2015 The U.S. Federal Reserve has cut its 2015 inflation and economic growth predictions for the U.S. and will likely wait until at least June of this year to raise interest rates 2014 Dong Nguyen, creator of the 'Flappy Bird' app, announces that he will reintroduce the app sometime in the future; he removed the app in February after fearing that it was too addictive 2014 President Obama promises that the U.S. will not take military action in Ukraine in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea 2013 In Rome, Italy, the papal inauguration ceremony for Pope Francis is held in St. Peter's Square; hundreds of thousands attend 2012 After two decades of being closed due to civil war, the Somali National Theater reopens in Mogadishu 2012 Wendy's overtakes Burger King as the second best-selling hamburger chain in the USA 2011 The Tibetan Parliament-in-exile rejects the 14th Dalai Lama's submitted resignation as Head of State of the Central Tibetan Administration 2011 The moon appears 30% brighter and 14% larger than at its furthest point; it reaches its closest point to Earth since 1993 2010 Hossein Marashi, former Vice-President of Iran, is put in jail after being accused of spreading propaganda 1998 "Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater 1997 Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER) 1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi 1997 Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments 1996 Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marriage 1995 "Translations" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 25 performances 1995 "Uncle Vanya" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 29 performances 1995 5 die by poison gas in Japanese subway 1995 Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new area code 520 1995 Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450) 1995 Finland Social-Democratic Party wins parliamentary election 1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament 1995 Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers 1995 NBA New York Knicks beat New York Nets in 100th meeting (Knicks 53 Nets 47) 1995 Neil Marshall skates world record 3 km (3:54.08) 1994 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Netherlands 1994 Lara scores 167 for WI vs. England at Georgetown 1994 Largest omelet (1,383 ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan 1994 New Jersey Devils club record 41st win of the season 1993 Ice Dance Championship at Prague won by M Usova and A Zhulin (RUS) 1993 Ice Pairs Championship at Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (CAN) 1993 Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White announced plans to retire 1992 "Master Builder" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 British Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson announce separation 1991 Kansas City Royals announce they are putting Bo Jackson on waivers 1991 Sacramento Kings set NBA record of 29 consecutive road loses 1991 St. Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season 1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day 1990 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) 1989 Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight 1989 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova and S Ponomarenko (USR) 1989 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva and S Grinkov (U.S.S.R.) 1989 Lori Garbacz wins Circle K LPGA Golf Open Tucson 1989 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1989 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) 1988 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25) 1987 Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 m (39.43 sec) 1987 Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company 1987 Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad and Tobago 1987 PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn 1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85) 1985 "Spin Magazine" begins publishing 1985 NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket 1985 Senate votes 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile 1984 "Kate and Allie," premieres 1984 John J O'Connor named 8th archbishop of New York 1984 KSD-AM in St. Louis MO changes call letters to KUSA 1984 Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River 1984 Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering 1984 STS-41-C vehicle moves to launch pad 1982 National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 1981 Emmy 8th Daytime Awards - Susan Lucci loses for 2nd time 1981 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident 1981 Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4 1979 House of Representatives begins live television broadcasts via C-SPAN 1978 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb 1978 Sally Little wins LPGA Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Golf Classic 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box New York City after 390 performances 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.33) 1976 Princess Margaret separates from the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years 1975 "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1975 Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports 1974 Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour 1973 Dean tells Nixon, "There is a cancer growing on the Presidency" 1972 "To Live Another Summer" closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 173 performances 1972 Carol Mann wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic 1972 India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty 1972 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts 1971 Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half 1970 West German chancellor and East German premier Willy Brandt meet 1969 British invade Anguilla 1969 Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention 1968 Howard University students seize administration building 1967 French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France 1967 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Orange Golf Classic 1966 "Pousse Cafe" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 3 performances 1966 28th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky 72-65 1966 Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants begins 1965 Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies 1965 Stoica becomes president and Ceausescu party leader of Romania 1964 Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger" 1962 "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances 1962 Archbishop Suenens of Mechelen-Brussels appointed cardinal 1960 "Redhead" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 455 performances 1960 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55 1959 "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 84 performances 1958 Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London 1958 Sobers completes a century in each innings vs. Pakistan 1957 Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score 1956 Biggest NBA margin of victory - Minnesota Lakers-133, St. Louis Hawks-75 1955 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63 1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in MSG, New York City 1954 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico 1954 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1954 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1954 Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings vs. England 1953 Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in New York City 1953 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth," Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) 1951 Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny," published 1950 5th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1950 City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT 1949 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1948 Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at MSG, New York City 1947 Belgian government of Spaak, forms 1947 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan 1946 French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion become overseas depts 1946 Nicolai Schwernik succeeds Kalinin as president of U.S.S.R. 1945 800 killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan 1945 Adolf Hitler issues Nero Decree: destruction of German facilities 1945 British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine) 1945 U.S. Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure 1944 Tippett's oratorium "Child of Our Time," premieres in London 1943 Airship Canadian Star torpedoed and sinks 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non military duty 1942 Thoroughbred Racing Association of U.S. formed in Chicago 1941 Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena" 1940 Failed British air raid on German base at Sylt 1940 French government of Daladier, falls 1938 Toronto Maple Leafs score 8 goals in 5 minutes 1937 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Divini redemptoris against communism 1931 Nevada legalizes gambling 1930 Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi 1928 "Amos and Andy" debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago) 1927 Bloody battles between communists and nazis in Berlin 1925 Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop 1920 U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations 1920 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1918 Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time 1918 S. Potter becomes 1st U.S. pilot to shoot down a German seaplane 1917 U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees 1915 Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) 1914 Stanley Cup: Tor Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Vict Capitals (PCHA) in 3 game 1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) 1906 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich 1897 Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game 1895 Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service 1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England vs. South Africa (Cape Town) 1885 Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional government, Sask 1883 Jan Matzeliger invents 1st machine to manufacture entire shoes 1877 Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match 1870 The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan 1866 Immigrant ship Monarch of the Seas sinks in Liverpool; 738 die 1865 Battle of Bentonville-Confederates retreat from Greenville NC 1864 Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris 1859 Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris 1831 1st U.S. bank robbery (City Bank, New York/$245,000) 1822 Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city 1803 Johann von Schillers "Die Braut von Messina," premieres in Weimar 1799 Joseph Haydn's "Die Schopfung," premieres in Vienna 1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy) 1775 Poland and Prussia sign trade agreement 1748 English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1702 James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England 1682 Nationally Council accept independence of French church 1644 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide 1628 Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen 1571 Spanish troops occupy Manila 1563 Peace of Amboise: Rights for Huguenots 1540 Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" 1524 Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas 1452 Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor 1227 Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX
