2015 An outbreak of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) continues to spread in South Korea, where 11 people have died, 126 have been diagnosed, and over 3,000 people have been quarantined in an attempt to stop the epidemic 2014 The World Cup opens in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with Brazil matched against Croatia; Brazil wins the opening game 3 - 1 2014 Tesla Motors announces that it will make hundreds of patents for its Model S electric cars open source; the company's founder, Elon Musk, seeks to encourage development of the electric car market 2012 Ending an extensive study on the wooly mammoth, scientists conclude that they were wiped out by multiple things, including climate change, human hunters, and shifting habitats 2011 Voters in Turkey go to the polls for a general election 2011 In the 2011 NBA Finals, he Dallas Mavericks win their first NBA title, winning 4 - 2 over the Miami Heat 2010 Chinese Buddhist monks and archaeologists reveal part of a skull believed to be Buddhism's founder, Siddartha Gautama 2008 Irish voters reject the Treaty of Lisbon 2004 Former President George H. W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving 2002 NBA Finals, Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets 4 games to 0 1997 1st ever baseball inter-league game San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3 1997 MTV Movie Awards 1996 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn U.S. indecency ban on internet 1994 Pope John Paul II visits Spain 1994 48th Tony Awards: Angels in America: Perestroika and Passion win 1994 Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY 1994 Liselotte Neumann wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic 1993 "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17 1992 "Batman Returns" is released in USA 1991 45th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1 1991 Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts 1990 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game 1990 New York Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves 1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases 1990 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list 1990 New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning 1989 "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV 1989 Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids 1988 6th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Billy Casper 1988 Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy 1988 Mei-Chi Cheng wins LPGA Rochester Golf International 1987 Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa sentenced to death 1986 P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency 1983 29th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan 1983 Comet C/1983 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa) approaches 0.0628 AUs of Earth 1983 Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia 1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park New York City 1982 Battle of Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands 1982 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam 1981 "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres 1981 3rd baseball strike starts 1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike 1981 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title 1981 Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti President election 1980 Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests 1979 Kevin St. Onge throws a playing card a record 185' 1979 Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston 1979 Sanista occupies parts of Managua 1979 Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson 1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hours, 49 minutes 1978 David Berkowitz sentenced in New York Supreme Court to 25 years to life 1978 U.S. House of Representatives allows live radio coverage 1977 "Pippin" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 1944 performances 1977 23rd LPGA Championship won by Chako Higuchi 1977 Ground-breaking ceremonies for President Kennedy library 1975 Billy Williams's 400th career home run 1975 Hank Aaron's 1st home run in Milwaukee since 1965 1973 Close finish at Trent Bridge, New Zealand Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440 1973 Yankees trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer 1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House 1970 Pitts Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0 1968 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio, 300 arrested 1967 Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 1967 U.S.S.R. launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus 1967 Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings 1966 Dave Clark 5 set record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational 1965 "Bajour" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 232 performances 1965 "I Had a BaIl" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 199 performances 1965 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances 1965 Beatles are awarded MBE 1965 Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00) 1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" 1965 Sonny and Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand" 1965 South Vietnam General Nguyen Cao Kentucky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier 1965 Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies 1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa 1963 "Cleopatra" premieres in New York City 1962 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz 1962 Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition government 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m 1961 An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn 1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20 1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins 1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1959 San Francisco Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game 1958 "Make Me Laugh," TV Game Show; last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979 1957 Paul Anderson of U.S. back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs) 1957 Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak) 1955 "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC 1954 "Girl in Pink Tights" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 115 performances 1954 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8 1954 Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock," is originally released 1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0 1952 U.S.S.R. declares peace treaty with Japan invalid 1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die 1950 Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game 1948 "Hold It!" closes at National Theater New York City after 46 performances 1948 "Sleepy Hallow" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 12 performances 1948 "William Tell Overture" by Spike Jones peaks at #6 1948 48th U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 276 at Riviera CC in LA 1948 80th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:28.2 1948 Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge 1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Champ 1945 U.S. 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa 1944 1st V-1 rocket assault on London 1944 British 12th airborne batallion/13th and 18th Hussars conquer 1944 British 12th battalion conquers Breville 1944 Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chateau de Creully 1944 U.S. troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy 1943 Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos 1942 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present, Amsterdam 1942 Hitler orders enslavement of Slavic peoples 1942 Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City 1939 43rd U.S. Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Philadelphia CC in Philadelphia 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York 1937 41st U.S. Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills, Michigan 1937 U.S.S.R. executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continues 1936 1st 50 KW U.S. radio station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1935 Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco, Bolivia vs Paraguay 1935 Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15 hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words) 1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1933 Financial and Economy World conference opens, 66 countries 1931 Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury 1930 34th U.S. Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 287 at Interlachen CC Minnesota 1930 Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Jack Sharkey in New York City 1930 Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a foul in 4 for hw boxing title 1928 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7 1926 58th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard Crusader wins in 2:32.2 1926 Brazil leaves League of Nations 1925 William DeHart Hubbard of U.S., sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4" 1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1922 German Reich president Friedrich Ebert visits Munich 1922 St. Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times 1922 St. Louis gets record 10 hits in a row and beats Phillies 14-8 1920 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 2:14.2 1920 Farmer Labor Party organized, Chicago 1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education 1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France 1917 Secret Service extends protection of president to his family 1916 30th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Louise Raymond (60 61) 1916 Tennis legend Bill Tilden's 1st appearance at U.S. tennis championship 1915 29th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Hazel Wightman (46 62 60) 1913 "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released 1910 PEC soccer team forms in Zwolle 1909 "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones and Billy Murray hits #1 1908 Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours, New York City 1907 Yankees commit 11 errors and lose 14-6 to Tigers 1903 Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city 1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1898 Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to U.S. control 1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll) 1892 Netherlands Society for Currency and Coin collecting forms 1889 Single tornado kills 119, injures 146, New Richmond, Wisconsin 1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France 1880 1st baseball perfect game, John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland 1880 John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0 1875 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42 1867 Austro-Hungarian Empire forms 1864 Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley 1864 Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle 1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state 1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered 1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Kentucky 1845 George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country 1840 Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands 1839 1st baseball game played in America 1838 Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Massachusetts 1838 Iowa Territory forms 1819 Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra 1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course 1812 Napoleon invades Russia 1792 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC 1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1776 Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights 1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (U.S.) captures Margaretta (Br) 1714 Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty 1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover 1691 Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII 1683 Rye House-plot against English king Charles II uncovered 1673 Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral 1672 French army under General Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith 1667 Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet 1665 English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out 1653 Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch 1575 William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon 1553 King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles" 1552 Land guardians of Netherlands attacks Verdun 1534 Turkish Admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder Naples 1523 Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested 1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon occupies Naples 28 Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome
