2014 An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Nagano, Japan; no deaths were reported, but dozens of people were injured or trapped in their homes, and over 80 people evacuated to a shelter 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he will step down when he has reached constitutional term limits; Putin has served as either president or prime minister continually since the year 2000 and may run for a final presidential term in 2018 2013 The U.S. commemorates day of John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas 2013 According to files published in 'NRC Handelsblad', the U.S. has conducted surveillance on the Netherlands since 1946 2012 A dense fog near Beaumont, Texas, causes a a 100-vehicle pileup , leaving 120 people injured and 2 killed; the incident forced the Interstate 10 in Southeast Texas to close in both directions 2012 Russia lifts a ban imposed in 1996 on the import of British beef and lamb; the ban, imposed when Britain suffered from mad cow disease (BSE) had been lifted worldwide in 2006 2011 Scientists in New Britain discover the first orchid known to flower at night, Bulbophyllum nocturnum, over the cost of Papua New Guinea 2011 Lynn Margulis, an American evolutionary biologist, dies at age 73 2010 Germany holds its first pirate trial in 400 years, placing ten Somalia�s on trial for attacking a German ship 2010 A stampede occurs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the Khmer Water Festival celebrations, killing at least 339 people 2005 XBox 360 video game is released by Microsoft 2005 Ted Koppel's last show as host of Nightline 1998 ITT LPGA Tour Championship 1996 O. J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is "absolutely not true" 1995 Rosemary West, found guilty in England, of killing 10 women 1993 "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" opens at Richard Rodgers New York City for 320 perf 1992 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec) 1992 Washington Post reports Ore Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 10 women 1991 New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension 1990 George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister 1990 Dr. Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia 1989 Aneta Kreglicka of Poland, 24, crowned 39th Miss World 1989 Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Moon 1989 Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract 1989 U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS-33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit 1989 Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired 1987 Patriots shutout Indianapolis 24-0 1986 Mike Tyson KOs Trevor Berbick in 2 for heavyweight WBC boxing title 1986 Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals 1985 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS-61-C 1985 Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become U.S. citizens 1985 PNP/MAN win Antilian parliamentary election 1984 Fred Rogers of PBS' "Mr Rogers? Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution 1982 Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas 1981 "Marlowe" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 48 performances 1981 69th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-23 1981 Browns' quarterback Brian Sipe sets club record by being intercepted 6 times 1981 San Diego Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21) 1981 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak 1977 Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins 1976 Algeria Constitution goes into effect 1976 Comic strip "Cathy," by Cathy Guisewhite, debuts 1975 Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain 1974 Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore 1974 U.N. General Assembly recognizes Palestine right to sovereignty 1972 Belgium government of Eyskens resigns 1972 Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak 1972 Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07) 1972 U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China 1971 "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 144 performances 1969 Isolation of single gene announced by scientists at Harvard 1968 1st interracial TV kiss, Star Trek-Kirk and Uhura 1968 Beatles release "Beatles," (White Album) their only double album 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles 1967 Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York 1967 U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1966 32nd Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Spurrier, Florida (quarterback) 1965 "Man of La Mancha" opens at ANTA Washington Square Theater New York City for 2329 performances 1965 Bob Dylan weds Sara Lowndes 1965 Muhammad Ali TKOs Floyd Patterson in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational 1964 WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Beatles release their 2nd album "With the Beatles" in UK 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as 36th U.S. president 1963 John F. Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, Texas 1961 Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues 1961 St. Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws 1961 Producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star 1960 French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons 1959 AFL's 1st draft - New York Titans choice George Izo, quarterback, Notre Dame 1959 Boston Patriots enters AFL 1957 Mickey Mantle wins AL MVP 1957 Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY 1957 Simon and Garfunkel appear on "American Bandstand" as "Tom and Jerry" 1956 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne 1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) begins NBA free throw streak of 55 games 1955 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1955 RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss 1954 Humane Society forms 1952 A's Harry Byrd selected AL Rookie of Year 1950 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft. Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18 1950 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY 1945 "Day before Spring" opens at National Theater New York City for 167 performances 1945 Jim Benton, Cleveland end, gains 303 yards (NFL record) 1944 Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry occupies Hoven at Geilenkirchen 1943 FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek meet to discuss ways to defeat Japan 1943 Lebanon declares independence from French administration 1943 RAF begins air bombing of Berlin 1943 U.S. troops land on Abemada, Gilbert Island 1942 General-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov 1942 Hitler orders Rommels African corps to fight to last man 1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Atlantis 1941 New Zealand troops conquer Ft. Capuzzo Libya 1940 500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis 1936 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst CC Pinehurst NC 1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1934 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show 1932 Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered 1931 Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite," premieres 1930 1st Irish Sweepstake run 1930 1st U.S. football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0) 1930 Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit 1929 Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG 1928 "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly (Paris) 1927 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc) 1927 George Gershwin's "Funny Face," premieres in New York City 1927 Neil Simon Theater (Alvin) opens at 250 W 52nd St. New York City 1926 Imperial Conference ends-giving autonomy inside British Commonwealth 1925 Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college 1924 England orders Egyptians out of Sudan 1923 Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death 1922 British Labour party selects Ramsay MacDonald as leader 1922 Library Ave in Bronx named 1922 Wilhelm Cuno forms new German government 1919 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam 1919 Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week 1918 Bathe: grand duke Frederik II resigns 1918 King Albert I's triumphant procession through Brussels 1918 Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland 1918 Polish forces attack Jewish community of Lemberg (Lvov) 1917 NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands 1914 Ypres Belgium burned by German bombing 1910 Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs 1908 1st US-Japanese baseball game Reach All-Americans defeat Waseda U, 5-0 1906 International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help 1905 British, Italian, Russisan, French and Austria-Hungary fleet attack Lesbos 1899 Battle at Willow Grange, Natal (British vs Boer army) 1898 Opera "Iris" premieres (Rome) 1886 Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia 1884 T Thomas Fortune starts New York Freeman (New York Age) newspaper 1872 Franz Grillparzer's "Die Judin von Toledo," premieres in Prague 1864 Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties 1864 Union General O Howard orders plunderers, shot to death 1861 Battle of Ft. McRee, FL 1851 Opera "La Perle Du Bresil" is produced (Paris) 1842 Mount St. Helens in Washington, erupts 1831 Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) 1809 Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen 1794 Strasbourg Alsace-Lorraine, prohibits circumcision and wearing of beards 1714 King Karel XII leaves Turkish captivity to return to Sweden 1707 Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland 1699 Treaty of Preobrasjensku Denmark/Russia/Saksen/Poland divide Sweden 1683 Purcells "Welcome to All the Pleasures," premieres in London 1675 English king Charles II adjourns parliament 1542 Spain delegates "New Laws" against slavery in America 1497 Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope 1346 Street fights in Utrecht, Hollandsgezinde Gunterlingen statements 1221 Frederik II Hohenstaufen crowned Roman-German Emperor 498 St. Symmachus begins his reign as Pope replacing Anastasius II 365 [Felix II] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
