2014 Botswana doctor Matshidiso Moeti will serve as new director of the World Health Organization office in Africa; Moeti will be instrumental in prevention of additional Ebola outbreaks and in restoration of health care facilities in Ebola-hit nations 2014 A Van Gogh painting, 'Still Life, Vase with Daisies, and Poppies', sells for $61.8 million, exceeding its estimated worth of $50 million; the artist painted the work at his doctor's home shortly before his death 2013 Famous Chicago chef, Charlie Trotter dies of a brain aneurysm in his Lincoln Park hom at the age of 54 2013 The PSLV-XL rocket carrying the Mars Orbiter Mission probe is launched by India's Space Research Organization; the will eventually be sent to Mars 2012 Amid tension with China, Keen Sword, the biennial naval training exercise between the United States and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, takes place off the shore of Okinawa 2012 Standard & Poor's credit rating agency receives a ruling by an Australian judge that they misled investors in their rating of two-pre-crisis issues of structured debt 2011 In the People's Republic of China, 45 trapped coal miners are pulled to the surface in Sanmenxia; 8 miners died 2011 Two police officers and five alleged members of the Taliban are indicted in Pakistan for murdering Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto 2010 U.S. television pundit, Keith Olbermann, is indefinitely suspended from MSNBC for making three political donations to Democratic Party candidates 2010 Spain protests against the visit of Pope Benedict XVI 2007 Writers Guild of American goes on strike 2006 Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging by an Iraqi court 1997 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year 1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1996 Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of 1995 STS-73 (Columbia 18), lands 1995 Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament 1995 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves 100-98 in OT 1994 Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun 1994 Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (55,291 km) 1994 Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed 1994 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country 1993 1st NBA game in Alamodome, San Antonio Spurs beat Warriors 91-85 1992 "Show Off" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances 1992 Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade 1991 Kiichi Miyazawa elected premier of Japan 1991 Richard J. Kerr, ends term as acting director of CIA 1989 "Threepenny Opera" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 65 performances 1989 19th New York City Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30 1989 20th New York City Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01 1989 Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions 1989 Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1989 U.S. plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup 1988 1st NBA game at Bradley Center, Milwaukee Bucks lose to Los Angeles Clippers 111-9 1988 1st NBA game at Miami Arena, Miami Heat loss to Los Angeles Clippers, 111-91 1988 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85 1988 Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage 1988 France performs nuclear test 1988 Gulch wins Breeder's Cup 1988 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7) 1988 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs 1987 "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 764 performances 1987 France performs nuclear test 1987 Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic 1987 South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed 1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres 1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 1985 "News" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 4 performances 1983 New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period 1983 Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden 1982 Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record) 1982 George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album 1981 Charles Fuller's "Soldier's Play," premieres in New York City 1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficing, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine 1979 Iran government of Bazargan resigns 1979 Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares U.S. The Great Satan 1978 Iranian Prime Minister Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 1978 Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran 1978 Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games 1977 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young) 1976 Baltimore Jim Palmer wins AL Cy Young Award 1976 New AL franchises in Seattle and Toronto fill up their rosters 1976 Pirates trade Manny Sanguillen and $100,000 to A's for manager Chuck Tanner 1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1975 British government sends troops to Belize 1975 Sao Tome and Principe adopts constitution 1974 Dmitri Sjotakovitch completes Michelangelo-liederen 1974 Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman U.S. Governor not related to previous gov 1974 Walter E. Washington, becomes 1st elected mayor of Washington D.C. 1973 BART starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service 1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic 1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping 1971 NBA's Los Angeles Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak 1968 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously) 1968 Nixon (R) beats Vice President Humphrey (D) and George C. Wallace for presidency 1967 ATS-3 launched by U.S. to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk 1967 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open 1967 New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24 1967 U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1967 Yemen president Sallal flees 1966 Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1964 U.S. launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned 1963 U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands 1961 India's premier Nehru arrives in New York 1961 St. Louis Cardinals Bill Stacy, returns 2 interceptions for TDs vs Dallas 1959 AFL announced with 8 teams 1958 "Maria Golovin" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances 1958 KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast 1957 Felix Gaillard forms government in France 1957 Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2 cents soccer pool ticket 1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1956 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized 1956 Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime 1955 Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds) 1955 New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria) 1955 Date returned to in "Back to the Future" and "Back to the Future II" 1953 Nobel prize for physics awarded/appended on Frederik Zernicke 1953 Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds 1953 Terence Rattigans' "Sleeping Prince," premieres in London 1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1950 Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record 1950 Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis 1946 John F. Kennedy elected to House of Representatives 1944 Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren 1944 Canadian and British troops liberate Dinteloord 1944 German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die 1943 Vatican bombed 1942 Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris 1942 Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission 1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor 1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee 1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1940 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race 1938 Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return 1938 Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 years as Rutgers Stad dedicated 1937 Hitler informs his military leader of his intentions of going to war 1936 French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime 1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray 1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly 1933 Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0) 1933 Spanish Basques vote for autonomy 1932 Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals 1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt" 1927 10th PGA Championship: Water Hagen at Cedar Crest CC Dallas 1927 Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title 1925 Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties 1922 Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent 1919 Ir Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soiree-musical" on Dutch radio 1917 General Pershing and U.S. troops see action on Western Front for 1st time 1917 Supreme Court decision (Buchanan vs. Warley) strikes down Lousiville Kentucky ordiance requiring blacks and whites to live in separate areas 1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland 1916 Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males/female suffrage 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1913 Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria 1912 Arizona, Kansas and Wisconsin vote for female suffrage 1912 Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water 1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) defeats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) and President Taft (R) 1911 Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli and Cyrenaica 1911 Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (84 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, New York, Sept 17) 1898 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Fuhrmann Henschel," premieres in Berlin 1895 1st U.S. patent granted for auto, George B. Selden 1895 George Selden patents 1st gasoline-driven car 1895 King Edward VII says "We are all Socialists nowadays" 1895 U.S. state Utah accepts female suffrage 1894 Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki 1894 Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegels," premieres 1887 Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship 1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army 1883 Musical "Cordelia's Aspirations" premieres in New York City 1882 Bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast," premieres 1881 French government-Ferry resigns 1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Nyangwe 1872 Susan B. Anthony fined for trying to vote 1872 Ulysses S. Grant re-elected U.S. president 1862 Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac 1862 Battle at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties 1854 Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000 1846 Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres 1838 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation 1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence 1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname 1789 French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1781 John Hanson elected 1st "President of U.S. in Congress assembled" 1757 Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French and Indian War) 1725 Spain and Austria sign secret treaty 1678 Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden 1639 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts 1630 Spain and England sign peace treaty 1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1556 Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun on as Sultan of Delhi 1556 Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu 1530 St. Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast 1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba 1414 Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens 1228 Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
