2015 Golfer Jordan Spieth, 21 years old, wins the U.S. Open, making him the youngest to win since Bobby Jones over 90 years ago 2014 The U.S. is pressing Iraq to put a new government into place as soon as possible in order to keep the nation from being torn apart by sectarian violence; the U.S. plans to send military advisors but not direct military assistance at this time 2014 Tiger Woods has announced that he will begin golfing again after a three-month hiatus he took to recover from back surgery; he will play in the Quicken Loans National in Maryland next week 2013 The first human case of the H6N1 virus is discovered in Taiwan 2013 The U.S. officially charges Edward Snowden with espionnage 2012 In an attempt to restore profitability, Air France announces plans to cut over 5,000 jobs by the end of 2013 2012 Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo faces impeachment 2011 Volcanic ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile continues to disrupt flights in Australia 2011 Over 270,000 people in Illinois experience a power failure due to thunderstorms and funnel clouds 2010 Dhaka's University of Engineering and Technology in Bangladesh is shut down after a student rampage injures four people because of 2010 FIFA World Cup fever 2001 Total solar eclipse in Madagascar-Atl Ocean (4m56s) 1998 98th U.S. Golf Open: at Olympic Club SF 1997 "Defending the Caveman," closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 671 performances 1997 35th NHL draft Boston picks center Joe Thornton 1st 1997 Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks 1994 Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal) 1993 "Camelot" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 56 performances 1993 English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat 1993 STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit 1992 92nd U.S. Golf Open: Tom Kite shoots a 285 at Pebble Beach GL California 1992 Actor Michael Chiklis (Commish) marries Michelle Epstein 1992 Actress Marina Sirtis, Star Trek NG, marries rocker Michael Lamper 1992 Danielle Ammaccapan wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1992 Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb 1991 Islanders Denis Potvan and Michael Bossy inducted into NHL Hall of Fame 1991 Jorg Haider resigns as premier of Karinthia 1991 New York Islanders Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy, elected to Hockey Hall of Fame 1990 Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame 1990 Parliament of W and E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens 1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass 1990 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!" 1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher home run hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium 1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson remarry 1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn U.S. flag as a political expression 1989 Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret and Polonia 1988 42nd NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3 1988 Many killed at demonstration against general Ne Win in Rangoon 1988 Rascals begin 1st tour in 20 years 1987 87th U.S. Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in SF 1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1987 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB 1987 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant 1986 "Living on Video" by Trans-X peaks at #61 1986 "Vienna Calling" by Falco peaks at #18 1986 Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy winner, singns with Kansas City Royals 1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record) 1986 President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments 1985 American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele 1983 Stephanie Kay Ashmore, of Alabama, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss 1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery 1982 Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away" 1982 Washington D.C. jury finds John Hinckley, Jr. innocent by insanity 1982 John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity 1981 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24,000 1981 81st U.S. Golf Open: David Graham shoots 273 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania 1981 Don Fagan and Walter Becker quit Steely Dan 1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf 1981 Riots at Casablanca, kills 66-200 1981 Socialists/communists win French parliamentary election 1979 Sri Lanka beat Canada by 60 runs to win the 1st ICC Trophy 1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Rice's musical "Evita," premiers in London 1977 Former White House chief of staff home run Haldeman enters prison 1977 Menachem Begin (Likud), becomes Israel's 6th PM 1976 Berlinguers PCI wins election in Italy 1975 "Jaws" by Steven Spielberg opens 1975 Elton John, Eagles and Beach Boys play Wembley 1975 Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple, forms Rainbow 1975 Soyuz 19 returns to Earth 1975 West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1971 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana 1971 71st U.S. Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 280 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania 1971 Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf 1971 International Court of Justice asks South Africa to pull out of Namibia 1970 70th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 281 at Hazeltine National Minn 1970 Brazil beats Italy, 4-1, to win soccer's World Cup, in Mexico City 1970 Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892 1970 Judy Rankin wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic 1969 Dmitri Shostakovich's 14th Symphony, premieres in Moscow 1969 John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m) 1969 Zager and Evans release "In the Year 2525" 1968 Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns 1967 Yankees take 5-3 lead in 11th and lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th and Yankees beat them 6-3 1966 Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam 1965 65th U.S. Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 282 at Bellerive CC in St. Louis 1964 Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open 1964 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH 1963 Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII 1962 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m 1960 Armin Hary runs world record 100m (10.0) 1956 Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere 1956 East Germany frees almost 19,000 prisoners 1956 Oriole Connie Johnson beats WS Jack Harshman (1-0) in dual 1 hitters 1954 John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0) 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1951 "17" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 180 performances 1951 Patty Berg wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open 1951 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Evangelii praecones 1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit 1948 1st stored computer program run, on Manchester Mark I 1948 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced (DR Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records) 1948 Lord Mountbatten resigns as Governor-General of India 1948 Rhodes conference on Israeli-Arab war opens 1948 WNAC (now KNEV) TV channel 7 in Boston, MA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's as Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record" 1946 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas 1946 Bill Veeck purchases the Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million 1946 Federal judge rules Seattle club doesn't have to play returning serviceman 1945 U.S. defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa during WW II 1943 Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead 1942 129 degrees F (54 degrees C), Tirat Zevi, Israel 1942 Jacqueline Kennedy's mother marries Hugh Auchincloss 1942 President Roosevelt/premier Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C. 1942 Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa 1942 Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m) 1941 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria 1941 After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns 1940 German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State 1939 Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1939 New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement 1938 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit 1938 Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia vs. Lancashire 1937 French People's front government-Blum falls 1933 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans 1932 Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (New York City) 1932 Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1930 Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yankees blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7 1924 NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms 1923 Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud 1921 HSC '21 soccer team forms in Haaksbergen 1919 Bauer forms German government 1919 German Admiral von Reuter scuttles his own captured fleet 1917 Hawaiian Red Cross forms 1916 Boston Rube Forster no-hits New York Yankees, 2-0 1916 Mexican troops beat U.S. expeditionary force under General Pershing 1915 Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law 1913 Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane 1907 13th U.S. Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA 1907 E. W. Scripps founded United Press 1904 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913) 1903 Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Mazarine Stone" takes place 1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers 1898 Guam becomes a territory of U.S. 1895 British Roseberry government falls 1894 Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company 1893 1st Ferris wheel premieres at Chicago's Columbian Exposition 1887 Britain celebrates golden jubilee of Queen Victoria 1879 F. W. Woolworth opens 1st store, failed almost immediately 1868 Wagner's opera "Meistersinger von Nuernberg," premieres in Munich 1863 Battle at Upperville Virginia, 389 casualities 1858 Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe 1849 Battle at Waghausel: Prussian troops beat Baden rebels 1834 Cyrus Hall McCormick patents reaping machine 1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (New York City) 1805 Great Stoneface Mount found in New Hampshire 1792 Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil and Mexicana off Vancouver, BC 1791 Fleeing French King Louis XVI and family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne 1788 U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify 1788 Vizille France population demands local parliament 1768 1st U.S. bachelor of medicine degree, Dr. John Archer 1749 Pieter Steyn installed as pension advisor of Netherlands 1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter 1672 Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded 1672 French troops under king Louis XIV occupy Utrecht 1667 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England 1661 Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty 1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views 1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 1572 Garrison under Adrian of Swieten conquers Gouda 1547 Great fire in Moscow 1529 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France 1498 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian 1128 Battle of Akspoele: earl Willem of Normandy beats Diederik 996 Pope Gregory V crowns Otto III Roman Catholic German emperor of Elzas 524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France
