2015 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turns polluter by accidentally releasing a million gallons of heavy-metal-laden mining wastewater into Colorado's Animas River while investigating a Superfund site 2014 Russia counters sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union by banning all imports of dairy, fish, meat, fruit and vegetables; Ukrainian flights have also been prohibited from Russian air space 2014 Over 1.2 billion security credentials have been stolen in a Russian-led hacking ring; data was stolen from over 420,000 websites, but the websites and victim names have not yet been disclosed 2013 'The Washington Post', a privately held newspaper, is purchased by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos 2013 In London, the world's first bovine stem cells lab-grown burger is cooked and eaten at a news conference; one food expert said it was 'close to meat, but not that juicy' 2012 A refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo experiences an outbreak of cholera; thousands have fled there due to fighting between government troops and M23 rebels 2012 Britain tennis pro Andy Murray wins the16th gold medal for Britain during the 2012 Summer Olympics after defeating Roger Federer in the men's singles final 2011 Thailand's parliament officially elects Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister of Thailand; Yingluck is Thailand's first female Prime Minister 2011 Typhoon Muifa approaches Japan's island of Okinawa; the typhoon is expected to be one of the most powerful storms to hit China in recent years 2010 A piano reportedly played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is found in Baden-Baden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 2010 Model Naomi Campbell confirms former President of Liberia Charles Taylor gave her diamonds she described as 'dirty looking stones' 2010 Somali pirates seize a freighter from Syria with 24 crewmembers in the Gulf of Aden 2009 The engine on an airbus A320 plane catches fire at Paris-Orly airport, eight people are injured 1997 Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive 1997 Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial 1997 Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, launched 1996 Dallas Cowboys play Kansas City Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico 1994 Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed 1994 Rocker Billy Idol admitted to the hospital after drug overdose 1992 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge 1991 Sergeo Bubka of U.S.S.R. sets pole vault record (20'") in Malmo Sweden 1990 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1990 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame 1988 Mario Biaggi, Representative-D-New York, convicted of racketeering resigns seat 1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 5k woman's record (14:37.33) 1986 Steve Carlton is 2nd to pitch 4,000 strikeout 1986 U.S. Senate votes for SDI-project, Star Wars 1986 It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania 1985 Baseball players go on strike for 2 days 1985 Establishment of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is announced 1985 Flexible-wing glider altitude record (214,250') set by Larry Tudor 1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic 1984 Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) 1984 Lou Pinella Day at Yankee Stadium 1984 Toronto's Cliff Johnson hits record 19th career pinch home run 1982 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager 1980 New York Met Doug Flynn ties record of 3 triples in a game 1979 "But Never Jam Today" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 7 performances 1979 Government of Mauretania signs peace treaty with Polisario 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Golf Open 1979 Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single 1979 Varetta Shankle (Miss), crowned 12th Miss Black America 1979 Willie Mays, Warren Giles, and Hack Wilson inducted in Hall of Fame 1978 New Orlean Saints beat Phil Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo) 1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5 1975 Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown 1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways 1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in 1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55 1973 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro no-hits San Diego Padres, 9-0 1973 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 6 1972 Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin" 1972 Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians 1972 Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games and 331 total chances without a miscue 1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Robert Morley's "How the Other Half Loves," premieres in London 1970 U.S. Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail 1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars 1969 Pirate Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium 1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, Tennessee (IND) 1st broadcast 1967 1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7 1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe" 1966 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000) 1966 Beatles' "Revolver" album is released 1966 Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton to retain light-HW boxing title 1966 Martin Luther King, Jr. stoned during Chicago march 1966 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1966 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" in UK 1965 Dave Marr wins PGA title 1964 Actress Anne Bancroft and comedian Mel Brooks wed 1964 Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone" 1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye/Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville 1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner 1964 U.S. begins bombing North Vietnam 1963 Britain, U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign nuclear test ban treaty 1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH 1963 U.S., U.S.S.R. and Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 1962 1st quasar located by radio 1962 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open 1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and illeagally leaving South Africa 1962 U.N. command forbids flights to Katangese airports 1961 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) 1961 Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Montreal Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal 1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 1960 Detroit trades manager Jimmy Dykes for Cleveland's manager Joe Gordon 1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) 1959 Chicago Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto 1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole 1958 Philip Kapleau, Zen teacher, 1st awakening under Yasutani Roshi 1957 "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC) 1957 Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut 1957 WJZ-TV in Baltimore MD begins radio transmissions 1957 Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS/ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open 1956 WCYB TV channel 5 in Bristol-Kingsport, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games 1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio 1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom 1951 Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title 1950 Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23) 1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die 1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6) 1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure 1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (Aug 6th in Japan) 1944 U.S. 79th/90th division occupy Laval/Mayenne 1944 U.S. troops occupy Vannes Bretagne 1943 Sicily: 3 U.S. A-36's bomb British headquarter 1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel and Bjelgorod 1942 British government cancels agreement of Munich 1942 German troops cross Kuban River 1940 "Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge 1940 St. Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings 1938 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2) 1937 Ranger (U.S.) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup 1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal 1931 Det Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th 1927 Phillies Cy Williams hits for cycle in just 4 at bats 1926 1st talkie movie "Don Juan" at Warner Theatre, New York 1926 French and German trade agreement signed 1926 Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 hours 1924 Comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," by Harold Gray, debuts 1923 1st American to swim English Channel, Henry Sullivan 1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) 1921 Treaty of Berlin: U.S. and Germany sign separate peace treaty 1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium 1915 German troops over run Warsaw 1915 Warsaw, evacuated by the Russians, is occupied by Germans 1914 1st traffic light installed, Euclid Ave and E 105th St, Cleveland 1914 Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I 1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money 1914 Massive German assault on forts around Luik 1914 Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I 1914 U.S. beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup 1914 U.S., Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to U.S. 1914 Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium 1901 Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4" 1891 1st travelers checks issued, American Express 1890 British and French accord to divide African colonization 1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid on Bedloe's Island (New York City) 1877 Henry Morton Stanley's letter in order to aid reaches Boma at Congo 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of Vice-Admiral 1864 Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati 1862 Battle of Baton Rouge, LA 1861 Enlistment increases from 3 months to 2 years 1861 Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade 1861 U.S. Army abolishes flogging 1861 U.S. levies its 1st Income Tax (3% of incomes over $800) 1858 Cyrus W. Field completes 1st transatlantic telegraph cable 1846 Oregon country divided between U.S. and Britain at 49th parallel 1837 1st ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York 1781 Battle at Doggers Bank: Dutch fleet vs English fleet 1775 1st Spanish ship, San Carlos, enters San Francisco Bay 1772 1st partition of Poland, between Austria, Prussia and Russia 1745 Skirmish at Laggan: Glengarry beats Royal Scots 1716 Battle at Peterwardein: Eugenius van Savoye beats Turks 1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict 1666 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter 1654 French troops occupy Stenay 1587 Spanish troops conquer Lock 1583 Gilbert claims Newfoundland (1st English colony in North America) 1543 French and Turkish troops occupy Nice 1435 Battle at Ponza: king Alfonso V of Aragon captured by Genuezen 1420 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina 1399 Battle at Worskla: Tataren beat Russians and Litouwers 1391 Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed 1391 Jews are massacred in Toledo and Barcelona Spain 1264 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany 1071 Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured/Islam advances through Europe 135 Betar last outpost of Bar Kochba falls to Rome
