2015 Two art works set world records at a Christie's auction in New York, with Pablo Picasso's painting 'Women of Algiers Version O' selling for $160 million and Alberto Giacometti's sculpture 'Pointing Man' selling for $141.3 million 2014 Electronics manufacturer Samsung is diversifying into the pharmaceutical industry; after besting Apple in the smartphone market, Samsung has now set a goal to become the leader in the growing biotechnology sector 2014 Regions of eastern Ukraine announce that their self-organized elections show most voters to be in favor of secession; the election results aren't recognized by the Ukrainian government or its allies 2013 George Osborne, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, announces that G7 finance ministers and central bankers agree that coordinate action should be taken against tax evaders 2013 Cairo, Egypt conducts a retrial of its former President Hosni Mubarak over his alleged role and complicity in the deaths of protestors during the 2011 Egyptian revolution 2012 A memorial service is held for San Diego chargers' Junior Seau; his #55 will be retired by the team 2012 U.S. researchers report that preventable infections are the leading cause of the world's child mortality rate, where out of 7.6 million children who died before the age of 5 in 21010, 60% died of infections like pneumonia 2011 In Nepal, Sherpa Apa Sherpa achieves a new record by climbing Mount Everest for the 21st time 2011 The Tokyo Electric Power Company together with the Government of Japan will not cap compensation payments resulting from the Fukushima I nuclear accidents 2010 The Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens sensitive marshes and wildlife along the Gulf Coast; Admiral Thad Allan is appointed to lead the Federal response to the spill 1998 India resumes underground nuclear tests after more than a 20 year gap 1997 "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 61 performances 1997 New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch home runs 1997 Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational 1997 Sara Lee LPGA Classic 1997 Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic 1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic 1996 Florida Marlin Al Leiter no hits Colorado Rockies, 11-0 1996 Valujet DC-9 crashes in Miami, 109 die 1994 "Grease," opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater New York City for 1,503 performances 1994 "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France 1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa 1994 Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup 1993 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire 1990 New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt 1989 217th and final episode of "Dynasty" is aired 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds 1989 President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama 1988 France performs nuclear test 1988 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II 1988 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph) 1987 1st heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore) 1987 Corazon Aquino is elected president in the Philippines 1986 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1985 40 die and 150 injured in fire at Bradford City football ground 1985 Booby trap bomb kills 86 people in India 1985 Madonna's "Crazy For You," single goes #1 1985 Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands 1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno 1984 Johan Cruijff quits soccer 1984 Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4) 1984 Transit of Earth as seen on Mars 1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater New York City 1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II 1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth 1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber/T.S. Eliot's musical "Cats", premieres in London 1981 Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" hits #1, stay there 9 weeks 1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament 1980 Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, and home in one inning for Phillies 1978 Margaret A. Brewer is 1st female general in the U.S. Marine Corps 1977 Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II 1977 Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game 1976 Emmy 3rd Daytime Award presentation 1976 Last broadcast of "Marcus Welby, MD" on ABC-TV 1975 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic 1975 Flyers 1-Isles 2-Semifinals-Series tied at 3 games 1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market 1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83 1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7 1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" 1973 Dutch government of Uyl forms 1972 Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash 1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show 1972 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 2 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last AL pitcher to hit grand slam 1970 Sammy Davis, Jr. weds Altovise 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms 1968 Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park" 1968 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues in 4 games 1968 Students and police battle in Paris, 100s injured 1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 14 performances 1967 100,000,000th U.S. phone connected 1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1966 Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I 1965 "Flora, the Red Menace" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 87 performances 1965 1st of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (India) 1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000 1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument 1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy 1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2 1963 Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats New York Giants, 8-0 1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama 1962 Antonio Segni becomes president of Italy 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1962 U.S. sends troops to Thailand 1960 French liner "France" launched 1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires 1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4 1959 Elvis Presley's 1st entry on U.K. charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" 1959 Rodgers and Barer's musical "Once upon a mattress," premieres in New York City 1959 Yankee catcher Yogi Berra's errorless streak of 148 games ends 1958 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 1957 Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia 1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV 1955 Israel attacks Gaza 1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas and causes $39M damage 1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory 1951 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory 1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die 1950 Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris 1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 in New York City 1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of U.N. 1949 Siam renames itself Thailand 1948 Haganah takes control of Safed and port of Haifa 1948 Luigi Einaudi elected president of Italy 1947 BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire in Akron, Ohio 1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy 1946 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1) 1946 72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4 1945 U.S. Marines conquer Awatsha Draw Okinawa 1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer 1944 Slomp Resistance fighter (Frits de Zwerver) freed from Arnhem prison 1943 Hermann Goering division in Tunisia surrenders 1943 U.S. 7th div lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st U.S. territory recaptured) 1942 Japanese troops conquer Kalewa 1941 1st Messerschmidt 109F shot down above England 1940 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6 1940 New York World's Fair reopens 1935 61st Preakness: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 1:58.4 1931 Credit-Anstalt, Austria's largest bank, fails beginning financial collapse of Central Europe 1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) 1929 Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 1928 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4 1928 54th Preakness: Raymond Sonny Workman aboard Victorian wins in 2:00.2 1928 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St. George's 1928 General Electric opens 1st TV-station (Schenectady, New York) 1927 Belgium beats England 9-1 in soccer 1927 Louis B. Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1926 Airship Norge leaves Spitsbergen for 1st air crossing of Arctic Ocean 1925 Communist Party of Holland splits 1925 Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Region constituted in RSFSR 1924 Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election 1924 Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire) 1923 10 home runs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St. Louis Cardinals 1921 Tel Aviv is 1st all Jewish municipality 1919 Yankees' Jack Quinn and Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie 1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8 1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand 1916 Einstein's Theory of General Relativity presented 1912 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4 1910 Montana's Glacier National Park forms 1907 Bank of San Francisco incorporated 1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace 1900 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavywgt boxing title 1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers 1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co 1893 Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km) 1892 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41 1888 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49 1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39 1881 Bedrich Smetana's opera "Libusa," premieres in Prague 1875 George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout 1867 Treaty of London drawn, concerning Luxembourg 1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge) 1864 General J E B Stuart is mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern 1862 Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, Virginia 1858 Minnesota admitted as 32nd U.S. state 1850 Work starts on 1st brick building in San Francisco 1833 "Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg and sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215 1818 Cincinnati Reds Hod Eller no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 6-0 1816 American Bible Society forms in New York 1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Most observers consider it disgusting and immoral. No wonder it caught on! 1792 Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray 1784 England and Tippu Sahib van Mysore sign peace treaty 1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed 1752 1st U.S. fire insurance policy issued (Philadelphia) 1751 1st U.S. hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital) 1749 British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization 1745 Battle of Fontenoy (Doornik): Austrian Succession war 1690 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French and English naval battle 1678 French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao 1674 Netherlands and Cologne sign peace treaty 1625 Boers besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper-Austria 1548 Great fire in Brielle 1502 Columbus begins 4th and last trip to "Indies" 1421 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria 1330 Constantinople (Istanbul) becomes new capital by Roman Emperor Constantine for Eastern Roman Empire 1189 Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg 330 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire
