2015 Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, resigns in the midst of a scandal in which the company confessed to installing software in its cars for the last 7 years in order to fool emissions test devices while violating U.S. clean air standards 2014 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) project that Ebola cases could reach between 550,000 and 1.4 million by January if more isn't done to control spread of the disease; infections are doubling about every 3 weeks in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014 Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, is sentenced in the U.S. to life in prison for providing support to al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks; Abu Ghayth commented that hundreds of young Muslims would rise up as a result of his imprisonment 2013 Typhoon Usagi passes through southern China, killing at least 25 people in Hong Kong 2013 Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, states he will grant international weapons inspectors access to chemical weapons sites, but rebels may make the sites unreachable 2012 Four genetically different types of breast cancer are identified by researchers; the study, part of the Cancer Genome Atlas, will help scientists understand how to cure breast cancer in the future 2012 Belarus holds parliamentary elections; the opposition boycotts the vote, claiming it is undemocratic 2011 In Australia, thousands of Toyota workers go on strike over a pay dispute 2011 For the second day in a row, global stock markets fall as fears of a deepening economic crisis continue 2010 FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation 2010 Trade unions in France launch a round of strikes in response to President Sarkozy's plan to lift the pension age to 62 2009 A gun battle between U.S. agents and suspected people smugglers shuts down San Ysidro U.S. Mexico border crossing 1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258) 1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on WZMT 97.9 FM 1996 Howard Stern radio show premieres in West Palm Beach, Florida on WCLB 95.5 FM 1994 Pinatubo volcano in Philippines erupts, kills at least 14 1993 "Les Miserables," opens at Playhouse, Edinburgh 1993 Paul Chu group reports super conduction at -123 degrees C (record high) 1992 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL 1992 Bradlees announces it will take over Alexander's department stores in New York City 1992 Mud storm kills 30 in South France 1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period 1991 New York Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame 1990 Nancy Lopez wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic 1990 PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War 1990 Saddam says he will destroy Israel 1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning 1988 Fiji's new constitution is proposed 1988 Jose Canseco is baseball's 1st to steal 40 bases and hit 40 home runs 1988 Rosa Mota wins 2nd female olympic marathon (2:25:39) 1986 Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game (ends with 10) 1986 Congress selects the rose as U.S. national flower 1984 36th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, John Ritter and Tyne Daly 1984 Amy Alcott wins LPGA San Jose Golf Classic 1984 SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games 1984 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues 1983 Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins 1983 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9 1983 Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1983 Heavyweight Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in Ohio 1983 Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards) 1982 "Doll's Life" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 5 performances 1982 Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1979 Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, New York City 1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA ERA Real Estate Golf Classic 1979 Somali constitution approved by president 1979 St. Louis legend Lou Brock steals 938th and final base of his career 1978 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit 1977 3rd test of Space Shuttle Enterprise 1977 Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels 1976 Ford-Carter TV debate 1976 South Africa decides to allow multi-racial teams to represent them 1976 Soyuz 22 returns to Earth 1974 "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 120 performances 1974 BBC Ceefax begins 1st teletext service 1973 Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Open 1972 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law 1972 President Marcos ends emergency crisis in Philippines 1971 John Vermeers painting "The liefdesbrief" stolen 1970 Abdul Razak bin Hussain becomes premier of Malaysia 1970 Gary Muhrcke wins 1st New York Marathon 1969 1st broadcast of "Marcus Welby MD" on ABC-TV 1969 "Clues Hint at Beatle's Death," reported in Illinois University newspaper, sparking widespread rumours of Paul McCartney's death 1968 WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WKMA TV channel 35 in Madisonville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WKMR TV channel 38 in Morehead, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WKON TV channel 52 in Owenton, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WKSO TV channel 29 in Somerset, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1968 WKZT TV channel 23 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Greek Colonels regime frees ex-premier Georgios Papandreou 1967 Radio Malta stops testing 1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel premieres in New York City 1963 Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State 1963 WMEB TV channel 12 in Orono, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 ABC's 1st color TV series-Jetsons 1962 Los Angeles Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104 1962 Martin Walser's "Esche und Angora," premieres in Berlin 1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open 1962 NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts 1961 1st movie to become a TV series - How to Marry a Millionaire 1961 Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island 1958 Stravinsky's "Thieni," premieres in Venetie 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1957 "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly and Crickets reaches #1 1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2 1957 WTIC TV channel 61 in Hartford, CT (CBS/FOX) begins broadcasting 1957 White mob forces 9 black students who had entered a Little Rock high school in Arkansas to withdraw 1955 Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad 1955 Yankees clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2 1953 KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event 1952 Dodgers clinch NL pennant 1952 Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech 1952 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for hw boxing title 1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open 1950 Philadelphia A's Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th) 1950 U.S. Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed 1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant 1949 Truman announces evidence of U.S.S.R.'s 1st nuclear device detonation 1948 Braves clinch NL pennant 1942 Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions 1942 Russian counter offensive at Stalingrad 1942 Transport nr 36 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1941 General de Gaulle forms government in exile in London 1941 German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1940 French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees 1940 Dutch nazi collaborator Mussert's 1st meeting with Hitler 1939 Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Phillies 22-4 1938 British premier Neville Chamberlain flies to Munich 1938 Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm) 1937 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit 1936 Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins 1933 Yankees commit 7 errors in 1 game but beat Boston 16-12 1932 Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd merge into Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1926 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title 1925 George Kaufman's "Butter and Egg Man," premieres in New York City 1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP 1923 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law 1922 B Brechts "Drum in the Night," premieres in Germany 1920 Alexander Millerand elected president of France 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves 1913 Roland Garros is 1st to fly over Mediterranean Sea 1913 Serbian troops march into Albania 1912 1st Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released 1912 Mark Sennet presents 1st Keystone Cops film (Cohen Collects a Debt) 1911 Earl Ovington becomes 1st air mail pilot 1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th and disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay and pennant) 1908 University of Alberta opens 1907 Proclamation sets fineness and weight of silver and bronze coins of Canada 1905 Mbunga-siege of Fort Mahenge German East-Africa broken 1904 Francis Younghusbands leaves Lhasa Tibet 1897 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming) 1895 French labor union CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) forms 1890 Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning 1880 Jules Ferry forms French government 1879 Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia 1879 Richard Rhodes invented a hearing aid called the Audiophone 1877 Hurricane strikes Curaeao and Bonaire kills 200 1876 Ottawa Rough Riders play their 1st game 1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title 1868 Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain) 1863 Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins 1862 Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers 1857 Russian warship Leffort disappears in Finland Gulf in storm; 826 die 1846 Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune 1845 1st baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code 1845 Hunger strike in Hague 1835 HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago 1830 Dutch troops occupy Brussels 1806 Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis from Pacific Northwest 1803 Battle of Assaye-British-Indian forces beat Maratha Army 1795 Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris 1780 British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Pt 1779 John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis 1746 Jacob Gilles appointed Dutch pension advisor 1739 Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade 1719 Liechtenstein declares independence from German empire 1666 Princess Maria of Orange-Nassau marries Mauritius earl of Simmeren 1642 Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement 1561 King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida 1513 King Henry III and Emperor Maximilian conquer Doornik 1408 Battle of Othee 1122 Concord of Worms 951 Otto I the Great becomes king of Italy
