2014 Former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk replaces Herman Van Rompuy as president of the European Council 2014 The U.N. World Food Program stops assistance to over 1.7 million Syrian refugees in the nations adjoining Syria; the program has provided over $800 million in aid but lacks funds to continue this support 2013 An overwhelming 65% of Croatian voters vote yes for a referendum on a proposal to outlaw same-sex marriage 2013 The Chang'e 3 lunar probe is launched by China; the probe, headed for the moon, includes a robotic lander and the Yutu, Jade Rabbit buggy 2012 In ceremonies held at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is officially inactivated after a 51-year U.S. Naval career 2012 Mexico swears in its new President, Enrique Pena Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party 2011 In Belgium, Parti Socialiste leader Elio di Rupo is set to become Prime Minister, pending approval by the parties' conventions and definition of the cabinet makeup 2011 The music video for the single, 'Marry the Night' is released by pop singer Lady Gaga; the song is from her 2011 album 'Born This Way' 2010 Results from the Afghan parliamentary election are announced since September balloting 2010 Plans to build 625 more homes in close to the West Bank, adjacent to Arab East Jerusalem, were announced 2009 For the first time in 17 years, North Korea raises the value of its currency 2005 South Africa is the 5th country to recognize same-sex marriages 1997 GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport, Iowa on KORB 93.5 FM 1997 Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS 1996 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2) 1996 Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India 1994 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident 1994 Cindy Crawford and Richard Gere announce they are seperating 1994 Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as president of Mexico 1994 PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail 1994 Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London 1993 Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18 1992 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana and crash, 13 die 1992 Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 years for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco 1991 "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin New York City after 32 performances 1991 "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 469 performances 1991 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1) 1991 AIDS awareness day 1991 Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election 1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan 1991 U.S. 75th manned space mission "STS-44" Atlantis 10 lands 1991 Ukrainian people vote for independence 1990 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (quarterback) 1990 British and French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel) 1990 Hissene Habre of Chad flees to Cameroon 1990 Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks 1990 Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia hold their 1st joint session 1990 New York Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96 1989 "Day Without Art" - Artists demonstrate against AIDS 1989 East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution 1989 Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year California Angels contract 1989 U.S.S.R. President Mikhail Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican 1988 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless 1988 Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Moslem country, Pakistan 1988 Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow 1988 NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics 1988 New York Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St. Louis Blues 1987 Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel 1986 Musee d'orsay opens in Paris 1986 Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains" 1985 Noraly Beyer becomes Netherlands 1st black TV newscaster 1985 STS-61-C vehicle moves to launch pad 1985 South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms 1984 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (quarterback) 1984 France performs nuclear test 1984 Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title 1983 Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury 1982 Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart 1982 Michael Jackson releases 'Thriller' 1982 Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico 1981 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain 1981 Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed 1980 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB) 1980 Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships" 1980 U.S. Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination 1978 Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size 1978 Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, vs. England at the Gabba 1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1976 Angola admitted to UN 1976 Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president 1976 Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks" 1975 U.S. president Gerald Ford visits China 1974 Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died 1974 Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5) 1973 Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea 1973 Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year 1973 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic 1973 Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ 1972 Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK 1971 "2 Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 613 performances 1971 Cubs release Ernie Banks and sign him as a coach 1971 Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in New York City 1971 John and Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US 1971 People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1970 Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico 1970 NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins 1970 Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1969 U.S. government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II 1968 "Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 1281 performances 1968 Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in New York City 1968 Gonzalo Barrios elected President of Venezuela 1967 Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle) 1967 Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope 1967 Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams 1967 Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses 1966 Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor 1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colorado 1965 Airlift of refugees from Cuba to U.S. began 1965 South Africa government says children of white fathers are white 1964 Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros 1964 ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign 1963 New York Jets 1st shutout, beat Kansas City 17-0 1963 Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union 1962 Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27) 1962 KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo 1959 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica 1959 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space 1959 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB) 1959 The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space 1958 "Flower Drum Song" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 602 performances 1958 Central African Republic made autonomous member of French Community (National Day) 1958 Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students and 3 nuns (Chic) 1957 Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show 1956 "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 73 performances 1956 Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0) 1956 Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year 1956 Indonesian Vice President Mohammed Hatta, resigns 1955 Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus 1954 Nationalist China and U.S. sign dike agreement 1954 Yankees send Miller, Segrist, Leppert and 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley and Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal) 1953 Red Sox trade M McDermott and Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen 1953 WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) 1st broadcast 1953 WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Walter Alston named Dodger manager 1951 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) 1951 Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London 1951 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds 1949 WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine 1948 Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player 1947 Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test vs. India at the Gabba 1947 India cricket all out for 58 vs. Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 1946 Australia compile 645 vs. India at the Gabba (Bradman 187) 1945 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg, 35-0 at Toronto 1944 Bela Bartok's Concerto for orchestra, premoeres 1944 Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1944 Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres 1943 FDR, Churchill and Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day) 1942 Gasoline rationed in US 1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python 1941 Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war 1941 Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years 1941 U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes 1939 SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews 1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah 1937 Japan recognizes Franco government 1936 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E) 1936 Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use 1936 EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants 1935 Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp 1933 Rudolf Hess and Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government 1931 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint 1930 NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty 1930 Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent 1929 BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe 1929 Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe 1928 CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton 1928 Railroad museum opens in Utrecht, Netherlands 1925 Treaty of Locarno signed 1924 Calles becomes president of Mexico 1924 George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in New York City 1923 CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto 1922 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Captain Turner, RAF 1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns 1921 1st U.S. helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight 1921 U.S. Post Office establishes philatelic agency 1919 AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester 1919 Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament 1918 Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence 1918 Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown 1918 Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade 1918 Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established 1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb 1913 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts) 1913 Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38) 1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa 1909 1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef 1906 Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris) 1906 Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Captain of Kopenick) sentenced to 4 yrs 1903 "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released 1900 South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders 1896 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY) 1891 James Naismith creates the game of basketball 1887 Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet" 1887 Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao 1878 1st White House telephone installed 1868 John D. Rockefeller begins anti oil war 1864 Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, Tennessee to Saltville, VA 1864 Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia 1852 Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands 1843 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens 1835 Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales 1831 Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather 1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams, 1824 Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared president 1822 Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil 1822 Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran 1821 Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain 1804 Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique 1783 Charles and M N Roberts ascend 2,000' in hydrogen balloon 1783 J van North launches unmanned balloon 1750 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md 1742 Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia 1708 Great Alliance occupies Brussels 1656 Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden 1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes 1641 Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery 1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule 1626 Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem, driven out 1566 Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva 1167 Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
