2014 Sony Pictures will release its controversial comedy, 'The Interview', about an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un; the film was canceled after hacking attacks and threats, but Sony now seeks a wide audience for the movie 2014 The Dow Jones Industrial Average sets a record at 18,024.17; the Dow has taken less than six months to climb from a value of 17,000 points 2013 Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle bearing his name, dies at his home in the city of Izhevsk at the age of 94 2012 Volcanic activity alerts are issued in Chile and Argentina, in areas near the Copahue volcano, after it started to spew ash 2012 The launch of a space satellite into space by North Korea is disputed by South Korean defense ministry, who claim it was a disguised test of a 10,000 km range missile 2011 The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip enters the hospital to treat a blocked coronary artery 2011 North Korea states is will accept all South Korean delegations who wish to pay their respects to the late leader Kim Jong-il 2010 A male Algerian is fined by a court in Nice for insulting the French national flag; this was the first such penalty ever to be administered 2010 Some Greeks in the Greek Parliament protest sweeping cuts approved in the budget 1997 Chicago Bull's coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins 1997 Colorado Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals 1997 Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing 1997 U.S. Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18 1997 Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow 1996 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history 1994 Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players 1991 NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns 1990 "Lettice and Lovage" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 284 performances 1990 Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia 1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison 1986 Rutan and Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling 1984 Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG 1983 Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter 1981 Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033 1980 Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in New York City 1979 New York Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1978 Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against New York Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period 1975 Congress passes Metric Conversion Act 1975 Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents 1974 "Good News" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 16 performances 1974 Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjotakovitsj' Michelangelo-liederen 1973 "Young and Restless" premieres on TV 1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices 1973 French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed 1972 16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70d, survived by cannabalism 1972 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die 1972 Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India vs. England at Delhi 1972 Islanders end 15 games winless streak 1972 "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7 1970 7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" (record) 1970 French author Regis Debray freed in Bolivia 1970 NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m) 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1968 1st U.S. case of space motion sickness 1968 82 members of U.S. intelligence ship 'Pueblo' released by North Korea 1968 Borman, Lovell and Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon 1968 North Korea releases Pueblo crew 1967 Brussels: NATO-Council accept "Flexible Response"-strategy 1966 Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program 1964 India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed 1963 Beach Boys 1st appearance on "Shindig" 1963 Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die 1962 Cuba starts returning U.S. prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion 1962 Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers 20-17 in AFL championship game 1961 KICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1961 Train accident in Italy, 70 die 1961 Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies 1960 De Quay's Dutch government falls 1960 King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power 1958 "Party with Comden and Green" opens at John Golden New York City for 38 performances 1958 Abdallah Ibrahim forms government of Morocco 1957 Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout and Bobby Simpson vs. South Africa 1953 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year 1951 Last Belgian communities get electricity 1951 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game 1947 Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs 1946 Belgian Council of State forms 1946 Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers) 1946 University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game 1945 Frederick Astons "Cinderella" premieres in London 1945 Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church 1944 Beginning of harsh winter 1943 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel and Gretel), Schenectady, New York 1943 General Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day 1942 Allies air attack on Den Helder 1941 American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese 1941 British troops overrun Benghazi Libya 1941 Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma 1940 John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in New York City 1939 Finnish counter offensive at Summa 1939 South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland 1938 Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz" 1933 Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251 1933 Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced to death 1933 Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die 1930 Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York City 1928 NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network 1926 KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 1925 Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah 1923 Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000 1922 BBC Radio began daily newscasts 1922 Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano 1920 Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament 1920 King George V signs Home Rule Act 1919 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1919 Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace 1917 3 British warships come close to Holland 1915 J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in New York City 1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law 1912 1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy" 1912 Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation 1911 Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich 1911 Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin) 1909 Albert becomes king of Belgians 1907 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa 1899 Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa 1899 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa 1899 Tentative Turkish and German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway 1894 Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris 1893 Opera "Hansel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar) 1888 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear 1876 Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed 1867 1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner) 1862 Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis 1852 1st Chinese theater in U.S., Celestial John, opens in San Francisco 1834 Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs 1832 Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender 1823 "Visit from St. Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel 1788 Maryland votes to cede a 10 mile area for District of Columbia 1783 Washington resigns as U.S. Army's commander-in-chief 1779 Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct 1776 Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France 1776 Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" 1751 France sets plan to tax clergymen 1728 Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin 1724 Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund 1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered 1688 English king Jacob II flees to France 1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn 1620 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII 1569 St. Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible 1482 Peace of Atrecht 619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
