2015 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declares that the state will no longer comply with the Oslo Accords, claiming that Israel has frequently violated the agreements, which renders them non-binding 2014 A Liberian man has been identified as the first U.S. case of Ebola; the man was initially misdiagnosed at a hospital in Dallas, Texas, but the virus was found after he was hospitalized for his worsening condition 2014 Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies in a congressional hearing to investigate the recent intrusion of the White House as well as other security breaches under her leadership; Pierson stated that such incidents will not happen again 2013 As part of a strategy to focus on growth products, thrombosis drug brands manufactured by the GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical company is sold to Aspen Pharmacare for $1.13 billion 2013 Central Vietnam is hit by Tropical Storm Wutip; over 1,000 houses are damaged, trees are uprooted and power lines are cut 2012 Spain announces it expects its debt levels to increase in 2013 2012 Singer George Michael experiences 'major anxiety' and cancels the Australian leg of his tour; the singer resulted from life-threatening pneumonia in November 2011 2011 After a rare public outcry, President Thein Sein of Burma decides to halt the controversial Myitsone Dam project 2011 Typhoon Nesat causes 43 deaths in the Philippines; forecasts predict Typhoon Nalgae will cause further flooding problems 2010 American Actor Tony Curtis dies in Las Vegas, Nevada; Curtis appeared in over 100 films 2010 Somali pirates seized Indian crewmen and the Panamanian-flagged ship they were sailing off the coast of Tanzania 1997 1st time 3 cons home runs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (New York Yankees) 1997 Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits 1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1997 Yankees Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yankees beat Indians 8-6) 1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season 1994 NHL goes on strike 1994 Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit 1994 Sylvestre Ntibantunganya elected president of Burundi 1994 Vladimir Meciars HZDDS wins Slovakia parliamentary election 1993 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed 1993 General Colin Powell retires at 56 1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins 1992 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits 1992 Mariel Hemmingway appears nude on TV show Civil Wars 1991 Reverend Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti 1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park 1990 Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title 1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension 1989 Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout 1989 Senegambia separates back into Gambia and Senegal 1989 Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title 1988 Andrei Gromyko retires 1988 Dave Stieb, loses 2nd consecutive no hitter bid with 2 outs in 9th 1988 IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer 1988 Louise Ritter, U.S., jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal 1988 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show 1988 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings 1987 Suriname constitution ratified 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1986 U.S. releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov 1985 Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM in New York 1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner 1984 Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), Kansas City wins 10-6 1984 California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0 1984 New York Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg 1982 National railroad strike in Belgium 1981 Last game at Minn's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to Kansas City 5-2 1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics 1980 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play New York Mets at Shea Stadium 1980 A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100 1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 1980 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1979 Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic 1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati, 1978 Phillies clinch NL East title 1978 Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title 1977 Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns 1977 Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1975 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls New York) 1974 General Francesco da Costa Gomez succeeds General Spinola as President of Portugal 1973 3rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07 1973 4th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54 1973 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions 1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cameron Park Golf Open 1973 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1973 New York Yankees close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk 1972 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa) 1972 Roberto Clemente, is 11th to get 3,000 hits 1971 Last Washington Senator home game, New York Yankees win career 5th forfeit game Yankees trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field 1970 New American Bible published 1969 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant 1968 1st Boeing 747 rolls out 1968 AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires 1968 Sharon Miller wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational 1968 Supremes release "Love Child" 1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition) 1967 U.S.S.R.'s Kosmos 186 and 188 complete 1st automatic docking 1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1966 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1965 Donovan's 1st U.S. TV appearance (Shindig) 1965 Los Angeles Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts 1964 "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 125 performances 1963 "Student Gypsy" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 16 performances 1963 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office 1962 A's Bill Fischer ends 84 1/3 consec innings pitched without a walk 1962 John F. Kennedy routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi 1962 James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi 1962 KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting 1962 KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open 1962 New York Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat New York 5-1 1960 Flintstones premieres, 1st prime time animation show 1960 On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids" 1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany 1958 French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea 1958 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. 1957 French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria 1957 WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses) 1954 "Boy Friend" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 483 performances 1954 Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel (sub), commissioned by the Navy 1953 Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record) 1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1953 Robert Anderson's "Tea and Sympathy," premieres in New York City 1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins 1950 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris 1950 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time 1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights 1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th home run and NL record 16th in September 1947 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised 1946 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg 1946 Von Ribbentrop and Goering sentence to death by Nuremberg trial 1945 Hank Greenberg's final day home run wins pennant for Tigers 1944 Calais reoccupied by Allies 1944 Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms 1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit 1942 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons) 1942 Admiral Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map 1942 SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period 1941 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine 1941 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons) 1941 German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins 1940 47 German aircrafts shot down above England 1940 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons) 1939 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at New York City) 1939 41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton) 1939 Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland 1939 White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance 1938 British premier Chamberlain arrives in Munich 1938 Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany 1937 6th Ryder Cup: U.S., 8-4 at Southport and Ainsdale, England 1936 International Commission of Straits (Dardanelles and Bosphorus) ends 1936 Pinewood Studios opens in Buckinghamshire, England 1935 Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston 1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam) 1934 St. Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year 1933 Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in New York City 1929 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel) 1928 Le Sifflet publishes 1st precursor of Kuifje (Tintin) 1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 miles 604 yards in 1 hour 1927 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary 1926 German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes 1925 General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament 1924 Allies stop checking on German navy 1923 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season 1922 Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece 1922 New York Yankees clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1 1920 Time Square Theater opens at 217 W 42nd St. New York City 1919 Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers," premieres in New York City 1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak 1915 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit 1908 Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue," premieres in Moscow 1907 Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice and Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston) 1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days 1898 City of New York established 1895 France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar 1888 "Jack the Ripper" butchers 2 more women, Liz Stride and Kate Eddowes 1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" 1887 Volunteer (U.S.) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup 1885 Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate 1880 Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula 1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii 1877 1st U.S. amateur swim meet (New York Athletic Club) 1868 Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France 1867 Midway Islands formally declared a U.S. possession 1864 Battle of Preble's Farm Virginia (Poplar Springs Church) 1864 Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor 1857 U.S. occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is south of Hawaii 1846 Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth) 1841 Samuel Slocum patented the stapler 1818 Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England 1808 Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire 1805 Napoleons army draws into the Rhine 1791 Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna 1787 1st U.S. voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston 1777 Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance 1730 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns 1681 Netherlands and Sweden sign treaty 1659 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) 1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.) 1649 Last Swedish troops vacate Prague 1626 Battle between king Bethlen Gabor and earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends 1619 Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp 1555 Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic 1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France 1520 Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey 1452 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible 1399 King Richard II of England abdicates throne 1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
