2015 The U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of Obamacare, including premium subsidies for about 6.4 million people enrolled in the federal health insurance exchange 2014 Facebook reports that over 90% of its tech employees are Asian or white, while women make up only 15% of tech employees and 31% of all employees; COO Cheryl Sandberg notes that more women are also needed in leadership roles at the company 2014 Lesotho has received funding from the World Bank to continue improving its water supply by enhancing the Metalong Dam and providing water to more areas; the project benefits around 30,000 residents 2013 A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight 2013 The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft returns to Earth after China's crew complete's its 15-day mission, completing the country's fifth manned spaceflight 2012 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that minor's cannot be automatically be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole 2012 Elena Vesnina beats five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, in the first round at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships 2011 New York becomes the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage when Governor Andrew Cuomo signs the New York State Marriage Equality Law 2011 According to a new study, the number of adults in the world with diabetes has doubled since 1980 2010 Jean Leonard Rugambage, a Rwandan journalist, is shot dead in front of his home in Kigali; the exiled chief editor of Umuvugizi believes the government is responsible 2009 Internet traffic reaches unprecedented levels after entertainer Michael Jackson's death triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief 2006 Warren Buffett donates $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 1999 NBA Finals, San Antonio Spurs beat New York Knicks 4 games to 1 1998 Supreme Court rules attorney-client privilege extends beyond the grave, exempting Vince Foster's conversations with his lawyers from being used as evidence by Kenneth Starr 1997 Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million 1997 Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby, Orbit 9 1997 Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful 1997 J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game 1997 NHL approves franchises in Nash, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minn-St. Paul 1997 Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station 1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop 1995 Betsy King wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic 1995 Rockies' Andres Galarraga is 4th to home run in 3 consecutive innings 1994 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina 1994 105 degrees F (40.5 degrees C) at Albuquerque, New Mexico 1994 111 degrees F (43.9 degrees C) at El Paso, Texas 1994 Cleveland Indians 18 game home win streak ends to Yankees 11-6 1994 Gay Games close in New York City 1994 Japanese premier Tsutomu Hata resigns 1993 New York Islander goalie Billy Smith elected to NHL Hall of Fame 1993 Parliamentary election in Morocco 1992 "Les Miserables," opens at Vinorhady Theatre, Prague 1992 Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores 1992 STS-50 launches (Columbia) 1991 Martina Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon 1991 Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia 1990 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV 1990 120 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona 1990 NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days 1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known 1989 "Day By Day," last airs on NBC-TV 1989 1st U.S. postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride 1989 Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship 1989 Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils 1988 "Chess" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 68 performances 1988 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1988 Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game 1988 Expos Pitcher Floyd Youmans suspended for 60 days due to drugs 1988 Iceland's president Vigdis Finnbogadottir elected (90+%) 1988 Kristen Logan, 17, of Mississippi, crowned America's Junior Miss 1988 Netherlands soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against U.S.S.R.) 1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim 1986 Former Belgium premier Vanden Boeynants sentenced for fraud 1986 Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release 1985 Fireworks factory near Hallett, OK explodes, 21 die 1984 Lydia Garrett, 24, crowned 17th Miss Black America 1984 STS-41-D launch attempt scrubbed because of computer problem 1983 "Evita" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 1568 performances 1983 India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m 1982 Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Jr. resigns, replaced by George Schultz 1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 1980 "Fearless Frank" closes at Princess Theater New York City after 12 performances 1979 "Got Tu Go Disco" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 8 performances 1979 Failed attack on NATO commander Haig in Obourg, Belgium 1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires 1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open 1977 Roy C. Sullivan of Virginia is struck by lightning for 7th time 1976 Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader 1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France 1973 Udo Beyer of East Germany puts the shot a record 20.47 m 1972 Bernice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball 1972 Juan Peron elected president of Argentina 1971 Stevie Wonder releases "Where I'm Coming From" 1969 Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon 1968 Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 1967 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special 1967 Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational 1967 KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, California (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Mohammed Ali, Cassius Clay, sentenced to 5 years 1966 Beatles' "Paperback Writer," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks 1966 Dmitri Shostakovich's 13th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1966 Kosmos 122, 1st Soviet weather satellite, launched 1965 Gyula Kallai succeeds Janos Kadar as premier of Hungary 1964 Prince A. Taylor becomes 1st black methodist bishop, New Jersey 1964 WMCA (New York City) plays Beatles' Hard Days Night Album (10 days prior to its scheduled release date), they decide to release it June 26th 1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies 1963 John F. Kennedy speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt 1963 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 1962 Inonu Government forms in Turkey 1962 Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) forms 1962 Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional 1961 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns 1961 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) 1960 Earthquake in NE Belgium 1960 Madagascar gains independence of France 1957 "Jonathan Winters Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1956 51 die in collision of "Andrea Doria" and "Stockholm" (Cape Cod) 1956 WKNO TV channel 10 in Memphis, Tennessee (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 "Can Can" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 892 performances 1955 "Imogene Coca Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours 1953 86 degrees F in Anchorage Alaska 1952 "Wish You Were Here" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 597 performances 1952 34th PGA Championship: Jim Turnesa at Big Spring CC Louisville 1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election 1951 1st color TV broadcast-CBS' Arthur Godfrey from New York City to 4 cities 1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service 1950 Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park home runs 1950 Korean conflict begins; North Korea invades South Korea 1950 U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea 1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) 1948 Joe Louis KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1948 Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to U.S.) 1947 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published 1947 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello 1947 Tennis shoe introduced 1945 Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas 1945 Imperial General Headquarters in Tokyo announce fall of Okinawa 1944 British assault at Caen Normandy 1943 Crematory III at Birkenau is finished 1943 Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians 1942 British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II) 1942 British premier Winston Churchill travels from U.S. to London 1942 General Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of U.S. forces in Europe 1941 Russian counter attack at Rovno 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 1941 Fair Employment Practices Commission established 1941 Finland declares war on Soviet Union 1941 Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there 1940 Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France 1938 "A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1 1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour 1937 Cub Augie Galan becomes 1st player to switch hit home runs in a game 1935 Joe Louis defeats Primo Carnera at Yankee Stadium 1934 Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia (7-61 and 8-43) 1934 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2, 1934 Yank pitcher John Broaca ties record by striking out 5 times 1932 36th U.S. Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 286 at Fresh Meadows NY 1932 Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, vs. England at Lord's 1929 President Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam, Hoover Dam 1928 New York Giant Fred Lindstrom ties record of 9 hits in a doubleheader 1927 WVO soccer team forms in Oosterhout 1926 61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham 1925 Military putsch under General Theodorus Pangulos in Greece 1921 56th British Golf Open: Jock Hutchison shoots a 296 at St. Andrews 1921 Charlie McCartney scores 300 in 205 minutes Australia vs. Notts 1920 League of Nations places International head of Justice in Hague 1919 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13) 1919 Revolt of Spartacus in Hamburg 1918 Baku-Turkish Communist Party forms 1916 Tsar Nicolaas II fires minister of Foreign affairs Sasonov 1913 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority) 1910 Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes) 1909 George Sargent wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1905 Warsaw and Lodz revolt against Russian occupation 1903 Yankees and White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18 1903 Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt is only 20th-century pitcher to lose 2 complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh 1-0 and 5-3 1894 American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike 1888 Republican Convention, in Chicago, nominates Benjamin Harrison 1876 Custer and 7th Cavalry wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Big Horn 1870 Opera "Die Walkure" is produced (Munich) 1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US 1868 President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hour day 1867 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio 1864 Horse tramway at the Hague, opens 1864 Petersburg Campaign-Federals begin digging tunnels under Reb lines 1863 U.S. General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive 1862 Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days 1861 Western Virginia campaign 1835 1st building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF) 1834 Pope Gregory XVI's encyclical "Singulari nos" published 1798 U.S. passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens 1794 French troops occupy Charleroi 1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1749 General fast because of drought in MA 1716 Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands 1675 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden 1672 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in U.S. held, Sandwich, Mass 1667 Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion 1658 Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French and British 1646 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Oxford 1638 Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in U.S. 1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop 1621 French government army occupies Fort St. Jean d'Angely at La Rochelle 1607 Mentally ill emperor Rudolf II signs Treaty of Lieben, giving up Austria, Hungary and Moravia 1606 Alkmaarse clergy asks "Great Dertelheyt" 1606 St. Jansday is forbidden 1580 Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published 1500 Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada 1298 Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany 1243 Sinibaldo dei Fieschi elected as Pope Innocentius IV 1183 Peace of Konstanz 1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 1139 Battle of Ourique: Afonso I defeats Moors 1096 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany 1080 Wibbert of Ravenna chosen as anti-pope Clemens III 253 St. Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
