934 Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes 1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12 1933 Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season 1933 International Zionists Congress opens in Prague 1932 BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts 1930 Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test 1927 Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers 1926 Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa 1926 Greek dictator General Pangulos driven out 1923 Paavo Nurmi runs world record mile (4:10.4) 1921 J. Edgar Hoover becomes asst director of FBI 1917 Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers 1914 Battle at Charleroi: General von Bulows troops beat French 1914 1st encounter between British and German troops (in Belgium) 1914 Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny and Virton 1914 Canada's Finance Act, 1914, receives assent 1914 General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia 1914 German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium 1914 Von Ludendorff and von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia 1913 Robert Martineau, bishop of Blackburn 1912 England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament 1912 Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya) 1911 Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre (Recovered in 1913) 1911 Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris 1910 Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate 1907 Colin Buchanan, town planner 1907 Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist 1906 1st Victor Victrola manufactured 1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car 1901 Cadillac Co forms 1900 Gabriel Faures opera "Promethee," premieres in Beziers 1877 Nez Perce-indians flee into to Yellowstone National Park 1867 Fisk University forms, 1867 1864 Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations 1864 International Red Cross forms 1862 Battle of Catlett's Station VA 1862 Santee Sioux indian attack Fort Ridgely 1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia 1851 Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup) 1846 U.S. annexes New Mexico 1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah 1818 Grand duchy of Bathe forms 1791 Haitian Slave Revolution begins under voodoo priest Boukman 1788 Sierra Leone, settled by British as a former haven for slaves 1787 John Fitch's steamboat completes its tests, years before Fulton 1780 Resolution, without Captain Cook, returns to England 1775 King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion 1762 1st female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury 1717 Spanish troops lands on Sardinia 1715 Handels "Watermusic" premieres on Thames 1707 Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon 1707 Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty 1654 1st Jewish immigrant to U.S., Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam 1642 Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament 1632 Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht 1614 Trades people under Vincent Fettmilch chase and plunder Jews out of ghetto in Frankfurt 1603 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam 1582 King James IV of Scotland captured 1572 Failed assassination on Admiral De Coligny 1559 Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic 1543 Emperor Charles V's army occupies Duren 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry VII's forces defeat Richard III 1454 Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus 1138 English defeated Scots at Cowton Moor Banners of various saints were carried into battle which led to being called Battle of the Standard 565 St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness
