2015 New anti-austerity Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras halts the public asset privatizations required under Greece's bailout agreement with its foreign creditors; Standard & Poor's has lowered its rating on Greek national debt from stable to negative 2014 The U.S House of Representatives and Senate finalized a long-delayed farm bill designed to cut $19 billion in farm subsidies, and reduce the $8 billion spent on food stamps over the next ten years 2014 Apple releases earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013; its stock price drops eight percent because they sold 51 million iPhones, falling short of analyst expectations that they would sell 55 million iPhones 2013 'Hareetz', Israel's oldest daily newspaper, publishes a story in which Israel admits it has administered birth-control injections to Ethiopian Jewish immigrants, without fully educating recipients of its effects 2013 Beatrix of the Netherlands announces she will abdicate her throne to her son, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, on April 30, 2013 2012 Protests run by Occupy Oakland in Oakland City, California turn violent; approximately 300 people are arrested 2012 A German government plan proposing that a eurozone 'budget commissioner' take control of Greece's economic affairs is leaked 2011 Responding to anti-government protests in Egypt, the government cuts off access to the internet, cell phones, and imposes a curfew 2011 President Mubarak asks his government to resign 2003 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush stated that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire 'significant quantities of uranium from Africa' (a claim substantiated only by forged documents) 2001 Super Bowl XXXV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants 34-7 1998 Michelangelo, "Christ and the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million 1996 "Hello Dolly!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62) 1996 Superbowl XXX: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-17 in Tempe Superbowl MVP: 1995 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62) 1995 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64) 1995 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise 1994 Actress Lorraine Bracco (39) weds actor Edward James Olmos (46) 1994 Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose, California, 1 dead 1994 Inna Lassovskaja jumps ladies world record (14.78m) 1992 Boon completes twelfth Test century, 135 vs. India at Adelaide 1992 Stan Hansen beats Jumbo Tsuruta to win All Japan Triple Crown 1991 "A Closer Look" with Faith Daniels premieres on NBC-TV 1991 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer and Janet Jackson 1991 Boon completes ninth Test century, 121 vs. England at Adelaide 1991 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule 1990 "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London 1990 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret) 1990 Superbowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, quarterback 1989 46th Golden Globes: Rainman, Working Girl 1989 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64) 1989 Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 vs. WI at SCG 1988 "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 597 performances 1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional 1987 U.S. Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo 1987 Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant 1986 "Uptown... It's Hot!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 24 performances 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff 1986 Angolan Unity Leader Jonas Savimbi visits Washington, D.C. 1985 12th American Music Award 1984 41th Golden Globes: Thornbirds wins 1984 Los Angeles Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak 1984 Mr Glynn Wolfe marries for non-bigamous record 26th time, Las Vegas 1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled, Fuerth, West Germany 1982 U.S. General Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1981 "5 O'Clock Girl" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 12 performances 1981 William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987) 1981 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision 1980 37th Golden Globes: Dustin Hoffman and Sally Field wins 1979 "Wiz" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1672 performances 1979 Arthur Kopit's "Wings," premieres in New York City 1978 "Fantasy Island" starring Ricardo Montalban premieres on ABC TV 1978 Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Ted Nugent autographs a fan's arm with his knife 1976 Erapalli Prasanna takes 8-76 to rip through New Zealand at Eden Park 1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks begin a 28 game road losing streak 1975 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio 1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame 1973 "Barnaby Jones" premieres on CBS TV 1973 Henry Boucha, Detroit Red Wings, scores 6 sec into a game vs Mont 1973 Mickey Welch, George Kelly and Billy Evans elected to Hall of Fame 1973 Ron Howard appears on M*A*S*H in "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet" 1972 Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game 1970 Lubomir Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia 1969 2nd ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America 1968 29th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Chandler Harper 1968 Goose Goslin and Kiki Cuyler elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1967 Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together" 1965 The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV 1963 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record) 1962 Johanne Relleke gets stung by bees 2,443 times in Rhodesia and survives 1961 Republic of Rwanda proclaimed 1960 Goon Show's final episode on BBC 1960 NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) and Minnesota Vikings (1961) franchises 1959 Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US 1958 Construction began on 1st private thorium-uranium nuclear reactor 1958 Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck 1957 "Tonight! America After Dark" premieres, with Jack Lescoulie and Al (Jazzbo) Collins on NBC (between Steve Allen and Jack Paar) 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show) 1953 J. Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" 1953 WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1951 "La Vie Commence Demain," which depicted artificial insemination and is the 1st X-rated movie, opened in London 1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud 1949 New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith 1949 U.N. Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia 1947 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000 1945 Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java 1945 General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China 1945 Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands 1944 683 British bombers attack Berlin 1944 Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh 1944 U-271 and U-571 sunk off Ireland 1943 Chicago Blackhawks beats New York Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals 1943 Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with 5 points in a game 1942 General Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine 1942 German troops occupy Benghazi Libya 1936 Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera 1935 Iceland becomes 1st country to legalize abortion 1934 1st U.S. ski tow (rope) begins operation (Woodstock Vermont) 1933 French government of Paul Boncour falls 1933 German government of Von Schleicher falls 1932 1st U.S. state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin) 1932 Japan occupies Shanghai 1931 Bradman scores 220 NSW vs. Victoria, 308 minutes, 13 fours 1928 Christopher Hornsrud chosen Prime Minister of Norway at age 101 1927 Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls 1925 -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record) 1923 1st "Reichs Party" (NSDAP) forms in Munich 1923 Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent 1923 NSDAP 1st election in Munich 1922 American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" 1922 J. E. Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL 1918 Strike on Berlin ammunition's factory 1918 Trotsky becomes leader of Reds 1916 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis, appointed by Wilson 1916 German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France 1916 Opera "Goyescas," premieres (New York City) 1915 1st U.S. ship lost in WW I, William P Frye (carrying wheat to UK) 1915 U.S. Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services 1915 U.S. President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates 1914 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City) 1914 Beverly Hills, California, is incorporated 1911 Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo 1909 U.S. military forces leave Cuba for 2nd time 1904 1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them 1902 Carnegie Institute founded in Washington D.C. 1899 American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress 1893 Edward Mcdowell's "Hamlet and Ophelia," premieres in Boston 1887 England all out for 45 vs. Australia SCG, their lowest total ever 1881 Battle at Laing's Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British 1878 1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT) 1878 George W. Coy hired as 1st full-time telephone operator 1878 Yale Daily News published, 1st college daily newspaper 1871 Paris surrenders to Prussians 1865 President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners 1864 Battle of New Bern, NC 1860 Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua 1858 John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry 1851 Northwestern University in Chicago chartered 1848 King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution 1846 Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) 1830 Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris 1824 William Kneass becomes 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40) 1821 Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore 1814 Stendahl's 1st book is published 1807 London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW 1788 Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France 1787 Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes 1689 English parliament ends king Charles II reign 1613 Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune 1581 James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland 1561 By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended 1547 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England 1495 Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France 1393 Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents) 1262 Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm 1099 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria 1077 German king Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness 1077 Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV
