2014 Australia bans all visas from the Ebola-hit nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone; the nation's officials state that this is required to preserve public health, but health experts have criticized the policy 2014 Pahoa, a town of about 1,000 people on Hawaii's Big Island, must evacuate due to a stream of lava flowing at 20 yards per hour from the Kilauea volcano; Red Cross Hawaii is assisting residents with temporary shelter 2013 Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray is released from prison, two years after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter 2013 Scientists in the Australian state of Queensland discover three previously unknown species in a rainforest located in Cape York Peninsula: a leaf-tailed gecko, a golden-colored skink, and a boulder-dwelling frog 2012 Hackers replace the homepage of the Euromillions lottery website with a passage from the Quran condemning gambling 2012 The U.S. East Cost prepares for Hurricane Sandy, which caused damage throughout the Caribbean and resulted in 67 deaths 2011 Moscow's Bolshoi Theater reopens after a six-year renovation, restoring it to it's pre-Soviet opulence 2011 The U.S. celebrates the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the New York City Statue of Liberty 2010 A court settlement determines Verizon must pay $25 million to the U.S. Treasury for overcharging 15 million cell phone customers 2010 In a dispute over the use of rare earth metals, China cancels a meeting with Japan and South Korea 1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league 1996 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever 1995 Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series 1995 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song 1994 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time 1993 Cleveland Metroparks lease Brookside Park from Cleveland for 99-years 1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters resigns 1992 Lee Jang Rim predicts that today would be the end of the world! 1989 Oakland A's sweep San Francisco Giants in earthquake/BART series 1988 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister 1988 Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University Washington library 1986 KOB-AM in Albuquerque New Mexico changes call letters to KKOB 1986 KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM's final transmission 1985 Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan 1984 14th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30 1984 15th New York City Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53 1984 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament 1982 NASA launches RCA-E 1982 Spain's socialists win/communists lose elections 1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia 1981 New York Yankee George Frazier loses 3 World Series games 1979 Dick Howser (best Yank manager win-lost percentage .636) replaces Billy Martin 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1978 Don Ritchie runs world record 100k (6:10:20) 1976 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (New York Yankees) 1976 Train collision at Goes, Netherlands, 7 die 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games 1975 Cleveland Metroparks assume operating responsibilities for Zoo 1974 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian and Westfall 1974 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon) 1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record) 1973 Sharon Miller wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open 1972 "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 12 performances 1971 England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit 1971 John and Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in New York City 1970 NBA Cleveland Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99 1970 US/U.S.S.R. sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts 1966 Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour 1965 630 foot high Gateway Arch completed in St. Louis 1965 Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion 1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis 1962 New York Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34) 1962 Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1961 "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 796 performances 1961 Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for New York Mets 1959 Buffalo Bills enter AFL 1959 Jean Genet's "Les Nigres," premieres in Paris 1958 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII 1958 Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (avg went from .230 to .322) 1957 WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (PBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus 1955 Egypt and Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty 1954 Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature 1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate 1954 N Richard Nash' "Rainmaker," premieres in New York City 1954 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway 1953 Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) 1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees 1952 Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open 1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1949 Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman U.S. ambassador 1949 Georges Bidault elected president of France 1948 Flag of Israel is adopted 1946 German rocket engineers begin work in U.S.S.R. 1944 Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact 1943 U-220 sinks 1942 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery 1942 Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) 1940 Greece successfully resists Italy's attack 1940 Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence 1939 Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia 1939 Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland 1938 Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona) 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary 1935 Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in New York City 1934 Brooklyn and Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game 1929 Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64 1928 Bradman scores 131 NSW vs. Queensland, 212 minutes, 14 fours 1928 Indonesian child laws enfoced in Bahasa Indonesia 1927 Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia 1927 KLM-plane "Homing Pigeon" leaves Netherlands-Indies after 1st regular flight 1924 French-Russian trade agreement signed 1924 White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend 1922 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game 1922 Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government 1921 Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens 1919 Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto 1918 Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up 1915 Richard Strauss' Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin 1914 German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea 1914 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates 1911 Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game 1906 Belgian-British "Union Minstry of Haut-Katanga" begins 1904 St. Louis police try a new investigation method-fingerprints 1900 After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close 1894 German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi and premier Botho zu Eulenburg 1893 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted 1st performance of "Symphony Number Six in B minor, "Pathetique" 1891 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300 1890 Last NL-AA World Series game Brooklyn ties Louisville 3 games and 1 tie 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland 1882 Athletics reveal $22,000 profit in their 1st season in the American Association 1867 Maimonides College in Penns is 1st Jewish college in the US 1864 Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties 1864 Battle of Wauhatchie, TN 1863 Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured 1858 Macy's Department store opens in New York City 1846 Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die 1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin 1790 New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 1776 Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to New Jersey 1746 Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die 1740 Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia 1646 1st Protestant church assembly for indians (Massachusetts) 1636 Harvard University (Cambridge Mass) founded 1628 Hugenot bulwark La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu 1612 Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I 1610 Thomas West baron De La Mar appointed as 1st Governor of Virginia colony 1595 Battle at Giurgevo: Zsigmond Bathory of Transylvania beats Turks 1574 Prince Willem van Orange installs university 1467 Battle at Brustem: Charles the Stoute beats the Luikenaars 1422 Charles V's son succeeds him as king Charles VII of France 1061 Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus and Pope Honorius II 969 Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria 312 Emperor Constantine the Great beats rivaal Maxentius 306 Mark Aurelius Valerius Maxentius proclaimed emperor of Rome
