2014 Oil prices fall to $69/barrel after an OPEC decision to continue current oil production levels despite pressure from non-OPEC oil producing countries seeking higher prices 2014 Two boys in a New York town are rescued early this morning after being inadvertently buried in snow by a snow plow; the plow operator did not see the children as he cleared snow from a parking lot in which they were building a snow fort 2013 Ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expelled from parliament due to his tax fraud conviction 2013 In Japan, the Nissan Leaf self-driving car completes its very first road test on the Sagami Expressway; it is the first self-driving car ever to be tested in Japan 2012 Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein are listed first on 'Foreign Policy' magazine's 2012 Top 100 Global Thinkers 2012 The United Kingdom plans to create new private and public sector universities; these will be the first universities the country has created in decades 2011 The Arab League agrees to impose sanctions on Syria due to the nation's continued violent uprising; Syria says the move is 'unprecedented' 2011 The cargo ship MV Swanland sinks off of north wales due to gale force weather, with two of eight crew members are rescued 2010 Britain's Labor Party leader Ed Miliband launches a review of the British Labor Party, calling upon activists to help make it the 'People's Party' once again 2010 Icelanders vote for the creators of a new constitution after functioning with an edited version of the Danish constitution since 1944 1997 Lions' Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher 1994 82nd CFL Grey Cup: British Columbia Lions defeat Baltimore Stallions, 26-23 1994 Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed 1994 Julio Maria Sanguinetti elected president of Uruguay 1993 Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 vs. New Zealand, Hobart) 1993 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 1993 Lisa Hanna, 18, of Jamaica, crowned 43rd Miss World 1992 Howard Stern Interview premieres on E! Network 1992 Part of Vienna Hofburg destroyed by fire 1991 "Peter Pan" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 48 performances 1991 Poet Maria Elene Cruz Varela sentenced to 2 years (Cuba) 1991 Undertaker beats Hulk Hogan to become new WWF champ 1990 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher 1989 Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and "Poor Little Girl" 1989 Luis Alberto Lacelle elected president of Uruguay 1989 U.S. 63rd manned space mission STS-33 (Discovery 9) returns from space 1988 76th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats BC Lions, 22-21 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney 1987 Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset England 1985 Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year 1985 Republic of Ireland gains consultative role in Northern Ireland 1983 71st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17 1983 Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185 1983 Desmond Haynes out handled the ball vs. India 1982 5th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 3-0 1982 Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 vs. England) 1980 Soyuz T-3 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station, launched 1979 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia vs. WI at SCG 1978 Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 183 1977 "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 perf 1977 65th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6 1976 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Colgate-Far East Golf Championship 1976 Miss Teenage America Pageant 1975 Red Sox's Fred Lynn is 1st rookie to win MVP (AL) 1974 Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year 1973 Gary Matthews wins NL Rookie of Year 1973 Neil Simon's "Good Doctor," premieres in New York City 1973 Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as Vice President 1972 Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government 1972 Yankees trade Ellis, Torres and Spikes to Indians for Nettles and Moses 1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars 1970 Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year 1970 George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass" 1970 Pope Paul VI wounded in chest during a visit to Philippines by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter disguised as a priest 1970 Test Cricket debut of Rodney "Iron Gloves" Marsh vs. England, Brisbane 1967 Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour" 1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price 1966 In highest-scoring NFL game, Washington Redskins defeat New York Giants 72-41 1966 Uruguay adopts constitution 1965 15,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C. 1965 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space 1965 53rd CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winn Blue Bombers, 22-16 1962 1st test flight of the Boeing 727 takes place 1962 Sumner Arthur Long's "Never Too Late," premieres in New York City 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1961 Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games 1961 KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1960 CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel" 1960 Dr. Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast 1960 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points 1960 Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo 1960 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38 1958 U.S.S.R. abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany 1957 Army withdraws for Little Rock Ark, after Central HS integration 1956 F Goodrich and A Hackett's "Diary of Anne Frank," premieres in Netherlands 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 270 performances 1954 42nd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 26-25 1953 Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP 1952 KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 1st missle to intercept an airplane, White Sands, New Mexico 1951 Cease-fire and demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea 1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract 1950 Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague 1948 36th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 12-7 1948 Honda 1st opens in America 1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote 1946 English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2 1945 General George C. Marshall named special U.S. envoy to China 1945 Hannie Buy buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina 1945 Trial against NSB-leader Mussert begins 1945 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina 1944 3,500-40,00 ton explosive, explodes in Staffordshire, 68 killed 1944 U.S. 121st Infantry regiment opens assault on Hurtgen 1943 31st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Flying Wildcats defeat Winn Bombers, 23-14 1943 Conference of Teheran (Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin) 1942 Bobby Managoff beats Yvon Robert in Houston, to become wrestling champ 1942 French Navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them 1942 Tito appoints Anti fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia 1941 British 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk 1941 Joe DiMaggio is named AL MVP 1941 U.S.S.R. begins a counter offensive causes Germany to retreat 1940 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB) 1940 Nazis signs Technical Hague court Delft 1939 Maxwell Anderson's "Key Largo," premieres in New York City 1937 Pro-labor musical revue "Pins and Needles" opens, produced by ILGWU 1932 Poland and U.S.S.R. signs non-attack treaty 1931 1st Test Cricket match at the Gabba Bradman scores 200 on 1st day 1926 110,000 watch Army and Navy play a 21-all tie 1926 Bela Bartoks ballet "Miraculous Mandarin," premieres in Keulen 1926 Italian and Albania sign peace treaty 1926 KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 1926 Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins 1925 German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno 1924 57,000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7) 1919 Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies and Bulgaria 1914 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK) 1912 Albanian National Flag adopted 1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco forms 1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US 1910 New Yorks's Penn Station opens as world's largest train station 1903 Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich) 1901 Army War College forms in Washington D.C. 1901 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der rote Hahn," premieres in Berlin 1898 Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die 1896 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt 1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize 1890 1st signal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation 1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady) 1889 Hermann Sudermann's "Ehre," premieres in Berlin 1877 Burkina adopts its constitution 1870 New York Times dubs baseball "The National Game" 1868 Battle at Washita, General Custer defeats Cheyennes 1864 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia 1863 Battle at Fort Esperanza Texas 1863 Battle of Payne's Farm, VA 1843 Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London) 1839 American Statistical Association organizes in Boston 1826 John Walker invents friction match in England 1817 U.S. soldiers attack Florida Indian village, beginning Seminole War 1815 Cracow (Poland) declared a free republic 1798 Rabbi Shneur Zalman, author (Tanya), released from St. Peterburg jail 1587 Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break 1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway 1495 Scottish king James IV receives bedrieger Perkin Warbeck 1382 Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1,000s die) 1237 Battle of Cortenuova: Emperor Frederik II vs Lombardische steden 1095 Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade 399 St. Anastasius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
