2015 Greek voters reject austerity terms of the bailout proposed by the E.U., the I.M.F. and the European Central Bank, leaving open the possibility of the expulsion of Greece from the eurozone 2014 Argentina and the Netherlands join Brazil and Germany as World Cup semifinalists Petra Kvitova beats Eugenie Bouchard to win the women's Wimbledon final; Novak Djokovic wins the men's final after defeating Roger Federer 2013 In Rome, Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII are canonized by the Vatican, becoming saints A joint report on Spain's banking system is released by the European Central Bank and the European Commission; the report indicates their system is solvent, with no further program disbursements are needed 2012 Europe's tallest, habitable, free-standing structure, The Shard, which stands at 1,016 feet (309.6 metres) officially opens in London, England At a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Panama City, South Korea announces it's plans to begin 'scientific' whaling of minke whales 2011 Venezuelans celebrate 200 years of independence from Spain with a military parade and parties in the streets A large dust storm strikes Phoenix, Arizona, leaving thousands without power and grounding flights at the Phoenix Airport 2010 Israel restricts a blacklist of weapons, construction materials and other items but drops all other restrictions on the free flow of consumer goods into the Gaza strip 2003 Wimbledon Women's Finals, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams Wimbledon Men's Doubles Finals, Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 1998 53rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship at Blackwolf Run GC, Kohler WI Wimbledon Men's Finals, Pete Sampras beat Goran Ivanisevic Wimbledon Women's Doubles Finals, Martina Hingis and Jana Novotna beat Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Finals, Max Mirnyi and Serena Williams beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Mirjana Lucic 1997 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna New York Yankees withdraw Kenny Rogers and Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre 1996 A's scores 13 in 1st vs Angels New York Yankee John Weteland ties Lee Smith's record of 19 consecutive saves 1995 Columbia U beats Hartferd College to be 1st U.S. to win Henley Regatta 1994 Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma U.S. changes refugee policy, by sending Haitian boat people back 1993 A's Rickey Henderson is 2nd to hit leadoff homers in doubleheader Kurd guerrilla's murder 32 villagers in East Turkey Richard Chelimo run world record 10 km (27:07.91) 1992 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64) Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic Sixto Duran Ballen elected president of Ecuador 1991 Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins given final approval by owners France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins) 1990 Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals 1989 Barry Bond's home run sets father-son (Bobby) home run record at 408 Mark McGwire's gets 100th home run, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner) Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out South African President Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1988 Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93 1987 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75) A's Mark McGwire is 1st rookie to hit 30 home runs before All Star break Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic 1986 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63) Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway sets 10K woman's record (30:13.74) Nancy Reagan cuts red, white and blue ribbon; reopens Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty is reopened after it is refurbished 1985 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985) Premier Mugabe wins Zimbabwe elections Nicholas Mark Sanders (England) begins circumnavigation of globe, covering 13,035 road miles in 78 days, 3 hours, 30 minutes 1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1983 France invades Algeria New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia 1982 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol vs. Malay 1981 9th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Jan Stephenson Premier Begin's Likud party wins Israeli elections U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1980 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76) 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86) 1978 Soyuz 30 spacecraft touches down in Soviet Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1977 Pakistan's army, led by General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq, seizes power 1975 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule 1974 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64) 1973 "Live and Let Die," James Bond film premieres Isle of Man begins issuing their own postage stamps Major General Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird vs. New Zealand at Leeds 1972 Pierre Messmer appointed French premier 1971 26th amendment certified, reduces voting age to 18 Simon Gray's "Butley," premieres in London 1970 25th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109 1969 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64) Rolling Stones play a free concert in London's Hyde Park 1968 "Manifest of 1000 words" published in Prague 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62) John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce Philadelphia 76'ers trade Wilt Chamberlain to Los Angeles Lakers 1967 Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme 1966 New York City transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents National Guard mobilizes in Omaha after 3rd night of rioting Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy 1963 1st Beatle tune to hit U.S. charts, Del Shannon "From Me to You" at #87 1962 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule Mantle hits 2 homers en route to 4 consecutive homers 1961 80 die in collisions in Algiers KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting St. Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 home runs and a double 1960 Mongolia adopts constitution 1959 Ben-Gurion's Israeli government resigns Indonesia restores constitution Jack Gelber's "Connection," premieres in New York City 1958 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62) J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname 1957 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62) Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge 1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria 1955 English harbor strike ends 1954 B-52A bomber made its maiden flight Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days 1953 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament WANorth Carolina TV channel 21 in Asheville, North Carolina (IND) begins broadcasting 1952 "Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 72 performances 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63) 1951 Dodgers sweep the Giants and lead by 7 games (Giants will win pennant) Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor at Murray Hill, New Jersey 1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 1949 New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks 1948 Britain's National Health Service Act begins 1947 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 108 performances 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64) Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL 1946 Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show 1945 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1944 Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight 1943 Battle of Gulf of Kula Battle of Koersk, U.S.S.R. begins (6,000 tanks) Liberator bombers sink U-535 in Gulf of Biskaye U.S. invasion fleet of 96 ships sails to Sicily 1942 1st performance of Heitor Villa-Lobos' Choros 6/9/11 Ian Fleming graduates from a training school for spies in Canada 1941 German occupiers disband political parties 1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France 1938 Herb Caen's 1st column in San Francisco Chronicle 1937 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record) Chicago Cub Frank Demaree gets 6 hits in 1st game and 2 in 2nd game Joe DiMaggio's 1st grand slammer Republican offensive by Brunete in Spain 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) 1935 1st "Hawaii Calls" radio program is broadcast 1st time brothers on opposing teams hit home runs, Tony and Al Cuccunello Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act 1933 German party Catholic Center disbands 1932 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal 1930 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64) 1929 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62) WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down 1924 Military revolt in Sao Paulo Brazil 1922 1st general election in Netherlands Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win 1919 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97) Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times 1914 Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia 1913 Queen Wilhelmina meets SDAP-leader Troelstra 1904 Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn 1902 Australia won the one and only Test Cricket played at Sheffield 1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 1891 Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD 1884 German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon U.S. Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act 1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins 1865 Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws Secret Service began operating under the Treasury Department 1864 Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg) 1863 Battle of Jackson, Mississippi and Battle of Birdsong Ferry, Mississippi 1861 Battle of Carthage, Missouri - U.S. General Sigel attacks pro-secessionist 1859 Captain N. C. Brooks discovers Midway Islands 1843 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country 1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency 1834 Provisional government forms in Oregon Country 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart Rio de Janeiro 1830 France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest 1814 Americans defeat British and Canadians at Chippewa, Ontario 1811 Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain 1808 Battle of Buenos Aires 1791 Jose Maria Narvaez discovers Point Grey (now Vancouver BC) 1687 Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published by Royal Society in England 1643 1st recorded tornado in U.S. (Essex County, Massachusetts) 1626 Battle at Lenz: Rebel Austrian Boers defeated 1596 English fleet under the earl of Essex plunder Cadiz 1450 Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster 1436 German emperor Sigismund signs peace with Hussieten 1295 Scotland and France sign anti-English covenant 1294 Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V 1054 Brightest supernova (Crab Nebula) 1st reported 767 Duke of Nepi names his brother (leek) Pope Constantine II 649 St. Martin I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
