2014 Protests erupt in New York and other U.S. cities after a grand jury does not indict a white police officer for choking to death an unarmed man, Eric Garner; New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to retrain the police force in conflict resolution 2014 Texas and 16 other U.S. states are suing the Obama administration regarding an executive order that will postpone deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants; the states claim the order is illegal 2013 Yaya is a new island discovered in the Arctic Ocean's Laptev Sea 2013 Six banks are fined $2.3 billion after the European Commission determines they rigged interest rates 2012 All members of the Commonwealth of Nations, who have the British Monarch as their head of state, agree to the Succession of the Crown Bill, enabling a female child, for the first time, to become monarch 2012 In Egypt, one hundred thousand people gather around the Presidential palace to protest proposed constitutional changes by Mohamed Morsi, the President of Egypt 2011 In Koblenz, Germany, 45,000 citizens wait to return home after bomb squads diffuse World War II bombs that were hidden under the Rhine River for nearly 65 years 2011 Tiger Woods wins the Chevron World Challenge, the first tournament he has won in over two years 2010 Political pressure and cyber-attacks directed against WikiLeaks are condemned by Reporters Without Borders 2010 While world leaders back Africa's Alassane Ouattara as the Ivory Coast presidential election winner, a swearing-in ceremony is held for Laurent Gbagbo in Cote D'Ivoire 2009 20 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia 1997 "Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater New York City 1997 NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach 1996 7th Billboard Music Awards 1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral 1996 Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57 1995 Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test 1994 "Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr New York City after 216 performances 1994 "Angels in America-Millennium Approach" closes at Kerr after 367 performances 1994 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1) 1994 Marta Figueras-Dottie/Brad Bryant wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic 1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec) 1993 Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53) 1991 Judds final concert (Nashville) 1991 Muslim Shites release last U.S. hostage Terry Anderson (held 6 years) 1991 Pan American World Airways ceased operations 1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City 1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages 1988 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash 1988 Amy Benz/John Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic 1988 Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers 1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1987 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51) 1986 NASA launches Fltsatcom-7 1986 Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," premieres in New York City 1985 "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London 1985 French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski 1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser 1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner 1983 "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater New York City after 83 performances 1983 "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 241 performances 1983 David Shire and R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in New York City 1983 New Jersey Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0 1983 U.S. jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon 1982 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB) 1982 China adopts its constitution 1982 Police and racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp 1981 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV 1981 President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence 1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) 1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa 1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up 1980 Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies) 1979 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7, Bingo Smith 1979 Liza Minnelli's 3rd marriage (Mark Gero) 1978 Dianne Feinstein is named San Francisco 1st female mayor 1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus 1978 War criminal Pieter Menten freed 1977 Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship 1977 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself 1977 NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats Kansas City 27-7 1977 Neil Simon's "Chapter Two," premieres in New York City 1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage to John Warner 1975 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead 1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims 1974 Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison 1973 Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter 1970 Unemployment in U.S. increases to 5.8 percent 1966 KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational 1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert New York City after 232 performances 1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1965 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner) 1965 Gemini 7 (Borman and Lovell) launched 1965 San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000 1964 Baseball approves a free-agent draft 1964 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album 1964 Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes 1964 Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, vs. Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31 1963 Aldo Moro forms Italian government 1963 Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days 1961 Smallest New York Knick, 49th St. MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) 1961 Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN 1961 WXGeorgia TV channel 8 in Waycross, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community 1958 Finnish government of Fagerholm, resigns 1957 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published 1957 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St. John's England) 1956 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (quarterback) 1954 "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 4 performances 1954 "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 64 performances 1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word 1952 Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO 1951 Copland/Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in New York City 1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500 1949 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run 1948 "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 48 performances 1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die 1947 U.S.S.R. joins International Amateur Athletic Union 1945 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB) 1945 Senate approves U.S. participation in UN 1944 Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded 1943 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Churchill and Turkish President Inonu 1943 Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr. Ribar 1942 1st U.S. citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration 1942 U.S. bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II 1942 Works Progress Administration liquidated 1941 Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts 1935 1,200 at St. Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration 1933 Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road," premieres in New York City 1931 "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair 1930 French government of Tardieu falls 1930 Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control 1928 Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in New York City 1927 Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1927 Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem 1927 Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP 1926 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats University of Toronto, 10-7 1923 Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres 1923 WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show) 1922 Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman Legation Secretary-U.S. foreign service 1920 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds 1920 8th CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3 1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office 1915 F F Fletcher is 1st Admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor 1915 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition opens 1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court 1909 1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6 1908 Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup 1906 Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms 1905 British government of Balfour resigns 1901 Anne Russell's "Girl and the judge," premieres in New York City 1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes 1899 Webb Hayes son of President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor 1890 Willem III, Dutch king, buried 1889 Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean 1875 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, New York City - Tammany Hall, escapes from jail 1867 Grange organized to protect farm interests 1864 Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) GA 1864 Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law 1863 Storm flood ravages Netherlands coastal provinces 1851 President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France 1844 James K Polk elected 11th president of US 1843 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas and rope) patented, Mass 1843 Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig 1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa 1833 American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia 1832 French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp 1829 Britain abolished "suttee" in India, widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre 1816 James Monroe (VA), elected 5th president, defeating Federalist Rufus King 1812 Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania patents a horse-drawn mower 1798 Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt 1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published 1783 General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, New York City 1745 Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby 1691 Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania 1691 Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands 1688 General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III 1682 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester) 1680 Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th 1674 Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago 1665 Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris 1655 Middelburg Netherlands forbids building of synagogue 1644 1st European peace congress opens in Munster 1619 America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va) 1563 Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years 1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad 1489 Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors 1259 Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III and French king Louis IX 1197 Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah 1110 Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
