2015 Apple will begin a web TV service in September, carrying broadcast networks such as CBS, Fox and ABC; the service will offer 25 channels and will likely cost less than current cable television packages 2014 Crimean voters support seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia in a referendum deemed illegal by the E.U. and the U.S. 2014 An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale strikes approximately 40 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile 2013 As part of its effort to protect America from an attack by North Korea, the U.S. invests $1 billion in ground-based missile interceptors on the West Coast 2013 In Vatican City, Italy, Pope Francis delivers his first message at the Vatican, telling journalists wants "a poor Church, for the poor" 2012 After three years without an elected head of state, Nicolae Timofti is named President of Moldova 2012 In a gesture to honor North Korean founder Kim II-Sung's birthday in April, North Korea plans to launch a new satellite that reportedly will be used to study crops and natural resources 2011 U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, publicly announces she will retire rather than serve a second term in 2012 if President Obama is reelected 2011 The Japanese yen hits a postwar hight against the U.S. dollar 2010 Real blood is spilled at the gates of government by the Thai redshirts, in a third day of protests 1997 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship 1997 New Jersey Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals 1997 Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic 1997 Toshiba Senior Golf Classic 1996 Mike Tyson KOs Frank Bruno in 2nd round 1995 Dow-Jones hits record 4069.15 1995 Manhattan upsets 4th seeded Oklahoma 77-67 1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment 1995 World best 7th wkt stand 461 by Bhupinder Singh, Jr. and P Dharmani 1994 Moravcik forms Slovakia government 1992 Matt Keough, in the dugout, is hit flush in the head by a batted ball 1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash 1991 Members of Irish Gay and Lesbian Organization march in New York City parade 1991 New Jersey Net coach Bill Fitch is 4th coach to win 800 NBA games 1991 New York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner, with the numbers 18-21-32-33-35-38 1991 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi 1988 Federal grand jury indicts North and Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair 1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed 1988 U.S. sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras 1986 Chris Johnson wins LPGA GNA/Glendale Federal Golf Classic 1985 Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut 1985 Denny McLain, pitcher; convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 yrs 1984 Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut 1984 South Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty 1983 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Nets-1,814) 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic 1979 CBS-TV airs "Wings Over the World" with Paul McCartney 1978 Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast 1978 Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed 1978 Soyuz 26 returns to Earth 1978 U.S. Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty 1978 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1977 U.S. president Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland 1976 British premier Harold Wilson resigns 1975 "Lieutenant" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 9 performances 1975 U.S. Mariner 10 makes 3rd and final fly-by of Mercury 1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville 1972 John and Yoko are served with deportation papers 1971 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win 1971 KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, Texas (IND) suspends broadcasting 1970 New English Bible published 1970 WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 "1776" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1217 performances 1969 Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period 1969 Peter Stone and Sherman Edward's "1776," premieres in New York City 1969 Viasa DC-9 crashes at Maracaibo's Grano de Oro airport, killing 155 1968 My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1968 Robert F. Kennedy announces presidential campaign 1966 Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong and Scott, aborted after 6.5 orbits 1966 Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London 1964 KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Paul Hornung and Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension 1962 1st launching of Titan 2-rocket 1962 U.S. Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167 1959 Iraq and U.S.S.R. sign economic/technical treaty 1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1957 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young 1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1957 Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating New York Rangers 14-1 1956 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1956 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1955 Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge 1955 President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war 1953 AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St. Louis Browns to Baltimore 1952 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Reunion (world record) 1952 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1950 1st annual National Book Awards 1949 KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1947 Convair Liner, 1st U.S. twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested 1946 "Would-Be Gentleman" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 77 performances 1945 Allies secure Iwo Jima 1944 Vichy Internal minister Pucheu sentenced to death 1943 Elin K (No) and Zaanland (Netherlands) torpedoed and sinks 1941 Blizzard hits North Dakota and Minnesota killing 60 1941 Dmitri Shostakovich receives the Stalin Prize 1941 National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C. 1940 German air raid on British fleet base Scapa Flow 1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia 1939 Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine 1939 NHL record 10 goals in 1 period-New York Rangers (7), New York Americans (3) and a record 26 points in the 3rd period 1938 Noel Coward's musical "Operette," premieres in London 1938 Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT 1937 All but one senior fouls out of a scrimmage game between seniors and sophomores, but he holds on to win the game 35-32 1935 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty 1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 1933 Hitler names Hjalmar Shaft, president of Bank of Germany 1931 Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Netherlands) 1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine 1929 WHP-AM in Harrisburg Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions 1926 Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters) 1923 Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Der Unbestechliche," premieres in Vienna 1922 Sultan Fuad I crowned king of Egypt, England recognizes Egypt 1922 WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions 1920 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park 1919 Frank Wedekind's "Elius Erweckung," premieres in Hamburg 1918 Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published 1916 James Barries' "Kiss for Cinderella," premieres in London 1916 U.S. and Canada sign migratory bird treaty 1915 British battle cruisers Inflexible and Irresistible hit mines in Dardanelle 1915 Federal Trade Commission organizes 1912 Mrs. William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington D.C. 1911 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ont) 13-4 1910 Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona 1907 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia 1900 Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus 1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" 1896 Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" 1894 Jules Massenet's opera "Thais," premieres in Paris 1882 U.S. Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross 1881 Barnum and Bailey Circus debuts 1877 Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 vs. Eng 1876 Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland fight 1st female boxing match (NY) 1872 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton 1871 1st fertilizer law enacted 1869 Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate 1865 Battle of Averasboro North Carolina (1,500 casualities) 1862 Battle at Pound Gap Kentucky: Confederates separate battles 1861 Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union 1861 Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" published 1836 Texas approves a constitution 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands 1833 Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st U.S. woman grad of a pharmacy college 1830 London's re-organised police force (Scotland Yard) 1830 New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1829 Ohio authorizes high school night classes 1827 1st U.S. black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York City), begins publishing 1822 Composer Gioacchino Rossini marries Spanish soprano 1815 Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium 1802 U.S. Academy at West Point founded 1802 Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York) 1802 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established (2nd time) 1792 Murder attempt on King Gustavus III by count Ankarstrom at opera 1731 Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England and Netherlands 1730 Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe 1690 French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland 1660 English Long Parliament disbands 1641 General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution 1621 Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass 1527 Battle at Khanua: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Rajputen 1521 Magelhaes' fleet discovers Zamal (Samar) 1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines 1517 Pope Leo X signs 5th Council of Lateranen 1345 Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) 1190 Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England 1079 Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar
