2015 The U.S. National Labor Relations Board rules that recycler Browning-Ferris has employer responsibility for contract workers supplied by an agency; the ruling may imply similar liability for franchise companies such as McDonalds 2014 French judicial officials are investigating IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde for her alleged role in fraudulent payments during her time as France's finance minister; LaGarde believe that the charges are unfounded 2014 A new front has opened along the Russian- Ukrainian border, with thousands of Russians assisting rebels in Ukraine; Russia claims that it is neither sending nor supporting these forces, but that the troops are fighting with the rebels voluntarily 2013 Yosemite National Park continues to be engulfed by flames as the Rim wildfire has grown to 281 square miles 2013 As the U.S. prepares an alleged imminent attack on Syria, Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, denies that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons 2012 Curiosity, the Mars rover, broadcasts its first audio recording of a human voice from the surface of another planet 2012 In a move to demonstrate promised reforms are taking place, Thein Sein, President of Burma, changes nine cabinet ministers 2011 Hurricane Irene lands in North Carolina, near Cape Lookout 2011 Singapore holds a presidential election; voters head to the polls 2010 Mexico's lead investigator of the 72 corpses found near the U.S. Texas border at Tamaulipas, has been missing for two days 2010 After a weeklong battle with 43 people killed, Somalia's al-Shabaab rebel group called for reinforcements to take over the capital Mogadishu 1995 "Arcadia" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 204 performances 1995 23rd du Maurier Golf Classic: Jenny Lidback 1995 95th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods 1995 Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days 1994 "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" closes at R Rodgers New York City after 320 performances 1993 Yak-40 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 79 killed/1 lives 1992 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise 1992 Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson 1991 Moldavia declares independence from U.S.S.R. 1990 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq 1990 Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats 1990 Rosa Mota wins female marathon (2:31:27) 1990 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude 1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings 1989 89th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Chris Patton 1989 Betsy King wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship 1989 Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open 1988 Dodger Tommy Lasorda wins 1,000th game as manager tops Philadelphia, 4-2 1986 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation 1985 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-launched 1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) 1984 President Reagan announces Teacher in Space project 1984 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1983 Haiti adopts constitution 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test 1982 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark 1982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth 1981 Divers begin to recover a safe found aboard Andrea Doria 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Chon Doo Hwan elected President of South Korea 1979 18 British militia die in ambush/bomb attack in Northern Ireland 1978 Gerrie Knetemann becomes world cyclist champion 1978 Reds Joe Morgan is 1st to hit 200 home runs and have 500 stolen bases 1978 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic 1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978 1977 "Chicago" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 947 performances 1977 Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee 1977 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2 1975 1st night match at U.S. Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith) 1975 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) complete tandem bicycle ride, a record 18,020 miles around the world 1974 New York Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat 1972 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open 1972 U.S. bombs Haiphong North Vietnam 1969 Lindy's Pride win Hambletonian Stakes 1969 Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes (across two overs) 1967 Naomi Sims is 1st black model on U.S. cover (Fashion of the Times) 1967 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Amarillo Ladies' Golf Open 1966 Francis Chichester begins 1st solo sail around world 1966 Oakland Pitcher Paul Lindblad begins a 385 cons errorless streak 1966 Race riot in Waukegan, Illinois 1966 Sir Francis Chichester begins 1st solo ocean voyage around the world 1965 Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley 1965 WTVI TV channel 42 in Charlotte, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Mariner 2 launched; 1st probe to fly by Venus 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1961 Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line" 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open 1960 Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5) 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open 1958 Calvin Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1958 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 3 with 2 dogs aboard 1957 Hickory Smoke wins Hambletonian Stakes 1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1956 Curt Robert of Columbus (International League) hits 4 home runs in 7 inning game 1955 Guinness Book of World Records 1st published 1955 Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts 1952 Emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2) 1950 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC 1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist 1948 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1945 U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1944 200 Halifax bombers attack oil-installations in Homburg 1942 Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan and Italy 1941 Shah of Iran abdicates throne to his son Reza Pahlawi 1940 Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan) 1939 Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178) 1939 Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion 1939 Nazi Germany demands Danzig and Polish corridor 1939 Queen Wilhelmina receives German ambassador Grave Zech 1938 Yankees Monte Pearson no-hits Indians 13-0, DiMaggio hits 3 triples 1937 Bkln Dodger Fred Frankhouse no-hits Cin, 5-0 in 7 2/3 inn game 1937 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH 1934 Arlen, Ira Gershwin and Harburgs musical premieres in New York City 1933 Earl Averill becomes 2nd Cleveland ballplayer to hit for cycle Moody defaults in 3rd set, trailing 3-0 1932 200,000 English textile workers strike 1932 International anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam 1928 16 die in a New York City subway's 2nd worst accident 1928 42nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61) 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war 1927 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6) 1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise 1918 Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army 1918 Dr. Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia 1917 Indians set club record by stealing eight bases in a game 1916 Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 2nd day of battle at Tannenberg: German bombs Usdau 1914 U.S. war reporter Richard H. Davis visits Leuven 1913 Lt Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (1st aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) 1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs' publishes "Tarzan of the Apes" 1911 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0 1910 Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park 1910 Washington Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit 1909 Jack Chesbro's final Yankee game 1908 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers 1903 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108) 1900 Battle at Bergendal: General Buller beats Boer general Botha 1897 Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher) 1896 England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) 1895 15th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64) 1894 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1892 New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire 1883 Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons 1881 Hurricane hits Florida and Carolinas; about 700 die 1861 Battle of Cape Hatteras SC-Union troops take Ft. Clark 1859 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake 1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1828 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk 1816 Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates 1813 Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians 1799 English invasion army lands in North-Holland 1798 Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English 1789 French National Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen" 1788 Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance 1783 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude 1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island 1667 Earliest recorded hurricane in U.S., Jamestown, Virginia 1665 "Ye Bare and Ye Cubb" is 1st play, performed in North America (Acomac, Va) 1634 Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia 1628 Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia 1626 Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV 1619 Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia 1610 Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia 1601 Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world 1585 Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp 1569 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane 1549 Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army 1232 Kioto Staatsraad accept Joei Legislation
