2015 Nike and distributor Apple settle a consumer lawsuit over false advertising for the Nike FuelBand; Nike claimed that the band could accurately track a user's health, but the device was not capable of performing the advertised functions 2014 29-year-old Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali wins the Tour de France, becoming the first winner from Italy in 16 years; the victory makes Nibali one of only six cyclists to have won the Grand Tours of Italy, Spain and France 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Central American leaders, asking their assistance in curbing the flood of children attempting to immigrate; Obama asserted that children without proper documentation would be returned to their home countries 2013 A Boeing 787 Dreamliner is grounded by Qatar Airways; a minor technical issue is reported, increasing pressure on Boeing to address possible electrical problems with its lastest new jet 2012 Tropical Storm Khanun left 16,000 people homeless in South Korea 2012 President of France, Francois Holland finalizes a deal with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara to forgive $4.7 billion dollars in debt incurred by the Ivory Coast when it was a French Colonial Power 2011 Vietnam re-elects Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung 2011 The Hendra virus is detected in a dog in Queensland, Australia near the Beaudesert; the virus has never before been detected in anything other than flying foxes, horses or humans 2010 Over 92,000 classified documents detailing incidents related to the war in Afghanistan are released by Wikileaks; this is the largest leak in U.S military history 2005 Shuttle Discovery STS-114 launches, first flight since Columbia disaster 1998 19th U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, California 1998 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic 1994 Cambodia's Red Khmer surprise attack on train, kills 13 1994 Turkish air force bombs Kurds, struggle in Iraq, 70 killed 1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed 1993 Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km 1992 "Man of La Mancha" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 108 performances 1992 47th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan 1992 England honors her dead soldiers in the Falkland Is war 1992 Kiss Guitarist Paul Stanley weds Pamela Bowen 1992 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter for 23rd consecutive seasons 1992 Rocker Paul Stanley (Kiss) weds model Pamela Bowen 1991 CFL assumes ownership of Ottawa Rough Riders 1991 Expo's Mark Gardner no hits Dodgers for 9 innings, but loses in 10th 1990 General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode 1990 President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act 1990 Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Reds-Padres game 1990 U.S. beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games 1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM 1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF 1987 Stephen Roche wins Tour de France 1986 Lebanese kidnappers released Reverend Lawrence Martin Jenco 1984 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single 1984 Kuhn announces Vida Blue is suspended due to cocaine conviction 1984 Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use 1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8 1983 Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czechoslovakia sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28) 1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io 1982 Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by U.S. Delta rocket 1982 Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe 1981 2 climbers fall 550 m down cliff near Angel Falls, Venezuela 1981 36th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley 1981 New York Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant 1979 Estimated 109 cm (43") of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record) 1978 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1978 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run 1977 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test 1975 Soyuz 18B returns to Earth 1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 1973 Peter Shaffers "Equus," premieres in London 1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott and Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon 1970 Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive home runs of Phillies Steve Carlton 1969 Sharon Sites Adams, 39, becomes 1st lady to solo sail the Pacific 1967 Twins beat Yankees 3-2 in 18 1966 WRLH TV channel 31 in Lebanon, New Hampshire (NBC) begins broadcasting 1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open 1964 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud and conspiracy 1964 Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die 1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ 1963 U.S. Syncom 2, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, launched 1962 Maria Oeljanov, 1st airship with nuclear missiles, arrives in Cuba 1962 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets home run record of 31 by a pitcher 1960 Italian government of Fanfani forms 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1958 Army launches 4th U.S. successful satellite, Explorer IV 1957 Mickey Mantle hits career home run # 200 1957 U.S.S.R. launches 1st intercontinental multistage ballistic missile 1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal 1955 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit 1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester 1955 Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers 1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime 1952 King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday] 1952 Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer 1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 1950 Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game 1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites 1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance 1948 1st black host of a network show-CBS' Bob Howard Show 1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant 1948 President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981 directing "equality of treatment and opportunity" in armed forces 1947 Department of Defense forms 1947 National Security Act establishes CIA 1946 President Truman orders desegregation of all U.S. forces 1945 After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee becomes PM 1945 Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender 1945 Japanese government disregards U.S. ultimatum 1945 U.S. cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb 1945 Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's Prime Minister 1944 Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam 1944 Russian troops arrive in Weichsel 1944 U.S. offensive at St-Lo/2nd Armour div occupies St. Gilles 1943 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) 1943 Otto Skorzeny's commando group arrives in Rome 1942 RAF bombs Hamburg 1942 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism 1941 "Camp Amersfoort" opened by Germany occupiers 1941 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague 1941 U.S. embargo on oil-export to Japan 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive home runs 1938 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC 1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League 1928 Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1928 Yankees score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1 1926 National Bar Association incorporates 1926 Philippines government asks U.S. to plebiscite for independence 1918 Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed) 1917 J. Edgar Hoover gets job on ministry of Justice 1915 International School for Wijsbegeerte forms 1914 Austrian-Hungary condemns Serbian ultimatum 1914 German chief of staff/General von Moltke states ultimatum on Belgium 1908 Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice 1902 Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford 1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) 1891 Henry James' "American," premieres in London 1887 1st Esperanto book published 1881 French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax 1866 Canoe Club opens in England 1865 Patrick Francis Healy is 1st black awarded PhD (Louvain Belgium) 1864 Riot at McCook's to Lovejoy Station GA, US600 CS--- 1864 Riot at Stoneman's to Macon GA, US1000 CS--- 1864 Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] 1863 Battle of Salineville OH, John Hunt Morgan and 364 troops surrender 1858 Baron Lionel de Rothschild is 1st Jew elected to British Parliament 1848 1st Woman's Rights Convention, Senecca Falls, New York 1847 Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 1847 Moses Garrish Farmer builds 1st miniature train for children to ride 1835 1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii 1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo 1826 Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews 1822 Secret meeting of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin 1805 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die 1790 U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts 1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution 1788 Sydney, Australia settled by British colonists 1775 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office 1760 Austrian troops occupy Fort Glatz Silezie 1759 French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY 1758 British battle fleet under General James Wolfe conquerors Louisbourg 1757 Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland 1678 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France 1663 France annexes Venaissin 1656 Rembrandt declares he is insolvent 1588 John Hawkins becomes a knight 1579 Francis Drake leaves San Francisco to cross Pacific Ocean 1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst 1529 Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru 1524 James I (12) becomes king of Scotland 1519 Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast 1499 Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island 1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork 1267 Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV 811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine
