2014 Swiss voters decide against a proposal to limit annual immigration to 0.2% of the population, or to approximately 16,000 people; the current immigration rate is about 80,000 people per year 2014 Protests have erupted in Cairo's Tahrir Square and in other Egyptian cities after former President Hosni Mubarak was cleared of charges stemming from deaths during the 2011 demonstrations against him that led to his resignation 2013 The LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 that went off the radar Friday is discovered in Namibia's Bwabwata National Park; all 33 passengers died in the crash 2013 The 150th anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, a national hero and revolutionary leader in the Philippines, is commemorated 2012 NASA's Curiosity rover continues to make small discoveries as the organization works to discredit rumors of evidence of life on Mars 2012 Physics professor Enzo Di Fabrizio, of Magna Graecia University in Catanzaro, Italy, successfully takes the first direct photograph of DNA 2011 Washington State University researchers develop an artificial bone 'scaffold' which uses 3D printers to print replacement bone tissue for injured patients 2011 Ali Larijani, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, attacks Britain, claiming the students represent Iran's public opinion 2010 At an auction in Dublin, a handwritten poem written by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney sells for 4,800 euro 2010 After facing heavy flooding and mudslides, the President of Venezuela declares a state of emergency in the state of Falcon 2005 First human face transplant is performed in France 1997 "Eugene Onegin," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 86th Davis Cup: Sweden sweeps U.S. in Gothenburg (5-0) 1994 Beatles' 1st album in 25 years, Live at BBC, is released in Britain 1994 Cruiser Achille Lauro destroyed by fire at Somalia, 4 die 1994 Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal 1993 NFL announces 30th franchise - Jacksonville Jaguars 1993 President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill 1992 David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 vs. WI at Brisbane 1992 Intercity-train derailed at Village chief, 5 die 1991 1st world championship of women's soccer, U.S. defeats Norway 2-1 1991 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die 1991 Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide 1991 San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles 1990 Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke 1990 Bush proposes U.S. - Iraq meeting to avoid war 1988 Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed 1988 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1988 New York City furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase 1988 Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs 1988 U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa 1987 Afghanistan Constitution adopted 1986 "Flamenco Puro" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 40 performances 1986 74th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 39-15 1986 Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime 1983 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation 1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam 1983 Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) 1983 Raul Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election 1983 Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in New York City 1983 Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record 1982 STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad 1982 U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea 1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1981 New York Yankee Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year Award 1981 South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested 1981 Yankees Dave Righetti wins AL Rookie of Year 1980 "Banjo Dancing" closes at Century Theater New York City after 38 performances 1980 "Perfectly Frank" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 16 performances 1980 "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 341 performances 1980 Uruguay's new constitution rejected by referendum 1979 Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC) 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1978 France performs nuclear test 1976 42nd Heisman Trophy Award: Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh (RB) 1975 Dahomey becomes Benin 1974 "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 438 performances 1974 "Mack and Mabel" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 66 performances 1974 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks) 1974 Miss Teenage America Pageant 1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson and Gray in Ethiopia) 1973 M T Ghani scores 104 on FC debut for Commerce Bank (Pak) age 44 1972 BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi" 1972 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy) 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song," airs for 1st time on ABC-TV 1970 George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass" 1969 57th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 29-11 1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1968 56th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Calgary Stampeder, 24-21 1967 Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence 1967 Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower announce their engagement 1967 Kuria Muria Islands ceded by Britain to Oman 1967 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from U.K. 1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain 1967 Senator Eugene McCarthy begins run for U.S. presidency 1966 Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Maryland 1964 U.S.S.R. launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned 1963 51st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats BC Lions, 21-10 1963 Martin Walser's "oberlebensgross Herr Krott," premieres in Stuttgart 1962 U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of United Nations unanimously 1961 Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year 1961 U.S.S.R. vetoes Kuwaits application for United Nations membership 1960 French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons 1960 Tad Mosels "All the Way Home," premieres in New York City 1959 Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL 1958 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me 1958 WKBW TV channel 7 in Buffalo, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting 1957 "Happy Hunting" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 413 performances 1957 45th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 32-7 1957 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8 1956 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards and the News) 1956 Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1955 "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 245 performances 1955 Argentine government disbands Peronistic party 1954 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala) 1954 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB) 1954 John Strodom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa 1953 French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu 1952 Jackie Robinson charges New York Yankees with racism 1950 U.S. President Truman threatens China with atom bomb 1949 Chinese Communists captured Chungking 1949 KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Player-manager Lou Boudreau is selected AL MVP 1948 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin 1947 Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine 1947 Day after United Nations decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked 1946 Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket vs. England at the Gabba 1945 33rd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 35-0 1944 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground 1942 109 U boats sunk this month (729,000 ton) 1942 30th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Hurricanes defeats Winnipeg Bombers, 8-5 1942 Bill Terry resigns as supervisor of New York Giants minor league system 1942 German scout ship Altmark explode and sinks off Yokohama 1941 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run 1941 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) 1941 Japanese Emperor Hirohito consults with admirals Shimada and Nagano 1940 32 U boats sunk this month (147,000 ton) 1940 Lucille Ball weds Desi Arnaz 1939 21 U boats sunk this month (52,000 ton) 1939 Paul Osborn's "Mornings at 7," premieres in New York City 1939 U.S.S.R. invades Finland, bombs Helsinki 1938 Fascist coup in Romania, fails 1938 Germany bans Jews being lawyers 1937 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB) 1936 London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire 1933 CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District 1931 Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire 1931 His Master's Voice and Columbia Records merge into EMI 1929 17th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 14-3 1928 Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 and 1 vs England 1924 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC) 1924 Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied 1923 Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms 1922 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho 1922 Hitler speaks to 50,000 national-socialists in Munich 1915 St. John Ervine's "John Ferguson," premieres in Dublin 1912 4th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Alerts defeats Toronto Argonauts, 11-4 1907 Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle 1900 A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles 1891 Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published 1887 1st indoor softball game (Chicago) 1886 1st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo 1885 Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris) 1872 1st International soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow) 1866 Work begins on 1st U.S. underwater highway tunnel, Chicago 1864 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities 1864 Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded 1863 Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas 1861 Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac" 1838 Mexico declares war on France 1813 Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands 1804 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1803 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France 1787 Spanish governor leaves Philippines 1782 Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence 1776 Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea) 1753 Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny 1747 Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women 1735 States of Holland forbid Free Masonry 1731 Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die 1700 King Charles XII of Sweden defeats Russia at Narva 1700 Turkey declares war on Russia 1700 Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar 1678 Roman Catholics banned from English parliament 1648 English army captures King Charles I 1630 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague 1554 England reconciles with Pope Julius III 1523 Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics 1406 Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII 1215 Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen 722 Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop 306 St. Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
