2015 France and the U.K. agree to share responsibility for taking in immigrants fleeing Syria and other conflict-ridden nations; France agrees to accept 24,000 people over the next two years, and the U.K. will accept 20,000 2014 Former Egyptian President President Mohamed Mursi and nine others have been charged with giving confidential state security information to the government of Qatar; if convicted of treason, Mursi could face the death penalty 2014 Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is seeking to buy U.S. online rebate service Ebates Shopping.com Inc. for $950 million; in recent years, Rakuten has been making acquisitions to expand its interests outside of Japan 2013 Central Australia reports the sighting of a Central rock rat; the creature is found only in Australia and has not been seen since 1960 2013 Reports citing leaks of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant lead South Korea to ban all fishery imports from eight of Japan's prefectures 2012 The United Communist Party of Nepal is removed from the U.S. terror list citing they have made a 'credible commitment to pursuing peace and reconciliation.' 2012 President Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Party's nomination as candiate for the 2102 Presidential election 2011 P. J. Harvey's album 'Let England Shake' wins best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland 2011 The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee recalls four News International executives for further examination of phone hacking within the organization 2010 China leads an investigation into its commercial pilots upon learning over 200 of them falsified their resumes 2010 Twenty-three Shia Muslim activists are charged with terrorism and attempting to overthrow the government of Bahrain 2004 Former President Bill Clinton undergoes a quadruple bypass operation 1998 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship 1997 Princess Diana's funeral 1997 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1996 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career home run 1995 Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games 1995 Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood 1994 11th MTV Awards: Aerosmith, Lisa Marie and Michael Jackson win 1994 Actor Jackson Pinckney awarded $487,000 for being partially blinded by Jean-Claude Van Damme during filming of "Cyborg" 1994 Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78) 1994 Tom Dolan swims world record 400m medley (4:12.30) 1993 Helen Dobson wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1993 Jerry Lewis' 28th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $46,014,922 1992 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86) 1991 33rd Walker Cup: U.S., 14-10 1991 Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname 1991 Soviet Union recognizes Estonian independence 1991 U.S.S.R. recognizes independence of the 3 Baltic republics 1990 7th MTV Awards: Sinead O'Connor wins 1989 6th MTV Awards: Living Colour wins 1989 Amateur Athletic Federation strips Ben Johnson of all track records 1989 Police computer accuses 41,000 Parisians of murder/prostitution 1988 Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard 1988 Thomas Gregory (11) swims English Canal 1988 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1987 Benjamin and Patrick Binder separated at John Hopkins Hospital 1987 Douglas Wakiihuri wins marathon (2:11:48) 1987 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal 1986 300 invitees pay $5,000 to hear Barbra Striesand's benefit concert 1986 Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed 1986 Jozef Pribilinec speed walking world record time (15,447k) 1986 Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1986 U.S.S.R. charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying 1984 Lanford Wilson's "Balm in Gilead," premieres in New York City 1984 Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow 1983 U.S.S.R. admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2 1982 Dutch Internal minister Mr. M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists 1982 Jerry Lewis' 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic 1982 Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War" 1982 Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's number 1982 Polish dissidents seize Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland 1981 "They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial New York City after 1082 performances 1981 Bob Lemon named New York Yankee manager for 2nd time 1980 94th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova (57 61 61) 1980 Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s) 1980 College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for 1980 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation 1980 Susan Powell (Okla), 21, crowned 53rd Miss America 1981 1980 Macalaster University of St. Paul, Minnesota beating Mount Senario 17-14 1979 "Peter Pan" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 578 performances 1978 Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace 1978 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test 1977 Angels acquire Dave Kingman from Padres for cash 9 days later Yankees buy Kingman (started with Mets) who plays in all 4 divisions in 1977 1976 Jerry Lewis' 11th Muscular Dystrophy telethon, Dean Martin appears 1976 Russian pilot Belenko defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet 1975 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice Turkey 1975 89th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats E G Cawley (57 64 62) 1975 Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed 1975 Tawny Elaine Godin (NY), 18, crowned 48th Miss America 1976 1975 Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests U.S. political asylum 1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1973 New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt and Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed 1972 John and Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Telethon 1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre 1971 Jerry Lewis' 6th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises 1970 New York Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle 1970 Palestinians seize 3 jetliners 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. 1969 "Cabaret" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 1166 performances 1968 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1965 India invades West Pakistan 1965 KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Historian Lee Allen says Indians-Senators game is 100,000th in history 1963 Jerry Lee Lewis quits Sun Records 1963 Major league baseballs 100,000th game 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Kapustin Yar U.S.S.R. 1959 Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open 1958 Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean 1957 Elvis records "White Xmas," "Silent Night" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" 1955 "Catch a Star" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances 1955 J van Tilburg appointed governor of Suriname 1954 68th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86) 1954 74th U.S. Mens Tennis: E V Seixas, Jr. beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64) 1954 U.S. plane shot down above Siberia 1954 WINS New York City begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show 1954 Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters 1953 Adenauers CDU wins elections in West Germany 1953 Roy Campanella sets record for home runs by a catcher at 38 1952 Canadian TV begins in Montreal 1949 Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes 1948 37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0) 1948 Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands 1946 All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0) 1946 Terence Rattigan's "Winslow Boy," premieres in London 1945 A's catcher George George punches ump Joe Rue gets suspended 1945 "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" opens at Century Theater New York City for 12 performances 1944 General Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand 1943 "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79 1943 63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60) 1943 Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in AL (16y 8 ms) of the A's 1942 56th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64) 1942 Czechoslovakian marathon runner Oskar Haks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau 1941 55th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62) 1941 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63) 1941 All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1941 Jews of Vilna Poland confined to their ghetto 1940 Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania 1940 Generalissimo Gamelin arrested in France 1939 1st German air attack on Great Britain in WW II 1939 South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany 1938 Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen 1930 Brooklyn Dodgers beat Phillies 22-8 1928 U.S.S.R. signs Briand-Kellogg-pact 1927 B. G. DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in New York City 1927 Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park 1924 Assassination attempt on Mussolini fails 1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships 1923 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 25 year jubilee 1922 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston 46 36 62 63 64 1920 40th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 16 75 57 63) 1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Billy Miske in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1st radio broadcast of a prizefight 1917 French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft 1914 Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris 1913 19th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers 1913 1st aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe Pegoud-France) 1913 Hamilton Alerts apply for ORFU reinstatement, taking the name Hamilton Rowing Club 1912 New York Giant Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia, 3-0 1910 Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed 1909 Word received, Admiral Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier 1905 Atlanta Life Insurance Company forms 1905 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0 1905 General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) 1904 Soccer team Rheden forms 1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Creeping Man" 1901 President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later 1900 British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa 1899 Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk 1899 U.S. Minister of Foreign affairs John Hay publishes his "Open Through Note" 1898 Lord Kitchener destroys Mahdi's tomb in Omdurman 1889 King Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda resigns 1886 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award 1883 Cub's Burns (extra bases), Williamson and Pfeiffer get 3 hits in 1 inn 1880 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, vs. Australia at The Oval 1880 W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, vs. Australia The Oval 1876 Race riot in Charleston SC 1876 Southern Pacific line from LA to San Francisco completed 1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street 1870 Ship sinks in Gulf of Biskaje; 483 die 1869 1st westbound train arrives in SF 1869 Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale Pennsylvania 1866 Frederick Douglass is 1st U.S. black delegate to a national convention 1863 Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner South Carolina (1700 casualties) 1863 After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft. Wagner, SC 1862 Stonewall Jackson occupies Frederick, Maryland 1861 General Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky 1853 Women's Right's Convention met (New York City) 1848 National Black Convention meets (Cleveland) 1839 Cherokee Nation forms 1839 Great fire in NY 1837 Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) 1819 Thomas Blanchard patents lathe 1791 Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito," premieres in Prague 1776 Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 1776 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York) 1732 VOC fires Netherlands-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare 1716 1st U.S. lighthouse built (Boston) 1715 Pro-James III-uprising in Scotland 1690 King Willem III escapes back to England 1688 Austrian armies occupy Belgrade 1683 Le Plecta appointed French minister of Finance 1675 Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships 1672 Willem III's troops reconquer Naarden on France 1634 Battle at Nordlingen ends in Swedish/protestant German defeat 1628 Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle 1622 Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die 1620 1st stones layed in Western Tower 1543 French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice 1522 Magellen with Vittoria returns to Spain, after 1st round world trip 1492 Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands 394 Battle of Frigidus North-Italy
