2015 Juan Felipe Herrera, age 66, has been named by U.S. Congress as this year's national poet laureate; Herrera, who is the first Latino to be given the title, has served for the past three years as California poet laureate 2014 Donald Sterling, the owner of the L.A. Clippers who was banned from the NBA after racist remarks, has changed his mind on allowing sale of the team to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Balmer; instead, Sterling has revived his $1 billion lawsuit agains the NBA 2014 Reports of delays at U.S. Veterans Administration facilities has created temporary unity in Congress as lawmakers seek to address the scandal; thousands of veterans have waited at least three months to see a doctor; many have never been seen at all 2013 German authorities are forced to evacuate 10 villages as heavy rains swell the Elbe River, breaching its banks 2013 Heavy monsoon rains cause the collapse of a partially-finished building on a residential block in Mumbai, India 2012 Clashes between Buddhists and Muslims occurs in western Burma, causing the area to declare a state of emergency 2012 Twenty inches of rainfall in Escambia County, Florida damages roadways and bridges, and leaving parts of the Florida Panhandle and coastal Alabama under water 2011 South Korea's Central Bank raises its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, to 3.25 percent 2011 A report submitted to the United Nations states Iran has been caught attempting to transfer weaponry to terrorists including Hamas and the Taliban 10 times 2010 Russia announces its plan to sell Iran S-300 ground-to-air missiles, claiming that new U.N. sanctions do not cover stationary air defense weaponry 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 4 games to 2 1997 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful 1997 Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits San Francisco Giants 9-0 1996 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo, Ohio on WBUZ 106.5 FM 1996 Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip 1996 Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games 1996 Colorado Avalanche sweeps Florida Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods 1995 "Month in the Country" closes at Roundabout Theater New York City after 79 performances 1995 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32 1995 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60) 1995 Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer 1994 Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel 1994 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1994 Jennifer Capriati, tennis ace, checks out of drug abuse clinic 1993 "She Loves Me" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 61 performances 1992 "Price" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 47 performances 1992 Intelsat K launched 1991 "Twin Peaks" airs on ABC-TV 1991 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton 1991 Mother of All Parades - New York City welcomes desert storm troops 1991 South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises 1990 "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 52 performances 1990 "Meet Me in St. Louis" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 253 performances 1990 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64) 1990 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus 1990 Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing 1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland 1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship 1990 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity 1989 "Tales From The Crypt," TV Anthology, debuts on HBO 1989 121st Belmont: Pat Day aboard Easy Goer wins in 2:26 1989 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title 1988 Greatest number of participants, 31,678, on a bicycle tour, London 1987 Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated 1986 A. Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL 1985 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell 1985 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife 1985 Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula 1985 French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near New Zealand 1984 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 1984 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75) 1984 Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title 1984 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic 1984 U.S. missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time 1984 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m) 1982 "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall 1982 Battle of Sultan Yakoub - 3 IDF members captured 1982 Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut 1982 John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA 1981 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail 1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits 1981 Sebastian Coe of England sets 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence 1981 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co 1979 25th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young 1979 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64) 1979 Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play, 5-4-3 vs. Cleveland 1979 Pope John Paul II visits Poland 1978 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:26.8 1978 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis 1977 Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II 1977 James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison 1976 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy 1976 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome 1975 Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans 1975 Yankees sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, and another part is set afire 1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof 1974 Rumor's government in Italy resigns 1973 19th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills 1973 NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit 1972 104th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:28 1972 Elvis Presley records a live album at New York's Madison Square Garden 1972 Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 home run hitter (649) 1971 11 die in a train crash in Salem, Illinois 1971 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan Knisely wins spelling shalloon 1968 "Danny Thomas Hour," last airs on NBC-TV 1968 AL games at Baltimore and Chicago postponed honoring Robert Kennedy 1968 KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, Montana (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1968 WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) 1st broadcast 1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California 1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help 1967 U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with Israel 1966 Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in U.K. 1966 Beatles record "Rain," 1st to use reverse tapes 1966 Cleveland Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senator, 2-0 1966 Janis Joplin's 1st live concert, Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco 1966 Mamas and Papas win gold record for "Monday, Monday" 1964 Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago 1964 Southern Democrats filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked 1963 John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women 1962 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball 1962 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of U.S.S.R., sets then long jump record at 27' 3" 1962 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament 1959 Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive home runs in 1 game 1957 3rd LPGA Championship won by Louise Suggs 1957 Harold MacMillan becomes British PM 1957 John Diefenbacker (C) elected Prime Minister of Canada 1956 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm 1956 Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1955 1st separation of virus into component parts reported 1955 KWEX TV channel 41 in San Antonio, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1954 KQED TV channel 9 in SF, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting 1952 Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th) 1952 St. Louis Browns fire manager Rogers Hornsby 1950 50th U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA 1950 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6 1950 Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens 1949 Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian premier 1946 Italian Republic established 1946 Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA 1945 U.S. destroyer William D. Porter ("Willie Dee") sunk by kamikaze 1944 Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league 1944 Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes 1st U.S. President to visit a foreign country during wartime 1942 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173 1942 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich 1940 French government moves to Bordeaux 1940 German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker 1940 German 5th Armour division occupies Rouen 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1938 Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge 1935 Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous 1934 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome 1934 U.S.S.R. and Romania regain diplomatic relations 1933 37th U.S. Golf Open: Johnny Goodman shoots a 287 at North Shore Ill 1933 65th Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Hurryoff wins in 2:32.6 1932 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass 1932 67th British Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 283 at Prince's England 1931 Norway occupies East-Greenland 1930 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms 1926 Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle 1924 1st political convention broadcast on radio - Republicans at Cleveland 1922 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8 1921 Babe Ruth becomes all time home run champ with number 120, Gavvy Cravath 1917 60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin, banned 41 years 1917 Limburgse mine workers strike 1916 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22 1916 Great Arab Revolt begin 1915 British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon 1915 Girl Scouts founded 1911 Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam 1908 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens 1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine 1902 Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan 1899 Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati 1898 U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War 1893 27th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Commanche wins in 1:53 1892 Wilbert Robinson sets record by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game 1891 25th Belmont: Ed Garrison aboard Foxford wins in 2:08.75 1890 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes aboard Burlington wins in 2:07.75 1882 Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans 1880 Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning 1876 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40 1871 5th Belmont: W Miller aboard Harry Basset wins in 2:56 1869 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef 1868 2nd Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard General Duke wins in 3:02 1865 Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich Germany 1864 Battle of Kellar's Bridge Kentucky, Licking River 1864 Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia 1863 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds 1861 Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats 1857 England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system 1854 Georg F B Reiman proposes that space is curved 1850 Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of U.S. (replacing Taylor) 1848 1st telegraph link between New York City and Chicago 1848 Battle at Vicenza: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte 1847 Chicago Tribune begins publishing 1846 Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire 1834 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean 1826 Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey 1818 Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's "La gaza ladra" 1809 1st U.S. steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia 1801 Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute 1794 Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, forms 1794 France revolutionary regime begins trials 1793 1st public zoo opens in Paris 1793 Washington replaced Philadelphia as U.S. capital 1776 Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence 1772 Burning of Gaspee, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders 1761 Puritan version of "Othello" opens in Newport Rhode Island 1760 New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine 1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock! 1720 Mrs. Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard 1682 Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree 1652 In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America 1648 Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov 1639 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) 1627 Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador 1624 Netherlands and France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiegne 1610 1st Dutch settlers arrive, from New Jersey, to colonize Manhattan Island 1605 Valse Dimitri crowned Russian tsar for 1st time 1540 Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister 1538 Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg 1358 French boer leader Guillaume Cale captured
