2014 U.S. officials return four Afghan prisoners to Afghanistan after more than ten years of detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; the Obama administration is working to clear and release remaining prisoners in order to close the facility 2014 Peshmerga fighters have occupied part of Sinjar Mountain, retaking the territory from ISIS militants; around 1,500 Yazidi families, trapped on the mountain, have been liberated 2013 Bolivia's Tupac Katari is successfully launched from China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center 2013 Britain agrees to help Syria destroy over 165 tons of chemical weapons; the stockpile includes substances that could be used to make highly toxic nerve agents 2012 A tight race is expected in South Korea as voters choose between Moon Jae-in, of South Korea's Democratic United Party, and Park Geun-hye, of the conservative Saenuri Party 2012 Atlanta IntercontinentalExchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world 2011 Despite protests by opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, Joseph Kaliba is sworn in as President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 2011 In Cairo, thousands of Egyptian women demonstrate against military police for abuse against female demonstrators in Tahir Square 2010 The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology announces it has developed the first ever spherical robot with telescopic arms 2010 In Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko claims he won the presidential election with 79% of the vote; hundreds protesting the vote were arrested 2009 Nearly 100 people are killed by a runaway truck at a market in Kogi State, Nigeria 2005 New York City union members shut down subway and bus services for 3 days 1999 Portugal returns Macau to China 1998 Wendy's Three-Tour Golf Challenge 1995 "Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 14 performances 1995 American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive 1993 Donald Trump weds Marla Maples 1992 Northwest and KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability" 1992 Slobodan Milosevic re-elected president of Serbia 1991 NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning and Ottawa Senators 1991 Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia 1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15 1990 Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-New Jersey Knights for $11 million 1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns 1989 Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor 1989 U.S. troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him 1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London 1988 NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years 1988 Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected President of Sri Lanka 1987 "Nuts" with Barbra Striesand premieres 1987 76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0) 1987 Dona Paz ferry sinks after crash with oil tanker Vector, 4386 die 1987 Nancy Lopez/Miller Barber wins LPGA Mazda Golf Championship 1986 White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, New York 1985 Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points) 1985 Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC 1985 Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st) 1984 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library 1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1983 El Salvador adopts constitution 1983 Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals 1983 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins 1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon 1981 "Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 1522 performances 1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) and most turnovers (10) 1981 Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark 1981 Harry Krieger/Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls," premieres in New York City 1980 NBC broadcasts New York Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio 1980 U.S.S.R. formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin 1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail 1977 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut 1977 RAF-terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years 1976 "Music Is" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 8 performances 1976 Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin resigns 1975 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles 1975 Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht 1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state 1974 George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in the United Kingdom 1973 AL President Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees 1973 Dutch Antillean government of Evertsz forms 1973 Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point 1972 Neil Simons "Sunshine Boys," premieres in New York City 1971 Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns 1970 Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader 1969 Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1 1967 "Graduate," starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, premieres 1967 474,300 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam 1967 Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull 1966 Brussels: Nuclear Planning Group established 1966 NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season 1966 Nuclear Planning Group forms in Brussels 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1964 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government 1963 Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners 1963 Massemba-Debate elected President of Congo-Brazzaville 1963 Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins 1962 D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow 1962 Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show 1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in West Germany 1959 Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India vs. Australia at Kanpur 1957 Elvis Presley given draft notice to join U.S. Army for National Service 1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1956 Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses 1953 KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, Idaho (CBS) 1st broadcasting 1953 KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY 1949 Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty and the Beast," premieres 1948 Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia 1946 Darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres 1945 Rationg of auto tires ends in US 1944 Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market 1944 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne (NUTS!) 1944 Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions 1944 Terence Rattigans "O Mistress Mine," premieres in London 1943 "International" is no longer U.S.S.R. National Anthem 1942 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta 1941 Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1941 Japanese troops lands on Mindanao 1940 Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000 1939 Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service 1938 Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system 1937 Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia 1935 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii 1933 Bolivia and Paraguay sign weapon cease fire 1932 Queensland all out 74 vs. Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 1930 Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 minutes WI vs. Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) 1929 Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager 1929 Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park 1928 1st internationsl dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que 1928 Ethel Barrymore Theater opens at 243 W 47th St. New York City 1926 Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring 1926 Pope Pius XI convicts fascist pursuit in Italy 1926 Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord," premieres in New York City 1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early 1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (U.S.S.R.) 1922 Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president 1921 AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7 1920 Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut vs. England SCG 1920 Bob Hope became an American citizen 1919 Canadian National Railways established (North America's longest, 50,000 KM) 1919 U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration 1918 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in New York City 1917 Russian secret police in Czechoslovakia forms under Felix Dzerzjinski 1915 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia 1912 J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in New York City 1912 Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faote Maroe," premieres in Paris 1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 1906 Venezuela (under vice-president Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet 1900 Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft) 1894 England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket 1893 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia 1892 Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne 1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York 1891 Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses 1883 International cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls 1880 Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal: Farmers beat Britten 1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way" 1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park 1865 De Clear-Alkmaar railway opens 1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1862 Brigadier-General Nathan Bedford Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky 1861 Battle of Dranesville, VA 1860 South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede 1850 Hawaiian post office established 1830 England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1823 Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde," premieres in Vienna 1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50 1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to U.S. for $27M 1790 1st successful U.S. cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI) 1780 England declares war on Netherlands 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army meets de Esk 1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1 1694 Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben 1688 Prince Willem III's troops pull into London 1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery 1661 Corporation Act enforced in England 1626 Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg 1606 Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va 1600 Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published 1585 English fleet and earl Robert Dudley van Leicester reach Vlissingen 1448 Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal 1192 Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna 1046 Synod of Sutri: German king Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI, 1046 Benedictus IX and Silvester III and names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II 69 General Vespasianus occupies Rome
