2015 Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party, is elected as Prime Minister of Greece on an anti-austerity platform 2014 Stanislas Wawrinka wins his first Grand Slam title when he beats Rafael Nadal in the 2014 Australian Open final 2014 Prominent Chinese legal activist, Xu Zhiyong, is sentenced to four years in prison; convicted of 'gathering a crowd to disturb public order,' the case is seen as evidence that Communist Party leaders wish to expunge any challenges to the power or leadership 2013 The group of hackers known as Anonymous, hacks into the U.S. Sentencing Commission website as a response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz, an American computer programmer, and internet activist 2013 At the 2013 Australian Open, tennis pro Victoria Azarenka wins the women's singles event, after winning three sets in the final against Li Na 2012 On Australia Day nearly 200 indigenous protesters surround a restaurant in Canberra, trapping Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, opposition leader inside 2012 A U.S. gene sequencing company, Illumina, adopts a poison pill strategy, fighting against a hostile big by Roche Holding 2011 The 41st World Economic Forum convenes in Davos, Switzerland 2011 Top airport security officials are fired after a suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport kills 35 people, injures 130 2010 James Cameron's film, Avatar, surpasses his 1997 film Titanic, and becomes the highest grossing film of all time 2003 Super Bowl XXXVII, Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Oakland Raiders 48-21 2001 Earthquake kills 20,000 in Bhuj, India 1998 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls and Babyface win 1998 Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip 1998 President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" 1997 "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 308 performances 1997 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63) 1997 Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant 1997 Super Bowl XXXI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots 35-21 1996 "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg 1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman, dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern 1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide 1992 "Little Hotel on the Side" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 41 performances 1992 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (63 36 64 62) 1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect 1992 Superbowl XXVI: Washington Red Skins beat Buffalo Bills, 37-24 in Minnesota Superbowl MVP: Mark Rypien, Washington, quarterback 1991 "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1991 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61) 1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church 1991 Houston guard Vernon Maxwell is 4th NBAer to score 30 pts in a quarter 1991 Jan Stenerud becomes 1st pure placekicker to make NFL Hall of Fame 1991 New York Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50) 1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic 1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asstistant General Manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) 1989 "Black and Blue" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 829 performances 1989 AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988 1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG 1989 Madison Square Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan 1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney 1989 U.S. computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus 1988 "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 4,000+ performances 1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor 1987 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama 1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title 1986 Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ 1986 Val Skinner wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic 1986 Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda 1986 Superbowl XX: Chicago Bears beat New England Patriots, 46-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Richard Dent, Chicago, DE 1985 42th Golden Globes: Amadeus wins 1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season 1984 Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 U.S. Navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst, New Jersey 1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California 1982 Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins 1982 Mauno Koivisto elected president of Finland 1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs. Australia at Adelaide Oval 1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro 1980 Islanders and Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game 1980 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations 1979 "Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS 1979 Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht, Netherlands 1978 Frank Herbert completes his novel "Destination: Void" 1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit 1978 Mario Soares forms Portuguese government 1978 Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40 1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are 1st to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki 1976 6th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 23-20 1976 Belgium catholic elite start amnesty campaign for war criminals 1976 David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in New York City 1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon 1976 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 23-20 1975 Edward Albee's "Seascape," premieres in New York City 1973 Belgium government of Leburton forms 1972 Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute 1971 Charles Manson convicted of murder 1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes 1970 Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City 1969 "Red, White, and Maddox" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 41 performances 1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan U.S.S.R. 1966 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:06.2) 1965 South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 1963 "Milk and Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 543 performances 1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone 1962 Bishop Burke of Buffalo Catholic dioceses declares Chubby Checker's 1962 Canadian Marine Service renamed Coast Guard 1962 David Diamond's 7th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia 1962 U.S. launches Ranger 3, misses Moon by 22,000-mi (37,000-km) 1962 "Twist" is impure and bans it from all Catholic schools 1961 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" by Elvis Presley peaks to #1 1961 1st woman "personal physician to president"-JG Travell 1960 Danny Heater scores 135 pts in basketball game (Boys' HS) 1960 High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points 1960 Oakland enters AFL 1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot 1959 Italy government of Fanfani resigns 1959 KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 H Laskow replaces Moshe Dayan on as Israeli minister of Defense 1958 Jack Smith takes over for Art Baker as TV host of "You Asked for It" 1958 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lake Worth Open Golf Invitational 1957 Bernanos and Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres 1957 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms 1957 India annexes Kashmir 1957 Joseph F Cairnes succeeds Lou Perini as President of Milwaukee Braves 1956 7th Winter Olympic games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1956 Buddy Holly's 1st formal recording session 1956 Hank Greenberg and Joe Cronin are elected to Hall of Fame 1956 Porkkala military base returned to Finland by U.S.S.R. 1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland 1951 Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1950 India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion 1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed 1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die 1945 Soviet forces reach Auschwitz concentration camp 1942 1st U.S. force in Europe during WW II go ashore in Northern Ireland 1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel 1940 Nazi's forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains 1939 Federal Hall National Monument established 1939 Filming begins on 'Gone With the Wind' 1939 Franco conquers Barcelona 1934 Bradman scores 128 NSW vs. Victoria, 96 minutes, 17 fours 4 sixes 1934 Nazi Germany and Poland sign non-attack treaty for 10 years 1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead) 1932 KUT-AM in Austin Texas changes call letters to KNOW 1931 Hungary-Austria sign peace treaty 1931 Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow the Lilacs," premieres in New York City 1930 Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories) 1929 Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence 1927 Maxwell Anderson's "Saturday's Children," premieres in New York City 1926 Television 1st demonstrated (J L Baird, London) 1924 Charles Jewtraw, U.S. 500m skater, takes 1st Winter Olympics gold medal 1922 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Pastoral Symphony," premieres in London 1921 Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms 1921 Toronto St. Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers 1920 Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window 1915 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado established 1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike 1914 Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index 1913 Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro 1911 Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego 1911 Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden 1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris 1907 J M Synge's "Playboy of Western World" opens; police are called 1905 Arnold Schonberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna 1905 Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea 1900 Henrik Ibsen's "Naar vi Dode Vaaguer," premieres in Stuttgart 1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army 1891 Oscar Wilde's "Duchess of Padua," premieres in New York City 1887 Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian Emperor John IV defeats Italians 1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor 1885 Muhammad Ahmed ("Mahdi") rebels conquer Khartoum 1884 1st Dutch Wagner version of Elizabeth aria 1882 France government of Gambetta falls 1881 Union of Baptists Communities forms in Foxholl 1875 Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green 1871 British Rugby Union forms 1871 U.S. income tax repealed 1870 Virginia rejoins US 1863 54th Regiment (Black) infantry forms 1863 War Department authorizes Mass governor to recruit black troops 1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order 1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede 1850 1st German-language daily newspaper in U.S. published, New York City 1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain 1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol 1837 Michigan admitted as 26th U.S. state 1833 Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan 1802 Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library 1797 Russia, Prussia and Austria sign treaty 1790 Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna 1789 John Odell signs contract for 336 pounds to build St. Peter's church (Bronx) 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Port Jackson, New South Wales 1784 Ben Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America's symbol 1748 England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty 1736 Stanislaw Lesczynski flees Polish throne 1699 Venice, Poland and Austria sign peace treaty with Turkey 1697 Isaac Newton receives Jean Bernoulli's 6 month time-limit problem, solves problem before going to bed that same night 1689 Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr 1666 France declares war on England and Munster 1654 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife 1531 Lisbon hit by Earthquake; about 30,000 die 1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France 66 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
