2015 A second major earthquake, magnitude 7.3, hits Nepal less than three weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the nation and caused thousands of deaths and injuries; at least 48 people are known to have perished in this second event 2014 21st Century Fox, Inc. is seeking to sell its European pay TV assets to its BSkyB unit; this will enhance BSkyB's standing as a pay TV company while divesting Fox of its non-core business; such a deal must still receive regulatory approval 2014 The markets show confidence in the U.S. economy as the stock market rises and the yield gap increases between two-year and 30-year Treasuries 2013 The World Health Organization announces that the Novel coronavirus 2012, the newly discovered coronavirus, also referred to as Saudi SARS, can be transmitted from person-to-person contact 2013 Pope Francis canonizes a record-breaking number of new Catholic Church saints; Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI submitted the 813 'Martyrs of Otranto' who were beheaded by Ottoman soldiers for refusing to convert to Islam 2012 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to his home after successfully completing radiotherapy treatments for cancer in Cuba 2012 A missing piece of the Mayan calendar is discovered, proving the Maya didn't believe 2012 would be the end of the world 2011 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the second-longest-reigning monarch in Britain 2011 Amid protests, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, is sworn in for a fourth term 2010 After new allegations of torture, the International Committee of the Red Cross reports a second U.S. secret prison exists at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan 2008 8.0 Earthquake in southwest China kills more than 69,000 1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea 1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox 1997 Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict 1997 Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida 1997 Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami 1996 "Inherit the Wind" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 45 performances 1996 "Night of the Iguana" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances 1996 42nd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies 1996 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8 1995 Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59) 1995 Jose Mesa gets 1st of his M.L. record 37 consecutive saves 1995 Martin Brodeur ties NHL record getting his 3rd playoff shutout in 4 1994 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Anne Marie Duggan 1993 Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands 1993 Last broadcast of "Knots landing" on CBS 1993 Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV 1993 Parma wins 33rd Europe Cup II 1992 1st Belgian woman, Ingrid Baeyens, to ascend Mount Everest 1991 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Crestar-Fresh Farm Golf Classic 1991 A new cancer drug is announced, which can only be found in bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest 1990 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) 1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million 1990 Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting 1989 "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance 1989 Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired 1989 Retired British pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists 1988 "Carrie" opens at Virginia Theater New York City for 5 performances 1986 Bicycle is pedaled 65 mph 1986 President Reagan appoints Dr. James C Fletcher NASA Administrator 1986 Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California 1985 Amy Eilberg is ordained in New York as 1st woman Conservative rabbi 1985 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1984 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-41-D 1984 France performs nuclear test 1984 Joe Lucius scored his 13th hole-in-one on same hole 1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years 1984 White Horse by Laid Back hits #26 1984 World of Rivers world exposition opens in New Orleans 1983 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA 1983 Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead 1982 FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II 1982 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike for 'Rabbit is Rich' 1982 U.S. Football League forms 1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II 1981 "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander New York City for 333 performances 1981 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minnesota 1980 1st nonstop crossing of U.S. via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris) 1979 Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end 1978 Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female 1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation 1976 Bayern Munich wins 21st Europe Cup 1 1975 U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez seized by Cambodian forces 1974 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee, 4 games to 3 1974 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic 1973 6th ABA championship: Indiana Pacers beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 1973 Dueling Tubas by Martin Mull hits #92 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13) 1972 Paul McCartney and Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb" 1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St. Tropez Town Hall 1970 Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run 1970 Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court 1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, Montana (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1970 Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1969 Kenneth H. Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH 1968 "March of Poor" under Reverend Abernathy reach Washington, D.C. 1968 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open 1968 WSKG TV channel 46 in Binghamton, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student 1967 Provo disbands in Netherlands Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1967 1st quadrophonic concert (Pink Floyd in London) 1966 St. Louis' Busch Stadium opens, Braves lose to Cards 4-3 in 12 inns 1965 Israel and West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic relations 1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as Secretary-General of NATO 1963 Bob Dylan walks off Ed Sullivan Show 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Alpine Civitan Golf Open 1963 Race riot in Birmingham Alabama 1962 Grevelingendam closes 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1961 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time 1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special 1959 "Nervous Set" opens at Henry Miller's Theater New York City for 23 performances 1959 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) 1958 "Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo and The Dont's hits #40 1958 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak 1957 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Smokey Golf Open 1956 Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine's 2nd no-hitter, beats New York Giants, 3-0 1956 East Pakistan struck by cyclone and tidal waves 1955 Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) 1953 KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Charlton Playground named in Bronx 1951 1st H Bomb test, on Enewetak Atoll 1950 Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris 1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in U.S. (S V L Pandit India) 1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade 1948 Queen Wilhelmina resigns 1944 900+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Zwikau, Bohlen and Brux 1944 Krim purged of nazi troops 1944 Secret Police arrest Gerrit Van de Peat 1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender 1943 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in U.S. 1943 German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender 1942 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz 1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine 1942 Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River 1942 Russia occupies Crackow, until Aug 23, 1943 1941 Great British convoy marches into Alexandria 1940 French mariners occupy St. Maarten 1940 German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug 1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River 1938 Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) 1937 George VI crowned King of England 1937 St. Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies, 15-3 1936 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London 1934 "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1 1934 60th Preakness: Robert Jones aboard High Quest wins in 1:58.2 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers 1932 Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey 1932 Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney 1930 Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures) 1929 Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary) 1928 Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy 1926 Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole 1926 British general strike ends 1926 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, premieres in Leningrad 1926 General Pilsudski sets coup on premier Witos compared 1926 Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole 1925 Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan become autonomous Soviet republics 1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament 1924 50th Preakness: John Merimee aboard Nellie Morse wins in 1:57.2 1924 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind 1923 49th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6 1921 National Hospital Day 1st observed 1919 Yankees and Senators play 2nd straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 1917 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4 1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6 1915 Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250 1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week" 1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2) 1910 2nd NAACP conference (New York City) 1910 Phil A's Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8 1908 George Bernard Shaws' "Getting Married," premieres in London 1908 Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield 1901 President McKinley visits San Francisco 1900 Boer attack under Sarel Eloff, about 70 killed 1900 Lord Roberts' troops occupies Crown city 1898 Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters 1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente, Netherlands 1897 Battle at Thessalie: Turkish army beats Greece 1894 Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in New York City 1891 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname 1890 Louisiana legalized prize fighting 1888 Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale 1881 France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony 1881 Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate 1877 Ottawa Rough Riders 1st outside competition vs Britannia 1875 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 1874 U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized 1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Kentucky 1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada 1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas 1864 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (Ft. Darling) 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia 1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid) 1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River 1864 U.S. Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to brigade-general 1863 Battle of Raymond, Mississippi 1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana 1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam 1835 Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile 1832 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan 1792 Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented 1789 Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses 1780 British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina 1780 Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War) 1777 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette) 1776 Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns 1733 Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague 1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) 1695 English king Willem III departs to Netherlands 1689 England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg 1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9) 1640 Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV 1604 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius 1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris 1551 San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens 1534 Wurttemberg becomes Lutherian 1525 Battle at Boblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers 1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur 1328 Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V 1215 English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country 1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr 919 Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich 254 Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
