2015 Sierra Leone Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is entering a voluntary 21-day quarantine after one of his bodyguards dies of Ebola; spread of the virus has been slowing, but a recent increase in infections has led to new calls for precaution 2014 Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra will begin selling the e2o, an electric car, in Bhutan for about $11,300; vehicle exhaust is causing air pollution problems in Bhutan that threaten the country's tourist-dependent economy 2014 New Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announces plans to cut government spending and use the funds to decrease taxes on individuals and regional businesses; Italy's unemployment rate increased 0.2 percent in January to 12.9 percent 2013 Scientist identify genetic links between several psychiatric disorders: ADHD, bipolar disorder, autism, depression, schizophrenia 2013 In North Carolina, a neuroscientist at Duke University announces he has successfully connected the brains of two rats in such a way that they share information 2012 IBM announces it is on the cusp of creating the world's first quantum computer 2012 Scientists discover two new species of prehistoric penguins, Kairuku waitaki and Kairuku grebneffi, which stood over five feet tall 2011 The last surviving veteran of World War I, Frank Buckles, dies in Charles Town, West Virginia at the age of 110 2011 In Egypt, a travel ban is imposed on former President Hosni Mubarak and his family 2010 Egypt announces the discovery of a granite head from a statue of Tutankhamun's grandfather, Amenhotep III, buried at a temple in Luxor 2003 United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction 1998 "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1998 Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points 1997 Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia 1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US 1996 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins 1995 Denver International Airport opens 1994 Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect 1993 "Anna Christie" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 54 performances 1993 7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins 1993 Iolanda Chen triple jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m) 1993 Tony Curtis weds Lisa Deutsch as his 4th wife 1991 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam 1991 "Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 36 performances 1991 Don Mattingly named 10th New York Yankee Captain 1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16) 1991 U.S. and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire 1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine 1990 U.S. 65th manned space mission STS-36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit 1989 Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA 1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public 1989 Red Schoendienst and Al Barlick elected to Hall of Fame 1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada 1988 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed 1988 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st New Jersey Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game 1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13) 1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade 1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs 1984 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8 1983 Final episode of M*A*S*H; 125,000,000 viewers 1982 AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day 1982 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic 1982 FALN (Puerto Rico Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street 1981 Calvin Murphy (Houston), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws 1981 China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m) 1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York City 1977 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, Los Angeles California) 1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends 1976 18th Grammy Awards: 'Love Will Keep Us Together' Record of the Year, Natalie Cole wins as best New Artist 1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession 1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara 1975 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 1975 EG signs accord of Lome with 46 developing countries 1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1974 Taiwan police shoots into crowd 1974 U.S. and Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years 1973 Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 1972 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China 1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, Kentucky (IND) begins broadcasting 1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 1970 "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 4 performances 1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge 1970 Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53) 1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1970 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1969 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of GBR 1969 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina and Ulanov of URS 1969 Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR 1969 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA 1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes 1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale begin a joint holdout against Dodgers 1962 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN 1961 John F. Kennedy names Henry Kissinger special advisor 1960 8th winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, California 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open 1960 U.S. wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4 1959 "Goldilocks" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 161 performances 1959 Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs USA won by Denny and Jones of GRB 1959 Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner and Paul of CAN 1959 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss USA 1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit 1959 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA 1959 NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to Los Angeles Rams for 9 players 1958 West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket 1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory 1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Massachusetts 1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory 1954 Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament 1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev and Malenkov 1951 French government of Pleven dissolves 1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major U.S. crime syndicates 1950 "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 46 performances 1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan 1943 "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown and Todd Duncan 1943 63 U Boats (359,300 ton) sinks this month 1942 1st weapon drop on Netherlands 1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit 1941 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month 1941 British-Italian dogfight above Albania 1940 1st televised basketball game (University of Pittsburgh beats Fordham University, 50-37) 1940 Richard Wright's "Native Son" published 1940 U.S. population at 131,669,275 1939 Great Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 1935 Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit 1935 Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers 1933 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor 1933 German President Von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion 1933 Hitler disallows German Communist Party (KPD) 1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass 1931 Oswald Mosley founds his New Party 1929 Chicago Blackhawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home 1925 "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hit #1 1925 Congress authorizes a special handling stamp 1925 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games) 1925 Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms 1924 U.S. begins intervention in Honduras 1923 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands 1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 1922 English princess Mary marries viscount Lascelles 1922 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions 1920 Maurice Ravel's "Le tombeau de Couperin," premieres 1917 AP reports Mexico and Japan will allie with Germany if U.S. enters WW I 1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (San Francisco) 1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) 1912 Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50 1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 1906 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games 1904 Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres 1903 Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000 1902 Jules Massenets opera premieres in Monte Carlo 1900 General Buller's troops relieve Ladysmith Natal 1896 France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar 1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" 1891 Oscar Grunden skates world record 500m (50.8 sec) 1888 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes 1888 Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres 1883 1st U.S. vaudeville theater opens in Boston 1882 1st U.S. college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University 1879 "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation 1878 U.S. congress authorizes large-size silver certificate 1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections 1863 Confederate raider "Nashville" sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia 1862 Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris 1861 Territories of Nevada and Colorado created 1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisconsin 1849 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from east coast 1847 U.S. defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento 1844 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes 1835 Dr. Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala" 1828 Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna 1827 1st commercial railroad in U.S., Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) chartered 1826 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet 1819 1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Schafers Klageleid" 1810 1st U.S. fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 1794 U.S. Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin 1784 John Wesley charters Methodist Church 1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves 1759 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages 1749 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published 1730 Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy 1728 Georg F. Handels opera "Siroe, re di Persia," premieres in London 1704 Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City 1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100 1692 Salem witch hunt begins 1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands 1646 Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church 1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 1610 Thomas West, Baron de La Mar, is appointed governor of Virginia 1570 Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas 1066 Westminster Abbey opens 870 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
