2015 Officials from India and Bangladesh sign the Land Boundary Agreement, permanently dividing disputed border territory between the two nations; residents of this territory have lacked government-sponsored services and clear citizenship status 2014 Telecom company Vodafone reports that certain nations allow authorities direct access to citizen communications data without a warrant; the company is prohibited from revealing the names of these nations 2014 World leaders gather in France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day; Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko and others concerning the need to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine 2013 After the death of Frank Lautenberg, Governor Chris Christie appoints Jeffrey Chiesa as U.S. Senator for New Jersey until a special election is held later this year 2013 North Korea restores the Red Cross link used for government-to-government communications with South Korea 2012 Ireland is struck by another earthquake off of the County Mayo coast 2012 A solar plane, called The Solar Impulse, lands in Morocco after completing the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the Sun 2012 In east London, archeologists find remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577 and was where some of Shakespeare's plays were performed 2011 According to Bloomberg, Italian company Prada SpA is planning an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2011 Testing is conducted to confirm whether the E. coli outbreak came from vegetable sprouts in the Uelzen, Germany 2010 Fighting over the past three days in Darfur, Sudan's western region, has killed 41 people 2006 Union of Islamic Courts takes over Mogadishu, Somalia 2005 Apple Computer announces they will switch to Intel processors in 2006 2004 Tony Awards, Avenue Q, I Am My Own Wife, Henry IV revival and Assassins revival won major awards 1998 68th French Womens Tennis: 1998 Tony Awards, Side Man, Death of a Salesman revival, Annie Get Your Gun revival and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown revival won major awards 1995 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1994 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens 1994 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia, about 1000 killed 1994 Brian Lara scores 501 not out for Warwickshire vs Durham 1994 CD-councillor H Selhorst arrested for hard-drugs trade 1994 Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day 1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed 1994 Warwickshire score 4 for 810 declared against Durham 1993 47th Tony Awards: Angels in America and Kiss of the Spider Woman win 1993 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63) 1993 6th Children's Miracle Network Telethon 1993 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Oldsmobile Golf Classic 1993 Punsalmaagiyn Otsjirbat recognized as president of Mongolia 1993 Ramiro de Leon Carpio elected President of Guatemala 1992 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26 1992 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8) 1992 Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car 1992 New York Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter 1992 WLAF World Bowl 2: Sacramento beats Orlando 21-17, Montreal 1991 Albert Belle is shipped to minors for not running out a ground ball 1991 Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store 1991 NBC announces Jay Leno will replace Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992 1991 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, vs. West Indies at Headingley 1990 2nd International Rock Awards 1990 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game 1990 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankee manager 1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4 1988 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers 1988 3 giant turtles found in Bronx sewage plant 1987 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2 1987 57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86) 1987 New York Yankees play their 13,000th game 1986 Jurgen Schull sets world discus record, 74.07 m 1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself 1985 55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75) 1985 58th National Spelling Bee: Balu Natarajan wins spelling milieu 1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele located and exhumed 1985 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts "status" of Aruba 1985 Soyuz T-13 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station 1984 1,200 die in Sikh "Golden Temple" uprising India 1983 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff 1983 Bottle with note of June 9, 1910 found in Queensland 1983 Emmy 10th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 4th time 1983 Li Xiannian becomes president/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR 1983 Nicaragua expels 3 U.S. diplomats 1983 Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1 1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO 1982 36th Tony Awards: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and Nine win 1982 52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64) 1982 Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA McDonald 's Golf Classic 1981 113th Belmont: George Martens aboard Summing wins in 2:29 1981 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64) 1981 Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1980 Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbledon title 1979 200th running of horse's Derby in England 1979 Royal Air force receives 1st F-16 1979 Willie Horton becomes 43rd player to hit 300 home runs in the majors 1978 Proposition 13 cuts California property taxes 57 percent 1977 Washington Post reports U.S. has developed neutron bomb 1977 Doobie Brothers sponsor a Golf Classic and Concert for United Way 1977 Joseph L Howze installed as bishop of Roman Catholic diocese (Miss) 1977 Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws 1976 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2 1976 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic 1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market 1975 Nolan Ryan's bid for 2nd no-hitter broken in 6th inning 1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 1974 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte 1972 David Bowie releases 'Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust' 1972 Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia) 1972 Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London 1972 U.S. bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed 1971 "Ed Sullivan Show" last broadcasts on CBS-TV 1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in New York City 1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open 1971 Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station 1971 WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBN) begins broadcasting 1971 Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning home run 1970 102nd Belmont: John Rotz aboard High Echelon wins in 2:34 1969 Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar 1968 WKHA TV channel 35 in Hazard, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Israeli troops occupy Gaza 1966 Activist James Meredith wounded by white sniper in Mississippi 1966 Claus Von Bulow and Martha (Sunny) Crawford wed 1966 Gemini 9 completes 45 orbits after rendezvous with "angry alligator" 1966 NFL and AFL announce their merger 1966 Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational 1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0 1964 96th Belmont: Manuel Ycaza aboard Quadrangle wins in 2:28.6 1964 Beatles arrive in netherlands 1962 Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums 1960 Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely" 1960 South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill 1960 Steve Allen Show," last airs on NBC-TV 1958 Ozzie Virgil is 1st black to play as a Tiger 1958 Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French 1955 Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1950 East Germany and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border 1949 "It Pays To Be Ignorant," game Show, debut on CBS-TV 1949 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast 1947 Treaty drawn for establishment of International Patent Institute 1946 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule 1st season 1946 Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV 1946 Martin Kresses begins publishing "Eric the Viking" comic strip 1945 "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam 1944 Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion 1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1944 Nazi troops executed 96 prisoners by firing squad 1944 Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. receives congressional medal of honor 1944 U-955, U-970, U-629, U-373 sink in Gulf of Biskaje 1942 1st nylon parachute jump, Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray 1942 74th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Shut Out wins in 2:29.2 1942 Japanese forces retreat, ending Battle of Midway 1942 Japanese troop land on Kiska, Aleutians 1941 1st Navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched 1941 Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time 1939 New York Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 home runs in 4th inning 1939 New York supreme court justice J F Crater legally declared dead 1937 Phillies trailing 8-2 to St. Louis, forfeit game 1936 40th U.S. Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol Golf Club New Jersey 1936 68th Belmont: James Stout aboard Granville wins in 2:30 1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey 1934 Securities and Exchange Commission established 1934 Yankee Myrl Hoag hits 6 singles in one game 1933 1st drive-in theater opens, Camden, New Jersey 1933 U.S. Employment Service created 1932 Carlos Davila coup against President Juan Montero of Chile 1932 Ijsselmeervogels soccer team forms in Spakenburg 1932 U.S. Federal gas tax enacted 1931 "There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time" by Guy Lombardo hits #1 1931 Yankees turn triple-play but lose 7-5 to Indians 1926 Egyptian government of Adly Pasha forms 1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old 1924 28th U.S. Golf Open: Cyril Walker shoots a 297 at Oakland Hills CC Michigan 1920 General Wrangel opens offensive against red Army 1919 Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910 1919 Finland declares war on bolsheviks 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, 1st U.S. victory of WW I 1916 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage 1914 1st air flight out of sight of land, Scotland to Norway 1913 Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times 1911 Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to U.S., not ratified 1905 French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request 1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey 1896 21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51 1896 George Samuelson leaves New York harbor to row across Atlantic 1890 United States Polo Association forms, New York City 1889 Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks 1885 19th Belmont: Paul Duffy aboard Tyrant wins in 2:43 1885 Opera "Lakme" is produced, Paris 1882 Cyclone in Arabian Sea, Bombay, India, drowns 100,000 1882 Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, New York City 1875 Netherlands goes on the gold standard 1872 Susan B Anthony is fined for trying to vote 1864 Battle of Lake Chicot, AR, Dutch Bayou 1863 Battle of Milliken's Bend, LA and Williamsport, MD 1862 Battle of Memphis-city is surrendered 1862 Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina, Port Royal Ferry 1862 Skirmish at Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania 1861 Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers 1850 Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans 1844 Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London 1831 2nd national black convention, Philadelphia 1816 10" snowfall in New England, "year without a summer", from the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia 1813 U.S. invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek 1809 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established 1801 Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal 1797 Napoleon forms Ligurische Republic 1795 Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured 1772 Haitian explorer Jean Baptiste-Pointe Dusable settles Chicago 1752 3rd great fire in Moscow in 2 weeks; 1/3 of city destroyed 1744 France and Prussia sign peace treaty 1716 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana 1673 France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty 1665 Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese army beat Spain 1664 New Amsterdam renamed New York City 1660 Denmark and Sweden signs peace treaty 1654 Queen Christina of Sweden resigns and converts to Catholicism 1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill 1536 Mexico begins it's inquisition 1523 Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) 1520 France and England sign treaty of Scotland 1513 Battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois 1391 Inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews 1242 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris 1002 German king Henry II the Saint crowned
