2014 The Spanish region of Catalonia holds a referendum on independence, despite the ruling by the Spanish court that the vote is unconstitutional; though the government did not interfere with the vote, it will not recognize the results 2014 Germany commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall with a balloon-release ceremony and celebrations throughout the country; the wall had been built through Berlin to separate communist East Germany from West Germany 2013 Maria Gabriela Isler, a fashion model who was crowned Miss Venezuela 2012, is crowned Miss Universe 2013 2013 The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built 2012 Under intense media scrutiny for an extramarital affair, U.S. CIA Director David Petraeus submits his resignation to President Barack Obama 2012 After a series of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, hundreds of Tibetan monks and students protest against education policies in China's western Qinghai Province 2011 Wales conducts a survey of businesspeople and consumers showing support for the country to have its own top-level domain name 2011 In London, a rise in university tuition fees leads thousands of students to march in protest 2010 David Cameron, Prime Minister of Britain, embarks on an official visit aimed at building closer economic ties to the People's Republic of China 2010 Qantas, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Air France and seven other carriers were fined millions of euros for fixing the price of air cargo between 1999 and 2006 2009 President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, urges his armed forces to prepare for a possible war with Columbia 1997 "Cherry Orchard," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 "Scarlet Pimpernel," opens at Minskoff Theater New York City 1997 Energizer Senior Golf Tour Championship 1997 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup 1997 Toray Japan Queens Cup 1995 "Danny Gans on Broadway" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City 1994 Chandrika Kumaratunga chosen 1st female president of Sri Lanka 1993 "Cinderella" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 14 performances 1993 Serbian army fires on school in Sarajevo, 9 children died 1992 Howard Stern's radio show begins broadcast in Las Vegas Nevada on KFBI 1992 Prix Goncourt awarded to Patrick Chamoiseau for "Texaco" 1991 Houston's Roman Anderson is 1st NCAA to kick 400 pts 1990 Tanzania government of Malecela forms 1989 East Berlin opens its borders 1988 "Prince of Central Park" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 4 performances 1988 MLB All-Star team beat Japan 8-2 in Nishinomya, (Game 4 of 7) 1986 Ai-Yu Tu wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1986 Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore 1985 "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater New York City after 4 performances 1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion 1985 Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 vs. Australia at the Gabba 1985 Surprise attack on Belgium supermarket in Aalst, 8 killed 1984 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. N Tvl B 1984 Larry Holmes TKOs Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1984 Most shots in an Islander game-88-Isles 45, Rangers 43 1984 Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed 1983 Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped 1983 Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center 1982 Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP, unanimously 1982 Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time 1980 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran 1980 Tatsuko Ohsako wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic 1978 NASL realligns its 24 teams into 6 divisions 1977 Reds' George Foster wins NL MVP 1976 Oakland releases Billy Williams, ending his Hall of Fame career 1976 U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa 1973 Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan) 1973 Government De Uyl decides Palestijnse fugitives to support 1973 Ringo releases "Ringo" album 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1971 David Storey's "Changing Room," premieres in London 1971 John List kills family and moves to Colorado 1970 Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins 1968 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1967 1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module 1967 Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon 1966 "Let's Sing Yiddish" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 107 performances 1966 Oakland Coliseum Arena opens 1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery 1965 1st New York Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St. Louis 1965 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (New York blackout) 1965 Hurricane hits north east US/Canada 1965 Willie Mays named NL MVP 1964 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden New York City for 192 performances 1964 Eisaku Sato becomes premier of Japan 1963 "Tovarich" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 264 performances 1963 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train 1963 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan) 1962 Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule 1961 Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon," premieres in New York City 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m 1956 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis, to become NWA champ 1955 Michael Gazzo's "Hatful of Rain," premieres in New York City 1955 New Zealand all out for 70 vs. Pakistan at Dacca 1955 U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics 1953 Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union 1953 KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, Montana (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws 1950 Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year 1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year 1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930 1949 Costa Rica adopts Constitution 1946 President Truman ends wage/price freeze 1944 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize 1944 Walcheren of nazi troops purged 1942 German occupiers put Erik Scavenius as Danish premier 1942 Transport nr 44 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1941 Hitler threatens bishop Clemens earl von Galen of Munster 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WW II 1939 "Ninotchka," with Greta Garbo premieres 1939 Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest Lawrence for the cyclotron 1939 Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents 1938 Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil' Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day 1938 Crystal Night - Germans break windows owned by Jews 1937 Japans army conquers Shanghai 1937 St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP 1936 Albanian government of Frasheri falls 1935 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union forms 1935 Japan invades Shanghai China 1932 Hurricane storm wave sweeps over Santa Cruz del Sur Cuba kills 2,500 1930 1st nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama 1927 Giant Panda discovered, China 1927 Pastor of Have begins blessing of motorcars/motors 1925 German NSDAP form SS 1924 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson becomes 1st elected woman governor (of Texas) 1923 Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow government, 16 die/Hitler flees 1921 Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini 1918 Bavaria proclaims itself a republic 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I 1918 Republic Germany proclaimed 1915 Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272 1913 Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes 1912 Ferenc Moln rs "Farkas," premieres in Budapest 1907 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds 1906 T. Roosevelt is 1st President to visit other countries (P Rico and Panama) 1905 Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages 1904 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes 1899 Boerenaanval up Ladysmith, Natal, attack 1885 Opera "Ermine," premieres in London 1877 American Chemical Society chartered in New York 1872 Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Boston 1864 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, BC to a foreign country 1864 Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea" 1862 U.S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him 1861 1st documented Canadian football game (at University of Toronto) 1858 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra 1857 Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published 1854 Franz Liszt's "Fest-Long," premieres 1853 Origin of Carrington rotation numbers for rotation of Sun 1848 Post office at Clay and Pike opens 1821 1st U.S. pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia 1799 Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France 1794 Russian troops occupy Warsaw 1729 Spain, France and England signs Treaty of Seville 1720 Rabbi Yehuda Hasid synagogue set afire 1681 Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion 1673 British king Charles II fires earl of Shaftesbury 1580 Spanish troops lands in Ireland 1569 Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland 1541 Queen Catharine Howard confined in London Tower 1526 Jews are expelled from Pressburg Hungary by Maria of Hapsburg 1520 Swedish King Christian II executes 600 nobles 1494 Family de' Medici become rulers of Florence 1492 Peace of Etaples (Henry VII and Charles VIII) 1282 Pope Martinus IV excommunicates king Pedro III of Aragonorth 694 Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery
