2015 Elon Musk, head of Tesla Motors, announces the formation of Tesla Energy, a producer of large batteries for storage of generated renewable energy in homes and businesses 2014 Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally, will retire in July and be replaced by Mark Fields; Mulally restored profitability and distinguished the company as the only Big Three automaker to refuse government bailouts during the 2008-2009 recession 2014 Drug maker Pfizer, Inc. has raised its offer to buy AstraZeneca Plc; the current offer of over 63 billion pounds was made after AstraZeneca rejected Pfizer's offer of 58.8 billion pounds in January 2013 U.S. wireless service provider T-Mobile has its opening day on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol TMUS 2013 The U.N. Human Rights Office determine it is a violation of international law to force-feed hunger strikers at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison 2012 Strong manufacturing figures and company earnings cause the Dow Jones Industrial Average to reach a four-year high 2012 Japan's car sales soar significantly after last year's earthquake and tsunami, coming in at a 92% rise year-over-year 2011 U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, founder of the militant Islamist group Al-Quaeda was killed by American military operatives 2011 The U.S. Department of State issues a global travel alert to all U.S. citizens, warning of enhanced potential for anti-American violence 2010 A car bomb is discovered and deactivated in New York City's Times Square 2003 President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over 1999 125th Kentucky Derby 1997 Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of U.K. 1996 "Ideal Husband" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 308 performances 1996 Gerald Williams is 1st New York Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game 1995 "On the Waterfront" opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 8 performances 1995 Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia vs. WI at Sabina Park 1994 "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 165 performances 1994 "Rise and Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon New York City for 9 performances 1994 Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed 1994 Charles Kuralt, retires as CBS newsman 1994 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament 1994 Sherri Steinhauer wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship 1993 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4 1993 Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die) 1992 Eric Houston kills 4 in a California HS where he failed history 4 years prior 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King 1992 New York Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils) 1992 Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base 1991 "Will Rogers Follies" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 983 performances 1991 A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yankees 1991 Actor Robert Duvall weds Sharon Brophy 1991 Angola's civil war ends 1991 Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge 1991 Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings 1991 Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter, beating Toronto 1991 Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record with his 939th steal 1991 Texas Ranger Nolan Ryan pitches record 7th no hitter (beats Toronto 3-0) 1990 "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City 1989 Disney's MGM Studio theme park officially opens to public 1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting 1988 "Romance/Romance" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 297 performances 1988 IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3 1988 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic 1987 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games 1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun 1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph 1986 Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap 1986 Will Stegers expedition reaches North Pole 1985 "Communist" bomb attack kills 2 firemen in Brussels 1985 U.S. president Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua 1985 William Hoffman's "As Is," premieres in New York City 1984 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy 1983 "My One and Only" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 767 performances 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament 1983 Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508) 1982 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4 1982 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee opens 1982 Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead 1981 Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett 1981 Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1981 Radio Shack releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 1981 Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1980 "Day in Hollywood, A Night..." opens at John Golden New York City for 588 perf 1980 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins 1980 Sabres and Islanders play to 1:20 of 5th period in a playoff 1980 Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff) 1979 Elton John becomes 1st pop star to perform in Israel 1979 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) 1979 Marshall Islands (in Pacific) become self-governing 1978 1st black mayor of New Orleans (Ernest Morial) inaugurated 1978 MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht 1978 Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone 1977 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4) 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1977 Empress Lilly dedicated 1976 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6 1976 Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2) 1975 Islander Parise and Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead 1973 San Francisco Giants score 7 runs with 2 outs in 9th to beat Pirates, 8-7 1972 "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 24 performances 1972 North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee 1972 Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose) 1972 Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres 1971 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2 1971 Amtrak Railroad begins operation 1971 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar" 1969 43 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1969 Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 4-0 1969 Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000 1968 "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 215 performances 1968 Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup 1967 Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes president of Nicaragua 1967 Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed 1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank 1967 Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer) 1966 Last British concert by Beatles (Empire Pool in Wembley) 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational 1966 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting 1966 U.S. troops shooting targets in Cambodia 1965 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2 1965 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon 1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth) 1963 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest 1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands 1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria 1962 Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his 4th start 1962 John F. Kennedy authorizes Area Redevelopment Act 1961 1st U.S. airplane hijacked to Cuba 1961 Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba 1961 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee for To Kill a Mockingbird 1961 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain 1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states 1960 Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis 1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane 1959 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title 1959 West Germany introduces 5 day work week 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run 1958 Ambonese rebellion bombed Ambon/conquer Morotai 1958 Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina 1957 Flevo Boys soccer team forms in Emmeloord 1957 Larry King's 1st radio broadcast 1957 U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million 1957 Vanguard TV-1 booster test reaches 195 km 1955 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament 1955 Bob Feller's 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters) 1954 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03 1954 Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist org forbidden) 1954 HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies) 1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (NBC/SFN) begins broadcasting 1952 Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada 1952 Mr. Potato Head, introduced 1952 TWA introduces tourist class 1951 600,000 march for peace and freedom in Germany 1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir 1951 Mickey Mantle's 1st home run 1951 Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry 1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade 1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China 1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) 1950 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 A's Elmer Valo is 1st AL'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game 1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) 1948 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4 1948 North Korean proclaims itself People's Democratic Republic of Korea 1948 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Auspicia quaedam 1947 Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad 1947 Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA 1947 Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated 1947 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA 1946 Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander 1946 Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of Year" 1945 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren, commit suicide 1945 Admiral Karl Doenitz forms German government 1945 Australian and Dutch troops lands on Tarakan 1945 General Belgian Labor Union (ABVV) party forms 1945 Radio Budapest, Hungary re-enters shortwave broadcasting after WW II 1945 Seys-Inquart flees to Flensburg 1945 Soviet army reach Rostock 1944 Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight 1944 Pulitzer prize awarded to Martin Flavin (Journey in the dark) 1944 Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails 1943 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam 1943 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04 1943 Food rationing begins in U.S. 1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes 1943 German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta 1943 Rauter signs unofficial death sentence 1942 Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star" 1941 "Citizen Kane," directed and starring Orson Welles, premieres in New York 1941 General Mills introduces Cheerios 1941 German assault on Tobruk 1940 The 1940 Olympics are cancelled 1939 Batman comics hit street 1939 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling) 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs act of neutrality 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades 1936 FBI's J. Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis 1935 Boulder Dam completed 1935 Canada's 1st silver dollar is circulated 1934 Austria signs pact with Vatican 1934 Philippine legislature accepts U.S. proposal for independence 1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert 1932 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo 1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City 1931 Norway claims Peter I Island 1931 Singer Kate Smith begins her long-running radio program on CBS 1930 Bradman scores 236 Australia vs. Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng 1929 Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds 1929 Farm workers strike begins in East-Groningen 1929 Police kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin 1928 6 children die and 10 injured by hailstones in Klausenburg, Romania 1928 Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter 1928 Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration) 1928 Pitcairn Airlines (later Eastern) begins service 1928 Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms 1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways) 1927 Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam 1927 Panningen soccer team forms in Panningen 1926 British coal-miners go on strike 1926 Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves deadlock at 1-1 in 26 innings 1925 A's Jimmie Foxx, 17, 1st game; he pinch-hits a single 1925 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony 1924 Admiral Paul Koundouriotis becomes president of Greece 1922 Charlie Robertson of Chicago pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game 1921 Drusian sultan Pasja al-Atrasj elected governor of Suwayda 1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds 1920 Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens 1920 Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings 1919 Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages 1915 British Lusitania leaves NY, for Liverpool 1915 German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight 1914 China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification 1913 Longacre Theater opens at 220 W 48th St. New York City 1912 Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms 1912 Beverly Hills Hotel opens 1909 Netherlands begins unity with Belgium 1908 World's most intense shower (2.47" in 3 minutes) at Portobelo, Panama 1907 Belgium government of De Trooz forms 1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies) 1906 Phillie's John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0 1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox 1901 Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League 1901 Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo 1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah 1900 Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond 1893 World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago 1892 U.S. Quarantine Station opens on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay 1891 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3 1889 1st International Workers Day, according to 2nd International 1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) 1886 U.S. general strike for 8 hour day, begins 1885 Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands 1884 Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories) 1884 Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league 1883 "Buffalo Bill" Cody put on his 1st Wild West Show 1883 Amsterdam World's Fair opens 1883 Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876 1883 New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer 1875 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-U.S. activities 1873 1st U.S. postal card issued 1873 Emperor Franz Jozef opens 5th World's Fair in Vienna 1873 International Exhibition opens in Vienna 1869 Folies Bergere opens in Paris 1867 Howard University chartered 1867 Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration 1866 American Equal Rights Association forms 1864 Battle at Alexandria, Louisiana (Red River Campaign) 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia (29,000 injured or died) 1863 Battle of Port Gibson, Mississippi 1863 Confederate "National Flag" replaces "Stars and Bars" 1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers 1862 Union captain David Farragut conquers New Orleans 1861 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry 1857 William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to U.S. Navy 1854 Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes 1853 Argentina adopts it's constitution 1851 Great Exhibition opens in Chrystal Palace London 1850 John Geary becomes 1st San Francisco mayor 1846 Ida Pfeiffer (48) begins trip around world 1844 Samuel Morse sends 1st telegraphic message 1844 Whig convention nominates Henry Clay as presidential candidate 1841 1st emigrant wagon train leaves Independence, Missouri for California 1840 1st adhesive postage stamps ("Penny Blacks" from England) issued 1834 Belgian parliament accept railway laws 1822 John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston 1786 Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna) 1781 Emperor Jozef II decrees protection of population 1777 RB Sheridans "School for Scandal," premieres in London 1776 Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati 1759 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France 1757 Austria and France divide Prussia 1756 France and Austria sign alliance 1751 1st American cricket match is played 1725 Spain and Austria sign trade treaty 1715 Prussia declares war on Sweden 1711 Arch duke Karel of Austria/Hungarian rebellion sign Peace of Szatmar 1707 England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain 1704 Boston Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper ad 1703 Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians 1682 Louis XIV and his court inaugurates Paris Observatory 1625 Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia) 1625 Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland 1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java 1551 Council of Trente resumes 1544 Turkish troops occupy Hungary 1528 Panfilo the Narvaez begins exploration to with 350 men to Florida 1523 Danish king Christian III arrives in Veere 1394 Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger 1048 Bishop Bernold flees St. Pieterskerk for Utrecht, Netherlands 1006 Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus
