2014 Tension increases for New York City police after a man kills two officers to avenge the killing of two unarmed black men by police in recent weeks; police have been ordered to work in pairs and to consider their own safety first while on patrol 2014 Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2013 A security news site reports that the credit and debit card account stolen from 40 million Target Corporation customers are up for sale on the black market; cards are being sold from around $20 to more than $100 each 2013 President Barack Obama and the First Family begin their 17-day Hawaiian vacation; this is the sixth year in a row the Obama's have visited family and friends on the island of Oahu for Christmas and New Year's 2012 Christmas food parcels are distributed in the Republic of Ireland; hundreds of people line up to receive them 2012 Following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves the Parliament 2011 Protestors demonstrating against the construction of a power plant in Haimen, southern China, are fired upon with teargas and arrested 2011 Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's proposed austerity measures are debated by the Italian senate 2010 The World Bank officially ends financing Cote d'Ivoire 2010 An important peer-reviewed study of the spatial memory of bumblebees published the Biology Letters journal of the Royal Society is written by two eight year-olds 1997 Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract 1997 Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA 1997 Nancy Kerring and Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on Feb 5 1996 Steelers' Kordell Stewart runs quarterback record 80 yards for TD 1996 Wendy's Three Tour Golf Challenge 1996 Zimbabwe and England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England need 1 to win 1995 David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees 1994 "Christmas Carol" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 18 performances 1994 Italian government of Berlusconi resigns 1992 Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing 727 at Souk al-Sabt, 158 die 1990 Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait 1990 Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 U.S. servicemen 1990 Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president 1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu 1989 Chad adopts its Constitution 1989 Cold wave: -4 degrees F in Oklahoma City, -6 degrees F in Tulsa, -12 degrees F in Pitts, 1989 -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota 1988 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 Million in New Jersey 1988 South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa 1988 Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast 1986 India score 7-676 vs. Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket 1985 "Wind in the Willows" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 4 performances 1985 74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2) 1985 STS-51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B 1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on New York City subway train 1984 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks 1984 Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, vs. WI at the MCG 1983 Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat 1983 Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Caps 1982 William Mastrosimones "Extremities," premieres in New York City 1981 Argentine general Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president 1981 Belgium's 5th government of Martens forms 1980 Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds 1980 President-elect Reagan appoints J Kirkpatrick (UN) and James Watt (Interior) 1978 Kenny Jones becomes The Who's new drummer 1978 Thailand adopts constitution 1977 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes 1976 "Your Arm's Too Short..." opens at Lyceum New York City for 429 performances 1976 35 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1976 East Germany banishes singer Nina Hagen 1974 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approx April 1975 1974 Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals 1974 Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French 1972 6.25 earthquake strikes Managua Nicaragua, 12,000+ killed 1971 KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 U.N. General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General 1971 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1970 Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment 1969 Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots 1968 Julie Nixon weds Dwight David Eisenhower 1966 WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine 1965 Director David Lean's "Dr. Zhivago," premieres 1965 Great Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH 1965 Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up 1964 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet) 1963 Oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49) 1963 Official 30-day mourning period for President John F. Kennedy ends 1962 1,000,000th NBA point scored 1962 Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s 1962 Kinderman Place in the Bronx named 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1959 Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft. Worth 1959 NY Ranger goalie Marcel Paille wears a customized mask 1958 "Chipmunk Song" reaches #1 1958 "Whoop-Up" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 56 performances 1958 2nd Dutch Beel government forms 1957 KWRB (now KFNE) TV channel 10 in Lander-Riverton, WY (ABC) begins 1956 "New Faces of 1956" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 221 performances 1956 Last British/French troops leave Egypt 1953 Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated St. Louis Browns 1952 French government of Pinay, resigns 1952 WSBA (now WPMT) TV channel 43 in York, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1951 Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide 1950 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77 1948 KPIX TV channel 5 in San Francisco, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1947 Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution 1946 "Bal Negre" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 54 performances 1946 Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game 1945 Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established 1944 Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium 1944 Sub Swordfish departs Pearl Harbor for Japan 1943 Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core 1943 WEB Du Bois elected 1st black member, National Inst of Arts and Letters 1941 Japans invasion leader lands on Luzon, Philippines 1941 Tito establishes 1st Proletarian Brigade in Yugoslavia 1941 Winston Churchill arrives in Washington for a wartime conference 1939 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany 1939 Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 vs. Queensland 1939 Finnish counter offensive at Petsamo 1939 99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany 1937 Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic 1936 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa 1935 Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura 1934 1st flight from Netherland to Curacao (Christmas flight 1934) 1934 Miss Theo Trowbridge sets female bowling record 702 pins in games 1930 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo 1924 Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St. Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 1924 Philip Barry's "Youngest," premieres in New York City 1923 Bill Ponsford and Edgar Mayne make 456 opening stand for Vict 1922 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent 1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland) 1919 U.S. deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman 1917 Flanders declares it's independence, under Pieter Tack 1915 Federal Baseball League disolved 1915 Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati 1910 U.S. postal savings stamps 1st issued 1907 Saint-Saens/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne," premieres in St. Petersburg 1894 Dutch coast hit by hurricane 1894 Debussy's "Prelude l'apres-midi d'un faune," premieres 1894 United States Golf Association forms (New York City) 1894 French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 1888 Heavyweight boxing champ John L Sullivan challenges Jake Kilrain 1886 1st national accountants' society in U.S. formed (New York City) 1885 Pope Leo XIII proclaims extraordinary jubilee 1883 August Strindberg's "Lycko-Pers Reja," premieres 1882 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison 1877 "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Massachusetts) 1870 Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands 1815 Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos 1810 British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 1807 Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1790 Russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks 1775 Continental Navy organized with 7 ships 1772 Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny 1731 Dutch people revolt against meat tax 1715 English pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead 1689 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck 1688 Pro-James II, Earl of Danby occupies York 1642 Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente 1596 Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die 1536 English scholar Reginald Pole appointed cardinal 1465 Peace of St. Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik 1216 Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus" 1135 Norman nobles recognize Stefanus van Blois as English king 795 Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I 401 St. Innocent I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
