2015 Aducanumab, a new drug developed by Biogen to treat Alzheimer's, is showing success in reducing toxic brain plaque and decreasing the rate of mental impairment in trials; if successful in further testing, the drug may be available by 2020 2014 Rising Asian demand for Champagne will represent increasing export growth, with Japan currently the fourth-largest export market after the U.K., the U.S. and Germany 2014 Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu announces his retirement today; he won the Emperor's Cup in 2008 and achieved the second-highest rank of ozeki during his career 2013 Zillur Rahman, age 84, the President of Bangladesh, dies in office after a long illness at a hospital in Singapore; the government declared three days of mourning 2012 The movie 'John Carter' becomes one of the biggest losses in film history; Disney takes a $200 million writedown on the film 2012 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the border of Mexico's states Guerrero and Oaxaca 2011 In Morocco, thousands rally to demand and end to corruption and more civil rights for the Moroccan people 2011 Exiles in Tibet vote for a new Prime Minister, and also for 43 members of the Tibetan parliament 2010 Nepal declares a national day of mourning in honor of Girija Prasad Koirala, the 'elder statesman of South Asia' who dies in Kathmandu at age 86 2005 Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes west of Kyushu Island, Japan 2003 United States, Briain, Australia and Poland invade Iraq without United Nations sanction 1997 "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 61 performances 1997 Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive 1997 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1996 "Love Thy Neighbor," opens at Booth Theater New York City 1996 Erik and Lyle Menendez found guilty of killing their parents 1996 U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease) 1995 Dow-Jones hits 4083.68 (record) 1995 Poison Gas released in Tokyo subway 12 killed, 4,700 injured 1995 Beatles song, "Baby It's You," with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years 1994 "Cyrano - The Musical" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 137 performances 1994 "Flowering Peach" opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 41 performances 1994 "No Man's Land" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 61 performances 1994 14th Golden Raspberry Awards: Indecent Proposal wins 1994 Brett Hart wins WWF championship at Wrestlemania X 1994 El Salvador's 1st President election following 12-year-old civil war 1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament 1994 Mashonaland U-24 beat Matabeleland on 1st inn to win Logan Cup 1994 Wrestlemania X at MSG NY, Bret Hart pins Yokozuna 1994 Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa 1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (36.02 sec) 1993 IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England 1993 Morton Downey, Jr. weds Lori Krebs 1992 Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set 1992 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses 1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1991 Michael Jackson signs $65M 6 album deal with Sony records 1991 Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus 1991 U.S. forgives $2 billion in loans to Poland 1990 Los Angeles Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33 1990 Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident 1989 Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation 1989 Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA 1988 David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in New York City 1988 Laura Davies wins Circle K LPGA Tucson Golf Open 1988 Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 FDA approves sale of AZT (AIDS treatment) 1987 NASA launches Palapa B2P 1987 Soap opera "Capitol" final episode 1987 Soviet filmmakers arrive in Hollywood for an entertainment summit 1987 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.36) 1986 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (U.K. record) 1986 Jacques Chirac forms French government 1985 Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race 1984 Andy Kaufman and Fred Blassie's "My Breakfast With Blassie" premieres 1984 Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools 1983 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open 1982 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is vs. Barbados 1982 France performs nuclear test 1982 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks 1982 Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa 1981 Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years 1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr 1980 U.S. appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran 1979 Columbia flies on Shuttle carrier aircraft to Kennedy Space Center 1978 Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders 1977 Communists/socialists win French municipal elections 1977 Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1977 Premier Indira Gandhi loses election in India 1976 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 1000m (1:15.70) 1976 Patricia Hearst convicted of armed robbery 1973 Roberto Clemente elected to Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death 1972 19 mountain climbers killed on Japan's Mount Fuji during an avalanche 1972 S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee 1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game 1969 Abebe Bikila's auto-accident, near Addis Ababa 1969 Beatle John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in Gibraltar 1969 U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 1968 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill removing gold backing from U.S. paper money 1968 Military intervene in South-Yemen (leftist ministers resign) 1967 Supremes release "The Happening" 1967 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St. Petersburg Women's Golf Open 1965 27th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 1965 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs. New Zealand at Delhi 1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization 1963 1st "Pop Art" exhibition (New York City) 1963 Sikkim crown prince Paldan Thondup Namgyal marries Hope Cooke 1962 Sjoukje Dijkstra becomes world champion figure skater 1958 50" snow across the Mason-Dixon line 1958 Clandestine Burasi Bizim Radio (communist) begins transmitting 1958 Greek Clandestine Radio (communist), Voice of Truth 1st transmission 1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1956 156-day strike against Westinghouse ends 1956 E Ochab succeeds Beirut as 1st secretary of Polish CP 1956 Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (U.S.S.R.) explodes 1956 Tunisia gains independence from France 1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp 1955 KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, California (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 "King and I" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 1246 performances 1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76 1954 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) 1952 24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart and Vivian Leigh win 1952 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan 1952 U.S. senate ratifies peace treaty with Japan 1951 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java 1948 1st live televised musical Eugene Ormandy on CBS followed in 90 1948 20th Academy Awards - "Gentleman's Agreement," L Young, R Colman win minutes by 2nd live televised musical Arturo Toscvanni on NBC 1947 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic 1946 Belgian government of Spaak, resigns 1945 U.S. 70th Infantry division/7th Armour division attack Saar 1944 Bus falls off bridge into Passaic River New Jersey, killing 16 1944 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes 1943 British offensive against Mareth-line 1943 German U-384 bombed and sinks 1942 Convoy PQ13 departs Reykjavik Iceland to Russia 1942 General MacArthur vows, "I shall return" 1942 Major German assault on Malta 1941 Nazi-German/Yugoslav pact drawn 1940 Paul Reynoud becomes French premier 1939 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania 1937 Franco-offensive at Guadalajara Spain 1935 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio 1934 Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany 1934 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany 1934 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers 1933 Dachau, 1st concentration camp, completed 1932 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kara-Kalpak ASSR 1931 Bishop Schreiber warns against national-socialism in Berlin 1930 Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph 1924 Finnair begins scheduled flight of Helsinki-Tallinn 1924 Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Vanc Millionaires (PCHA) in 2 1923 Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA 1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent 1922 USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier 1922 WIP-AM in Philadelphia Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions 1920 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1 month) 1920 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld 1920 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1916 Allies attack Zeebrugge Belgium 1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in U.S., New Haven 1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City) 1911 Winter Garden Theater opens at 1634 Broadway New York City 1906 George B. Shaws "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," premieres in London 1897 1st U.S. orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in New York 1897 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10 1897 France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1896 Marines land in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens 1896 Uprising in Matabeleland 1890 General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded 1890 German emperor Wilhelm II fires republic chancellor Otto Von Bismarck 1888 Start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "A Scandal in Bohemia" 1886 1st AC power plant in U.S. begins commercial operation, Massachusetts 1885 John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine 1885 Yiddish theater opens in New York with Golldfaden operetta 1883 Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property 1868 Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000 1865 2nd day of Battle of Bentonville North Carolina 1865 Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives 1863 Battle of Pensacola Florida - evacuated by Federals 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston) 1848 King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez 1833 U.S. and Siam sign commercial treaty 1816 U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions 1815 Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1814 Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands 1800 French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo 1760 Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" 1627 France and Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism 1616 Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana 1602 United Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) forms 1598 French king Henri IV and duke van Mercour sign treaty 1569 Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Ce 1525 Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants 1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic" 141 6th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
