2014 Hong Kong protesters continue to clash with police a day after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying offers to engage in discussion; Leung said that he will not concede to demands for greater independence from central control, a key reason for the protest 2014 U.S. President Barack Obama provides authorization for military reserves to be sent to West Africa if needed to help respond to the Ebola epidemic; the president also does not see the need to ban travelers from West Africa from entering the U.S. 2013 Canada awards Pakistani educational activist Malala Yousafzai honorary citizenship 2013 A portion of the Chelyabinsk meteor weighing 1,255lb is recovered by divers in Russia 2012 The United Kingdom reports its plan to close the U.K. Consulat in Basra, Iraq 2012 An issue with airbag deployment causes U.S. automaker Ford to recall 154,000 Fiestas 2011 The English town Wooten Bassett is re-named with the prefix 'Royal', honoring its role in repatriating British military personnel killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan 2011 Australian Casey Stoner wins the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the 2011 MotoGP World Championship 2010 Shanghai's Expo 2010 attracts over 64 million people, a record-breaking number of visitors in the history of World's Fairs 1997 "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 91 performances 1995 Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe 1995 Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka 1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1995 ODI in Sharjah WI 7-333 in 50 overs beat Sri Lanka 329 all out 1994 Raul Julia, actor (Addams Family), suffers a stroke 1993 General Omar al-Bashir appointed Sudan president 1993 IRA bomb attack on fish and chips restaurant in Belfast, 10 killed 1992 1,700th David Letterman Show 1992 1964 "Gilligan's Island" TV pilot 1st shown on TV (TBS) 1991 George Jo Hennard, 35, kills 23 and himself and wounds 20 in Texas 1991 U.S. Supreme Court begins to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement 1990 "Stand Up Tragedy" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 13 performances 1990 Reds Eric Davis is 22nd player to homer in his 1st World Series at bat 1990 Reds beat A's 7-0, ending Oakland's 10-game post-season winning streak 1990 U.S. forces reach 200,000 in Persian Gulf 1989 Bikenibau Paeniu installed as premier of Tuvalu 1989 Jan Syse becomes premier of Norway 1988 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff and World Series 1987 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England 1987 338,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record) 1987 Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35) 1987 Jessica McClure rescued 58 hours after falling 22' into a well shaft 1987 Mike Tyson TKOs Tyrell Biggs in 7 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1986 "Raggedy Ann" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 5 performances 1986 Armand Hammer returns to U.S. with Jewish refusenik David Goldfarb 1986 Marie Osmond marries Brian Blosil 1986 U.S. government closes down due to budget problems 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1985 Challenger vehicle moves to launch pad for STS-61A mission 1985 Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip 1985 Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals win their league championships 1985 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Herbert Hauptman and Jerome Karle 1984 Baboon heart transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl 1984 Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize 1983 "Zorba" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 362 performances 1983 25th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -13 at PGA National Golf Club Florida 1983 Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series 1982 Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins 1982 Mount Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return 1982 Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1981 2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns 1981 Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song Trilogy," premieres in New York City 1980 "Brigadoon" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 133 performances 1980 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC 1978 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Herbert A Simon 1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II 1978 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad 1976 Soyuz 23 returns to Earth 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Lanny McDonald scores a hat trick in 2 minutes 54 seconds 1974 A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2 1973 Israeli tanks under General Sharon move through Suez Canal 1973 Kissinger and Le Duc Tho jointly awarded Nobel peace prize 1973 Maynard Jackson elected 1st black mayor of Atlanta 1973 Monks Heng Yo and Heng Ju, start 1000 mile San Francisco to Seattle pilgrimage 1972 "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 5 performances 1972 Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up 1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco 1970 Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser 1969 100-1 shot New York Mets beat Orioles 5-3 and win 66th World Series in 5 1969 Soyuz 6 returns to Earth 1969 Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a home run in World Series 1968 China reports removal of president Li Sjao-tji 1968 Czechoslovakia and Russian "accord" rules allies Soviet forces 1968 During Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos give black power salute 1968 Milwaukee Bucks play their 1st game losing 89-84 to Chicago Bulls 1968 Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 minutes on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period) 1967 WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, Louisiana (ABC) begins broadcasting 1966 Joean Baez and 123 other ani-draft protestors arrested in Oakland 1965 "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City after 8 performances 1965 Singer Leslie Uggams marries Grahame Pratt in New York City 1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia 1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power 1964 Harold Wilson's Labour party wins British election 1964 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas 1963 2 secret U.S. military satellites launched from Cape Canaveral 1963 New York newspaper "Mirror" last edition 1962 Byron R. White becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1962 Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba 1962 KTXT TV channel 5 in Lubbock, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Yankees (20th championship) beat San Francisco Giants 4 games to 3 in World Series 1962 New York Yankees appear in 12 and win 9 of last 14 World Series 1960 NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league 1958 Benjamin Britten's "Nocturne," premieres 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1957 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits Williamsburg Virginia 1957 USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space 1956 "Love Me Tender" with Elvis Presley premieres 1956 William J. Brennan, Jr. becomes a Supreme Court Justice 1952 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, vs. India at Delhi 1952 Woolworth's at Powell and Market (SF) opens 1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 "Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 831 performances 1948 Demonstration by Moscow Jews honoring Israeli ambassador Golda Meir 1946 10 Nazi leaders hanged as war criminals after Nuremberg trials 1945 UN's Food and Agriculture Organization comes into existence 1944 Hungary: Horthy government falls/nazi count Szalasi becomes premier 1943 Anti Jewish riot in Rome 1943 Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly opens city's new subway system 1943 Jewish quarter of Rome surrounded by Nazis, they are sent to Auschwitz 1943 U.S. 1st Army establishes headquarter in Bristol 1942 Aaron Copland/de Milles ballet "Rodeo," premieres in New York City 1942 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1942 National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services 1941 "Gordo" comic strip (by Gus Arriola) 1st appears in newspapers 1941 Germany advances within 60 miles of Moscow 1941 Romanian Legionnaires enter Odessa Russia 1940 Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army 1940 Lottery for 1st U.S. WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st 1940 Warsaw Ghetto forms 1939 Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands 1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA 1934 Mao Tse-tung and 25,000 troops begin 6,000 mile Long March 1931 Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st 1928 Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP honors, edging Heinie Manush by 2 points 1926 Mohammed Nadir Khan begins coup in Afghanistan, 1200 killed 1926 Troop ship sinks in Yangtze River, killing 1,200 1925 Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) 1925 Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution 1923 Disney company founded 1923 John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland) 1921 Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, and Bill Piercy defy Landis ban on World Series 1921 Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history 1916 Dodger manager Wilbert Robinson given $5,000 bonus 1916 Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St, Bkln) 1916 T. E. Lawrence meets with Fasal Hoessein 1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria 1913 Booth Theater opens at 222 W 44th St. New York City 1912 Arnold Schonberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," premieres 1912 Boston beats New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series 1909 Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1909 Pirates beat Tigers 4 games to 3 in 6th World Series 1908 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux 1907 Belasco Theater opens at 111 W 44th St. New York City 1907 David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in New York City 1904 Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur 1903 Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia 1900 Queen Wilhelmina leaves duke Heinrich "Henry" von Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1876 Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed) 1875 1st Quebec vs Ontario football game, Ontario wins 1869 Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing 1867 Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line 1863 Grant is given command of Union forces in West 1861 Confederacy starts selling postage stamps 1859 John Brown leads 20 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper's Ferry, Va 1852 Dutch Government recognize Catholics right to organize 1849 Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1849 British seize Tigre Island in Gulf of Fonseca from Honduras 1848 1st U.S. homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania 1847 Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published 1846 Dentist William T Morton demonstrates effectiveness of ether 1841 Queens University in Kingston is chartered 1834 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn 1829 Tremont Hotel, 1st U.S. modern hotel opens (Boston) 1813 Battle at Leipzig (Napoleon vs Prussia, Austria and Russia) 1795 M von Bohms "Oorlogscantate" premieres 1781 Washington takes Yorktown 1775 Portland, Maine burned by British 1757 Austrian troops occupy Berlin 1710 British troops occupies Port Royal, Nova Scotia 1674 Emperor Leopold I fires chancellor Furst Wenzel Lobkowitz 1600 Olivier van Noorts ships reach Philippines 1551 English Edward Seymour duke of Somerset re-arrested 1502 Storm ravages Friese coast 1492 Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) 1311 Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens
