2015 'Game of Thrones' leads Emmy Award drama nominations with 24, giving network HBO the lead with 124 nominations overall; ABC ranks second with 42 total nominations for this year's awards, to be held in September 2014 The U.S. adds new sanctions against Russia, prohibiting certain Russian international businesses from accessing U.S. capital markets; the move extends previous sanctions targeting specific individuals and their companies 2014 Time Warner, Inc. may be offered $75 billion by Twenty-First Century Fox in a proposed merger deal that would create the world's largest media company; Time Warner rejected an earlier proposal by Fox 2013 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, will welcome it's first McDonald's early next year; the site will be run by the son of Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Henry Nguyen 2013 In Greece, new austerity measures prompt the unions to call for a general strike 2012 Jon Lord, an English composer and pianist and co-founder of the heavy rock group, Deep Purple, dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism 2012 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves of Truvada, the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington, D.C. despite a warning from the People's Republic of China 2011 The funeral for the final heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Otto von Habsburg, occurs in Vienna, attended by monarchs and members of the political elite 2010 U.S.-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is placed on the U.S. 'terror blacklist' 2009 The parliament of Iceland votes to pursue joining the European Union 2007 Earthquake in Japan damages nuclear power plan releasing 300 gallons of radioactive water 2005 6th Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling is released: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 1997 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker 1995 "Buttons on Broadway" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 40 performances 1995 "Chronicles of a Death Foretold" closes at Plymouth New York City after 55 performances 1995 13th Seniors Players Golf Championship: J. C. Snead 1995 50th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Annika Sorenstam 1994 "Sisters Rosensweig" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 556 performances 1994 1st parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hits Jupiter (until July 22nd) 1994 3 tenors-Placid Domingo, Luciano Parvoti, Jose Carreras, perform in Los Angeles 1994 Anna Nicole Smith (26) weds billionaire J. Howard Marshall II (89) 1994 Baseball Night in America premieres, no Saturday day games 1994 Comet Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter 1994 Shreveport Pirates 1st CFL home game (vs Toronto Argonauts) 1994 Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights 1994 Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup 1993 President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville 1993 S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for 705,500 pounds in London 1993 San Francisco outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consec errorless games 1990 400 die in a, 7.7, earthquake in Philippines 1990 Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA 1990 New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities 1990 Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV 1990 Ukraine declares independence 1989 44th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King 1988 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec 1988 Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds 1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts 1988 Michael J. Fox marries Tracy Pollan 1988 San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings 1988 Wayne Gretzky (NHL) and Janet Jones (Police Academy 5) wed in Edmonton 1987 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1987 Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81) 1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8) 1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn 1985 All star MVP: LaMarr Hoyt (San Diego Padres) 1985 Bill to abolish Greater London Council receives royal assent 1983 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident 1982 George P. Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs 1982 NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth 1982 Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud 1981 India performs nuclear Test 1981 Shukuni Sasaki spins 72 plates simultaneously 1980 Polish railway workers block railway to Russia 1980 Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit 1979 Premier/president al-Bakr of Iraq is succeeded by Saddam Hussein 1978 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic 1977 Janelle Commissiong, of Trinidad and Tobago, crowned 26th Miss Universe 1976 Rock duo Loggins and Messina break-up after 6 years 1975 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term 1973 During Watergate hearings, Butterfield reveals existence of tapes 1972 Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes 269th patriarch of Constantinople 1972 Smokey Robinson and Miracles final live performance 1971 Franco points prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain 1970 Iraq's constitution goes into effect 1970 Reds spoil Pirates debut in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium, 3-2 1969 Apollo 11, carrying 1st men to land on Moon, launched 1967 Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open 1967 Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida) 1966 "Half a Sixpence" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 512 performances 1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens 1964 Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as President candidate 1963 Amazon carries 190,000 m3/sec (record) 1962 NASA civilian Test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,600 m 1961 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open 1961 Ralph Boston of U.S., sets then long jump record at 27' 2" 1960 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer 1960 George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch hit home runs with a runner on 1957 Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08) 1956 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1956 Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes part of Russian SFSR 1956 King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England 1956 Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent 1955 "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland 1953 KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast 1951 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) 1951 King Leopold III, of Belgium, abdicates 1951 Len Hutton scores his 100th 100, Yorks vs. Surrey at The Oval 1951 Novel "Catcher in Rye" by J. D. Salinger published 1950 Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) 1950 Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro 1948 Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager 1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee and Yankees 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19 1946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history) 1946 U.S. court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau 1945 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico 1945 Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets 1945 Cruiser Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with atom bomb 1944 Dodgers score 8 unearned runs against Braves to win 8-5 and break their 16-game losing streak, they will lose another 5 in a row 1942 French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris 1942 Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp 1941 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1941 Joe Dimaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game 1940 NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee 1938 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa 1936 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, New York 1936 New York Giants are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant 1935 1st automatic parking meter in U.S. installed, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1934 Bradman scores 140 Australia vs. Yorkshire, 120 minutes, 22 fours 2 sixes 1927 Augusto Sandino begins 5 -year war against U.S. occupation of Nicaragua 1926 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc 1926 National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos 1924 Conference over German recovery payments begins in London 1924 New York Giants George Kelly is 1st to hit home runs in 6 cons games 1920 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0) 1920 China joins the League of Nations 1920 General Amos Fries appointed 1st U.S. Army chemical warfare chief 1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1914 Socialist conference in Brussel (Kautsky, Trotski and Rosa Luxemburg) 1912 Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B. A. Fiske 1909 Detroit and Washington play longest scoreless game in AL history-18 innings 1904 Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to U.S. by their chiefs 1902 John McGraw named manager of New York Giants 1902 Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji vs. Australia, at Old Trafford 1895 Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs vs. Somerset at Taunton 1894 Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England 1867 Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam 1867 D R Averill patents ready-mixed paint 1867 Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete 1863 Utrecht-Swells railway opens 1862 David G Farragut is 1st rear Admiral in U.S. Navy 1861 Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought 1857 Sir Henry Havelock arrives at Battle of Cawnpore 1856 Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem 1845 New York Yacht Club holds its 1st regatta 1801 Pope Pius VII and 1st consul Napoleon sign concord 1798 U.S. Public Health Service forms and U.S. Marine Hospital authorized 1790 Congress establishes District of Columbia 1782 Mozart's opera "Das Entfuhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna 1775 John Adams graduates Harvard 1769 Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in California 1683 Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna 1661 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm 1659 Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II 1618 Captain John Gilbert patents 1st dredger in Britain 1573 Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland 1548 La Paz, Bolivia is founded 1519 Public debate between Martin Luther and theologist John Eck 1439 Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading) 1429 Army entered Reims 1429 Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans 1338 German monarch signs Treaty of Rense 1251 The Virgin Mary gives Simon Stork a haircut (legend) 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa; end of Moslem power in Spain 1099 Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire 1054 Michael Caerularius excommunicated of Constantinople 622 Moslem Era begins-Mahomet begins flight from Mecca to Medina (Hejira) 622 Origin of Islamic Era (Muharram 1, 1 AH) 463 Start of Lunar Cycle of Hilarius 390 Brennus and Gauls defeat Romans at Allia
