2015 Los Angeles County, U.S., votes to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour from $9/hour; the new pay rate will be valid for county workers and employees working in unincorporated areas of the county 2014 Multiple U.S. food chains in China drop meat supplier Shanghai Husi after reports that the company used expired meat and unsanitary processing conditions; companies include McDonald's, Taco Bell, Burger King and Starbucks 2014 In an effort to address the flood of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the Texas border, Governor Rick Perry sends 1,000 National Guard troops to provide border security 2013 British cyclist Chris Froome wins his first time competing in the 2013 Tour de France 2013 In Scotland, the 2013 Open Championship is won by American golfer Phil Mickelson 2012 Illegally excavated Buddhist relics that were recovered by Pakistani police were stolen from a police station in Karachi; the pieces date back to the Gandhara civilization which existed over 2,000 years ago in Pakistan 2012 In an apparent effort to keep his contract, a subcontractor at Japan's defunct Fukushima's nuclear power plant shielded dosimeters with lead plates to ensure they did not reach radiation limits, and workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure 2011 In Iran, the Central Bank of Iran launches a website which it will use to poll Iranians on planned economic reforms and changing the national currency 2011 The U.S. heat wave has led to 24 deaths across the country 2010 The U.S. threatens to impose sanctions on North Korea, continuing its attempt to halt perceived nuclear weapons ambitions 2008 Radovan Karadzic arrested on war crimes after a 12 year manhunt 1997 New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault 1996 125th British Golf Open: Tom Lehman shoots a 271 at Royal Lytham 1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic 1996 Wayne Gretzky signs a 2 year deal with New York Rangers 1995 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians vs. Kent 1995 Kansas City Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings 1993 Angela Kennedy swims world record 50 m butterfly stroke (26.93) 1991 120th British Golf Open: Ian Baker-Finch shoots 272 at Royal Birkdale 1991 Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic 1991 Sharmell Sullivan (Gary, Indiana), 20, crowned 23rd Miss Black America 1991 Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, and Bill Veeck are elected into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York 1990 Goodwill Games opens in Seattle, Washington 1990 Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood 1989 Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors 1989 Greg LeMond wins Tour de France in fastest time 1989 Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title 1988 ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian) 1987 Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA 1986 Barbara Palacios Teyde, 22, of Venezuela, crowned 35th Miss Universe 1985 "Leader of the Pack" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City after 120 performances 1985 114th British Golf Open: Sandy Lyle shoots a 282 at Royal St. George 1985 Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America 1985 Bernard Hinault wins his 5th and last Tour de France 1985 Judy Clark wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic 1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in U.S. 1984 Marita Koch of E Germany sets world women's mark for 200m, 21.71s 1984 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1983 Polish government ends 19 months of martial law 1983 Storm cuts short free Diana Ross concert in New York's Central Park 1983 U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 1982 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1981 Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43 1980 Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hours 18 minutes 1979 108th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 283 at Royal Lytham 1979 National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, New York) dedicated 1978 Bolivia military coup under general Juan Pereda, President Hugo Banzer flees 1978 U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 1978 World's strongest dog, 80-kg St. Bernard, pulls 2909-kg load 27 m 1977 Libyan-Egyptian border fights 1977 Sri Lanka premier Bandaranaike loses election 1976 "Guys and Dolls" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 239 performances 1976 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Philadelphia 1975 Billy Martin fired as Texas Rangers manager 1975 New York Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays 1974 29th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Haynie 1974 Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France 1974 House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon 1973 Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th home run 1973 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Atoll un the Pacific 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of red planet 1972 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76, Seville, Spain 1972 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, state record 1972 Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast 1972 Dodgers release and end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm 1972 In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours 1971 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site 1970 Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt 1970 Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1969 Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM, GMT 1969 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits 1968 50th PGA Championship: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Pecan Valley, Texas 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational 1968 Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman 1966 Gemini X returns to Earth 1966 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1965 Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact 1964 Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey vs. Sussex 1964 Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33) 1964 Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1963 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas AC Dallas 1962 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany, Georgia 1962 Battles on Chinese and Indies boundary 1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom 1960 Country of Katanga forms in Africa 1960 In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM 1960 Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing 1959 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden, New Jersey 1959 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green) 1957 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson 1957 39th PGA Championship: Lionel Hebert at Miami Valley Golf Club Dayton Ohio 1957 Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1956 Cincinnati Red pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins 1956 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak 1955 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf 1954 At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam 1952 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed 1952 Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns 1951 Dalai Lama returns to Tibet 1949 Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) 1948 WSPD TV channel 13 in Toledo, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Indonesia begins 1st political election 1946 Jesus T. Pinerol becomes 1st native born Puerto Rican governor 1945 Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie 1944 British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1944 General Koiso becomes premier of Japan 1944 U.S. forces land on Guam to get rid of Japanese invaders 1944 Von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy 1942 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Virginia 1941 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine 1941 Himmler orders building of Majdanek concentration camp 1940 Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 1940 VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands 1938 Paul Hindemith and Leonide Massines ballet premieres in London 1934 113 degrees F (45 degrees C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record) 1933 Haifa Harbor in Palestine opens 1931 Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering 1930 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 1930 U.S. Veterans Administration forms 1928 1st woman to win an olympic gold medal - Halina Knonpacka of Poland 1925 Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism 1923 Phillies score 12 in 6th and beat Cubs 17-4 1921 Indians (9) and Yankees (7) hit a record 16 doubles 1919 Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam 1919 Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill) 1904 After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed 1904 Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH 1900 Pope Leo XIII encyclical to Greek-Melkite rite 1898 Spain cedes Guam to U.S. 1897 Tate Gallery opens in England 1896 National Federation of Afro-American Women and Colored Women's 1884 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's 1880 Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, New York 1877 U.S. Army breaks railroad strike 1873 Jesse James and James Younger gang's 1st train robbery (Adair Iowa) 1867 City Gardens on Folsom opens 1866 Cholera-epidemic kills hundreds in London 1861 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins 1846 Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley) 1836 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie and St. John, Quebec 1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king 1825 Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt 1774 Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) 1773 Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits 1749 Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland 1730 States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy" 1669 John Lockes Constitution of English colony Carolina approved 1595 Alvara Mendana discovers Marquesas Island 1588 English fleet defeats Spanish armada 1579 Mechelen surrenders to duke of Parma 1568 Battle at Jemmingen: Alva's troops beat Dutch rebellion 1542 Pope Paul III begins inquisition against Protestants (Sactum Officium) 1320 Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V 976 Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 905 Holy Roman Catholic emperor Louis III captured 866 John appointed bishop of the kingdom 365 Alexandria hit by Earthquake; about 50,000 die 230 St. Pontianus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
