2014 A bird flu outbreak has been identified on three poultry farms in the Netherlands; though current tests show the virus strain to pose a low risk to humans, infected birds will be slaughtered 2014 Chocolate manufacturers state that a cocoa-pod fungus and dry weather in cocoa-growing regions has created a shortage of cocoa that may increase in the future; world chocolate demand already exceeds production capacity 2013 Indian cricketeer Sachin Tendulkar scores 74 runs in the final Test innings of his career at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium 2013 Abdulla Yameen wins the Presidential election in the Maldives with 51.3% of the popular vote, compared to 48.6 % for former leader Mohamed Nasheed 2012 Hostess Brands reveals its plan to file for bankruptcy and liquidate its assets, claiming contract disputes from the bakery's union worker strike crippled its operations; about 18,500 workers will be laid off 2012 The U.S. House of Representatives votes to end the Jackson-Vanik amendment from 1974, which was intended to effect U.S. trade relations with Communist countries 2011 In Pakistan's South Waziristan province, 13 militants in a compound are believed to have been killed by U.S. drone missiles 2011 Parliament gives the new Greek Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos a vote of confidence, opening the doors for national unity to help restore financial stability in Greece 2010 In the U.S., Senators from the Republican Party adopt a bill to ban earmarks, a process of setting aside money in bills for specific purposes specified by legislators 2010 Longtime U.S. Democratic Representative Charlie Rangel is found guilty of multiple violations of House rules, including failure to pay taxes 1997 "1776," closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1997 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Saskatchawan, 47-23 1996 "Into the Whirlwind" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 2 performances 1996 18th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 28 awards 1995 Attorney General Janet Reno announces she has Parkinson disease 1995 Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery 1993 "Any Given Day" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 32 performances 1993 Russian President Yeltsin shuts Lenin museum 1993 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter at Belmont 1990 Manuel Noriega claims U.S. denied him a fair trial 1989 "Gypsy" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 477 performances 1989 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops 1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act 1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years 1988 Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs 1988 Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson 1988 Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins parliamentary election 1988 Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel 1987 Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz 1987 Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago" 1984 14th Shuttle Mission (51A) -Discovery 2- lands at Kennedy Center 1984 Houston blocks 20 Denver shots tying NBA regulation game record 1984 Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket 1984 John Lennon releases "Every Man has a Woman Who Loves Him" 1983 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose 1982 5th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 5-lands at Edwards AFB 1982 Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike 1982 Space Shuttle Columbia completes its 1st operational flight 1982 Tom Stoppard's "Real Thing," premieres in London 1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances 1981 Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis 1981 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch) 1980 Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback Doug Williams throws for 486 yards 1979 Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmas" 1978 Major Indoor Soccer League holds its 1st draft 1977 Rod Carew wins AL MVP award 1976 Rene Levesque's "Parti Quebecois" wins elections in Quebec 1976 Rick Barry (SF), ends then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1975 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Jacksonville Ladies Golf Open 1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away 1974 John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" 1974 Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record) 1973 John Lennon releases "Mind Games" album 1973 President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline 1973 Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit 1972 "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater New York City for 5 performances 1969 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported 1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1966 Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP 1965 Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) 1965 Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow 1964 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission 1964 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1963 Toledo, OH newspaper strike began 1963 Touch-tone telephone introduced 1962 Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic) 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 73 points vs New York Knicks 1961 Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries 1960 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP 1959 "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 1443 performances 1957 "Copper and Brass" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 36 performances 1957 Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Philadelphia 111-89 1957 Okla's NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame 7-0 1955 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell) 1955 Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry" 1955 KLM orders 8 DC-8's 1955 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco 1952 Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election 1950 Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops 1950 U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps 1950 U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat 1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel 1947 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis 1945 Yeshiva College (Univesity), chartered in NY, 1st U.S. Jewish College 1944 U.S. 9th division and 1st Army attacks at Geilenkirchen 1942 Assault of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortresses on airport at Sidi Ahmed 1941 German troops conquer Kertsh (probably) 1939 Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail 1939 German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland 1938 K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India 1936 German air force begins bombing of Madrid 1935 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Jumbo," premieres in New York City 1933 Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator 1933 Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. 1926 New York Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0 1925 American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY) 1925 Philip Barry's "In a Garden," premieres in New York City 1924 Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL and major-league football record) 1922 Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite 1922 Turkish kalief/sultan Mehmed VI asks British army for help 1920 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Connecticut 1919 Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Bela Kuns Soviet Republic 1918 Hungarian People's Republic declared 1917 British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1916 Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in New York City 1916 I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in New York City 1916 U.S.S.R. La Satannaya ammunitions factory explodes, killing 1,000 1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens 1914 Pope Benedict XV calls for peace 1909 EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms 1908 Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting New York's Metropolitan Opera 1907 Oklahoma becomes 46th state 1905 Netherlands/Russian Count Witte becomes premier of Russia 1903 V Herbert and H Smith' musical "Babette," premieres in New York City 1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1894 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan 1894 French Captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa 1882 British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger 1875 Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians 1875 William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities 1870 Spanish Cortes selects King Amadeus I 1864 Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia 1864 Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during Civil War 1863 Battle of Campbell's Station TN, 492 casualities 1859 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Groza," premieres in Moscow 1856 Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens 1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City) 1841 N E Guerin of New York patents cork-filled life preserver 1835 Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1824 New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business 1811 Earthquake in Missouri caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards 1805 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French 1801 1st edition of New York Evening Post 1798 Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress 1776 1st gun salute - for U.S. Andrea Doria at Ft. St. Eustatius 1776 British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution 1771 West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname 1764 Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac 1763 English journalist John Wilkes injured at duel 1700 Monarch of Brandenburg becomes king of Prussia 1683 Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia 1677 French troops occupy Freiburg 1676 1st colonial prision organized, Nantucket Mass 1632 Battle at Lutzen: Sweden beats imperial armies under Von Wallenstein 1572 Don Frederiks troops occupy/plunder Zutphen 1532 Pizarro captures Incan emperor Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca 1380 French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever 13 Tiberius' triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany
