2014 Hong Kong pro-democracy protest sites are being cleared on a court order; demonstrations have been held since September in an effort to attain greater political freedom for Hong Kong 2014 The foundation set up by Bill and Melinda Gates will provide funding to research and test various treatments for the Ebola virus, including vaccines and blood plasma therapy 2013 NASA completes a launch of the MAVEN, whose mission is to study Mars atmosphere in depth' the data from the MAVEN will help researchers construct a history of the climate on Mars and should help them understand how the water on Mars disappeared 2013 Syria's chemical weapons arsenal requires an eradication site; Belgium rejected being a candidate for the destruction, suggesting the stockpile should be destroyed close to Syria 2012 The film 'Chinese Zodiac' featuring martial arts star Jackie Chan, will be the last film made by the action star 2012 A fire breaks out in the Tamweel Tower, one of about 80 towers built or still under construction in the Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai 2011 An investigation into the death of American actress Natalie Wood is reopened by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after fresh information surfaces; Wood drowned in 1981 2011 U.S. company Hewlett-Packard adds Ralph Whitworth from Relational Investors to it's corporate-government activists on its board of directors 2010 HIP 13044 b, a planet that was formed in another galaxy, is discovered in the Helmi Stream 2010 China announces its plan to use its own uranium resources to meet growing demands for nuclear power 2009 The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index reports declares Somalia the most corrupt, New Zealand is least corrupt, among 180 countries 2004 Clinton Library opens in Little Rock Arkansas, containing 2 million photographs and 80 million documents 1997 Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft 1997 FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash 1997 Mavericks' A C Green ties Randy Smith's NBA record of 906 cons games 1997 Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000 1997 Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500 1996 Eappens hire Louise Woodward as nanny, later she's charged with murder 1995 Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 19, of Venezuela, crowned 45th Miss World 1995 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Michelle Mullen 1994 "Star Trek VII - Generations," premieres 1993 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador 1993 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1993 NAFTA passes House of Representatives 1993 North-Siberia record cold for November (-55 degrees C) 1993 Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness 1993 WWF boss Vince McMahon charged with steroid distribution 1992 "Malcolm X" with Denzel Washington premieres in US 1992 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Las Vegas, Nevada on KXTE 107.5 FM 1991 France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti 1991 Moslem Shites release hostages Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland 1991 Auburn men's basketball team was placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and is not eligble for post-season play in 1991-92 1990 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 241 performances 1990 1st Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 11 -4 at Lake Nona CC FLA 1990 NFL New York Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0 1990 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait 1989 Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so 1987 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station 1987 Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair 1987 Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP 1986 Roger Clemens wins AL MVP 1985 Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young 1985 Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport 1985 Howard Stern radio show returns to New York City WXRK 92.3 FM-afternoons 1985 Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us" 1984 "3 Musketeers" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 9 performances 1984 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17 1984 Browns set team records for most sacks (11) 1984 Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 New Jersey Devils shutout New York Rangers 6-0 1982 Mariasela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World 1981 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP 1980 "Heaven's Gate" premieres 1980 Despite missing 45 games, George Brett wins AL MVP 1980 Honduras and El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969) 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage 1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship 1976 Yankees sign free agent Don Gullett 1975 Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to U.S. 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games 1973 Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests 1971 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1970 Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title 1970 Johnny Bench wins NL MVP 1970 Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds 1970 Netherlands and Albania form diplomatic relations 1970 Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon 1968 Military coup in Mali, President Keita ousted 1967 British government devalues pounds from U.S. equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40 1966 Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to arthritic left elbow 1966 U.S. RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1965 Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP 1964 Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP 1964 J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar" 1963 Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone 1963 England's Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under Thames opens 1963 King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco 1961 "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 113 performances 1961 "Kwamina" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 32 performances 1961 John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam 1961 U.S. Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed 1960 Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels 1960 Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration 1959 Washington Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year 1958 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens 1958 Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay 1957 Tunisia refuses Russian weapons 1956 Morocco gains independence 1955 Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight 1954 Yankees trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal 1953 Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage 1951 "See it Now" premieres on TV 1951 British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt 1951 Former Cubs 1st baseman and future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft 1950 South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions 1949 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP 1945 Arnold Schonberg's Prelude for orchestra and mixed choir, premieres 1943 1st U.S. ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated 1943 444 British bombers attack Berlin 1943 U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1942 Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in New York City 1941 British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa 1941 Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in New York City 1941 Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia 1940 George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb 1939 Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die 1936 Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco 1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined 1932 "Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon 1932 1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March 1930 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in New York City 1930 Sjostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premiers in Lenningrad 1929 Dr. Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope" 1929 Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places 1929 Stalin routes troops to Manchuria 1928 Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willie" 1926 Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico 1922 Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief 1920 Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St. New York City 1919 H Tierney and J McCarthy's musical "Irene," premieres in New York City 1918 Brussels free Stofnar 1918 Latvia declares independence from Russia 1916 General Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe 1913 Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego) 1912 Albania declares independence from Turkey 1911 Britain's 1st seaplane flies 1911 Opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance 1909 U.S. invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya 1906 Langdon Mitchells "New York Idea," premieres in New York City 1905 George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives U.S. exclusive canal rights in Panama 1902 Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt 1899 Trumper scores 208 in 185 minutes (1 five 25 fours) NSW vs. Qld 1894 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World) 1894 1st comic strip "Origin of a New Species," by Richard Outcault 1893 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus 1889 Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii 1883 Antonin Dvorak's "Husitska," premieres 1883 Standard time zones forms by railroads in U.S. and Canada 1874 National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland 1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" 1852 State funeral of duke of Wellington (London) 1835 Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti 1833 Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven 1805 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes 1805 Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America 1804 Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape 1803 Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French 1793 Louvre officially opens in Paris 1787 1st Unitarian minister in U.S. ordained, Boston 1776 Hessians capture Ft. Lee, New Jersey 1755 Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle 1742 Prussia and England sign anti-French military covenant 1738 France and Austria sign peace 1718 Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris 1667 Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar and VOC 1626 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated 1497 Vasco da Gama reached the Cape of Good Hope 1494 French king Charles VIII occupies Florence 1477 1st English printed book "Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers" 1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast 1421 Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed 1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands 1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head 1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV 1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I 794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
