2015 Teixobactin, a newly discovered antibiotic, offers hope in treating tuberculosis and infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria; the drug has been effective in rodent trials but has not yet been tested in humans 2014 Apple announces its holiday earnings will be announced January 27; investors will care most about the company's iPhone and iPad sales 2014 Hillary Clinton has rented out her 2008 campaign email list to a prominent group of supporters urging her to run for President in 2016 2013 U.S. Republican Chuck Hagel is nominated to be the country's next Secretary of Defense by President Barack Obama; John O. Brennan is nominated to be the next CIA Director 2013 The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics estimates at least 17 billion planets exist that are comparable to the size of the Earth and the Milky Way 2012 Eleven people are killed when their hot air balloon collides with a power line and crashes near Carterton, New Zealand 2012 Funding disputes lead several of Bosnia's cultural institutions to close 2011 The international association football tournament, the AFC Asian Cup, officially opens in Qatar 2011 Tunisia's youth protest for several days over political grievances and social problems including the job market and purchase power 2010 An employee at ABB Power building in St. Louis, Missouri, commits suicide after shooting eight people, 3 fatally 2009 Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, endorses Russia's decision to turn off gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine 1999 Senate begins to try President Clinton on lying under oath and obstruction of justice in the Lewisnky case 1997 Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House 1996 "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 1622 performances 1996 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000 1995 "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 18 performances 1995 "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 280 performances 1994 South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs 1994 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding 1994 United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5 1992 AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499) 1992 Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan 1992 Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1991 "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV 1990 Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64 1990 Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far 1989 Akhito becomes emperor of Japan 1989 International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris 1989 NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11) 1989 Cleveland Cavaliers block 21 New York Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record 1987 French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum 1987 Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest 1986 Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes 1986 STS-61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems 1986 U.S. president Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya 1985 "King and I" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 191 performances 1985 Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet 1985 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ) 1985 Lou Brock and Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1983 Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win vs. England 1983 Reagan ends U.S. arms embargo against Guatemala 1982 "Fame" premieres on NBC TV 1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick 1980 Minn ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends 1979 Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge 1978 Angola revises its constitution 1977 Huyman Rights Charta '77 established in Prague 1975 "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 1050 performances 1975 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere) 1975 Gary Geld and Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah," premieres in New York City 1975 Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage 1974 Dutch rations gasoline 1973 "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 14 performances 1973 British Darts Organisation founded in North London 1973 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational 1973 Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 vs. Pakistan Never again 1973 U.S. poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize 1973 WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die 1972 Los Angeles Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record) 1972 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1971 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record) 1970 Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock" 1969 U.S. Congress doubles president salary 1968 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV 1968 1st class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents 1967 "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV 1966 Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts 1966 Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become NWA champ 1965 France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold 1964 Bahamas becomes self-governing 1964 Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707) 1963 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents 1962 AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 47-27 1962 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails 1962 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock 1961 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16 1961 Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps 1959 U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government 1958 U.S.S.R. shrinks army to 300,000 1956 Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs. New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy 1955 Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City) 1955 WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mount Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb 1952 French Plevin government falls 1950 "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 3 performances 1950 Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry" 1950 Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) 1949 1st photo of genes taken at University of South California by Pease and Baker 1948 U.S. president Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan 1947 Australia vs. England at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Australia since 1882 1946 Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union 1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen 1944 Air Force announces production of 1st U.S. jet fighter, the Bell P-59 1942 WW II siege of Bataan starts 1939 U.S. worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) 1936 Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m) 1935 Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in New York City 1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts 1934 Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld 1933 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands 1932 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Michigan 1930 Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in New York City 1929 "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres 1929 "Tarzan," one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears 1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies 1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London 1927 Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Ill) 1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City 1923 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan 1916 German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun 1914 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal 1913 William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum 1911 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, SF 1911 Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam 1910 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators sweep Galt (Ont) in 2 games 1908 England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG 1907 Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in New York City 1904 Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st International radio distress signal 1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" 1903 Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel 1899 Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's 1896 Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook 1894 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing 1893 Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat," premieres in Berlin 1892 Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Okla-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns 1890 W B Purvis patents fountain pen 1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Valley of Fear" 1879 Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont 1868 Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock 1868 Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson 1862 Battle of Manassas Junction, VA 1862 Romney Campaign-Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV 1861 Florida troops takeover Ft. Marion at St. Augustine 1842 Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris 1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago 1830 1st U.S. Railroad Station opens (Baltimore) 1822 1st printing in Hawaii 1822 Liberia colonized by Americans 1817 2nd Bank of U.S. opens 1785 1st balloon flight across English Channel (Blanchard and Jeffries) 1784 1st U.S. seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia 1782 1st U.S. commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia 1761 Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten 1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) 1698 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England 1654 Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp, Netherlands, 1 dies 1630 Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno 1622 Germany and Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg 1618 Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor 1610 Galileo discovers 1st 3 Jupiter satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede 1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia 1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth 1598 Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodore I 1584 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire 1579 England signs an offensive and defensive alliance with Netherland 1566 Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V 1566 Michaele Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V 1558 Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French 1325 Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal 754 Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion
