2015 U.S. President Barack Obama states that he did not know that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton solely used a personal email address for government business, possibly violating federal law; Clinton served under Obama for four years 2014 The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics is held in Sochi; the celebration includes a variety of performing artists in music and dance 2014 A study announced today that high levels of vitamin D in the blood may increase the probability of survival for breast cancer patients 2013 The running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, claims that votes cast in Kenya's presidential election have been falsified 2013 Australia swears in Denis Napthine as the Premier of Victoria, replacing Ted Baillieu 2012 Sweden's media reports the country is helping Saudi Arabia plan the construction of a weapons factory 2012 The largest solar flare in five years, occurring March 6, 2012, nears the Earth, threatening to disrupt airline flights, GPS systems and power grids 2011 NATO increases its surveillance flights over Libya, patrolling the area on a 24/7 basis 2011 The most expensive painting ever auctioned, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust', by Pablo Picasso, goes on display in London's Tate Gallery 2010 Iraqi voters take part in parliamentary elections and a referendum on the Status of Forces Agreement 1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards 1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site 1997 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life 1996 1st surface photos of Pluto by Hubble Space Telescope 1996 British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order 1996 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists 1995 Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record) 1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty 1994 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins 1994 Charles Taylor resigns as President of Liberia 1994 David Platt appointed captain of English football team 1994 U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship 1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1993 23rd Easter Seal Telethon raises 1993 Different Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant 1992 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78) 1991 Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait 1990 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia 1990 H. Wayne Huizenga buys Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30M 1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book 1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland 1988 Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants and Negligee Party" 1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E. Sullivan Award 1987 Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs 1987 Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1986 South Africa emergency crisis in Brabant and Limburg ends 1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist 1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 update released 1983 TNN, The Nashville Network, begins on Cable TV 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic 1982 Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) 1982 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time 1981 "Bring Back Birdie" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 4 performances 1981 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 1979 Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires 1979 Warren Giles and Hack Wilson selected to baseball Hall of Fame 1978 Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped 1978 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb 1977 Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin meets President Carter 1976 Morocco and Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria 1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate 1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1974 "Monitor" (U.S. Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras North Carolina 1974 1st general striking in Ethiopia 1973 Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory 1973 Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman's Awami League wins election in Bangladesh 1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire 1970 Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova and Gorshkov (URS) 1970 Ice Pairs Championship at Ljubljana won by Rodnina and Ulanov (URS) 1970 Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR) 1970 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA) 1970 WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, Wisconsin (ABC) begins broadcasting 1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1967 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man, premieres in New York City 1967 Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971) 1966 "Wait A Minim!" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 457 performances 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1965 Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma 1965 Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for New Zealand after ton 1965 Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile 1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio 1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 1960 Dutch Builders strike for CLA 1959 "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 925 performances 1959 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1959 West Indies all out 76 vs. Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 1958 Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo 1955 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas and Loretta Young 1955 Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter 1955 Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised 1954 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open 1954 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition 1953 Jackie McGlew scores 255* vs. New Zealand at Wellington 1951 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title 1951 Lillian Hellman's "Autumn Garden," premieres in New York City 1950 Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy and P Kennedy (USA) 1950 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE 1950 Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA) 1946 "Three to Make Ready" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 323 performances 1946 Max Frisch' "Santa Cruz," premieres in Zurich 1945 Cologne taken by allied armies 1945 U.S. 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine 1945 Yugoslavia government of Tito forms 1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma 1943 General-major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia 1942 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta 1942 1st cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee 1941 3rd largest snowfall in New York City history (18.1") 1941 50,000 British soldiers lands in Greece 1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 1940 Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home 1940 Ray Steele beats B. Nagurski in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ 1939 Glamour magazine begins publishing 1939 Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians 1st record "Auld Lang Syne" 1937 Bucharin, Jagoda and Rykov pushed out of CPSU in U.S.S.R. 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland 1935 Saar incorporated into Germany 1933 Game of "Monopoly" invented 1932 Riots at Ford-factory Dearborn Michigan, kills 4 1930 Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball 1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 1926 1st transatlantic telephone call, London - New York 1922 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1922 U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1921 Red Army under Trotsky attack sailors of Kronstadt 1918 H. Carroll and J. McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in New York City 1918 President Wilson authorizes U.S. Army's Distinguished Service Medal 1917 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey 1914 Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania 1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 1911 U.S. sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border 1911 Willis Farnsworth, Petaluma, California, patents coin-operated locker 1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announces that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1906 Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor 1902 Boers beat British troop in Tweebosch Transvaal 1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees 1900 Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 games 1896 Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone 1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1872 -8 degrees F in Boston, Massachusetts 1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest and East 1865 Battles round Kinston North Carolina 1862 Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, Day 2, Gens McCulloch and McIntosh killed 1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs 1854 Charles Miller patents 1st U.S. sewing machine to stitch buttonholes 1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law 1851 Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends 1850 Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850 1848 In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed 1847 U.S. General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico 1843 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1835 HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso 1824 Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice 1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro 1801 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law 1778 Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay 1774 Boston Port Bill passes, British close port of Boston to all commerce on June 1st 1774 1696 English king Willem III departs Netherlands 1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies 1633 Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg 1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1573 Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty 1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa 1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church 1138 Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king
