2014 After two years of hostility between Japan and China over control of certain islands in the East China Sea, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Linping shake hands during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama states his support for 'net neutrality', urging federal lawmakers to regulate internet service providers in a manner similar to utility companies in order to ensure open access to all internet users 2013 The Philippines' central province of Leyte suffers a loss of potentially 10,000 people when Typhoon Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia on November 8, 2013; it is the deadliest typhoon ever recorded 2013 Vietnam evacuates 600,00 citizens as Typhoon Haiyan heads towards the country 2012 Votes in Florida are finalized, giving Barack Obama the winning number of electoral votes; this will be his second term as President of the United States 2012 The BBC's George Entwistle steps down as Director-General, with Tim Davie replacing him Acting Director General 2011 In a bid to attract international sponsorship, England's Newcastle United F.C. rebrands the St. James' Park stadium as the Sports Direct Arena 2011 In Quebec, 200,000 Canadian college and university students vote to boycott classes to protest tuition fee increases 2010 Three Airbus A380 planes are grounded by Singapore Airlines in order to replace their Rolls Royce engines 2010 The 2010 Country Music Awards are held in Nashville, Tennessee; American singer Brad Paisley wins Entertainer of the Year 1997 "Jackie - An American Life," opens at Belasco Theater New York City 1997 Artist Peter Max pleads guilty to tax fraud and time served 1997 Nanny Louise Woodward, murder sentenced downgrade to manslaughter 1993 "Joseph and the Amazing" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 223 performances 1993 Slowakije government of Meciar forms 1991 Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception 1991 Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Philadelphia 32-30 1991 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1991 Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins 1991 Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1,000th football game 1991 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India 1990 Lebanon releases 2 french hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari) 1989 Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns 1989 Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall 1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 1988 MLB All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7) 1988 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1988 Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award 1987 Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award 1986 Bangladesh Constitution restored 1985 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1984 Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 1984 Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40 1984 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood 1983 "Amen Corner" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 83 performances 1983 Federal government shut down 1982 IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankrupcy 1982 Susan Cooper/Hume Cronyns "Foxfire," premieres in New York City 1981 "Oh, Brother!" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 3 performances 1981 Ernest Thompson's "West Side Waltz," premieres in New York City 1980 Poland acknowledges Solidarity union 1978 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks 1978 Larry Holmes KOs Alfredo Evangelist in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1978 Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin 1977 Amsterdam: RAF-terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested 1977 Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City) 1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore 1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior 1975 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City 1975 Royals release slugger Harmon Killebrew, ending his 22-year career 1975 U.N. General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism 1974 2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win 1974 Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0 1971 Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP 1971 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China 1970 "2 by 2" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 343 performances 1970 Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched 1970 R Rodgers/M Charnins musical "Two by Two," premieres in New York City 1969 "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV 1968 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open 1968 Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight 1968 Portuguese socialist Mario Soares freed 1967 KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Jack Lynch becomes Irish premier 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 reaches 196-1871 km around Moon 1965 Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels 1965 Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg 1964 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 15 performances 1964 Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium 1963 Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open 1962 "Nowhere to Go, But Up" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 9 performances 1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill 1959 Corinne Rottschaeffer elected Miss World 1958 Bertolt Brecht's "Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo o Ui," premieres 1958 WUFT TV channel 5 in Gainesville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting 1957 NFL record crowd (102,368), '49ers vs Rams in LA 1957 Cleveland Browns' Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0 1956 Gene de Paul/John Meyer's musical "Li'l Abner," premieres in New York City 1955 "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances 1954 Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising U.S. flag) dedicated in Arlington 1954 Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled 1953 Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised) 1952 Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary-genraal of UN 1951 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance 1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau 1950 Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in New York City 1950 Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected President of Guatemala 1950 Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner 1950 Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar 1946 Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election 1945 "Are You with It?" opens at Century Theater New York City for 264 performances 1945 College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0 1945 General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania 1945 Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald liberated by U.S. 1944 German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany 1944 U.S. 9th Army takes Margraten cemetery 1942 Philip Barry's "Without Love," premieres in New York City 1942 U.S. troops occupy airport of Port-Lyautey Morocco 1942 U.S. - British troops occupies Oran Algeria 1940 Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game 1938 8.3 earthquake shakes East of Shumagin Islands, Alaska 1938 Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck (Good Earth) 1937 Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims "Estado novo" 1933 Black Blizzard snowstorm-duststorm rages from SD to Atlantic 1928 Hirohito ascended throne as Emperor of Japan 1926 Belgium crown prince Leopold weds princess Astrid Bernadotte of Sweden 1926 Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37 1926 Guomindang-regring deallocates seat of Kanton to Wuhan (Hankou) 1926 Vincent Massey becomes 1st Canadian minister to USA 1923 German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany 1920 George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in New York City 1919 1st observance of National Book Week 1919 American Legion's 1st national convention (Minneapolis) 1918 German emperor Wilhelm II flees to Netherland 1918 Independence of Poland proclaimed by Jozef Pilsudski 1917 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House 1917 Faure's 2nd Violo Sonate, premieres 1917 New soviet government suspends freedom of press (temporary) 1911 Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly and charitable works) 1911 Imperial army recaptures Nanking (blood bath) 1908 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1905 Sailors revolt in Kronstadt Russia 1898 Race riot in Wilmington North Carolina (8 blacks killed) 1894 Fred Lugard signs accord with king Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki 1892 1st CRU championship game: Osgoode Hall defeats Montreal, 45-5 1891 1st Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston) 1891 Granville T. Woods patents electric railway 1885 Gottlieb Daimler's motorcycle, world's 1st, unveiled 1883 Toronto Argonauts defeat Ottawa FC 9-7, for 1st ORFU Championship 1878 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bespridannitsa," premieres in Moscow 1871 Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji, Central Africa 1866 Gold coins from the Sydney Mint become legal tender in Canada 1864 Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico 1864 Kingston, Georgia burned during Sherman's March to Sea 1836 Louis Napoleon banished to America 1834 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso 1808 Osage Treaty signed 1801 Kentucky outlaws dueling 1793 France ends forced worship of God 1785 Netherlands and France signs treaty 1775 Congress forms U.S. Marine Corps 1697 English parliament accept army reduction 1687 Pope Innocent XI publishes decree Coelestis pastor 1674 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English 1630 Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France 1584 Willem Louis of Nassau appointed viceroy of Friesland 1567 Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots 1544 Antwerps painter John Matsys banished 1526 John I Zapolyai of Transsylvania chosen as king of Hungary 1444 Battle at Varna, Black Sea: Sultan Murad II beats crusaders 911 Conrad I elecect German King 461 St. Leo I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
