2014 The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers its second largest dip since September 2011, dropping 458 points before regaining much of the loss to close down 173 points at just above 16,141 A study on a leukemia treatment by Novartis shows that the treatment led to remission in 90 percent of patients; the treatment is still in trial but will be submitted for U.S. FDA approval in 2016 2013 The 2013 Man Booker Prize is won by Eleanor Catton for her book, 'The Luminaries' Flooding in New Zealand's district of Whanganui causes authorities to declare a state of emergency 2012 Amidst protests against austerity, the Portuguese government announces details of its draft budget for 2013 The premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, announces his resignation 2011 In Auckland, New Zealand, France defeats Wales 9-8 in the 2011 Rugby World Cup The El Paso natural gas exploration and pipeline company is purchased by Kinder Morgan for $21.1 billion in cash and stock 2010 China's largest fair, Canton Fair, opens and is closely watched as it is the barometer of the country's trade and economic development In the Swiss Alps, final breakthrough occurs on the east bore of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, now the world's longest railway tunnel 2009 Six people sentenced to death over ethnic rioting in July that killed almost 200 in the region of Xinjiang 2005 Qinghai-Tibet Railway is completed in China 2003 China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space 1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph) Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 U.S. launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn 1995 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Women's Golf Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating New York Jets 26-15 1994 Botswana President Ketumile Masires BDP wins parliamentary election President Jean-Baptiste Aristide returns to Haiti 1993 Amstel brewery on Curaeao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle Guardian Angel Lisa Evers Sliwa files for divorce from Curtis Sliwa Nelson Mandela and South Africa President F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1992 Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia Howard Stern radio show begins broadcasting on WLUP-AM, Chicago, Illinois New York City Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train 1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice 1990 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize 1989 Billy Graham is given 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd South Africa President FW de Klerk frees Sisulu and 4 other political prisoners South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer 1988 Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma) With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run home run to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series 1987 "Late Nite Comic" opens at Ritz Theater New York City for 4 performances 6th Belgium government of Martens falls Coup in Burkina Faso, president Sankara dies Lanford Wilson's "Burn This," premieres in New York City NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike 1986 Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 and win NL pennant 1985 Nobel prize for economics awarded to Franco Modigliani Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1984 Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes Centrum party expels 2nd Member of parliament Janmaat due to fraud 1983 Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games U.S. Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport 1981 New York Yankees capture 33rd AL pennant, sweeping 3 games from Oakland A's 1980 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Lawrence R Klein 1979 1st Monday night game from New York City, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad) Chinese premier Hwa Kwofeng visits Paris Military coup in El Salvador: president/general Carlos Romero flees New York Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier 1978 Silvia Bertolaccini wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1977 Arkansas' Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks Don Ritchie runs world record 100 mile (11:30:51) 1976 1st debate of major-ticket Vice President nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R) Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" 1975 Iceland moves International boundary from 50 to 200 miles 1974 National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J Flory (macro molecules) Washington Capitals 1st NHL tie, playing Los Angeles Kings to 1-1 tie 1973 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins Tanks attack Thailand demonstrating students, 300 killed 1972 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2) Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat New York Knicks 109-101 1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt Baltimore Orioles beat Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1 in 67th World Series Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35 Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey 1969 Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs. North Stars) New York Met Ron Swoboda's spectacular diving catch of sinking liner with runners at 1st and 3rd in 9th, Mets win in 10th in World Series game Oriole Earl Weaver becomes 1st manager ejected in a World Series Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war 1968 AL expansion draft, Kansas City pick Roger Nelson and Pilots pick Don Mincher 1st 1966 Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself," as "terribly obscene" Lyndon Baines Johnson signs a bill creating Department of Transportation (DOT) 1965 Dodgers and Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting 1964 Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series New York Yankees appears in 14 and win 9 of last 16 World Series 1963 Ludwig Erhard follows Conrad Adenauer as West German Chancellor 1962 Byron R White appointed to Supreme Court WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 "Laughs and Other Events" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 8 performances 1959 "Untouchables" premieres KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1958 Tunisia drops diplomatic relations with Egypt U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for San Francisco Seals-franchises only, not the players 1956 Pyotr Bolotnikov runs world record 10k (28:42.8) William J Brennan, Jr. appointed to Supreme Court Yankees Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series 1954 Hurricane Hazel strikes U.S. and Canada, 348 die KLTV TV channel 7 in Tyler-Longview, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 John Patrick's "Teahouse of the Red Moon," premieres in New York City KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (IND) begins 1952 Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo," premieres in New York City 1951 "I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty 1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government Billy Graham begins his ministry Tripura accedes to Indian union 1948 China's Red army occupies Chinchov 1946 Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140) St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series 1945 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) 1942 German 6th Army occupies Tractorenfabriek, 3,000 German's die 1941 1st mass deportation of German Jews to Eastern Europe Japan Tojo regime forms Jews caught outside Polish Ghetto walls could be put to death 1940 Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans 1939 LaGuardia Airport opens in New York City Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years 1938 Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in New York City 1937 Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have and Have Not" published Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yankees release Tony Lazzeri 1935 NHL's St. Louis Eagles fold 1933 Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to New York Giants 56-0 1928 German dirigible "Graf Zeppelin" lands in Lakehurst, New Jersey Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators 1926 Austria government of Seipel, forms Philip Barry's "White Wings!," premieres in New York City 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series Willem Landre's opera "Beatrice" premiers in The Hague 1924 President Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument 1923 New York Yankees 1st World Series win beating New York Giants, 4 games to 2 1919 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money 1918 British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 1917 Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series 1914 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) founded Battle of Warsaw, begins (ends Oct 21) Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union and strike rights) 1913 Train crash in Liverpool during "Black Week" 1912 Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield 1905 Claude Debussy's "La Mer," premieres Union workers at NVV rejects safety demands 1899 Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 and 19-3 victories over Cleveland Spiders 1897 Aaron/Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch King Leopold II takes Belgian crown 1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus arrested accused of espionage 1890 Alabama Penny Savings Bank organizes in Birmingham 1889 Amsterdam Central Station officially opens 1885 Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season 1883 Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional 1881 1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published 1880 Koln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun 1878 Edison Electric Light Company incorporated 1877 45th Congress (1877-79) convenes 1874 Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force 1866 Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses 1864 Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri 1863 Cliff House opens in San Francisco (1st of many on site) 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard 1846 Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether 1842 Karl Marx becomes editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung 1827 Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St. Helena 1789 1st presidental tour - George Washington in New England 1786 Earliest 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) recorded temp in New York City 1783 Jean Pilatre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent 1777 Major James Graves Simcoe appointed commandant of Queen's Rangers 1756 Saxon army surrenders to Prussia 1724 Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old-Catholic church 1705 English fleet under Lord Peterborough occupies Barcelona 1660 Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam 1655 Jews of Lublin are massacred 1654 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Overijssel 1641 Paul de Chomedy de Maisonneuve claims Montreal 1598 Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine 1582 Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days 1581 Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris 1522 Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico 1520 King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes at Whitehall 1501 English crown prince Arthur marries Catharina of Aragon
