2015 Event Scientists using geophysical methods to map underground archaeological sites have discovered a set of stone monoliths buried 3 feet deep near Stonehenge; the stones are estimated to be 4,500 years old 2015 Event A powerful blizzard covers Boston and nearby New England areas with over two feet of snow under winds that reach over 70 miles per hour; New York City had expected the same weather effects but was spared 2015 Event American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first to successfully free-climb the Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a climb of 3,000 feet; the men started the climb on December 27th, 2014 2014 Event Snow storms are ending in the Buffalo, New York region, leaving behind up to 7 feet of snow and placing the region at risk for floods as temperatures rise over the next few days; the storms resulted in 13 deaths and hundreds of stranded motorists 2014 Event A second round of heavy snow hits the northeastern U.S., with the Buffalo, New York region accumulating over five feet of snow; seven related deaths have been reported and at least 20 travelers have been stranded 2014 Event One World Trade Center opens today, 13 years after terrorists destroyed the twin towers of the original World Trade Center; the tower is one of 5 to be built on the same site and, at 1,773 feet high, is now the tallest building in the United States 2014 Event Fossils of prehistoric bird species Pelagornis sandersi have been uncovered at the Charleston, S.C. airport; the species is the largest-known bird discovered to date, with a wingspan of approximately 24 feet 2013 Event The U.S. Army robot, BigDog from Boston Dynamics, is upgraded to include arm that can manipulate nearby objects with great force; it is able to hurl a cinderblock 15 feet 2012 Event A video of SpaceX's latest test of the company's Grasshopper rocket with vertical takeoff and vertical landing, is released; the rocket rose 131 feet, hovered and landed safely on the landing pad December 17, 2012 2012 Event Australian daredevil Felix Baumgartner breaks the world record for human ascent by balloon by space diving 128,100 feet out of the Red Bull Stratos helium-filled balloon over Roswell, New Mexico 2012 Event Europe's tallest, habitable, free-standing structure, The Shard, which stands at 1,016 feet (309.6 metres) officially opens in London, England 2012 Event Scientists discover two new species of prehistoric penguins, Kairuku waitaki and Kairuku grebneffi, which stood over five feet tall 2009 Birthday Brittany Murphy, actress, appeared in films, 'Sin City', 'Happy Feet', 'Clueless', 'Riding in Cars with Boys', 'Abandoned', dies in Los Angeles, California at age 32 2003 Death Kellie Waymire, actress, Six Feet Under, dies at 35 1994 Event Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn 1991 Event Robert Gibson flies record 27,040 feet altitude 1990 Event U.S. accuses Iraq of dragging its feet on dates for talks 1989 Event Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21,030 feet 1989 Event Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet 1987 Event National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet) 1986 Event NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance) 1977 Birthday Brittany Murphy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actress, appeared in films, 'Sin City', 'Happy Feet', 'Clueless', 'Riding in Cars with Boys', 'Abandoned' 1967 Event Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet 1967 Event Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet 1964 Event 10th time Mantle switch-hits home run in a game, one goes 502 feet 1959 Event USAF Captain Joe B. Jordan reaches 103,395 feet in F-104 jet fighter 1958 Event Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1958 Event Dodgers erect 42-foot screen in left field at LA Coliseum to cut down on home runs, since it is only 250 feet down the line 1950 Event Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 1947 Birthday Rob Davis, born in Carshalton, England, musician, guitarist, songwriter, song 'Tiger Feet' for glam rock band Mud top record of the United Kingdom in 1974 1944 Event RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute 1943 Death Richard T Ely, U.S. economist (Ground under our feet), dies 1940 Birthday Clem Curtis, born in Trinidad, singer, lead vocalist for The Foundations, a British soul group, including hits, 'Baby Now That I've Found You', 'Back On My Feet Again', 'Any Old Time' 1939 Birthday Thomas McGuane, U.S., writer, Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks 1937 Event Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive 1935 Event Explorer 2 balloon sets altitude record of 72,000 feet over SD 1933 Event 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire 1927 Event Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet 1927 Event 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill) 1923 Event Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in New York City 1919 Event Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast 1902 Event China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet 1901 Birthday Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer, Dance of Young Feet 1310 Event Shoes were made for both right and left feet 783 Death Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies
