2015 U.S. President Barack Obama proposes 'The Clean Power Plan' to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent of 2005 levels; the plan is more stringent than the 30% reductions proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency 2014 The Islamic State captures the Iraqi town of Sinjar, home to the country's Yazidi religious minority population; residents fled in advance of the extremists, who have demanded that non-Muslim residents convert to Islam or face death 2014 Portuguese officials move to rescue Banco Espirito Santo from collapse by offering $6.6 billion ($4.9 billion euros) in funding 2013 The U.S. issues a global travel alert, claiming Al Qaeda and terrorist organizations may be planning an attack between now and the end of August 2013 Only 162,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in July, falling short of expert predictions of an increase of 175,000 - 185,000 new jobs 2012 After last months extensive flooding, North Korea asks the United Nations for food aid 2012 At least one person is killed from an explosion in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya 2011 A skull believed to be 20-million years old is discovered in a Uganda; the skull is believed to be from a tree-climbing ape 2011 The U.S. credit rating is downgraded from A+ to A by the Chinese Dagong Global Credit Rating 2010 South Africa's top police officer, Jackie Selebi, former chief of Interpol, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption 2010 Convicted for transporting soldiers during the Rwandan Genocide, Dominique Ntawukuriryayo is sentenced to 25 years in prison 2000 The Republican party nominates George W. Bush to run for president 1997 25th du Maurier Golf Classic: Colleen Walker wins 1997 BankBoston Senior Golf Classic 1997 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO 1997 Phil Mickelson wins golf's Sprint International 1995 CNN en Espanol premieres 1994 102.4 degrees F (39.1 degrees C) in Tokyo Japan: record 1994 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot) 1992 Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531) 1992 Paramount inaugurates New York Street on TV/movie lot 1991 Giant Victory, driven by Jack Moiseyev, wins Hambletonian 1991 Pan Am games open in Havana 1990 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 11 performances 1990 98.8 degrees F (37.1 degrees C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record) 1990 New York Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th home run in 1st 72 at bats 1990 Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion 1990 U.S. announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions 1990 For 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs in 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts still beats Philadelphia 11-0 1989 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez) 1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river 1989 Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons 1989 Cincinnati Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning 1988 Skip Storch swims 246 km of Hudson River from Albany to New York City 1987 Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo) 1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26 1987 Jack Morris ties AL record with 5 wild pitches in a 4-2 lose 1987 Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound and is ejected 1986 Amy Alcott wins LPGA National Golf Pro-Am 1986 Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi inducted in Hall of Fame 1985 "Nihilator" set harness pacing mile (1:49.6) in East Rutherford, New Jersey 1985 Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed 1984 365.7 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 Bomb attack on Madras India airport, 32 killed 1983 John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91 m house of cards 1983 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1982 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as New York Yankee manager 1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1981 France performs nuclear test 1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, U.S.S.R. 1980 Kaline, Snider, Klein, and Tom Yawkey inducted into Hall of Fame 1980 Sandra Post wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic 1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1977 Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered 1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide and sink in China's West River 1975 Louisiana Superdome is dedicated 1975 Poland and West germany reach accord about returning ethnic Germans 1975 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1974 "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 601 performances 1974 "Words and Music" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 127 performances 1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers 1973 Flash fire kills 51 at amusement park, Isle of Man, UK 1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections 1972 British premier Heath proclaims emergency crisis due to harbor strike 1971 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings 1970 4 day NFL strike ends 1970 Christopher Hampton's "Philanthropist," premieres in London 1970 Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history 1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try 1969 Reds beats Phillies 19-17 1969 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational 1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1967 45,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Vietnam 1967 James Law rides entire New York City subway in 22 hours 12 minutes 1966 South African government bans Beatle records 1963 "No Strings" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 580 performances 1963 Allan Sherman releases "Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda" 1963 Beatles final performance at Cavern Club in Liverpool 1963 Great Train Robbery - 2.5 M pounds ($3.25 M) robbed 1962 29th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 42, All-Stars 20 (65,000) 1962 New York Met Frank Thomas hits his 6th home run in 3 games 1960 Niger gains independence from France 1959 27th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Memorial Coliseum, LA 1959 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau 1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium) 1958 USS Nautilus begins 1st crossing of Arctic Ocean under icecap 1957 British offensive against imam Galeb Ben Ali of Oman 1956 Willie Williams of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.1 1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing 1955 Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days 1955 Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7) 1954 1st VTOL, Vertical Take-off and Land, flown 1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show 1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland 1951 William H. Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA 1949 Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire 1949 Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association 1948 Cleveland's Satchel Paige make his 1st start and goes 7 innings 1948 Franklin D. Roosevelt advisor Alger Hiss accused to be a "communist" 1946 Belgian government of Huysmans, forms 1944 Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma 1944 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp gases 4,000 gypsies 1944 General Montgomery visits general Dempsey's headquarter 1944 Lieutenant-general Stilwells troops occupy Myitkyina Burma 1944 Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers 1943 Gen. Patton slaps a U.S. GI in the hospital accusing him of cowardice 1943 Nazi occupiers attack city Orel, leave it in fire 1941 Benzine sales limited in U.S. 1941 Gas sales limited in U.S. 1941 German troops conquer Roslavl U.S.S.R. 1941 Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base 1940 German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies 1940 Italian troops invade British Somalia 1940 Lithuanian SSR is accepted into U.S.S.R. 1940 Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passagiersvlucht to the U.S. 1939 Jean Genets "Ondine," premieres in Paris 1933 Yankees are shut out for 1st time after 308 games (since Aug 2, 1931) 1930 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games 1928 Ray Barbuti saves U.S. team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec) 1926 Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus 1925 Last U.S. troops leave Nicaragua (there since 1912) 1924 Cyclist Piet Moeskops regains world sprint championist 1923 Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding 1923 V.P. Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th president 1921 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars) 1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball 1914 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal 1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 1914 French fleet sails to North-Africa 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina 1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1914 Great Britain declares war on Germany 1914 Turkey signs military pact with Germany 1914 World Alliance for Promoting International Friendship through Churches forms 1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning 1906 Washington National's pitcher Tom Hughes hits home run to win his own game 1-0 in 10th 1904 British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa 1897 John McNally's musical "Good Mr. Best," premieres in New York City 1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 1881 Boers signs Convention of Pretoria: Transvaal semi-autonomous 1881 U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name 1880 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, New York 1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in New York 1863 Saratoga Racetrack, New York, opens 1861 Federal fleet bombs Galveston, Texas 1855 Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens 1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths 1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro 1829 Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris 1797 Emperor Francis I permits Jews who served in military in "Countries of Bohemian Crown" to marry non Jews 1778 Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie lands on Eriskay, Hebrides 1708 Battle at Trencsen: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army 1704 English/Dutch fleet under Rooke/Callenburgh occupy Gibraltar 1692 Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army 1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon 1676 Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia" 1650 Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army 1645 Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians 1640 2,000 men VOC-army surrounds the city of Malakka 1640 Zorilla's "Bire el Ojo," premieres in Toledo 1596 David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (1st variable star) 1557 Dutch States-General meet at Valenciennes 1529 "Ladies' Peace" (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V and King French I 1492 All Jews are expelled from Spain 1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies" 1312 Power of Luik Patriarch murders over 200 1108 Louis VI, "the Fat One," King of France, crowned 881 Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings
