2014 Negotiators have extended until next June the deadline for agreements regarding Iran's nuclear program; despite failure to meet the deadline, both Iran and the six-nation group claim that progress has been made 2014 Investigators will conduct a deep-sea sonar scan in the Indian Ocean for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; satellite communication attempts have provided clues to the plane's likely trajectory before it disappeared eight months ago 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire grosses $161 million in the U.S. and Canada, becoming the most successful film ever released in November 2013 Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta meets with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Bucharest, Romania. The Premier will attend the China-Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) leaders' meeting as a guest of the Prime Minister 2012 Heavy rain and high winds across England and Wales kill two people and flood 800 homes 2011 Essam Sharaf, Prime Minister of Egypt resigns after protests; Kamal Ganzouri takes is appointed as the new Prime Minister 2011 The Justice and Development party of Morocco claims victory after Moroccans vote in a parliamentary election 2010 An area in Alaska, twice the size of the United Kingdom, is protected by the U.S. Government; the area is considered a critical habitat for polar bears 2010 A new species of ancient crocodile, Khoratosuchus jintasakuli, is identified by a fossil in Thailand 2009 A Pakistan court charges seven suspects involved in the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai 1997 U.S. telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia 1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends 1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 46 performances 1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls 1993 Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead 1990 78th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11 1990 Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election 1990 NFL's New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both 1990 Sri Lanka all out 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17 lose, Phil Eagles beat Giants 31-13 and L.A. Rams beat 49ers 28-17 1989 David Boon scores 200 vs. New Zealand at cricket WACA 1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve New York City assault charges 1988 Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed 1988 U.S. and Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson and Akhmilovskaya wed 1988 Widespread earthquake hits NE U.S., Canada; no damage reported 1987 Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore 1987 India all out for 75 vs. West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24 1986 A's Jose Canseco wins AL Rookie of Year 1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal 1986 Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office 1985 White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year 1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election 1984 William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart 1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1983 Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off 1983 Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli 1983 World's greatest robbery 25,000,000 pounds of gold, Heathrow, England 1981 Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles 1981 Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP 1980 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution 1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 vs. WI Lahore 1980 Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship 1980 Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees 1979 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 53 performances 1979 67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9 1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275 1979 Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt 1979 Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30 1977 David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hours 15 minutes 1977 Miss Teenage America Pageant 1977 Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1976 O. J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs. Detroit 1976 The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom 1976 Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity 1975 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day) 1975 Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases 1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21 1974 Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year 1973 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai 1973 61st CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 22-18 1973 Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos 1973 Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure 1972 "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 9 performances 1971 "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington 1971 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (quarterback) 1970 Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year 1969 John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War 1969 KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year 1967 "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 463 performances 1967 Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time 1966 Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year 1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club 1965 Congo military coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown 1963 John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery 1962 WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast 1961 NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points 1960 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio 1960 1st atomic reactor for research and development, Richland Wa 1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series 1959 "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 460 performances 1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community 1957 President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech 1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states 1955 Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres 1953 "Guys and Dolls" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1200 performances 1953 Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan 1953 Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3 1952 Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap," premieres in London 1952 George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL 1952 Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23 1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala 1951 Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears 1951 Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden 1950 "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 245 performances 1950 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0 1950 U.N. gives Eritrea to Ethiopia 1949 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts 1949 Ted Williams, wins AL MVP 1948 Ft. Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed 1948 KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1947 Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey 1947 New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion 1944 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6 1943 U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean 1942 National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms 1941 German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality) 1941 Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager 1940 Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die 1940 University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon's #98 1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock" 1937 World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors) 1936 Germany and Japan sign anti-Komintern pact 1935 Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam 1933 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m) 1930 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan) 1930 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP 1929 Belgium government Jaspar falls 1925 KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy 1922 Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent 1920 1st Thanksgiving Parade in Philadelphia 1920 WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play 1913 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House 1912 American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill 1912 Socialist International rejects that world war is coming 1911 3rd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7 1908 Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (U.S.) in MSG marathon by 60 yards 1902 Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna 1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers 1897 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy 1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis 1884 John B Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk 1867 Alfred Nobel patents dynamite 1867 U.S. Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson 1864 Confederate plot to burn New York City, fails 1864 Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia 1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee 1847 Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna) 1841 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa 1834 Delmonico's, one of New York's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents 1817 1st sword swallower in U.S. performs (New York City) 1805 Opera "Thais" 1st American performance 1792 Farmer's Almanac 1st published 1783 Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US 1766 Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings 1758 Britain capture Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French 1744 Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague 1715 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 1688 Princess Anne flies from London to Nottingham 1659 Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg 1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus 1357 Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace 1277 Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III 1185 Umberto Crivelli replaces Lucius III as Pope Urban III 1165 RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht 1120 English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm
