2015 The four remaining original copies of the Magna Carta have been put on display at the British Library in London; access is limited to scholars and to 1,215 viewers from all over the world who were selected by lottery 2014 The Superbowl takes place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey; the Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8, a historic win for the Seahawks, who haven't won a major championship in 30 years Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung erupts on Sumatra Island, shooting toxic clouds of ash into the air; 15 people die, and the search continues for more victims and survivors 2013 Iran releases a new Qaher-313 combat jet which they claim can evade radar detection In a speech directed at Japan's Self-Defense Forces, the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, vows to defend the Senkaku Islands 2012 A serious cold snap across Europe causes 110 deaths In Kuwait, voters go to the polls for a parliamentary election 2011 Egypt partially restores Internet access after a five-day blackout Ian Thorpe, an Australian swimmer, announces he will come out of retirement to compete in the London Olympics in 2012 2010 The World Food Programme reports that 4.3 million people suffer from hunger in Sudan, the number has quadrupled since 2009 2009 Iran launches first domestically made satellite, Omid, into orbit 1998 Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in New York City for cocaine overdose Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT) Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic 1996 Ali Landry, 22, (Louisiana), crowned 45th Miss USA 1995 "Moliere Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 56 performances Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket U.S. space shuttle Discovery launched 1993 Frito Lay pays court ordered $2,500,000 to Tom Wait for using his song Irina Privalova runs world record 50m indoor (6.05 sec) 1992 Colleen Walker wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45.02 sec) David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 vs. India at Perth IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M) Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40) NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-15 1991 Aravinda De Silva scores 267 vs. New Zealand at Wellington U.S. postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents 1990 Marina Ogilvy, daughter of English princess Alexandra, weds Paul Mowatt South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs 1989 0 degrees F (-18 degrees C) or below in 15 U.S. states FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader NL announces Yankees' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president 1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney 1987 Kansas City Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires Philippines adopts constitution 1986 "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" closes at Ritz New York City after 13 performances Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 28-24 Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica 1985 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano 1984 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards Lebanese army fight in Beirut 1983 Chicago Absp Joseph L. Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals 1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premieres on NBC Government troops and Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead 1980 FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors 1977 Burn up of Salyut 4 Space Station (U.S.S.R.) Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman 1976 "Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" airs on TV "Rich Little Show," debuts on NBC-TV Roger Connor, Fred Lindstrom and ump Cal Hubbard elected to Hall of Fame 1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea Ethiopia Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr 1974 Barbra Striesand's 1st #1 hit, "The Way We Were" Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary" Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641) 1973 "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV James R. Schlesinger, becomes 9th director of CIA Richath Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand vs. Pakistan, Wellington 1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," premieres in London 1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda 1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points 1969 KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, California (CBS) begins broadcasting Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame 1968 Springer Publishers in West Berlin, bombed 1967 Bolivia adopts its constitution Formation of American Basketball Association is announced 1965 Joe Ortons "Loot," premieres in Brighton 1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame 1963 Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard) 1962 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88m) (John Uelses-16', Melrose Games) 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1961 Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam 1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss 1959 Buddy Holly's last performance Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers 1958 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Havana Biltmore Golf Open Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, Puerto Rico (PTC) begins broadcasting 1957 "Candide" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 73 performances United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt 1956 Coasters sign with Atlantic Records 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC 1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game President Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb, done in 1952 Snow falls on Gibraltar 1951 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994) U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1950 "Arms and the Girl" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 134 performances 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV 1949 1st 45 RPM record released Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident 1948 President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program 1946 "Nellie Bly" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 16 performances 1945 Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp 1944 4th U.S. marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory Baseball meets in New York City to discuss postwar action Edward Chodorov's "Decision," premieres in New York City 1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army Cubs return to original uniform after experimenting with a vest German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II 1942 Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans U.S. auto factories switch from commercial to war production 1940 Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1935 Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage, Wisconsin 1934 Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism/nazism 1933 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament Goring bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany Ucicky's "Rotten Morning," premieres in Berlin 1932 Al Capone sent to prison Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries Grimmett takes 14 wickets vs. South Africa (7-116 and 7-83) Reconstruction Finance Corp organized 1931 1st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail, Austria 1927 Harry Tierney/Joseph McCarthy's "Rio Rita," premieres in New York City Ziegfeld Theater (Loew's Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave and 54th St. New York City 1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22 hours 1925 Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began 1924 International Ski Federation (FIS) forms 1923 Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio United States signs friendship treaty with Central American countries 1922 It was 2:22:22 on 2/2/22 James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies) 1920 Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace) France occupies (German) Memel territory Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: U.S.S.R. recognizes Estonian independence 1919 Monarchist riot in Portugal 1914 James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in New York City 1913 N.Y. Giants sign Jim Thorpe New York City's Grand Central Terminal opens 1912 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe) 1909 Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris 1906 Pope encyclical against separation of church and state 1904 U.S. blues singer Gertrude Pridgett marries comic William Rainey 1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization 1900 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris 1894 U.S. warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island 1893 1st movie close-up, of a sneeze, Edison studio, West Orange, New Jersey 1892 Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore) Johnny Briggs takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia SCG Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby 1882 Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven, Conn 1880 SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton 1878 Greece declares war on Turkey 1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis 1870 Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, New York 1869 James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade 1863 Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time 1854 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians" 1852 1st British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St. London) Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Camelias," premieres in Paris 1848 1st ship load of Chinese arrive in San Francisco Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; U.S. acquires Texas California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million 1843 U.S. and British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee 1829 Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does 60,000 pounds damage 1823 Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premieres in Venice 1811 Russian settlers establish Ft. Ross trading post, north of SF 1802 1st leopard exhibited in U.S., Boston (admission 25 cents ) 1798 Federal St. Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in U.S. destroyed by fire 1795 Joseph Haydns 102nd Symphony in B, premieres 1762 Thomas Arnes opera "Artaxerxes," premieres in London 1742 British Walpole government resigns 1732 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia 1731 Georg F Handels opera "Poro," premieres in London 1714 Nicholas Rowe's "tragedy of Jane Shore," premieres in London 1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe" 1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City 1637 Zorilla's "El mas Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid 1633 M Rossi's opera "Erminia sul Giordano," premieres in Rome 1550 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset, freed 1536 Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires 1461 2nd battle of St. Alban's-Lancastrian defeat Yorkists 1141 Battle at Lincoln: King Stephen captured 1119 Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II 1032 Koenraad II succeeds Rudolf III as king of Bourgundy 962 Pope John XII crowns German King Otto I the Great Emperor 506 King Alarik II of Visigoten delegates Lex Romania Visigothorum out
