2014 French author Patrick Modiano receives the Nobel Prize in Literature, winning the award over noted poet Adonis and writers Haruki Murakami, Svetlana Alexievich, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o The U.S. stock market decreases sharply, with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each sinking by about 2 percent 2013 When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke leaves office, U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated Janet Yellin to take his place Argentinian Vice President Amado Boudou takes over the duties of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner when she undergoes surgery to remove a subdural hematoma 2012 As German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Greece, an estimated 25,000 protest in Athens The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Serge Haroche and David Wineland for their work on quantum optics 2011 In Poland, the Polish People's Party coalition becomes the first government to be reelected since Poland transitioned to democracy in 1989 Germany's Sebastian Vettel becomes the youngest driver to win the Formula One World Championship twice 2010 Wild celebrations occur as a drill reaches an underground chamber with 33-trapped Chilean miners inside The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, progressing to Major League Baseball's 2010 American League Championship Series 2008 Iceland takes control of 3 banks due to the global financial crisis 2006 North Korea conducts first atomic weapons test 1997 ABL players allowed to own stock in the league Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires New York Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties Nobel prize for literature awarded to Dario Fo 1996 Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback 1994 Darmstadt creates element 110 1992 Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York 1991 "On Borrowed Time" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 99 performances Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3 1990 David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile 1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0) 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his Los Angeles Raiders beat New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football 1988 17% vote extremely-right Flemish Block in Belgium Dennis Eckersley, 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series 1987 Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000 1986 "Phantom of the Opera" premeires in London Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment 1985 "Tango Argentino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 198 performances Central Park's Strawberry Fields, dedicated U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st U.S. woman to walk in space 1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma 1982 Attack on synagouge in Rome, 1 dead 1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot 1979 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut 1978 12th Country Music Association Award John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical "Ballroom," premieres in New York City 1977 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Houston Exchange Clubs Golf Classic Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock Yankees rally for 3 in 9th and beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31 1976 "Robber Bridegroom" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 145 performances Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on debut New Zealand vs. Pak Javed 1st wkt TCricket est debut of Javed Miandad, scores 163 on 1st day Yankees 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1 1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize 1974 Race riot in Boston due to "busing" Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at MSG Washington Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak 1973 1st general striking in Luxembourg since 1942 Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal Warriors-Cavalier game in Cleveland postponed because of wet floors 1972 "Dude" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 16 performances 1971 Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence 1969 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together" 1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Baltimore Orioles sweep Los Angeles Dodgers, in 63rd World Series Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded "Got Live if you Want It" 1965 16th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 19 -12 at Royal Birkdale, England Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks 1963 British premier Harold MacMillan, resigns Dam in Piave valley Italy, breaks' about 2,000 die French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000 Uganda becomes a republic within British Commonwealth 1962 Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m Uganda declares independence from Great Britain 1961 New York Yankees beat Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series Tanganyika becomes independent within British Commonwealth U.S. members of Communist Party obliged to report themselves to Police Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic) Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning World Series scoreless pitching streak Yankees beat Reds 4 games to 1 1960 Cowboy quarterback Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2") 1959 1st phone call between auto and plane Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton 1958 Israeli Navy inaugrates it's 1st submarine New York Yankees beat Braves 4 games to 3 in 55th World Series New York Yankees appear in 9 and win 7 of last 10 World Series 1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia 1956 10th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 1-1 at Montreal 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open 1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 British premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor 1951 5th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 2-2 at Toronto Gil McDougald's World Series grand slam helps Yankees beat Giants 13-1 1949 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series 1948 WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1947 "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater New York City for 727 performances 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City 1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50 Eugene O'Neill's "Iceman Cometh," premieres in New York City 1945 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 1944 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow Canadian offensive in West-Zeeuws-Flanders German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam St. Louis Cardinals beat St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2 in 41st World Series 1938 A Copland and E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid," premieres in Chicago Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game New York Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles 1934 St. Louis Cardinals beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3 in 31st World Series 1930 1st transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls 1929 G Kaufman and R Lardner's musical "June Moon," premieres in New York City 1928 Marcel Pagnol's "Topaz," premieres in Paris New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 home run in game New York Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series 1926 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms 1921 Babe Ruth's 1st World Series homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays 1920 1st World Series game in Cleveland, Indians win 2-1 1916 Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1 1915 Belgrade Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, New York Louis Kaufmans "Unchastened Woman," premieres in New York City Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st President to attend a World Series game 1914 German troops take Antwerp in World War I 1910 Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown's 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won 1909 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game 1905 Philadelphia A's meet Giants in World Series, Giants win 3-0 1903 11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hours (New York City) 1900 8.3 earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska 1899 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum 1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League" 1888 Washington Monument opens for public admittance 1877 American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland) 1876 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires 1874 World Postal Union forms in Bern, Switzerland 1872 Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business 1870 Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree 1865 1st U.S. underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania 1864 Battle of Tom's Brook-Confederate cavalry that harassed Sheridan's campaign is wipped by Custer and Merrit's cavalry divisions 1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station) 1855 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope 1837 Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke North Carolina killing 100 1820 Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador 1818 Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya 1817 University of Gent officially opens 1804 Hobart Tasmania founded 1799 British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast 1794 French troops occupy Hertogenbosch 1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay 1760 Russian/Austrian army occupies Berlin 1740 Netherlands Governor-General Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia 1716 England and France sign treaty 1708 Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy 1701 Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven 1668 Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish Governor Jose de Paternina 1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow 1651 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off 1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony 1621 Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin 1617 Peace of Pavia (Spain and Savoye) 1597 Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort 1573 Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar 1514 King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII 1446 Korean Hangual alphabet devised 1290 Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves 1192 Richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise 1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England) 869 Charles the Bare crowned king of Lotharingen 768 Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French republic 680 Husain ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom
