2014 The U.S. will end its 1960 embargo and reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba; the agreement took place after an exchange of three Cuban spies for aid worker Alan Gross and an unnamed American spy 2014 Sony Pictures cancels release of its movie "The Interview" after hacking attacks and threats thought to be ordered by the North Korean government; the movie is reportedly a comedy depicting an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un 2013 It is announced that Linda Ronstadt, Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates, Nirvana, KISS and Cat Stevens will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 2013 Harry Styles, the 19 year-old member of the band One Direction, wins a court order banning certain paparazzi from pursuing him on the street and from lingering outside his home 2012 Outgoing U.S. Senator Jim DeMint is replaced by GOP Congressman Tim Scott, the first black senator from the South since 1881 2012 Ceremonies commemorating the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il were held outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun mausoleum in Pyongyang; the nation observed three-minutes of silence to honor him 2011 In the Philippines, flash floods from Tropical Storm Washi killed at least 400 people, with more missing 2011 Protesters in Cario's Tahir Square are beaten by Egyptian Army soldiers in a second day of skirmishes resulting in 10 deaths and hundreds of injured 2010 The first ever HIV infection is announced in the Cook Islands 2010 The United Kingdom gives prisoners serving less than four years the right to vote 2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director 1995 "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 23 performances 1994 KLM's last DC-10 goes out of service 1993 Bangladesh moslem call for murder of feminist Taslima Nasrin 1993 Kevin Scott skates world record 1000 m (1:12.54) 1993 Northern Exposure star Barry Corbin falls off his horse 1993 Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27) 1992 "Christmas Carol" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 22 performances 1992 General Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus 1991 Cleveland Cavaliers beat Miami Heat 148-80, by record 68 pts 1991 NBA's most lopsided game Cleveland beats Miami 148-80 1991 Patrick Manning becomes premier of Trinidad and Tobago 1991 Soap opera "One Life To Live" airs its 6,000th episode 1990 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions 1989 78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2) 1989 Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello president 1989 Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA vs. WA) 1989 Patti Rizzo/Mike Hill wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship 1988 77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1) 1988 Bryan Murray becomes 17th NHL coach to win 300 games (Washington Caps) 1988 New York Islanders break 12 game losing streak, beat Devils 5-2 1988 USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned 1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1987 Czechoslovakian party leader Gustav Husak resigns 1986 U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee 1986 Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton 1984 New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0 1983 "Peg" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 5 performances 1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured 1983 Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die 1981 Members of Red Brigades kidnap Brigadier General James L Dozier 1980 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 Mauritania provisional constitution published 1979 Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph 1978 OPEC raises oil prices 18% 1978 Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda 1977 Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia vs. India at the WACA, aged 41 1977 Elvis Costello and The Attractions 1st U.S. TV appearance (SNL) 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1976 Superstation WTBS in Atlanta went national 1975 1st time New York Islanders shut-out New York Rangers, 3-0-Billy Smith's 5th 1975 Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life 1973 Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait 1972 New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India and Pakistan 1972 WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast 1971 "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US 1971 Cease fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir 1971 Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting 1970 Gdansk, Poland shipworkers strike 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1969 50m TV viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on Tonight Show 1969 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings 1967 WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert 1965 British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia 1965 David Levy begins his search for comets 1965 Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine 1963 Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea 1963 West and East Berlin sign accord about travel rules 1962 Beatles 1st British TV appearance (People and Places) 1962 Current constitution of Monaco promulgated 1961 Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil 1961 India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies 1961 Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die 1960 "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 835 performances 1960 "Take Me Along" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 448 performances 1960 Pablo Casals' oratorio "El Pesebrio," premieres 1959 "On The Beach," is 1st film to premiere on both sides of Iron Curtain 1959 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) 1957 U.S. successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile 1954 1st fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary, Indiana) 1954 WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Dmitri Shostakovich' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1953 FCC approves RCA's black and white - compatible color TV specifications 1951 Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants 1949 "Regina" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 86 performances 1949 Burma recognizes People's Republic of China 1947 NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow 1947 WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1946 Bradman and Barnes complete 405 run 5th wkt stand, score 234 ea 1946 U.S. V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM 1944 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship 1944 Japanese-Americans released from detention camps 1944 M-Ocean View streetcar resumes service and is extended to Market St 1944 U.S. Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast 1944 U.S. destroyers sink in storm off Philippines, 790 killed 1943 Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Allies in London sentence German war criminals 1941 Dutch and Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor 1941 German submarine U-31 sunk 1941 German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa 1940 British troops occupies Sollum 1939 German pocket battleship Graf Spee scuttled by its crew off Uruguay 1938 Utrecht Central Station destroyed by fire 1936 Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and dummy Charlie McCarthy, appear on TV 1933 B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. India at Bombay 1933 Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118) 1933 Spain's 2nd Government of Lerroux forms 1933 NFL starts official stats as Bears beat Giants 23-21 in champ game 1932 Cards trade Jim Bottomley to Reds for Estel Crabtree and Ownie Carroll 1928 John McGraw backs NL President John Heydler's designated hitter idea 1927 U.S. submarine 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard 1927 Victoria score 793 against Queensland, Bill Ponsford 437 1926 German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army 1926 KYA-AM in San Francisco, California begins radio transmissions 1926 Lithuanian military state under General Augustine Woldemaras 1925 Col William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination 1925 Russia and Turkey sign non-aggresion pact 1924 1st U.S. diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, New York 1923 Greek king George II overthrown by army/republic 1922 Last British troops leave Ireland Freestate 1920 AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it 1920 British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru 1920 Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands 1920 South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa 1919 Austria parliament approves 8-hour day 1914 Austrian troops beat Russians in Limanova Poland 1914 Great Britain declares Egypt a protectorate 1914 Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv by Turkish authorities 1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels 1907 Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan 1903 At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) 1902 Frank Wedekind's "Der Erdgeist," premieres in Berlin 1900 1st prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials. Martians excluded-considered too easy 1900 New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million 1895 Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, D.C. 1895 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass) 1893 Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France 1892 Tsjaikovski's ballet "Casse-noisette," premieres in St. Petersburg 1887 Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris 1885 France declares Madagascar a protectorate 1875 Violent bread riots in Montreal 1865 Franz Schubert's "Unvolendete" Symphony," premieres 1864 Battle of Franklin, TN 1862 General U.S. Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee 1860 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County 1852 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire 1821 Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons 1819 Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain 1798 1st impeachment trial against a U.S. senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins 1792 Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city 1791 New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street 1790 Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City 1788 Russian army of Grigorij Potemkin occupies Ocharov 1777 France recognizes independence of English colonies in America 1777 ,George Washingtons army returns to Valley Forge Pennsylvania 1745 Bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland 1728 Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue 1718 England declares war on Spain 1638 French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine 1587 Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands 1572 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 1526 Ferdinand of Austria chosen as King of Bohemia 1526 Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition 283 St. Gaius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
