2015 Golfer Zach Johnson wins the British Open, becoming one of only six golfers in history to win at both the St. Andrews Old Course and the Augusta National course 2014 The U.S. states that evidence suggests a Russian-made missile was fired at Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17; the missile strike killed all 298 people aboard 2014 25-year-old Rory McIlroy wins the British Open, making history with his third championship win 2013 A training exercise emergency causes two U.S. marine harrier jets to drop several hundred unarmed bombs on the Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage site 2012 In London, the Olympic Torch arrives, signaling the final stages of the U.K.-wide relay ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 A long-term deal made between Viacom and DirecTV allows DirecTV to carry Viacom channels 2011 In Guinea, up to 80 people, including soldiers, are arrested for a failed assassination attempt on President Alpha Conde, which occurred July 19 2011 Following an outbreak of Hendra virus, Maylaysia delcares a ban the import of horses from Australia 2010 U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague says British soldiers should be out of Afghanistan by 2014 2005 Canada becomes the 4th country to permit same-sex marriage 1997 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon 1997 American Justin Leonard wins the British Open shooting at 272 1997 Burnet Senior Golf Classic 1997 Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic 1994 Major parts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy hit Jupiter (July 16th-22nd) 1994 O. J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife's klller 1993 Fire in the press box at Altanta Fulton County Stadium 1993 Joe Petruzzi files for divorce from Annabella Sciorra (Jungle Fever) 1992 121st British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 272 at Muirfield Gullane 1992 Round World Air Race begins in Paris 1991 Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate New York 1991 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant 1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years 1989 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona 1989 Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest 1988 Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee 1987 Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs 1986 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1985 Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha 1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m 1984 Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America 1983 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1982 Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks 1982 IRA bomb attacks in London 1982 T Macauly and D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London 1981 England set for innings loss vs. Australia, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls 1981 Irene Saez, of Venezuela, crowned 30th Miss Universe 1980 109th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 271 at Muirfield Gullane 1980 Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France 1980 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic 1979 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash 1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing $350 mil damage 1976 Last U.S. troops leave Thailand 1976 U.S. Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, 1st Martian landing 1975 30th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Palmer 1974 Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage 1974 Turkey invades Cyprus 1973 Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ 1973 Chic's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with New York Yankees, 12-2, and 7-0 1972 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1970 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks 1969 1st men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Danbury Lady Carling Golf Open 1969 Eddy Merckx wins Tour de France 1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV 1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1967 Pablo Neruda receives 1st Viareggio-Versile prizes 1967 Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee 1965 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hour record) 1965 New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam 1964 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan and Dean's "Surf City" 1964 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th String quartet 1963 17 African states and Madagascar sign peace treaty with EC 1963 18th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mary Mills 1963 Verne Gagne beats Crusher Lisowski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1962 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 13th Symphony 1962 France and Tunisia recover diplomatic relations 1960 1st submerged submarine, George Washington, to fire Polaris missile ( 1960 Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female premier of Ceylon 1960 U.S.S.R. recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space 1958 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC PA 1958 Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1958 King Hussein of Jordan breaks off diplomatic relations with UAR 1956 France recognizes Tunisia's independence 1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island 1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs 1954 Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1954 Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident 1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to East Germany 1953 U.S.S.R./Israel recover diplomatic relations 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0) 1952 Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France 1950 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) 1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends 1949 Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria 1948 Lou Thesz beats Bill Longson, to become NWA wrestling champ 1948 Syngman Rhee elected president of South-Korea 1948 U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1947 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra 1944 British/Canadian troops occupy Hill 67/Ifs/Bras/Frenouville, Normandy 1944 Browns Nelson Potter is 1st pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs 1944 Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andre 1944 Death March of 1,200 Jews from Lipcani Moldavia begins 1944 Field Marshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen 1944 Flying Fortresses of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Leipzig/Dessau 1944 General Eisenhower visits Montgomery's headquarter in Normandy 1944 Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen 1944 Japanese aircraft carrier Hijo sinks by U.S. air attack 1944 July 20th Plot-Failed assassination attempt on Hitler 1944 Liberators of U.S. 8th Air Force attack Gotha Russelsheim/Eisenach 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Dem convention 1944 U.S. 15th Air Force attacks Friedrichshaven Memmingen 1944 U.S. 9th AF bombs railroad at Chaulnes Sable-sur-Sarthe/Dreux 1944 U.S. invades Japanese-occupied Guam in WW II 1944 Violent battles in Verrieres-hill (Normandy) 1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff question Admiral Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island) 1942 1st detachment of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, begin basic training 1942 Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy 8-8 1942 Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress 1942 Time puts Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich on its cover 1942 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps began basic training at Fort Des Moines 1941 Yankees beat Tigers 12-6 in 17 1940 Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands 1940 Nazi collaborator Rost of Tonningen appointed director of Marxist 1940 Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey) 1938 Finland awarded 1940 Olympic games after Japan withdraws 1935 1st broadcast of "Gang Busters" on NBC-radio 1934 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) 1933 Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler 1930 106 degrees F (41 degrees C), Washington, D.C. (district record) 1927 Lindbergh begins New York flight (Spirit of St. Louis) 1925 Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France 1925 Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatie 1924 Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris 1923 Yankees hit into a triple-play but beat A's 9-2 1922 Togo made a mandate of League of Nations 1920 Heerenveen soccer team forms 1917 Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats and Slovenes form Yugoslavia 1917 WW I draft lottery held; #258 is 1st drawn 1916 Giants trade Christy Mathewson to Cincinnati Reds 1914 Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster 1913 Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria 1912 Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in 1 game 1911 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0 1911 Generals Henry Wilson/Auguste Dubail sign plan for British Expeditionary army in case of war with Germany 1910 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption 1906 Bkln Dodger Mal Eason no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 2-0 1903 Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X 1894 2000 federal troops recalled from Chicago, having ended Pullman strike 1890 "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" begins publishing 1890 Snow and hail in Calais, ME 1881 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to federal troops 1878 1st telephone introduced in Hawaii 1877 Military shoots on stopped railroad workers in Balt, kills 9 1876 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins 1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless radio 1871 British Columbia becomes 6th Canadian province 1868 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes 1866 Sea battle of Lissa-Austria vs Italy 1864 Battle at Stephenson's Depot Virginia: 200 killed or injured 1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek-Atlanta Campaign 1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia 1858 Fee 1st charged to see a baseball game (50 cents ) (New York beats Brooklyn 22-18) 1858 Gathering of Plombieres - Napoleon III meets Cavour 1855 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands 1849 Start of 1st Lancashire-Yorkshire clash at Hyde Park, Sheffield 1847 German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf 1836 Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension 1810 Colombia declares independence from Spain 1808 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names 1801 Elisha Brown, Jr. pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm 1773 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) 1749 Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds" 1654 Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control 1627 English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle 1619 Gerardus Vossius resigns as Dutch regent States college leader 1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion 1608 Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft 1553 Prime Minister John Dudley captured in Cambridge 1498 Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands 1495 French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders 1031 Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France 514 St. Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus
