2015 U.S. President Barack Obama vows to veto additional sanctions proposed by Congress against Iran, citing the delicacy of international talks currently underway with the nation regarding limitations on its nuclear program 2014 Academics report that a pelvis bone discovered in Winchester 1999 may belong to King Alfred the Great or his son, Edward the Elder 2014 Responding to privacy concerns raised by former spy contractor Edward Snowden's NSA disclosures, U.S. President Barack Obama announces reforms to NSA phone surveillance 2013 In efforts to turn its back on nuclear power, Japan announces plans to build the world's largest offshore wind farm in the Fukushima Prefecture, near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 2013 After stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France Titles, the IOC takes away the cyclist's bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics; he was found guilty of doping 2012 Co-founder of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, resigns from the position of chief executive officer 2012 India and China agree to build a functional plan to address border issues 2011 In Vietnam, 1,400 members of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam gather to vote for new leaders 2011 All bullet trains in northern and central Japan were temporarily halted due a computer glitch; thousands of passengers are affected 2010 Ali Hassan al-Majid, former Iraqi minister, also known as Chemical Ali, is sentenced to death for the poison gas attack at Halabja 2009 Israel declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza War, effective January 18, as Hamas declares a ceasefire of its own 1998 President Clinton faces sexual harrament charges from Paula Jones 1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking cameraman 1995 "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 322 performances 1995 7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan killing 5,372 die 1995 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup 1995 Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis 1994 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60, $30B in damage 1994 Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment 1993 14th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards 1993 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45") 1992 Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews) 1991 Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel 1991 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins - U.S. led allies vs Iraq 1991 Operation Desert Storm: 1st U.S. pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn) 1990 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin 1990 Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract 1990 Who, Simon and Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & 1990 Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach 1989 Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded 1989 Murden and Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis) 1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami 1988 "Teddy and Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 77 performances 1988 Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti 1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran 1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1985 Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England) 1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws 1983 10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers 1983 Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time 1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians 1981 Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege 1980 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3 1979 New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers 1979 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran 1979 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1977 KC releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams 1977 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 24-14 1977 Zaire president Mobutu visits Belgium 1976 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1 1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency 1974 Styne, Comdem and Green's musical "Lorelei," premieres in New York City 1973 City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi 1973 New Philippine constitution names Marcos president for life 1972 Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd 1971 Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB 1970 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft 1970 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3 1970 John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass) 1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s 1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK 1969 Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in US 1969 Soyuz 5 lands 1968 Soyuz 4 and 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft 1966 B-52/KC-135 tankers crash near Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die 1966 Martin Luther King, Jr. opens campaign in Chicago 1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km 1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 67 points vs Los Angeles 1962 A NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m 1962 Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in SF 1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational 1960 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21 1959 "Say, Darling" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 332 performances 1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART 1957 Cavern Club opens (home of Beatles' 1st appearance) 1955 Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage 1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) 1954 NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-9 1954 Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister) 1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea 1950 "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances 1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities 1948 Netherlands and Indonesia agree to a cease fire 1948 Trial of 11 U.S. Communist party members begins in New York City 1947 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die 1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting 1945 Auschwitz concentration camp begins evacuation 1945 Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4:05.3), retires to do gospel work 1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation) 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary 1944 Korvet Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean 1943 Tin Can Drive Day 1939 Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert 1938 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman 1934 Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants 1934 Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated 1934 New York Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract 1933 Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled 1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater" 1928 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented 1926 George Burns marries Gracie Allen 1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied 1923 Origin of Brown lunation numbers 1920 Paul Deschanel elected president of France 1917 U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands 1916 1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NY 1916 Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in New York City 1915 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens 1915 Russia occupies Bukovina and Western Ukraine 1914 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus," premieres in Berlin 1913 Raymond Poincare elected president of France 1912 Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen 1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly 1911 Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow," premieres in New York City 1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago 1904 Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater 1899 U.S. takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific 1895 French president Casimir-Perier resigns 1895 Felix Faure installed as president of France 1893 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 1893 Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic 1885 British beat Mahdists at Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan 1882 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office 1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction 1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873) 1864 General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN 1863 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia 1862 BBT Ft. Henry, Tennessee by USS Lexington 1861 Flush toilet patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest!) 1852 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) 1832 Johannes van den Bosch appointed Governor-General of Dutch-Indies 1827 Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander 1821 Mexico permits Moses Austin and 300 U.S. families to settle in Texas 1779 Captain Cooks last notation in ship's log Discovery 1775 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol 1775 R B Sheridan's "Rivals," premieres in London 1773 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66 degrees 33' S) 1757 German Diet declares war on Prussia 1746 Battle of Falkirk, Scotland-Edward I defeats and massacres Scots 1718 Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switzerland; kills 53 1656 Brandenburg and Sweden sign Treaty of Konigsberg 1601 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex in treaty with Spain 1595 French king Henri IV declares war on Spain 1584 Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar 1562 Edict of St. Germain recognizes Huguenots in France 1536 Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III 1501 Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
