2015 The Greek Parliament votes in favor of holding a referendum on July 5th regarding whether the country should accept reforms in exchange for continued bailouts; current bailouts expire on June 30th, the day that a $1.8 billion debt payment is due 2014 Bobby Womack, renowned singer and the writer of many chart-toppers, dies at age 70 2014 Former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker is nominated for the position of President of the European Commission in a 26-2 vote over U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, who strongly objected to the decision 2013 China's President, Xi Jinping and South Koran President Park Geun-hye meet for four days of talks aimed at reducing tensions on the Koran Peninsula 2013 In California, NASA launches a space probe to observe the Sun; the probe is referred to as the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS 2012 Greece appoints Yiannis Stournaras as its new finance minister 2012 After mediation with creditors fails, the city of Stockton, California becomes the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy 2011 The Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 2011 Tests show radioactive cesium is present in small quantities in residents of Iitate and Kawamata, Fukushima, towns located 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 2010 The first democratic election in the history of Guinea is held 2008 Bill Gates resigns from Microsoft to focus on his charity work 1995 Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest) 1995 Mason City Iowa's TV news personality Jodi Huisentruit disappears 1995 Space shuttle STS-71 (Atlantis 14), launches 1995 Former WMMS engineer William Alford is sentenced to 10 days and $1,000 fine for cutting feed during Howard Stern's broadcast from Cleveland 1994 "Gray's Anatomy" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 8 performances 1994 118 degrees F (47.8 degrees C) at Lakewood, New Mexico 1994 12th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Dave Stockton 1994 N.Y. Daily News increases prices to 50 cents 1993 "Falsettos" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 487 performances 1993 11th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jim Colbert 1993 New York Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game 1993 Shelley Hamlin wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic 1993 Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song "It's Not Easy Being Green" to President Clinton 1992 193rd ranked Andrei Olhovsky defeats #1 seed Jim Courier at Wimbledon 1992 Dan O'Brien fails on pole vault and eliminated from Olympics decathlon 1992 Daryl Gates retires as Los Angeles police chief 1992 Denmark upsets German 2-0, to win European Soccer championship 1991 Emmy 18th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 12th time 1990 Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract 1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m) 1988 Reds bat out of order against Padres in 1st inning 1986 Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing only a body stocking 1986 In referendum, Irish uphold ban on divorce 1986 Robby Thompson (SF) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game 1986 San Francisco Giant Robby Thompson is caught stealing record 4 times 1986 U.S. informs New Zealand it will not defend it against attack 1986 World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal 1985 1st hotel strike in New York 1985 Route 66, Chicago to Santa Monica, is decertified 1984 Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time 1984 Fire destroys a set in "A View to the Kill" 1984 France wins soccer's European Cup 1984 Late Night's 1st Tower Drop 1984 Supreme Court ends NCAA monopoly on college football telecasts 1983 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro 1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning 1983 NASA launches space vehicle S-205 1983 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1982 "Dancin'" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 1,774 performances 1982 "Play Me a Country Song" opens and closes at Virginia Theater New York City 1982 STS-4 Launch (Columbia) 1982 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Rochester Golf International 1981 "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes returns to #1 slot 1981 Cambodia adopts its constitution 1981 Pamela Jenks, 21, crowned 14th Miss Black America 1980 1st female state police graduates, New Jersey 1980 Dodger's Jerry Reuss' no-hits San Francisco Giants 8-0 1980 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 1980 U.S. revives draft registration 1979 Muhammad Ali retires as boxing champ 1979 Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities 1978 Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1 1978 Soyuz 30 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Polish) to Salyut 6 space station 1978 U.S. Seasat 1, 1st oceanographic satellite, launched into polar orbit 1977 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise 1977 Djibouti (Afars and Issas) claims Independence from France 1977 Willie McCovey smashes 2 home runs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973) 1976 "Pacific Overtures" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 193 performances 1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda 1976 Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Invitational 1976 Portuguese general Antonio Eanes elected president 1974 "Flip Wilson Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1974 U.S. president Nixon visits U.S.S.R. 1973 "Live and Let Die" premieres in U.S. 1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list" 1973 Uruguay suspends constitution 1971 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden New York City after 31 performances 1971 26th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner 1969 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival 1969 Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match 1969 Police raid Stonewall Gay Bar in Greenwich Village, New York, about 400 to 1,000 patrons riot against police, it lasts 3 days 1968 Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague 1967 Race riot in Buffalo New York (200 arrested) 1966 1st sci-fi soap opera, "Dark Shadows," premieres on ABC-TV 1966 4th Mayor's Trophy Game; Yankees beat Mets 5-2 1965 Carol Mann wins LPGA Carling Golf Open 1964 "New Phil Silvers Show," last airs on CBS-TV 1964 Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" 1963 Bill J Kramer and Dakotas record Lennon and McCartney "I Call Your Name" 1963 President Kennedy spent 1st full day in Ireland 1963 USAF Major Robert A Rushworth in X-15 reaches 86,900 m 1963 Phillies Johnny Callison hits for cycle, but Phillie centerfielder Tony Gonzalez's error ends his record 205 consecutive errorless games 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 1962 Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems, EDS 1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia 1960 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass 1960 Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens 1959 "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances 1959 14th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright 1959 Players vote Henry Aaron unanimously for the All-Star Game 1958 Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th 1958 Harry Burrell flies KC-135 record (5:27:42.8) New York to London 1957 Hurricane Audrey, kills 526 in Louisiana and Texas 1956 Indians trailing Orioles 9-1 come back to win 12-11 in 11 innings 1955 "Julius LaRosa Show," debuts on CBS-TV 1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala 1953 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier 1950 "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 12 performances 1950 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio 1950 U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam 1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1949 "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV 1947 98 degrees F (36.8 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands 1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting 1945 Foundation 1940-45 established 1944 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies 1943 Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m) 1943 Fanny Blankers-Koen runs Dutch record 200m (24.5) 1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York's Long Island 1942 PQ-17 convoy leaves Iceland for Archangelsk 1941 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany 1941 Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam 1940 Soviet Army attacks Romania 1940 U.S.S.R. returns to Gregorian calendar 1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) 1939 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings 1939 Headley scores a cricket century in each innings vs. England at Lord's 1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ 1934 Federal Savings and Loan Association created 1933 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain, 6 -5 at Southport and Ainsdale, England 1931 3rd Ryder Cup: U.S., 9-3 at Scioto CC Ohio 1929 1st color TV demo, New York City 1929 President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I 1922 Newberry Medal 1st presented for kids literature (Hendrik Van Loon) 1917 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service 1915 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record) 1915 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription 1914 Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight boxing title 1914 U.S. signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia 1909 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (60 61) 1909 Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Netherlands (Belgium count De Lambert) 1905 Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" 1903 9th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1893 Great stock crash on New York stock exchange 1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland 1890 George Dixon becomes 1st black boxing champ (Bantam weight) 1876 1st NLer to get 6 hits in 9 inn game (Dave Force, Philadelphia Athletics) 1876 Democratic Party elects Samuel Tilden as presidential candidate 1867 Bank of California opens doors 1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia 1863 Skirmish at Fairfax (Courthouse) Virginia 1862 Battle at Garnett's/Golding's Farms, Virginia 1862 Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia (Cold Harbor, Chickahominy Bluffs) Day 3 1847 NY and Boston linked by telegraph wires 1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn 1806 Buenos Aires captured by British 1778 Liberty Bell came home to Philadelphia after the British had left 1756 French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca 1743 English defeat French at Dettingen 1697 Polish parliament selects monarch August van Saksen as king 1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France 1693 1st woman's magazine "Ladies' Mercury" published (London) 1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1580 Duke van Alva's army occupies Portugal 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain 1524 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess 678 St. Agatho begins his reign as Catholic Pope
