2014 Event A rare, blue, 29.6-carat diamond, one of the most exceptional ever mined at the Cullinan mine, is discovered about 25 miles northeast of Pretoria, South Africa 2013 Event The U.S. State of California is experiencing the driest year on record, and rain is not expected in the near future; San Francisco is having the driest year ever since the Gold Rush began in 1849 2013 Event In Japan, the Nissan Leaf self-driving car completes its very first road test on the Sagami Expressway; it is the first self-driving car ever to be tested in Japan 2013 Event The Hunger Games: Catching Fire grosses $161 million in the U.S. and Canada, becoming the most successful film ever released in November 2013 Event Pope Francis displays relics believed to be the bones of St. Peter at a mass in St. Peter's Square; the first time the bones have ever been shown to the public 2013 Event A special episode of the British science fiction program 'Doctor Who' called, 'The Day of the Doctor' broadcasts simultaneously to 94 countries in celebration of the show's 50th Anniversary; the broadcast earned a Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama 2013 Event The Philippines' central province of Leyte suffers a loss of potentially 10,000 people when Typhoon Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia on November 8, 2013; it is the deadliest typhoon ever recorded 2013 Event The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built 2013 Event Best-selling American author Tom Clancy dies at the age of 66; the author's debut book, 'The Hunt for Red October' has been cited as one of the greatest genre novels ever written 2013 Event Within days of its launch, the 'Grand Theft Auto V' videogame reaches sales of $1billion, becoming the fastest single entertainment product ever to achieve these sales 2013 Event 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 Death The world's oldest living person and verified longest lived man ever, Jiroemon Kimura, dies in the city of Kyotango, Japan at age 116 2013 Event Three extremely well-preserved, most complete triceratops specimens ever found are unearthed in Wyoming 2013 Event Guinness World Records records the largest flag ever made, by a village in Romania; the flag of Romania weighs five tons and used 44 miles of thread 2013 Event The brightest lunar meteor impact ever observed is recorded by NASA 2013 Event The oldest water ever found is discovered in a Canadian mine; the water dates back 2.6 billion years 2013 Event U.S. scientists claim 2012 weather as the hottest year ever recorded 2012 Event Lydia Ko, a 15-year old amateur golfer, wins the Canadian Women's Open; she is the youngest winner ever on the LPGA Tour and first amateur to win since JoAnne Carner in 1969 2012 Event The animated film, 'The Lorax' earns $70.7 million dollars at the box office, the fifth highest returns ever for an animated film 2012 Event Josefina Vazquez Mota is the first woman ever endorsed by a major Mexican party to run for President of Mexico 2011 Event The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI announces the launch of a new Vatican website, news.va; he also performs the first tweet ever made by a pope 2011 Event Crewmembers of the Endeavour space shuttle Mike Fincke and Greg Chamitoff take what is potentially the last spacewalk ever conducted by a space shuttle crew 2011 Event The most expensive painting ever auctioned, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust', by Pablo Picasso, goes on display in London's Tate Gallery 2011 Event Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post 2011 Event Scientists claim 2010 was the warmest year ever recorded, and the last decade the warmest ever recorded, in 200 years 2011 Event North Korea plans to host its first ever golf tournament on a course frequented by leader Kim Jong-il 2011 Event The United Kingdom raises its value-added tax to 20% from 17.5%, its highest rate ever 2011 Event In Canada, Kathryn Gray becomes the youngest person to ever discover a supernova; she is ten years old 2010 Event A male Algerian is fined by a court in Nice for insulting the French national flag; this was the first such penalty ever to be administered 2010 Event The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology announces it has developed the first ever spherical robot with telescopic arms 2010 Event The first ever HIV infection is announced in the Cook Islands 2010 Event Authorities searching two homes near Escondido, California, find the largest cache of homemade explosives ever discovered in the U.S. 2010 Event Jimmy Johnson becomes the first driver ever to win five straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships 2010 Event Pastor Terry Jones announces that the Dove Outreach Center will not burn the Koran, 'not now, not ever' 2010 Event Men's freestyle skiing moguls competitor, Alexandre Bilodeau, wins the first gold medal Canada has ever won on home soil at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics 2007 Event Mega Millions has the highest lottery jackpot ever, $370 million dollars 1998 Event Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky best NHL player ever 1997 Event 1st ever baseball inter-league game San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3 1996 Event Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever 1995 Event Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever) 1995 Event Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating New York Jets 26-15 1995 Event New York Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever 1995 Event Indians and Browns play in Cleveland on same day for 1st time ever both lose - Chicago 5, Indians 1; Giants 19, Browns 13 (exhibition) 1995 Event Queensland beat S Australia to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield 1994 Event 1st game ever cancelled at Seattle Kingdome (falling tiles) 1994 Event Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel 1994 Event -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) (5:32 AM) coldest day ever recorded in Cleveland Ohio 1993 Event Florida Marlins 1st lost ever (4-2 to Los Angeles Dodgers) 1992 Event Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia 1992 Event New York Rangers wins their 1st ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils) 1991 Event Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps) 1990 Event 1st ever loss for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, U.S.S.R. - 4 Cameroon - 0 1990 Event 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing 1990 Event John McEnroe becomes 1st ever expelled from Australian Open 1990 Event Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78 1989 Event Japanese scientist achieve -271.8 degrees C, coldest temp ever recorded 1989 Event 93 degrees F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix, Arizona 1989 Event Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! 1989 Death Earl Nightingale, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs, dies 1988 Event Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record 1988 Event NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses 1988 Event 19 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1988 Event Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance 1988 Event Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica 1988 Event Cubs and Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1 1988 Event Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103 degrees F (39 degrees C) 1988 Event 104 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1987 Event Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st from last-place club ever to win an MVP 1987 Event George Bell is 1st Blue Jay ever to win the AL MVP 1987 Death Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35 1986 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded 1985 Event Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1983 Event Surrey all out for 14 vs. Essex, their lowest score ever 1982 Event 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December 1982 Event 38 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1982 Event Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minnesota 52,279 1981 Event Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award 1981 Birthday Lleyton Hewitt, born in Adelaide, South Australia, professional tennis player, youngest male ever ranked number one in the World, at age 20 1979 Event Voyager 2 takes 1st ever photo of Jupiter's satellite Adrastea (J14) 1979 Event Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas 1978 Birthday Nikki Cox, actress, Unhappily Ever After 1978 Event Padres fire Al Dark (2nd manager ever fired during spring training) 1977 Event 8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever 1976 Event Cleveland Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth 1973 Event 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America 1972 Event 31 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June 1971 Event Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hours 1971 Birthday Jari Litmanen, born in Hollola, Finland, professional soccer player, attacking midfielder, second striker, played for Lahti, considered Finland's greatest player ever 1968 Event 41 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1966 Event Only home run ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson) 1964 Event 10 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in April 1963 Event New York Yankee Elston Howard is 1st black ever voted AL MVP 1962 Birthday Michelle Yeoh, born in Ipoh, Malaysia, actress, films include, 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', considered greatest action heroine ever 1962 Birthday Iain Harvie, Scottish rock guitarist, Nothing Ever Happens 1962 Event New York Mets win their 1st game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pirates 9-1 1961 Event Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever 1959 Birthday Stephen Roche, born in Dundrum, Ireland, racing cyclist, second ever to win Triple Crown victories, 58 professional career wins 1959 Event "Plan 9 From Outer Space," one of the worse films ever, premieres 1959 Event 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod 1958 Event AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9 1957 Birthday Faith Daniels, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, news anchor, CBS News, at age 27 was one of the youngest national news anchors ever, first journalist to host daily talk show, A Closer Look, 1991 1956 Birthday Stephanie Hodge, comedian/actress, I Madman, Happily Ever After 1956 Birthday Sebastian Coe, born in Chiswick, England, politician, Conservative party, former athlete, Olympic gold medalist 1980 and 1984, considered greatest middle distance runner ever 1955 Event Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever 1953 Event 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1952 Event Worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die 1952 Event Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23 1952 Event Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever 1951 Birthday Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 1950 Event 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War 1950 Event 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov 1950 Event 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January 1949 Event RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) 1948 Event 102 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August 1948 Event Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent 1948 Event -5 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1947 Birthday Zaheer Abbas, cricketer, probably Pakistan's finest batsman ever 1946 Event 90 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1946 Birthday Ever Meulen, Eddy Vermeulen, Dutch designer, children stamps 1992 1942 Event 32 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept 1942 Event Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" 1941 Event 103 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July 1941 Event 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle Wash 1941 Event Bulova Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial 1939 Birthday Roberta Flack, North Carolina, vocalist, If Ever I Saw Your Face 1937 Birthday Jerry Keller, rocker/actor, If Ever I See You Again 1936 Event 106.5 degrees F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa 1934 Event Highest velocity wind ever recorded on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 231 mph 1934 Birthday Austin "Ted" Taylor, U.S. gospel/R&B-singer, Be Ever Wonderful 1932 Event 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February 1930 Event Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1930 Event Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1926 Birthday [Martin] Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Ever Since Paris 1921 Event Babe Ruth's 1st World Series homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays 1921 Birthday Earl Nightingale, born in Los Angeles, California, author, motivational speaker, his radio program, 'Our Changing World', most highly syndicated radio program ever, recorded over 7,000 radio programs 1919 Birthday Keith Miller, cricketer, one of Australia's best ever all-rounders 1918 Event Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) 1918 Event Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) 1917 Event 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13) 1916 Event Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed) 1915 Event Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever 1912 Event Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship 1911 Event Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379) 1910 Event 83 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March 1907 Event Lowest temp ever in 48 U.S. states for June, 2 degrees F in Tamarack California 1905 Event 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open 1902 Event Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever 1896 Event South Africa all out for 30 vs. England - their lowest ever 1896 Event Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory 1895 Event England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2 1894 Event Stanley Cup: Mont AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (1st Cup game ever) 1887 Event England all out for 45 vs. Australia SCG, their lowest total ever 1882 Birthday Jack Hobbs, cricketer, 1st-class runs, the most ever 1879 Event 92 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May 1876 Death Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US 1869 Event 'Agnes' arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef 1868 Event An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave 1830 Event New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1827 Birthday James Southerton, cricketer, Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49 1661 Event Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen 1380 Event French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever
