2015 U.S. President Barack Obama bans the use of certain military equipment by police in the wake of recent deaths of unarmed black men by police officers; the move is meant to help communities see police as protectors rather than as an 'occupied force' 2014 Voters in Switzerland reject a proposal to raise the minimum wage to about $25 per hour; if passed, the rate would have been the highest minimum wage in Europe 2014 Italian officials announce that many of the country's public assets will be sold in an effort to reduce the country's debt; plans to sell part of the nation's air traffic control and postal services have already been approved 2013 In Rome, one hundred thousand protestors rally against their new government's austerity measures, and demand a new policy focused on job creation 2013 An agent in Zephyrhills, Florida confirms they located the winner of a record-high Powerball jackpot of $590 million 2012 German opera singer and baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, dies age age 86 2012 Sybrand van Haersma Buma becomes the top candidate for 2012's Dutch general election after being elected as the new party leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal 2011 The U.S. intends to impose sanctions on Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, for alleged human rights breaches during the 2011 Syrian Uprising 2011 Queen Elizabeth II visits Ireland's Croke Park in Dublin, where the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920 occurred during the Irish War of Independence 2010 Christina Figueres of Costa Rica is appointed by U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki Moon to lead efforts to combat global warming and climate change 2009 The C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group meets for the third time in Seoul 1997 "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City 1997 43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson 1997 Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic 1997 Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic 1996 122nd Preakness: Pat Day aboard Louis Quatorze wins in 1:53.2 1996 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Lisa Wagner 1995 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Postma 1994 AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona 1994 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip 1994 Tropical Butterfly Garden at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo opens 1993 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty 1993 Italian police arrest Mafia boss Benedetto "Nitto" Santapaola 1992 Supreme Court rules states could not force mentally unstable criminal defendants to take anti-psychotic drugs 1991 117th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Hansel wins in 1:54 1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1991 U.S.S.R. launches 2 cosmonauts to MIR space station 1990 2 Germanys sign a monetary union treaty 1990 Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak 1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant 1990 Return To Green Acres TV movie airs 1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl 1988 Bayer Leverkusen wins 17th UEFA Cup at Leverkusen 1988 In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16 1986 "Singin' in the Rain" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 367 performances 1986 Becky Pearson wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic 1986 Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 atomic hand-stand push-ups 1986 David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yd pool 1986 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia 1986 Chung Kwung Ying did 2,750 "atomic" hand-stand push-ups 1985 "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3 1985 111th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tank's Prospect wins in 1:53.4 1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa) 1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program 1982 Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive home runs 1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion 1980 Belgium 3rd government of Martens forms 1980 China launch 1st intercontinental rocket 1980 Fernando Belaunde Terry elected president of Peru 1980 Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die 1978 Italy legalizes abortion 1978 Russian dissident Yuri Orlov exiled to compulsory work 1977 A nightclub fire in Cincinnati killed 164 1977 Juventus wins 6th UEFA Cup at Bilbao 1977 Menachem Begin becomes Israel's Prime Minister 1977 Nightclub in Cincinnati fire kills 164 1974 "Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1 1974 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits West Germany 1973 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Dotty Fothergill 1972 "Me and The Chimp," last airs on CBS-TV 1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded 1971 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3 1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect 1971 President Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus 1971 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3 1969 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances 1969 Apollo 10 (Stafford/Cernan/Young) launched toward lunar orbit 1969 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St. Louis Women's Golf Invitational 1968 94th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins in 1:56.8 1968 AL Kaline hits his 307th home run, surpassing Hank Greenberg as a Tiger 1968 Frank Howard ties AL record with home run in his 6th consecutive game his 10 home runs in the most in 6 games 1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London 1967 Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial 1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain 1965 WTAF TV channel 29 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on BBC 1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 1963 "Beast in Me" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 4 performances 1963 "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1 1963 89th Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Candy Spots wins in 1:56.2 1961 "Donnybrook!" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 68 performances 1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn (for > 30 yrs) 1960 Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris 1959 "Castin' My Spell" by Johnny Otis Show hits #52 1959 "Judy" by David Seville hits #86 1959 "Russian Band Stand" by Spencer and Spencer hits #91 1958 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open 1957 83rd Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold Ruler wins in 1:56.2 1956 Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi enforces his own policy 1956 Mickey Mantle hits home run from both sides of plate for record 3rd time 1956 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam 1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record) 1955 Atkinson and Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs. Australia 1955 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam 1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect 1953 Jacqueline Cochran is 1st woman to break the sound barrier 1952 Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC 1951 U.N. moves headquarters to New York City 1951 U.S. General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea 1950 "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 12 performances 1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders 1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates 1948 "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 62 performances 1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus 1948 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel 1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error 1945 Tigers and A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain 1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino, Italy 1944 Expulsion of more than 200,000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans 1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea 1942 New York City ends night baseball games for rest of WW II 1941 Italian army under general Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia 1941 Jewish veterans honor their dead 1940 German troops conquer Brussels 1935 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 minutes on debut for Somerset 1934 Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky) 1934 Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense 1934 Jimmie Foxx hits 1st home run in Comiskey Park center field bleachers 1934 TWA began commercial service 1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams 1933 1st major league All-Star Game announced for July 6 at Comiskey Park It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair 1929 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8 1929 Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 and lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs) 1927 "Slide Lake" in Gros Ventre Wyoming collapses 1927 Grauman's Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood California 1927 Ritz Hotel opens in Boston 1926 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished in Venice California She showed up a month later and said she had been kidnapped 1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours) 1920 46th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 1:51.6 1918 Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia 1918 TNT explosion in chemical factory in Oakdale, Pennsylvania kills 200 1917 Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris 1917 U.S. passes Selective Service act 1916 U.S. pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft 1912 A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension 1912 Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies 1911 President/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends 1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet causes near-panic 1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco 1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga 1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference 1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) 1897 New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game 1897 Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres 1896 U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1889 Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris 1887 Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgre Luis," premieres in Paris 1880 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37 1866 French Government of De Putte resigns 1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) 1863 Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi 1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South 1861 Friedrich Hebbels "Kriemhildes Rache," premieres in Weimar 1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president 1852 Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school 1851 Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked 1846 U.S. troops attack Rio Grande occupying Matamoros 1843 United Free Church of Scotland forms 1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever 1828 Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France 1803 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 1794 2nd battle of Bouvines (France-Austria) 1756 England declares war on France 1703 Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne 1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal 1642 Montreal Canada founded 1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right 1631 John Winthrop is elected 1st governor of Massachusetts 1619 Hugo the Great sentenced to life in prison 1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya 1385 Peace of Doornik: Gent and Louis van Thoughts 1302 Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) 1291 Sultan of Egypt and his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre 1096 Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
