2014 Ukraine exchanges 222 rebel prisoners for 150 Ukrainian soldiers held by separatist forces; for security reasons, the nation also blockades Crimea, the region annexed by Russia, by stopping bus and train service to and from the area 2014 Zakariya Ahmed Ismail Hersi, a key member of the military arm of the al-Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabab, surrenders to police; the group seeks to take over the U.N.-supported Somali government 2013 Shinzo Abe the Prime Minister of Japan visits the Yasukuni Shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo; the shrine commemorates those who died while in the service of the Empire of Japan during the Meiji Restoration, which stored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 2013 A winter storm earlier in the week leaves thousands without power in Southern Ontario, Maine, Michigan and Vermont; below-freezing temperatures sent many to shelters for warmth 2012 A law banning Americans from adopting Russian children is approved by Russia's parliament; the action is a respons to the U.S. Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act 2012 Severe weather hits the U.S. on Christmas Day; more than 30 tornadoes are reported in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana 2011 Brazil overtakes the United Kingdom as the world's sixth largest economy 2011 Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, sets a new National Football League record for yards passing in a season 2010 Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, will have a street named after him in Capetown 2010 China and South Korea plan to hold defense talks in February 2011 concerning growing regional tension on the Korean Peninsula 2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa 2003 Earthquake kills more than 30,000 in Bam, Iran 1995 Muttiah Muralitharan no-balled for throwing (SL vs. Australia, MCG) 1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds 1994 Actor Jason Hervey (22) weds Kelley Patricia O'Neill (27) 1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille 1994 President brother Roger Clinton (37) weds 8-mo pregnant Molly Nartin (25) 1993 Antonov-26 crashes at Gyumri, Armenia, 36 killed 1993 Comedian Rodney Dangerfield (72) weds Joan Child (41) 1993 Floyd, Nicklaus and Rodriguez wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tourn 1992 NY Jet announcer Marty Glickman retires at 75 1991 Chuck Knolls retires as NFL coach after 23 years 1991 Jack Ruby's gun sells for $220,000 in auction 1991 Militant Sikhs kill 55 and wound 70 in India 1991 New York Islander Derek King ties New Jersey Devils 5-5 with second left 1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship 1990 Reggie Williams becomes 1st General Manager of WLAF's NY-New Jersey Knights 1990 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds 1989 ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG 1988 "Legs Diamond" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 64 performances 1988 Anti African student rebellion in China PR 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik 1986 Captured Iraqi Airways Boeing-737 in Saudi Arabia, about 60 killed 1986 Doug Jarvis, 31, sets NHL record of 916 consecutive games 1986 TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run 1985 Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG 1984 Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este 1983 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1982 TIME's Man of the Year is a computer 1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs. WI 1978 India's former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, released from jail 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1976 "Music Is" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 8 performances 1975 1st supersonic transport service (U.S.S.R.-Tupolev-144) 1975 A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout 1973 "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres 1973 2 Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours 1973 Soyuz 13 returns to Earth 1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 1968 Jay Allens "Forty Carats," premieres in New York City 1968 Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge 1968 Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG 1967 BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour" 1967 Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands 1966 Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday 1965 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway 1965 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game 1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks 1964 Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 20-7 in AFL championship game 1963 "Double Dublin" opens at Little Theater New York City for 4 performances 1963 Beatles release "I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" 1963 U.S. furnishes cereal to U.S.S.R. 1960 "Do Re Mi" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 400 performances 1960 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New York City 1960 Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game 1957 Roger Sessions' 3rd Symphony premieres in London 1955 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating LA 38-14 1955 RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV 1954 "The Shadow," airs for last time on radio 1954 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10 1950 Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs) 1948 Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested 1947 "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater New York City for 34 performances 1947 British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia 1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1946 "Beggar's Holiday" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 111 performances 1946 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" opens at Century Theater New York City for 60 performances 1946 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0) 1946 Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era) 1944 Battle of Bastogne - U.S. General Patton's 4th Pantzers repulse Germans 1944 Budapest surrounded by soviet army 1944 Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago 1943 British sink German battle cruiser Scharnhorst 1943 Chicago Bears win NFL championship 1943 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg vain with bomb to Hitlers headquarter 1941 Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing" 1940 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148 1940 JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in New York City 1939 Earthquake in East Anatolia Turkey 1939 Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels 1938 Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs. Qld before Christ gets him out 1938 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa 1936 Israel Philarmonic Orchestra forms 1935 Stalin views Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady Macbeth" 1934 Yomiuri Giants, Japan's 1st professional baseball team forms 1933 Bradman scores 187* NSW vs. Victoria, 294 minutes, 13 fours 1933 U.S. forswears armed intervention in Western Hemisphere 1932 Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China 1931 George/Ira Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing," premieres in New York City 1931 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy 1931 SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich marries Lina von Osten 1928 Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming 1928 World record 10th wicket stand 307 (Kippax / Hooker) NSW vs. Vic 1926 Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan 1925 1st East West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans 1925 NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pitt Pirates (68) 3-1 1925 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar 1925 New York's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70 1924 Judy Garland, 2, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut 1919 Yankees and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth 1918 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Australia after WW I (Vic vs. NSW) 1917 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron 1917 Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I 1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France 1908 Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title 1902 Most knock downs in a fight, Oscar Nelson (5) and Christy Williams (42) 1899 Mafeking: Bathe-Powells failed assault up fort Game Tree: 24 killed 1892 Opera "Cristoforo Colombo" is produced (La Scala) 1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company 1879 John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres 1878 1st U.S. store to install electric lights, Philadelphia 1877 Socialist Labor Party of North America holds 1st national convention 1872 4th largest snowfall in New York City history (18") 1865 James H Mason (Mass) patents 1st U.S. coffee percolator 1862 Battle of Dumfries, VA 1862 1st U.S. Navy hospital ship enters service 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians hanged in Mankato Minn, due to their uprising 1860 Maiden voyage of 1st steamship owned by 1 man (C Vanderbilt) 1860 Major Robert Anderson, under cover of darkness, concentrated his small force at Ft. Sumter 1854 Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo 1848 1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to SF 1848 William and Ellen Craft escape from slavery in Georgia 1831 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan 1830 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan 1825 Erie Canal opens 1813 Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies 1809 English invasionary troop leaves Vlissingen 1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg 1805 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia 1799 George Washington is eulogized by Col Henry Lee as "1st in war, 1st in peace and 1st in hearts of his countrymen" 1776 Battle of Trenton-major British defeat 1776 George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton 1773 Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia 1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands 1659 Long Parliament reforms in Westminster 1620 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth, MA 1568 Uprising of Morisco's against suppression in Granada 1492 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus 1481 Battle at Westbroek: Dutch army beats Utrecht 1198 French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest 795 St. Leo III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 418 St. Zosimus ends his reign as Catholic Pope 268 St. Dionysius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
