2015 Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, announce the birth of a baby girl but have not yet revealed her name 2014 The average monthly world CO2 concentration exceeded 400 ppm in April; the U.N. has set a 450 ppm limit for all greenhouse gases to reduce climate impact; concentrations for CO2 and all greenhouse gases averaged 391 and 430 ppm, respectively, in 2011 2014 Apple and Samsung achieved mixed victory in a patent suit settlement; Samsung will owe Apple about $120 million, and Apple will owe Samsung about $158,000; Both parties were found to have infringed on each other's patents 2013 Conservationists determine poachers killed the last known rhinoceroses in Mozambique; these poachers worked with game rangers responsible for protecting them 2013 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI returns to live in Vatican City the Mater Ecclesiae two months after resigning as Pope 2012 Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, is sworn in as a member of Pyithu Hluttaw, Burma's lower house of the parliament 2012 2012 U.S. presidential candiate, Newt Gingrich suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination 2011 The news of Osama bin Laden's death is received positively by international leaders, including Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari 2011 Nabil al-Araby, Foreign Minister of Egypt, calls for the U.S. to support and independent Palestine 2010 The European Union and International Monetary Fund present Greece with 120 billion Euro bailout package to help rid them of their sovereign debt 1998 124th Kentucky Derby 1997 Donald Trump and Marla Maples announce they are separating 1997 Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber 1997 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders 1995 "Hamlet" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 121 performances 1995 Expos bat out of order against Mets in 6th inning 1995 Serb missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six 1994 Bus crashes into a tree at Gdansk Poland, 30 killed 1994 Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides 1994 Michael Bolton found plagurized Isley Bros "Love is Wonderful Thing" 1993 "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 445 performances 1993 "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances 1993 "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 40 performances 1993 "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 5 performances 1993 Kristi Albers wins Sprint Golf Classic 1993 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament 1992 "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes New York City 14 performances 1992 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03 1992 Yugoslav Army seize Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic 1991 Pope John Paul II's encyclical on Centesimus annus 1990 "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 62 performances 1990 South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid 1988 Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park 1988 David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," premieres in New York City 1988 Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000 1988 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump 1987 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4 1986 Dynamo Kiev wins 26th Europe Cup II 1986 Transportation Expo 86 opens in Vancouver 1985 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 "Sunday in the Park with George" opens at Booth New York City for 604 performances 1984 Indians' Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 inn) 1984 Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 1984 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic 1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1981 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02 1981 Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes 1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder 1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa 1980 Pope John Paul II begins African tour 1980 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 "Quadrophenia" premieres in London 1979 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell 1978 NBA championship: Portland Trailblazers win in 4 games 1977 "King and I" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 719 performances 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic 1975 Apple records closes down 1974 Former Vice President Spiro Agnew disbarred 1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho) 1972 Lt. General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump) 1970 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4 1970 KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, Arizona (NBC) 1st broadcast 1969 British liner Queen Elizabeth II leaves on maiden voyage to New York 1968 1st performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony 1968 22nd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2 1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London 1968 Israeli television begins transmitting 1967 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 1966 Pulitzer prize awarded Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. (Thousand Days) 1965 "New Faces of 1965" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 52 performances 1965 Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Golf Invitational 1965 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open 1964 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00 1964 Beatles' "Beatles' 2nd Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for 5 weeks 1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ 1962 Benfica wins 7th Europe Cup I 1962 OAS strikes in Algeria 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1962 WMHT TV channel 17 in Schenectady-Alby-Tro, New York (PBS) 1st broadcast 1960 Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance 1960 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice and Consent) 1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions 1959 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2 1958 Yankees threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City 1956 U.S. Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus 1956 U.S. Methodist church disallows race separation 1955 India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable 1955 Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof) 1955 WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Stan Musial hits 5 home runs in a doubleheader 1953 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02 1953 Feisal II installed as king of Iraq 1953 Hussein I installed as king of Jordan 1952 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music" 1952 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet 1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1950 Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan 1950 Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration 1950 Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South Africa but not China PR 1949 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" 1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed 1949 Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0 1947 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in New York City 1946 Prisoners revolt at Alcatraz, 5 die 1945 Allies occupy Wismar 1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen 1945 German Army in Italy surrenders 1945 Russia takes Berlin; General Weidling surrenders 1945 Yugoslav troops occupy Trieste 1944 WABD (WNEW, now WNYW) TV channel 5 in New York City (DUM/MET/FOX) 1st broadcast 1943 German troops vacate Jefna Tunisia 1942 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4 1942 Japanese troops occupy Mandalay Burma 1941 FCC approves regular scheduled coml TV broadcasts to begin July 1 1941 Martin Bormann succeeds Rudolf Hess as Hitler's deputy 1941 Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists 1941 Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400 1939 Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yankees beat Tigers 22-2 1938 Ella Fitzgerald records "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" 1938 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder (Our Town) 1936 "Peter and Wolf" premieres in Moscow 1936 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia 1934 Nazi-Germany begins People's court 1933 In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions 1932 Jack Benny's 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network) 1932 Pulitzer prize awarded to Pearl S. Buck (Good Earth) 1930 Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights 1928 KPQ-AM in Wenatchee WA begins radio transmissions 1927 International Economic Conference (52 countries including U.S.S.R.) opens 1927 Pulitzer prize awarded to Louis Bromfield (Early Autumn) 1926 U.S. military intervenes in Nicaragua 1925 Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens 1924 Netherlands refuses to recognize U.S.S.R. 1923 Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yankees 3-0 1922 WBAP-AM begins broadcasting from Ft. Worth Texas 1921 Begin 3rd anti-German revolt in Upper-Silesia 1919 1st U.S. air passenger service starts 1917 Cincinnati Fred Tooney and Chicagos's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0 1916 U.S. president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act 1916 2nd Ave and Bronx Terrace renamed Bronx Blvd; Seward Pl renamed Sycamore Ave; Herald Ave renamed Dickinson Ave; Monroe and Selwyn Avenue named 1915 Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road 1911 French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco 1909 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs 1907 Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government 1906 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8 1905 French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work 1904 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08 1903 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09 1902 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon 1900 George Bernard Shaws "You Never Can Tell," premieres in London 1890 Territory of Oklahoma created 1889 Abyssinian emperor Menelik II/Italy signs Treaty of Wichale 1887 G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence 1887 Hannibal W. Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film 1885 "Good Housekeeping" magazine is 1st published 1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium 1878 U.S. stops minting 20 cent coin 1876 Ross Barnes hit 1st home run in National League 1865 President Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis 1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1863 Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men 1853 Franconi's Hippodrome opens (New York City) 1845 Domingo Sarmiento publishes "Civilizacion y Barbarie" 1833 Czar Nicolas bans public sale of serfs 1824 Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald) 1808 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid 1780 William Herschel discovers 1st binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris 1776 France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels 1750 Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffe," premieres in Mantua 1749 Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" 1703 Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant 1670 King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company 1668 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands 1668 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution 1652 Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik 1598 France and Spain signs Peace of Vervins 1595 King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands 1536 King Henry VIII accused Anna Boleyn of adultery and incest 1526 German evangelical monarchy joins Schmalkaldische League 1497 John Cabot departs to North-America 1345 "Quaden Maendach" in Gent: Battles between volders and weavers
