2015 Turkey sends troops to Syria to rescue 40 guards and relocate remains from the tomb of Sulayman Shah, which is now surrounded by ISIS militants; the site is internationally recognized as Turkish territory 2014 President Obama meets with the Dalai Lama for the third time despite protests from China and warnings that the meeting could threaten diplomatic relations 2014 G-20 nations discuss ending stimulus efforts in economically advanced nations while planning ways to increase global trade and employment opportunities to achieve global GDP growth 2013 Egypt's government announces the country will hold parliamentary elections in April, 2013 2013 Scientists discover that bumblebees have the ability to sense electric fields around flowers, enabling them to identify specific flowers for pollination 2012 Adele, One Direction, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran are among the winners at the 2012 BRIT Awards for British popular music 2012 Euro zone finance ministers agree on a second bailout for Greece 2011 A professor from New York University has an experimental life-blogging camera removed from his head after his immune system rejected the implant 2011 A state of emergency due to snow is declared in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota 2010 The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced foreign direct investment into China has risen for the sixth consecutive month, up $8.3 billion year-on-year 2001 43rd Grammy Awards, U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards 1998 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres 1997 STS-82 (Discovery 22) lands 1996 Soyuz TM-23, launched into orbit 1995 CFL's Sacramento Gold Miners become San Antonio Texans 1995 RAF-pilot Jo Salter is 1st woman to fly in a tornado 1993 43rd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 135-132 (OT) at Salt Lake City 1993 Sergei Bubka pole vaults world record indoor (6.15 m) 1992 Kristi Yamaguchi of U.S. wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating 1991 "Lost in Yonkers" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 780 performances 1991 Neil Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," premieres in New York City 1991 U.S.S.R. announces Iraq agrees to a proposal to end Persian Gulf War U.S. calls the plan unacceptable 1990 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins 1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling 1989 U.S. bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 Billion street value) 1988 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane 1988 Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20) 1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation 1987 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open 1987 Syrian army marches into Beirut 1986 AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School 1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks 1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skateing race 1985 Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit) 1985 Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator 1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds 1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak 1982 "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 1604 performances 1982 "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 36 performances 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic 1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured 1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k) 1981 NASA launches Comstar D-4 1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 1500m in 1:55.44 1980 Hanni Wenzel is 1st Liechtensteiner to win Olymp gold (giant slalom) 1979 Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km) 1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period 1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York City 1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 7 performances 1976 Cardinal Willebrands installed as archbishop of Utrecht 1975 John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album 1975 John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman sentenced to 2-8 yrs 1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez 1974 Silver hits record $5.96 an ounce in London 1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution 1973 Chicago Black Hawks, record 262nd NHL game without being shut-out 1973 Israeli fighters shoot Libyan aircraft down, killing 108 1972 Michael Weller's "Moonchildren," premieres in New York City 1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st U.S. president to visit China 1971 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic 1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117 1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand 1970 Pathet Lao conquerors Xieng Khuang and Muong Suy 1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) 1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators 1968 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin 1968 Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000 1966 Indonesia's president Sukarno fires General Nasution 1964 U.K. flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to U.S. 1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1962 Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands 1961 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Die Physiker," premieres in Zurich 1961 Gabon adopts constitution 1961 Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry Test reaches 172 km 1960 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Lake Worth Golf Open 1958 "Portotino" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 3 performances 1958 Egypt-Syria as UAR elect Nasser president with 99.9 percent of the vote 1957 Dodgers (Ft. Worth) and Cubs (LA) "trade" minor league franchises 1953 "Maggie" closes at National Theater New York City after 5 performances 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule 1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81 1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement) 1952 Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition 1952 Liz Taylor's 2nd marriage to Michael Wilding 1951 South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated 1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting 1947 1st broadcast of 1st U.S. TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember" 1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in New York City, by E H Land 1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champ 1946 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt 1945 Archbishop De Jong calls for help with war casualties 1945 British Army captures Goch 1945 U.S. 10th Armour division overthrows Orscholz line 1944 "War As It Happens" news show premieres on NBC TV (New York City only) 1943 Dutch RC bishops protest against persecution of Jews 1943 German offensive at Western Dorsalgebergte Tunisia 1942 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn 1942 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht 1941 U.S. Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General 1939 Belgian government of Pierlot forms 1934 Nicaraguan patriot Augusto Cesar Sandino assassinated by National Guard 1932 Andre Tardieu becomes premier of France 1932 Camera exposure meter patented, W. N. Goodwin 1931 Alka Seltzer introduced 1931 Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game 1930 Marc Connelly's "Green Pastures," premieres in New York City 1927 Franz Lehr's opera "Zarewitsch," premieres 1925 1st issue of "New Yorker" magazine published 1925 Mass meeting of SPD's Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg 1923 Andre Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London 1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die 1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence 1922 WHK-AM in Cleveland OH begins radio transmissions 1920 Darius Milhaud and Jean Cocteau's ballet, premieres in Paris 1919 German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria 1919 Revolutionary strike in Barcelona 1918 Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine 1917 British Mendi sinks off Isle of Wight, 627 die 1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1916 Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties) 1915 20th Russian Army corps surrenders 1915 World's Fair in San Francisco opens 1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China 1911 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto (Berceuse elegique) 1910 John Galsworthy's "Justice," premieres in London 1909 John Galsworthy's "Strife," premieres in London 1907 SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead) 1904 National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan 1903 Cornerstone laid for U.S. Army war college, Washington, D.C. 1902 Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st U.S. brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation 1895 North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass 1887 1st U.S. bacteriology laboratory opens in Brooklyn 1887 Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday 1885 Washington Monument dedicated in Washington D.C. 1883 2nd French government of Ferry begins 1882 New York City's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours 1878 1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut) 1874 Benjamin Disraeli replaces William Gladstone as English premier 1874 Oakland Daily Tribune begins publication 1866 Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st U.S. woman to earn a DDS degree 1864 Battle at Okolona, Mississippi 1864 1st U.S. Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore 1862 Confederate Constitution and presidency are declared permanent 1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico 1861 Navaho indians elect Herrero Grande as chief 1858 Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Massachusetts) 1857 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in U.S. 1857 U.S. issues flying eagle cents 1853 U.S. authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces 1846 1st U.S. woman telegrapher, Sarah G. Bagley, Lowell, Mass 1842 1st known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C. 1828 1st American Indian newspaper in U.S., "Cherokee Phoenix," published 1804 1st locomotive, Richard Trevithick's, runs for 1st time, in Wales 1797 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to British 1795 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution 1792 Congress passes President Succession Act 1782 U.S. congress resolves establishment of a U.S. mint 1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting U.S. flag 1764 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women" 1675 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland 1673 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet 1613 Michael Romanov, son of Patriarch of Moscow, elected Russian tsar 1598 Boris Godunov crowned tsar 1583 Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar 1574 Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders 1564 Philip II routes cardinal Granvelle to Franche-Comte 1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc 1173 Pope Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Absp of Canterbury
