2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not attend festivities for today's North Korean Workers' Party holiday; Kim has not made any public appearances since early September, raising questions regarding his whereabouts and his health 2014 The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for their work in advocating children's rights; 17-year-old Yousafzai, who was shot by Taliban in retaliation for her activism, is the youngest recipient in history 2013 The 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Canadian writer Alice Munro 2013 Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the earth on Mercury 7, dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 88 2012 In the U.S., President Obama nominates John R. Allen as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), with General Joseph Dunford positioned to succeed Allen in his previous post of commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan 2012 Pope Benedict XVI adds Arabic to the number of languages broadcasting the weekly Vatican address 2011 For appearing in a film critical of the Iran's harsh policies on the arts, actress Marzieh Vafamehr is sentenced to 90 lashes of the cane and a year in jail 2011 Two South African farm workers begin trial for murdering white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche 2010 Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, celebrates its 1,000-year birthday 2010 The works of thirty celebrated Iranian artists go on sale at Bonhams auction house in Dubai 2006 Google buys YouTube.com for $1.6 billion 1996 Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in New York City 1995 "Garden District" opens at Circle in the Sq Theater New York City 1995 Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners 1995 Most Dutch telephone numbers increase to 10 digits 1995 Robert E. Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics 1994 Lieutenant-General Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti 1994 MPAA chief Jack Valenti holds meeting to determine new movie ratings 1994 New York Giants retire Lawrence Taylor's #56 1994 Nobel prize for physiology awarded to Alfred Gilman and Martin Rodbell 1994 Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar 1993 Browns Najee Mustafaa sets club rec for longest interception (97 yards) 1993 Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed 1993 Ted Kennedy, Jr. (32) weds psychiatrist Katherine Gershman (34) 1992 Actress Ally Sheedy weds actor David Lansbury 1992 Actress Heather Thomas weds entertainment lawyer Skip Brittenham 1992 Floriade (Flower Show) closes at Hague, Netherlands 1991 Ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers 1991 Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy 1991 U.S. cuts all foreign aid to Haiti 1990 Oakland A's sweep Red Sox in 4 games to win ALCS 1990 U.S. 67th manned space mission STS-41 (Discovery 11) returns from space 1988 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win 1988 Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989 1987 Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love" 1987 Garfield Park Nature Center opens, latest in Cleveland Metroparks 1987 Giant's Jeffrey Leonard hits playoff record home run in his 4th cons game 1986 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador 1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns 1985 Sudan adopts interim constitution 1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins 1983 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM 1983 Tom Monaghan becomes CEO of Detroit Tigers 1982 Brewers beat Angels in ALCS 1982 Hernan Siles Zuazo installed as president of Bolivia 1982 Pope John Paul II canonizes Reverend M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint 1982 U.S. imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union 1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo 1980 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria 1980 Very Large Array radio telescope network dedicated 1980 Yankees lose 4-2 and are swept by Royals in AL Championship series 1979 Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood 1979 Nordiques' Real Cloutier sets NHL record of a hat trick in 1st game 1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone) 1979 Recorded trace of snow in Central Park New York City 1978 Aerosmith's Steve Tyler and Joe Perry injured by a cherry bomb 1978 British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published 1978 Congress approves Susan B. Anthony Dollar 1978 Daniel Arap Moi succeeds Kenyatta as president of Kenya 1978 Steve Perry joins Journey 1978 Yankees and Dodgers play in World Series # 75 1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins 1976 Beijing reports arrest of Mao Tse Tung's widow 1976 New Jersey Meadowlands' Giant's Stadium opens 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33 1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt 1975 Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton) 1974 A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley 1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election 1974 U.S. General George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in U.S. over his treatment during the 1973 World Series 1973 New York Mets beat Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the NLCS 1973 Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion and resigns 1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open 1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins 1971 Fenholt and Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in New York City 1971 Rain washes out Game 2, 1st World Series postponement since 1962 1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 Detroit Tigers beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 65th World Series 1968 George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd. 1968 Lee Evans of U.S. sets 400 meter record at 43.86 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 Brendan Behans "Norstal Boy," premieres in Dublin 1965 "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 8 performances 1965 Supreme appear on Ed Sullivan Show 1965 "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn between 1423 and 1445 1964 18th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-2 at Toronto 1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo 1963 Dam bursts in Italy, 3,000+ die 1963 Netherland population hits 12,000,000 1963 Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., UK, U.S.S.R. 1962 Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack 1961 "Milk and Honey" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 543 performances 1961 Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros and New York Mets 1961 Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court 1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1960 "Laughs and Other Events" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 8 performances 1960 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die 1960 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards 1960 WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 "Happy Town" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 5 performances 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki 1959 Pan Am begins regular flights around World 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1957 Accident at British nuclear reactor in Windsdale 1957 Braves' Lew Burdette beats Yankees for 3rd time in 1 World Series 1957 Milwaukee Braves beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series 1957 President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant 1957 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1956 Fazal Mahmood takes 13-114 for match vs. Aus, Karachi 1956 On Skowron's grand slammer New York Yankees beat Dodgers 9-0 in series game 7 1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out 1951 Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in World Series, DiMaggio's final game 1949 3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto 1948 Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland 1947 "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 318 performances 1947 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "Allegro," premieres in New York City 1946 Max Frisch' "Die Chinesische Mauer," premieres in Zurich 1945 Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series 1944 Admiral Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die 1944 U.S. takes Okinawa 1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China 1943 U.S. bombers accidentally strike Enschede, Netherlands, causing 151 deaths 1942 1,300 Austrian Jews transported to Theresienstadt 1941 German U-boat torpedoes U.S. destroyer Kearney 1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland 1938 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st String Quartet 1937 New York Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series 1936 Bradman scores 212 in 202 minutes in a cricket testimonial game 1935 "Porgy and Bess," by George Gershwin, New York premiere 1935 Coup under General Giorgios Kondylis in favor of Greek monarchy 1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway 1935 League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia 1933 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter and Gamble, goes on sale 1932 "Betty and Bob" premieres on radio 1932 Dnjepr Dam in U.S.S.R. put into operation (world's biggest) 1931 A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4 1931 St. Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia A's, 4 games to 3 in 28th World Series 1931 William Waltons "Belshazzar's Feast," premieres in Leeds 1930 AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP and BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP 1930 Yankees announce signing Joe McCarthy to manage for 4 years 1926 St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series 1924 Ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca 1924 Washington Senators win their 1st World Series beat Giants in 7 1923 Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government 1923 New York Giants and New York Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium 1921 NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10 1920 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) and 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss) 1920 Indians' Elmer Smith hits baseball's 1st post-season grand slam 1920 Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige) 1920 Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie 1920 Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play 1920 Indian's Elmer Smith hits 1st World Series grand slam 1919 Richard Strauss and Hugo van Hofmannsthals premieres in Vienna 1918 Baden's Geisz forms government 1917 Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter 1917 Plymouth Theater opens at 236 W 45th St. New York City 1916 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp Belgium (WW I) 1913 British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) 1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic and Pacific waters mix 1913 Yuan Shikai installed as 1st president of China 1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day) 1908 Baseball Writers Association, formed 1904 Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St. New York City 1904 Yankees 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game and chance at pennant 1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089 1902 S Afr's president Paul Kruger visits Utrecht 1899 IR Johnson patents bicycle frame 1892 Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan 1888 Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa) 1886 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York (tuxedo) 1874 Fiji becomes a British possession 1868 1st written account of a Canadian football game 1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain 1865 John Hyatts patents billard ball 1863 Skirmish at Blue Springs, Tennessee (166 casualties) 1857 American Chess Association formed (New York City) 1854 U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York opens 1846 Alexis the Tocqueville writes about "Algerian problem" 1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1845 Naval School (now called U.S. Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis 1839 British troops under General Charles Napier occupy Beirut 1802 1st non indian settlement in Oklahoma 1799 Convention of Alkmaar: English/Russian invasion army departs 1787 Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army 1780 Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean 1760 Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves) 1733 France declares war on emperor Charles VI 1720 French government proclaims strike on banknotes 1695 King Willem III escapes South Netherlands, back to England 1631 Saxon army occupies Prague 1578 Count Johan Casimir occupies Ghent with 500 horsemen 1549 Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector and imprisoned 1471 Battle of Brunkeberg Stockholm (Sten Sture beats Christian I) 1375 Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands 680 Battle at Kerbela: Kalief Yazid beats pretender al-Hussein
