2014 The Vatican will install showers for the homeless in public restrooms on the grounds of St. Peter's Square; Archbishop Konrad Krajewski has also requested several local parishes around Rome to do the same 2014 Representatives for the Islamic State announce that the group will begin minting its own currency in order to remove itself from the world financial system, which it considers 'satanic' 2013 The painting, 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' by Sir Francis Bacon, sells for a record-high price of $142 million at Christie's auction in New York 2013 The largest fancy orange diamond on record was sold at Christie's auction in Geneva; the 14.82-carat stunner sold for $35.5 million 2012 Parts of Australia and the South Pacific witness a total solar eclipse, with Cairns being the most populated city to experience this rare event 2012 Medical textbooks require rewriting after 39-year-old Canadian Scott Routley becomes the first person believed to be in a vegetative state to tell scientists he isn't in any pain 2011 In Georgia's region of South Ossetia, voters go to the polls for a presidential election and referendum 2011 Italian President Giorgio Napolitano nominates Mario Monti to be the country's new Prime Minister 2010 According to China, a report submitted to the U.N. Security Council on violation of the Darfur weapons embargo is ridden with flaws and vaguely worded 2010 A Chinese ship with 29 crew is attacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea 1997 "Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater New York City 1997 Ken Griffey, Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP 1997 U.N. pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq 1996 "Three Sisters," closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City 1996 Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP 1994 Sweden agrees to join European Union 1993 7.1 seaquake east of Kamchatka 1993 Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed 1993 Pakistan minister of Foreign affairs Faruk Leghari elected president 1992 Riddick Bowe beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavywgt boxing title 1991 Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party - Assistant Secretary of state 1991 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award 1990 Oakland's Bob Welch wins AL Cy Young Award 1989 Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" and "Ou Est Le Soleil" 1987 1st condom commercial on BBC TV 1986 Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World 1986 NASA launches space vehicle S-199 1986 U.S. president Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran 1985 Dwight Gooden, youngest 20 game winner, wins Cy Young award 1985 Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, kills 25,000 1984 David Levy finds his 1st comet 1984 Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1982 Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim fatally injured when KOed by Ray Mancini 1982 Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C. 1981 Ringo releases "Wrack My Brains" 1980 U.S. spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn 1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend 1979 British newspaper "Times" resumes publishing after 1 year 1979 Ronald Reagan in New York announces his candidacy for president 1979 Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL 1978 NASA launches HEAO 1977 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot 1977 Final Al Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77) 1977 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open 1975 "Musical Jubilee" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 92 performances 1974 Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP 1973 "Gigi" opens at Uris Theater New York City for 103 performances 1973 Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously 1971 Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet, Mars 1970 Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh 1970 Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed 1970 Lieutenant General Hafez al-Assad becomes Prime Minister of Syria following military coup 1969 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew accused network TV news depts of bias and distortion 1968 Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP 1967 NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City 1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Alamo Ladies' Golf Open 1965 "Skyscraper" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 248 performances 1965 "Yarmouth Castle" burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89 1964 Bob Petit (St. Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points 1964 Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor 1961 WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain) 1960 Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt 1958 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner announces plans to begin a new baseball called the Continental League 1956 Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses 1955 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba 1955 Argentine General Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president 1953 Dmitri Shostakovich' 4th String Quartet, premieres 1952 False fingernails 1st sold 1952 KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Lefty O'Doul's all-stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Billy Martin, lose 3-1 to Pacific League all-star team (Japan) 1950 U.S. win 1st world championship bridge contest 1948 "As the Girls Go" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 420 performances 1946 1st artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mount Greylock, MA 1946 Bradman scores 106 for an Australian XI vs. the MCC 1945 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India 1942 Chaotic "sea battle of Friday the 13th" at Guadalcanal 1942 Minimum draft age lowered from 21 to 18 1941 British aircraft carrier "Ark Royal" sank in Mediterranean 1941 German Abweht consults with Chetnikleider Draza Mihailovic 1940 Walt Disney's "Fantasia" released 1938 America's 1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified 1937 NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio 1935 Anti-British riots in Egypt 1933 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn 1931 Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed 1st U.S. woman senator 1930 WA Drake's "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City 1928 Bradman scores 132* for NSW against MCC 1927 NY-New Jersey Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens 1926 Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java 1922 Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY 1922 George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in New York City 1922 Marc Connelly/George Kaufman's "'49ers," premieres in New York City 1921 "Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released 1921 U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 1920 Hudson River frozen at Albany 1918 Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont abdicates throne 1918 Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg 1916 British offensive at Ancre Belgium 1913 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob 1909 259 miners die in a fire at St. Paul Mine at Cherry Ill 1909 Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor) 1906 C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 vs. Queensland 1900 Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League 1895 1st shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii 1885 Serbian army occupies Bulgaria 1875 Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms 1875 National Bowling Association organized in New York City 1868 American Philological Association organized in NY 1865 1st U.S. gold certificates issued 1865 PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport 1865 U.S. issues 1st gold certificates 1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS 1854 "New Era" sinks off New Jersey coast with loss of 300 1851 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands and Orange" 1851 Telegraph connection between London-Paris linked 1849 Peter Burnett elected 1st governor of California 1843 Mount Rainier in Washington State erupts 1839 1st U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY 1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides" 1789 Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes" 1781 English troops occupy Negapatam Ceylon 1775 American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal 1715 Battle at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish earl of Mar 1715 Pro-James Edward Stuart-rebellion surrenders 1673 Prince Willem III/Raimundo earl Montecuccoli conquer Bonn 1642 Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament 1565 King Philip II's "Letters out Segovia" reaches Brussels 1565 Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei 1553 English Lady Jane Grey/bishop Cranmer accused of high treason 1511 England signs on to the Saint League 1002 English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers 866 Pope Nicholas I answers the envoys of Boris (Ad consulta vestra)
