2015 Migrants in Serbia trying to enter the E.U. via Hungary attempt to break through a border gate, causing conflict with Hungarian police; Hungary has closed its border, but Serbia will send travelers to Croatia so they can then go on to northern Europe 2014 NASA outsources its role in space travel by awarding a $4.2 billion contract to Boeing and a $2.6 billion contract to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to shuttle astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station 2014 In addition to financial support and medical expertise, the U.S. is sending engineers to West Africa to build Ebola treatment clinics, will provide training for hundreds of healthcare workers, and will offer Ebola education packets to the public 2013 The brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is found in tap water near New Orleans, the first time ever detected in the U.S. water supply 2013 Rwandan President Paul Kagame achieves a landslide victory in the country's parliamentary election 2012 The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announces a successful artificial insemination as Mei Xiang gives birth to her second giant panda cub 2012 The expiration of a collective bargaining agreement causes the National Hockey League player lock out 2011 NASA scientists announce the discovery of a circumbinary planet - a planet the orbits two stars instead of one 2011 In the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Public Security arrests over 2,000 people in an effort to crackdown on gang-related crime 2010 Poverty rates in the United States hit a 15-year high of 14.3 percent, or 43.6 million people 2010 Mexico celebrates its 200-year anniversary marking its independence from Spain 2009 An Australian navy ship intercepts a boat carrying 60 suspected asylum seekers 2003 WNBA Championships, Detroit Shock beat Los Angeles Sparks 2 games to 1 2000 27th Olympic games open at Sydney, Australia (sched) 1997 ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA 1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO 1997 Mark McGwire signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for $26M 1996 1st one-day international in Canada, India vs. Pakistan at Toronto 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City, Florida on WTBB 97.7 FM 1996 Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits 1996 Space Shuttle STS-79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space 1995 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory 1995 Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996 1995 Stephen Hawkins (53) weds Elaine Mason 1994 Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House 1993 Minn Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits 1993 Singer Karen Akers (48) weds businessman Kevin Powers (41) 1992 "Les Miserables," opens at Nuevo Apolo, Madrid 1992 900 die in flood in Pakistan 1992 FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service 1992 Vanna White suffers a miscarriage 1991 Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine 1991 U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins 1991 Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch 1990 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle, New York 1990 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk and Patricia Wettig 1990 Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan wed 1990 Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush 1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic 1989 Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990 1989 Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher 1988 Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0 1988 Fish leaves rock group Marillion 1988 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia 1988 Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series 1988 Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA 1987 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game 1987 NASA launches space vehicle S-209 1987 New York's WNET-TV channel 13 begins round clock broadcasting 1987 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed 1984 "Miami Vice" premieres 1984 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1984 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic 1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a U.S. citizen 1982 Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins 1981 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV 1979 23rd Ryder Cup: U.S., 17-11 at Greenbrier 1979 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium 1979 Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin 1979 KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park home run (most since 1925) 1979 Nancy Lopez/JoAnn Washam wins Portland- Ping Team Golf Championship 1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test 1978 25,000 die in 7.7 earthquake in Tabar Iran 1978 Filming on Monty Python's Life of Brian, begins 1978 Grateful Dead perform in Cairo, Egypt 1978 Yankees beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2 1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV 1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love" 1977 Seattle beats Royals, 4-1, to end KC's winning streak at 16 games 1976 Egypt president Sadat re-elected 1976 Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop 1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) 1975 Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7 1975 Rennie Stennett is 2nd to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game 1974 BART begins regular transbay service 1974 Bob Dylan records 'Blood on the Tracks' 1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters 1974 U.S. General Haig becomes NATO-supreme commander in Europe 1973 "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 15 performances 1973 Buff Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open 1972 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie 1972 Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies" 1971 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses 1971 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev 1970 Jordan king Hussein forms military government 1968 KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins 1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in" 1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26) 1967 KPAZ TV channel 21 in Phoenix, Arizona (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1966 Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center 1965 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 1965 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany 1964 "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV 1963 "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV 1963 Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br No Borneo and Sarawak 1963 WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8) 1962 Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8 1962 Public TV channel 13 begins in New York City 1962 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open 1962 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1961 CDU loses West German election 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1961 WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98 1960 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0 1959 President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination 1957 Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed) 1957 LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers 1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open 1955 Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st 1955 U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories 1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt 1954 CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting 1953 AL approves St. Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles 1951 6th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls 1951 NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players 1950 Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Philadelphia 35-10) 1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam 1949 KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, California (ABC) begins broadcasting 1948 "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances 1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH 1945 Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low) 1943 Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno 1943 Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquer Romny 1942 Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled 1941 German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine 1941 Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavian be killed 1941 Jews of Vilna Poland confined to Ghetto 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft) 1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot" 1940 Luftwaffe attacks center of London 1940 Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of House 1940 St. Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to home run from each side of plate 1939 53rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64) 1939 59th U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64) 1939 New York Yankees clinch their 11th and 4th successive pennant 1938 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH 1932 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record) 1931 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (New York City) 1931 St. Louis Cardinals repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies 1930 Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14 1929 Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed 1928 Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die 1927 Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title 1926 Hurricane in Florida and Alabama, kills 372 1926 Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed 1926 Philip Dunning and George Abbott's "Broadway," premieres in New York City 1926 St. Louis Cardinals beat Phillies 23-3 1924 Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game 1922 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W M Johnston (46 36 62 63 64) 1922 Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia 1920 Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30 1919 American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress 1919 Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant 1915 Czar Nicolas II adjourns 4th Duma 1915 U.S. takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years 1913 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage 1908 Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp 1908 William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc 1906 Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon 1906 Roald Amundsen discovers Magnetic South Pole 1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders 1892 Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" 1890 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers 1885 Puritan (U.S.) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup 1873 German troops leave France 1867 Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game 1864 Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid) 1862 Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) 1862 General Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, Kentucky 1862 Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis 1861 British Post Office Savings Banks opens 1859 Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 1858 1st overland mail for California 1857 Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX) 1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories 1847 United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon 1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" 1812 Fire of Moscow 1810 Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event 1795 British capture Capetown South Africa 1782 Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time 1747 French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom 1741 George Frederick Handel's "The Messiah," premieres in Dublin 1729 Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Groningen 1702 Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria 1668 King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France 1666 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi becomes Islamiet 1662 Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation 1654 Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland 1652 Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk 1630 Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston 1597 French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria 1575 King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots
