2014 One World Trade Center opens today, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States 2014 Automakers Kia and Hyundai are fined $100 million by the U.S. for claiming that emissions of greenhouse gases from its vehicles were lower than actual emissions, allowing the companies to fraudulently receive pollution credits 2013 Africa, Europe and the United States experience a rare solar eclipse, with the west African nation of Gabon enjoying peak viewing when the total eclipse sweeps across a path nearly 60 kilometers wide 2013 The trial for ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi begin in Cairo; Morsi's behavior during the session prompts the judge to postpone the trial until January 8, 2014 2012 Turin, Italy, is selected as the European Capital of Sport for 2015 2011 According to the U.S. Department of Energy, 2010 greenhouse gas levels are higher than a worst case scenario set by climate experts in 2007 2011 In the French city of Cannes, the 2011 G-20 summit commences; discussions will focus on the continuing Eurozone debt crisis 2010 In Italy, a package at the Bologna Airport, addressed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bursts into flames during an inspection by police 2010 A sophisticated tunnel used by drug smugglers between Tijuana, Mexico and Otay Mesa, California, is discovered by U.S. Border Patrol 1997 Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year 1997 California law ends affirmative-action 1997 David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club 1997 Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year 1996 "It's a Slippery Slope," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City 1996 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 1996 27th New York City Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54 1996 Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup 1996 Toray Japan Queens Cup 1995 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100 1995 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80 1995 1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat New Jersey Nets 94-79 1994 Atlantis 13 launched 1994 Dutch and British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1 1994 Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches 1994 Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder 1994 Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s) 1993 Ken Daneyko sets New Jersey Devil 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd cons game 1992 Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush 1992 Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in U.S. Senate 1991 21st New York City Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27 1991 22nd New York City Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28 1991 Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps) 1990 Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway 1989 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights 1989 Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose 1989 Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94 1988 Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane 1988 Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill 1988 Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew 1988 Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping 1987 Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year 1987 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56 1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US 1986 Joaquim Chissano elected president Mozambique 1986 John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album 1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran 1986 Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US 1985 Argentine President Alfonsins Radical Burgerunie wins elections 1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament 1984 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India 1984 Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated 1983 Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency 1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV 1982 Detroit blocks 20 Cleveland Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record 1982 Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young 1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award 1980 Ianford Wilsons "5th of July," premieres in New York City 1980 Walter Hass, Jr. becomes CEO of Oakland A's 1979 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC 1979 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran) 1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic 1979 Marocco offensive against Polisario 1978 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV 1978 Dominica gains independence from U.K. and adopts constitution 1978 Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic 1978 U.S.S.R. and Vietnam sign peace and friendship treaty 1977 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf 1974 "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater New York City after 320 performances 1974 Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic 1973 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault) 1973 Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury 1971 "Play Misty For Me" premieres 1970 "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater New York City for 72 performances 1970 Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award 1970 President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam 1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile 1969 Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium 1968 Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon 1968 Ex-premier Papandreou buried/300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta 1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Canyon Ladies Golf Classic 1968 New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21 1967 Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young 1965 Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater for president 1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium 1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 72 points vs Los Angeles Lakers 1961 General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general 1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 532 performances 1960 Ivory Coast adopts constitution 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award 1960 Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown," premieres in New York City 1959 Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1957 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit 1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV) 1955 1st virus crystallized (announced) 1955 Alabama woman bruised by a meteor 1955 Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua 1955 Australia takes control of Cocos Islands 1955 Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht 1954 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize 1954 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe 1953 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly 1953 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (New York City) 1952 Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas 1952 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel 1948 2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago 1948 Chicago Tribune reports: "Dewey beats Truman" 1946 Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution 1945 Lindsay Hassett scores 187 and 124* for Australia Services at Delhi 1944 Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren 1944 German troops in Vlissingen surrenders 1944 Pro-German government of Hungary flees 1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald 1943 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow 1943 P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland 1942 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault 1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yankees Joe Gordon wins AL MVP 1942 Mort Cooper wins NL MVP 1942 William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago 1941 Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails 1939 Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in New York City 1937 Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km) 1937 NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Mont 1936 President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon 1935 George II returns to Greece and regains monarchy 1935 Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42) 1934 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP 1934 Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP 1931 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured 1930 1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country, Detroit - Windsor, opens 1930 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America 1928 Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet 1927 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record) 1927 Rodgers and Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in New York City 1927 Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt) 1926 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins 1926 Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager 1922 Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life 1920 "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater 1918 Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves 1918 Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I 1917 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce 1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar 1908 William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan 1903 Colombia grants Panama independence 1900 1st U.S. automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City) 1899 James J. Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title 1896 J. H. Hunter patents portable weighing scales 1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator 1896 William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president 1889 Chaplain Ariens founds 1st roman catholic workers group 1888 Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes 1886 Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curaeao 1885 Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses 1883 Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed) 1883 U.S. Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans 1874 James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti 1871 Henry M. Stanley in Tanganyka say "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" 1869 Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms 1868 1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana) 1868 Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D) 1867 Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi 1863 Battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana 1862 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana 1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) 1848 Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force 1839 1st opium war - 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1839 Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed 1820 Cuenca Ecuador declares independence 1813 U.S. troops under General Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala 1796 John Adams elected president 1794 French troops conquer Maastricht 1791 Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair/killed 637 soldiers 1783 Washington orders Continental Army disbanded 1762 England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris 1762 Spain acquires Louisiana 1760 Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria 1752 Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation 1716 Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom 1679 Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet 1676 Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Koprulu as Turkish grand vizier 1656 Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant 1655 England and France sign miltary and economic treaties 1640 English Long Parliament forms 1629 Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague 1620 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony 1534 English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader 1527 Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica 1394 Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI 644 Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt
