2015 A rally calling for removal of the Confederate flag forms at the capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina in response to a shooting earlier this week of nine African-Americans by white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko initiates a 7-day cease-fire, allowing troops to defend themselves but not to attack; during the cease-fire, separatists can turn in weapons and receive amnesty; so far, rebels have rejected the offer 2014 Iran balks at the terms for peaceful nuclear development suggested by Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States; the nations hope to reach a deal by July 20th; in exchange, sanctions against Iran will be removed 2013 Instagram offers users the ability to upload videos to their service 2013 Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand, have roads cut off and flights cancelled due to adverse weather conditions 2012 U.S. CEO of Oracle Corp, Larry Ellison, agrees to purchase 98 percent of Hawaii's island of Lanai 2012 Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, reported to be in a coma, is removed from life support 2011 Australian travelers are warned they may face more disruption from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile 2011 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers grants private companies the right to create new website domain suffixes 2010 Presidential elections take place in Poland after the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash April 10, 2010 1999 99th U.S. Golf Open: at Pinehurst CC New Jersey 1997 Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry 1996 Space Shuttle STS-78, Columbia 20, launches into space 1995 Space probe Ulysses begins 2nd passage behind the Sun 1994 Bomb attack on Islamic temple in Mashad Iran, 70 killed 1994 Ernie Els win's 1994 Golf U.S. Open 1994 Howard Stern begins 30-minute (Radio) TV show on E! cable network 1994 O. J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman 1993 47th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2 1993 93rd U.S. Golf Open: Lee Janzen shoots a 272 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1993 Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament 1992 Kelly Saunders is 1st female baseball announcer for the Baltimore Orioles 1990 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran 1990 Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S. 1988 Curtis Strange wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1988 Haiti's general assembly dissolves 1988 New York City WABC-AM becomes flagship radio station of New Jersey Devils 1988 "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera 1988 WABC officially becomes the New Jersey Devils new home radio 1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1987 Chuti Tiu, 17, of Wisconsin, crowned America's Junior Miss 1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass 1986 Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon 1986 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager 1984 A's Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam and 14th lifetime 1984 Amber Kvanli, of Minnesota, crowned America's Junior Miss 1983 83rd U.S. Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont CC PA 1983 New York Yankee Bobby Murcer retires 1982 82nd U.S. Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach GL California 1982 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrives in Washington 1982 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1982 Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz) 1981 Guitarist Gerry Cott quits Boomtown Rats 1981 Mudjahedin uprises against Iran regime 1981 Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 55 days for infection 1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2 1980 Roberto Duran takes WBC welterweight title from Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal by unanimous decision 1978 1st 6 teams of Women's Pro Basketball League (WBL) granted-Iowa, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minnesota and Dayton 1977 Menahem Begin forms Israeli government 1977 Oil enters Trans-Alaska pipeline exits 38 days later at Valdez 1976 76th U.S. Golf Open: Jerry Pate shoots a 277 at Atlanta AC in Duluth Ga 1976 Carl Fugate, Starkwether accomplice, paroled 1976 Czechoslovakia becomes European soccer champ 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic 1973 Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout) 1973 Juan Peron returns to Argentina 1973 San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off home runs 1971 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open 1970 "Ray Stevens Show," debuts on NBC-TV 1970 British government of Edward Heath forms, with Margaret Thatcher 1970 Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run home run 1969 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear 1969 Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France 1969 White Rhodesia agrees to race separation 1968 Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds 1967 Phillies Larry Jackson beats New York Mets for 18th straight time 1966 66th U.S. Golf Open: Billy Casper shoots a 278 at Olympic CC in SF 1966 Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman 1965 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open 1964 64th U.S. Golf Open: Ken Venturi shoots a 278 at Congressional CC MD 1963 1st Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yankees 6-2 1963 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income 1963 U.S. and U.S.S.R. agree to set up Hot Line 1960 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt 1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France 1960 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavywgt boxing title 1960 Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (New York City) 1958 New Zealand all out 47 vs. England at Lord's Laker 4-13, Lock 5-17 1956 Venezuelan Super Constellation crashes in New Jersey, 74 killed 1956 At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits 2 Billy Hoeft pitches into right center field bleachers (no else hits 1 there) 1955 "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 16 performances 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open 1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 home runs, double and single vs Red Sox 1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia 1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yankees beat Indians 8-2 1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes 1948 "Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV 1948 20 Jews killed when a bomb is thrown into Jewish quarter of Cairo 1948 Cleveland draws then record 82,781 for doubleheader 1948 Deutsche Mark introduced in West-Germany 1947 President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act 1946 New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line 1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency 1944 Heavy storm hits the Channel 1944 Nazi begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz 1944 Soviet forces conquer Wiborg 1944 U.S. attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea 1944 U.S. troops occupy Biak 1943 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded 1943 Detroit race riot kills 35 1943 German round up Jews in Amsterdam 1943 National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes 1943 New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia) 1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY 1942 Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews 1942 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa 1941 German U-203 fails on torpedo attack on U.S. battleship Texas 1940 Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title 1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants 1936 Jesse Owens of U.S. sets 100 meter record at 10.2 1932 A's Roger Cramer gets 6 consecutive hits in a game (repeats in 1935) 1931 Karl Buresch becomes chancellor of Austrian 1930 65th British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Hoylake Hoylake 1926 Mordecai W. Johnson becomes president of Howard University 1921 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record) 1920 Yankees win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed 1919 German government of Scheideman resigns 1919 Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria 1915 German offensive in Argonnes 1914 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20 1913 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman 1913 Bert Daniels set AL mark, being hit-by-pitch 3 times in a doubleheader 1912 New York Giant Josh Devore steals 4 bases in an inning (2nd and 3rd twice) 1912 New York Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12 1911 NAACP incorporates in New York 1910 "Krazy Kat" comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal 1909 1st balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring) 1907 1st Portland Rose festival 1901 Charlotte Manye is 1st native African to graduate from a U.S. college 1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) 1895 Canal of Smock official opens 1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation 1893 Lizzie Borden acquitted in murder of parents in New Bedford Mass 1888 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Libertas 1874 1st U.S. Lifesaving Medal awarded (Lucian Clemons) 1867 President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska 1866 Italy declares war on Austria 1864 Battle of Kinston North Carolina and Battle of Abingdon, Virginia 1864 Battle of Petersburgs Virginia - in trenches 1864 Skirmish at Lattermore's Mills/Powder Springs Georgia 1863 1st bank chartered in U.S., National Bank of Davenport, Iowa 1863 Skirmish at Greencastle Pennsylvania 1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th U.S. state 1855 Commissioners appointed to lay out San Francisco streets west of Larkin 1840 Samuel Morse patents his telegraph 1837 England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria 1837 Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 1826 Siam/England sign trade/peace treaty 1825 Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon 1819 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic) 1793 Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin 1791 King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1782 Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol 1779 Battle of Stone Ferry 1756 146 British soldiers imprisoned in India-Black Hole of Calcutta-most die 1756 India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army 1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom 1656 Polish King Jan II Casimir recaptures Warsaw 1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area 1624 Netherlands and France sign Treaty of Compiegne 1591 Mauritius and Willem van Nassau occupy Devente 1582 Bishop Domingo de Salazar of Manila suppresses the Philippines 1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique 1547 Count Philip van Hessen captured 1530 German Parliament joins to Augsburg together 1402 Battle of Angora, Ankara-Tatars defeat Turkish Army 1212 French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo 451 Germans and Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields
