2014 Four former guards of security company Blackwater have been convicted of manslaughter and murder charges in the shooting of 31 unarmed Iraqi civilians seven years ago in Baghdad; the incident resulted in 14 deaths and 17 injuries 2014 A mentally ill man is apprehended after jumping the White House fence and injuring the two police dogs that stopped him; the man had been previously arrested near the White House on a misdemeanor 2013 The iPad Air and Mavericks, the latest version of the OS X is introduced by Apple 2013 The Australian Government institutes a legal challenge to same-sex marriage in its High Court in response to the Australian Capital Territory becoming the first territory in Australia to legalize same-sex marriage 2012 Former award-winning cyclist, American Lance Armstrong, is banned for life from participating in International Cycling Union-sanctioned events and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles based on the findings of a systematic doping investigation 2011 Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia dies, raising questions about succession in the kingdom 2011 The U.S. is granted permission by North Korea to search for remains of American soliders killed during the Korean War 2010 The fourth named cyclone of the 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Cyclonic Storm Giri, lands in western Burma with winds of 144mph 2010 In Uganda, 20 people die and 20,000 people are sickened by an outbreak of jiggers 1997 Cleveland Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games 1997 Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38 degrees F) 1997 Yahoo completes purchase of Four11 1997 New York Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconcious and gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her 1997 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11 1997 Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon 1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season home run, as Yankees tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8) 1995 "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 97 performances 1994 "Philadelphia, Here I Come" closes at Criterion New York City after 52 performances 1994 Statue of Sam Houston unveiled in Texas 1994 Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (53,832 km) 1993 Actor James Coburn (65) weds Paula Murad (37) 1993 Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk 1992 Atlanta, becomes 1st U.S. team to win a World Series game out of US 1992 Space Shuttle STS-52 (Columbia 13) launches into space 1992 Wendy Wasserstein's "Sisters Rosensweig," premieres in New York City 1991 General Motors announces 9 month loss of $2.2 billion 1989 Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open 1989 Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia 1988 Elton John sells out MSG for a record 26th time 1988 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery 1987 "Cabaret" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 262 performances 1987 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky 1986 "Into the Light" opens at Neil Simon Theater New York City for 6 performances 1985 Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win 1984 NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires 1984 Paul McCartney releases "Give My Regards to Broad Street" soundtrack 1982 Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified 1981 Start of 1st-class game at Newcastle, NSW vs. Queensland 1981 U.S. national debt tops $1 trillion 1981 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1980 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium 1980 New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1979 "One Mo' Time" with Vernel Bagners premieres in New York City 1979 Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in New York for medical treatment 1979 Walt Disney World's 100-millionth guest 1978 "King of Hearts" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 48 performances 1978 8th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30 1978 9th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12 1978 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs 1978 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8) 1978 Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession 1978 Pope John Paul II installed 1977 International Sun-Earth Explorers 1 and 2 launched into Earth orbit 1976 Rick Barry (SF), begins then longest NBA free throw streak of 60 1975 "Me and Bessie" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 453 performances 1975 Cincinnati Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series 1975 Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus 1975 Turkish diplomat shot to death in Vienna 1975 World Football League disbands 1974 Yankees trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds 1973 Israeli troops reconquer mountain Hermon 1973 Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War 1972 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic 1972 Oakland A's 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in World Series 1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1969 KAPN-AM in Santa Barbara, California changes call letters to KDB-AM 1969 Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death 1968 Apollo 7 returns to Earth 1967 17th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 23 -8 at Champions Golf Club Texas 1967 Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive Vice President of A's by Charlie Finley 1967 Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA Carlsbad Jaycee Golf Open 1966 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 12 for orbit around Moon 1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who 1964 French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize 1964 U.S. performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss 1963 225,000 students boycot Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest 1962 John F. Kennedy addresses TV about Russian missile bases in Cuba 1962 John F. Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 1962 John F. Kennedy receives Ugandan premier Milton Obote 1962 Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1961 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Golf Civitan 1960 Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer 1959 "Take Me Along" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 448 performances 1959 Bob Merrill's musical "Take me Along," premieres in New York City 1957 Conrad Adenauer re-elected chancellor of West-Germany 1957 KJAC TV channel 4 in Port Arthur-Beaumont, Texas (NBC) 1st broadcast 1956 France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella 1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1955 WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting 1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1953 Laos gains full independence from France 1951 Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed 1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1950 Los Angeles Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27 1949 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland 1949 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2) 1948 Egyptian flagship King Farouk sunk by Israel 1946 2 British ships sink near Albania 1944 Kurita's Vice-Admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo 1942 1st ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland 1942 U.S. General Clark and Lemnitzer and French General Mast meet secretly in Algeria 1941 Maxwell Anderson's "Candle in the Wind," premieres in New York City 1939 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers 1938 Chester Carlson demonstrates 1st Xerox copying machine 1936 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii 1935 18th PGA Championship: Johnny Revolta at Twin Hills CC Oklahoma City 1933 Primo Carnera beats Paulin in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1932 Charles de Broqueville becomes premier of Belgium 1932 George Kaufman and Edna Ferbers "Dinner at 8," premieres in New York City 1930 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult 1930 Blake and Razaf's "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1930," premieres in New York City 1930 South Carolina Genemuiden soccer team forms 1929 French government of Briand falls 1929 James H. Scullin forms Australia government 1928 China expels all Russian instructors and civil servants 1928 ESL Robinson's "Far-Off Hills," premieres in Dublin 1928 President Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism" 1922 Lucerne Street in Bronx named 1922 Parsifal Place laid out in Bronx, named for knight in Wagner's Opera 1913 Explosion at Dawson New Mexico coal mine kills 263 mine workers 1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus 1906 3,000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia 1904 Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship 1899 British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa 1897 World's 1st car dealer opens in London 1895 David Belasco's "Heart of Maryland," premieres in New York City 1885 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union 1884 General Gordon receives letter of Mahdi 1884 Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in 3 game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds New York City to determine baseball champion 1883 1st New York Horse Show held (Madison Square Garden) 1883 Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust) 1881 Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert 1875 Sons of American Revolution organizes 1868 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in New York City 1862 Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory 1862 Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee 1861 1st telegraph line linking West and East coasts completed 1836 Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of Republic of Texas 1819 1st ship sails by Erie-channel (Rome-Utica) 1812 Duke of Wellington seizes Burgos Spain 1799 Russia leaves second anti-French Coalition 1797 1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris) 1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute jump from balloon (Paris) 1746 Princeton University in New Jersey received its charter 1721 Czar Peter the Great becomes "All-Russian Imperator" 1708 Great Alliance occupies Rijsel 1335 Ex-emperor Hanazono became a Zen priest
