2014 North Korea threatens nuclear tests, and activity has been detected at one of the nation's nuclear facilities; the threat was made after the U.N. recommended trying North Korean officials in the International Criminal Court for human rights crimes 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama announces plans to delay deportation of about 4 million undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country for at least 5 years and have children who are legal residents or U.S. citizens 2013 A vote by the General Synod of the Church of England approves legislation allowing women bishops to be ordained by 2014 2013 Amidst criticism for its lack of help in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, China's 'Peace Ark', a 14,000-ton navy hospital ship, is sent to the Philippines to help its relief efforts'; the country also sent an emergency medical team and a disaster relief team from the Chinese Red Cross 2012 British Prime Minister David Cameron announces Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as the location for the 39th G8 summit in June 2013 2012 According to the United Nations World Meterological Organisation, greenhouse gases reached record levels in 2011 2011 In Spain, voters go to the polls for the general election; the center-right Popular Party wins a parliamentary majority 2011 Abdullah Gul, President of Turkey, begins a three-day visit to the United Kingdom 2010 NATO nations reach an agreement to begin handing over Afghanistan's security to the Afghanistan military by 2014 2010 The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Mahmoud Bahmani, resigns 2009 An ethnic conflict over fishing rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills 100 people, displaces 50,000 2003 British consulate and bank bombed in Istanbul murdering 27 1997 "Ivanov," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 51 performances 1997 Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley 1997 Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to Kansas City Royals 1997 Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played 1997 New York Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak 1995 "Beatles' Anthology, Vol 1" released 1995 "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 48 performances 1995 FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC 1995 Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview 1995 STS-74 (Atlantis 15), lands 1994 "Flying Karamzov Brothers..." opens at Helen Hayes New York City for 50 performances 1994 "Shadow Box" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances 1994 Kosmos 2294/2295/2296 launches 1994 Patti Davis weds Paul Hayeland 1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed 1993 Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Robin Romeo 1993 Winnie Mandela's driver/bodyguard murdered in Johannesburg 1992 Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire 1991 Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP 1990 Oakland's Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP 1990 Sacramento Kings last NBA win on the road for over a year 1990 Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership 1990 U.S. 68th manned space mission STS-38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space 1989 Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP 1988 "Les Miserables," opens a Bus and Truck tour in Tampa 1986 Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees 1986 UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS 1985 New York Yankee Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP 1984 McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger 1984 Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year 1983 "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff New York City for 16 performances 1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1983 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0 1983 New York Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing 1982 Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live 1981 Anatoly Karpov, U.S.S.R. retains world chess championship 1981 Burundia adopts its constitution 1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "limited offensive" 1981 Ringo releases "Stop and Smell Roses" album 1980 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A's 1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight 1980 UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting 1979 Sji'ieten occupies great mosque of Mecca, 100s killed 1979 U.S.'s 1st artificial blood transfusion occurs at University of Minnesota Hospital 1977 Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset 1977 Steve Largent begins NFL streak of 177 consecutive game receptions 1977 Walter Payton (Bears) rushes for NFL-record 275 yards 1976 George Harrison appears on Saturday Night Live 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-Hong Kong Golf Open 1975 Ronald Reagan announced candidacy for Republican nomination for president 1974 Rangers' Jeff Burroughs wins AL MVP 1974 The U.S. files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T 1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1970 U.N. General Assembly accepts membership of China PR 1969 Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans 1969 Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia Kanpur 1969 Pele scores his 1,000th soccer goal 1969 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 U.S. population reaches 200 million 1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million 1967 Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year 1966 "Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 1166 performances 1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Success Golf Open 1966 Dallas sacks Pittsburgh quarterbacks an NFL record 12 times 1966 Men in Zurich vote against female suffrage 1965 "Pickwick" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 56 performances 1965 U.N. Security council calls for boycott of Rhodesia 1965 WCNY TV channel 24 in Syracuse, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow 1962 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP 1962 U.S.S.R. agrees to remove bombers from Cuba, and U.S. lifts blockade 1961 WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting 1959 U.N. adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights 1959 WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal 1957 Morton Wishengrad's "Rope Dancers," premieres in New York City 1955 Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India vs. New Zealand 1955 Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. New Zealand 1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1,300 MPH) 1952 Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP 1952 George Axelrods "7 Year Itch," premieres in New York City 1952 Prague show trial against 14 communists (9 Jewish) begin 1951 Snowdonia becomes a National Park in Wales 1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 1948 U.S. balloon reaches height of 42.7 km (record) 1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC 1947 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey) 1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten 1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei 1947 U.N. General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps 1946 Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest," premieres in New York City 1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany 1945 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th Symphony under J Mravinski premieres 1945 Queen Wilhelmina opens parliament in Hague 1944 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) 1944 Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees 1944 Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda 1943 U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1943 U.S. forces land on Tarawa and Makin Atoll in Gilbert Island 1942 26th Russian Armoured Corps recaptures Perelazovski 1942 British 8th Army recaptures Benghazi, Libya 1942 Hitler names Field Marshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding 1942 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over 1942 Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines 1941 Admiral Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note 1941 German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia 1940 German air raid on Birmingham fails 1940 Hungary joins 3 Power pact 1938 1st documented anti-semitic remarks over U.S. radio (by Father Coughlin) 1934 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1934 Lillian Hellman's "Children's Hour," premieres in New York City 1934 New Belgian government of Theunis, Francqui and Gutt (3 bankers) 1934 Tornoto Maple Leaf Harvey Jackson is 1st to score 4 goals in 1 period 1932 Earthquake at Uden Netherlands 1931 Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T) 1929 1st broadcast of "Goldbergs" on U.S. radio 1929 Salvador Dali's 1st one-man show 1928 Boston Gardens opens, Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 1-0 1928 WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia begins radio transmissions 1923 Garrett Morgan invents and patents traffic signal 1922 Zoe Akins' "Texas Nightingale," premieres in New York City 1920 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to U.S. president Woodrow Wilson 1919 1st municipally owned airport in U.S. opens (Tucson Az) 1917 1st tank battle (Britain breaks through German lines) 1917 Ukrainian Republic declared 1915 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7 1914 U.S. State Department starts requiring photographs for passports 1911 Gustav Mahlers "Tie Song of the Erde" premieres in Munich 1910 Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero 1909 Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game 1906 George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London 1902 Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race 1901 Opera "Griselidis" is produced (Paris) 1894 U.S. intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua 1890 Pope Leo XIII encyclical On slavery in missions 1889 Gustav Mahlers 1st Symphony 1888 William Bundy patents timecard clock 1873 Rival cities of Buda and Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary 1866 1st national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org) 1866 Howard University founded (Wash, DC) 1866 Pierre Lalemont patents rotary crank bicycle 1865 Howard University forms in Washington D.C. 1862 Armies of Mississippi/Kentucky merge as Army of Tennessee 1862 Confederate army of Tennessee, organizes under General Braxton Bragg 1852 Charles Reade/Tom Taylor's "Masks and Faces," premieres in London 1833 Charles Darwin reaches Punta Gorda, sees Rio Uruguay 1829 Jews expelled from Nikolayev and Sevastopol Russia 1817 1st Seminole War begins in Florida 1815 2nd Peace of Paris: France and allies 1815 Russia, Prussia, Austria and England signs Great Alliance 1805 Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna 1795 Curacao government forbids slave work on Sunday 1789 New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights 1780 Britain declares war on Holland 1759 Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French 1755 English minister William Pitt Sr resigns 1719 Sweden and Hannover sign peace Treaty of Stockholm 1637 Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden 1616 Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War 1583 Duke of Parma conquerors Aalst 1521 Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine 1520 Friesland hit by heavy hail storm 1431 1st meeting of Order of Guilder Flies 1347 Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo beats nobles 1342 Pope Clemens VI names John IV of Arkel as bishop of Utrecht 1272 Edward I proclaimed King of England 1168 Giovanni di Struma elected anti-Pope
