2014 Dominican fashion designer Oscar de la Renta dies at age 82 at his home in Kent, Connecticut, after battling cancer for 8 years 2014 The Turkish government has reversed its stance and is now allowing Kurds to cross into Syria in order to fight Islamic State forces 2013 To prevent problems with airbag deployment caused by issues with their electrical system, Toyota Motor Corporation recalls 885,000 vehicles 2013 Major bushfires that have endangered lives and destroyed homes cause Barry O'Farrell, the Premier of Australia's New South Wales to declare a state of emergency 2012 Following severe floods in southern France, hundreds of pilgrims are evacuated from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes 2012 Noam Chomsky, a Jewish-American philosopher, linguist and human rights activist, visits Gaza for the first time, attending a seminar with Gazan thinkers and intellectuals 2011 Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, reveals it is impossible to protect Bangkok from flooding; calls the floods a 'national crisis' 2011 President Barack Obama's Jobs Act fails to receive the sixty votes required to advance from the U.S. Senate 2010 Astronomers discover the new galaxy UDFy-38135539, the most distant object observed from earth 2009 European astronomers discover 32 extrasolar planets, or exoplanets - planets that orbit a star other than the Sun 1997 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty 1997 U.S. accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers 1996 "Summer and Smoke" closes at Criterion Theater New York City 1996 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf 1996 Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series 1996 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf 1996 Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt 1996 Wasim Akram scores cricket 257 vs. Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 12 sixes 1995 STS-73 (Columbia 18), launches into orbit 1995 Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final 1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m 1992 1st World Series game outside of U.S. - Toronto beats Atlanta 1992 David Houghton gets Zimbabwe's 1st Test ton (121 vs. India, debut) 1991 "Andre Heller's Wonderhouse" opens at Broadhurst New York City for 9 performances 1991 6.1-7.1 earthquake in Uttar Kashi, India, about 670 die 1991 Actress Lisa Hartman weds country singer Clint Black 1991 Formal opening ceremony of International One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colorado 1990 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida 1990 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities (for U.S. - Iraq war) 1990 Cincinnati Reds sweep Oakland A's in 86th World Series 1989 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin 1989 U.S. Senate impeaches U.S. District Judge Alcee L Hastings 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Forrest Theatre, Philadelphia 1988 Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA 1988 Gastineau sacks Jets, retires from football "for personal reasons" 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Oakland A's in World Series 4 games to 1 1988 Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St. subway station (New York City) 1988 Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated 1988 Dodgers win World Series, LA 1st to have both NBA and baseball champs as LA beats Oakland A's, 4 games to 1 in 85th World Series 1987 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis 1987 Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record) 1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail 1986 Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa 1984 Cleveland Metroparks' Valley Parkway All Purpose Trails are completed 1984 Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals 1983 IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released 1982 Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A's 1982 Nobel prize for economy awarded to George Stigler 1982 Sri Lanka President Jayewardene re-elected 1982 St. Louis Cardinals beat Mil Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series 1981 1st NBA game at Meadowlands Arena, New Jersey Nets lose to New York Knicks 103-99 1981 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery 1981 Bomb attack on Antwerp Belgium synagogue, 1 dead, 80 injured 1979 Bob Dylan appears on SNL 1979 John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston 1979 John Tate beats Gerrie Coetze in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1978 Paul Vanden Boeynants forms Belgium government 1978 Police's 1st U.S. concert (NY's CBGBs) 1977 David Mamet's "Life in the Theater," premieres in New York City 1977 Hamilton Deane and John Balderstons "Dracula," premieres in New York City 1976 70 die as Norwegian tanker Frosta collides with George Prince 1976 New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers 1975 Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning 1974 1st broadcast of "Derrick" on ZDF 1974 Bard's presentation of "Richard III" opens at Lincoln Center New York City 1973 Canadian actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Marcy Lafferty 1973 Mariette Hartley appears on Bob Newhart in "Have You Met Miss Dietz" 1973 OPEC oil embargo begins 1973 President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athelete of 1st century 1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House 1973 U.S. president Nixon fires Watergate accuser Archibald Cox 1973 William Shatner marries Marcy Lafferty 1973 Solicitor General Bork, Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General Ruckelshaus resigned 1973 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1972 Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia 1971 "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per 1971 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1970 American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1970 Zond 8 Launch (Moon Orbit and Return) 1969 WKYH (now WYMT) TV channel 57 in Hazard, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting 1968 "Her 1st Roman" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 17 performances 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic 1968 Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis 1968 Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4) 1967 7 men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridan Miss 1967 Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland A's 1967 KMXN (now KJTV) TV channel 34 in Lubbock, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting 1965 19th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-2 at Montreal 1965 Beatles receive a gold record for "Yesterday" 1965 Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia 1964 "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 569 performances 1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 1964 Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested) 1963 Alec Douglas-Home forms British government 1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 Jim Brown sets NFL single-season rushing record, 8,390 yards 1963 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Hillside Golf Open 1963 South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and 8 others on conspiracy 1963 WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 "Mr President" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 265 performances 1962 Chinese army lands in India 1962 Musical, "Mr President," written by Irving Berlin, opens on Bdwy 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island 1960 1st fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, RI 1960 Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager 1959 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise 1959 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast 1957 Karachi A (277-0d) beat Sind A by an innings w/o losing a wkt 1957 Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary 1956 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high) 1956 Hannes Lindemann begins journey across Atlantic in a 17' craft 1955 "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith 1955 Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song) 1955 Ira Levin's "No Time for Sergeants," premieres in New York City 1955 Yankees begin 16-game exhibition in Japan 1954 "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 149 performances 1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Kenya 1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood 1947 Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years 1947 Robinson Jeffer's "Medea," premieres in New York City 1946 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs New York Giants 1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1944 Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless 1944 Revolution by workers and students in Guatemala 1944 Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade 1944 U.S. 1st army wins battle of Aachen 1944 U.S. 6th army lands on Leyte, Philippines 1944 U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to Philippines 1942 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations 1941 Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia 1940 Cheese rationed in Netherlands 1940 Greenhouse rationing begins in Netherlands 1939 "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1939 Pope Pius XII publishes his 1st encyclical Summi pontificatus 1936 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL 1936 Spanish government moves to Barcelona 1935 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid 1935 Anti-fascist People front forms in Brussels 1935 Hank Greenberg is named AL MVP by the BBWAA, Wes Ferrell is runner-up 1935 Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China 1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan 1934 Richard Strauss completes his opera "Die Schweigsame Frau" 1932 Journalist, Robert Trout, joins CBS 1931 Frankie Frisch of the Cards named MVP 1930 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, premiers on NBC radio 1930 British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land 1929 Bayshore Highway opens (SF) 1926 Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600 1922 Kennelworth in Bronx renamed Dwight Place 1920 "1st Year" with Frank Craven premieres in New York City 1918 Germans, aimed at an armistice, Germans agree to further concessions 1912 Cort Theater opens at 148 W 48th St. New York City 1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2) 1911 Helen Hayes Theater (Folies Bergere) opens at 210 W 46th St. New York City 1911 Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole 1910 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series 1910 Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar 1908 King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium 1906 Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) 1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days 1905 Russian tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish 1903 U.S. wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada 1899 Battle at Talana Hill Natal: British army vs Boers 1899 Columbia (U.S.) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup 1898 North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company forms 1891 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) begins 1889 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Vor Sonnenaufgang," premieres in Berlin 1888 Chicago and All America baseball teams play exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand 1883 Max Bruch's "Kol Nidre," 1st performed 1883 Treaty of Ancon, Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile 1880 Amsterdam Free University opens 1877 Franz Schubert's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres 1873 P. T. Barnum Hippodrome featuring "Greatest Show on Earth," opens (New York City) 1864 Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday 1862 Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname 1856 Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens 1847 Little William Nelman poisons his grandpa 1845 Opera "Tannhauser" is produced (Dresden) 1843 1st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname 1835 HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti 1833 Charles Darwin reaches river mouth of Parana 1827 Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russian/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet 1822 1st edition of London Sunday Times 1820 Spain sells part of Florida to U.S. for $5 million 1818 49th parallel forms as border between U.S. and Canada 1818 U.S. and Britain agree to joint control of Oregon country 1817 1st Mississippi "Showboat," leaves Nashville on maiden voyage 1813 German Kingdom of Westphalia abolished 1803 U.S. Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase 1786 Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in U.S. 1774 Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment 1751 Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort 1740 Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia 1714 Georg Ludwig of Hannover crowned as King George I 1634 English King Charles I disbands new "Ship Money" tax 1603 Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed 1600 Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's rulers (shoguns) 1587 Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League 1576 Spanish troops occupies and plunder Maastricht 1536 Danish/Norw king Christian III leads reform in Catholic possessions 1528 Treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor and church) 1097 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch
