2015 Novak Djokovic achieves his third Wimbledon title, winning over Roger Federer; if Federer won, he would have made history as the first to win eight Wimbledon titles 2014 Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani agree to an election vote recount to settle allegations of fraud after Ghani was declared the winner; the process could take weeks, requiring the inauguration ceremony to be postponed 2014 The Netherlands wins over Brazil 3-0 in the World Cup game for third place 2013 The NASDAQ hits its highest level in ten years; the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 close at record highs 2013 Janet Napolitano, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, announces she will resign from her position to become the President of the University of California 2012 The Rolling Stones, English rock band, celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its first performance at the Marquee Club in Oxford Street, London 2012 An estimated 90 - 115 people die when an oil tanker in Okobge, Rivers State Nigeria crashes and explodes 2011 According to Moody's, Ireland's debt rating has been reduced to 'junk' status 2011 In Britain, a ticket holder wins 161,653,000 pounds, the largest EuroMillions jackpot in history 2010 A new long-range unmanned plane named Taranis is unveiled by the U.K. Ministry of Defense 2006 Israel invades Lebanon in response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers 1998 16th Seniors Players Golf Championship: 1998 Jamie Farr Kroger Golf Classic 1997 Pirates Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn 1996 Kirby Puckett, retires from Minnesota Twins 1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million 1996 Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur 1994 65th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-8 at 3 Rivers Stad, Pitts 1994 All star MVP: Fred McGriff (Atlanta Braves) 1994 Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for supreme court justice begins 1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Sunset Promenade" opens in London 1993 Don Imus begins broadcasting to Boston on WEEI (590 AM) 1992 13th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Larry Laoretti 1992 Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert 1992 Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington 1990 Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party 1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990) 1989 New York Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) 1988 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin 1988 All star MVP: Terry Steinbach for the Oakland A's 1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her 1988 U.S.S.R. launches Phobos II for Martian orbit 1987 15th du Maurier Golf Classic: Jody Rosenthal 1987 1st time in 20 years a delegation from U.S.S.R. lands in Israel 1987 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar 1987 8th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player 1987 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief 1985 "Singin' in the Rain" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 367 performances 1985 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in President Reagan's colon 1985 STS-51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, New York becomes 1st woman major-party Vice Presidential candidate 1983 Chad government troops reconquer Abeche 1982 Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs 1981 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic 1979 Ian Palce joins Whitesnake 1979 Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) declares independence from U.K. 1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers 1978 Sun Bank Building opens 1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1977 1st free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise 1977 John Edrich scores his 100th 100, Surrey vs. Derbyshire at The Oval 1976 Ian Dury and Kilburns disband 1975 104th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 279 at Carnoustie 1975 Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings, Derbyshire vs. Yorkshire 1975 Sao Tome e Principe gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1974 John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights 1971 Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders 1970 99th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at St. Andrews 1970 Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky 1970 Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway 1969 98th British Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 280 at Royal Lytham 1968 Couve de Murville forms government in France 1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1967 23 die in Newark race riot 1967 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 4-0 1967 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured and over 1000 arrested 1967 Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship 1966 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record) 1966 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St. Louis 1966 All star MVP: Brooks Robinson for the Baltimore Orioles 1966 Race riot in Chicago 1966 U.S. Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints 1964 19th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1962 1st time 2 manned crafts in space (U.S.S.R.) 1962 Rolling Stones 1st performance, Marquee Club, London 1960 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence 1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched 1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament 1960 U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs 1960 XEWT TV channel 12 in Tijuana-San Diego, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1959 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game 1958 "Li'l Abner" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 693 performances 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1957 1st President to fly in helicopter - Dwight Eisenhower 1957 U.S. Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer 1955 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw 1955 Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina 1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded 1954 President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system 1953 KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, Idaho (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 East German SED decides to form East Germany army 1951 New York Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0 1950 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraws 1950 Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death 1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn 1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence 1949 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die 1949 Los Angeles Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin 1948 1st jets to fly across Atlantic, 6 RAF de Havilland Vampires 1946 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park home run 1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games 1944 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4,000 people gased 1944 U.S. government recognizes authority of General De Gaulle 1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula) 1943 National Committee Freies Deutschland forms 1943 Pope Pius XII receives German ambassador baron von Weizsacker 1943 Russian offensive at Orel 1943 Tank battle at Prochorowka - Russians beat Nazis, about 12,000 die 1935 Belgium recognizes Soviet Union 1934 U.S. Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island abandoned 1934 Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0) 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1931 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St. Louis, help cause many ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game and 21 in 2nd game for 32 1930 34th U.S. Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins 1930 Bradman out for 334 in Test Cricket at Headingley, 383 minutes, 46 fours 1930 Hedley Verity takes 10 for 10 vs. Notts (19 4-16-10-10) at Leeds 1928 1st televised tennis match 1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 home runs 1926 Guomindangleger draws against warlord Wu Peifu 1926 Paavo Nurmi walks world record 4x1500m (16:26.2) 1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs 1921 Indians (9) and Yankees (7) combine for an AL record 16 doubles 1920 Lithuania and U.S.S.R. sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep 1918 Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed 1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox 1912 1st foreign feature film exhibited in U.S. - "Queen Elizabeth" - New York City 1909 16th Amendment approved, power to tax incomes 1906 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France 1902 Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage 1901 Cy Young wins his 300th game 1900 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Basin, Wyoming (state record) 1898 Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda, Sudan 1882 1st ocean pier in U.S. completed, Washington, D.C. 1878 Fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500 1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded 1874 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "Gloria Scott" 1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor 1862 Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas 1859 Paper bag manufacturing machine patents by William Goodale, Massachusetts 1850 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States 1843 Mormon leader Joseph Smith say God OKs polygamy 1817 1st flower show held, Dannybrook, County Cork, Ireland 1812 U.S. forces led by General Hull invade Canada, War of 1812 1801 Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish 1785 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands 1776 Captain Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean 1774 Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence 1774 Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan 1771 James Cook sails Endeavour back to Downs England 1745 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle 1730 Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII 1704 Stanislaw Leszcynski becomes king of part of Poland 1700 Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700 1691 Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII 1691 Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II 1690 Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II 1689 Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland 1679 Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act 1630 New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island 1575 Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon 1549 English boer army occupies Norwich 1543 England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th and last wife) 1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders 1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon becomes king of Naples 1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I 1191 Richard Coeur de Lion and Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine 1109 Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli 526 St. Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
