2014 Rescuers continue searching for missing AirAsia Flight 8501, which disappeared en route to Singapore from Indonesia on December 28th; the plane carried 162 people 2014 Scottish health officials report the nation's first case of Ebola after diagnosing a health care worker returning from Sierra Leone; the worker did not manifest symptoms until her arrival in Scotland and is currently in stable condition 2013 Russia's Defense Ministry reports the Soyuz-2-1v Russian rocket was successfully launched 2013 Administrative officials claim that over 1.1 million Americans are now enrolled in Obamacare 2012 Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leaves the hospital after undergoing minor surgery to remove a tumor 2012 The Constitutional Council of France strikes down a plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, calling the 'supertax' unconstitutional and unfair 2011 Financial disputes lead New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to report that the National September 11 Museum will not open on time 2011 Poland announces it will provide amnesty to illegal immigrants beginning January 1, 2012 2010 In Beijing, the minimum wage is raised by 20%, the second time in six months 2010 The last death row inmate in Cuba has his death sentence commuted; the nation is against capital punishment and has commuted many death sentences since 2008 2006 Ethiopian troops eject the Islamic forces from Mogadishu, Somalia 1997 Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30 1997 Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu 1997 Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care 1997 Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China 1996 "Dreams and Nightmares" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1996 "Skylight" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 1996 "Taking Sides" closes at Atkinson Theater New York City 1994 B737-400 flies into a mountain at Edremit East Turkey, 54 killed 1994 Bangladesh government of Zia resigns 1994 Billionaire J Paul Getty, Jr. marries Victoria Holdsworth on Barbados 1994 Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down 1994 Shane Warne takes a hat-trick vs. England at cricket MCG 1993 Courtney Love sues doctors for leaking news of her methadone treatment 1993 Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed) 1992 Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency 1991 "Christmas Carol" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 14 performances 1991 12th United Negro College Fund 1991 Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei 1990 Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley 1989 Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBC's "Today" show 1989 Vaclav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia 1989 Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by AP 1988 Soviet Red Army Team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum 1988 Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes 1984 5th United Negro College Fund 1984 Blues took 27 shots against Islanders in 1 period 1984 Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parlimetary elections 1983 Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI 1983 Graeme Yallop completes 268 vs. Pakistan at cricket MCG 1983 U.S. announced withdrawal from UNESCO 1982 Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica 1982 Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins) 1980 Shuttle STS-1 moves from Vandenberg AFB to Launch Complex 39A 1979 Red Army beats New York Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum 1978 Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government 1978 Spain constitution goes into effect 1978 Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, vs. England at the MCG 1977 Ronald Ribman's "Cold Storage," premieres in New York City 1975 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City 1974 Murray Schisgal's "All Over Town," premieres in New York City 1972 Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Everglades killing 101 1972 Life magazine ceases publication 1972 Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson and Max Walker vs. Pakistan at MCG 1969 New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause 1968 Baltimore Colts beat Cleveland Browns 34-0 in NFL championship game 1968 Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes 1968 New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23 in AFL championship game 1967 Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" 1st airs 1967 Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus 1965 "Thunderball" premieres in US 1965 CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year 1965 Supremes release "My World is Empty Without You" 1963 52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2) 1962 Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 years 8 days 1959 Saul Levitt's "Andersonville Trial," premieres in New York City 1958 Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in NFL championship game 1958 TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts 1957 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 50-14 in NFL championship game 1957 Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme wed in Las Vegas 1955 Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13 1954 Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being 1952 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale in Elmsford, New York 1951 Flying Enterprise in difficulty in Canal 1949 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) 1949 Hungary nationalized its industries 1948 Canada recognizes Israel 1948 U.S. State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit 1947 Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine 1944 Belgian nazi Leon Degrelle at default to the death sentenced 1944 General Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles 1940 Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II) 1940 NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14 1938 Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins 1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1937 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ 1937 Pan Am starts San Francisco-to-Auckland, New Zealand service 1934 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader (MSG) 1934 Federico Garcia Lorca's "Yerma," premieres in Madrid 1934 Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Treaty of 1930 1933 Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds 1931 Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey 1931 Victoria score 7 for 435 in second innings to beat NSW 1930 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1929 Police arrest Sukarno and 100s PNI-leaders 1926 Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index 1926 Victoria (1107) beat NSW (221 and 230) by an innings 656 runs 1922 Dutch Constitution proclaimed 1922 Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage 1921 William Lyon Mackenzie King succeeded Arthur Meighen as Canadian PM 1920 The netherlands/Venezuela recover diplomatic relations 1920 Yugoslav government bans Communist Party 1913 1st movie serial, "Adventures of Kathlyn," premieres in Chicago 1911 Proclamation restores "Dei Gratia" from Canada's coins 1911 SF Symphony formed 1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc 1906 Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS) for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1906) 1903 French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad and Ubangi-Shari 1900 General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia 1899 English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up 1895 Dr. L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg 1891 Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio) 1890 U.S. 7th Cavalry massacre about 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1885 Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany) 1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die 1876 Frederic A Bartholdi (Statue of Liberty sculptor) weds Jeanne-Emilie 1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York 1864 Fire Department celebrates 1st annual ball 1862 Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat General Sherman 1862 Bowling ball invented 1857 Franz Liszt's "Die Hunnenschlacht," premieres in Weimar 1852 Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants 1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston) 1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration) 1845 Texas admitted as 28th state 1841 King/grand duke Willem II installs Order of Eikenkroon 1837 Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a U.S. steamboat docked at Buffalo 1837 Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine 1813 British burn Buffalo, New York during War of 1812 1782 1st nautical almanac in U.S. published by Samuel Stearns, Boston 1778 English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia 1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent 1705 Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenee," premieres in Paris 1558 Charles V, German emperor, buried 1541 Isabella of Poland and King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu 1539 St. Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning 1503 Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France
