2015 U.S. President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address, promoting free community college education, increased capital gains taxes on the rich, more paid time off for employees, and greater tax credits for the middle class 2014 Social security numbers and credit cards details of more than 20 million South Koreans are stolen by an IT contractor Leaders from around the world attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland 2013 President Barack Obama is inaugurated in the Blue Room of the White House; this is his second term in office Austria holds a national referendum on whether or not to retain its system of conscription for the army and social service for young men; they vote to keep military service compulsory 2012 Nearly 2,000 Malawi women protest against attacks on women wearing trousers by unemployed youths and street vendors fter three years in exile, Madagascar's President, Marc Ravalomanana announces he will return to the country 2011 Save the Children launches a campaign to help 400,000 children in Sri Lanka deal with the crisis following the worst floods in their history Scientists claim 2010 was the warmest year ever recorded, and the last decade the warmest ever recorded, in 200 years 2010 A week after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, a 6.1 magnitude aftershock strikes Haiti 2009 Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States 2001 George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States 1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama and Papas and Eagles Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tueday night programming 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans, Louisiana on KKND 106.7 FM Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series 1996 46th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan WPAT FM New York City radio station switches to English-Spanish format 1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City for 276 performances 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) 1993 Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA William J. Clinton inaugurated as 42nd president 1992 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup Score begins selling international soccer cards 1991 "Black and Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 829 performances "Les Miserables," opens at Pantages Theatre, LA "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City or 45 performances "Shogun - The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 72 performances 13th UCP Telethon Buffalo Bills beat Los Angeles Raiders 51-3 for AFC title Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic U.S. Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title 1990 47th Golden Globes: Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win U.S. 64th manned space mission STS-32 (Columbia 10) returns from space 1989 Bush inaugurated as 41st president and Quayle becomes 44th vice pres Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket Reagan becomes 1st President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive 1988 Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06) Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham 1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera and Beaters' "At This Moment" 1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under Canal) Military coup in Lesotho under general-major Lekhanya and premier Leabua Jonathan 1985 Cold front strikes U.S., at least 40 die (-27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in Chicago) Superbowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, quarterback 1984 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky Honduras constitution goes into effect Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament 1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days are freed Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA Frank C Carlucci, ends term as deputy director of CIA Islander Glenn Resch's 25th and last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as president 1980 President Jimmy Carter announces U.S. boycott of Olympics in Moscow U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner Superbowl MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, quarterback Superbowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena 1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie" 1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA Mr. Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA 1976 29th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia 1975 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10 Terrence McNally's "Ritz," premieres in New York City 1974 4th NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 15-13 7th ABA All-Star Game: East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia A college basketball game ends 210-67 Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball 1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8) John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan 1970 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at St. Louis Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali and Marciano 1969 Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as president University of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula) 1968 Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak, 71-69 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood 1965 Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV) Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man" JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars and return Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain 1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US 1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances 1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury Francis Poulenc's "Gloria," premieres in Boston Robert Frost recites "Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration Yugoslav ex-vice-president Milovan Djilas flees 1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo 1959 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki, premieres in Moscow 1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election Morton Gould's "Declaration," premieres in Washington, D.C. 1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville 1955 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn 1954 -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (U.S. 48 state record) Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' "Concertino opus 94," premieres 1953 1st U.S. telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower) 1952 British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open 1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 35 performances Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands 1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen President Truman announces his point 4 program 1947 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1946 F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented 4th term as president 1944 RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin 1943 Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F Operation-Weiss: Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian and Croatian 1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain Japanese invade Burma Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on "final solution" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews 1941 Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in New York City 1939 Charles Ives' 1st Sonate "Concord," premieres Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews 1937 -45 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Boca, California (state record) 1st Inauguration day on Jan 20th, (held every 4th years there-after) 1936 Edward VIII succeeds British king George V 1934 Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria 1930 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit) 1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona" 1926 2nd German government of Luther begins 1925 U.S.S.R. and Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to U.S.S.R. 1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris 1921 British submarine K5 leaves with man and mouse Dagestan ASSR forms in RSFSR Mountain Autonomous Republic established in RSFSR Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman Empire 1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws 1910 Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910) 1892 1st basketball game played (Mass) 1887 U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor 1883 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs. Australia MCG 1879 British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana 1872 California Stock Exchange Board organized 1870 "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard Hiram R. Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis 1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress 1868 Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee 1866 Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends 1860 Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes 1850 Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England 1841 China cedes Hong Kong to British 1840 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adelie Land, Antarctica Dutch King Willem II crowned 1809 1st U.S. geology book published by William Maclure 1807 Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris 1801 John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice 1800 Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples 1788 Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga 1785 Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers 1783 Hostilities cease in Revolutionary War 1781 1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published 1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1667 Treaty of Andrussovo-ends 13 year war between Poland and Russia 1648 Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid 1613 Peace of Knarod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark and Sweden 1513 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king 1503 Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs 1356 Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns 1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland 1265 1st English Parliament called into session by Earl of Leicester 1045 Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III 250 Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)
